Russell will share second row with Ferrari’s Leclerc
Norris third fastest but has a 10-place grid penalty
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli took pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix, comfortably beating Max Verstappen of Red Bull into second place at Spa-Francorchamps in an intimidating margin of more than three-tenths, the largest advantage for pole of the season.
Lando Norris was in third place but McLaren’s defending world champion has a 10-place grid penalty after he used his fourth battery unit of the season, one more than allowed under the regulations. He will start from 12th on the grid.
Continue reading...Fifa says football brings the world together but the unhoused in Atlanta feel targeted and completely excluded from the tournament
“A lot of our community has been pushed out by the World Cup. We’re not just dollar signs, we’re more than that. We’re people and we’re frustrated that they’ve chosen to treat us less than human.”
“They dropped me off there in the middle of the night. They call them Mormon centres or whatever, but it ain’t nothing but a warehouse of cops. It looked like a Fema camp. When I saw it, I left, I walked all the way back here. It’s because of the World Cup. They’re trying to make it look good for tourists. They don’t want the eyesores around.”
Continue reading...Ruling comes as supreme court is set to consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles violate US constitution
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that New Jersey’s bans on assault firearms and magazines that can hold 10 or more rounds is unconstitutional.
It marks the first time a federal appeals court has struck down a state ban on such weapons, and comes as the US supreme court is set to consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles violate the second amendment in the fall. Just last week, another federal appeals court upheld Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons.
Continue reading...Pete Hegseth announced that soldiers aged 30 and older in the US military will be screened for low testosterone
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, this week ordered annual testosterone-deficiency screening for active-duty and reserve service members aged 30 and older, which he says will help to maintain military readiness.
But many medical professionals warn it might do nothing of the sort and instead could increase service members’ risk of infertility or other consequences if testosterone is prescribed inappropriately.
Continue reading...A history of racism and ongoing footballing rivalries have made the choice of which team to get behind in Sunday’s final a charged topic
The Brazilian journalist and columnist Julia Duailibi usually writes about politics in her weekly column for the leading Brazilian newspaper O Globo, but last Thursday she took a different tack, writing instead about why she would not be supporting neighbouring Argentina in the World Cup final.
“I have always been an admirer of the hermanos [as Brazilians affectionately call Argentinians] and would have loved to cheer on a fellow South American team,” she wrote on the morning after Argentina’s dramatic semi-final victory over England. “But I admit that the racist scenes involving a minority of the fans, and the silence of the majority on the pitch, turned my stomach.”
Continue reading...LONDEN (ANP) - Femke Broeders-Bol is bij de atletiekmeeting uit de Diamond League in Londen als tweede geëindigd op de 800 meter. De Amersfoortse zette een tijd neer van 1.56,46. De zege ging naar de Britse olympisch kampioene Keely Hodgkinson in 1.56,21. Tsige Duguma uit Ethiopië werd derde (1.56,92).
Bol noteerde eind juni bij de Diamond League in Parijs een tijd van 1.55,60 en kwam toen in de buurt van het 34 jaar oude Nederlands record van Ellen van Langen, die bij de Olympische Spelen van 1992 in Barcelona 1.55,54 noteerde.
Broeders-Bol, die na haar succesvolle jaren op de 400 meter horden overstapte naar de 800 meter, kondigde eerder deze week aan dat ze eind juli niet meedoet aan de NK atletiek in Hengelo. Ze richt zich volledig op de EK atletiek in Birmingham, die op 10 augustus beginnen.
UTRECHT (ANP) - De musical Moulin Rouge! kan niet meer worden opgevoerd doordat water het decor en de apparatuur van de voorstelling onherstelbaar heeft beschadigd. De musical kan de komende twee weken niet meer worden gespeeld, maakte producent Stage Entertainment zaterdag bekend.
De waterschade is aangericht door een sprinkerinstallatie in het Beatrix Theater die vrijdag onbedoeld werd geactiveerd door een technisch defect. De laatste voorstelling stond gepland op 2 augustus. In totaal moet de producent nu noodgedwongen zeventien voorstellingen schrappen.