WEST SACRAMENTO — Instant reactions from the Red Sox' 4-2 win over the Athletics on Monday at Sutter Health Park:
1. Boston improved to 55-50 while the Athletics dropped to 44-62. The Red Sox are 18-3 in July and won their 10th straight game on the road. They are 23-4 since June 25.
2. Ceddanne Rafaela's first career grand slam and 11th homer this season put the Red Sox ahead 4-1 in the sixth inning. It was only Boston's second hit of the game. The All-Star center fielder connected on a slider from left-handed reliever José Suarez and belted it 382 feet, just clearing the left field wall.
3. Boston didn't record its first hit against A's starter Jack Perkins until Connor Wong doubled to lead off the sixth inning. Perkins retired the next two hitters, Masataka Yoshida and Anthony Seigler, on groundouts before walking Willson Contreras.
Suarez replaced Perkins with runners at the corners. He walked Wilyer Abreu to load the bases, then allowed Rafaela's grand slam.

#first #grand #slam #inning

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Ceddanne Rafaela hit his first major league grand slam and the Boston Red Sox beat the Athletics 4-2 after being held without a hit through five innings Monday night.
Connor Wong doubled leading off the sixth for the first hit against Athletics rookie starter Jack Perkins (2-6), who was pulled after walking Willson Contreras with two outs. José Suarez walked Wilyer Abreu to load the bases, setting the stage for Rafaela's 11th homer and a 4-1 lead.
Curtis Mead struck out looking his first time up in his Boston debut and then left after he was hit on the wrist by a pitch his second time up. The Red Sox acquired Mead from the Wasington Nationals on Saturday night for rookie pitcher Connelly Early.
Tyler Soderstrom extended his hitting streak to 10 games when he launched his 17th homer to give the Athletics a 1-0 lead two batters into the bottom of the first against Payton Tolle. Jonah Heim homered for the 10th time to cut it to 4-2 in the sixth.
Tolle (6-6) allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked one to help the surging Red Sox (55-50) win for the 18th time in 20 games.

#athletics #boston #night #sixth

Jack Draper has pulled out of this week's Mubadala DC Open with an arm injury, tournament officials have announced.
It is the latest setback for the 24-year-old, who has been dogged by fitness issues throughout the year and missed the first three grand slam events.
The former world No 4, who has now fallen to a ranking of 147, had been due to play American Alex Michelsen in the first round.
A statement on X read: "Jack Draper has withdrawn from the tournament with a left arm injury. He will be replaced in the draw by lucky loser Mackenzie McDonald."
It is understood that Draper has withdrawn to focus on next month's ATP Tour events in Montreal and Cincinnati, although he would need a wild card in both, and the US Open, for which he would probably need to qualify.

#draper #injury

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On the swing that accounted for all four of the Boston Red Sox runs on Monday night in Sacramento against the A's, Ceddanne Rafaela thought he'd made an out.
He was hitting with the bases loaded, and he lofted a fly to left field, and he was ticked off.
Rafaela chucked the bat onto the ground in disgust as he jogged toward first base.
When he finally picked his head up, though, he learned that he had actually left the building.

#rafaela

Oscar Piastri's Friday at the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix was an uphill battle from the start. Forced to sit out Free Practice 1 to fulfill McLaren's mandatory rookie running requirements, the Australian had just one hour to get up to speed on a highly inconsistent, freshly resurfaced track.
Despite finishing FP2 down in eighth place—nearly 1.4 seconds off the leading pace set by Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton—Piastri remains highly optimistic about McLaren's potential this weekend.
Jumping into the MCL40 for FP2, Piastri inherited a tricky situation from reigning Formula 2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli, who had driven the car during the opening hour.
Nov 21, 2025; Las Vegas, NV, USA; McLaren driver Oscar Piastri (81) reacts after qualifying fifth for the Las Vegas Grand Prix at Las Vegas Strip Circuit. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images
The Hungaroring proved incredibly difficult to tame, characterized by severe gusts of wind and a bizarrely inconsistent track surface where new patches of tarmac were already wearing away. Adding to the frustration, Piastri's initial qualifying simulation was completely derailed when Alpine's Franco Colapinto spun backwards into the final corner barriers, triggering a red flag.

#oscar #grand #mandatory

Prince Harry reportedly wants his and wife Meghan Markle's children to spend more time with their grandfather, King Charles III, following their recent reunion.
The Spare author, 41, and the 44 year-old With Love, Meghan host's kids, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, traveled to the U.K. earlier this month and reunited with the sovereign, 77.
"Getting the kids back together with Charles is absolutely top of Harry's agenda right now, it's practically all he can talk about," the source tells Examiner. "He has his heart set on bringing them back for Christmas but he'd love to fit in a trip before then, too, if they can find a window in everyone's schedules."
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However, the source says while the As Ever founder is "all for him being positive and trying to rebuild things with Charles," she doesn't want it to come "at the expense of their own sanity."

#charles #back #source #harry

If there's one sustainable fashionista we look to when the season changes, it's Lady Amelia Windsor.
The 31-year-old cousin of King Charles has been embracing the British summertime - and we are grateful because it has meant a slew of killer looks from the granddaughter of the Duke of Kent.
Lady Amelia looked beautiful in the halterneck shorts combination
On Friday, Amelia was a vision in tangerine, displaying her modelesque, flawlessly tanned legs in a pair of floral shorts, paired with a burnt orange halterneck top.
Amelia kept her glam for the occasion au naturel and her trademark honey blonde hair sleek and straight.

#shorts #Windsor

Celtic player Camilo Duran poses for pictures at Celtic Park, Glasgow on Thursday 23rd July 2026. Photo Andy Buchanan/Shutterstock
That game will be packed but today's friendly against a lightweight AC Milan side that will be missing multiple top performers, will not be well attended due to the Celtic support once again being frustrated and angry with the club for creating another summer of discontent through their inactivity in transfer market, so far only getting one deal over the line with the £5m signing of Camilo Duran from Qarabag.
That transfer fee has been more than covered by the sale of Luis Palma to Lech Poznan for £3.5m and Maik Nawrocki to RC Lens for £2m. And with Celtic CEO Michael Nicholson in discussions to sign four new players, it looks like the delay could be caused by an instruction to wait for sales of key players like Daizen Maeda and Arne Engels before proceeding with the purchases Martin O'Neill needs this week.
Maeda should compete his move to Ipswich Town today and that could result in Kasper Hogh from Bodo Glimt coming to Celtic early next week, fingers crossed anyway.
Meanwhile Celtic are haggling over a few hundred grand which is frustrating the move for German midfielder Mika Baur with SC Paderborn resisting the latest Celtic lowballing attempt for their player who has already agreed personal terms with the Scottish Champions and wants the move to happen.

#week

Call it a B-spec, call it a heavily revised AMR26, call it whatever you want – what Aston Martin rolled out at the Hungaroring for the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix is, by any reasonable engineering standard, a new Formula 1 car. Sixteen separate components were declared upgraded, mechanics broke FIA curfew to get both cars fitted in time, and the team reportedly flew spare parts to Budapest just to guarantee Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll could each run the full package. That is not a development update. That is a rebuild.
The backstory is by now well-documented and not particularly flattering. Adrian Newey didn't get serious work underway on the AMR26 until mid-March 2025, and the wind tunnel didn't see a model until mid-April – three months behind rivals who were already deep into the new regulatory cycle. The car that arrived at pre-season testing in Barcelona was overweight, paddock insiders estimated by somewhere between 10 and 15 kilograms, maybe more, and the Honda power unit was generating vibrations severe enough to rattle onboard cameras loose and leave Alonso and Stroll visibly fighting the steering wheel.
At the Australian opener, Alonso qualified 2.462 seconds off the pace. Both cars retired when the vibrations damaged the battery systems. It went largely sideways from there – one point across the opening ten rounds, tenth of eleven teams in the constructors' standings, behind only the expansion Cadillac outfit.
The nose is the clearest sign of how deep the changes go. Where the original AMR26 carried a wide, blunt front structure, the Hungary version features a noticeably thinner, more tapered profile – the kind of slender nose Newey has favoured since his early Red Bull years. That change alone cascades through the entire front end: new uprights, revised aerodynamic ducting, changed actuator mounting, and a completely reworked front wing with reshaped endplates. Per Newey, the forward section of the chassis was lightened to the point that it required a full re-homologation and fresh crash testing – which, depending on your definition, crosses the threshold from upgrade to new car.
Newey himself occupies both sides of that argument simultaneously. "The main structural elements remain the same – the chassis and gearbox architecture don't fundamentally change – but we've taken weight out of both, which required re-homologating and crash testing the forward chassis," he said. So: same architecture, new crash test. Make of that what you will.

#call #stroll

World champion Lando Norris has taken a swipe at Formula One chiefs accusing them of putting profit before the sport.
Speaking ahead of this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, Norris also claimed F1 fans who have not been reared on Netflix's Drive to Survive series will "hate" this season's regulations.
The new engine rules – a 50-50 split between combustion and electrical power – have attracted criticism up and down the grid. They are back in the spotlight after the power-dependent rounds at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps.
Respected Sky F1 pundit Martin Brundle said he had been left with a "tear in my eye because we've lost all the great corners at Silverstone and at Spa" with drivers effectively slowing down at top speed to recharge their battery.
And Norris said: "It's a business. Everyone wants to make money, so in order for Audi (new to the grid for 2026) and other teams like Cadillac to come in, we had to make changes.

#grid

GRAND RAPIDS – Tony Annese is the head coach of the successful Division II football program in decades ... and maybe ever.
Yet he still can't believe his Ferris State University team has won four of the past five national championships.
"It's hard to win even once," Annese said. "It's a once in a lifetime thing to win the national championship, and we've been able to do it four times. Everyone here wants to win the national championship. Sometimes I look back and I pinch myself because I'm shocked that we even did it once, let alone four times."
Not surprisingly, Ferris State was named as the No. 1 team in the preseason Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coaches Poll. The Bulldogs were followed by Grand Valley State, Michigan Tech University, Davenport University and Saginaw Valley State University.
More: Grand Valley State releases 2026 football schedule with home Ferris State showdown

#state #ferris

The 2026 Formula 1 calendar has been in a state of flux since the Middle East conflict forced the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix earlier this year. Now, the scramble to fill the void is reaching a climax, and a fan-favorite circuit is on the verge of an unexpected return.
According to a recent update from F1 Speed Indonesia, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has officially addressed the rumors surrounding the Sepang International Circuit. Responding to press inquiries regarding F1's request to have Malaysia replace the canceled Bahrain GP, Ibrahim confirmed that a definitive answer is imminent.
"Regarding F1, we will make an announcement on Sunday," the Prime Minister stated, setting a July 26 deadline for the decision.
This aligns with recent confirmations from Malaysia's Youth and Sports Ministry, which has been actively ***** sing the feasibility, costs, and logistics of hosting a Grand Prix at short notice.
The aggressive push for Malaysia comes after F1's initial contingency plans fell apart. Organizers had originally hoped to reschedule the Bahrain GP for early October—slotting it right between the Azerbaijan and Singapore races. However, with geopolitical tensions flaring up once again, the FIA and F1 management have been forced to abandon the Middle East makeup dates entirely.

#Bahrain #prix #malaysia #circuit

NEW YORK — David Stearns has barely seen all of the members of the team he constructed on the field at the same time, but that reality is fleeting.
As injuries mounted and underperformance permeated the Mets in 2026, the looming reality that the club might never meet its grand expectations has come to pass. And now, with the Aug. 3 trade deadline a little more than a week away, the stark realization of an overhaul cast a pall on the Mets season.
"I think we have to be open-minded. We've been very clear, Steve (Cohen's) been very clear that we expect to compete in 2027 — we have to keep that in mind," Stearns said. "We also have to make moves that that we believe are right for the organization, and so we're sitting here nine, 10 days out for the deadline, and we're not going to close any paths down right now.
Now, the team that Stearns pieced together this offseason with the belief that a World Series could be attainable will be systematically dismantled. With two months left in the season, the sights have turned toward the future.
"This season didn't go as we anticipated. It's extremely disappointing," Stearns said. "I am extremely disappointed that we are in this situation, but I am also very aware we are in this situation. It's my job to do what's in the best interest of the organization right now."

#season #team #clear #we 're

Polish tennis player, Iga Swiatek, is the WTA World No. 8 ranked player. At 25, she is a former World No. 1, winner of six Grand Slams, 25 ****** les, and the 2024 Paris Olympics bronze medalist.
Swiatek enters the hardcourt as the reigning Cincinnati Open champion and US Open mixed doubles finalist (with Casper Ruud).
She shared a recent training video as she prepares for hardcourt play. The training exercise was atypical, and fans had plenty to say about it.
MORE: Tennis players face impossible 2028 schedule with Wimbledon, Summer Olympics
Instead of a weight vest, Swiatek has a tube of water, hoisted on her back.

#World #grand

Jul. 24—GRAND FORKS — Matti Kwarta had just seven at-bats as a freshman at San Diego State this year.
On July 11, she won the Northwoods League's home run derby, beating out the likes of Wisconsin's Hilary Blomberg and Washington's Ava Carroll.
Kwarta was primarily a pitcher for the Aztecs. This summer with the Grand Forks Spitfires, though, Kwarta is proving she's still a major threat at the plate.
"I hope to bring what I've been doing here back to SDSU to help my team," Kwarta said. "It gives me more confidence knowing that I can do this at this level, going against great pitchers. So hopefully when I go back, this carries over. ... I would love to be able to hit more and be able to pitch."
Kwarta leads the Spitfires with 13 home runs, and her .475 batting average ranks fourth in the Northwoods League.

#grand #home

Sport is littered with moments when the baton is passed from one generation for the other.
Steffi Graf toppled Martina Navratilova to win her first Grand Slam ****** le on the clay of Paris in 1987 and Jason Kenny beat Chris Hoy to take the coveted sprint spot for Team GB at London 2012.
It is less than a week since Lamine Yamal's Spain beat Lionel Messi's Argentina in another similar moment.
For the youngster involved, it is straightforward: take a shot at the superstar.
The renowned champion has to hold off a rival and time itself.

#steffi #martina #grand

GRAND RAPIDS - Tony Annese is the head coach of the most successful Division II football program in decades and maybe ever.
Yet he still can't believe his Ferris State University team has won four of the past five national championships.
"It's hard to win even once," Annese said. "It's a once in a lifetime thing to win the national championship, and we've been able to do it four times. Everyone here wants to win the national championship. Sometimes I look back and I pinch myself because I'm shocked that we even did it once, let alone four times."
Not surprisingly, Ferris State was named as the No. 1 team in the Preseason Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coaches Poll. They are followed by Grand Valley State, Michigan Tech University, Davenport University and Saginaw Valley State University.
More: Grand Valley State releases 2026 football schedule with home Ferris State showdown

#state #grand #ferris #annese

MONTREAL (AP) — World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic have withdrawn from the National Bank Open.
Tennis Canada announced Friday that neither will compete in Montreal after both players were included on the entry list for the ATP Masters 1000 tournament beginning Aug. 1.
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz was not included on the player list as he continues to recover from a right wrist injury that forced him to miss the French Open and Wimbledon.
"After carefully considering all the factors together with my team, we have made the difficult decision to withdraw from Montreal," said Sinner, who won at Wimbledon earlier this month.
"It is never easy to miss such an important event, but we believe this is the right decision to prioritize my health. I'm disappointed not to be there, but I look forward to returning to Montreal in the future."

#montreal

If ever Muzzy Donohue needed to center himself on Friday at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, he simply looked down at his ball marker and the memory of his late grandma Marcey snapped him back into focus.
"We've been talking about our grandma and how she's been with us," said Donohue, a 25-year-old former graduate of St. Thomas Academy, who is playing the 3M Open this week on a sponsor's exemption. "She passed away on Monday."
As hard as it's been on the whole family to lose its matriarch, Donohue said he couldn't help but feel like some divine intervention was at play as he shot an impressive 8-under 63 to make the cut in his PGA Tour debut.
There were a number of putts that Donohue either pushed or pulled that somehow found their way into the back of the cup. He's operating as if he's had somebody looking down on him from above.
"Yes, 100%," Donohue said. "Hopefully, she's not sick of me and will stick around."

#donohue #Friday #twin #marcey

Indianapolis tennis legend Barbara Wynne passed away on July 18 at the age of 93.
Wynne's family goes way beyond her six children, 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. The Shortridge High School graduate was a massive force in Central Indiana tennis, paving the way for young talent to thrive in the sport.
Wynne helped establish the North Side Tennis Club in 1964, which eventually became the Indianapolis Community Tennis Program. Wynne began the public tennis program "with the vision that tennis can enhance one's athletic ability, as well as one's personal life," according to ICTP.
Wynne's program went from her backyard court to eight courts at North Central, where thirty courts and a tennis house were eventually built. Washington Township completed a multi-million-dollar renovation of the tennis house in 2003. The 30-court facility was named the Barbara S. Wynne Tennis Center.
In 1984, twenty years after founding her tennis club, Wynne's program began "Kids Helping Kids," a charity project to benefit Riley Children's Foundation. Young tennis players raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Riley Hospital for Children.

#kids #riley #children

INDIANAPOLIS – One weekend before NASCAR returned to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard 400, IndyCar legend Scott Dixon criticized the length of NASCAR Cup Series races.
The six-time IndyCar champion was asked about the original distance of IndyCar's Music City Grand Prix, which was set to be 300 laps and nearly 400 miles before it was postponed and shortened. Dixon said he didn't know if he'd like more IndyCar races of a similar distance, citing his problem with the length of Cup races.
"I don't know," Dixon said in an interview with Frontstretch.com. "I find it really hard to watch Cup races. It allows for a nap. Maybe that's good. I don't know."
The comments drew the ire of many NASCAR fans and commentators, who disagreed with Dixon's ******* sment. This year, the shortest Cup race on an oval is 267 miles and the longest is 600. The shortest oval races typically take around three hours while longer races can exceed four hours. Last year's Brickyard 400 took three hours and 22 minutes.
While many felt Dixon's comments were out of line, 2024 Brickyard 400 winner Kyle Larson understood Dixon's point.

#races #indycar #know

Former IndyCar Series driver and F1 TV pundit James Hinchcliffe has argued that Aston Martin's highly anticipated upgrade package at the Hungarian Grand Prix should not be judged solely on its immediate pace, warning that the team will need time to maximise the changes.
Ahead of the final race before Formula 1's summer break, the Silverstone outfit is debuting a massive upgrade package at the Hungaroring. Aston Martin opted against introducing incremental changes, instead choosing to target Hungary to essentially bring a B-spec car.
Speaking on F1 TV's Weekend Warm-Up, Hinchcliffe discussed the pressure on the Adrian Newey-led squad to deliver a result.
"Yes, there's a lot of pressure, certainly. They've made a bold choice. I've never seen anything quite like it in Formula 1 to just sit on the car as is and have everything come in one go," Hinchcliffe explained.
"And there's just going to be so much hope, so much anticipation for this weekend that it all works. Now remember, just because you bolted it onto the car today doesn't mean you've maximised the package today.

#hinchcliffe #formula #much

Kimi Antonelli has admitted it is “mentally draining” fighting to become world champion for the first time – as the Italian teenager laid out his plan to dominate Formula One and become an all-time great.
The 19-year-old, in just his second season, heads into Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix with a 45-point buffer at the top of the standings after winning six of the 10 rounds staged.
Lewis Hamilton, the man whose shoes he filled at Mercedes, is currently his closest rival, with team-mate George Russell 50 points back.
Antonelli endured a turbulent first year in the sport – finishing 169 points behind Russell – but he has largely been in a class of one so far to create a narrative that securing this year’s crown could be the first of many.
And in an interview with the Press **** ociation, Antonelli said: “That is the goal, to be one of the best in the sport and win as much as possible.

#first #russell #become

Texas was the last school to take part in 2026 SEC media days in Tampa, Florida.
Quarterback Arch Manning enters his fourth season as a redshirt junior at Texas in 2026. He represented the Longhorns at SEC media days on Thursday.
Manning is the son of Cooper Manning. He is also the grandson of Archie Manning and the nephew of Eli Manning and former Vol Peyton Manning.
The 6-foot-4, 222-pound quarterback will play at Tennessee on Sept. 26. The SEC matchup will mark the first time the Longhorns will play at Tennessee.
Arch Manning discussed facing the Vols during the 2026 regular season.

#season

The 2026 Belgian Grand Prix saw Haas record its fourth consecutive race without scoring a single Formula 1 point, following a start to the season that had shown some promise. However, it has been clear for several races now that the American team has been outdeveloped by most of its rivals, starting with Racing Bulls and Audi, which are now battling it out with Alpine for points.
As such, hopes of a strong showing were not particularly high ahead of the Spa race, especially for Esteban Ocon, who has been plagued by performance issues with his VF-26. But, the fact that the two drivers made contact on the first lap – which resulted in the Frenchman running off the track and both suffering punctures – did not help matters.
Historically, incidents involving Haas drivers are nothing new, but for team boss Ayao Komatsu, it is essential to draw a clear line in the sand straight away – despite the particular circumstances of last week’s incident.
"We just have to make sure it doesn't happen again", he told the media, including Motorsport.com, on Thursday in Budapest. "As always, even on a Sunday after the race, I just wanted to hear points of view from both sides, and then I put my points of view, and then we spoke about it, and then days after as well, so it's all fine."
When asked for his own view, the ***** anese team principal sidestepped the question: "I don't think I need to share that here. My interest is of course, whatever the reason, it just cannot happen again. Full stop. So, we just got to have a clear rule of engagement."

#view

The 2026 Formula 1 season has been incredibly brutal for Aston Martin. After tumbling down the competitive order and fighting a severely overweight and aerodynamically flawed chassis, the Silverstone-based squad is finally hitting the reset ****** on.
As the paddock sets up for the Hungarian Grand Prix, the FIA has released the official car presentation documents, and Aston Martin’s submission is nothing short of staggering. The team has declared a massive 16-component upgrade package. This isn’t a simple front wing tweak—this is effectively the debut of the highly anticipated B-spec AMR26.
The official FIA document reveals that nearly every aerodynamic surface on the car has been heavily revised. Unsurprisingly, almost all of the 16 changes are primarily focused on increasing “local load” to conquer the twisty, downforce-heavy layout of the Hungaroring.
The aggressive changes start right at the front of the car. Aston Martin has introduced a completely new, “longer, thinner nose” ****** embly that marries to a highly revised front wing featuring redistributed chord profiles and updated endplate diveplanes. Moving rearward, the team has fundamentally redesigned the car’s underbody.
The FIA document confirms that “all of the permitted surfaces of the floor” have been changed. This includes heavily updated leading-edge floor fences, a highly modified floor edge just ahead of the rear tires, and a completely reworked diffuser.

#martin #highly #official #document

A simple comment from a royal fan left King Charles smiling during a recent public appearance. While greeting well-wishers, the monarch was told he looked just like his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. His brief, one-word reply quickly caught people's attention online. Since then, many have shared their own thoughts on the resemblance between Charles and the late queen.
King Charles shared a touching moment with a royal fan while attending the RHS Sandringham Flower Show on July 22. The monarch was making his way through the crowd, stopping to shake hands and greet well-wishers, when one admirer made a heartfelt observation.
"You look so much like your mum," the fan told Charles, referring to Queen Elizabeth II. According to ***** O! Magazine's video, the king paused before quietly replying, "Really?" While it was a short response, it appeared to reflect his appreciation for the compliment. The interaction, which was captured on camera, quickly began circulating online.
The exchange also reminded many royal watchers of the similarities between Charles and his late mother. Over the years, the king has often been compared to other members of the royal family. Prince William is one name that frequently comes up. On other occasions, some have also drawn comparisons to the late King Edward VII. However, many believe Charles most closely resembles Queen Elizabeth II.
Meanwhile, another comparison also surfaced online. Beneath ***** O!'s Instagram video of the interaction, one user claimed Charles bears a striking resemblance to Princess Victoria of Hesse, his paternal great-grandmother from Prince Philip's side of the family. While that remains the opinion of one commenter, it added to the discussion surrounding the king's appearance.

#charles #many

A simple comment from a royal fan left King Charles smiling during a recent public appearance. While greeting well-wishers, the monarch was told he looked just like his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. His brief, one-word reply quickly caught people's attention online. Since then, many have shared their own thoughts on the resemblance between Charles and the late queen.
King Charles shared a touching moment with a royal fan while attending the RHS Sandringham Flower Show on July 22. The monarch was making his way through the crowd, stopping to shake hands and greet well-wishers, when one admirer made a heartfelt observation.
"You look so much like your mum," the fan told Charles, referring to Queen Elizabeth II. According to ****** O! Magazine's video, the king paused before quietly replying, "Really?" While it was a short response, it appeared to reflect his appreciation for the compliment. The interaction, which was captured on camera, quickly began circulating online.
The exchange also reminded many royal watchers of the similarities between Charles and his late mother. Over the years, the king has often been compared to other members of the royal family. Prince William is one name that frequently comes up. On other occasions, some have also drawn comparisons to the late King Edward VII. However, many believe Charles most closely resembles Queen Elizabeth II.
Meanwhile, another comparison also surfaced online. Beneath ****** O!'s Instagram video of the interaction, one user claimed Charles bears a striking resemblance to Princess Victoria of Hesse, his paternal great-grandmother from Prince Philip's side of the family. While that remains the opinion of one commenter, it added to the discussion surrounding the king's appearance.

#charles #royal #late #hello

Drinking games are sometimes popular among TV viewers.
This weekend, I say line 'em up and toss one back every time you hear the word history or historic. Oh, what the ******* , toss in iconic, that overused label thrown around by the hype pushers.
At least this time, there really is history because it's the most famous speedway in the world: Indianapolis, where the familiar pagoda and that front straight, enveloped by nearby grandstands, can both rightly be called iconic.
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The actual racing? Not always great, but we'll see how it goes with the Cup and O'Reilly cars racing at the Brickyard, while the Trucks and ARCA will be racing across town at Lucas Oil Speedway, which you might remember as Indianapolis Raceway Park.

#indianapolis #toss #time

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes Esteban Ocon is likely in his final year with the American outfit, predicting a Ferrari junior will be drafted in to replace the Frenchman in 2027.
Steiner offered a blunt ****** sment of Ocon's current campaign at Haas during an appearance on The Red Flags Podcast ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. The 29-year-old has been consistently outperformed by his team-mate Oliver Bearman, who is in his second season in the championship, sparking speculation about Ocon's future with Haas.
"I think Ollie is doing a very good job, and Esteban is just like, that’s the max we can do," Steiner said. "The difference is so big. I think it’s the biggest difference between team-mates now in the championship. Especially in qualifying.
"If you also take the time gap between the two, it's always huge. So I don’t think he has got a future there. I think that’s his last year there."
With Ocon's future under scrutiny, attention has inevitably turned to who might fill the potentially vacant seat. Several candidates have been floated, including McLaren reserve driver Leonardo Fornaroli and Formula 2 driver Rafael Camara, as well as Yuki Tsunoda.

#haas #think #future