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Yahoo
20 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
US women cruise past China in friendly win
Catarina Macario celebrates her opening goal for the USA in a 3-0 win over China on Saturday (Kerem YUCEL) The United States romped to a 3-0 win over China in a women's international football friendly on Saturday, as the former world champions' renaissance under coach Emma Hayes continued. Goals from Catarina Macario, Sam Coffey and Lindsey Heaps delivered a convincing win for the American women, who dominated a fragile Chinese side at Saint Paul, Minnesota. Advertisement It was the 17th win in 21 games for the USA's English head coach Hayes, who was tasked with restoring the Americans to the summit of the women's game following their early 2023 World Cup exit. Hayes, who led the USA to a gold medal at last year's Olympics, is preparing her squad for this year's qualifiers for the 2027 World Cup in Brazil. The former Chelsea manager would have liked what she saw in a fluid first half performance that saw China's risky tactical decision to play with a high line punished ruthlessly. Macario opened the scoring after 28 minutes, bundling home a close-range finish after good work from Alyssa Thompson. Advertisement The USA doubled their tally seven minutes later with a brilliantly worked goal, which began when the gifted 17-year-old midfielder Lily Yohannes released Thompson down the right who crossed for Macario. Macario played a short pass into Coffey, who swept home with aplomb. Macario and Heaps both threatened to add to the USA tally with long-range shots that were just off target before half-time. Heaps though bagged the USA's third in the 54th minute, nodding in past China goalkeeper Pan Hongyan to effectively seal the win. The USA face Jamaica in a friendly in on Tuesday. rcw/bb
News.com.au
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Flight thrown into chaos as stowaway pigeons storm cabin
Chaotic footage shows the frantic moment a pigeon burst onto a Delta Airlines plane Saturday as a passenger desperately tried to catch the animal with an piece of clothing as other flyers screamed in the background. The pigeon, which was eventually captured, was second of two that emerged on the Wisconsin-bound plane at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, WCCO News reported. 'The pilot gets on and says, 'ladies and gentlemen, we have a wildlife situation on the plane,'' passenger Tom Caw told the outlet. The other feathering stowaway was walking under the seat until a Delta baggage handler picked it up. The two pigeons led to a brief delay Saturday night. Mr Caw told WCCO when he first boarded the flight, 'everything seemed normal'. 'Then I went to sit down and I overheard a passenger come up to the flight attendant who was standing right by where I was, and she said, 'I think there's a pigeon on this plane,'' he reportedly recalled in reference to the first pigeon. Shortly after, the pilot told everyone on-board that there was another pigeon on the plane after the aircraft was moving toward the runway. That second pigeon took flight, leading to a frenzy as another man tried to capture the bird with his jacket, Mr Caw said. 'The woman next to me was quite panicky about it, and she said to me, 'Oh I'm going to need a free wine. I'm going to need a free wine out of this',' he told the station. The flight was brought back to the gate before the same baggage handler took the second pigeon off the flight. 'Delta appreciates the careful actions of our people and our customers,' the spokeswoman told WCCO News. 'We apologise to our customers for the delay in their travel.'
CBS News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Minnesota Frost celebrate second Walter Cup victory in St. Paul
Frost players and fans paraded through Saint Paul Wednesday evening to celebrate their Walter Cup victory. Cheers and chanting, and a side of gratitude. "It's awesome. The state of Minnesota's always behind us. We're just excited to share it with them for the second time," said Frost goalie Nicole Hensley. "We have the best fans in the league. They showed out in all of our home games this season," said Frost defender Claire Thompson. "I grew up playing hockey. I've been playing my whole life. When they won, winning the cup two times in a row I was like *gasp*," said Anna Franco of Detroit Lakes. "We're super excited about this. The Walter Cup is officially a Saint Paul resident. No other city has one. We've got two," said Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter. It's the second Walter Cup awarded since the PWHL began in 2023. Both times to the Minnesota Frost. Wednesday's rain didn't stop the downtown march, which ended in a celebratory ceremony at the Xcel Energy Center. "Lets go frost! Lets frost 'em over again next year and the year after that," said Natalie Ernst of Richfield. The 2025 PWHL draft will be on June 24, 2025 in Ottawa.
CTV News
4 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Birds try to stow away onboard Delta Air Lines flight, passenger tries to catch one
Two intruding pigeons caused chaos inside a Delta airplane at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, sending passengers into a frenzy.
Associated Press
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Austin looks to end road losing streak against Minnesota United
Austin FC (5-6-3, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota United FC (7-3-4, second in the Western Conference) Saint Paul, Minnesota; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Minnesota United FC -136, Austin FC +350, Draw +276; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Austin visits Minnesota United looking to break a three-game road slide. United is 4-3-3 in conference games. Tanitoluwa Oluwatimikhin Oluwaseyi leads the seventh-ranked scoring team in the Western Conference with six. United has scored 22 goals. Austin is 5-5-2 in conference matchups. Austin ranks sixth in the Western Conference drawing 73 corner kicks, averaging 5.2 per game. The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season. United won the last meeting 3-0. TOP PERFORMERS: Oluwatimikhin Oluwaseyi has scored six goals and added four assists for United. Joaquin Pereyra has two goals and three assists over the past 10 games. Brandon Vazquez has four goals for Austin. Jon Gallagher has one goal and one assist over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: United: 5-2-3, averaging 1.7 goals, 4.6 shots on goal and 5.3 corner kicks per game while allowing 0.9 goals per game. Austin: 3-4-3, averaging 0.7 goals, 3.2 shots on goal and 5.2 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.4 goals per game. NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: United: Kipp Keller (injured), Hassani Dotson (injured), Joseph Yeramid Rosales Erazo (injured). Austin: Daniel Pereira (injured), Robert Thomas Taylor (injured), Mikkel Desler (injured). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
