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This Week In Running: May 29, 2023

Hey hey, it's Memorial Day holiday in the U.S., and that quiets the race volume.It does mark the unofficial start to the Western Hemisphere summer though, and so I'm queuing up my fave guy Mungo Jerry all day.MaXi-Race - Annecy, France
88k In the race's marquee 88-kilometer distance (55 miles), and on a course that gains 5,000 meters (16,400 feet), Miguel Arsenio (Portugal) toppled the competition and the record books.

ESPN.com

Racing Louisville's Thembi Kgatlana loves the USA's focus on girls' soccer

Leonard SolmsSpecial to ESPN

CloseJack of all sporting trades.Author of my 11-year-old self's fantasy story about his road to FIFA World Cup glory.Perfecting the art of writing about people who do what I said I was going to do.South Africa and Racing Louisville striker Thembi Kgatlana hopes her country will one day put as much focus on girls' youth football as the USA does.

BBC Sport

South Africa great Amla retires

Hashim Amla, South Africa's second highest Test run-scorer of all time, has retired at the age of 39.Amla scored 9,282 runs - second only to Jacques Kallis' 13,206 - at an average of 46.64 in 124 Tests.He amassed 18,672 in all formats for the Proteas from 2004 to 2019, and no-one has scored more than his 27 one-day centuries for South Africa.

www.independent.co.uk

Academy says its British pilots are not passing classified information to China

A foreign flying academy has said that classified information was not passed between former British military pilots and Chinese trainees within its institutions, following concerns over this conduit last week.Test Flying Academy of South Africa (TFASA), which was previously implicated in reports as a headhunter of British staff for members of the China's People's Liberation Army, has issued a statement to clarify its position.

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For some Africans, the Queen will always be tied to centuries of colonialism and slavery | CBC News

Queen Elizabeth's death has triggered a range of reactions from members of Canada's African diaspora.

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2 Vancouver mining firm executives convicted of involuntary manslaughter in West African mine disaster | CBC News

B.C.-based Trevali Mining Corp. suspended operations at its Perkoa mine on April 16, when heavy rainfall caused flash floods, killing eight underground miners.

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BBC Sport

Saracens and Sale make one change each for final

Coverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio London and BBC Radio Manchester (via FM, digital radio, BBC Sounds and online), with live text commentary and updates on the BBC Sport website

Saracens and Sale Sharks have both made one change from their respective semi-final sides for the Premiership final at Twickenham on Saturday.

BBC Sport

Vipers prepare to defend Charlotte Edwards Cup

The Charlotte Edwards Cup gets under way for a third season on Thursday when Sunrisers and Central Sparks meet in the first game of the 2023 competition.All eight teams will play their opening game over the first six days of this year's 20-over cup as Southern Vipers bid to defend the title they won in 2022.

BBC Sport

Fury stops Chisora to retain WBC heavyweight belt

Tyson Fury retained his WBC world heavyweight title with a brutal stoppage of Derek Chisora - to set up an undisputed bout with Oleksandr Usyk.Fury, 34, maintained his unbeaten record in front of 60,000 people at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.Fellow Briton Chisora, 38, was hurt repeatably by the dominant champion and the referee waved off the one-sided contest in the 10th round.

BBC Sport

Hampshire beat Lancs to maintain winning start

Hampshire won a 14th successive game in all competitions as the T20 Blast winners repeated last month's Edgbaston triumph against Lancashire to maintain their 100 per cent One-Day Cup start.

www.standard.co.uk

Wimbledon tickets fetch up to 36,000 as Cameron Norrie faces Djokovic in semi-final

The clash between Norrie, 26, and Djokovic - seeking a seventh SW19 title - is one of most hotly anticipated tennis matches in recent years as the mercury was set to hit a sweltering 29C.

BBC Sport

Croft and Vilas star as Lancashire top T20 group

Lancashire moved top of the T20 Blast North Group with Steven Croft and Dane Vilas steering them to a six-wicket victory over Notts Outlaws.

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Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk, Who Hates Regulation, Calls for Regulation of Tech That Threatens Him

Invested
Elon Musk is a man of many contradictions, and one of his most glaring ones - libertarianism with personally convenient limits - was on display in a recent Tesla presentation in which he sounded off on artificial intelligence.As Reuters reports, Musk admitted his anxieties about the headline-grabbing tech during a recent Tesla investor meeting that looked broadly at the company's plans for the future.

Food & Beverage Magazine

Grubhub Reveals Country's Top Food Ordering Trends in '2022 Delivered' Report: A Year of Takeout Wrapped in Layers of Comfort

Grubhub just dropped its annual retrospective look at the biggest national ordering trends and eating habits of the year in an exciting report called 2022 Delivered: a year that delivered so many moments made better with takeout, all of which were bundled in layers and wrapped in comfort.By analyzing millions of orders from diners this year, it's clear that comfort inspired what we ate, revealing who we were in 2022.

www.hamhigh.co.uk

Don't forget fortified wines, sherries and ports for your festive shopping list

At this time of year there are a host of reasons to put fortified wines top of your festive drinks shopping list.Perhaps the most important is that they are such excellent value for money.Not only is the quality generally excellent, but also the higher alcohol level means smaller servings are sensible, so more glasses per bottle.

www.thisislocallondon.co.uk

Baby Queen; Live At Heaven - Leona Zerezghi, St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School

Baby Queen performing "Buzzkill" on stage at Heaven, London (Image: Leona Zerezghi) Sick, insane, raw.Just some of the words people on social media are using to describe the atmosphere of 25-year old singer Arabella Latham's - known by her stage name Baby Queen - last concert.Hosted at Heaven in London on November 1st, the show was a celebration of queer joy and was described by the star herself as an international party.

Nytimes

Drake Releases 'Honestly, Nevermind,' an LP Dedicated to Virgil Abloh

The rapper's 14-track seventh studio album came out at midnight, about six hours after it was announced on social media.

For his last album, Drake kept his fans in anticipation for nearly a year.

iRunFar

Ryan Sandes Faces Failure in Ultrarunning Documentary From Salomon

For those familiar with his career, failure seems an odd word to associate with .The South African has spent 15 years as an ultrarunner, earning accolades that established him as one of the sport's very best.But in an intimate documentary from Salomon, Sandes reveals that "the fear of failure" has been a major driver of his accomplishments.

iRunFar

This Week In Running: October 10, 2022

The Skyrunner World Series and the World Mountain Running Association World Cup closed up their 2022 seasons, CJ Albertson set a new 50-kilometer world record, and the men sprinted it out at the Canal Corridor 100 Mile.

Soccer News

Gazidis to step down as Milan CEO in December - Soccer News

Ivan Gazidis will step down as CEO of Milan when his contract expires next month, the reigning Serie A champions have announced.The 58-year-old had held the position at San Siro since December 2018 following a decade as part of Arsenal's boardroom.During Gazidis' four years at Milan, the club ended an 11-season wait for the Scudetto, returned to the Champions League and improved their financial figures.

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Twitter boss Elon Musk to fire half of employees as a cost-cutting measure

New Twitter owner Elon Musk plans to fire 50% of Twitter's workforce or about 3,700 people, Bloomberg claims.The key reason for the lay-offs is a cost-cutting and the employees are yet to be informed.On top of that, the remaining people will be asked to work from the office full-time, which is a reversal of the work-from-anywhere policy that was introduced in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

www.theguardian.com

OFM Awards 2022: Best Restaurant runners up

The Ingham Swan, Ingham, Norwich Whether you choose the menu du jour, a la carte or the full tasting with wine pairing, you'll be eating the best of Norfolk's coast and fields, finessed well above standard pub fare.

the Guardian

Les 2 Garcons, London: 'Designed specifically to be your comfort zone' - restaurant review

All restaurants attract tribes, and here at Les 2 Garçons a very particular tribe has come out to play.

www.independent.co.uk

Filmmaker turned poet creates book and clothing line inspired by wild landscapes

A filmmaker turned poet has penned a book and created a children's sustainable clothing line inspired by wild landscapes on the island of Ireland.

The Real Deal Los Angeles

Beverly Hills Estate Named The Peak Put on Sale for $65 Million

Hilton & Hyland agent Drew Fenton listed 1005 North Alpine Drive in Beverly Hills for $65 million recently.

Nytimes

At the British Open, It's the PGA Tour Faithful Against LIV Golf

"Everybody, it feels like, is against us, and that's OK," said Talor Gooch, a LIV golfer tied for eighth at seven under after the second round.Cameron Smith held the lead at 13 under par.

Nytimes

Ryanair Asks Travelers to Prove South African Nationality, in Afrikaans

The choice of a language that had been imposed by the apartheid government and is not even spoken by many South Africans today has set off complaints.

BBC News

Young, Famous & African's Peace Hyde: From teacher to Netflix hitmaker

The British-Ghanaian creator behind the show spoke to the BBC's Cecilia Macaulay about her previous life as a teacher, struggles as a single woman working in African media and defended Young, Famous & African as an authentic and vital piece of content for the continent today.

The Berlin Spectator

Legendary Manfred Mann's Earth Band to Hit 21 German Stages this Year

Berlin, July 27th, 2020, update: May 5th, 2022 (The Berlin Spectator) - When a baby boy named Manfred Sepse Lubowitz was born in Johannesburg in 1940, nobody had the slightest clue he would found the first South African Rock band, become a global superstar a few years later, and that his career would last for so many decades.

BBC Sport

Smith & Pope put Surrey in control against Gloucs

Jamie Smith served up defiance aplenty to register a hard-earned hundred and give Surrey the upper hand on day one of their County Championship match against Gloucestershire at Bristol.

Gay City News

Orville Peck Is a Masked Man Riding a Bigger Horse

Even in a supposedly post-genre world, gatekeeping rules.Country music has kept openly gay artists away from its airwaves.

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