11-year-old Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza qualifies for Olympics

11-year-old Syrian table tennis player,Hend Zaza has qualified for Tokyo 2020 and is set to become one of the youngest Olympians of all time.


Hend Zaza, born in January 1, 2009, qualified to play in Tokyo 2020 after winning last week's West Asia Olympic qualification tournament in Jordan.







She is going to be the youngest athlete to compete at this year's competition, after she defeated Lebanon's 42 year old Mariana Sahakian 4-3 in the women's final in Amman.

"Congratulations, our champion Hend would particiate in the Tokyo Olympics 2020," the Syrian Olympic Committee said on its Facebook page.



Zaza is a few months younger than Sky Brown, the British skateboarder who will turn 12 two weeks before the start of Tokyo 2020.



The youngest Olympic medalist according to records kept by the International Olympic Committee, was Greek gymnast Dimitrios Loundras.


He won bronze in the team parallel bars at the first modern Games in Athens in 1896, aged 10 years, 218 days.

New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo declares state of emergency as he confirms 76 cases of coronavirus in the state

Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York declared a state of emergency on Saturday after the number of coronavirus patients in New York rose to 76.



During a news conference in Albany, Cuomo said twenty more people have tested positive for coronavirus in New York, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 76.



He also disclosed that there are 11 confirmed cases in New York City, 57 in Westchester County, two in Rockland County, four in Nassau County, and two in Saratoga County including a man who is apparently an Uber driver whotested positive, resulting in more than 40 doctors and others at the hospital treating him to go into self-quarantine.



“You know what’s worse than the virus? The anxiety,” Mr. Cuomo said, noting that most patients would suffer mild or no symptoms.



The declaration of emergency will allow the state to speed up the purchasing of supplies and the hiring of workers to assist local health departments that have been handling the monitoring of thousands of self-quarantined patients, Mr. Cuomo said.



“Somebody has to go knock on their door, once a day,” he said. “This is labor intensive.”



The declaration would also allow officials to skirt purchasing regulations, if necessary, he said.



The total number of confirmed cases across the US is 312, and there have been 17 deaths as of Saturday.

Togo confirms first case of coronavirus

The Togolese Ministry of Health on Friday March 6, confirmed the country's first coronavirus case.



The patient who tested positive for the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 in the country, is a 42-year-old woman who recently travelled to Benin, France, Germany, and Turkey in late February and early March.



In a statement released by the Togolese government, it was gathered that coronavirus case is currently being isolated at an infectious disease treatment center. There is also no major concerns regarding her health.



Togo has now joined the growing list of African countries with coronavirus cases and they include Cameroon, Senegal, South Africa, Nigeria, Tunisia and Algeria.

Couple who started dating from SS1get engaged; see their pre-wedding photos

A couple who have been dating since for the past 13 years - since senior secondary school 1- are finally about to get married.



Twitter user @Sir Dickson, who shared their pre-wedding photos online, wrote


Two of my classmates in secondary school that started dating since SS1 just got engaged. 13 years going till forever. We love to see it''.



See more of their pre-wedding photos below.

Pregnant Katy Perry flaunts her growing baby bump at T20 World Cup 2020 event in Melbourne (photos)

American singer, Katy Perry is expecting her first child with English actor, Orlando Bloom.


On Saturday, the 35-year-old singer proudly flaunted her growing baby bump while posing in a multicolored cocktail dress at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 event at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday.







Katy Perry is currently in Australia for some events and will perform at a benefit concert to raise money for the devastating bushfire crisis



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Tyson Fury stops Deontay Wilder in brutal seventh-round KO to win WBC heavyweight championship (photos/videos)

Tyson Fury has become the WBC heavyweight champion of the world, defeating Deontay Wilder in the 7th round in the Heavyweight championship clash on Sunday morning Feb 23rd at MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas







Fury who came in as the challenger, surpassed the odds, by getting a technical knockout over Deontay Wilder.







In the third round, Fury knocked out Wilder, making the American fall down to the canvas, his second time of touching the canvas in his career.







In the last round (seventh), Fury smashed Wilder in the face with a straight right, and Wilder was trapped in the corner, causing his people to throw in the towel after noticing that he had a bloody cut on his mouth and blood dripping out of his ears. The referee immediately called off the match, granting Fury the much coveted WBC heavyweight crown, and Wilder's first loss of his career.








After the match, Wilder said:

“I’m doing good. Things like this happen. The best man won tonight, but my corner threw in the towel and I was ready to go out on my shield. I had a lot of things going on heading into this fight. It is what it is, but I make no excuses tonight. I just wish my corner would have let me go out on my shield. I’m a warrior. He had a great performance and we will be back stronger.

“Even the greatest have lost and came back, that is just part of it. You just take it for what it is. I can make no excuses tonight. I had a lot of complications. But we’ll come back stronger next time around. This is what big-time boxing is all about, the best must fight the best. I appreciate all the fans that came out and supported the show, and I hope that everyone gets home safely.”







Tyson Fury, the new champion, said


“A big shout out to Deontay Wilder. He came here tonight and he manned up and he really did show the heart of a champion. I hit him with a clean right that dropped him and he got back up. He is a warrior. He will be back. He will be champion again.

“But I will say, the king has returned to the top of the throne!”



Fury now has the WBC , lineal and Ring Magazine belts. Congrats to him!!



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Twitter users react after Kelechi Iheanacho is ''hit'' by goalkeeper in Man City's win over Leicester (photos/video)

Leicester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho was wiped out by Manchester City goalkeeper, Ederson, five minutes before half-time in Leicester’s 1-0 defeat on Saturday, after he collided with the Brazilian as they both competed for the ball.



Iheanacho while trying to head home James Maddison’s pass, got hit in the face by goalkeeper Ederson, who was trying to reach the ball first. Leicester appealed for a penalty, but only a corner was given, and while Iheanacho continued after treatment, he was substituted at the break on the advice of the club medical staff.







No penalty or red card was given and now some football fans on Twitter have come out to blast referee Paul Tierney and Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for not sending off Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson, after the ''reckless challenge,'' with one user comparing Ederson's punch to that of heavyweight boxers Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury.



Watch the video and see Tweets below.




Ederson on Iheanacho.

Absolutely ridiculous that this isn’t a foul and a red card.

Never understood why we send off field players for dangerous late challenges but goalkeepers are immune pic.twitter.com/a5tCdpcreE— Henry Bushnell (@HenryBushnell) February 22, 2020