Month: July 2020

Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed a draft peace deal stipulating the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan within 18 months of the agreement being signed. The details were given to Reuters by Taliban sources at the end of six days of talks with U.S. special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar aimed atRead moreRead more

1941 Des Moines, Iowa: – World Champion Sandor Szabo beat Earl Wampler in 2 straight falls to retain title 1951  Tampa, Florida: – Mae Young defeated Cora Combs to become the first NWA Florida Women’s Champion  1962 Fargo, North Dakota: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Miller – Crusher beat Doug Gilbert – RockyRead moreRead more

> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) Prior to kicking off theRead moreRead more

Hilde Schramm, the daughter of Adolf Hitler’s favourite architect, was a child when she had her photograph taken with the Fuhrer. The image, showing a smiling girl in a pink dress with the author of the Holocaust’s arm on her shoulder, would have overshadowed most lives. But Ms Schramm has refused to be defined byRead moreRead more

WWE has added a Cruiserweight Championship match to the card for Survivor Series. On this week’s episode of 205 Live, it was announced that Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy will defend his title against Mustafa Ali at Survivor Series. The pay-per-view is taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on November 18. AliRead moreRead more

The owner of the National Enquirer on Friday said it would investigate claims by Jeff Bezos that the tabloid had attempted to blackmail the billionaire by threatening to release sexually explicit photographs. American Media Inc (AMI) said it believed it had “acted lawfully” after Mr Bezos published emails appearing to show the tabloid asking himRead moreRead more

China has banned tourists from Mount Everest base camp ‘for an indefinite period’  amid a drive to clean up the peak. The decision will drastically reduce visitor numbers as only 300 people with climbing passes will be allowed past a monastery just below the 5,200m camp. China’s base camp, which is located in Tibet, attracts fewerRead moreRead more

Human rights lawyers have today filed the first ever case against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his government at The Hague, after making a “breakthrough” in attempts to hold the regime to account. The lawsuit, which was submitted to the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday, is on behalf of 28Read moreRead more

MINNEAPOLIS — InterMat has released NCAA Division I wrestling rankings for March 7. Updated rankings are released every Tuesday during the NCAA wrestling season. View rankings at InterMat: click here » Tournament Rankings (March 7, 2017)1. Penn State 1312. Oklahoma State 1153. Ohio State 1084. Iowa 88.55. Virginia Tech 87.56. Missouri 737. Nebraska 628. CornellRead moreRead more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Hayden Zillmer, a native of Crosby, MN, will travel to Las Vegas this week to compete in the U.S. Greco-Roman World Team Trials at 98 kilograms (215 lbs). This will not be Hayden’s first time competing in the U.S. World Team Trials, but this will be his first attempt to make aRead moreRead more