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Djokovic’s lost his first round match at a grand slam for the first time since 2006

Fans at the final day of Reading Festival were treated to a surprise set from singer Lola Young.”I am backstage, the cat is out of the bag and I am going to be performing so see you… at the Grid stage,” she teased on Instagram, before treating fans to hits including number one single Messy and One Thing.Her performance marks the latest step in a return to the spotlight after she had to cancel a string of shows last year following an on-stage collapse in September.Young also pulled out of the 2025 Reading festival due to a scheduling clash.The weekend…

US missiles struck Iran’s Larak Island on Sunday, the latest American attack in a war that has lasted over six months. Al Jazeera, quoting US sources, reports that the US forces bombed rocket launchers of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the country’s Larak Island. The sources claimed the targets were preparing to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a claim Iran has denied. There’s been no official confirmation of the attack from the Central Africa Command (CENTCOM). However, the IRGC has said the attack on the island killed several Iranian fighters and civilians. The IRGC spokesperson, Sardar…

·    Atiku: Tinubu’s reforms conveyor belt to poverty ·    Insists Tinubu’s three-week European vacation troubling  Chuks Okocha and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja  African Democratic Congress (ADC) yesterday challenged the director-general of President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign, Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, to explain what Nigerians had gained from the trillions of naira generated from petrol subsidy removal before dismissing the promises of relief by Atiku Abubakar as a lie. ADC, in a statement signed by its spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, said Yari’s comments were particularly significant because he was not speaking merely as an APC senator, but as the man charged with persuading Nigerians to give Tinubu another…

Molly Ticehurst’s ex-boyfriend will not face a life sentence for her domestic violence murder, a crime which galvanised a national movement against gendered abuse.Ticehurst, a 28-year-old childcare educator, was found dead in her home at Forbes, in the New South Wales central-west, in the early hours of 22 April 2024.Her former boyfriend Daniel Billings broke into her bedroom and stabbed her 15 times in a ferocious attack that lasted less than a minute.Billings had been charged with several counts of raping Ticehurst and a string of domestic violence offences just over two weeks before the killing, but he was freed…

NEW YORK NEW YORK – AUGUST 30: Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts against Mariano Navone of Argentina during their Men’s Singles First Round match on Day One of the 2026 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 30, 2026 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)Getty ImagesNovak Djokovic looked distressed from the beginning of his first-round match with Mariano Navone at the U.S. Open.The normally passionate Serb did not engage the crowd for much of the match and threw up multiple times on court while…

Chess.com has done one thing, and one thing very well, for almost 20 years, but now it’s going beyond its domain name. The biggest name in online chess quietly launched its first companion site in beta back in May: Gambit, a free online poker website where players can learn the game without risking any real money. Now Gambit’s ready to really get the ball rolling with its first livestreamed event and collaborations with content creators, and Chess.com is planning to branch out into even more games from here.Chess.com’s chief growth officer, Albert Cheng, told The Verge the company chose poker…

Former Vice-President and 2027 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s decision to embark on a three-week vacation in Europe amid the country’s economic and security challenges. Atiku, in a statement issued after Tinubu’s departure, said the President’s absence from the country at a time of widespread hardship reflected what he described as a “disturbing vacuum of political leadership”. He acknowledged that there was no constitutional vacuum, but argued that the circumstances surrounding the President’s trip raised questions about his leadership priorities. “Nigeria may not be facing a constitutional vacuum today, but…

Using an in-home HEPA purifier for one month spurs a small but significant improvement in brain function in adults age 40 and older. That’s the result of a new study we co-authored in the journal Scientific Reports. HEPA purifiers – HEPA stands for high efficiency particulate air – remove particulate matter from the air. Exposure to particulate matter has been connected to respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses as well as neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Environmental health researchers increasingly recommend that people use HEPA air purifiers in their homes to lower their exposure to particulate matter, but few studies…

British qualifier Toby Samuel broke more new ground with a dominant victory over Tomas Machac on his US Open main-draw debut.The 23-year-old came from a set down in each of his three qualifying matches in New York this week to guarantee a third Grand Slam appearance of the year. However, he had no such issues against former world number 20 Machac, wrapping up a 6-2 6-3 6-2 victory in just over 90 minutes to register his first win at a Grand Slam.”It means everything to me. It’s what I dreamt of as a kid watching these big tournaments,” Samuel told…