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Sports News Roundup: Tennis-Ruud reaches U.S. Open final with confident win over Khachanov; Motor racing-Tsunoda goes to back of grid as penalties mount up and more | Sports-Games
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Tennis-Ruud reaches U.S. Open remaining with assured win over Khachanov
Norwegian Casper Ruud harnessed his mighty forehand to achieve his second Grand Slam remaining this 12 months, beating Russian Karen Khachanov 7-6(5) 6-2 5-7 6-2 on the U.S. Open and retaining alive his hopes of reaching the highest of the world rankings. The primary Norwegian man to achieve the ultimate at Flushing Meadows received a unprecedented 55-shot rally to shut the first-set tie break on his strategy to victory at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Tennis-Relentless Alcaraz ends Tiafoe’s dream run to achieve U.S. Open remaining
Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz ended Frances Tiafoe’s dream run on the U.S. Open with a 6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 win to achieve his first main remaining, the place he’ll face Casper Ruud with the world primary rating on the road. Regardless of taking part in into the early morning hours in his earlier two five-set matches, the 19-year-old confirmed no indicators of fatigue on Friday, racing across the court docket to win the hard-fought battle.
Motor racing-Tsunoda goes to again of grid as penalties mount up
AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda will go to the again of the grid for Sunday’s Italian Method One Grand Prix after racking up reprimands, engine penalties and a sanction for ignoring warning flags on Friday. The Japanese driver picked up his fifth reprimand in 15 races ultimately weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix for driving on monitor along with his seat belts loosened.
Biking-Pedersen wins Vuelta stage 19, Evenepoel maintains general lead
Denmark’s Mads Pedersen dominated a bunch dash to win stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espana in type on Friday — his third victory at this 12 months’s race. Total race chief Remco Evenepoel of Belgium completed safely within the peloton to keep up his two minutes seven seconds benefit over Spaniard Enric Mas with two days remaining.
Tennis-Going the gap: Ruud’s 55-shot rally thrills U.S. Open crowd
A 55-shot, marathon rally introduced followers to their ft in Flushing Meadows on Friday however almost leveled the 2 males who lived via it, Norwegian Casper Ruud and Russian Karen Khachanov, competing of their U.S. Open semi-final. Fifth seed Ruud overcame Khachanov 7-6(5) 6-2 5-7 6-2 to achieve his second Grand Slam championship match this 12 months however stated it took a Herculean effort after clinching the first-set tiebreak within the longest rally of the event by far.
Blended Martial Arts-Ferguson steps in to face Diaz in UFC important occasion as Chimaev misses weight
American Tony Ferguson will step as much as tackle compatriot Nate Diaz in the primary occasion at UFC 279 after Swedish fighter Khamzat Chimaev missed the burden for Saturday’s welterweight showdown by a whopping 7.5 kilos. The 28-year-old Chimaev tipped the scales at 178.5 kilos, nicely over the welterweight restrict of 171, along with his group saying a “medical concern” prevented him from slicing weight successfully.
Motor racing-Sainz on prime in apply for Ferrari’s dwelling race
Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz set the tempo in apply for Ferrari’s dwelling Italian Grand Prix on Friday after a sombre begin to the schedule with Method One mourning the demise of Queen Elizabeth. Leclerc had the ever-passionate followers on their ft by lapping Monza’s ‘Temple of Velocity’, celebrating its one hundredth anniversary, in a single minute 22.410 seconds on delicate tyres within the first session.
Tennis-Prime-ranked Swiatek faces powerful foe in Jabeur at U.S. Open remaining
Poland’s world primary Iga Swiatek will look to underline her declare as tennis’ fiercest champion when she faces off in opposition to Tunisian Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur in Saturday’s remaining on the U.S. Open. Swiatek rapidly picked up the torch from shock retiree Ash Barty earlier this 12 months when the Australian known as time on her profession at 25, amassing a second French Open title throughout a staggering 37-match unbeaten streak.
Sport-All soccer in England postponed to mourn Queen, cricket and rugby go forward
English soccer’s ruling physique postponed all fixtures till Monday as a mark of respect following the demise of Queen Elizabeth however cricket and rugby matches will go forward as deliberate this weekend. Soccer’s prime flight Premier League and the English Soccer League (EFL) had already introduced they have been suspending their subsequent spherical of fixtures.
Tennis-Ram and Salisbury retain U.S. Open males’s doubles title
American Rajeev Ram and Britain’s Joe Salisbury beat Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski 7-6(4) 7-5 on Friday to develop into solely the second pair to retain the U.S. Open males’s doubles title. Taking part in of their fourth U.S. Open collectively, Ram and Salisbury have loved loads of success at Flushing Meadows.
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Temporary floating pier for Gaza aid completed, will move into position once weather lets up: Pentagon
Both sections of the temporary floating pier intended to be placed off the coast of Gaza Strip for the delivery of humanitarian aid have been completed, though weather and sea conditions are preventing delivery of the parts to the embattled region, Pentagon officials tell Fox News.
Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said during a press briefing on Tuesday that the U.S. Military completed the offshore construction of the Trident Pier section, or the causeway, which is the component that will eventually be anchored to the Gaza shore.
The second element of the project, the floating pier section, has also been completed.
“So, as of today, the construction of the two portions of the JLOTS [Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore], the floating pier and the Trident pier are complete and awaiting final movement offshore,” Singh said. “As you know, late last week, CENTCOM [U.S. Central Command] temporarily paused moving the floating pier and Trident pier toward the vicinity of Gaza due to sea state conditions. Today, there are still forecasted high winds and high sea swells, which are causing unsafe conditions for the JLOTS [Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore] components to be moved.”
MORE AID IS SUPPOSED TO BE ENTERING THE GAZA STRIP. WHY ISN’T IT HELPING?
The components are still sitting at the Port of Ashdod, and CENTCOM “stands by” to relocate the pier sections to Gaza, Singh added.
Once off the coast of Gaza, the U.S. military and USAID will work together to deliver humanitarian assistance using military support vessels and trucks.
Singh could not provide an exact date for when the pier would be maneuvered into place, mainly because of the weather and security conditions.
“As CENTCOM stands by to move the pier into position in the near future, and again, in partnership with USAID, we’re loading humanitarian aid onto the MV Sagamore, which is currently in Cyprus,” she said. “The Sagamore is a cargo vessel that will use the JLOTS system and will make trips between Cyprus and the offshore floating pier, as USAID and other partners collect aid from around the world.”
GROWING CONTROVERSY OVER BIDEN’S GAZA PIER FUELS CONCERNS OVER COST, SECURITY
The unloading of the aid will be, as she called it, a “crawl, walk, run scenario.”
Once fully operational, 150 trucks will be available to move aid into Gaza. At first, though, a small number of trucks will be used to make sure the distribution system works.
BIDEN’S VISION FOR A PALESTINIAN STATE DOOMED, EXPERTS SAY: ‘AN EXPLICIT RECOGNITION OF HAMAS’
Last week, U.S. Central Command posted photographs on X of the pier under construction by U.S. soldiers in the Mediterranean Sea, saying that the hulking metal platform “will support USAID and other humanitarian partners who will receive and deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.”
The Pentagon has said the estimated cost would nearly double the original estimate of $180 million. It also said the project will only be in use temporarily, for a period of three months.
The pier will be able to process up to two million meals a day for the people in Gaza, U.S. Central Command said.
Ruth Marks Eglash of Fox News contributed to this report.
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‘Bleak milestone’: UN says 3 million forced to flee in Myanmar conflict
United Nations says the number displaced has jumped by 50 percent in last six months as fighting has intensified.
The number of people in Myanmar forced from their homes by conflict now exceeds more than 3 million in what the United Nations has described as a “bleak milestone” for the country.
The UN said the number displaced had surged by 50 percent in the last six months as fighting escalated between the military and armed groups trying to remove the generals who seized power in a coup in February 2021.
“Myanmar has this week marked a bleak milestone with more than 3 million civilians now displaced nationwide amid intensifying conflict,” the office of the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Myanmar said in a statement on Monday.
“Myanmar stands at the precipice in 2024 with a deepening humanitarian crisis that has spiraled since the military takeover in February 2021 and the consequent conflicts in many parts of the country, driving record numbers of people to abandon their homes seeking safety.”
Of the 3 million internally displaced people, more than 90 percent fled as a result of the conflict triggered by the coup, the UN added.
About half of the displaced are in the northwestern regions of Chin, Magway and Sagaing, with more than 900,000 in the southeast. About 356,000 people live in the western state of Rakhine where a brutal military crackdown in 2017 prompted more than 750,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya to flee into neighbouring Bangladesh.
Myanmar was plunged into crisis when Senior General Min Aung Hlaing seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, which led to mass protests that evolved into an armed uprising when the military responded with brutal force.
Fighting has intensified since the end of October last year when ethnic armed groups allied with anti-coup fighters launched a major offensive in northern Shan and western Rakhine states overrunning dozens of military outposts and taking control of several key towns near the border with China.
In recent weeks, the military has also been battling with ethnic Karen groups for control of Myawaddy, a major trade hub on the border with Thailand.
The UN said the deepening conflict meant that some 18.6 million people in Myanmar were now in need of humanitarian assistance, 1 million more than in 2023.
But it said efforts to reach those in need were being hampered by “gross underfunding”. It said it had so far received less than 5 percent of the funds it needed for humanitarian operations.
“With cyclone season fast approaching, additional resources are needed now to protect the most vulnerable and save lives,” the statement said.
Last year, UN human rights chief Volker Turk accused the military of preventing life-saving humanitarian aid from reaching people in need by creating a web of legal, bureaucratic and financial hurdles.
The generals, who have been accused of launching air attacks on civilians and burning villages to the ground, have ignored a five-point peace plan that it agreed to with fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in April 2021, under which it was supposed to end the violence.
Nearly 5,000 people have been killed by the military since the coup, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, which has been tracking the situation. More than 20,000 people are in detention, while Aung San Suu Kyi is serving a combined 27-year sentence after a secret trial in a military court.
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