Opposition Leftist Orsi Wins In Presidential Runoff - Uruguay

Opposition Leftist Orsi Wins In Presidential Runoff - Uruguay

Voters cast their ballots for the second round of the presidential election at a polling station in Montevideo, Uruguay, November 24, 2024. Center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in Uruguay's presidential election, official results showed on Sunday, with 99% of votes tallied, in a second-round race that pollsters expected to be closely fought. Photo by Martn Zabala/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Opposition Leftist Orsi Wins In Presidential Runoff - Uruguay

Opposition Leftist Orsi Wins In Presidential Runoff - Uruguay

A voter votes for the second round of the presidential election at a polling station in Montevideo, Uruguay, November 24, 2024. Center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in Uruguay's presidential election, official results showed on Sunday, with 99% of votes tallied, in a second-round race that pollsters expected to be closely fought. Photo by Martn Zabala/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Opposition Leftist Orsi Wins In Presidential Runoff - Uruguay

Opposition Leftist Orsi Wins In Presidential Runoff - Uruguay

A man votes for the second round of the presidential election at a polling station in Montevideo, Uruguay, November 24, 2024. Center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in Uruguay's presidential election, official results showed on Sunday, with 99% of votes tallied, in a second-round race that pollsters expected to be closely fought. Photo by Martn Zabala/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Opposition Leftist Orsi Wins In Presidential Runoff - Uruguay

Opposition Leftist Orsi Wins In Presidential Runoff - Uruguay

A man votes for the second round of the presidential election at a polling station in Montevideo, Uruguay, November 24, 2024. Center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in Uruguay's presidential election, official results showed on Sunday, with 99% of votes tallied, in a second-round race that pollsters expected to be closely fought. Photo by Martn Zabala/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Opposition Leftist Orsi Wins In Presidential Runoff - Uruguay

Opposition Leftist Orsi Wins In Presidential Runoff - Uruguay

A man votes for the second round of the presidential election at a polling station in Montevideo, Uruguay, November 24, 2024. Center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in Uruguay's presidential election, official results showed on Sunday, with 99% of votes tallied, in a second-round race that pollsters expected to be closely fought. Photo by Martn Zabala/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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.

Hyogo gubernatorial race

Hyogo gubernatorial race

KOBE, Japan - Combination photo shows Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, 67, (R), and Kotaro Tanaka, 64, an official of a political group related to the Japanese Communist Party, during stump speeches in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 gubernatorial election. Ido is seeking a fourth four-year term, while Tanaka is challenging Ido for the second time.

15-year-old Takagi clinches Vancouver berth

15-year-old Takagi clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Fifteen-year-old Miho Takagi (R) is congratulated by Nao Kodaira after winning the women's 1,500 meters in the final qualifying meet for the Winter Olympics at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. Takagi clinched a berth at next February's Vancouver Games as she cleared the Japan Skating Federation's official Olympic qualifying standard when she won the race in a time of 1 minute, 59.47 seconds, while Kodaira took second, 0.05 behind.

Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breaks another record Feb. 18, when she set a new Japanese best in the women's 30-kilometer road race at the annual Ome ''marathon'' races in western Tokyo. Takahashi clocked 1 hour, 41 minutes, 57 seconds in her second official race since setting an Olympic record at the Sydney Games last September as she negotiated a field of some 15,000 ''fun'' runners. Takahashi shaved 1.29 minutes off the previous national 30-km mark, set by Eriko Asai in 1991.

Suzuka 8 Hours-Gino Rea

Suzuka 8 Hours-Gino Rea

2022FIM World Endurance Championship Round 3 Suzuka 8 Hours The #5 car runs in the second official qualifying session for the 43rd round of the endurance road race. F.C.C. TSR Honda France's Gino Lear (age 32, British national) in the second official qualifying session for the 43rd round of the 2022 FIM World Endurance Championship.

International offshore sailing race "AEGEAN 600" kicks off

STORY: International offshore sailing race "AEGEAN 600" kicks off DATELINE: July 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of sailing boats participating in the official start of the international offshore sailing race "AEGEAN 600" in Cape Sounion, Greece 2. SOUNDBITE (Greek): IOANNIS MARAGKOUDAKIS, President of HORC STORYLINE: International offshore sailing race "AEGEAN 600" started on Sunday in front of the Temple of Poseidon, in Cape Sounion near the Greek capital. More than 250 crew members participate in the second edition of the non-stop sailing race across the Aegean Sea, according to the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) which organizes the event. The length of the course is approximately 605 nautical miles long, and the boats are expected to finish back at Cape Sounion until July 16. The first finishers are expected on Tuesday. This year's fleet is incredibly diverse, with the participation of superyachts, trimarans, and catamarans, in addition

15-year-old Takagi clinches Vancouver berth

15-year-old Takagi clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Fifteen-year-old Miho Takagi (R) is congratulated by Nao Kodaira after winning the women's 1,500 meters in the final qualifying meet for the Winter Olympics at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. Takagi clinched a berth at next February's Vancouver Games as she cleared the Japan Skating Federation's official Olympic qualifying standard when she won the race in a time of 1 minute, 59.47 seconds, while Kodaira took second, 0.05 behind. (Kyodo)

Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breaks another record Feb. 18, when she set a new Japanese best in the women's 30-kilometer road race at the annual Ome ''marathon'' races in western Tokyo. Takahashi clocked 1 hour, 41 minutes, 57 seconds in her second official race since setting an Olympic record at the Sydney Games last September as she negotiated a field of some 15,000 ''fun'' runners. Takahashi shaved 1.29 minutes off the previous national 30-km mark, set by Eriko Asai in 1991.