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AP Sports SummaryBrief AP-SummaryBrief-Sports May 6, 2023 9:58 AM – 1127 words Early Kentucky Derby favorite Forte scratched from race LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The early favorite for the Kentucky Derby has been scratched hours before the race. Forte was declared out of the 149th Derby on Saturday, the fifth scratch from the race this week. No immediate reason was announced. Forte stumbled on the track during his workout Thursday, […]

LONDON (Reuters) – People from across Britain and the world gathered on Saturday in central London for the coronation of King Charles III. Here is a selection of quotes from those in the crowd: Katie Mitchell, 25, on the balcony appearance by King Charles and the royal family: “It was a brilliant way to end what was already a brilliant day. It was amazing to see them all there in […]

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Police arrested the leader of the anti-monarchy group Republic hours before King Charles’ coronation on Saturday, removing him from the few hundred yellow-clad protesters who had gathered among the crowds lining the procession route in central London. Republic had said it would mount the biggest protest against a British monarch in modern history. Protesters wore yellow t-shirts to stand out from those clad in red, […]

By Michael Holden, Kate Holton and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles III was anointed and crowned on Saturday in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a display of pomp and pageantry that sought to marry 1,000 years of history with a monarchy fit for a new era. In front of a congregation including about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the […]

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Saturday hailed the return of 45 Azov battalion fighters captured during the battle for Mariupol while Russia said three of its pilots had been released by Kyiv, but neither side gave a full account of the apparent prisoner swap. The freed Ukrainian prisoners included 42 men and three women from the Azov battalion, said Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office. Azov battalion […]

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Saturday hailed the return of 45 Azov battalion fighters captured during the battle for Mariupol while Russia said three of its pilots had been released by Kyiv, but neither side gave a full account of the apparent prisoner swap. The freed Ukrainian prisoners included 42 men and three women from the Azov battalion, said Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office. Azov battalion […]

By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Nafisa Eltahir RIYADH (Reuters) -Envoys from Sudan’s warring military factions – the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – were in Jeddah for talks on Saturday, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said, as international mediators pressed for an end to the three-week old conflict. The U.S.-Saudi initiative is the first serious attempt to end fighting that has turned parts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum into […]

(Reuters) -Early favourite Forte has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby hours before post time for the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown due to concerns about a bruised front foot, Churchill Downs said on Saturday. The Todd Pletcher-trained dark bay colt had brought a five-race win streak to the 1-1/4-mile Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and was installed as the early 3-1 favourite. The decision to scratch […]

By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said on Saturday they would not return to Myanmar to “be confined in camps” after making their first return visit as part of efforts to encourage their voluntary repatriation. Nearly a million Rohingya Muslims live in squalid camps in the Bangladeshi border district of Cox’s Bazar. Most have been there since fleeing a military-led crackdown in Buddhist-majority Myanmar in 2017 and […]