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Lebanon: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Near Sidon

Israel carried out 2 airstrikes targeting alleged Hezbollah weapons warehouse locations near Sidon on Monday, February 19. Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that "Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on the town of Ghaziyeh". The Israeli army said that the attack was in "response to to the explosion of an enemy drone, the wreckage of which was found near the Tiberias area this afternoon." This live footage shows smoke billowing as seen from Sidon.

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Ski jumping: Japanese sweep World Cup podium

Japanese ski jumper Yuki Ito (C) poses after winning a World Cup event in Willingen, Germany, on Feb. 5, 2023, alongside compatriots Nozomi Maruyama (L) and Sara Takanashi, who finished second and third, respectively.

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Ski jumping: Japanese sweep World Cup podium

Japanese ski jumper Yuki Ito (C) poses after winning a World Cup event in Willingen, Germany, on Feb. 5, 2023, alongside compatriots Nozomi Maruyama (L) and Sara Takanashi, who finished second and third, respectively.

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Takanashi gets 10th win of season at World Cup

HINZENBACH, Austria - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi celebrates after nailing the day's longest leap of 92.5 meters in the second round of jumps in a women's World Cup event in Hinzenbach, Austria, on Feb. 2, 2014. Takanashi scored her 10th victory of the season, setting a record for the most wins in a single season on the World Cup circuit in women's ski jumping.

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Takanashi gets 10th win of season at World Cup

HINZENBACH, Austria - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi makes her second jump in a women's World Cup event in Hinzenbach, Austria, on Feb. 2, 2014. Takanashi scored her 10th victory of the season, setting a record for the most wins in a single season on the World Cup circuit in women's ski jumping.

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Qatar high jumper wins gold at Incheon Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Qatari high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim wins the gold medal at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 29, 2014, with a leap of 2.35 meters, an Asian Games record, achieving his second consecutive victory in the event.

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Ski jumper Takanashi receives award from Hokkaido hometown

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi (L), who won her second straight overall World Cup title for women's individual ski jumping this past season, receives an award honoring the achievement from her hometown of Kamikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 27, 2014.

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Ski jump star Takanashi donates schoolbags to children

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi poses for photos with children during a ceremony at the Osaka prefectural government building on March 26, 2014. Takanashi, who won the World Cup women's overall title for the second year in a row, used a portion of her 2013-14 season's prize money to donate "randsel" schoolbags to 149 children of single-parent families who will enter elementary schools in April.

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Takanashi holds World Cup trophy

NARITA, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi smiles as she holds the trophy for this season's overall World Cup title in women's ski jumping at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on March 25, 2014. Takanashi returned to Japan after winning the individual overall title for a second year in a row.

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Japan's Kasai soars in men's team ski jumping

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai soars with venue decorations in the background in his second leap in the men's team competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 17, 2014. Japan took the bronze medal.

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Germany's Vogt leaps for gold in women's normal hill

SOCHI, Russia - German ski jumper Carina Vogt performs her jump in the second round of the women's normal hill individual competition at the Sochi Winter Games in Russia on Feb. 11, 2014, to grab the gold medal in the event's Olympic debut.

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Japan's Yamada competes in women's normal hill

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Yurina Yamada competes in the second round of the women's normal hill individual competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 11, 2014. Yamada finished in 30th place.

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Japan's Ito jumps in women's normal hill

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Yuki Ito competes in the second round of the women's normal hill individual competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 11, 2014. Ito finished in seventh place.

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Japan's Takanashi makes 2nd jump in women's normal hill

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi flies through the air in the second round of the women's normal hill individual competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 11, 2014. Takanashi finished in fourth place.

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Ito gets 4th World Cup win of season

TRONDHEIM, Norway - Japanese ski jumper Daiki Ito (C) is pictured on March 8, 2012, after picking up his fourth victory of the season at a World Cup meet in Trondheim, Norway. Richard Freitag (L) of Germany and Simon Ammann (R) of Switzerland placed second and third respectively.

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Japanese ski jumper Takanashi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 3, 2011, shows Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi. Takanashi, 15, placed second in a World Cup event on Jan. 8, 2012, in Hinterzarten, Germany, becoming the first Japanese female jumper to stand on the podium in the three events held so far on the inaugural World Cup ski jumping circuit.

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Ito passes large hill individual qualifying

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese ski jumper Daiki Ito jumps in the qualification round for the men's individual large hill event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2010, making the cut in second with a 139.5-meter effort at Whistler Olympic Park, north of Vancouver.

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Ito passes large hill individual qualifying

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese ski jumper Daiki Ito jumps in the qualification round for the men's individual large hill event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2010, making the cut in second with a 139.5-meter effort at Whistler Olympic Park, north of Vancouver.

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Higashi wins 1st STV Cup title in 14 years

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Akira Higashi held off two European rivals to win his first STV Cup title in 14 years on Jan 14. Higashi earned a total of 253.8 points from jumps of 128.5 and 125 meters on the K120 Okurayama hill, beating second-place Morten Solem of Norway by 1.2 points. Austria's Bastian Kaltenboeck took third with 246.0.

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Okabe wins HTB Cup for back-to-back titles

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran Olympic ski jumper Takanobu Okabe outclassed the field to win the HTB Cup with a pair of mammoth leaps Jan. 14, claiming his second title in as many days at the K-120 Okurayama hill in Hokkaido.

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37-year-old Harada wins ski summer jump

NAYORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Masahiko Harada came from behind with a pair of solid leaps to win the Nayoro summer jump meet at the K-90 Nayoro Piyashiri hill in Hokkaido on July 24. The 37-year-old Harada made two leaps of 93 meters to capture his second title at the annual meet and first in two years with a total of 244.5 points.

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Funaki rides luck to end World Cup victory drought

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki ended a six-year victory drought on the World Cup circuit on Feb. 5 at a Sapporo meet. Funaki, mired in a slump after his gold-medal performance at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, topped the field with 144.0 points after the first round of jumps at the Okurayama hill and the result became the final one as the second round was canceled due to inclement weather.

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Harada wins 5th national title

HAKUBA, Japan - Veteran jumper Masahiko Harada wins his fifth title at the Nordic ski jumping national championships in Hakuba village, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 29. The 36-year-old Harada, a member of the gold-winning Japanese jumping team at the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998, recorded jumps of 91.5 meters in both his first and second attempts at the K-90 hill.

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Kasai soars to victory at World Cup jump in Utah

PARK CITY, United States - Noriaki Kasai of Japan (C), smiles after winning the World Cup ski jumping event at Utah Olympic Park in Park City Feb. 28. Kasai, aged 31 years and eight months, became the oldest ski jumper to win a World Cup event. At left is Simon Ammann of Switzerland, who came in second, followed by Norwegian Tommy Ingebrigsten (R).

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Ammann of Switzerland also won large hill ski jumping race

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Gold medalist Simon Ammann of Switzerland (C), flanked by silver medal winner Adam Malysz of Poland (L) and bronze medalist Matti Hautamaeki of Finland, poses in the flower presentation ceremony Feb. 13 after the large hill (K-120) ski jumping competition in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Ammann became the second jumper in Olympic history to win both normal and large hills in a single Olympics.

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Nagano silver medalist Funaki takes 9th in ski jumping

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japanese ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki went 94.5 meters on his second jump in the K-90 normal hill event at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City on Feb. 10. Funaki, normal hill silver medalist at the 1998 Nagano Games, could only manage a disappointing ninth place.

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Ski jumping: Takanashi wins World Cup event

Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi celebrates after winning a World Cup event in Lillehammer, Norway, on March 2, 2022, her second victory of the season and 62nd of her career.

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Ski jumping: Takanashi wins World Cup event

Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi celebrates after winning a World Cup event in Lillehammer, Norway, on March 2, 2022, her second victory of the season and 62nd of her career.

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Ski jumping: Takanashi wins World Cup event

Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi (C) celebrates after winning a World Cup event in Lillehammer, Norway, on March 2, 2022, alongside Slovenia's Nika Kriznar (L) and Ursa Bogataj, who finished second and third, respectively.

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Ski jumping: Takanashi wins World Cup event

Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi celebrates after winning a World Cup event in Lillehammer, Norway, on March 2, 2022, her second victory of the season and 62nd of her career.

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Ski jumping: Takanashi wins World Cup event

Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi celebrates after winning a World Cup event in Lillehammer, Norway, on March 2, 2022, her second victory of the season and 62nd of her career.

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Harada wins 5th national title

HAKUBA, Japan - Veteran jumper Masahiko Harada wins his fifth title at the Nordic ski jumping national championships in Hakuba village, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 29. The 36-year-old Harada, a member of the gold-winning Japanese jumping team at the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998, recorded jumps of 91.5 meters in both his first and second attempts at the K-90 hill. (Kyodo)

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Funaki rides luck to end World Cup victory drought

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki ended a six-year victory drought on the World Cup circuit on Feb. 5 at a Sapporo meet. Funaki, mired in a slump after his gold-medal performance at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, topped the field with 144.0 points after the first round of jumps at the Okurayama hill and the result became the final one as the second round was canceled due to inclement weather. (Kyodo)

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Okabe wins HTB Cup for back-to-back titles

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran Olympic ski jumper Takanobu Okabe outclassed the field to win the HTB Cup with a pair of mammoth leaps Jan. 14, claiming his second title in as many days at the K-120 Okurayama hill in Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Higashi wins 1st STV Cup title in 14 years

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Akira Higashi held off two European rivals to win his first STV Cup title in 14 years on Jan 14. Higashi earned a total of 253.8 points from jumps of 128.5 and 125 meters on the K120 Okurayama hill, beating second-place Morten Solem of Norway by 1.2 points. Austria's Bastian Kaltenboeck took third with 246.0. (Kyodo)

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37-year-old Harada wins ski summer jump

NAYORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Masahiko Harada came from behind with a pair of solid leaps to win the Nayoro summer jump meet at the K-90 Nayoro Piyashiri hill in Hokkaido on July 24. The 37-year-old Harada made two leaps of 93 meters to capture his second title at the annual meet and first in two years with a total of 244.5 points. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Kasai posts record-equaling jump to place 3rd in Norway

Japan's Noriaki Kasai poses for a photo after finishing third at a World Cup ski jump meet in Trondheim, Norway, on Feb. 10, 2016. Despite being in 10th place after the first jump, the 43-year-old veteran posted a World Cup hill-record equaling 143-meter second jump, breaking his record as the oldest jumper to make the World Cup podium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takanashi wins World Cup Sapporo meet

Olympic ski jumper Sara Takanashi (C) attends an award ceremony in the northern Japan city of Sapporo on Jan. 16, 2016, after claiming victory in the individual event at the Women's World Cup Sapporo meet, together with Ema Klinec of Slovenia (L) who finished second and Daniela Iraschko-Stolz of Austria (R) who was third. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ski jumper Kobayashi scores first World Cup win

Japanese ski jumper Junshiro Kobayashi lands his second jump in the first World Cup event of the season in Wisla, Poland, on Nov. 19, 2017. Kobayashi won the event, his first-ever World Cup victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagano silver medalist Funaki takes 9th in ski jumping

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japanese ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki went 94.5 meters on his second jump in the K-90 normal hill event at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City on Feb. 10. Funaki, normal hill silver medalist at the 1998 Nagano Games, could only manage a disappointing ninth place.

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Ammann of Switzerland also won large hill ski jumping race

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Gold medalist Simon Ammann of Switzerland (C), flanked by silver medal winner Adam Malysz of Poland (L) and bronze medalist Matti Hautamaeki of Finland, poses in the flower presentation ceremony Feb. 13 after the large hill (K-120) ski jumping competition in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Ammann became the second jumper in Olympic history to win both normal and large hills in a single Olympics.

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Ito passes large hill individual qualifying

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese ski jumper Daiki Ito jumps in the qualification round for the men's individual large hill event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2010, making the cut in second with a 139.5-meter effort at Whistler Olympic Park, north of Vancouver. (Kyodo)

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Ito passes large hill individual qualifying

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese ski jumper Daiki Ito jumps in the qualification round for the men's individual large hill event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2010, making the cut in second with a 139.5-meter effort at Whistler Olympic Park, north of Vancouver. (Kyodo)

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Qatar high jumper wins gold at Incheon Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Qatari high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim wins the gold medal at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 29, 2014, with a leap of 2.35 meters, an Asian Games record, achieving his second consecutive victory in the event. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ski jumper Takanashi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 3, 2011, shows Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi. Takanashi, 15, placed second in a World Cup event on Jan. 8, 2012, in Hinterzarten, Germany, becoming the first Japanese female jumper to stand on the podium in the three events held so far on the inaugural World Cup ski jumping circuit. (Kyodo)

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Ski jumping: Ryoyu Kobayashi at World Cup

Japanese ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi (C) poses for a photo after picking up his 12th World Cup win of the season on March 14, 2019, in Trondheim, Norway, alongside second-place Andreas Stjernen (L) of Norway and third-place Stefan Kraft of Austria. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski jumping: Kasai again beats own World Cup age record

Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai, 44, acknowledges the crowd after finishing second in the flying hill individual event in Vikersund, Norway, on March 19, 2017, to eclipse his own record as the oldest skier to finish on a World Cup podium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski jumping: World Cup event in Slovenia

Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi (C) celebrates after picking up her first World Cup win of the season on Feb. 10, 2019, in Ljubno, Slovenia, alongside second-place Maren Lundby (L) of Norway and third-place Juliane Seyfarth of Germany. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai leaves after his second jump in the men's individual normal hill ski jumping at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Feb. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai catches his breath after his second jump in the men's individual normal hill ski jumping at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Feb. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo