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Local Sweden
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Local Sweden
Why a Black Hawk helicopter landed on the roof of the Swedish parliament
If you looked up at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm on Tuesday morning, you may have seen (and presumably heard) a Black Hawk helicopter landing on top of the building. Advertisement Marie Tisäter, a spokesperson for the Swedish Armed Forces, explained that the helicopter was taking part in a joint exercise by the Armed Forces and the police. The exercise was held between 8am and noon. 'This part of the exercise focused on being able to descend via a rope from high up,' she told the TT news agency. A sign next to the Swedish parliament reading "exercise". Photo: Oscar Olsson/TT It's no coincidence that the roof of the parliament building was used. 'It's important that we train in places where we should be able to operate,' said Tisäter. She did not say whether similar exercises will be held at parliament in the future. 'We regularly practise with each other in various locations,' she said. The helicopter hovering above central Stockholm. Photo: Oscar Olsson/TT
Belfast Telegraph
13-07-2025
- Automotive
- Belfast Telegraph
Jonathan Rea lifts lid on ‘strong talks' over future prospects in World Superbikes
The six-time champion earned his best result of the 2025 season in Saturday's opening race at the East Midlands circuit, finishing fifth after qualifying strongly in fourth place on the Pata Maxus Yamaha. It was a fitting performance to mark his tribute to Northern Ireland motorcycle legend Joey Dunlop. Rea wore a custom-made replica of the road racing great's iconic yellow Arai helmet over the weekend to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his tragic passing in a racing accident in Estonia on July 2, 2000. Michael Dunlop, who surpassed his uncle Joey's record of 26 Isle of Man TT wins in 2024 and has now won 33 times at the event in total, attended the Donington round where he presented the top three in the Superpole race of Toprak Razgatlioglu, Nicolo Bulega and Sam Lowes with their trophies on Sunday. Rea scored a satisfactory sixth in the Superpole race but ended the weekend in a disappointing 15th in the final race at Round Seven due to an issue with the front brake. He is in the final year of his Yamaha contract after signing with the manufacturer for 2024 and 2025 following nine years at Kawasaki. Rea struggled in his first season on the R1 and finished 13th in the Championship, claiming his only podium result at Donington in the summer of 2024. The 38-year-old was playing catch-up in 2025 after a crash in a test at Phillip Island in Australia in February left him with multiple fractures in his left foot, with the complexity of the injury ruling him out until the Fourth Round at Cremona in Italy at the beginning of May. Rea is currently in 18th place in the Championship, but he doesn't feel his 'difficult moment' will have too much of a negative impact on his prospects of securing a competitive ride for 2026. 'I think this difficult moment we're facing is a moment in time,' said Rea. 'I've no doubt about my ability, and I think when I look at my stats and my career, I don't have to sell (myself) too much, really. The people understand that, and I don't think it's going to affect what happens next year. 'Of course, conversations now are ongoing quite strong about different options here and there, so let's see. I'm sure by the summer break, I'll understand at least what all the options are, and then it will be time to put my head together and understand what I want to do.' The Eighth Round takes place at the Balaton Park track in Hungary from July 25-27 – a new venue on the calendar in the 2025 season – before the six-week summer break. Factory seats are up for grabs at both Ducati and BMW following the confirmed departures of Alvaro Bautista and reigning champion Razgatlioglu respectively, while HRC Honda riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge's futures remain in the balance. Razgatlioglu is making the step up to MotoGP in 2026 with the Pramac Racing Yamaha team and showed why he is in high demand with a dominant display at Donington. The Turkish star completed a clean sweep of all three races to move into the title lead for the first time in 2025 by four points from Nicolo Bulega ( Ducati), who was second in each race. Razgatlioglu won the Superpole race by 2.8 secs from Bulega, with Briton Sam Lowes making it onto the podium at his home round on the Marc VDS Racing Ducati. His brother Alex was declared unfit to race on Sunday after crashing while leading Saturday's opening race. In the final race, Razgatlioglu won by 2.9 secs from Bulega, with team-mate Bautista in third. Sam Lowes was in second place when he crashed out in the early stages. Rea's Yamaha team-mate Andrea Locatelli – fifth in the Superpole race – crossed the line in fourth in Race Two.
Time of India
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Mothers of int'l, nat'l players honoured with Jijamata award
Kanpur: Mothers of 17 international and national level players and 6 coaches were felicitated with Jija Mata honour by Krida Bharti Kanpur at the BNSD Shiksha Niketan School auditorium on Sunday. The mothers of international cricketer Kuldeep Yadav, Jyoti Shukla, former captain of Indian handball team, international TT players Geeta Tandon, Prachi Pandey Para TT player, national TT champion Abhishek Yadav, Satyam Giri Gupta, Vidushi Mishra (Badminton), Shardul Kandarp Khatri, Aaral Dwivedi (Badminton), Utkarsh Dixit, Tanjya Jha (Yoga), Kush Chaturvedi (Powerlifting), Krishna Agarwal special child and coaches Kapil Pandey, Neelam Gupta, Sanjay Pal, Satyendra Yadav and Ashish Goud (all coaches) were felicitated in the function. Chief guest Ramesh Awasthi, MP, felicitated the mothers of players and coaches. Earlier, he along with Anil Oak, Sanjeev Pathak and Neetu Singh inaugurated the function by lighting a lamp. The chief guest in his address said that those mothers who were not sports persons but created values among them were being honoured with Jijamata award this day. The members of the Yoga Association presented a yoga programme on this occasion. Ashutosh Satyam Jha conducted the programme. Keshav Dwivedi, Rakesh Ram Tripathi, Arun Dubey, Saurabh Srivastava were present on this occasion.
Hindustan Times
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
MOC clears proposals for kayaking, canoeing and cycling
New Delhi: The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) in its latest meeting has cleared funds for kayaking, canoeing and cycling worth over ₹1 crore while para TT player Bhavina Patel's proposal to take part in three international events followed by a training camp in Slovenia has also got the go-ahead. Representative image. The canoe sprint team comprising 12 athletes, two coaches and a physio will travel to Milan for training. (AFP) Four cyclists and two coaches will travel for the 20-day European Circuit Camp next month. The team will also participate in two UCI Class 1 events in Czech Republic — Prague Summer Track (Aug 24-25) and GP Presove Republic (Aug 29-30) in Otmara. The squad will be picked by the federation (CFI), MOC said. The canoe sprint team comprising 12 athletes, two coaches and a physio will travel to Milan for training in the build-up to the 2026 Asian Games. 'The proposal supports the core group of athletes across key focus events — C1 1000m (men), C2 1000m (men), K4 Sprint (men and women). The objectives of the trip include getting the athletes acquainted with the Automated Start System that is currently not available in India. The cost approved for the trip is ₹54,35,200. The canoe slalom team of six athletes, two coaches and a physiotherapist will hold a month long camp at the Artificial Canoe Slalom Course in China. ₹32,76,600 has been cleared for the purpose. It is to prepare the team for the Asian Canoe Slalom Championship to be held in Xiasi, China (Aug 14-17). Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist Bhavina Patel will participate in World Para Elite Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand (July 18-22) and World Para Elite Spokane, USA (Aug 9-13). She will be accompanied by her coach Lalan Doshi and escort Nikul Patel. This will be followed by a training camp in Lasko, Slovenia (Sept 8-17). A sum of ₹15,91,477 has been cleared. In the MOC meeting held virtually this week, a sum of ₹3,95,19,057 for archery, athletics, squash, shooting, table tennis, wrestling, cycling, kayaking, canoeing, para TT and para badminton were cleared.
Belfast Telegraph
10-07-2025
- Automotive
- Belfast Telegraph
‘This is the one everyone wants to win': Davey Todd thrilled to make it a hat-trick of Solo wins at Southern 100
Todd beat a determined Dean Harrison, with Michael Dunlop rounding out the podium positions in third. Both Todd and Harrison blasted the previous outright lap record, which was set by Harrison in 2022 at 116.941mph. Todd (8TEN Racing BMW) raised the benchmark to 117.414mph in the nine-lap finale but runner-up Harrison had the consolation of the absolute record following a final lap of 117.54mph on his Honda. Todd won the blue riband highlight for the first time in 2022 and repeated the feat again last year after the race was cancelled in 2023 following a fatal accident. He took the spoils by just 0.413s from Harrison, with Dunlop having a somewhat lonely ride to third on his MD Racing BMW. Todd's Solo Championship success completed a quadruple for the 29-year-old this year after Superbike and Supersport victories on Wednesday, and a Superbike double on Thursday. 'This is the one everybody wants to win,' said a jubilant Todd. 'I didn't want to show all my cards in the other races and I think everybody was keeping a bit in hand for this last race. 'I let Dean past because I wanted to sit behind him for a bit but he was trying to slow the pace up to get the others involved, so I put my head down and did some decent laps. 'I knew if I could hit all my marks and not make any mistakes then we should be good.' Harrison, a double winner at the TT in the Superstock races, said his Honda was at a disadvantage against Todd's BMW on the fastest parts of the course. 'I led for a bit but he has the edge on me down the big straights here,' Harrison said. 'But the Superstock Honda has done well, to be fair, and thanks to everyone for helping me out. 'I'm happy to be on the podium and of course I wanted to win, but you can't win them all.' Todd won thee Senior race by two-tenths-of-a-second from Harrison, with Dunlop 16.4s in arrears in third. Dunlop later won the second Supersport race on his Milwaukee Ducati for his 26th Southern 100 victory. The Ballymoney man had finished third in the first race behind Mike Browne and Todd, but Dunlop turned the tables to wrap up his only win at this year's 70th anniversary event. Dunlop was locked in battle with Todd as the duo shattered the lap record to set up a grandstand finish. Todd (Milenco by Padgett's Honda) tried all he could to get past, but Dunlop defended his lines and won by 0.176s. Browne was almost seven seconds back in third on the Russell Racing Yamaha. 'I had far better pace in that race,' Dunlop said. 'I'm not sure who had the fastest lap but I knew me and Davey were close. 'I knew he would try and slipstream me the whole way but I was just very scrappy on that last lap because I was trying to keep things tight.' Yorkshireman Jamie Coward finished fourth ahead of Rob Hodson (Yamaha) and Joe Yeardsley ( Yamaha). Wigan's Hodson made it a double in the Lightweight class on the SMT Paton after Todd ran into problems with the front brake on Clive Padgett's Paton. Todd dropped back but rallied to claim the runner-up spot, with Michael Sweeney holding off Paul Jordan for third. Veteran Irish road racer Paul Cranston was back on the rostrum in the Supersport B race, finishing second behind newcomer John Marsh. Dungannon's Cranston won the first race on Wednesday, 43 years after his last win at the Billown course. Dennis Booth from Kells finished third yesterday behind Marsh and Cranston. Isle of Man TT double winners Ryan and Callum Crowe were victorious in the Sidecar Championship race with a new lap record at over 103mph as they brought the curtain down on the 2025 meeting.
