The world’s number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has said he will return to a major chess competition after the sport’s governing body agreed to relax its dress code. Carlsen quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York on Friday, where he was defending his title, when he was told he could…
Play video content TMZSports.com If Rod Woodson was advising Travis Hunter, he tells TMZ Sports he’d suggest the Buffs star only play corner in the NFL … explaining he thinks the Heisman Trophy winner can be “an All-Pro” at the position. Hunter, of course, was named college football’s best player earlier this month because of…
One day after the fatal airline disaster in South Korea, the answer as to what went wrong with Jeju Air 2216 remains elusive. Even as experts remain puzzled by what caused the crash that killed 179 people, experts say that a bird striking the engine is unlikely to be the sole factor. The air traffic…
BBC Ukraine is losing the battle on the ground. Many of its soldiers are tired and exhausted after three years of fighting. The question – can the country endure another year of war? Their forces are still resisting Russian advances in the east. But they’re almost surrounded near the town of Kurakhove – scene to…
A Chinese court has sentenced two teenagers over the death of their classmate in March. The teens in Hebei province, identified only by their surnames Zhang and Li, were 13 years old when they conspired to kill their classmate Wang and split his money between them. After attacking Wang with a shovel, they buried him…
More than 6,000 eggs have been seized in the biggest haul of its kind in UK history, after police carried out raids in Scotland, South Yorkshire, Essex, Wales and Gloucester. Thousands of eggs were found secreted in attics, offices and drawers. The UK raids took place in November as part of Operation Pulka, an international…
BBC/Tony Jolliffe Astronomers are poised to catch a star that only shines about once every 80 years On a cold February night in 1946, a 15-year-old schoolboy made a surprising discovery as he peered out of his bedroom window. Michael Woodman, a keen amateur astronomer from Newport, had stayed up late waiting for his father…
South Korean law enforcement officials have requested a court warrant to arrest impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree amounted to rebellion. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which is leading a joint investigation with police and military authorities into the power grab that lasted only a…
South Korea’s acting leader has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operations, a day after 179 people were killed in the deadliest plane crash on its soil. The Jeju Air plane burst into flames as it crash-landed in South Korea’s Muan International Airport, killing everyone onboard save for two victims. Acting…
South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok has ordered the transport ministry to carry out an emergency safety inspection of the country’s airline operation system, local news agency Yonhap reported Monday. Choi was speaking at a disaster control meeting in Seoul, after a Jeju Air flight crashed at the country’s Muan International Airport on Sunday, leading…
