Naomi Osaka defeated Anastasija Sevastova to reach the Canadian Open quarter-finals in Montreal, losing just one game.
The 35-year-old Latvian, who had defeated defending champion Jessica Pegula in the previous round, defeated the four-time Grand Slam champion in the final round of just 49 minutes to claim a 6-1, 6-0 victory.
Osaka, a Japanese Open champion who has won both the US and Australian Opens, is aiming for her first title since taking maternity leave in early 2024.
After less than a year, the 27-year-old parted ways with former Iga Swiatek coach Tomasz Wiktorowski and left with coach Patrick Mouratoglou.
Osaka, who is currently ranked 49 in the world, said, “I had a solid plan coming in here and it just happened to work out pretty well.”
The Australian Open champion will next face Clara Tauson or Swiatek in the final eight after saving two match points from herspirited success.
Australian seventh seed Frances Tiafoe defeated Australian Alex de Minaur 6-2, 4 and 6 to advance to the quarter-finals in Toronto.
De Minaur, who won the Washington Open a week ago, is hoping to do better than he did in 2023.
Democrats are ejecting Texas in an effort to thwart its state’s House of Representatives’ Monday vote on new congressional maps, which Republicans hope will add to their preponderance in the 2026 midterm elections, adding to their ferocious majority.
The state’s attorney general has previously threatened to arrest Democrats if they took such a course of action, leading to fines and other penalties for the dramatic action on Sunday. Democrats are legally prohibited from being imprisoned for refusing to participate in legislative sessions, and it is unclear who has the authority to execute the warrants.
Democrats see the state’s decision as a last-ditch attempt to stop Texas’s infamous mid-decade redrawing of the congressional map under the leadership of President Donald Trump.
Trump is anxious to avoid a repeat of his first term, which included the House and Senate victories just two years into his presidency, which stunted his legislative goals, and hopes the new Texas map will aid in this effort.
In a statement, House Democratic Caucus chair Gene Wu said, “We make this decision with absolute moral clarity.”
At least 100 members of the Texas House, which has 150 members, must be present for official business.
In the majority-Republican chamber, Democrats control 62 of the seats. According to Josh Rush Nisenson, a representative for the House Democratic Caucus, at least 51 Democratic members are leaving the state.
“We will not be complicit in the silence of hard-working communities who have spent decades fighting for the power that Trump wants to steal,” he said.
Standoff in 2021
Texas Democrats have fled the state to obstruct a vote for the second time in four years.
Democrats flew to Washington, DC in 2021 to protest new voting restrictions and a 38-day standoff.
In response to flooding in Texas Hill Country, which claimed at least 135 lives in July, and hold a special session of the legislature that started last month to discuss redistricting issues.
Heidi Klum, a model and TV personality, shared some insight into the milestone of her marriage with Tom Kaulitz on a romantic date soaking up the sun in bikini.
Supermodel Heidi Klum celebrates marriage milestone(Image: heidiklum/Instagram)
Supermodel and TV star Heidi Klum looked loved-up with her younger husband as they celebrated six years of marriage together. The 52-year-old looked incredible in a bikini as she gave fans a glimpse into her romantic day with Tom Kaulitz.
Taking to Instagram, the model sweetly wrote: “6 Years married today”, adding in German, “’Ich liebe Dich mein Tom,” which translates to “I love you my Tom.”
Heidi and her husband snuck up with a glass of bubbly as they soaked up the sun by the pool as they celebrated their wedding anniversary.
The couple also shared some sweet gifts and a snap of their wedding. She also showed off the gifts they appeared to exchange, along with video of their cuddled-up feet.
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Supermodel and TV star Heidi Klum looked loved-up with her younger husband as they celebrated six years of marriage together(Image: heidiklum/instagram)
Heidi previously admitted to having a relationship with Tom, but claimed it almost never happened because she wanted to “stay home” the night before their scheduled meeting. She stated to People, “I really wanted to stay home, but I then threw myself in the butt.”
Seven years after the pair got engaged in December 2018, Heidi and the Tokio Hotel guitarist tied the knot just two months later at a friend’s party.
The model joked that his “looks much better” when the beloved couple ended up getting identical tattoos.
Heidi previously opened up about her relationship with Tom and said it almost never happened(Image: COBRA TEAM – FREZZA LAFATA / BACKGRID)
Heidi said she doesn’t give a damn about their age gap despite being 17 years younger than her.
She said, “I don’t really care what happens around us when our door closes at home.” My husband taught me things that I wasn’t even aware of my abilities.
It doesn’t matter for me to be older, she continued. This body- or age-shaming thing is not mine. Everyone should pursue their interests, in my opinion. Even at age 52, I enjoy running around sexy.
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Although Tom is 17 years younger than her, Heidi said she doesn’t listen to any criticism (Image: WireImage)
The biggest misunderstanding about [being in your 50s] is that you are a moron. You are not a piece of garbage. Everyone can see that we are very much on that shelf. In your fifties, don’t hide. I’m here for the change because beauty is constantly evolving. Life is boring if it’s always the same.
After rescue teams cleared more than 24 meters (78 feet) of underground passages that had collapsed in a powerful earthquake last week, all five workers at a copper mine in Chile were discovered dead, according to a regional prosecutor.
The El Teniente copper mine’s Prosecutor Aquiles Cubillo reported on Sunday that the body of the fifth trapped worker had been discovered.
Rancagua, which is located about 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Santiago, was home to more than 100 people who had been searching for workers at the world’s largest underground mine, El Teniente Copper Mine.
“We regret this outcome a lot,” Cubillos said.
The most recent death brings the accident’s total to six, with the most recent death coming from a person who was killed on Thursday evening.
The first trapped worker was found on Saturday, followed by another three on Sunday, at Chile’s state-owned mining company Codelco. The final worker has not yet been commented on.
One colleague was killed and operations at the site were suspended as a result of the collapse, which occurred at a depth of more than 900 meters. Their precise location had been verified using advanced equipment.
Aurora Williams, the mine’s mining minister, announced a temporary stoppage on Saturday.
More than 4,500 kilometers (some 2, 800 miles) of underground tunnels make up the mine’s early 1900s, which first started operating.
El Teniente produced 356, 000 tonnes of copper last year, accounting for nearly 7% of Chile’s total.
The cave-in occurred on Thursday afternoon following a “seismic event” whose source, which was unknown at the time, was a drilling incident, according to the authorities on Saturday. The magnitude of the tremor was 4.2%.
The El Teniente deposit’s general manager Andres Music said in a statement that it is “one of the biggest events, if not the biggest,” if not the biggest, it has ever experienced.
In 2010, a search team that included several of the rescuers who had been stranded in a mine for more than two months in the Atacama Desert attracted a slew of international media attention.
With a production of about 5.3 million tonnes in 2024, Chile is the biggest copper producer in the world, accounting for nearly a quarter of the world’s supply.
According to the National Geology and Mining Service of Chile, its mining sector had a death rate of 0.02 percent last year, making it one of the safest on earth.
The seismically active “Ring of Fire” that encircles the Pacific Ocean’s shores also contains it.
El Teniente Copper Mine, Mexico, is visible from the sky.
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the first African nation to win this feat, praised D’Tigress, Nigeria’s female basketball team, for their unprecedented fifth consecutive #AfroBasketWomen title.
“You truly inspire girls and women in general, and you give me pride.” The wife of President Bola Tinubu thanked her for keeping the Nigerian flag ablaze, saying in a statement late on Sunday.
In a tense showdown on Sunday, Nigeria defeated Mali 78-64 to win their seventh AfroBasket title.
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They have won their 29th game in a row without conceding a loss since 2015, dominating African women’s basketball.
Nigeria started the tournament with a slow start, as with most of their opening matches.
However, Rena Wakama’s team regrouped in the second quarter with the scores set at 41–41 as a result of Mali’s intensity.
In a hotly contested game that was rightly called “final before the final,” Nigeria had to work hard to defeat Senegal 75-68 to advance to the final.
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The D’Tigress’ historic fifth consecutive win on Sunday night was dependent on Amy Okonkwo and Ezinne Kalu’s outstanding performance.
Kalu scored 20 points, including several crucial baskets in the second and third quarters, despite Okonkwo contributing 19 points on the night.
In a game that once again demonstrated Nigeria’s depth, Musa added nine crucial points and four rebounds while Amukamara and Victoria Macaulay also contributed significant contributions.
The Nigerian ladies’ 20-15 victory over the Malians in the third quarter of the game proved to be very important.
He Nigerians led 61-56 at the start of the fourth quarter, and they continued to win.
By one-hundredth of a second, American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was unable to reach the 200-meter final at the US Track and Field Championships in Oregon.
Madison Whyte, who had already qualified for the final qualifying spot, came in fourth with a time of 22.56 seconds, which is 0.01 more than Madison’s.
As the defending champion, she is denied entry to the 100-meter World Championships in September, but her chances of winning are over.
After being detained over a domestic violence rumor, Richardson, a 100-meter silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, wraps up a contentious week.
According to a police report, video showed Coleman being shoved into a wall before Richardson threw an object at him.
Following the incident, she was let go on Monday.
Coleman “declined to be a victim” and “did not want to participate in the investigation,” according to the police officer’s report.
After her heat in Eugene, Richardson resisted speaking to the waiting reporters and instead wished them a “blessed day.”
USA Track and Field responded to her arrest by saying it was aware of the reports but would not “comment on this matter.”
World champion Noah Lyles took the lead with a time of 19.63 seconds in the 200-meter men’s final on Sunday, placing Coleman sixth.
