Tennis – Wimbledon 2023 prize money: How much do the winners get?

(Reuters) – Along with offering a place in the tennis history books, the four Grand Slams – the biggest events on the tennis calendar – also provide serious financial incentives for the champions. Here is what you need to know about the prize pot on offer at Wimbledon: WHAT IS THE TOTAL PRIZE FUND IN…

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Hamas unable to pay salaries in Gaza after Qatari aid delay, officials say

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – The Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers have been unable to pay salaries for 50,000 public sector workers, with officials in part blaming a delay in a monthly payroll grant from Qatar, a crucial aid donor to the impoverished Palestinian enclave. The salary crisis has sparked an unusual amount of criticism…

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Third-party No Labels will not be a ‘spoiler’ in 2024 election, chair says

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The third-party No Labels group will stay out of the 2024 U.S. presidential race if polling shows its candidate would play a “spoiler” role by helping to elect either the Democratic or Republican nominee, co-chairman Joe Lieberman said on Sunday. The group will on Monday release what it calls…

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Soccer-While women’s soccer boasts fierce LGBT advocates, FIFA reviews transgender rules

By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – U.S. soccer veteran Megan Rapinoe raised the ire of retired tennis great Martina Navratilova when she said this week she would “absolutely” support a trans woman playing on the American squad. The inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s events is one of the most contentious and divisive issues…

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Alzheimer’s diagnosis revamp embraces rating scale similar to cancer

By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -Alzheimer’s disease experts are revamping the way doctors diagnose patients with the progressive brain disorder – the most common type of dementia – by devising a seven-point rating scale based on cognitive and biological changes in the patient. The proposed guidelines, unveiled by experts on Sunday in a report issued at…

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Ukraine, Poland say Wagner fighters arrive in Belarus

(Reuters) -Fighters from the Wagner group have arrived in Belarus from Russia, Ukrainian and Polish officials said on Saturday, a day after Minsk said the mercenaries were training the country’s soldiers southeast of the capital. “Wagner is in Belarus,” Andriy Demchenko, a spokesman for the Ukrainian border agency, said in a statement on the Telegram…

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