Marc Guehi dismissed talk that England have a “favourable” European Championship draw as Gareth Southgate’s side prepare to kick off the knockout phase against Slovakia. The curtain came down on the group stage on Wednesday evening, when Georgia’s shock win against Portugal meant the Euro 2020 runners-up avoided the Netherlands in the last 16. Instead […]
Wimbledon begins on Monday with Carlos Alcaraz bidding to retain his title and Andy Murray battling to be fit for one last hurrah. Jack Draper leads the British challenge, while some absent star names have left a big gap. Here, we look at what to expect over the next fortnight at SW19. Big (three) shoes […]
Jun. 23—NORWICH — Montville police officer Karen Aleshire on Thursday showed her arms, which displayed red marks where fellow officers had inserted numerous blood-drawing needles. It had only been about an hour since she and six officers had arrived at the American Ambulance building for a new program that trains police to draw blood from […]
Patrik Schick’s record-breaking goal for the Czech Republic against Georgia only earned them a 1-1 draw to leave both sides’ Euro 2024 hopes in the balance. The Bayer Leverkusen forward’s sixth European Championship goal, surpassing Milan Baros, cancelled out Georges Mikautadze’s penalty opener but despite their dominance, the Czechs could not force the win they […]
Kylian Mbappe watched on from the bench as France and the Netherlands played out a goalless draw at Euro 2024. After breaking his nose in France’s opening Group D win over Austria, Les Bleus skipper was forced to don a mask in training and was only a substitute here in Leipzig, where a 0-0 stalemate […]
By Erwin Seba (Reuters) – Oil futures climbed on Thursday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported a draw on crude oil and data showing a cooling jobs market that stoked hopes the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates soon. Brent crude futures settled at $85.71 a barrel, up 64 cents or 0.75%. The […]
Boos greeted the final whistle as Gareth Southgate’s England stumbled to a 1-1 draw with Denmark and missed the chance to top their European Championship group with a game to spare. Serbia’s late equaliser against Slovenia in the early kick-off meant the Euro 2020 runners-up knew a win would see them through to the round […]
Scotland kept alive their hopes of reaching the last 16 at Euro 2024 with a 1-1 draw against Switzerland in a gripping Group A game on Wednesday. Eager to make up for their 5-1 rout by Germany, Scotland were roared on by thousands of fans and made a dream start when Scott McTominay’s on-target 13th-minute […]
Klaus Gjasula struck five minutes into stoppage time to rescue a 2-2 draw for Albania against Croatia in Hamburg and keep alive their hopes of reaching the Euro 2024 knockout stages. The 2022 World Cup semi-finalists looked to have secured a fine comeback win after Andrej Kramaric scored in the 74th minute to cancel out […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Library of Congress is unveiling an eclectic new exhibit drawing on the institution’s vast historical archives and designed to make the library a more popular and accessible destination for visitors and tourists. “Collecting Memories” — which opens to the public on June 13 — is an intensely curated exhibit that brings […]
PARIS — Not once in his trip to France did President Joe Biden speak Donald Trump’s name. Standing near the gravesites of American soldiers killed in two world wars, Biden shied from overt references to his Republican rival or the presidential campaign back home. Yet in some sense, Trump figured in virtually all of Biden’s […]
LACONIA — Laconia Motorcycle Week, now in its 101st year and expected to attract 300,000 visitors to the city and $100 million in business, isn’t the raucous rally of the 1960s and 1970s anymore, and that might be for the best. The movers and shakers who make Motorcycle Week happen gathered at the Colonial Theatre […]