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Georgia loses game, and wins a FIBA World Cup berth anyway
Georgia lost, and then celebrated. Iceland won, and was devastated. One of the last Basketball World Cup spots went to Georgia on Sunday — even though it lost to Iceland 80-77 in the final Europe Region qualifying game for both teams. Iceland needed to win by four points or more to win a tiebreaker over Georgia for the World Cup berth. It came up one point short. Both teams finished qualifying with 5-5 records, with the tiebreaker going to Georgia by the slimmest of margins. Iceland had a 3-point try by Elvar Fridriksson — its best shooter — rim out with about 3 seconds remaining, and Georgia held on for the loss that really was a win. “Amazing. I’m so happy, man,” said Georgia’s Thaddus McFadden, a Michigan-born guard who played at the junior college and Division II levels before embarking on what’s now a 14-year pro career overseas. “I may mess around and cry. This means so much to everybody. I’m just so happy.”
LIVE: Northern Lights seen across UK and as far south in as Cornwall
The Northern Lights were seen across the UK on Sunday night, with reports of the the phenomom being spotted as far south in England as Sussex, Wiltshire and even Cornwall.
91-year-old grandmother breaks world record at World Rowing Indoor Championships
The first day of the World Rowing Indoor Championships (WRICH) at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga, Ont., was full of world records and historic moments, with many more expected on day two.
Europe's mental health crisis in data: Which country uses the most antidepressants?
Global consumption of antidepressant drugs (AD) has increased dramatically in the last two decades, with Europeans the largest consumers.
The Aldi, Tesco, ASDA, Lidl, Iceland, M&S and Morrisons supermarkets set to open and close this year
Earlier this week supermarket giant Iceland announced it's set to close several of its UK stores. Five Iceland supermarkets have been earmarked for closure, with the Birmingham Road Retail Park, Bromsgrove branch and the Chineham Shopping Centre, Basingstoke branch first to go on February 25.
Iceland Cricket faces flak for Virat Kohli's century drought tweet
Virat Kohli ended his century drought in international cricket last year by smashing his maiden T20I ton against Afghanistan during an Asia Cup encounter. He followed that up with three more centuries in the ODIs against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.But Kohli's agonising wait of scoring a hundred in the Test cricket continues with the Indian batter's last ton coming in November 2019 against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens.Kohli also failed to make an impact in the ongoing Test series against Australia with the scores of 12, 44 and 20 so far in the first two Tests.The Iceland Cricket, who are very active on social media, took to Twitter to highlight the fact that Kohli has not scored a century in 23 Tests.
"23 Tests Since Virat Kohli Scored A Century," Tweets Iceland Cricket. Fans Don't Like It
Virat Kohli, after a couple of years when he could not score a ton, is back among run in the white ball formats. Since the 2022 Asia Cup, Kohli has been scoring well in limited overs cricket. However, the same cannot be said for the Test format. He has not scored a half-century in his last 13 Test innings. His scores in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy reads - 44, 20 and 12. The former Indian cricket team skipper's last Test ton came against Bangladesh in November, 2019. Iceland Cricket highlighted this aspect in a tweet recently.