Norway’s Thomas Waerner was the first musher to reach the Unalakleet checkpoint as the Iditarod enters the final straight.Waerner was presented with a commemorative plate on arrival before preparing for the final push to Nome, just 77 miles away.In second
The Women’s Tennis Association has suspended play until May 2 as the coronavirus pandemic continued its unprecedented shutdown of world sport .WTA said tournaments in Stuttgart, Istanbul and Prague will “not be held as scheduled”. The women’s tour was initially
US researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges.With a careful jab in a healthy volunteer’s arm, scientists at
French President Emmanuel Macron ordered stringent restrictions on people’s movement for at least two weeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus and said the army would be drafted in to help move the sick to hospitals. France had already
Chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya says that no decision has been taken so far to postpone parliamentary elections. He was speaking at a media briefing in Colombo yesterday.Mahinda Deshapriya further said that it is necessary to accept nomination
SLFP General Secretary DayasiriJayasekera says that his party will contest in four districts singlehandedly under the sign of “hand”. DayasiriJayasekeramade the comment addressing a group of journalists. The SLFP will vie NuwaraEliya, Kalutara, Vanni and Jaffna districts without any alliance.The
The Government has announced a special public holiday for the next three days. It willbe applicable to the private sector as well. The holiday will be in effect from tomorrow to the 19th of this month. The special holiday will
German Maximilian Schachmann battled through the final stage to win the Paris-Nice stage race by 18 seconds. Schachmann limited the damage on the final climb as he held off his nearest overall challenger Belgian Tiesj Benoot as the race was
WHO Said the number of confirmed coronavirus cases outside China has increased by 7,488 to 51,767 in the past 24 hours. A total of 122 countries and regions outside China have reported 1,775 deaths from COVID-19 as of 10:00 CET
Italy’s Giacomo Nizzolo won the sprint finish to take the second stage of the Paris-Nice race while Germany’s Maximilian Schachmann retained the yellow jersey.NTT Pro Cycling rider Nizzolo overtook Schachmann’s Bora-Hansgrohe team mate Pascal Ackermann in the final few metres
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