Danish Siddiqui, the Pulitzer-winning Indian photojournalist and chief of the Reuters multimedia team in India, was killed in Spin Boldak in Afghanistan on July 16. He was on assignment, covering the ongoing clashes between the Taliban and the Afghanistan National Security Forces…
There was something particularly poignant about the fact that the Washington Nationals hosted the Chicago Cubs this past weekend. By the time their three-game series began Friday night, each team had pulled the plug on an era that produced some great memories…
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet unanimously approved on Monday a state budget for 2021-2022, more than three years after the government last ratified a fiscal spending package, the finance ministry and the prime minister's office said. After a marathon…
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Former big league outfielder Hyun Soo Kim hit a two-run homer off Pittsburgh front office assistant Jeremy Bleich and scored the game-ending run in South Korea's 11-1 victory over Israel on Monday at the Olympics. Soo, who played…
TOKYO (AP) — Coach Karch Kiraly knew there would be challenges and adversity if the U.S. women's volleyball team could finally break through and win a first Olympic gold medal in the sport. Boy was he right. Two key starters have gone…
By Ece Toksabay TOKYO (Reuters) - Turkey's newest Olympic gold medallist Mete Gazoz has a weapon even more deadly than his archer's bow - a beaming smile. The 22-year-old claimed Turkey's first gold at these Tokyo Games last weekend by winning the…
TOKYO (AP) — A surfer jumping in to translate for the rival who’d just beaten him. High-jumping friends agreeing to share a gold medal rather than move to a tiebreaker. Two runners falling in a tangle of legs, then helping each other…
TOKYO (AP) — When Mourad Aliev sat on the boxing ring apron at the Kokugikan Arena for an hour after his disqualification for head-butting, the French super heavyweight took a metaphorical seat alongside all the boxers who believe they’ve been grievously wronged…
For months (maybe a year), the conventional wisdom around the league has been that Kawhi Leonard would opt out of the final year of his contract with the Clippers, then turn around and re-sign with them (for more money and, if he…
Jeff Green one-handed dunk cropped The Nets knew re-signing Jeff Green would be a challenge entering NBA free agency, which tips off Monday at 6 p.m., after the veteran posted a strong 2020-21 season in Brooklyn. As he surveys his options, the…