Australia has exacted revenge on defending champions England with a 60-51 win to reach the netball final at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Key points:
The Diamonds led England at every change
Gretel Bueta was outstanding with 43 goals from 44 attempts
The Diamonds face Jamaica in the end
The Diamonds will face Jamaica in the gold-medal match after the Caribbean nation defeated world champions New Zealand 67-51 in their semifinal.
Jamaica beat the Diamonds 57-55 in their final pool match last Thursday.
The Diamonds’ victory over the host nation was built on the brilliance and fluidity of their movement as they repeated their Quad Series final demolition of England in London in January.
It gives the Diamonds the chance of a fifth Commonwealth Games crown after they were sensationally dethroned in the 2018 Gold Coast final by Helen Housby’s last-ditch goal.
This time around, the Diamonds took command midway through the first quarter and never released their vice-like grip.
Inspired by the brilliance inside the shooting circle of Gretel Bueta, who dominated England’s defenders with her 43 goals from 44 attempts, the Diamonds led by three after the first quarter, six at half-time and nine after the third.
It was a relentless stranglehold, the speed of Australia’s ball movement in contrast to England’s cumbersome build-up towards the net.
Diamonds captain Liz Watson led by example against England.(Getty Images: Mark Kolbe)
Every one of Stacey Marinkovich’s team, led by captain Liz Watson and Courtney Bruce, had a fine match.
There had been a bizarre early stoppage in the opening period at 3-3 when England’s Layla Guscoth crashed into the net post while trying to make an interception.
That prompted a delay to the game as running repairs were made to the post, but from that moment Australia never looked back.
The Diamonds have reached the end of every Games since netball became a fully fledged part of the program at Kuala Lumpur in 1998, winning gold in 1998, 2002 and 2014.
A new photo has emerged of missing South Australian woman Colleen South at a petrol station on the day she was last seen.
Key points:
An image of Colleen South was captured on CCTV at a service station in Berriwillock, Victoria, around midday on July 3
Ms South’s car was found crashed in a ditch four hours later near Wycheproof
Family members say the bright colored jacket she was wearing in the CCTV image was not found with possessions left near her car
The 58-year-old was captured on CCTV at Sunraysia Petroleum at Berriwillock, in Victoria’s Mallee region, on Sunday, July 3, about midday.
Ms South tried to purchase fuel at the unattended petrol station on the Calder Highway but had trouble using the self-service machine.
According to a member of Ms South’s family who has seen the footage, another person who was also paying for petrol at that time noticed her struggling and kindly paid the $10 amount Ms South owed.
Victoria Police has confirmed the CCTV footage forms part of their investigation into the disappearance of Ms South, who had left her Adelaide home the day before, on July 2.
Witnesses have reported last seeing Ms South driving her 2006 Hyundai Getz towards Wycheproof, in Victoria’s Mallee.
The photo at the service station was taken four hours before Ms South’s car was spotted by a farmer, crashed into a ditch just outside of Bunguluke, 15 kilometers east of Wycheproof, and about 40 minutes away from the petrol station.
jacket mystery
Ms South’s possessions were found laid out 20 meters away from her car, which was locked. The items included bedding and other personal effects, as Ms South had been in the process of moving house between two Adelaide suburbs at the time of her disappearance from her.
Her Samsung phone, however, was found three weeks later in a playground in Port Noarlunga, south of Adelaide, with its SIM card missing.
Family members have said the bright colored jacket Ms South was wearing at the petrol station, was not uncovered in items found near her car.
The jacket is different from the description of a black and white jumper that a witness had previously reported seeing her in.
Colleen South’s belongings found near her locked car did not include the red jacket she was wearing in the CCTV footage.(Supplied: Veronica South)
In a statement, Victoria Police said the physical search for Ms South had been scaled back.
“However we continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding her disappearance including any reported sightings and or new information that comes to light,” the statement said.
Ms South’s family has not ruled out foul play and is planning to return to the Wycheproof area this week to continue searching for her.
Representative Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, aims to fend off a challenge from GOP opponent Harriet Hageman, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump, but with just 10 days until the primary election, polls show the incumbent Republican in a difficult position.
Cheney drew Trump’s anger after she led nine other House Republicans in voting to impeach him last year for inciting his supporters to attack the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Since then, the congresswoman has been one of the ex-president’s harshest critics, while also condemning fellow Republicans who continue to align with him.
Last September, Trump endorsed Hageman, an attorney and former Republican National Committee (RNC) member, in her bid to unseat Cheney, who has represented Wyoming’s at-large district since 2017. Although the incumbent Republican managed to rake in nearly $3 million in campaign contributions during the most recent fundraising quarter alone, Hageman appears to have a strong advantage, according to recent polls.
Polls show GOP Representative Liz Cheney trailing her opponent Harriet Hageman, Above to the left, Cheney presides over a hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on July 21 in Washington, DC Above to the right, Hageman speaks at a rally on June 14 in Jackson , Wyoming. Win McNamee/Natalie Behring/Getty Images
The latest survey data from Wyoming’s Casper Star-Tribune showed Cheney trailing Hageman by a large double-digit margin. The poll, which was conducted with Mason-Dixon Polling and Strategy from July 7 to 11, showed Hageman backed by 52 percent of likely Wyoming primary voters compared to just 30 percent who supported Cheney. None of the other Republican primary candidates received more than 5 percent and just 11 percent of respondents were undecided.
It included 1,100 respondents with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.
Another poll from May carried out by the conservative organization Club for Growth, which opposes Cheney’s reelection, showed the incumbent trailing Hageman by 30 points. Hageman had the support of 56 percent of Wyoming Republicans and Cheney had the support of just 26 percent.
The survey included 400 likely GOP primary voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percent.
In January, a small Republican straw poll showed Cheney losing by a large margin to her Trump-backed challenger. It was held by Wyoming’s GOP State Central Committee and showed Hageman supported by 59 out of the 71 members, the Casper Star-Tribune reported at the time. Cheney only won six votes while other local Republicans garnered some support as well.
Although Cheney was previously popular in Wyoming, Trump consistently appeared to be slightly more popular, according to election results. In 2020, the GOP congresswoman won reelection with nearly 69 percent of the vote, while Trump won the state with nearly 70 percent. In 2016, Cheney won with 64 percent of the vote compared to Trump’s 68 percent.
Some have suggested that Cheney could see a boost in support from Democrats switching their party affiliation to support her. Wyoming currently allows voters to change their party registration up to and on Election Day. However, there are four times as many Republicans in Wyoming as there are Democrats, according to The New York Times. That makes it unlikely that support from liberals would be enough to push her ahead of Hageman.
Notably, of the other nine Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, four (Representatives Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Fred Upton of Michigan, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio and John Katko of New York) chose not to seek reelection, two (Representatives Tom Rice of South Carolina and Peter Meijer of Michigan) have lost their primaries to Trump-backed challengers, and two (Representatives Dan Newhouse of Washington state and David Valadao of California) will go on to the general election. The votes in the GOP primary for Washington state Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler’s seat are still being counted and it is too close to call.
Chelsea managed to scrape past Everton 1-0 on Saturday at Goodison Park as Frank Lampard’s side put up a strong fight against his former club.
A Jorginho penalty deep into added time at the end of the first half was the only difference between the sides as Chelsea struggled to convert despite having 70% possession for most of the game.
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“A win is a win and this is super important. We played at Everton and we’ve struggled over recent years to get points here,” Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel said after the game.
“We have things to improve but this isn’t a surprise. Most of the time I’m happy with the first half, the second we lost too many balls and weren’t as dominant. We struggled physically but showed the spirit to get the clean sheet.”
There was a long stoppage in the first half when Ben Godfrey was stretched off the pitch with a serious-looking injury after a collision with Jordan Pickford and Kai Havertz.
“Item [Godfrey injury] feels like it is a small fracture of his leg. We are assessing that. He will be out for a while, [Yerry] Mina is an ankle injury and could be out for a while,” Lampard said after the game.
“When it rains, it pours.”
As a result there were eight minutes added time at the end of the first 45 minutes and Chelsea capitalized when Abdoulaye Doucoure pushed Ben Chilwell over in the box. Jorginho stepped up and sent Pickford the wrong way to convert the penalty.
Raheem Sterling, who was making his Chelsea debut, did have the ball in the net a few minutes beforehand but it was ruled out for offside.
The 27-year-old had an excellent opportunity to tie up Chelsea’s win in 82 minutes but Vitalii Mykolenko managed to get enough of his body in front of the ball to see it drift just wide of Pickford’s net.
“Points are what it’s all about. Early on in the season you want your performances to be up there — that was the case today. We were dynamic and caused them problems,” Everton defender James Tarkowski said after the game.
“I was excited going into the game. I’ve seen what this team can do. There are exciting times ahead, it showed in the performance today.”
The police bureau’s surveillance plane was overhead and watching as three people exchanged gunfire across Northwest 4th Street early Friday morning.
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Police Bureau has released video of a gun battle that happened early Friday morning on the streets of Old Town, leading to the arrests of two suspects. The agency said it hopes to find more witnesses to the crime and the people involved.
Just after 2 am on Friday morning, PPB said that officers responded to a report of “possibly armed individuals” around Northwest 4th and Northwest Davis Street. The agency’s surveillance plane responded to assist officers on the ground and caught the subsequent gunfight on video.
The video shows two people seemingly walking together up Northwest 4th when one of them jogs ahead. They appear to be shadowing a figure across the street who has approached a parked car.
Almost simultaneously, the figure that jogged ahead and the one at the car take stances that make clear they are pointing handguns at one another. A third person emerges from the car and opens fire at the figure across the street.
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From that point on, the two figures at the car and the “jogger” across the street trade a constant volley of shots until the latter, outnumbered, retreats. The remaining two figures then walk away in the opposite direction.
Despite the hour, the people involved in the gunfight weren’t the only ones on the street. As police arrived, they thought that there were wounded victims at the scene, but they later discovered that they were people who dropped to the ground in order to take cover and were not injured.
With the help of PPB’s air support plane, officers arrested two people nearby as elements of the Focus Intervention Team responded to help with the investigation.
Between the shooting scene and the two suspects, investigators reportedly seized two guns, 88 cartridge casings and towed a car as evidence. At least one building and several cars were damaged by gunfire.
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Portland police identified the two suspects as Travis A. Gaters III, 29, and Tamarjay D. Polk, 24. Both were booked on a variety of weapons charges, among others, and both were convicted felons.
Investigators are still looking for more suspects in the case, though no descriptions are being released. The investigation is being handled by FIT and the Enhanced Community Safety Team, both of PPB’s gun violence teams.
“ECST investigators consider all gunfire aimed at Portland community members to be attempted murder cases,” police said in a statement. “Eyewitnesses or video evidence is crucial in solving these cases and these crime victims need people to come forward with any information.”
Anyone with more information about the case is asked to email [email protected] and include case number 22-209718.
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Lionel Messi scored twice in the second half, including with a stunning overhead kick, as Paris Saint-Germain began their defense of the Ligue 1 title with a 5-0 demolition of Clermont on Sunday (AEST).
Neymar was also in outstanding form for a PSG side who did not miss the injured Kylian Mbappe, with the Brazilian opening the scoring in Clermont before setting up Achraf Hakimi and Marquinhos for further goals before halftime.
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Messi then exchanged passes with Neymar before sidefooting in the visitors’ fourth goal with 10 minutes left.
Yet Messi saved the best for last, darting into the box four minutes from the end to control a Leandro Paredes pass on his chest with his back to goal, before converting with an acrobatic overhead kick.
That goal had the crowd at Clermont’s Stade Gabriel-Montpied singing the name of the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, who endured a difficult first season in Paris.
PSG’s victory in new coach Christophe Galtier’s first league game in charge was achieved despite Mbappe missing the trip due to an adductor injury.
Mbappe also missed last week’s 4-0 defeat of Nantes in the season-opening Champions Trophy due to suspension.
Messi had opened the scoring in that game, while Neymar netted a brace. The duo therefore already have six goals between them this season, with PSG looking in ominous form.
“There is no denying we have lots of talent but what I retain is the collective desire to win the ball back very early, to play with intensity, to never let up,” Galtier, who replaced the sacked Mauricio Pochettino, told broadcaster Canal Plus .
“The squad have been very receptive since I arrived. They like to work hard together, have fun together. But the season is long. This was just the first game.”
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren dismissed reports that Democrats are foregoing coronavirus testing in order to allow the maximum number of senators to vote for the party’s social spending and taxation bill on Saturday night.
“No. And oh, please,” Warren said when asked if she was told not to test for COVID in order to participate in Saturday’s “Vote-a-Rama.” “The Republicans are concerned about Democrats showing up with COVID, the Republicans who wouldn’t wear masks. The Republicans who wouldn’t test, the Republicans who tested positive and still showed up. I’m telling you, they just know no limits on their political gamesmanship.”
Warren’s comments come amid rumblings that Democrats eased coronavirus testing in order to make sure all senators would be present to pass the Inflation Reduction Act as part of a marathon voting schedule set to take place throughout the night on Saturday.
The reports have drawn criticism from Republicans on social media including from Congressman Thomas Massie.
REPUBLICANS PROMISE VOTE-A-RAMA ‘HELL’ AS MANCHIN, SINEMA ADVANCE DEM SOCIAL SPENDING AND TAX BILL
Then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a town hall meeting at Grinnell College, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, in Grinnell, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
“On the same day Biden tests positive for COVID he says he’s coming to Kentucky, while Senate democrats admit they’re not testing themselves for COVID, because they will come to work even if they’re COVID positive,” Massie tweeted. “End the emergency declaration, the PREP Act, and all mandates!”
HOUSE REPUBLICANS PREP FIGHT AGAINST DEMS’ SOCIAL SPENDING AND TAX BILL AS SENATE MOVES TO PASS
A vote to move ahead on Democrats’ social spending and taxation bill passed Saturday evening, setting up floor debate followed by a marathon vote-a-rama, before a final vote on the legislation that’s expected sometime Sunday.
US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) talks on the phone before the start of the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the US Capitol building in Washington, US, December 14, 2021. (Reuters/Elizabeth Franz)
The total vote was 51-50, with Vice-President Kamala Harris breaking a tie.
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It was not expected that Harris would be needed, because several Republicans were out of town and missed votes that happened earlier Saturday. But all of the GOP members made it back to town by the end of the Saturday evening vote.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) gestures as he speaks to reporters in the Hart Senate Office building on August 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. Manchin, who returned to Capitol Hill after quarantining with Covid-19, spoke to reporters about the deal he reached with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“What will vote-a-rama be like? It will be like hell,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, RS.C., said in a press conference Thursday. “They deserve this. As much as I admire Joe Manchin and Sinema for standing up to the radical left at times, they’re empowering legislation that will make the average person’s life more difficult.”
Fox News’ Tyler Olsen contributed to this report
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The UFC heavyweight division could have another superstar on its hands if a brutal knockout finish on Sunday (AEST) is anything to go by.
Mohammed Usman, the younger brother of UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, defeated Zac Pauga via TKO to win the season 30 finale of The Ultimate Fighter.
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Usman had a lackluster opening round but only needed 36 seconds to end the bout in the second round.
He landed a heavy but deft left hook on Pauga, who immediately fell to the canvas, where he lay motionless.
The referee stopped the fight and launched himself over Pauga to ensure Usman didn’t do any more damage.
Usman flexed and slapped his chest as he claimed victory in The Ultimate Fighter — the reality MMA series run by UFC boss Dana White.
Kamaru and Mohammed became the first brothers to both win the competition.
Mohammed’s performance blew fans away and had many predicting big things for him if and when he makes his UFC debut.
CBS Sports’ Shakiel Mahjouri tweeted: “WOAH! Mohammad Usman erases a terrible first round and evaporates Zac Pauga from this universe.”
ESPN’s Myron Medcalf joked: “Imagine being a kid on the playground and you decide to mess with one of the Usman kids.
“And then they’re like, OK. Let me go and get my brothers. And those dudes show up. Ain’t gonna be fun.”
Kamaru, who is No. 1 in the UFC’s pound for pound rankings, defended his welterweight belt against Colby Covington last year and is set to return to the octagon against Leon Edwards at UFC 278 later this month.
A sandwich shop employee saved a choking woman’s life Friday afternoon in Rockaway, according to authorities and dramatic security video from inside the shop.
Danielle Buccelli, 21, used the Heimlich maneuver once she realized a lunchtime customer was choking at Primo Hoagies, the video showed.
“In the moment, with the adrenaline, I just kind of didn’t think,” she said in an interview. “I just did it.”
Buccelli, a resident of Randolph, learned the Heimlich maneuver during CPR training she received as a teen.
Her father joined the Randolph Township Fire Department after the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, so Buccelli said she grew up around fist responders, joining the fire department when she was 16 years old. There, she had to get re-certified in CPR every two years.
So when the woman, whom authorities have not identified, began to choke on her sandwich, Buccelli said she was prepared.
“I ran behind the counter and performed the Heimlich maneuver,” Buccelli said, telling herself: “You were prepared for this moment. Now you have to do what you were trained to do.”
Buccelli said she works at Primo Hoagies about 40 hours split into five or six days per week. She added that it’s “all around, a really nice place to work.”
Primo Hoagies’ corporate office said the company gave Buccelli $1,000 for saving the woman’s life Friday. She plans to either save the money or use it toward her wedding de ella next fall.
“Danielle, literally from the start, was a fantastic employee,” said Vinny DeRose, the Rockaway location’s general manager. “She (She) always cared about everyone that came in, and she was just an extremely hard worker.”
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The next Samsung Galaxy product launch is just a few days away; Samsung Unpacked takes place on August 10 and it’s when we’re expecting to find out about all of the company’s upcoming devices.
We’re not talking about the Samsung Galaxy S23; no, Samsung usually saves its big flagship products for a launch at the beginning of the year, and we saw the S22 much earlier in 2022.
so what will we see at the event? Well, we’ve got a fairly good idea, thanks to Samsung itself teasing certain products, and letting you put in pre-reservations on others. So let’s run through the different announcements we’re expecting to give you a good idea.
On August 10, TechRadar will be covering all the different announcements during the event, so make sure to check back then – we’ll be live blogging the whole affair too if you want minute-by-minute coverage.
Samsung Galaxy ZFlip 4
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 is the most likely gadget we’re expecting to arrive on August 10, mainly because a side-on view of it was shown in the teaser for Samsung Unpacked.
This will be a clamshell-style foldable phone, following on from the Galaxy Z Flip 3 from last year.
Leaks suggest this could be quite a powerful little phone, though with weaker cameras than other top-end Samsung phones, and fans are hoping that it’ll be cheaper than the last model too. It seems to be the focus of the event, given that it was featured in the teaser.
Samsung Galaxy ZFold 4
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 (Image credit: Aakash Jhaveri)
The supercharged phone that will likely show up alongside the Flip is the Fold – namely the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4.
This will likely be a book-style foldable phone, which expands from a standard mobile into a tablet-style device – that’s what the case was for the Galaxy Z Fold 3, and there’s no reason to believe Samsung has changed anything.
As with the Flip, it sounds like upgrades to this phone are mostly iterative, with a newer chipset and perhaps some upgraded cameras. Some people think that the phone will have greater integration with Samsung’s S Pen stylus, perhaps having a slot for it to be stored in the body, but we’ll have to wait and see.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 is, as the name suggests, the successor to the Galaxy Watch 4 – Samsung has let people put money down to pre-reserve a new premium smartwatch, so it seems likely that it’s coming.
Leaks don’t make this upcoming Apple Watch rival sound too different from its predecessor, as we haven’t heard about many design changes or new features, with the highlight so far being talk of a bigger battery.
That doesn’t necessarily mean that nothing else new is coming, just that nothing major has leaked so far. So this is the biggest question mark for Samsung Unpacked.
While we saw the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic come alongside the Watch 4, complete with a more premium design and a rotating bezel, rumors point towards the Watch 5 getting something different.
Leaks suggest that the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro is coming, as a more premium version of the Watch 5… but we’re not exactly sure what will be ‘Pro’ about it.
So far it sounds like this won’t have a rotating bezel, like the Classic. Instead, we’ve heard that it’ll simply have a more premium build material, and a bigger battery, but that’s it.
Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro
Well Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro isn’t exactly a catchy name, but that’s what people think Samsung’s new earbuds will be called.
These are expected to be AirPod-rivaling true wireless earbuds with a rather high price – like the foldable phones and watches, you can place a pre-reservation for unknown upcoming Samsung headphones, which – coupled with there being rumors about these – is why we ‘re expecting them to launch.
However beyond that, we don’t know much – leakers have been quiet on the topic, other than suggesting that the Buds 2 Pro could show up before Unpacked itself.
Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro (Image credit: Future)
One UI
One UI is Samsung’s Android ‘fork’ – most tech companies take Android and make their own spin on it, to add new features and change the way it looks. One UI is Samsung’s version.
We’re expecting to hear about the newest version of One UI soon, built on the latest version of Google’s operating system which is Android 13. Android 13 brings improved Nearby Share and a change to the Google Wallet app, and Samsung could bring equivalent features and more.
We could see Samsung’s two new phones come with Android 13 pre-loaded, though that’s not guaranteed – we might need to wait until the Galaxy S23 for phones to come with it already installed.
Either way, many Samsung phones will update to this new software, so it’s worth paying attention if you have a recent mobile from the company.
