Bystanders stop man who stabbed 4 at New Zealand supermarket
Shoppers and staff at a New Zealand supermarket were being praised for their bravery after authorities said they managed to stop a frenzied man from hurting others after he stabbed four people in a random attack, severely wounding three of them.
Blue Jays expect to play in Florida, Buffalo and Toronto
FILE - Toronto Blue Jays' Rowdy Tellez signs autographs for fans before a spring training baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Dunedin, Fla., in this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, file photo. The Toronto Blue Jays will play their first two homestands of the season at their spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida, because of Canadian government restrictions during the pandemic. The Blue Jays cited the ongoing Canada-U.S. border closure in making the difficult decision." “The alternatives for our season lie with some combination of Dunedin, Buffalo and Toronto," Shapiro said. The Blue Jays played home games during the shortened 2020 season in Buffalo and were 17-9 at Sahlen Field, home of their Buffalo Bisons Triple-A farm team.
Fans savor return of stadium sport in virus-free New Zealand
Spectators react ahead of the Super Rugby Aotearoa rugby game between the Highlanders and Chiefs in Dunedin, New Zealand, Saturday, June 13, 2020. As countries try to reopen after lockdowns, the evening rugby match marked a milestone of sorts, and its importance wasnt lost on fans. Anyone whos a fan of live sport or even live music knows that if you're there, its totally different, he said. German exchange student Johanna Lindner said she'd never watched a rugby match before, and people back home were both curious and perhaps a little envious. As the final hooter sounded and the Highlanders kicked out the ball to win 28-27, the fans screamed and hugged.
New Zealand set England 242 to win Cricket World Cup
(Photo by Dianne Manson/Getty Images)(CNN) - England will need 242 runs to win its first ever Cricket World Cup after restricting New Zealand to 241-8 at Lord's on Sunday. Ever since England captain Eoin Morgan hit the winning runs against Australia in Thursday's semi-final, all the talk has been about his team reaching its first World Cup final in 27 years. That England managed to reduce him to just 30 runs would have thrilled his opposite number Morgan. With Williamson, the lynchpin of this New Zealand team gone, England set about strangling the middle order and reducing New Zealand to a total well within range. England, which had failed to beat New Zealand in five previous World Cup meetings stretching back to 1983 before its recent win at Durham, will now hope its opening batsmen can pull off a repeat performance.