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Sports News Roundup: Tennis-Sakkari storms into Guadalajara semis, books WTA Finals spot; Motor racing-Formula One planning new all-female junior series -reports and more | Sports-Games

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Sports News Roundup: Tennis-Sakkari storms into Guadalajara semis, books WTA Finals spot; Motor racing-Formula One planning new all-female junior series -reports and more | Sports-Games

Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.

NHL roundup: Kraken stun champion Avalanche

Jared McCann and Jordan Schwartz had a aim and an help every, Karson Kuhlman scored the game-winner and the Seattle Kraken beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Friday in Denver. Kraken goalie Philipp Grubauer turned away 17 of 19 photographs in opposition to his former staff earlier than being changed by Martin Jones halfway via the third interval. Jones stopped the one shot he confronted.

Tennis-Sakkari storms into Guadalajara semis, books WTA Finals spot

Fourth seed Maria Sakkari overcame Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 5-7 6-4 to succeed in the Guadalajara Open semi-finals on Friday and seize the eighth and closing spot on the year-ending WTA Finals. Sakkari saved 14 of 15 break factors on the evening to outclass her decided opponent and can be part of Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Caroline Garcia, Aryna Sabalenka and Daria Kasatkina on the season finale.

Motor racing-Formulation One planning new all-female junior sequence -reports

Formulation One is planning to arrange an all-female junior sequence to assist girls racers climb the motorsport ladder, in response to media experiences on Friday. Sky Sports activities tv and different media stated the sequence might debut as early as 2023 with a deal with 16- to 22-year-old drivers.

ATP roundup: Dominic Thiem beats prime seed Hubert Hurkacz in Antwerp

Austria’s Dominic Thiem saved three match factors rallied for a 3-6, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (4) win to oust No. 1 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland within the quarterfinals of the European Open on Friday in Antwerp, Belgium. Thiem, who claimed the 2020 U.S. Open however hasn’t received since then due partially to a wrist damage, absorbed Hurkacz’s 17 aces and received 51 of his 63 first-service factors (81 %). He staved off Hurkacz when the Pole held a 6-4 lead within the second-set tiebreaker. Neither participant broke serve within the third set earlier than Thiem cruised within the tiebreaker.

NBA roundup: Ja Morant (49) guides Grizzlies over Rockets

Ja Morant scored a game-high 49 factors and steered the visiting Memphis Grizzlies to a 129-122 victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday. Morant hit 17 of 26 photographs from the ground. He completed 5-for-6 on 3-point makes an attempt, his lone miss coming late within the fourth quarter on a heave in opposition to an expiring shot clock.

Soccer-Tour operators eye back-up routes as tens of millions put together to fly to Qatar World Cup

Air operators flying soccer followers to the Qatar World Cup ought to have back-up routes in case of disruptions from delays or regional tensions, with round three million tickets offered for subsequent month’s international occasion, journey and danger consultants stated. Qatar Airways is working to spice up its workforce by 10,000 to greater than 55,000, partly to deal with the anticipated inflow, and has lower flights to make approach for World Cup followers.

Baseball-Boone urges consistency as strain mounts for Yankees

New York Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated on Friday he’s preaching consistency on the plate regardless of a demoralizing 0-2 begin to the ALCS on the highway in opposition to hated rivals Houston Astros. The Bronx Bombers can be relieved to be again on house turf with a rested Gerritt Cole on the mound for Recreation 3 Saturday within the best-of-seven playoff sequence, because the offense tries to regroup and preserve their World Sequence ambitions on observe.

Soccer-Former Japan worldwide Kudo dies after mind surgical procedure, aged 32

Former Japan worldwide ahead Masato Kudo, who additionally performed for Kashiwa Reysol, Vancouver Whitecaps and Brisbane Roar, died aged 32 following mind surgical procedure, his membership Tegevajaro Miyazaki has introduced. Kudo was recognized with hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid within the ventricles within the mind and was hospitalised on Oct. 3 after falling in poor health a day earlier, the Kyodo information company reported. He died on Friday.

Soccer-Argentina concern nobody at World Cup, says Messi

Lionel Messi says Argentina to not concern any staff on the World Cup however he urged followers to remain calm with the match in Qatar lower than a month away. Copa America champions Argentina, unbeaten in 35 video games since 2019, had been drawn with Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland in Group C as they appear to win their first World Cup title since 1986.

Soccer-Infantino: Clearing home will convey transparency to switch market

FIFA president Gianni Infantino stated the creation of a centralised clearing home will convey “transparency and accountability” as the game’s governing physique appears to be like to crack down on the multi-billion greenback international switch market. Infantino, talking after Saturday’s FIFA Council assembly in Auckland, stated the brand new Paris-based entity would deal with making certain smaller golf equipment obtain compensation owed for creating gamers earlier than tackling the broader market.

(With inputs from companies.)

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Israel defence chief to discuss Gaza, Lebanon on U.S. trip

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Israel defence chief to discuss Gaza, Lebanon on U.S. trip

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant headed to Washington on Sunday to discuss the next phase of the Gaza war and escalating hostilities on the border with Lebanon, where exchanges of fire with Hezbollah have stoked fears of wider conflict.

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Newly found Assyrian camp supports epic biblical account, expert says

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June 23, 2024

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Newly found Assyrian camp supports epic biblical account, expert says

A recent discovery in Israel may corroborate an epic biblical account of an angel of the Lord wiping out 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, an independent scholar claims.

Stephen Compton, an independent scholar specializing in Near Eastern archaeology, utilized a modern mapping technique to find the discovery of, what he believes, are ancient Assyrian military camps, from circa 700 B.C.

The discovery, which is also detailed in Assyrian texts, Greek histories and the Hebrew Bible, could verify the biblical account of 2 Kings 19:35; Isaiah 37: 36-38 and 2 Chronicles, 32:21.

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And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand; and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
— 2 Kings 19:35
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Stone panels from the walls of the Assyrian Emperor Sennacherib’s palace show his military camp. The 24 guard towers along the camp’s perimeter wall, each with three windows visible, indicate a substantial fortification. (Steve Compton)

The scholar detailed his finds in the journal Near Eastern Archaeology and shared with Fox News Digital the historical significance.

“One of the important cities that he conquered, which is mentioned in the Bible as well as in Assyrian documents, is Lachish,” he said. “And on the wall of Sennacherib’s palace he had a relief depicting, in stone carving, the conquest of the city of Lachish, and then after one side his military camp. And his military camp was a large oval. This image from the wall of his palace is now on the wall of the British Museum. But it’s never been found.”

Matching the landscape to the relief in Assyrian King Sennacherib’s palace and using early aerial photographs of Lachish prior to modern development, Compton created a virtual map to pinpoint the site of the military camp.

Bottom: The entire scene from Sennacherib’s palace wall as drawn by its excavator, Austen Henry Layard, in 1849. Top: The same landscape as photographed from a plane in 1945, prior to modern alterations to the landscape. Correlating the two indicated a likely location for the ruins of Sennacherib’s camp. (Steve Compton)

The earliest aerial photograph of Jerusalem, lower left, with an oval fortification visible on a hill in the upper right. From the collection of the Library of Congress. (Steve Compton)

The oval shape of Assyrian King Sennacherib’s military camp helped narrow down Compton’s research.

“We knew it was an oval. What I did was I took the image of the relief and match it up with recognizable features in the landscape with the actual landscape and overlayed the two,” he said. “I used earlier photographs of the landscape from World War II, right before major changes were made.”

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“And it was a match,” he said.

Compton said the military camp’s location, position, dates and name fit into the historical context of Sennacherib’s invasion camp.

The site of Sennacherib’s Jerusalem camp, now known as Ammunition Hill. (Steve Compton)

Ruined walls are visible today at the site of Sennacherib’s Lachish camp. (Steve Compton)

Compton shared that he hopes an archaeological excavation team will investigate the site to provide additional information.

“I think it’s exciting to have found the spot, and I hope that we’ll soon see archaeological excavations there that can give us more information about the site,” he said.

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.

She is a native of Massachusetts and is based in Orlando, Florida.

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Over 10,000 Poles participate in Pride parade in Warsaw

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June 23, 2024

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Over 10,000 Poles participate in Pride parade in Warsaw

Last weekend a parade in Warsaw drew over 20,000 people, including two government ministers for the first time.

Parades have been taking place in Poland during Pride month as organisers call for LGBTQ rights to be expanded in the largely conservative and mostly Catholic country.

Pride parades in Poland have traditionally been more of a protest event than an opportunity to party, as they are in some of Europe’s more LGBTQ-friendly cities.

But last week, a march in Warsaw drew over 20,000 people including two government ministers for the first time – deputy prime minister Krzysztof Gawkowski and Equality minister Katarzyna Kotula, who are both from The Left party.

According to Brussels-based NGO ran Rainbow Map, Poland this year was ranked as the worst country in the European Union for the LGBTQ community for the fifth consecutive year. The index takes into account the legal, political and social environment for LGBTQ people in each country in Europe.

Under the slogan “Equality is Now” the parade organisers say that Poland should recognise same-sex marriage, introduce an anti-hate speech law to protect the LGBTQ community from discrimination and exclusion.

Currently, Poland doesn’t recognise same-sex marriage and same-sex couples are banned from adopting children as many other European countries do.

Equality minister Katarzyna Kotula from the Left party of the government’s current coalition has said that progress towards introducing same-sex civil partnerships for the first time in Poland had been made, however it has to be approved by other members of the coalition, including the centre-right Polish People’s Party.

The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party was adamantly against what it called “LGBTQ ideology” when it was the ruling party and before it was voted out of power last year. But Poland’s new government led by Donald Tusk has promised to improve LGBTQ rights, although it has yet to pass any legislation.