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Canada’s Christine Sinclair makes soccer history

2:59 pm January 30, 2020

Los Angeles: Canada’s Christine Sinclair became the all-time leading scorer in international soccer history as Canada crushed St. Kitts and Nevis 11-0 at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in Brownsville, Texas. Sinclair scored her 185th career goal on Wednesday to surpass American Abby Wambach’s previous record for men or women. “Christine has been amongst the […]

Man crushed to death by truck in Himachal

7:43 pm January 29, 2020

Shimla: A 62-year-old man was crushed to death by a truck in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district on Wednesday, an official said. Hoshiar Singh died after his scooter was hit by the truck and he came under its wheels near Paror on the Mandi-Pathankot national highway, he said. Singh hailed from Bhatua village, the official said.

ITBP wins 1st ice hockey championship of Ladakh

11:04 pm January 28, 2020

New Delhi: Border guarding force ITBP on Tuesday won the first-ever ice hockey tournament organised in the newly-created union territory of Ladakh, officials said. The ITBP defeated the Army’s Ladakh Scouts regimental centre team to lift the ‘fire and fury’ cup. The match was held in Leh at an altitude of 11,000 feet where the […]

Pilot of Kobe Bryant helicopter tried to avoid heavy fog

Pilot of Bryant helicopter tried to avoid heavy fog

10:54 pm January 28, 2020

CALABASAS, California: The veteran pilot whose helicopter plunged into a Los Angeles-area hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, had tried to avoid fog so heavy that it had grounded police choppers, authorities said. But even experienced pilots may have only seconds to act when they are blinded by weather, an expert said as investigators […]

Kobe, Duncan, Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame class

Basketball star Kobe Bryant, four others dead in helicopter crash

3:46 am January 27, 2020

California: Kobe Bryant, who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and was considered one of basketball’s all-time greats, was killed in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday morning, officials said. He was 41. Four other people died in the crash in a remote field around 10 a.m. (1800 GMT) about 40 […]