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Groves benefited from a stellar lead-out by his team. Even with Filippo Ganna of Ineos Grenadiers mounting a powerful finish, Groves managed to cross the line roughly a wheel-length ahead of the Italian, reports Xinhua.The 186-kilometer stage profile, stretching from Morella to Burriana on Spain’s east coast, suggested a possible repeat of Tuesday’s sprint finish. However, the presence of a second-category climb 50 kilometers from the finish and another steep ascent 30km out also provided opportunities for breakaway attempts.Eduardo Sepulveda of Lotto Dstny and Antonio Eric Fagundez from Burgos BH capitalized, breaking away to secure mountain points. But the Alpecin-Deceuninck…

The 25-year-old replaces Athletico Paranaense’s Bento Krepski, who was ruled out of the matches due to a right hamstring tear, reports Xinhua.Perri, who represented Brazil at youth level, has made 50 first-team appearances across all competitions for Botafogo since joining the Rio de Janeiro club from Sao Paulo last year.Brazil will play Bolivia in Belen on September 7 and Peru in Lima five days later.The fixtures will be Brazil’s first outings under Fernando Diniz, who was appointed head coach in July.–IANScs

Group D matches, which kicked off the previous evening with Israel defeating Greece, are unfolding at the Shlomo Group Arena in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Meanwhile, Italy, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria are hosting the other three groups, reports Xinhua.In the opening sets, France’s performance was powered by Jean Patry’s significant contributions. They secured the close second and third sets with a spike from Yacine Louati and an ace by Patry.Both Patry and Barthelemy Chinenyeze stood out, each contributing 15 points for France. For Turkey, Adis Lagumdzija led the team with 14 points.Later that evening, Portugal bested Romania…

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said its Covid-19 infection level transition measures, aimed at fully transitioning the medical system to a normal state, took effect the same day, reports Yonhap News Agency.Under the measures, the coronavirus, which had been categorized as Class 2 along with tuberculosis, measles and cholera, became grouped with Class 4 infectious diseases like influenza and hand, foot and mouth disease. Covid-19 was categorised as Class 1 in January 2020 and lowered to the second level in April last year.Starting Thursday, the government discontinued the daily tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases, which has been…

In eight years, Freund transformed RB Salzburg into one of Europe’s prime talent factories. He’s credited with finding stars like Sadio Mane from Senegal, former Liverpool striker Naby Keita, Japanese International Takumi Minamino, and French international Dayot Upamecano, reports Xinhua.Starting this Friday, the 46-year-old will step into his new role as Bayern Munich’s sporting director, succeeding the departed Hasan Salihamidzic. He has inked a deal that lasts until 2027.Freund’s arrival fills a significant gap for Bayern. The team hasn’t seen a homegrown talent rise to its first team since Bavarian favorite Thomas Muller in 2009.While there’s no guarantee Freund will…

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released its latest 10-year market forecast, calling for “urgent and ongoing investment” to bolster the reliability of the electricity grid, reports Xinhua news agency.According to AEMO projections, much of the national electricity market (NEM) is facing significant reliability problems over the next decade, starting in the upcoming summer in the southern states of South Australia (SA) and Victoria.Approximately 3.4 gigawatts (GW) of new generation and storage has been added to the NEM since 2022 but AEMO chief executive Daniel Westerman said forecast hotter conditions are expected to cause a spike in electricity use.”We’re expecting…

According to Inc42, citing sources, the job cuts impacted employees from tech, product, sales and talent acquisition teams.The report also said that the Bengaluru-based company will also see the exits of the senior management team, including CEO and cofounder Mukul Bafna, and CTO Sumeet Chandhok, among others.”At Shiprocket, we are building a full-stack e-commerce enablement platform and are always looking for opportunities to create a much bigger business impact for our merchants through partnerships, mergers and acquisitions,” a Shiprocket spokesperson was quoted as saying.”As we explore synergies with acquisitions, including Omuni, it often results in the consolidation of the workforce…

The portrait now hangs opposite the stained glass window, which highlights the roles of Women in the RAF since its inception in 1918, and was inaugurated by the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2018. Queen Camilla also formally named the room in the club as the “Noor Inayat Khan Room”. During the visit, she met Shaik Mahmood, Noor Inayat Khan’s cousin, before unveiling the portrait by Paul Brason, a former President of the Society of Portrait Painters. The 76-year-old senior Royal was also presented with a book, “The Spy Princess — The Life of Noor Inayat Khan”, a biography of…

The new AI-powered search feature, dubbed SGE (Search Generative Experience), will be available through Google’s Search Labs in these markets and will introduce a new feature aimed at making it easier to find information in its AI-powered overviews.”This week, we launched Search Labs in the first countries outside the US — India and Japan — enabling people to opt into SGE to help them better understand topics faster, uncover new viewpoints and insights and get things done more easily,” Google said in a blogpost.SGE, which was first announced at this year’s Google I/O Developer conference in May, adds a conversational…

The gang used to carry out recce of service centres to identify SUVs for theft, prepare keys in connivance of employees and obtain the owners’ address to steal vehicles from their homes.Police nabbed the accused, Satyam Gupta and Arif Khan, from Gomti Nagar Extension.Efforts are on to identify the employees of service centres who were hand in glove with the accused.According to cops, Abu Zakaria of Kaushambhi, the mastermind of the gang who operates the pan-India racket, is still elusive.Additional DCP, East Zone, Syed Ali Abbas said Satyam and Arif used to identify the model of the car that they…