Gymnastics star Simone Biles heading to Belgium for 2023 world championships - ESPN
KATY, Texas — Simone Biles is heading back to where her record-breaking reign atop gymnastics began.
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Volleyball-Poland show Olympic ambition with European success
Poland will be hopeful that they can end their 48-year Olympic Games medal drought next year after becoming European Volleyball champions for the second time by beating world champions Italy in straight sets in Rome on Saturday.
Re-greening Uzbekistan's desertified Aral Sea region
In the 1960s the Aralkum desert didn't exist and the area was covered by the giant Aral Sea. At the time it was the fourth largest lake in the world, but now it is just a tenth of its former size.
As Praggnanandhaa And Gukesh Shine, Is India The New Talent-Churning Machine In Chess?
For a long time, Viswanathan Anand was the lone flag-bearer of Indian chess, taking the world by storm with his exploits. Things have changed in the last decade or so, with numerous talented players emerging on the Indian chess scene, making the country a formidable force in the world. With the country producing Grandmasters almost on demand, Anand went so far as to say that the current lot happens to be the golden generation in Indian chess. Four Indian players -- R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi -- reached the quarterfinal of the FIDE World Cup at Baku in a first for the country in a sport dominated for long by erstwhile Soviet Union and later Russia at various points.
As Praggnanandhaa And Gukesh Shine, Is India The New Talent-Churning Machine In Chess?
For a long time, Viswanathan Anand was the lone flag-bearer of Indian chess, taking the world by storm with his exploits. Things have changed in the last decade or so, with numerous talented players emerging on the Indian chess scene, making the country a formidable force in the world. With the country producing Grandmasters almost on demand, Anand went so far as to say that the current lot happens to be the golden generation in Indian chess. Four Indian players -- R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi -- reached the quarterfinal of the FIDE World Cup at Baku in a first for the country in a sport dominated for long by erstwhile Soviet Union and later Russia at various points.
Ukraine war: Norway to donate F-16 jets, Ukrainians celebrate Independence Day, Crimea attack
Oslo has decided to donate combat aircraft to Ukraine, as reported by Norwegian broadcasters NRK and TV2. The channel did not cite its sources and did not specify how many F-16s would Oslo be providing Kyiv with.
The Czech Republic is suing Russia for unpaid rent on communist-era buildings
The oft-tense diplomatic relations between the Czech Republic and Russia took a turn for the worse when the central European state’s foreign ministry announced it planned to sue the Kremlin for unpaid rent earlier this week.
From Latvia to Spain: How the lack of Russian tourists has impacted countries across Europe
If you're looking for Russian tourists in Europe this summer, they're likely to be harder to spot than ever.