Daily Archives: June 15, 2022

Streaky Celtics hit cold spot at bad time in Game 5 loss

SAN FRANCISCO , Jun 14 (AP) — The Boston Celtics couldn’t make a 3-pointer to start the game and found themselves in a deep...

Sports court verdict puts Olympic boxing in more doubt

GENEVA , Jun 14 (AP) — The troubled International Boxing Association may have to hold its presidential election again after the Court of Arbitration...

India beats SAfrica by 48 runs, stays alive in T20 series

VISAKHAPATNAM, India , Jun 14 (AP) — Harshal Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal shared seven wickets as India beat South Africa by 48 runs in...

Quinn, a 57-year-old dad, earns US Open start close to home

BROOKLINE, Mass. , Jun 14 (AP) — Fran Quinn knew his odds of making the U.S. Open weren’t great. He’s 57. But when his 23-year-old...

Afghanistan completes T20 sweep as Zimbabwe replaces coach

HARARE, Zimbabwe , Jun 14 (AP) — Afghanistan won the final Twenty20 against Zimbabwe by 35 runs on Tuesday to complete a clean sweep...

Sara Errani upsets 2nd-seeded Madison Brengle at Veneto Open

GAIBA, Italy , Jun 14 (AP) — Italian player Sara Errani upset second-seeded Madison Brengle in the opening round of the Veneto Open on...

NCAA athletes still excel in classroom despite pandemic

INDIANAPOLIS , Jun 14 (AP) — The NCAA said Tuesday that college athletes are continuing to excel in the classroom even when some couldn’t...

Russians control 80% of contested city in eastern Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine, Jun 14 (AP) — Russian troops control about 80% of the fiercely contested eastern Ukrainian city of Sieverodonetsk and have destroyed all...

Biden to visit ‘pariah’ Saudi Arabia and Israel next month

WASHINGTON , Jun 14 (AP) — President Joe Biden confirmed on Tuesday that he will visit Saudi Arabia next month for talks with leaders...

Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle

COPENHAGEN, Denmark , Jun 14 (AP) — A territorial dispute between Denmark and Canada over a barren and uninhabited rock in the Arctic that...

Ecuador: Indigenous leader is arrested over violent protests

QUITO, Ecuador , Jun 14 (AP) — Authorities in Ecuador arrested the leader of a national Indigenous group on Tuesday, alleging that he was...

WHO convenes experts to decide if monkeypox is an emergency

GENEVA , Jun 14 (AP) — The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee of experts to determine if the expanding monkeypox outbreak...

Austrian convicted of helping detain 6 Dutch children

THE HAGUE, Netherlands , Jun 14 (AP) — A Dutch court on Tuesday sentenced an Austrian man to three years imprisonment for his involvement...