USA’s April Ross, Alix Klineman dominate Australia for gold in women’s beach volleyball; U.S. women face Serbia in both basketball, volleyball semifinals.
For the first time in South Korea, a nursing assistant who suffered paralysis after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine was recognised as a victim of an industrial accident, making her eligible for government benefits and financial compensation. The nursing assistant, who has not been publicly named, received AstraZeneca’s shot on March 12 and later suffered from double vision and paralysis and was diagnosed with acute encephalomyelitis, according to a statement by the state-run Korea Workers’ Compensation & Welfare Service on Friday. The service concluded that she is eligible for government compensation and benefits under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, because her medical situation was related to her work.
Shares of Indonesia’s first listed tech unicorn, PT Bukalapak.com, surged by 24.7% at their trading debut on Friday, after the company raised $1.5 billion in the Southeast Asian country’s biggest initial public offering (IPO). Shares in the 11-year-old e-commerce company that counts Ant Group and Singapore sovereign fund GIC Pte Ltd among its backers, were priced at 850 rupiah ($0.0592) in the listing, with gains capped by a limit of 25% at the debut. The first listing of a multibillion-dollar Southeast Asian tech company in Indonesia has fuelled a frenzy among institutional and retail investors, and is expected to set the benchmark for IPO hopefuls in a region where global investors are chasing fast-growing e-commerce markets.
As the US Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) stormed their way to an exciting 4-3 win over Australia in the Olympic bronze medal game, we saw star striker Megan Rapinoe accomplish a rare feat. In the eighth minute, Rapinoe took a corner kick and scored what’s known as an Olimpico goal, or an Olympic goal, to get the US on the board early.
Asian shares failed to catch a firm lead from a bumper Wall Street session on Friday as the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus across the region heightened worries about the its economic recovery. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 0.35%, dragged down by Chinese blue chips , which fell 0.56% and Hong Kong down 0.46%. Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.11%.
Bo Bichette homered and drove in all three runs, Ross Stripling pitched six sharp innings to win his second consecutive start and the Toronto Blue Jays blanked the Cleveland Indians 3-0 Thursday night. Toronto (57-49) won for the sixth time in seven games since returning north of the border last week and moved a season-best eight games above .500. Both hits came off Cleveland right-hander Triston McKenzie (1-5).
Realmuto, Hoskins lead late rally in 7-6 win vs. Nats
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Joel Dahmen scored 16 points with eight birdies in a bogey-free round Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA TOUR event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Players receive 8 points for an albatross, 5 for eagle, 2 for birdie and 0 for par. A point is subtracted for a bogey, and 3 points are taken away for a double bogey or worse. “It was the best I could have done today, probably,” Dahmen said. “I made every putt. Yeah, it’s tough at altitude sometimes. You don’t really know what you’re doing out here. It’s all guess. With the wind blowing the way it was, I didn’t have a number in mind or anything, but I hit some bad shots that turned out great, hit some good shots that turned out good, and my ball just found the hole today.” Stephan Jaeger of Germany was second with 14 points. He eagled the par-4 eighth and par-5 12th on Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood Course. “Obviously, in this format eagles really catapult you forward, five points,” Jaeger said. “One was a 3-footer on eight. I hit it on the green and it was pretty short. The other one … I made like a 25-footer.” Scott Harrington was third at 13, Michael Thompson and Emiliano Grillo had 12, and Roger Sloan 11. The winner will earn a spot in the PGA Championship next year but not the Masters because it is held opposite a World Golf Championship — the FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis, Tennessee. Dahmen won the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship in March in the Dominican Republic for his first PGA TOUR victory. That tournament also was played opposite a WGC event, the Dell Technologies Match Play. Dahmen had an unexpected birdie on the par-4 16th. “I slapped one in pretty good on 16 I didn’t deserve,” Dahmen said. “Like a 40-footer up over a hill. Probably that one I didn’t deserve, but when it’s your day, it’s your day, and hopefully we keep it going.” Defending champion Richy Werenski had eight points. Players are fighting for spots in the FedExCup standings, with the top 125 after the Wyndham Championship next week earning spots in the Playoff opener at Liberty National. Twenty of the 25 players between Nos. 126-150 are in the field. No. 91 Brandt Snedeker was at minus 1, and No. 120 Matt Kuchar and No. 140 Ryan were at minus 3. The three Olympians in the field — Mito Pereira of Chile, Rafael Campos of Puerto Rico and Thomas Pieters of Belgium — are playing together the first two rounds. Pereira, a three-time winner on the Korn Ferry Tour this year who was in the playoff for the bronze medal, had a seven-point day. Pieters had three points, and Campos was at minus 4.
Thousands can stay in US for 18 months because China is eroding territory’s freedoms, the US president says.
U.S. crude oil futures were on track for their biggest weekly decline since late October on Friday, with prices coming under pressure as top consumers impose travel restrictions amid the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures have dropped 6.6% this week, the biggest weekly loss since the end of October. Brent crude oil futures have given up 6.6%, the most since mid-March and prices were down 2 cents at $71.27 a barrel on Friday.
