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The Advertiser
6 hours ago
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Perfect 10: Fever torch Lightning in record fashion
Rampant West Coast Fever have created Super Netball history, winning a single-season record 10th straight game with a 69-54 trouncing of Sunshine Coast Lightning. The Fever hushed the sold-out UniSC Arena early with a commanding opening salvo, before finishing with a heavy flourish to move to 10-2. Since the current format superseded the old Trans-Tasman Championship in 2017, no team had won 10 in a row in one year until West Coast's history-making performance on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. In-form Alice Teague-Neeld celebrated her 100th game by amassing 26 assists and 40 feeds, her dominance at wing attack capitalised on by star goaler Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard, who hit 51 goals The previous best by any team was nine consecutive victories, a three-way tie between the NSW Swifts (2023, 2025) and the Lightning (2019). With two more regular-season games to come before finals, the Fever are in no hurry to end the streak. "Definitely going for (wins) 11 and 12," said Teague-Neeld, who was named player of the match. "Every team knows it's important to finish the season strong leading into finals. "Definitely looking for a couple more wins." Teague-Neeld's combination with centre Jordan Cransberg was lethal from the start, forcing Sunshine Coast's midcourt into costly cough-ups as the Fever strolled to a 22-13 quarter-time lead. Diamonds captain Liz Watson lifted the Lightning in the second term, having the better of West Coast skipper Jess Anstiss, but the home side's errant finishing from long range meant the margin was still nine goals at halftime. Sunshine Coast trimmed the deficit to seven in the third quarter, but continued to be hit-and-miss with their goal-shooting before being snowed under in the final period. Attacking trio Teague-Neeld, Fowler-Nembhard and Shanice Beckford ran riot as the Fever blew the margin out to 69-50 late, inflicting the Lightning's equal-heaviest defeat of the season and leaving them barely clinging to a spot in the top four at 6-6. Rampant West Coast Fever have created Super Netball history, winning a single-season record 10th straight game with a 69-54 trouncing of Sunshine Coast Lightning. The Fever hushed the sold-out UniSC Arena early with a commanding opening salvo, before finishing with a heavy flourish to move to 10-2. Since the current format superseded the old Trans-Tasman Championship in 2017, no team had won 10 in a row in one year until West Coast's history-making performance on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. In-form Alice Teague-Neeld celebrated her 100th game by amassing 26 assists and 40 feeds, her dominance at wing attack capitalised on by star goaler Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard, who hit 51 goals The previous best by any team was nine consecutive victories, a three-way tie between the NSW Swifts (2023, 2025) and the Lightning (2019). With two more regular-season games to come before finals, the Fever are in no hurry to end the streak. "Definitely going for (wins) 11 and 12," said Teague-Neeld, who was named player of the match. "Every team knows it's important to finish the season strong leading into finals. "Definitely looking for a couple more wins." Teague-Neeld's combination with centre Jordan Cransberg was lethal from the start, forcing Sunshine Coast's midcourt into costly cough-ups as the Fever strolled to a 22-13 quarter-time lead. Diamonds captain Liz Watson lifted the Lightning in the second term, having the better of West Coast skipper Jess Anstiss, but the home side's errant finishing from long range meant the margin was still nine goals at halftime. Sunshine Coast trimmed the deficit to seven in the third quarter, but continued to be hit-and-miss with their goal-shooting before being snowed under in the final period. Attacking trio Teague-Neeld, Fowler-Nembhard and Shanice Beckford ran riot as the Fever blew the margin out to 69-50 late, inflicting the Lightning's equal-heaviest defeat of the season and leaving them barely clinging to a spot in the top four at 6-6. Rampant West Coast Fever have created Super Netball history, winning a single-season record 10th straight game with a 69-54 trouncing of Sunshine Coast Lightning. The Fever hushed the sold-out UniSC Arena early with a commanding opening salvo, before finishing with a heavy flourish to move to 10-2. Since the current format superseded the old Trans-Tasman Championship in 2017, no team had won 10 in a row in one year until West Coast's history-making performance on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. In-form Alice Teague-Neeld celebrated her 100th game by amassing 26 assists and 40 feeds, her dominance at wing attack capitalised on by star goaler Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard, who hit 51 goals The previous best by any team was nine consecutive victories, a three-way tie between the NSW Swifts (2023, 2025) and the Lightning (2019). With two more regular-season games to come before finals, the Fever are in no hurry to end the streak. "Definitely going for (wins) 11 and 12," said Teague-Neeld, who was named player of the match. "Every team knows it's important to finish the season strong leading into finals. "Definitely looking for a couple more wins." Teague-Neeld's combination with centre Jordan Cransberg was lethal from the start, forcing Sunshine Coast's midcourt into costly cough-ups as the Fever strolled to a 22-13 quarter-time lead. Diamonds captain Liz Watson lifted the Lightning in the second term, having the better of West Coast skipper Jess Anstiss, but the home side's errant finishing from long range meant the margin was still nine goals at halftime. Sunshine Coast trimmed the deficit to seven in the third quarter, but continued to be hit-and-miss with their goal-shooting before being snowed under in the final period. Attacking trio Teague-Neeld, Fowler-Nembhard and Shanice Beckford ran riot as the Fever blew the margin out to 69-50 late, inflicting the Lightning's equal-heaviest defeat of the season and leaving them barely clinging to a spot in the top four at 6-6.
Indian Express
a day ago
- General
- Indian Express
F-35B jet to be moved to MRO facility at Kerala airport: UK
Nearly two weeks after an F-35B 'Lightning' stealth fighter jet of the Royal Navy made an emergency landing at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport and continued to remain grounded, the UK said it has accepted an offer to move the aircraft to the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul facility at the airport. A British High Commission spokesperson said a UK F-35B aircraft is awaiting repairs at the airport after developing an engineering issue. 'The aircraft will be moved to the hangar once UK engineering teams arrive with specialist equipment, thereby ensuring there is minimal disruption to scheduled maintenance of other aircraft,' the spokesperson said, adding that the aircraft will return to active service once repairs and safety checks have been completed. 'Ground teams continue to work closely with Indian authorities to ensure safety and security precautions are observed. We thank the Indian authorities and Thiruvananthapuram International Airport for their continued support,' the spokesperson said. Since the emergency landing of the fighter jet on June 14, it has remained unserviceable. Manufactured by American defence and aerospace major Lockheed Martin and worth over USD 110 million, the F-35B jet is among the most advanced fighter jets in the world. This fighter jet was operating from the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales. The jet was undertaking a routine sortie outside the Indian Air Defence Identification Zone with Thiruvananthapuram earmarked as an emergency recovery airfield. After that, it could not return to the aircraft carrier after getting caught in adverse weather conditions. According to officials, Royal Navy technicians from the carrier strike group had earlier attempted to repair the F-35B jet, but were unsuccessful. The aircraft had remained stranded at the airport since then. HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Richmond had visited India as part of a UK carrier strike group for naval Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the north Arabian Sea.
New York Post
2 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
So much of Islanders' future hinges on Mathieu Darche nailing No. 1 pick
LOS ANGELES — Aside from June 25, 2021, when the Islanders lost Game 7 of the NHL semifinals to the Lightning, it's hard to come up with a bigger date for the franchise in recent memory than June 27, 2025. The 1-0 loss to Tampa Bay was the Islanders falling short in their best chance to win the Stanley Cup since the 1980s, and set in motion the four-year series of events that led to this offseason of incredible consequence, with Lou Lamoriello losing his job, the Islanders winning the lottery for the first time since 2009 and Mathieu Darche being installed as general manager. Advertisement Whatever follows will be traced back to the decisions the Islanders make Friday and perhaps in the few days that follow. That's not just surrounding the No. 1 pick, which is widely projected to be Erie defenseman Matthew Schaefer. It's about whether the Islanders trade back into the first round to draft James Hagens as well, whether they re-sign or trade Noah Dobson and any other decisions Darche makes that shape his first roster as general manager. In the main, however, it is the No. 1 pick that will hold deep and lasting consequences for the organization far beyond anything else Darche may or may not do over the next few days.
Boston Globe
2 days ago
- Business
- Boston Globe
NHL, NHLPA close to agreeing on 4-year CBA extension including an 84-game regular season, AP sources say
Advertisement Two of the people said the new CBA will increase the regular season to 84 games from 82, shorten the maximum length of contracts, and add a playoff salary cap for the first time. Extending the regular season from a total of 1,312 games to 1,344 would also come with curtailing exhibition play. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Since 2013, players have been able to re-sign with their own team for up to eight years and sign with another for up to seven years. Under the new CBA terms, each would be reduced by a year, to seven for re-signing and six for changing teams. A salary cap in the postseason would prevent teams from using long-term injured reserve rules to load up their rosters. Currently, teams with players on LTIR can exceed the cap by roughly the amount of the players' salaries until the playoffs begin. The option has been used, for example, by the Blackhawks (Patrick Kane in 2015), Lightning (Nikita Kucherov in 2021), and Golden Knights (Mark Stone in multiple seasons) during their playoff runs. Advertisement NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director and former Boston mayor Marty Walsh foreshadowed a quick conclusion to labor talks speaking at the Stanley Cup Final earlier this month. Bettman said the sides were 'in really good shape, having really good discussions,' and Walsh added that talks were 'moving forward, and I feel good with where we are.' A full, new CBA would be the first since 2013. The league and the union have been working on the memorandum negotiated in 2020 to finish that season during the pandemic and would meld that agreement with the framework from 12 years ago. AP Sports Writer Tim Reynolds contributed to this report.
Business Insider
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Blockware and Voltage Unlock Zero-Lead Time Bitcoin Miner Deployment with Lightning
Houston, TX, US, June 26th, 2025, Chainwire Blockware, a leading provider of Bitcoin Mining services, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Voltage, the premier enterprise-grade infrastructure provider for the Bitcoin Lightning Network. This integration brings Lightning-native payments directly to the Blockware Marketplace, allowing customers to purchase hosted Bitcoin miners with instant settlement and begin mining immediately. By combining Blockware's turnkey mining platform with Voltage's Lightning infrastructure, users can now go from 'buying' to 'mining' in seconds — a revolutionary shift in an industry that has historically been plagued by shipping delays, power build-outs, and opaque hardware sourcing. 'This partnership enables the ultimate Bitcoin mining edge: immediate, on-demand access,' said Mason Jappa, CEO of Blockware. 'We're eliminating friction for miners and radically accelerating the speed at which capital can convert into compute.' The integration enables buyers on the Blockware Marketplace to use Lightning payments for hardware purchases, hosting fees, and miner deployment. By leveraging the scalability and speed of the Lightning Network, Blockware is pioneering a new frontier of infrastructure-as-a-service, where mining capacity is treated like liquid digital inventory — as fast and borderless as Bitcoin itself. 'Lightning is key to making Bitcoin scalable as a medium of exchange, and mining is the key to Bitcoin's longevity and security,' said Graham Krizek, Founder and CEO of Voltage. Together, we're giving Bitcoiners a faster, simpler, and overall better way to stack sats and participate in the exciting space of Bitcoin mining.' This innovation reinforces Blockware's mission to make Bitcoin mining accessible, transparent, and capital efficient for everyone — from institutions to plebs. With real-time provisioning and Lightning-native checkout, the Blockware Marketplace now represents the fastest path to self-sovereign Bitcoin acquisition on Earth. About Blockware Blockware is at the forefront of Bitcoin mining and infrastructure innovation, delivering products and services that empower miners and enterprises in the digital asset ecosystem. With a focus on cutting-edge technology, scalable solutions, and operational excellence, Blockware is driving the future of Bitcoin infrastructure globally. Voltage is the leading enterprise-grade infrastructure provider for the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Offering node hosting, liquidity management, and developer tools, Voltage makes it easy for companies to build, deploy, and scale applications on Lightning. Blockware
