New Zealand wins the toss, bowls in the 1st T20 against West Indies
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl Wednesday in the first Twenty20 cricket international against the West Indies.The match begins a seven-week tour for the West Indies in which they will play New Zealand across all three formats:...
Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth delayed over fears spaceship damaged by debris
Three Chinese astronauts have been forced to extend their six-month stay in space over concerns their return ship may have been hit by debris, China’s space agency said.Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie were due to return to Earth on Wednesday –– they had even...
Simpkins’ basket with just seconds left helps Oregon fend off pesky Hawaii 60-59
EUGENE, Ore. — Takai Simpkins scored 18 points and his game-winning running jump shot with 4.2 seconds left helped Oregon avoid an upset by beating Hawaii 60-59 in a season opener for both teams on Tuesday night.Without a timeout, Hawaii’s Hunter Erickson...
‘My skin was peeling’ – the African women tricked into making Russian drones
2 hours agoShareSaveMayeni JonesAfrica correspondentShareSaveGetty Images / BBCOn her first day of work, Adau realised she had made a big mistake.”We got our uniforms, not even knowing exactly what we were going to do. From the first day of work we were taken to...
Freshman Ebuka Okorie leads Stanford over Portland State 89-79 in season opener
STANFORD, Calif. — Ebuka Okorie scored 26 points in his collegiate debut to lead Stanford to an 89-79 victory over Portland State on Tuesday night in the season opener for both teams. Okorie, a 6-foot-2 freshman guard from Nasua, New Hampshire, made all six of...
Byrd and Harrington lead San Diego State past Long Beach State 77-45
SAN DIEGO — Miles Byrd and Elzie Harrington each scored 13 points to help San Diego State beat Long Beach State 77-45 on Tuesday night in the season opener for both teams. Byrd also had eight rebounds for the Aztecs (1-0). Tae Simmons, Taj DeGourville and Miles...
Cutter Gauthier has 1st hat trick in 4-point night to send surging Ducks past Panthers, 7-3
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Cutter Gauthier had his first career hat trick during a four-point performance, and the Anaheim Ducks routed the Florida Panthers 7-3 on Tuesday night for their fourth consecutive victory.Nikita Nesterenko scored the go-ahead goal late in the...
Idaho State beats Park University Gilbert 81-71
POCATELLO, Idaho — Connor Hollenbeck’s 18 points and 10 rebounds helped Idaho State defeat Park University Gilbert 81-71 on Tuesday night.Quin Patterson made four 3-pointers and scored 18 points for the Bengals. Caleb Van De Griend added 16 points.Tanner...