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Qatar survived some tense moments to reach the handball final at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games after beating South Korea 32-30 in a closely contested semi-final yesterday.Qatar will face Bahrain in today’s final after Bahrain defeated Japan 35-31 in the other semi-final. Qatar are bidding to retain the gold medal they have won at each of the past three editions of the Asian Games.South Korea made the stronger start, taking a 2-0 lead before Qatar reduced the deficit to 5-4. The Koreans restored a three-goal advantage at 9-6 and remained in front until Qatar began their comeback.South Korea led 11-9 in the 20th minute and 14-12 five minutes later, but Qatar levelled at 14-14 before the teams went into the break tied at 16-16.Qatar started the second half strongly, moving 18-16 ahead, but South Korea quickly levelled at 18-18 and then regained the lead at 20-19. Qatar responded immediately to make it 20-20 and then moved 21-20 in front.The match remained finely balanced, with the teams level at 26-26 entering the final 10 minutes. Qatar then took control in the closing stages, moving 30-28 ahead before extending their lead to 32-28. South Korea scored twice late on, but Qatar held on for a 32-30 victory. Qatar swept past Vietnam 3-0 in volleyball. Qatar beat Vietnam to reach volleyball second roundQatar secured their place in the second round of the men’s volleyball competition with a 3-0 victory over Vietnam in their second Group C match.The result gave Qatar their second successive win, following their opening victory over Hong Kong, and confirmed their qualification for the knockout stage.Qatar won 25-23, 28-26, 25-19 in a competitive match, with the first two sets closely fought before Qatar pulled away in the third.Vietnam stayed in contention throughout the opening set, with the lead changing hands several times. Qatar handled the crucial points better to take it 25-23.The second set was even tighter as Vietnam pushed Qatar to the limit. Qatar maintained their composure in the closing stages to win 28-26 and take a 2-0 lead.Vietnam made another strong start to the third set, but Qatar gradually took control and opened a 17-12 lead. They maintained the advantage despite Vietnam’s attempts to fight back and closed out the set 25-19.Qatar face India today in their final group match, with top spot in Group C at stake. India have also won their opening two matches, setting up a meeting between the two unbeaten teams. Tokyo Olympic gold medallist weightlifter Fares Ibrahim finished a…
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Metropolitan Police officers wait on e-bikes, in London. (Reuters) London’s Metropolitan Police this week launched an expanded fleet of e-bikes to tackle criminals committing street crimes such as phone thefts in the British capital, with the expansion described by one senior officer as a “game changer”.The Met is deploying 20 new e-bikes, which are capable of speeds of up to 50 miles per hour (80kph) and able to follow suspects off roads and even up stairs, aiming to tackle so-called snatch offences.During a patrol on Wednesday, one Met officer hailed the impact of the new e-bikes and the force’s use of drones, though he said their “regular customers” had already learned to adapt to the police’s shift patterns.The Met says the bikes have particularly helped them tackle mobile phone thefts, with statistics showing offences in the 12 months to May down from about 68,000 to 54,000.But the number of “positive outcomes”, which the Met describes as offences resulting in a caution, charge or other criminal disposal, remains below 1%.Kaya Comer-Schwartz, London’s deputy mayor for policing and crime, told Reuters that tackling offences like phone thefts needed to come alongside “improving the wider criminal justice system and supporting victims”.LONDON CRIME IN FOCUSRight-wing politicians and public figures, including US President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk, have frequently commented on crime in Britain and London in particular, with Trump claiming there were “no-go” areas for police in London.While crime had been on a general upward trend as policing funding declined, the latest figures show neighbourhood crimes such as thefts, robberies and burglaries in London decreased in the year to June. Last month, London Mayor Sadiq Khan criticised people online and abroad who “have been trying to talk London down”.Louise Puddefoot, the Met’s deputy assistant commissioner for frontline policing, said discussion of crime in the capital was not something the force focused on.She told Reuters: “I think my job is to show people that we’re tackling criminality, provide the data and the figures so they appreciate that we’re not the most dangerous capital city around and provide that reassurance.”It’s probably not my job to kind of get into the political motivations for that commentary, but I think all we can do is show that we’re tackling criminality and reassuring communities.” Related Story Source link
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