Maternal health: the tech saving mothers in sub-Saharan Africa
Thousands of mothers die in sub-Saharan Africa every year with demand for blood outstripping supply. Global Japan looks at how a Japanese medical tech company is working to change that.
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Winter Olympics: Where are Hanyu Yuzuru's fans now? Can Ester Ledecka do the double-double? – Best of Beijing
BEST MOMENTS OF DAY 4 Hanyu lets down Team Fanyu Ad/> Anyone heard from the Fanyus? The passionate and ultra-defensive supporters of Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu were stunned into silence after their man dropped a howler in the short programme to derail his hopes of a third Olympic title on the spin. Instead of dropping a quadruple salchow with his opening jump, the two-time singles champion barely propelled himself off the ice – rotating just once in the air rather than the expected four. Beijing 2022Gu hits back, GB skaters find perfect blend, US athlete's epic journey — Beijing diary3 HOURS AGO In his defence, Hanyu insisted that his skate was caught in a small hole in the ice, denying him a perfect take-off.
Barcelona CEO Ferran Reverter Resigns Amid Sponsorship Talks With Spotify
Barcelona chief executive Ferran Reverter has resigned after only seven months in the role for what the club described on Tuesday as "personal and family reasons". Reverter has played a key role in the attempt to reduce Barca's debts of 1.35 billion euros (1.5 billion dollars) and has been at the centre of recent discussions over a significant sponsorship deal with Spotify. Barcelona said the resignation of Reverter, who took over as CEO in July last year, will come into effect once a replacement has been found.
Today at the Winter Olympics: Great Britain’s wait for a first medal continues
Great Britain’s wait for a medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics goes on.
Female ski jumpers hit out after being banned from Olympic event over ‘baggy clothes’: ‘Why only girls?’
Five female ski jumpers, representing Austria, Japan, Norway, and Germany, were disqualified from the mixed team event at the Beijing Winter Olympics because their outfits were considered too baggy, supposedly giving them more airtime.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Technical glitch hands Chinese ski jumper 'perfect score' for poor jump in mixed team event
Chinese ski jumper Song Qiwu barely cleared 70m in the mixed team event — a full 30 meters shorter than the leading competitors — but was still initially shown a perfect score from the judges. Qiwu's unremarkable jump, complete with a back wind, underwhelmed the commentators and the crowd and even the athlete himself appeared less than pleased. Yet when his score was initially shown on television screens, it appeared all five judges had given him a perfect score of 20 points.
Al Hilal coach says FIFA Club World Cup format unfair
Al Hilal coach Leonardo Jardim has criticised the format of FIFA's Club World Cup on the eve of his side's semi-final clash with Chelsea, saying it is too weighted in favour of Europe's heavyweights.
Jenner scores twice, Poulin on a penalty shot in Canada's win over U.S.
BEIJING — Ann-Renée Desbiens was of two minds about her workload in Canada's 4-2 win over the United States in Olympic women's hockey Tuesday.