Today in History: April 27, Magellan killed in the Philippines
Today is Saturday, April 27, the 118th day of 2024. There are 248 days left in the year.
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Today is Saturday, April 27, the 118th day of 2024. There are 248 days left in the year.
Today is Friday, April 26, the 117th day of 2024. There are 249 days left in the year.
Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now home to some 8 billion humans and assorted trillions of other organisms.
ARMAND DUPLANTIS added a centimeter to his own pole vault world record after clearing 6.24 meters at the season-opening Diamond League meet on Saturday in Xiamen, China.
LONDON—Olympic organizers unveiled their strategy Friday to use artificial intelligence (AI) in sports, joining the global rush to capitalize on the rapidly advancing technology.
PARIS—French athletes at the Paris Olympics will be offered better protection for their mental health, with priority given to curbing online harassment and cyberbullying.
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania—Helen Maroulis, the first American woman to win a wrestling gold medal, became the first US female wrestler to qualify for three Summer Games as she earned a spot Saturday night on the American team for Paris.
BRUSSELS—Two weeks after crashing heavily in Spain, two-time world champion Remco Evenepoel said on Friday he’s on track to race again in June ahead of the Tour de France and Paris Olympics.
DENVER — Nikola Jokic had 32 points and 12 rebounds, and the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets powered past LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, 114-103, in their Western Conference playoff opener Saturday night.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — Lionel Messi scored twice to increase his Major League Soccer-leading total to seven and also had an assist to lead Inter Miami over Nashville SC 3-1 on Saturday night.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Nelly Korda was one shot off the lead at the Chevron Championship when the third round was suspended Saturday because of lightning in the area.
NEW YORK — When the Philadelphia 76ers arrived in the locker room at halftime after a miserable second quarter, there was good news waiting.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Scottie Scheffler drilled his opening tee shot — straight down the middle, of course — with a grandstand packed with spectators behind him. What got his attention was when he looked back from the green and saw that it was empty.
STUTTGART, Germany — Elena Rybakina defeated top-ranked Iga Świątek, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, to reach the Porsche Grand Prix final and end Swiatek’s hopes of a third consecutive title on Saturday.
CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers spent the week insisting they were better prepared for this year’s playoffs.
CHICAGO — Chicago Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas fell on his sword and vowed to make changes after the team he constructed missed the playoffs for the second straight season.
MANCHESTER City’s European rule is over — its domestic dominance is not.
MADRID — Two-time major champion Garbiñe Muguruza announced she’s retiring from professional tennis at age 30 after an extended time away from the court.
NEW YORK — A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon.
BARCELONA, Spain — Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet in consecutive clay-court finals after they won their Barcelona Open semifinals on Saturday.
Honorary starter Jack Nicklaus kisses his wife Barbara after the ceremonial tee shot on the first hole for the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club recently in Augusta, Georgia.
PETRO Gazz triumphed in wire-to-wire fashion against Cignal, 25-13, 25-18, 25-17, to strengthen its semifinal bid in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City on Tuesday night.
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece—One way or another, the flame that’s to burn at the Paris Olympics will be kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece.
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece—A priestess prays to a dead sun god in front of a fallen Greek temple. If the sky is clear, a flame spurts that will burn in Paris throughout the world’s top sporting event. Speeches ensue.
BEIJING—German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Chinese leader Xi Jinping who hosted him in Beijing on Tuesday that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine threatens global security, in an apparent call for China to apply greater pressure on its neighbor and close strategic partner to resolve the conflict.
PARIS—In Paris’s outskirts, a bright-eyed young girl is eager for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to end.
SINGAPORE—Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday that he will step down on May 15 after two decades at the helm, and hand power to his deputy Lawrence Wong.
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece—No one knows what music in ancient Greece sounded like or how dancers once moved.
AUGUSTA, Georgia—Scottie Scheffler manages enormous expectations so well because he never spends too much time thinking about the past or the future. The temptation was never so great at the Masters.
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