Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from medical complications. He was 29. Barber died Wednesday at home in Kingwood, Texas, his agent, Paul Doyle, confirmed to The Associated Press. CBC | Sports News
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Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević dead at 46 after heart attack
The Golden State Warriors say assistant coach Dejan Milojević has died in Salt Lake City after suffering a heart attack. The 46-year-old was part of the staff that helped the Warriors win the 2022 NBA championship. He was mentor to two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić and a former star player in his native Serbia. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Mudslide slams into busy Colombian highway, leaving 23 dead, dozens injured
A mudslide brought on by heavy rains in northwest Colombia killed at least 23 people and injured dozens on a busy highway, authorities said on Saturday. CBC | World News
Read More »Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach for Germany, dead at 78
Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach and became one of Germany’s most beloved personalities with his easygoing charm, has died, news agency dpa reported Monday. He was 78. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Franz Beckenbauer dead: Germany and Bayern Munich football legend dies aged 78
Germany and Bayern Munich football legend Franz Beckenbauer has died aged 78. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Iowa police say Grade 6 student killed, 17-year-old suspect dead in Iowa school shooting
A 17-year-old opened fire at a small-town Iowa high school on the first day of school after the winter break, killing a Grade 6 student and wounding five others as students barricaded in offices and fled in panic. CBC | World News
Read More »The Traitors contestant was pronounced dead on side of road after ‘serious accident’
The Traitors star Andrew, 45, from Talbot Green, is among the contestants taking part in the new series of the hit BBC show, which returns this week Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »5 dead after planes collide on runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport
A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames. Five people on the coast guard plane died. CBC | World News
Read More »Canary Islands hit by new wave of boat arrivals with ’40 dead migrants thrown into sea’
The Canary Islands have once again been hit by a massive wave of illegal migrants trying to get into Europe on tiny boats, with at least 40 men, women and children drowning on the crossing from Africa. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Benjamin Kiplagat dead: Olympian stabbed to death aged 34 in Kenya as police launch probe
World Athletics has confirmed the death of Ugandan Olympian Benjamin Kiplagat. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
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