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Story: American boxer Jennifer Lozano She'll make her Olympic debut on Thursday at the Paris Games, and her family will be there to support her thanks to a fundraiser in her hometown of Laredo, Texas.After Lozano won her golden ticket to the Olympics last October, her family began selling shirts and soliciting donations.”And it was really hard to actually get the support to raise the money, but it was made possible at the last minute, so I'm just happy. It meant so much to me that everyone started buying, all the businesses started pitching, buying shirts, donating to GoFundMe, donating…
Founded two years ago, Ekon Shai Karate has fast become an integral part of Ramaphosa's district. The club has 10 students and provides training at local churches that helps them embrace their mission of providing a safe and nurturing space for growth and development. Shihan Moeti Holomo founded the Karate Club driven by his passion for martial arts and his desire to train others. His almost 40 years of martial arts experience began at the Eddie Cave Kickboxing Academy in Cape Town. He is now a central figure in community efforts to promote discipline, respect and personal growth. Reflecting on…
PARIS — U.S. gymnast Frederic Richard says he's fully committed to competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics.This included shipping his own mattress to the Olympic Village.”Everyone's complaining about the beds and stuff,” Richard said Wednesday. “I've already ordered my bed and had it shipped over. It's been a comfortable bed since the beginning.”Olympic Village beds, and in particular their cardboard frames, are back in the spotlight ahead of Friday's Opening Ceremony. Since athletes began arriving at the village, many have taken to social media to show off their cardboard beds to fans, deny the notion that the beds are “anti-sex,”…
The United States has signaled a possible strategic shift away from traditional intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems to more advanced platforms that leverage new technologies, such as space-based assets and stealth drones. This month, The Warzone reported that U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall hinted at the new ISR platform during a roundtable discussion ahead of the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK. The discussion began with aviation journalist Chris Pocock asking about the U.S.'s ISR future after the retirement of the U-2 Dragon Lady and RQ-4 Global Hawk, to which Kendall described future ISR as “a…
By Christoph Steitz and Greta Rosen-FondernFRANKFURT/GDANSK (Reuters) – European companies focused on clean energy are abandoning expansion plans, bracing for falling sales and questioning funding for U.S. projects due to concerns about how Donald Trump's election victory would affect the industry.Trump has dismissed President Joe Biden's climate change efforts as a “new environmental scam” and is expected to try to reverse many of the administration's efforts, including the Inflation Control Act (IRA), which provides tax breaks and subsidies to U.S. and foreign companies that invest in sustainable energy.The law, passed in 2022, has acted as a strong incentive for European…
The backlash Canelo Alvarez has received on social media from fans angry at his choice of Edgar Berlanga as his opponent for Sept. 14 could negatively impact pay-per-view sales for the event. As Mike Coppinger points out, fans may not think the Canelo vs. Berlanga fight is worth buying on PPV and may choose to pirate the copy to watch it for free. Balance mismatches and challenging fights Fans would like to see WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) fight David Benavidez instead of Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs). Fans see the Canelo vs. Berlanga fight as a cherry…
Gabe Flores Sr. knows how to throw a party, which might explain why promoting boxing comes so naturally to him. Flores, founder of G-Squad Entertainment, hosted his second successful show at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California, where his son, Gabriel Flores Jr. (24-2, 8 KOs), won an eight-round unanimous decision over Ronal Ron (14-7, 11 KOs). Flores has had two successful events so far, both of which he calls “big parties.” The first, held at Stockton's Adventist Health Arena, drew about 6,000 people, and last weekend, about 4,000 people braved sweltering heat to show up. Flores hopes to take…
Organizers of the Paris Olympics apologized Sunday for a performance during Friday's opening ceremony that appeared to be a re-enactment of Leonardo da Vinci's “The Last Supper,” but the intent of the piece has been controversial.The scene featured a halo-crowned woman playing Jesus, drag queens and gay icons playing his disciples, and was marred by a scantily clad blue man wearing a fruit headdress: Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility, wine and merriment.Church leaders and some conservative politicians have condemned the performance as a distortion of the Biblical scene of Jesus' trial and the night before his crucifixion.House Speaker Mike…
Fans get excited when they are told that this is the last month for their respective sport (or any unit of time). The prospect of their favorite sports returning has people marking their calendars and looking for dates to watch games. It's the most wonderful time of the year with a packed sports schedule.The same goes for the NFL and several other sports. The Chicago Bears take on the Houston Texans on Thursday and NFL games continue through mid-February, while the NBA and NHL also begin exhibition games in September, meaning the Vegas Golden Knights will return to T-Mobile Arena…
I was standing in a dingy gym behind the local leisure centre. A bony man with a shaved head handed me a green sash. “Well done, Teacher Zach,” he said. Ten-year-old me bowed and walked towards a wall of parents. They'd been standing there for three hours watching other people's kids take turns punching the air and yelling mispronounced words in Korean. Someone was blasting “Eye of the Tiger” over a cheesy speaker. One of the wide-eyed “instructors in training” gave me a toothy thumbs-up and grinned. He must have been working there for free. On the way home, I…