PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP)—Brazil cruised to a 3-0 victory over Haiti to take control of their World Cup Group C campaign on Friday as the Caribbean nation became the first team to exit the tournament. Two goals from Matheus Cunha and a Vinicius Junior strike sealed a comfortable win for Brazil in a result that extinguished Haiti's chances of reaching the knockout phase.

KINGSTON, Jamaica—As Jamaica pauses to celebrate Father’s Day on Sunday, June 21, a different image of fatherhood is emerging across homes and communities. It is not only the father who provides financially, but the one who attends Parent-Teacher Association meetings, assists with homework after a long day at work, prepares meals, buys school supplies, listens, encourages, disciplines with love, and remains present even when life becomes demanding. For fathers such...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—The women’s 100m finals at the JAAA national championships look set to provide the expected fireworks with a number of top contenders lined up after Friday’s semifinals at the National Stadium. National record holder Elaine Thompson Herah, World Championships silver medalist Tina Clayton and many-time champions Shericka Jackson all qualified after the semi-finals. Jonielle Smith led the qualifying with 11.14 seconds (-1.8m/s), followed by Jackson, 11.17 seconds (-1.8m/s) and...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—World champion Oblique Seville looks well set to defend his men’s 100m national title at the JAAA national championships at the National Stadium on Friday after he raced to a smooth 9.95 seconds (0.2m/s) to win his semi-final heat, fastest on the evening. Seville was challenged early by teenager Gary Card, but eased away from the University of Technology athlete, who clocked 10.07 seconds to also book his place...

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)—Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, the country's agriculture minister said on Saturday, meaning the highly contagious variant has now spread to every continent. Julie Collins told a press conference the disease had been found in a migratory sea bird, a brown skua, in remote Western Australia, and the result confirmed by the national science agency. Samples from another...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Adelle Tracey won her third national title in the women’s 1500m after she won the event on Friday’s second day of the JAAA national championships at the National Stadium, running 4:40.08 minutes. Tracey, whose season’s best is 4:07.32 set at the Drake Relays in May, secured her place on the Jamaican team to the Commonwealth Games and will be competing in the 800m on Saturday. Sydney Pagon High school...

TIJUANA, Mexico(AFP)—Iran's treatment at the World Cup in North America is a "dark point" in the history of the competition, a leading Iranian football official said Friday. Hedayat Mombeyni, the secretary general of the Iranian football federation, was speaking to reporters the day after his organisation said it would lodge a complaint with FIFA, claiming the team was being subjected to travel restrictions that were jeopardising its performance. "This is...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—One person has died, and dozens were injured, 11 of them "very seriously", after two passenger trains collided north of London on Friday, UK emergency services said. The crash occurred late afternoon near Bedford, a town around 56 miles (90 kilometres) north of the UK capital, and involved two London-bound trains on the same track, according to East Midlands Railway (EMR). "There was a moment of being...

FOXBOROUGH, United States (AFP)—Morocco edged closer to the World Cup knockout phase as Ismael Saibari's second-minute strike proved enough for a nervy 1-0 win over Scotland at Gillette Stadium on Friday. The 2022 semi-finalists moved to the top of Group C on four points, while Scotland missed a chance to book a World Cup knockout berth for the first time.

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Robert Miller of Hydel High atoned for his fall in the finals of the boys' Class 1 400m hurdles after he ran a personal best 49.96 seconds to win a thrilling Under-20 400m hurdles on Friday’s second day of the JAAA national championships at the National Stadium. Miller, who had won at the Carifta Games, lowered his previous best of 50.31 seconds and booked his place on the team...

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