A new star rises in the world of snooker as a 22-year-old Chinese player clinches a major title in a dramatic final-frame finish against Shaun Murphy. The victory marks another milestone for China’s growing dominance in the sport and signals a generational shift on the global stage.

With precision, composure, and nerve under pressure, the young champion delivered a stunning performance to secure the crown. What does this mean for the future of snooker?

China Celebrates Another Snooker Crown: 22-Year Old Beats Shuan Murphy In Final Frame

Vanya Maisuenpon, a five-year-old swimming sensation from Thailand, has taken the swimming world by storm with her incredible skills, making waves in international competitions at such a young age.

Vanya Maisuenpon: Thailand’s Five-Year-Old Swimming Prodigy

Vanya Maisuenpon, a five-year-old swimming sensation from Thailand, has taken the swimming world by storm with her incredible skills, making waves in international competitions at such a young age.



Tony 'B' Neill The brilliant stylist of American musicals, known for songs like I Left My Heart in San Francisco, passed away at the age of 96. Tony Bennett, a renowned and enduring American vocalist who produced new stunners for American melodies, passed away in New York.

Tony Bennett, champion of Great American Songbook, dies at 96

<p>Camila Cabello is a rockstar!<br />
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The 'Senorita' singer delivered a powerpack performance at the UEFA Champions League Final opening ceremony. The Grammy winner singer took the stage at the Stade de France in Paris and energetically grooved in her chart-topping songs, before Liverpool and Real Madrid&nbsp;nail-biting match.<br />
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Camila, 25 entered the ground with the group of co-dancers&nbsp;and together they gave a remarkable performance. Like always, Camila paid homage to her&nbsp;Latin heritage with her colourful performance. Apart from Camila, all the dancers and musicians&nbsp;were dressed in yellow, orange and red colour outfits and carried flags and drums as they performed on the pitch.&nbsp;<br />
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She&nbsp;was looking breathtaking as she entered the stadium in a white flowing shirt and crop top featuring ruffled sleeves.<br />
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Stripping down her ruffle dress, the singer gave a staggering performance in a white bikini set covered with long fringes. She added drama to her look with white long boots, heavy metal jewellery and belts.&nbsp;<br />
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The singer sang and danced with her full energy in some of her hits like 'Senorita', 'Bam Bam, 'Don’t Go Yet' Havana' among others.&nbsp;<br />
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Impressed with her&nbsp;alluring&nbsp;performance, netizens quickly reacted to her performance. Take a look!</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Camila Cabello’s performance was so beautiful. It gave me World Cup vibes not only Champions League. Her bringing culture back to football is incredible.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I’m proud of the incredible woman she became!! *Camila Cabello We Love You* <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CamilaCabello?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CamilaCabello</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Camila?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Camila</a> <a href="https://t.co/rsOD7lzcEH">pic.twitter.com/rsOD7lzcEH</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">It's crazy how <a href="https://twitter.com/Camila_Cabello?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Camila_Cabello</a> wore white to perform at the UEFA champions league final and Real Madrid won the title <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CamilaCabello?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CamilaCabello</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChampionsLeagueFinal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChampionsLeagueFinal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealMadrid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RealMadrid</a> <a href="https://t.co/Q24BFVxDpK">pic.twitter.com/Q24BFVxDpK</a></p>
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Camila Cabello is a rockstar! The 'Senorita' singer delivered a powerpack performance at the UEFA Champions League Final opening ceremony. The Grammy winner singer took the stage at the Stade de France in Paris and energetically grooved in her chart-topping songs, before Liverpool and Real Madrid nail-biting match.

Camila Cabello is a rockstar! The 'Senorita' singer delivered a powerpack performance at the UEFA Champions League Final opening ceremony. The Grammy winner singer took the stage at the Stade de France in Paris and energetically grooved in her chart-topping songs, before Liverpool and Real Madrid nail-biting match. Camila, 25 entered the ground with the group of co-dancers and together they gave a remarkable performance. Like always, Camila paid homage to her Latin heritage with her colourful performance. Apart from Camila, all the dancers and musicians were dressed in yellow, orange and red colour outfits and carried flags and drums as they performed on the pitch. She was looking breathtaking as she entered the stadium in a white flowing shirt and crop top featuring ruffled sleeves. Stripping down her ruffle dress, the singer gave a staggering performance in a white bikini set covered with long fringes. She added drama to her look with white long boots, heavy metal jewellery and belts. The singer sang and danced with her full energy in some of her hits like 'Senorita', 'Bam Bam, 'Don’t Go Yet' Havana' among others. Impressed with her alluring performance, netizens quickly reacted to her performance. Take a look! Camila Cabello’s performance was so beautiful. It gave me World Cup vibes not only Champions League. Her bringing culture back to football is incredible. — Caro (@sportycabelIo) May 28, 2022 × I liked Camila Cabello’s opening, loved the vibe! #UCLfinal — Millie (@MillieSansoye) May 28, 2022 × I’m proud of the incredible woman she became!! *Camila Cabello We Love You* #CamilaCabello #Camila pic.twitter.com/rsOD7lzcEH — Aysha 🇱🇰 (@Adnan_Thesecond) May 29, 2022 × Congratulations to Camila Cabello for the amazing performance.#CamilaCabello #UCLfinal #UEFAChampionsLeagueFINAL pic.twitter.com/ItuYzefAUq — Cityzens_ita (@cityzens_ita) May 28, 2022 × It's crazy how @Camila_Cabello wore white to perform at the UEFA champions league final and Real Madrid won the title #CamilaCabello #ChampionsLeagueFinal #RealMadrid pic.twitter.com/Q24BFVxDpK — Addah (@Addah_g) May 28, 2022 × So hot 🥵#ChampionsLeagueFinal #ChampionsLeague #CamilaCabello #UEFAChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/O8A1wKc60c — Club of Celebs Fans (@ClubCelebsFans) May 28, 2022 ×

Champions League finale: Camila Cabello kicks off the night with staggering performance

<p>Formula one champion Max Verstappen swept past Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc four laps from the finish to take his first win of the season at Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.</p>

<p>The Dutchman, who had started fourth, crossed the line just half a second ahead of Leclerc, who keeps the championship lead, having led a Ferrari one-two in last week's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.</p>

<p>Spaniard Carlos Sainz was third for the Italian team.</p>

<p>"Wow, that was close, wow, unbelievable!" Red Bull boss Christian Horner told Verstappen over the radio.</p>

<p>"Well done, Max great, great job," he added.</p>

<p><strong>ALSO READ:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/canada-beat-jamaica-4-0-to-bring-an-end-to-36-year-long-wait-for-a-spot-in-fifa-world-cup-466296">Canada beat Jamaica 4-0 to bring an end to 36-year long wait for a spot in FIFA World Cup</a></p>

<p>The win was the 21st of Verstappen's career and handed him his first points of the year after Red Bull's double retirement in Bahrain.&nbsp;</p>

<p>His team mate Sergio Perez, who finished fourth, was unable to convert his first career pole into victory after the Mexican's strategy was undone by the safety car.</p>

<p>George Russell took fifth for struggling Mercedes ahead of Alpine's Esteban Ocon, who edged McLaren's Lando Norris to sixth by just 0.1 seconds.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Lewis Hamilton, winner of last year's inaugural Saudi race, recovered to claim the final point in 10th after starting 15th.</p>


Formula one champion Max Verstappen swept past Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc four laps from the finish to take his first win of the season at Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Formula one champion Max Verstappen swept past Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc four laps from the finish to take his first win of the season at Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Dutchman, who had started fourth, crossed the line just half a second ahead of Leclerc, who keeps the championship lead, having led a Ferrari one-two in last week's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Spaniard Carlos Sainz was third for the Italian team. "Wow, that was close, wow, unbelievable!" Red Bull boss Christian Horner told Verstappen over the radio. "Well done, Max great, great job," he added. ALSO READ: Canada beat Jamaica 4-0 to bring an end to 36-year long wait for a spot in FIFA World Cup The win was the 21st of Verstappen's career and handed him his first points of the year after Red Bull's double retirement in Bahrain. His team mate Sergio Perez, who finished fourth, was unable to convert his first career pole into victory after the Mexican's strategy was undone by the safety car. George Russell took fifth for struggling Mercedes ahead of Alpine's Esteban Ocon, who edged McLaren's Lando Norris to sixth by just 0.1 seconds. Lewis Hamilton, winner of last year's inaugural Saudi race, recovered to claim the final point in 10th after starting 15th.

Formula One: Red Bull's Max Verstappen pips Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc to win Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated ace shuttler P V Sindhu for winning the Swiss Open, saying her accomplishments inspire the youth of India.</p>

<p>Sindhu clinched her second women's singles title of the season with a straight-game win over Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament at Basel on Sunday.</p>

<p><b>&nbsp;ALSO READ:&nbsp;</b><a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/swiss-open-p-v-sindhu-defeats-thailands-busanan-ongbamrungphan-to-clinch-womens-singles-title-465990">Swiss Open: PV Sindhu defeats Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan to clinch women's singles title</a></p>

<p>Playing her second successive final in the tournament, Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, took 49 minutes to get the better of the fourth-seeded Busanan 21-16 21-8 at the St. Jakobshalle.</p>

<p>Modi tweeted, "Congratulations to @Pvsindhu1 on winning the Swiss Open 2022. Her accomplishments inspire the youth of India. Best wishes to her for her future endeavours."</p>

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated ace shuttler P V Sindhu for winning the Swiss Open, saying her accomplishments inspire the youth of India. Sindhu clinched her second women's singles title of the season with a straight-game win over Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament at Basel on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated ace shuttler P V Sindhu for winning the Swiss Open, saying her accomplishments inspire the youth of India. Sindhu clinched her second women's singles title of the season with a straight-game win over Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament at Basel on Sunday. ALSO READ: Swiss Open: PV Sindhu defeats Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan to clinch women's singles title Playing her second successive final in the tournament, Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, took 49 minutes to get the better of the fourth-seeded Busanan 21-16 21-8 at the St. Jakobshalle. Modi tweeted, "Congratulations to @Pvsindhu1 on winning the Swiss Open 2022. Her accomplishments inspire the youth of India. Best wishes to her for her future endeavours." Congratulations to @Pvsindhu1 on winning the Swiss Open 2022. Her accomplishments inspire the youth of India. Best wishes to her for her future endeavours. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 27, 2022 ×

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauds PV Sindhu on winning Swiss Open title, calls her inspiration for youth

35-year-old Rafael Nadal overcame a long-standing injury to clinch his 21st Grand Slam title in Melbourne. What can we learn from Nadal's comeback? What qualities make a true champion? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: What can we learn from Rafael Nadal's triumph?

<p>Quandra Prettyman, who developed some of the country’s first courses in Black women’s literature as the first Black full-time faculty member at Barnard College, died Oct. 21 at her home in the New York City borough of Manhattan. She was 88.</p>

<p>Her sister, Waltyn Prettyman, said the cause was cancer.</p>

<p>Prettyman arrived at Barnard, with its all-female student body, in the early ’70s, and her willingness to present literary classics in ways that made them accessible to students, particularly those of color, quickly made her one of the most popular professors on campus.</p>

<p>“She presented literature like it belonged to all of us,” writer Edwidge Danticat, who took Prettyman’s freshman English course and remained close friends with her, said in a phone interview.</p>

<p>At first, Prettyman taught introductory survey classes, but in 1972 she introduced a new course, on Black women writers, including authors like Harriet Jacobs, author of “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” published in 1861.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/sharks-spotted-londons-river-thames-no-longer-biologically-dead-428629"><strong>Also read |&nbsp;Sharks spotted! London's River Thames no longer 'biologically dead'</strong></a></p>

<p>It wouldn’t be the first course at Barnard to focus on Black literature; a few had been offered in the 1960s. This one, though, would be different: It brought together perspectives from the emerging field of feminist literary studies with a study of Black writers, what was then an underappreciated area of American literature.</p>

<p>The course was an immediate hit, and over the decades, Prettyman added others that explored different aspects of the Black literary experience, including some of the first courses in the country on slave narratives and the Harlem Renaissance.</p>

<p>She also edited “Out of Our Lives: A Selection of Contemporary Black Fiction” (1975), which presented readers with works by then-emerging writers like Louise Meriwether, Ernest J. Gaines and Alice Walker.</p>

<p>“She was pushing the canon open, not just at Barnard, but far beyond,” Sian Beilock, the president of Barnard, said in a phone interview.</p>

<p>Prettyman struggled with accusations, often subtle but not always so, that she was a token hire. Two years before she joined Barnard, hundreds of its students had crossed Broadway to join Columbia University students in protests over, among other things, their schools’ failure to attract Black students and faculty, despite a promise in 1964 to do so.</p>

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<p>Whenever Black speakers came to the campus, Prettyman was asked to introduce them, and she worried that her presence at some Barnard gatherings created an illusion of diversity at the college, which was predominantly white.</p>

<p>“There was a time when I stopped going to parental events, so as to not give a false sign of Black presence,” she said in a 2014 interview with Monica Miller, another Barnard professor, in the college’s alumnae magazine.</p>

<p>But she also embraced her role as a voice and mentor for Barnard’s Black students, especially those who did not come from elite backgrounds.</p>

<p>Among them was Danticat, who was born in Haiti and graduated from a public school in Brooklyn. She remembered Prettyman as an inspiration, even though she got a C on one of her first papers, for an essay on “Jane Eyre.”</p>

<p>“When we finished the class, and we had dinner at her apartment, I felt like I had been launched on my career,” said Danticat, now a much-honored author of novel and short stories.</p>

<p>Quandra Erlyn Prettyman was born in Baltimore on Jan. 19, 1933. Her parents, Lloyd Eugene Quandred Prettyman and Buena Vista (Gray) Prettyman, were teachers in the city’s public schools. Her father also played bass and French horn in a big-band jazz ensemble and counted singer and bandleader Cab Calloway among his circle of friends.</p>

<p>Quandra took to literature at an early age; in high school she fell in love with the works of Gwendolyn Brooks and decided to be a poet. In the late 1940s, she and a biracial group of friends took a road trip to Mexico, a journey, she later said, that was more dangerous than she had realised at the time, traveling through parts of the country where a Black person seen in the company of white people might get arrested, or worse.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/unprecedented-speed-of-global-warming-at-its-fastest-pace-since-ice-age-428615"><strong>Also read |&nbsp;'Unprecedented': Speed of&nbsp;global warming at its fastest pace since ice age</strong></a></p>

<p>She attended Antioch College, in Ohio, graduating in 1954 with a degree in history. A year later she began graduate studies in English at the University of Michigan, and in 1957 she moved to New York to work in publishing and teach literature at the New School.</p>

<p>She married John Stadler in 1963; they later divorced. She married William L. Smith in 1984. Along with her sister, she is survived by her daughter, Johanna Stadler, and her stepson, Sean Smith.</p>

<p>Prettyman joined Barnard in 1970 after a friend had arranged a meeting for her with Barry Ulanov, the chairman of its English department. She was still writing her dissertation for a doctorate at the time, but Ulanov asked if she could start teaching that fall, as an instructor. She never finished her Ph.D.</p>

<p>Before and after joining the Barnard faculty, Prettyman traveled widely, and frequently to Amsterdam and Paris, where she befriended James Baldwin.</p>

<p>She never gave up her childhood love of poetry, both reading and writing it, and published several poems over her career. As her career lengthened, she became especially interested in cookbooks written by Black women — her kitchen shelves were lined with them, Danticat recalled.</p>

<p>Prettyman said that many such volumes, though presented as cookbooks, were more like memoirs, offering powerful insights into the lives of Black families in the South.</p>

<p>“One in search of the Afro-American woman’s story is well-advised to consider cookbooks along with the more conventional autobiographies,” she wrote in a 1992 essay in the journal Southern Quarterly.</p>

<p>She reveled in Edna Lewis’ “The Taste of Country Cooking” (1976), with its rich details about Lewis’ family going back generations, to a time before the onset of sharecropping and Jim Crow.</p>

<p>“The frightful loss of Black-owned farms gives this work a poignant, somewhat tragic sense,” she wrote. “<em>Taste</em>&nbsp;may be apolitical, but it is not ahistorical.”</p>


Quandra Prettyman, who developed some of the country’s first courses in Black women’s literature as the first Black full-time faculty member at Barnard College, died Oct.

Quandra Prettyman, who developed some of the country’s first courses in Black women’s literature as the first Black full-time faculty member at Barnard College, died Oct. 21 at her home in the New York City borough of Manhattan. She was 88. Her sister, Waltyn Prettyman, said the cause was cancer. Prettyman arrived at Barnard, with its all-female student body, in the early ’70s, and her willingness to present literary classics in ways that made them accessible to students, particularly those of color, quickly made her one of the most popular professors on campus. “She presented literature like it belonged to all of us,” writer Edwidge Danticat, who took Prettyman’s freshman English course and remained close friends with her, said in a phone interview. At first, Prettyman taught introductory survey classes, but in 1972 she introduced a new course, on Black women writers, including authors like Harriet Jacobs, author of “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” published in 1861. Also read | Sharks spotted! London's River Thames no longer 'biologically dead' It wouldn’t be the first course at Barnard to focus on Black literature; a few had been offered in the 1960s. This one, though, would be different: It brought together perspectives from the emerging field of feminist literary studies with a study of Black writers, what was then an underappreciated area of American literature. The course was an immediate hit, and over the decades, Prettyman added others that explored different aspects of the Black literary experience, including some of the first courses in the country on slave narratives and the Harlem Renaissance. She also edited “Out of Our Lives: A Selection of Contemporary Black Fiction” (1975), which presented readers with works by then-emerging writers like Louise Meriwether, Ernest J. Gaines and Alice Walker. “She was pushing the canon open, not just at Barnard, but far beyond,” Sian Beilock, the president of Barnard, said in a phone interview. Prettyman struggled with accusations, often subtle but not always so, that she was a token hire. Two years before she joined Barnard, hundreds of its students had crossed Broadway to join Columbia University students in protests over, among other things, their schools’ failure to attract Black students and faculty, despite a promise in 1964 to do so. Also read | This country has made it illegal for bosses to call employees after office hours Whenever Black speakers came to the campus, Prettyman was asked to introduce them, and she worried that her presence at some Barnard gatherings created an illusion of diversity at the college, which was predominantly white. “There was a time when I stopped going to parental events, so as to not give a false sign of Black presence,” she said in a 2014 interview with Monica Miller, another Barnard professor, in the college’s alumnae magazine. But she also embraced her role as a voice and mentor for Barnard’s Black students, especially those who did not come from elite backgrounds. Among them was Danticat, who was born in Haiti and graduated from a public school in Brooklyn. She remembered Prettyman as an inspiration, even though she got a C on one of her first papers, for an essay on “Jane Eyre.” “When we finished the class, and we had dinner at her apartment, I felt like I had been launched on my career,” said Danticat, now a much-honored author of novel and short stories. Quandra Erlyn Prettyman was born in Baltimore on Jan. 19, 1933. Her parents, Lloyd Eugene Quandred Prettyman and Buena Vista (Gray) Prettyman, were teachers in the city’s public schools. Her father also played bass and French horn in a big-band jazz ensemble and counted singer and bandleader Cab Calloway among his circle of friends. Quandra took to literature at an early age; in high school she fell in love with the works of Gwendolyn Brooks and decided to be a poet. In the late 1940s, she and a biracial group of friends took a road trip to Mexico, a journey, she later said, that was more dangerous than she had realised at the time, traveling through parts of the country where a Black person seen in the company of white people might get arrested, or worse. Also read | 'Unprecedented': Speed of global warming at its fastest pace since ice age She attended Antioch College, in Ohio, graduating in 1954 with a degree in history. A year later she began graduate studies in English at the University of Michigan, and in 1957 she moved to New York to work in publishing and teach literature at the New School. She married John Stadler in 1963; they later divorced. She married William L. Smith in 1984. Along with her sister, she is survived by her daughter, Johanna Stadler, and her stepson, Sean Smith. Prettyman joined Barnard in 1970 after a friend had arranged a meeting for her with Barry Ulanov, the chairman of its English department. She was still writing her dissertation for a doctorate at the time, but Ulanov asked if she could start teaching that fall, as an instructor. She never finished her Ph.D. Before and after joining the Barnard faculty, Prettyman traveled widely, and frequently to Amsterdam and Paris, where she befriended James Baldwin. She never gave up her childhood love of poetry, both reading and writing it, and published several poems over her career. As her career lengthened, she became especially interested in cookbooks written by Black women — her kitchen shelves were lined with them, Danticat recalled. Prettyman said that many such volumes, though presented as cookbooks, were more like memoirs, offering powerful insights into the lives of Black families in the South. “One in search of the Afro-American woman’s story is well-advised to consider cookbooks along with the more conventional autobiographies,” she wrote in a 1992 essay in the journal Southern Quarterly. She reveled in Edna Lewis’ “The Taste of Country Cooking” (1976), with its rich details about Lewis’ family going back generations, to a time before the onset of sharecropping and Jim Crow. “The frightful loss of Black-owned farms gives this work a poignant, somewhat tragic sense,” she wrote. “Taste may be apolitical, but it is not ahistorical.”

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<p>Mo&nbsp;Farah&nbsp;won the final&nbsp;track&nbsp;race&nbsp;of his career by the skin of his teeth on Thursday, clinching a dramatic 5,000 metres win after three chasing rivals collided with each other in the&nbsp;last&nbsp;couple of metres.</p>

<p>World champion Muktar Edris, who beat&nbsp;Farah&nbsp;at the World Championships in London two weeks ago, was among the trio left sprawled on the&nbsp;track&nbsp;in the Briton&#39;s wake as&nbsp;Farah&nbsp;dived over the line.</p>

<p>With quadruple Olympic and six-time world champion&nbsp;Farah&nbsp;leading going into the final straight, Ethiopian Edris came powering through and appeared set to snatch victory on the line.</p>

<p>But Edris tripped after being clipped on the shoulder by Paul Chelimo as the American tried to force his way through a gap and he, in turn, bowled over Yomif Kejelcha, another Ethiopian, on the outside.</p>

<p>Chelimo stumbled over the line in second and Edris&#39;s momentum took him over in third.</p>

<p>Britain&#39;s greatest&nbsp;racer,&nbsp;and perhaps the best the world has seen too after 10 global title&nbsp;wins, will take to the roads next season to run marathons.</p>

<p>Farah&nbsp;stayed on Edris&#39;s shoulder for almost the whole&nbsp;race&nbsp;as they gradually moved up to the field, determined not to be outsmarted by his rivals.</p>

<p>&quot;It&#39;s amazing to come away with a win today,&quot;&nbsp;Farah&nbsp;told reporters.</p>

<p>&quot;I&#39;ve been resting up and watching Edris, what tactics he normally uses, studying, working out and tonight the game plan was to sit on him and make him do a lot of the work,&quot; he added.</p>

<p>&quot;Going into the&nbsp;last&nbsp;lap, the plan was not to give anyone an inch, and that&#39;s what I did.&quot;</p>

<p>&quot;I will really miss it but everything must come to an end sometime.&quot;</p>

<p>There was plenty of drama elsewhere, not least in the 400 metres which were won by Botswana&#39;s Isaac Makwala who was barred from the same event in London by the IAAF after falling ill despite the athlete saying he was fit to run.</p>

<p>Olympic champion Ruth Jebet, fifth in London, ran the second-fastest time in history in the women&#39;s 3,000 metres steeplechase, the Bahraini winning in 8:55.29, nearly 20 seconds ahead of fourth-placed world champion Emma Coburn of the United States.</p>

<p>Justin Gatlin, who upstaged Usain Bolt in the Jamaican&#39;s final 100 metres in London, was fourth in his&nbsp;race, won by Britain&#39;s Chijindu Ujah in 9.97 seconds.</p>

<p>Dafne Schippers, world champion in the 200 metres, was also fourth as Shaunae Miller-Uibo produced a late surge over the&nbsp;last&nbsp;few metres to win in a Bahamas record time of 21.88 seconds. Olympic champion Elaine Thompson was second.</p>

<p>Norway&#39;s Karsten Warholm, a surprise world champion in the 400 metres hurdles, was upstaged by Kyron McMaster of British Virgin Islands after he faltered at the eighth barrier.</p>

<p>Timothy Cheruiyot, the silver medallist in London, won the men&#39;s 1,500 metres while world champion and fellow Kenyan Elijah Manangoi was third.</p>

<p>There were no surprises, however, in the women&#39;s 800 metres where South African Caster Semenya powered into the lead with around 200 metres left to win comfortably.</p>

<p>Other world champions who celebrated their triumphs in style included Qatar&#39;s Mutaz Essa Barshim who won the high jump with 2.36 metres and Sam Kendricks of the United States who took the pole vault with 5.87 metres.</p>


"It's amazing to come away with a win today," Farah told reporters.

Mo Farah won the final track race of his career by the skin of his teeth on Thursday, clinching a dramatic 5,000 metres win after three chasing rivals collided with each other in the last couple of metres. World champion Muktar Edris, who beat Farah at the World Championships in London two weeks ago, was among the trio left sprawled on the track in the Briton's wake as Farah dived over the line. With quadruple Olympic and six-time world champion Farah leading going into the final straight, Ethiopian Edris came powering through and appeared set to snatch victory on the line. But Edris tripped after being clipped on the shoulder by Paul Chelimo as the American tried to force his way through a gap and he, in turn, bowled over Yomif Kejelcha, another Ethiopian, on the outside. Chelimo stumbled over the line in second and Edris's momentum took him over in third. Britain's greatest racer, and perhaps the best the world has seen too after 10 global title wins, will take to the roads next season to run marathons. Farah stayed on Edris's shoulder for almost the whole race as they gradually moved up to the field, determined not to be outsmarted by his rivals. "It's amazing to come away with a win today," Farah told reporters. "I've been resting up and watching Edris, what tactics he normally uses, studying, working out and tonight the game plan was to sit on him and make him do a lot of the work," he added. "Going into the last lap, the plan was not to give anyone an inch, and that's what I did." "I will really miss it but everything must come to an end sometime." There was plenty of drama elsewhere, not least in the 400 metres which were won by Botswana's Isaac Makwala who was barred from the same event in London by the IAAF after falling ill despite the athlete saying he was fit to run. Olympic champion Ruth Jebet, fifth in London, ran the second-fastest time in history in the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase, the Bahraini winning in 8:55.29, nearly 20 seconds ahead of fourth-placed world champion Emma Coburn of the United States. Justin Gatlin, who upstaged Usain Bolt in the Jamaican's final 100 metres in London, was fourth in his race, won by Britain's Chijindu Ujah in 9.97 seconds. Dafne Schippers, world champion in the 200 metres, was also fourth as Shaunae Miller-Uibo produced a late surge over the last few metres to win in a Bahamas record time of 21.88 seconds. Olympic champion Elaine Thompson was second. Norway's Karsten Warholm, a surprise world champion in the 400 metres hurdles, was upstaged by Kyron McMaster of British Virgin Islands after he faltered at the eighth barrier. Timothy Cheruiyot, the silver medallist in London, won the men's 1,500 metres while world champion and fellow Kenyan Elijah Manangoi was third. There were no surprises, however, in the women's 800 metres where South African Caster Semenya powered into the lead with around 200 metres left to win comfortably. Other world champions who celebrated their triumphs in style included Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim who won the high jump with 2.36 metres and Sam Kendricks of the United States who took the pole vault with 5.87 metres.

Mo Farah wins final track race after rival trio collide

<p>&nbsp;Actor Will Smith and former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis will be among the&nbsp;pallbearers for&nbsp;Muhammad&nbsp;Ali&#39;s funeral on Friday, joining a list of notable athletes, entertainers and politicians to mourn the boxing legend.</p>

<p>Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and comedian Billy Crystal were among those previously announced as participating in public events as the world grieves the loss of the boxer, showman and antiwar activist who captivated global attention in the 1960s and 1970s.</p>

<p>One of the transcendent figures of the 20th century,&nbsp;Ali&nbsp;died on Friday at age 74. Family spokesman Bob Gunnell announced the details of the memorial services on Monday.</p>

<p>Smith played&nbsp;Ali&nbsp;in the 2001 movie of the same name, earning an Oscar nomination and becoming a family friend. London-born Lewis, who went on to represent Canada in the Olympics, is one of three boxers along with&nbsp;Ali&nbsp;and Evander Holyfield to have held the heavyweight title three times.</p>

<p>They will be joined by relatives and family friends in carrying the casket through&nbsp;Ali&#39;s home town of Louisville, Kentucky on Friday.</p>

<p>More than 30,000 tickets will be distributed to the public for two memorials scheduled for Thursday and Friday in sports arenas in the city.</p>

<p>About 300 fans who could not wait gathered on Monday outside&nbsp;Ali&#39;s childhood home for a memorial led by Islamic leaders, a dance group and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.</p>

<p>Dwight Richardson, 32, a youth counsellor, brought seven kids he works with so they could learn about&nbsp;Ali&#39;s message.</p>

<p>&quot;People might not like it, but if you stand up for what you believe in, then you won&#39;t be a pushover,&quot; Richardson said.</p>

<p>Ali, who suffered from Parkinson&#39;s disease for many years, and his family had planned his funeral for a decade.</p>

<p>Official events start with a private ceremony on Thursday, followed by an Islamic service for the public at Freedom Hall, the site of&nbsp;Ali&#39;s last professional fight in Louisville, where he defeated Willi Besmanoff on Nov. 29, 1961. The service will be led by Imam Zaid Shakir of California.</p>

<p>On Friday,&nbsp;Ali&#39;s family will gather for prayers, to be followed by the funeral procession through Louisville. The route will include a boulevard bearing&nbsp;Ali&#39;s name on the way to the Cave Hill Cemetery.</p>

<p>The main service will take place at the KFC Yum! Center on Friday afternoon, when Clinton and Crystal are scheduled to deliver eulogies.</p>

<p>In addition, Fischer announced an &quot;I Am&nbsp;Ali&quot; Festival on Wednesday with programming for children.</p>


Actor Will Smith and former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis will be among the?pallbearers for?Muhammad?Ali's funeral on Friday

Actor Will Smith and former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis will be among the pallbearers for Muhammad Ali's funeral on Friday, joining a list of notable athletes, entertainers and politicians to mourn the boxing legend. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and comedian Billy Crystal were among those previously announced as participating in public events as the world grieves the loss of the boxer, showman and antiwar activist who captivated global attention in the 1960s and 1970s. One of the transcendent figures of the 20th century, Ali died on Friday at age 74. Family spokesman Bob Gunnell announced the details of the memorial services on Monday. Smith played Ali in the 2001 movie of the same name, earning an Oscar nomination and becoming a family friend. London-born Lewis, who went on to represent Canada in the Olympics, is one of three boxers along with Ali and Evander Holyfield to have held the heavyweight title three times. They will be joined by relatives and family friends in carrying the casket through Ali's home town of Louisville, Kentucky on Friday. More than 30,000 tickets will be distributed to the public for two memorials scheduled for Thursday and Friday in sports arenas in the city. About 300 fans who could not wait gathered on Monday outside Ali's childhood home for a memorial led by Islamic leaders, a dance group and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer. Dwight Richardson, 32, a youth counsellor, brought seven kids he works with so they could learn about Ali's message. "People might not like it, but if you stand up for what you believe in, then you won't be a pushover," Richardson said. Ali, who suffered from Parkinson's disease for many years, and his family had planned his funeral for a decade. Official events start with a private ceremony on Thursday, followed by an Islamic service for the public at Freedom Hall, the site of Ali's last professional fight in Louisville, where he defeated Willi Besmanoff on Nov. 29, 1961. The service will be led by Imam Zaid Shakir of California. On Friday, Ali's family will gather for prayers, to be followed by the funeral procession through Louisville. The route will include a boulevard bearing Ali's name on the way to the Cave Hill Cemetery. The main service will take place at the KFC Yum! Center on Friday afternoon, when Clinton and Crystal are scheduled to deliver eulogies. In addition, Fischer announced an "I Am Ali" Festival on Wednesday with programming for children.

Will Smith, Lennox Lewis to be pallbearers at Muhammad Ali funeral

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