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Newsweek
14 hours ago
- General
- Newsweek
Plane Crashes Into School Campus
Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held various editorial roles covering different beats, including general news, politics, economics, business, and property. He is a graduate of the University of Lincoln, England. Languages: English. You can reach Shane by emailing
The Citizen
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Citizen
Boxer secures silver at national champs
Shane du Plooy, a talented boxer from the Vikings Boxing Club, secured a well-deserved silver medal at the South African National Boxing Organisation National Boxing Youth and Elite Championships. The championships, which took place earlier in July in Pretoria, saw over 100 fights from top boxers across the country. Shane fought in the welterweight category (67kg) and put on an impressive display, winning his quarterfinal bout with a technical knockout and his semifinal bout with a knockout. Although he lost in the finals with a 2–1 division decision, Shane's performance was commendable. 'I'm proud of my silver medal,' Shane said, beaming with pride, adding that his opponent at the national championships is the one he defeated at Gauteng Champs. His coach and father, Hendrik du Plooy, couldn't agree more. 'We worked very hard, and it was his first time going to the SA Championships,' Hendrik said. 'We are very proud of him, and he is bringing gold next year.' Shane's determination and skill in the ring have earned him recognition, and it's clear that he has a bright future ahead of him in the world of boxing. At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
Irish Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Shane MacGowan's sister on his passion for hurling ahead of All-Ireland final
Shane MacGowan didn't just love Tipperary hurling, he ended up as one of the faces of it. The chief Pogue was a great-grandson of John Lynch, a key Land League figure who attended the famous GAA Hayes Hotel meeting in 1884. Lynch was a founder member and first chairman of the club at the north-eastern corner of Lough Derg, Shannon Rovers, where the river is indeed at its most broad and majestic. A club which would, in turn, became MacGowan's obsessive sporting love, specifically asking for one of their jerseys for his funeral, and from which base he supported Tipperary inter-county hurling so passionately. It's a good guess that today Shannon Rovers, from a picturesque triangle of townlands, Kilbarron, Ballinderry and Terryglass, are the most famous hurling club in the world. And those who think they haven't heard of them, think again; they are the club referred to in MacGowan's classic track The Broad Majestic Shannon. For it's stupid to laugh and it's useless to brawl, 'bout a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball' and 'So I walked as the day was dawning, where small birds sang and the leaves were falling.' Mairead Tiernan, Owner of Paddy's Bar, Terryglass showing the Shannon Rovers Jersey , with Shane MacGowan Script For Shane's sister Siobhan and all of those associated with the club, the song is highly biographical. The Shannon Rovers shirt that features Shane, John Lynch and the song lyric remains sought after worldwide. This, be assured, was no marketing trick but the result of the coverage of the singer's funeral and his asking for the jersey to be placed on the coffin; it led to the club's telephone burning red with enquiries about how to buy one. 'At the time we just had the one set of jerseys for each team and now the senior side had one less so we had no idea what to say to these fans,' admits chairman Paul Tiernan. Siobhan MacGowan, author of the successful historical novels The Trial of Lotta Rae (Welbeck, 2022) and The Graces (Welbeck, 2023) was in no doubt about what to say: Aine Slattery, Seamus O'Sullivan, Siobhan Cleary, Sarah Burke, Helena Hayes, John Cahalan and Laura Leenane (Image: Picture Brendan Gleeson) 'Paul was a neighbour who had known us since we were children, he would have been in and out of the old house, and he approached me,' she says. 'It was a month after the funeral and they'd got a lot of inquiries about the jersey, people asking could they buy them so they were trying to be cautious 'But I said, 'Oh, Shane would absolutely love that — yeah, let's do it right, it would be one of his proudest moments.' There ought to be a design award for the end result: 'I thought it was brilliant, really well designed and very touching. 'You've got Shane there, and then you've got his words, the picture of our great grandfather which is hanging in the hurling field, the rusty tin and the old hurling ball on the back. It's gorgeous. 'The photo of Shane was taken by Andy Catlin and it was from, like, 30 years ago (taken in a hotel room in Porto) when he was around with The Pogues. 'I talked to Andy, who was a friend of mine, he was all too happy to give the go-ahead. 'Shane would have loved being alongside his great-grandfather John Lynch who was very nationalistic, part of the Gaelic Revival and quite a character, a real patriot.' Shane's relationship with Shannon Rovers, says Siobhan, was very simple: 'We were coming over here every summer from year dot so hurling was just part of what everybody was doing. 'It wasn't like coming over here as a teen or something and seeing it, more coming over at four, five years of age so it was just going on. He was a child, he'd be playing in the fields. 'But, as we saw, it was Tipperary and hurling, because it was the Irish national sport, for him. He was obsessed with that.' Tipperary Fans at Terryglass County Tipperary Shannon Rovers Supporters supporting Tipperary at Terryglass County Tipperary Picture Brendan Gleeson The Broad Majestic Shannon appeared on the If I Should Fall From Grace with God album considered, along with Rum, Sodomy & The Lash, to be The Pogues' most accomplished albums. But it was almost certainly an original for the album as Siobhan had not heard it beforehand. 'I can't remember when I first heard it but it was very simply all about this area and about our home. 'So the Carney Commons in Kilbarron is where our great grandfather, John Lynch, was from. He was there with our great grandmother, Margaret, and they had whatever, like 11, 12, 13 children, something like that. 'A lot of the grand aunts and uncles were in the house. Our granny was in the house with our mum who had two children, our dad and uncle Sean, who is my first cousin Lisa's (sitting beside us as we speak here) dad. 'So a lot of the song is about here. There is the gap in the wall, that's real, and they did call the rosary at just after six every night, and they did play cards, and there was a lot of music in the house and a lot of dancing. 'Shane is talking about that and about walking by the Shannon, which is right there, this is the Lough Derg area, so there's loads of surrounding scenery, surrounded by water.' 'I find it quite emotional because it's definitely about lots of old people in the family as well. Shane was very close to all those that I'm talking about, our great aunts and uncles. 'I actually live by the Shannon now and I practically say some of the song in my head every day, my walk as the day is dawning, small birds and things, I can actually see them.' Shannon Rovers are, in any case, a historic club. Two-time All Star goalkeeper Pat McLoughney (1979, 1980) is still a key member. Laura Leenane is the current Tipperary senior camogie goalkeeper — that was her making the critical save in Croke Park last Sunday week prior to Tipp's semi-final with Kilkenny. Siobhan MacGowan (Image: Picture Brendan Gleeson) Moreover, the excitement around the club this week has been palpable as the first team, captained by the chairman's son Matt, won the Intermediate Cup after beating local rival Borrisokane last Sunday in Cloughjordan. Says Siobhan and Shane's cousin Lisa: 'My son was goalkeeper on the team, so our great grandfather John Lynch, my father Sean Cahill and my son Vincent Mulvihill makes for a fourth generation having played for the club.' Meanwhile the focus is turning towards Shane's secondary hurling obsession, the Tipperary inter-county side and this weekend's All Ireland final. Siobhan recalls going to a Tipp match with Shane and their uncle Sean in Nenagh around 1981 in the early days of The Pogues and the late singer's passion for the Premier men never waned. 'Yes he went to hurling matches at any opportunity he could get. He was at the final when Tipperary last won in 2019 and he was at a number of their other All Ireland finals,' she says. And then suddenly, wonderfully, Siobhan bursts: 'I remember! I've a good story, we lost one year against Clare and we'd bought a Tipperary teddy bear, yellow on top and blue. 'And I was driving and we were going down O'Connell Street and a Clare car went by shouting and Shane got the teddy bear and leant out the car window screaming 'Raaaaah, Raaaah' roaring at them, it was absolutely mad. 'And then when they saw who it was, they were like 'Aaaaargh', we've just upset the wrong person and went very quiet! 'So, yeah, he used to get very, very irate and enthusiastic. 'He was a shouter at the telly to do with hurling and then, obviously, an even bigger shouter at his hurling matches.' Shane may be well be well represented at Croke Park. 'I know Victoria, Shane's wife, she desperately wanted to be there at Croke Park for Shane and we moved heaven and earth so she would have tickets for the game, that was important. 'I don't know but she may well be wearing one of the jerseys with Shane on it, the Shannon one, or the Tipp one that just has his image — now that would be something I think he would have absolutely loved, been so proud of.' Tipperary Fans at Terryglass County Tipperary Young Tipperary Supporters showing the North Tipperary Intermediate Champion Trophy at Terryglass County Tipperary Picture Brendan Gleeson
Belfast Telegraph
3 days ago
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
The Open: Shane Lowry on course aiming to bounce back from penalty controversy as Bryson DeChambeau responds to nightmare start
one minute ago Gareth Hanna Going backwards to go forwards Lowry is indeed heading out on to the 12th for a penalty drop on the fairway, so he'll be pitching on in four from around 75 yards in an attempt to save par. 4 minutes ago Gareth Hanna Shane reloads on 2 Both Lowry and Rahm got good drives away on the second, although the same couldn't be said of Shane's second as he whips it (and a provisional) left into the crowd while Rahm is safely off the front of the par five green in two. The good news is they have found Shane's first ball / the bad news is it's in the bush as he weighs up his options - potentially heading back onto the 12th hole for a drop in line with the pin. 15 minutes ago Gareth Hanna Sandy start for Rahm He has to punch out of the fairway bunker but then spins his approach off the soft first green and into the front trap. A super save from there uses the slope in the middle of the green as a backstop and pulls it back to the hole for a tap-in bogey save to go +1. Shane's approach stays up that slope and he does well to convert a two-putt par from there to stay E. 17 minutes ago Stens-on one today After almost acing the par-three sixth, Henrik Stenson has maintained that momentum and become the first player to break onto the big scoreboard in the media centre with our first eagle of the day at the par-five seventh, hitting a wonderful approach shot to eight feet and rolling it in to get to -3 and four-under thru seven on the day! 22 minutes ago Bryson rolling The Scientist has picked up a third birdie in his opening five holes after driving the par-four fifth and two-putting for the three, and he's already up into red figures at -1. In fact, he's eight-under for his last 22 holes, and that includes slapping his opening tee shot out of bounds this morning, so he could even be as low as -3 were it not for that... 25 minutes ago Packed crowd for Shane The first hole is now completely surrounded by supporters as Shane Lowry and Jon Rahm begin their third rounds at level par. Jon applauded the 2019 champion onto the tee. Shane almost hits it OB but it's a few yards inside the white line. Rahm goes into the bunker on the right. 29 minutes ago Shane time! Lowry is standing on the first tee ahead of his 11:30am tee time alongside Spain's Jon Rahm. Is this the marquee grouping that will post a low round today? We're about to find out. 33 minutes ago Top 'teer Nineteen clubs have provided volunteers for this year's Open at Royal Portrush - if you're chatting to one, thank them for the work they're doing because it is fantastic! The Open: Here are the 19 golf clubs that have provided volunteers to help Major run smoothly The Open is a well-oiled machine every time it rolls into town but, even so, without the dedicated work of the volunteers that give up their time to marshal or score or operate the scoreboards around the course, what is taking place at Royal Portrush wouldn't be possible this week. 34 minutes ago Gareth Hanna Five-time Open champion Tom Watson LOVES Portrush He has told Open radio: 'It's one of my favourite golf courses. It's all you want. It gives you some opportunities on the front nine and it's tough coming in. 'My favourite hole is 16. If I had to go and sit somewhere to watch on the course, it would be there. Death short and right, and no bargain left with so you have to hit a shot. It's all you want.' 36 minutes ago Stens-one (nearly!) So nearly an ace for Henrik Stenson as he takes aim on the par-three sixth, corks one right into the middle of the green and it bounces hard before cambering off the slope to the back left of the putting surface, angling towards the hole... and finishing just a foot shy of the first hole-in-one of the week! Bright start from the Swede, who also birdied the par-five second and is two-under for the day, -1 for the tournament. Gareth Hanna Birdie, birdie Bryson If we ignore that snapped first drive off the tee by Bryson, it's three birdies in a row, including the one with his second ball on one. He took advantage of the par five then stitched it at the third to climb to level par. He'd have been right in this tournament but for a nightmare opening day when he didn't make a single birdie. 51 minutes ago Gareth Hanna First man on the course in the red The low man on the course is Corey Conners in the first group out, with two birdies in a blemish-free opening seven holes. He's up to -1 for the week. Edit: Make that -3 through eight as he makes three at the par-four eighth for -2 overall. Eight shots back. 54 minutes ago Gareth Hanna Shane Lowry has arrived Having had a chance to sleep on his two-shot penalty, for which he felt understandably aggrieved last night, the Offaly man is on the practice ground as the clock ticks towards his 11.30am tee-time. 57 minutes ago Gareth Hanna Matsuyama on a run after double bogey After a tricky third hole, where he chipped from one side of the green to the other on his way to a double bogey, Hideki Matsuyama has responded with three threes in a row to get back to +1 and level par for the day. Today 09:51 AM Gareth Hanna How's it playing out there? There have been 44 holes played in total out there this morning by the first 14 players on the course. There have been: Six birdies 26 pars Eight bogeys Four doubles Total score: +10 Today 09:42 AM Gareth Hanna MAJOR BREAKING: Rory 'makes blistering start'! Despite him not teeing off until 2.30pm - the leaderboard in the media centre seems to have awarded Rory five birdies in his first seven holes today! Sure look, don't question it. Today 09:39 AM Nice touch How about this for a cool addition to the bottom of every Srixon bag at this week's Championship? Each player has the three years The Open has been held at Royal Portrush on the bottom! Today 09:30 AM Gareth Hanna 'What does that mean?' Bryson Dechambeau asks after he hooks his tee shot waaaaay out of bounds at the first. Not even close. It means you're re-loading mate. And he sends his second attempt straight down the fairway. All that effort to shoot 65 to make the cut, for that... Edit: The holy grail! Birdie with his second ball to save bogey. Fair play. Goes to +2. Today 09:06 AM Adam McKendry Which holes are causing the most problems? Personally, it feels like most players have struggled to cope with the par-four 11th, but it is not the hardest hole on the course. That honour goes to the par-four 14th instead, which is playing 0.372 strokes over-par this week thanks to its narrow green and punishing bunkering. The 11th takes second spot with a +0.295 rating, with the 502-yard par-four fourth in third spot and the par-three 16th, Calamity, the only hole that's not a par-four in the top-five. On the other side, it's not surprising that the 520-yard par-five 12th is the easiest hole and is playing nearly half-a-stroke under-par this week, given it is easily reachable in two for practically the entire field. The other par-fives, the second and seventh, take second and third spots on the list, with the driveable par-four fifth and downhill par-four 17th also playing under-par. Toughest holes 1. 14th, Par-4 (+0.372) 2. 11th, Par-4 (+0.295) 3. 4th, Par-4 (+0.288) 4. 16th, Par-3, (+0.260) 5. 1st, Par-4, (+0.237) Easiest holes 1. 12th, Par-5 (-0.410) 2. 2nd, Par-5 (-0.240) 3. 7th, Par-5 (-0.221) 4. 5th, Par-4 (-0.115) 5. 17th, Par-4 (-0.087) Load more Live Blog Software
New Straits Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Lowry accepted 2-shot British Open penalty over fear of 'cheat' backlash
PORTRUSH: Shane Lowry said he feared a social media backlash if he did not accept a two-stroke penalty at the British Open on Friday. The Irishman was handed the sanction after he finished his second round, which left him at level par for the tournament, for his ball apparently moving as he made a practice swing on the 12th hole. Rules officials relied on television evidence from one angle that zoomed in on the ball, even if Lowry could not see it with the naked eye. "I was in there with the rules official and wasn't arguing my case, but I'm disappointed that they don't have more camera angles on it," said Lowry, who is back at the scene of his sole major win at Royal Portrush back in 2019. "The one zoomed in slow motion – they're trying to tell me if it doesn't move from the naked eye, if you don't see it moving, it didn't move. I told them I definitely was looking down towards the ball as I was taking that practice swing, and I didn't see it move. "I'm still not sure, to be honest, whether it was or not, but I had to take the penalty because I can't have my name talked about or tossed around like that, and I just get on with it." The footage had been highlighted on social media before Lowry was handed the penalty. "If the ball moved and I caused it to move and it moved, it's a two-shot penalty," added the world number 18. "The last thing I want to do is sit there and argue and not take the penalty and then get slaughtered all over social media tonight for being a cheat." Lowry was playing alongside world number one Scottie Scheffler, who shot to the top of the leaderboard with a brilliant 64 to sit at 10 under par after the opening two days. Scheffler hailed Lowry's reaction after the American was also left unconvinced by the television replay. "Ultimately in golf it's up to the player, and I felt like Shane was put in a pretty tough situation there when they were zooming in on his golf ball. In the rough it's hard to tell," said the three-time major champion. "It was a very tough spot for Shane to be put in. He handled it really well. It's obviously very frustrating. It's frustrating for me as a competitor of his and a player to watch him after kind of deal with that because the last thing you want to be known in the game of golf is somebody who cheats. "I'm not going to state a strong opinion here in the media on whether or not I thought he deserved the penalty, but all I'm going to say is it was a very tough situation for him to be put in, and I thought he handled it really well." - AFP
