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Ailing Serena Williams Knockout From 3rd Round Match At India Well

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Serena Williams An ailing Serena Williams knockout  with a viral illness from  her third-round WTA match at Indian Wells on Sunday (March 10) while trailing Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 1-0 in a battle of former world No. 1s. Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, was seeded 10th as she continues to work her way back up the rankings after taking time off to have a baby. Williams won the first three games of the match but called for the trainer after losing six straight to the Spaniard. After a long talk with the trainer, she took the court for the second set, but called it a day after Muguruza held in the opening game. Williams and Muguruza were meeting for the sixth time. The previous two clashes came in Grand Slam finals, with Williams winning at Wimbledon in 2015 and Muguruza walking off with the 2016 French Open crown. "We've played many times and it's always super tough, super exciting," said Muguruza, currently ranked 20th in the world. "I wis...

The Three-time World US' Cyclist Champion Dead At 23

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The three-time world champion and 2016 Rio Olympic runner-up in team pursuit,  American cyclist Kelly Catlin  has died at age 23, USA Cycling confirmed on Sunday. The cyclist who was part of the US team pursuit squads that captured world titles in 2016, 2017 and 2018 but she withdrew from the American team that failed to defend the title Feb 27-28 at the 2019 worlds in Poland. "The US cycling community suffered a devastating loss with the passing of Kelly Catlin," USA Cycling president Rob DeMartini said in a statement. Kelly Catlin in Race action "Kelly was more than an athlete to us and she will always be part of the USA Cycling family. "The entire cycling community is mourning this immense loss... We are deeply saddened by Kelly's passing, and we will all miss her dearly."

Liverpool Reduce Leading Gap With Manchester City

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Liverpool reduce the leading gap with Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League to a single point on Sunday as Manchester United slipped to their first domestic defeat under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Arsenal. Chelsea, also in the hunt for the Champions League qualification spots, needed a last-gasp equaliser from Eden Hazard to earn 1-1 draw against Wolves. A disappointing run of results has badly dented Liverpool's bid for a first English league title since 1990 and fans' nerves were jangling after they fell behind against struggling Burnley at Anfield on Sunday. But Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane both scored twice as Jurgen Klopp's team battled back to win 4-2, lifting them to 73 points, one behind Pep Guardiola's City, who saw off Watford on Saturday. "The message from today is that nobody gets rid of us," said a defiant Klopp, whose team had won just two of their previous six Premier League matches. "All we have to...

Woman Attack By Jaguar In Zoo While Taking Selfie

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  A woman has been attacked by a jaguar after "crossing over a barrier to get a photo" at a safari park in Arizona. Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park said the unnamed victim suffered non-life threatening injuries to her hand from a female jaguar. US media reports the woman was trying to take a selfie near the fence of the enclosure when the big cat reached out and grabbed her arm. A witness said he heard the woman "screaming for help" and describe pulling her away from the big cat. Adam Wilkerson, who posted a video of the incident on Reddit, described it as "pandemonium". In his post, he said he was visiting the park near Phoenix with his family when he heard a young woman "screaming for help" and saw that her hand was up against the enclosure fence, in the grasp of the jaguar's claws. Jaguar "At that moment I put my arm around the girl's torso and pull her away. A couple of other people are there pulli...

Update: Oyo PDP Candidate Mr Seyi Makinde Record 27 In 33LGAs In OYO State

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Mr Seyi Makinde   The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Seyi Makinde, is on course to win the Oyo State governorship election as he recorded 27 in 33LGAs in the state. Although he has not been officially declared as winner, and with one local government, Ibadan South West, still awaited, the PDP candidate has won 27 out of the 32 local government areas declared so far. Mr Makinde has so far received a total of 481,177 votes from the local government declared while the All progressives Congress candidate, Bayo Adelabu, received 331,799 votes. The returning officer and other INEC officials have gone on a short break while awaiting the arrival of the Ibadan South West results .

Sanwo-Olu Wins All Lagos State 20 Local Governments To Defeat Jimi Agbaje

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won in all the 20 local government areas in the state. The results were announced this afternoon at the INEC office in Yaba. Although the Independent National Electoral Commission has not officially declared Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the election, but APC defeated the People’s Democratic Party by as much as 533,300 votes. Sanwo-Olu polled 739,445 against Agbaje’s 206,141.

157 Passengers Fear Dead In Ethiopian Airline Clash

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None of the 157 Passengers Fear Dead In Ethiopian Airline Clashon Sunday morning en route to Nairobi  from Addis Ababa  have survived, the airline said. The aircraft, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 carrying 149 passengers and eight crew members, took off at 08:38am  (05:38 GMT) and lo st contact with air traffic controllers six minutes later. It crashed near Bishoftu, southeast of the Ethiopian capital, Ethiopian Airlines said in a statement. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash of the plane, which was new and had been delivered to the airline in November. The pilot, who had been working for the carrier since 2010, sent out a distress call shortly after take-off and was given clearance to return.