Horn’s upset WBO title win over Pacquiao sparks outrage on social media

ALL of Australia was celebrating after Jeff Horn shocked Manny Pacquiao to claim the WBO welterweight title on points at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday.

But the reaction beyond our shores was not quite as joyous.

Boxing pundits from around the world were outraged at the decision, which had one judge calling the fight 117-111 to Horn despite its incredibly even nature.

The fight was judged by two Americans and an Argentine, but that didn’t stop people overseas, particularly the yanks, getting stuck in.

American trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas was scathing in his assessment

“They gave a trophy, a win, a huge win, to Horn for trying hard. You’re not supposed to get it for trying hard, you’re supposed to get it for winning!” he said.

Three-time heavyweight champ Lennox Lewis was similarly baffled.

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This is what’s wrong with boxing. Horn was very game but I’m hard pressed to see how he could have won that fight by any stretch!

Social media, predictably, went into overdrive.

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Jeff Horn finished as a +450 underdog vs Manny Pacquiao.

Tonight, he shocked the world. http://pic.twitter.com/3YdSxpHSYQ

Source: Aussie Jeff Horn’s upset WBO welterweight title win over Manny Pacquiao sparks outrage on social media | Perth Now

AUSSIE ROCKY: Ex-schoolteacher Jeff Horn pulls off upset over Manny Pacquiao

Australian boxing star Jeff Horn has beaten Filipino Manny Pacquaio to claim the WBO world welterweight title in front of 50,000 fans at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium today.

The 29-year-old former schoolteacher was awarded the win in a unanimous 12-round decision by scores of 117-11, 115-113, 115-113.

A defeated Pacquaio said he accepted the judges’ decision, and would be interested in returning to Australia for a rematch.

“Very tough. I didn’t expect that tough,” he said.

“That’s the decision of the judges. I respect that.”

Triumphant Jeff Horn used the opportunity to throw down the gauntlet to boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr, making use of props.

“This is no joke. Which one does he want, the walking stick or the gloves?” he said.

He said today wasn’t the best day of his life, as he was saving that title for when his pregnant wife gives birth to their first child.

The decision was not without controversy, with many commentators pointing out that Pacquiao had landed more punches over the 12 rounds.

Horn has now improved his record to 18-0-1.

More details to come.

Source: Jeff Horn pulls off shocking upset over Manny Pacquiao

Rihanna dreams of winning the Oscar for Best Actress, insists she wasn’t a diva on set

SHE may have won eight Grammys, two Brits and a string of World’s Sexiest Woman awards – but Rihanna will not be happy until she has an Oscar to her name. The Bajan singer, 29, is returning to the big screen in sci-fi action flick Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets, out next month.

And while this role might be more of a summer blockbuster and light on Academy Award-winning angst, RiRi is eyeing up meatier parts so she can join Cher and Jennifer Hudson as pop stars who have won acting’s highest accolade.

She told The Sun on Sunday: “I’d love to get there one day. Who doesn’t want to be told they are doing a great job?

“Any validation that your work is impacting is rewarding. I work hard and put my all into everything I do but the rest isn’t up to me.

“I don’t think anyone makes an album thinking about winning a Grammy, or makes a movie thinking about winning an Oscar. What you do is work as hard as you can and if awards follow, then that’s great.”

Source: Rihanna dreams of winning the Oscar for Best Actress — and insists she wasn’t a diva on set

‘I’m president, they’re not’: Donald Trump savages media at veterans rally

President pins tweet referring to ‘fraud news’ before suggesting media have subversive agenda and criticising his travel ban troubles

Donald Trump has lashed out at the “fake media”, accusing it of trying to gag him and his supporters during a speech at an evangelical event honoring veterans in Washington.

“The fake media is trying to silence us, but we will not let them,” he said. “The fake media tried to stop us from going to the White House. But I’m president, and they’re not,” he told attendees at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The president suggested the press “destroyed themselves because they went too far” and told supporters “Their agenda is not your agenda.”

Before taking the podium, he took the rare move of pinning one of his tweets to the top of his feed, one that appeared to shift his slogan from fake news to fraud news.

In an apparent swipe at his trouble in applying a travel ban on people from some Muslim-majority countries, he told the gathering the threat of terrorism was “one of the most grave and dire threats to religious freedom in the world today.”

He said: “We cannot allow this terrorism and extremism to spread in our country, or to find sanctuary on our shores or in our cities. We want to make sure that anyone who seeks to join our country shares our values and has the capacity to love our people.”

Source: ‘I’m president, they’re not’: Donald Trump savages media at veterans rally | US news | The Guardian

Jeff Horn v Manny Pacquiao at Suncorp Stadium. The doctor is being called in…

Follow all the live action as Jeff Horn tries to shock the world against Manny Pacquiao.

• 1:01pm

The doctor is being called in…

Kinoshita has been opened up above the right eye and we have a quick stoppage to check the cut. Both these boys going hard but the champ has the edge at the moment, winning the first two rounds comfortably.

• 12:57pm

First round goes to the champ I think…

Ancajas landed more punches and with more venom. Sluggish start from the Japanese challenger.

• 12:54pm

Here we go!

12 round title fight gets underway as the two southpaws square off.

Source: Live: Jeff Horn v Manny Pacquiao at Suncorp Stadium

17 Gunmen Killed in Mexico, Officials Say

Mexican authorities said Saturday that 17 gunmen were killed on Friday in a clash with members of the security forces in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.

Five municipal police officers were wounded in the clash, which began on Friday evening after the authorities received an emergency call that two men had been shot and killed outside a department store in the town of Villa Unión, about 15 miles southeast of the resort city of Mazatlán.

Local police officers encountered the convoy of gunmen on a rural road outside Villa Unión, and the groups exchanged gunfire, Cristóbal Castañeda Camarillo, the deputy secretary of public security in Sinaloa, said at a news conference on Saturday in the state capital, Culiacán.

Victoria shivers thro’ 2nd night of freezing temps. Frozen pipes cut water to houses as sub-zero temps

Frozen pipes cut off water to households as sub-zero or near zero temperatures were reported across Victoria on Sunday morning.  

The day dawned with blue skies, but for those brave enough to peel back the Doona, it felt like being in a refrigerator.

The weather station at Coldstream near Lilydale recorded a bone-chilling -5.3 degrees before sunrise, the coldest July morning on record (24 years), while at Viewbank in Melbourne’s north-east the mercury plunged to -2.5 degrees at 7.30am.

Central Melbourne reported a second consecutive morning of near-freezing temperatures, with a low of -0.8 degrees recorded at 8am surpassing Saturday morning’s coldest morning in two years, of 1.1 degrees. 

On Sunday, many areas in rural Victoria again shivered through epic lows.

Source: Victoria shivers through second night of freezing temperatures

Yemen’s cholera death toll rises to 1,500: WHO

The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Yemen has risen to 1,500, Nevio Zagaria, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) representative in Yemen, said on Saturday, and appealed for more help to put an end to the epidemic.

Yemen has been devastated by a 27-month war between a Saudi-led coalition and the armed Iran-aligned Houthi group, making it a breeding ground for the disease, which spreads by faeces getting into food or water and thrives in places with poor sanitation.

Speaking at a joint news conference with representatives of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank, Zagaria said that had been some 246,000 suspected cases in the period to June 30.

The WHO said this week that the outbreak had reached the halfway mark at 218,798 cases as a massive emergency response has begun to curb its spread two months into the epidemic.

Although most of Yemen’s health infrastructure has broken down and health workers have not been paid for more than six months, the WHO is paying “incentives” to doctors, nurses, cleaners and paramedics to staff an emergency cholera network.

With funding help from the World Bank, the WHO is setting up treatment centers with 50-60 beds each, overseen by shifts of about 14 staff working around the clock. The aim is to reach 5,000 beds in total.

Source: Yemen’s cholera death toll rises to 1,500: WHO | Reuters

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Pope sacks cardinal in charge of sex abuse

Just days after granting George Pell a leave of absence, the Pope has removed a key conservative and critic from a position of power inside the Vatican.

Pope Francis has sacked the head of the Vatican office that handles sex abuse cases, just days after he released Australian cardinal George Pell to return home to face charges of historical sexual assault.

The developments underscored how the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis has caught up with Francis, threatening to tarnish his legacy.

Francis on Saturday declined to renew the mandate of German cardinal Gerhard Mueller as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office that processes and evaluates all cases of priests accused of raping or molesting minors.

Most incumbents keep the post until they retire, which in Mueller’s case would have been in six years. Francis named Mueller’s deputy, Monsignor Luis Ladaria Ferrer, a 73-year-old Spanish Jesuit, to run the powerful office instead…

Source: Pope sacks cardinal in charge of sex abuse cases, a conservative critic

Live: Jeff Horn v Manny Pacquiao at Suncorp Stadium

Follow all the live action as Jeff Horn tries to shock the world against Manny Pacquiao.

• 11:53am

Some huge swings from both men as the fight ends!

A flurry of blows from both guys as Mosley chased the knockout and Toussaint wore everything the American threw at him before countering. That was a close round, probably Mosley’s, but the Canberran has surely won this fight. We await the judges’ decisions now…

• 11:48am

Good round for Mosley but he’s running out of time..

Some heavy shots from Sugar Jr as he’s really chasing this fight. Also uncharted territory for Mosley, who I’m told has never fought more than six rounds in the past. He looked pretty fresh in that seventh though!

Source: Live: Jeff Horn v Manny Pacquiao at Suncorp Stadium

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Arms brings the punch to the Nintendo Switch – CLIP

Arms, a flagship Nintendo Switch title from the same folks who brought us Splatoon, is a fighting game only Nintendo could release. The object of the game, as in many fighting games, is to knock…

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In Arms your weapons are, well, your arms. There are 30 different arms for ten characters and the arms spring out and can twist towards enemies. The controls are interesting in that they take advantage of the Joy-Con wireless controllers, allowing you to “punch” in the air to hit your opponents. With the associated arms (or pigtails) you can created up to nine thousand different combinations to shock, freeze, burn, and maul your enemies. Gameplay is wildly simple and the entire package is quite bright and addictive. In short, it has everything that made Splatoon so fun and addictive.

The characters include Ribbon Girl who can multi-jump in mid-air while her twirling ribbon arms, Min Min and her spin kick, and characters like Master Mummy who regain health automatically…

Source: Arms brings the punch to the Nintendo Switch | TechCrunch

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Luck surges, Ogilvy stumbles at PGA event

Australian golfer Curtis Luck has shot a third-round 67 to move up into a tie for fourth at the US PGA event in Maryland, three shots behind leader David Lingmerth.

Also in a tie for fourth with one round to play is Luck’s countryman Geoff Ogilvy who carded a 74 on Saturday to slip from second spot.

Sweden’s Lingmerth has a one-shot lead heading into Sunday, having lost his way off the tee but scrambled well enough to stay in the lead at the Quicken Loans National.

The 29-year-old shot a three-over 73 on Saturday after starting the tournament with two consecutive 65s. That was enough to maintain a one-shot advantage at a tough TPC Potomac.

Lingmerth’s three-day total of seven-under 203 was one better than Daniel Summerhays, who played solidly from tee to green but couldn’t get many putts to fall. He shot 70.

Spencer Levin, who teed off two hours ahead of Lingmerth, was third at five under after the best round of the day, a 65.

There was little wind on Saturday and the greens were softened by a thunderstorm that caused a 90-minute delay, but TPC Potomac played as difficult as ever.

Source: Luck surges, Ogilvy stumbles at PGA event | The West Australian

People left dangling upside down on stalled G Force ride at UK Drayton Manor theme park

A CARRIAGE full of people have been left hanging upside down on a ride at a theme park where a child was killed in a tragic accident just weeks ago.

Images and video shared on social media show thrill-seekers dangling from the static ride in Drayton Manor theme park, Staffs.

In one clip, the thrillseekers on the stalled rollercoaster can seemingly be heard screaming in terror as they hang upside down from the carriage.

The incident happened on the park’s G Force rollercoaster at around 3.20pm this afternoon.

Drayton Manor’s website describes the ride as “the only X-Car coaster in the UK” that is “designed to push your body to new limits as you’re suspended upside down”.

The description continues: “When you reach the top, you’ll be fully upside-down, ready and waiting for the ride of your life!”

Images appear to suggest the carriage became stuck as it went through the loop.

It is not clear how long the group were left hanging from the ride before the problem was fixed…

VIDEO Carriage full of people left dangling upside down on stalled G Force ride at Drayton Manor theme park

Woman’s body moved to side of road after car crash in Chester Hill, Sydney

A woman has been found dead on a footpath in Sydney’s west after the car she was in crashed early on Saturday morning.

Police said the woman, believed to be in her mid 30s, was found after the car she was in lost control, hitting a concrete traffic island and a power pole on Waldron Road in Chester Hill.

Officers said they believed she was sitting in the back left-hand seat that took most of the impact.

Three other people who were in the car took her body to the side of the road after the crash before running away.

The woman has not been identified.

Detective Chief Inspector Phillip Brooks said police believe speed was a factor in the crash.

“For these three young males to be involved in this crash, to pull this young woman out of the car and then leave her to die by the side of the road is certainly a very significant factor in this very sad and tragic event,” he said.

“It’s a clear lack of personal responsibility which is costing lives on NSW roads.“

Source: Woman’s body moved to side of road after car crash in Chester Hill – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Cyber attack: Ukraine points finger at Russian security services over malware virus

Ukraine has accused Russian security services of being involved in a major cyber attack that locked up computers around the world, disrupting businesses from Mumbai to Los Angeles and halting production at a Cadbury factory in Australia.

Key points:

• Ukraine says the attack bares similarities to other recent cyber attacks by Russia
• Experts say the ransom was a cover up for the real motive: destruction and disruption
• The findings chime with those of American and European cyber experts

The Ukrainian security agency, known as the SBU, alleged in a statement that similarities between Tuesday’s malicious software and previous attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure showed the participation of the Russian intelligence services.

The SBU added the attackers appeared uninterested in making a profit from the ransomware program and were more focused on sowing chaos in Ukraine.

Source: Cyber attack: Ukraine points finger at Russian security services over malware virus – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Arkansas club shooting: 28 injured in Little Rock nightclub after ‘dispute’

US police investigate a shooting at a nightclub that injured at least 28 people in Arkansas.

Police said they believed the gunfire erupted amid a dispute among clubgoers, and that multiple people fired shots but there were no suggestions the incident was terrorism-related.

The shooting occurred in the Power Ultra Lounge in Little Rock in the early hours of the morning on Saturday (local time) during a rap concert.

Little Rock police said 25 people were shot and three others suffered unrelated injuries but all were expected to survive.

“Some sort of dispute broke out between individuals that were inside, and an exchange of gunfire took place,” Police Chief Kenton Buckner said.

“We do not believe this was an act of terror, nor do we believe it was an active shooter situation.

Source: Arkansas club shooting: 28 injured in Little Rock nightclub after ‘dispute’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)