NORTH KOREA FIRED SEVERAL BALLISTIC MISSILES INTO THE SEA. (PHOTO).

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 North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual combined drills, which the North views as an invasion rehearsal.  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings, North Korea’s fifth missile launch event this year, were detected from the North’s Hwanghae province but gave no further details such as how far they flew.  Earlier Monday, the South Korean and U.S. militaries began their annual joint military exercises, which are scheduled to last 11 days. The Freedom Shield command post exercise began after the South Korean and U.S. militaries paused live-fire training while Seoul investigates how two of its fighter jets mistakenly bombed a civilian area during a warm-up drill last week.  The drills' start drew the condemnation of nuclear-armed North Korea, which issued a government statement calling the exercises a “dangerous provocative act...

NIGERIA'S D'TIGRESS DEFEAT WORLD NO. 3 AUSTRALIA TO CLAIM FIRST WIN AT OLYMPICS IN 20 YEARS. (PHOTO).

Nigeria’s  D’Tigress defeat  world No.3 Australia to claim first win at Olympics in 20 years


Nigeria defeated Australia 75-62  at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium on Monday, July 29.


D’Tigress led 18-17 at the end of the first quarter, and the lead was extended to 41-28 by half-time.  Australia bounced back after the break, winning the third quarter 19-10, but Nigeria claimed the victory in the fourth quarter, winning 24-15 and sparking wild celebrations.


Before today’s game, the four-time African champions had never won a single game at the Olympics in their previous two appearances.


It’s the team’s first win in an Olympic match since Athens 2004 when they defeated South Korea in an inconsequential classification game after crashing out.


The Australians were listed as third on the competition’s power ranking, while Nigeria was named 12th.

 

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