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Yahoo
3 hours ago
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Juan Soto's game-tying two-run single
Juan Soto lines a single up the middle to plate Luisangel Acuña and Francisco Lindor, tying the game at 5 in the bottom of the 7th
Telegraph
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Telegraph
Reform candidate opens court battle after losing election on ‘coin toss'
A Reform UK candidate who lost a council election when a tie was settled with a random draw has asked the High Court to overturn the result. Liz Williams was beaten by Hannah Robson, a Green party candidate, in May's local elections, after several counts left them tied on 889 votes. The counsellor for the Littletons ward, in Worcestershire, was then chosen at random. Two ballot papers were placed in a box and Ms Robson's name was drawn out to secure her the victory for the county council seat. Now Ms Williams has handed an 'election petition' to the High Court in London, claiming the result should be declared void as the victory was decided by a 'toss of the coin'. At a preliminary hearing this week, Mrs Justice Yip said the petition, naming Ms Robson and Vic Allison, the deputy returning officer, as respondents, will be decided at the High Court later this year. According to Ms Williams's petition, the 'result was determined only by folding and placing two used election ballot papers into a ballot box and the deputy returning officer pulling one out'. The petition states the process was 'open to fraud and corruption' and did not allow the candidates time to seek legal advice before they were 'pressured into accepting the process in principle'. Ms Williams said she was not able to 'witness the entire process without obstruction'. She added: 'I could not see the box for all of the preparation and was not included in that. 'I did not agree to a third person shuffling the papers... Only the returning officer should have had their hand in the box.' Footage posted online shows the returning officer putting his hand into a large black box and pulling out a slip of paper, before declaring the winner. Ms Robson was said to have won by 890 to 889 votes. Ms Robson was not represented during the preliminary hearing this week, but Timothy Straker KC, representing the returning officer, said he would apply to dismiss Ms Williams' petition later this year. It is not the first time a council election in the UK has ended in a dead heat. In Blyth in 2007, the winner in one ward was chosen by the drawing of straws, while a candidate in Yorkshire in 2022 offered to play poker to decide the winner, before going on to draw straws. Electoral Commission guidance states: 'When two or more candidates have the same number of votes, and the addition of a vote would entitle any of those candidates to be declared elected, you must decide between the candidates by lot. 'Whichever candidate wins the lot is treated as though they had received an additional vote that enables them to be declared elected.'
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Ian Pilcher's late goal helps San Diego tie Whitecaps 1-1, remain atop Western Conference
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ian Pilcher scored his first Major League Soccer goal for San Diego FC in a 1-1 tie with the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night in a matchup of the top two teams in the Western Conference. San Diego (13-7-4) leads the conference with 43 points and the Whitecaps have 42. Minnesota United is third with 41 points. Pilcher, a 22-year-old rookie defender, made it 1-1 in the 80th minute. Anders Dreyer's corner kick was cleared by Vancouver before Luca Bombino misplayed a shot from the edge of the area that rolled to Pilcher for a first-touch finish from near the penalty spot. Yohei Takaoka had five saves for Vancouver (12-5-6). The Whitecaps took a 1-0 lead on a own goal in the 40th minute. Édier Ocampo, on the counterattack, had his shot from the edge of the area parried by diving goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega before Manu Duah's clearance attempt went into the net. Sisniega stopped three shots for San Diego. San Diego had 59 per cent possession and outshot the Whitecaps 17-9, 6-3 on target. Expansion San Diego beat the Whitecaps 5-3 on the road in the first-ever meeting between the clubs on June 25. UP NEXT Whitecaps: Host Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, July 26. San Diego: Host Nashville SC on Friday, July 25. ___ AP soccer: The Associated Press
Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Sport
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Owusu's PK in 83rd minute helps Montreal tie Orlando City 1-1
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Prince Owusu converted from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute for CF Montreal on Saturday night in a 1-1 tie with Orlando City. Owusu drew a foul, conceded by Rodrigo Schlegel, in the area and his penalty-kick goal made it 1-1. Advertisement Montreal (3-13-7) went into the game with 15 points, the fewest in the Eastern Conference, and a minus-22 goal differential, tied with D.C. United for worst in Major League Soccer. Martín Ojeda opened the scoring in the 28th minute — his eighth consecutive game with a goal contribution (two goals, six assists) — with a low shot from just outside the area the slipped inside the right post. Orlando (9-5-8) is winless in three straight. Orlando's Alex Freeman and Nicolás Rodríguez each had a shot blocked in stoppage time. Jonathan Sirois stopped two shots for Montreal. Pedro Gallese and Robin Jansson (yellow card accumulation) served one-game suspensions for Orlando. Javier Otero made his second career start in Gallese's place and did not have a save. ___ AP soccer: The Associated Press
Yahoo
13-07-2025
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Owusu's PK in the 83rd minute helps Montreal to 1-1 tie with Orlando City
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Prince Owusu converted from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute for CF Montreal on Saturday night in a 1-1 tie with Orlando City. Owusu drew a foul, conceded by Rodrigo Schlegel, in the area and his penalty-kick goal made it 1-1. Advertisement Montreal (3-13-7) went into the game with 15 points, the fewest in the Eastern Conference, and a minus-22 goal differential, tied with D.C. United for worst in MLS. Martín Ojeda opened the scoring in the 28th minute — his eighth consecutive game with a goal contribution (two goals, six assists) — with a low shot from just outside the area the slipped inside the right post. Orlando (9-5-8) winless in three straight. Orlando's Alex Freeman and Nicolás Rodríguez each had a shot blocked in stoppage time. Jonathan Sirois stopped two shots for Montreal. Pedro Gallese and Robin Jansson (yellow card accumulation) served one-game suspensions for Orlando. Javier Otero made his second career start in Gallese's place and did not have a save. ___ AP soccer:
