1923 Kansas City, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Joe “Toots” Mondt 2 out of 3 falls to retain the title 1934 St. Louis, Missouri: – AWA World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Don” George beat Gino Garibaldi – Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Malcewicz wrestled to a 30 minute draw – Abe Coleman beat Joe Cox – Karl Davis and Dick Raines wrestled to a 30 minute draw 1950 Des Moines, Iowa: –…
A Russian military intelligence squad behind the Salisbury Novichok attack is now behaving “with impunity” to wreak chaos around the world, senior Whitehall sources have warned. Theresa May revealed the GRU, Moscow’s shadowy spy network, had plotted the nerve agent assault on Sergei Skripal on the orders of the Kremlin to “send a message” to other suspected traitors. The two senior GRU officers dispatched to carry out the attack were named as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan…
A Renoir painting stolen by the Nazis from a Paris bank vault was returned to its rightful owner Wednesday after a more than 70-year odyssey from South Africa to London, Switzerland and New York. "Deux Femmes Dans Un Jardin," painted in 1919 in the last year of French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s life, is finally back in the hands of the granddaughter of the Jewish owner who spent decades trying to get it back. Sylvie Sulitzer,…
1914 Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Henry Ordemann beat Eugene Sampson – Jess Westergaard beat Julius Nelson 1939 San Francisco, California: – Dean Detton defeated Lou Plummer for the San Francisco Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title 1940 St. Louis, Missouri: – Ray Steele defeated Bronko Nagurski to win the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title 1953 Atlanta, Georgia: – Gorgeous George defeated Don McIntyre for the Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title 1958 St. Joseph, Missouri: – Bob Geigel…
Russia and Israel risked a military confrontation on Tuesday after a Russian reconnaissance plane with 15 people onboard was mistakenly shot down by allied Syria forces that were targeting Israeli jets. Russia’s defence ministry said that Israeli F-16 pilots were using its Ilyushin Il-20 turbo-prop aircraft signal as cover while carrying out strikes against targets in Latakia province and put it in the line of fire from Syrian missiles. The aircraft was hit 22 miles…
Relations between the US and China are crumbling rapidly. Against a backdrop of an escalating trade war between the two countries, Washington has continued to push Beijing’s buttons on flashpoints, stoking fears on whether Donald Trump’s end goal is aimed at containing China. On Monday, the US began taxing $200 billion in imports from China, the biggest round of tariffs to take effect in the trade conflict. The US also approved a $330 million arms sale…
Williams has confirmed that George Russell and Nicholas Latifi will be remaining with the team for the 2021 F1 season. Both young drivers are on multi-year deals with the Grove-based outfit, while the team itself is also in the middle of a strategic review that could lead to a change of ownership in the coming months. But regardless of the outcome of the latter process, there will be no changes on the drivers’ front. Click…
London-based couture house Ralph and Russo presented a unique digital experience for its first virtual couture collection presentation during Paris Haute Couture Week, highlighting craftsmanship through a number of digitised looks on its custom brand avatar as well as real-life designs. What was incredible about Ralph and Russo’s digital presentation was how difficult it was to tell the difference between the real-life couture designs and the digital couture brought to life by avatar, and “muse,”…
During her appearance on Busted Open Radio, Mickie James confirmed that Alexa Bliss will indeed be present at the historic WWE Evolution event. Bliss’ status at the show has been in doubt due to a concussion she suffered this past weekend, but it does indeed appear as if Little Miss Bliss will be making her presence known this Sunday. “She’ll definitely be there on Sunday,” said Mickie. “I know she’s doing better. I try to…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Augustana University wrestling team officially opened the 2015-16 season on Wednesday afternoon, holding its first practice of the season. Head coach Jason Reitmeier, now in his 13th season as the Vikings head coach, welcomes 36 wrestlers for the upcoming season. The Vikings return 27 from last year’s team that finished 18-5, including 7-1 in the NSIC. Augustana returns two national qualifiers from last season, including national runner-up at 125 pounds,…