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L.A. County Qualifies for ‘Yellow’ Tier Under State Reopening Framework – Pasadena Now
Los Angeles County qualified to move into the least restrictive, or “yellow” tier, of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy reopening protocol on Tuesday. After holding a test positivity rate under 2% and an adjusted daily case rate below two cases per 100,000 residents for a week, the county met the requirements to transition …
Hend Zaza: 11-year-old Syrian table tennis player qualifies for Olympics
Prodigy Hend Zaza qualified to play in this summer’s Games after winning last week’s West Asia Olympic qualification tournament in Jordan. Zaza, who was born in 2009, will become the youngest athlete to compete at this year’s competition. Ranked 155th in the world, she defeated Lebanon’s Mariana Sahakian 4-3 in the women’s final in Amman. …
Wang Hao Wins FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, Qualifies For Candidates
Wang Hao defeated David Howell today and edged out Fabiano Caruana on tiebreak to win the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in Isle of Man and qualify for the 2020 Candidates’ Tournament. The Candidates’ Tournament will determine the next challenger for Magnus Carlsen and the world chess championship. Caruana drew his game with Hikaru Nakamura, while Levon Aronian and …
Avinash Sable Qualifies for Olympics Breaking Own National Record in 3000m Steeplechase at Worlds
Doha: India’s Avinash Sable qualified for Tokyo Olympics in men’s 3000m steeplechase event by shattering his own national record for the second time in three days but finished 13th in the final of the World Championships here. In the men’s 20km race walk event, national record holder K T Irfan finished a disappointing 27th in …
Svidler Qualifies For World Fischer Random Chess Championship
A powerful and distinctly Russian-flavored bracket provided the kind of excitement that is becoming familiar in the FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship. For the fourth successive time the top two seeds faced each other in the final knockout round, and yet again there was a thrilling Cinderella story that didn’t quite have a happy …
