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Youth coach hopes Women’s World Cup raises soccer’s profile for Maori people in New Zealand

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:14 GMT

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — When New Zealand kicked off in the Women’s World Cup opener against Norway last weeek, just three of the 23 Football Ferns traced their roots to the Indigenous Maori people.By contrast, when the Kiwis hosted the Women’s Rugby World Cup last year, more than half of the players on its 30-person championship team were Indigenous.The sport of soccer sits far behind rugby in the national consciousness of New Zealand, and Maori representation in coaching is even smaller by comparison. But a youth coach is among those leading the charge to change the landscape of soccer in New Zealand, and sports more broadly for the Maori people.Tarena Ranui is one of the leading youth coaches in New Zealand and the 2019 junior coach of the year. She works at Ngaruawahia High School, a mostly Maori school 20 minutes outside of Hamilton in the Waikato region.Until a year ago, the school had no air conditioning or heating. Buckets collected rainwater from leaky roofs. The 45-yea...

South Korea’s Casey Phair becomes the youngest ever World Cup player at 16 years and 26 days of age

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:14 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Throughout South Korea’s Women’s World Cup opener against Colombia on Tuesday, players stayed loose behind the goal. Early in the 78th minute, one player broke away from the group. Casey Phair, at 16 years and 26 days, stepped onto the field and became the youngest player to do so in a World Cup — women’s or men’s.“Going on, I was really, really nervous,” said Phair, who has an American father and a South Korean mother and was raised in the United States. “It was a scary moment, but then going on and running around, I think it just settled in.”The record previously was held by the late Ifeanyi Chiejine, who was 16 years and 34 days old when she played for Nigeria in the 1999 Women’s World Cup.In the 17 minutes she spent on the field in South Korea’s 2-0 loss, Phair was near the ball at all times, competing with Colombian players for possession every chance she got.“She deserved the chance to play,” South Korea’s head coach Collin Bell said. “She...

Anger grows in Ukraine’s port city of Odesa after Russian bombardment hits beloved historic sites

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:14 GMT

ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Tetiana Khlapova’s hand trembled as she recorded the wreckage of Odesa’s devastated Transfiguration Cathedral on her cellphone and cursed Russia, her native land.Khlapova was raised in Ukraine and had always dreamed of living in the seaside city. But not as the war refugee that she has become.In only a week, Russia has fired dozens of missiles and drones at the Odesa region. None struck quite as deeply as the one that destroyed the cathedral, which stands at the heart of the city’s romantic, notorious past and its deep roots in both Ukrainian and Russian culture.“I am a refugee from Kharkiv. I endured that hell and came to sunny Odesa, the pearl, the heart of our Ukraine,” said Khlapova, who has lived in the country for 40 of her 50 years.Her neck still has a shrapnel scar from the third day of the war, when her apartment was hit. On Day 4, she fled to Odesa.Now, she’s making a quick trip back to her place in Kharkiv to grab winter clothes so she can wait...

Four killed, 10 injured at Moscow mall after hot water pipe bursts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:14 GMT

Four people were killed and 10 injured on Saturday after a hot water pipe burst at a shopping mall in western Moscow, officials said.Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said some of those injured had suffered burns, and that emergency services were working on the scene.Russian news agencies quoted investigators as saying that there had been no ammonia leak at the site as had been suspected for a time.Video footage showed flooding throughout the building and steam flowing out of a doorway.The mall, known as Vremena Goda (The Seasons), opened in 2007 and houses over 150 stores."We are providing medical assistance to all the victims," Sobyanin said.

Male victim in double homicide in Ranchos Palos Verdes identified by friends

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:14 GMT

Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are working to piece together clues in the double homicide of a man and a woman found shot to death inside a vehicle parked at scenic overlook in Ranchos Palos Verdes early Monday morning.  According to an LASD bulletin, the incident was reported around 6:30 a.m. in the 7000 block of Palos Verdes Drive. It was a hiker who reportedly made the gruesome discovery and called 911.  The victims, both believed to be in their 30s, were found in a bullet-riddled Subaru in the parking lot of Pelican Cove Park, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean.  “At approximately 6:30 this morning, deputies from the Lomita Sheriff’s station responded to a rescue call at 7000 Palos Verdes Drive,” said Lieutenant Daniel Vizcarra of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau. “Upon arrival, they found a blue Subaru parked with a male and a female inside suffering from gunshot wounds.” The male victim’s Will...

Zambia turns to 3rd goalkeeper ahead of Spain at Women’s World Cup

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:14 GMT

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Zambia has only played one Women’s World Cup match and are already down to their third-string goalkeeper.Hazel Nali was ruled out of the Women’s World Cup only days before Zambia’s tournament debut with a torn ACL. She was replaced by relief goalkeeper Catherine Musonda, but the backup picked up her second yellow card — which essentially equals a red card and disqualification for the next match — when she tripped Japanese striker Riko Ueki in the waning moments of Zambia’s 5-0 tournament-opening loss. Nali was a star for the Copper Queens with 18 career international appearances and the only Zambian keeper who plays outside the country. So the job went to Eunice Sakala, who replaced Musonda ahead of Japan scorinh on the ensuing penalty kick and final whistle. Those final minutes were the international debut for the 21-year-old, who will have to carry the load Wednesday against Spain in Auckland. The Spaniards are ranked sixth in the world, and fresh off ...

Elon Musk mató oficialmente a Twitter: la plataforma zombi vive como X, un caparazón de lo que era antes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:14 GMT

(CNN) — Adiós, pajarito.Twitter, la plataforma de redes sociales basada en texto que desempeñó un papel descomunal en la sociedad al servir como plaza pública digital, fue asesinada este domingo por su desquiciado propietario, Elon Musk. Tenía 17 años.Un Twitter zombi, conocido solo como X, perdura a regañadientes. Una plataforma deformada y desfigurada, X avanza como un Caminante Blanco [de “Game of Thrones”], un feo caparazón de sí mismo bajo el mando de un detestado líder.Mientras que Twitter alguna vez fue una fuente de información autorizada, X es una plataforma en la que los trolls pueden pagar una pequeña tarifa para que su contenido feo sea promocionado antes que fuentes confiables.X es una plataforma donde la verificación de identidad ya no existe y la suplantación de identidad está a solo una suscripción paga.Es oficial: Elon Musk renombra la marca Twitter como “X”X es una plataforma donde se veta y se denigra a los periodistas mientras se ele...

Colton Cowser’s throw, hit help lift surging Orioles over Phillies

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:14 GMT

Baltimore Orioles' Colton Cowser, right, celebrates after a win with Ramon Urias after a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Monday, July 24, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)(AP/Chris Szagola) Baltimore Orioles' Colton Cowser, right, celebrates after a win with Ramon Urias after a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Monday, July 24, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)(AP/Chris Szagola) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Colton Cowser hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning after helping to throw out the potential go-ahead run in the eighth, lifting the surging Baltimore Orioles to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.Ryan Mountcastle and Jordan Wes...

Anciano de 90 años conoce a su hermana enviando su ADN por sitio web

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:14 GMT

Un residente de Kansas recibió un regalo el día de su cumpleaños número 90 con el que siempre había soñado. Ralph Earl Britz cuenta cómo toda su vida había soñado tener una hermana o un hermano, lo que lo llevó a resolver un misterio familiar que surgió hace 15 años. Britz asegura que su certificado de nacimiento se había perdido pero logró conseguirla y descubrir que su padre era en realidad su padrastro, lo que lo llevo a pensar que su sueño podría ser realidad. Caimán muerde a anciano que paseaba por campo de golf en Florida NBC: los trabajadores de la salud inmigrantes pueden enfrentar demandas de $100,000 por renunciar La hija de Britz dice que envió pruebas de ADN a una página web diseñada para reencontrar familiares llamada “23andMe”, y asegura que fue “como buscar una aguja en un pajar”.Asimismo, consiguió a la hermana perdida de Britz, Roberta Best de 78 años, quien asegura que su madre, justo ant...

Golfista profesional admite haber hecho trampa en torneo de Canadá

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:14 GMT

El golfista profesional Justin Doeden admitió que hizo trampa en el Abierto de Ottawa del PGA Tour Canada la semana pasada. Doeden hizo la confesión el lunes en una publicación en X, antes conocida como Twitter. “Estoy aquí para confesar el mayor error que he cometido en mi vida hasta la fecha. Hice trampa en el golf”, escribió Doeden. “Esto no es lo que soy. Decepcioné a mis patrocinadores. Decepcioné a mis competidores. Decepcioné a mi familia. Me decepcioné a mí mismo. Rezo por su perdón”. Porche se derrumba durante torneo de golf en Montana; al menos 25 heridos Niño de 3 años atropella y mata a otro menor con carrito de golf La admisión se produjo dos días después de que un informe de Ryan French del Monday Q Info afirmara que Doeden alteró su tarjeta de puntuación en un intento de pasar el corte en el Abierto de Ottawa. Doeden etiquetó la cuenta X de Monday Q Info en su publicación de confesión. Doeden...