1940  Kansas City, Kansas: – Orville Brown beat Don McIntyre– Ralph Garibaldi beat Steve Brody in 2 of 3 falls – Earl Wampler defeated Jim Reeder  1943  Waterloo, Iowa:– Ed (Strangler) Lewis beat John Grandovich– Johnny Seals beat Leo McGuirk (Leroy McGuirk) – Jack Kennedy beat Big Boy Mully 1961  Minneapolis, Minnesota:– AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski no contest Hard Boiled Haggerty– Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Kowalski– Mr. M beat Roy McClarty– Karl Krauser (Karl Gotch) beat Tiny Mills – Dale Lewis drew Bob Geigel 1963  Amarillo, Texas:– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dory Funk Jr in 2 out of 3 falls– Joe Blanchard & Dory Funk Sr & Ricky Romero beat Sputnik Monroe…

A wildfire that roared with little warning into a Northern California city claimed two lives as thousands of people scrambled to escape before the walls of flames descended from forested hills onto their neighbourhoods. Residents who gathered their belongings in haste described a chaotic and congested getaway as the embers blew up to a mile ahead of flames and the fire leaped across the wide Sacramento River and torched subdivisions in Redding, a city of 92,000 about 100 miles south of the Oregon border. "I’ve never experienced something so terrifying in my life," said Liz Williams, who loaded up two kids in her car and then found herself locked in…

The French wing of British pest control and hygiene giant Rentokil Initial has been ordered to pay a former employee €60,000 (£53,000) because it failed to respect his “right to disconnect” from his phone and computer outside office hours. The ruling is believed to be the first of its kind since a 2016 law on the right to switch off such electronic devices became effective on January 1 last year in response to the modern-day scourge of compulsive out-of-hours email and message checking. In its decision dated July 12, France’s Court de Cassation, its Supreme Court, found it unfair for the unnamed ex-employee, a former South West regional director of…

There were calls for a referendum in Germany on Monday after Angela Merkel’s chosen successor said she was ready to consider the return of national service. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who is widely seen as Mrs Merkel’s designated heir, surprised Germany at the end of last week when she said she was open to “very intense” discussion on the possibility. A senior regional leader on Monday led calls for a referendum on the issue as opinion polls showed more than 55 per cent of Germans support the reintroduction of conscription. But a spokesman for Mrs Merkel’s government on Monday made clear that a return to compulsory military service is out of the question.…

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a series of attacks against police officers in Chechnya that appeared to have been coordinated while the former warlord-turned strongman Ramzan Kadyrov was on a visit to Saudi Arabia. The Chechen leader, a former separatist turned Putin ally, was on his way to the hajj pilgrimage while three attacks, including a suicide bombing, took place. The attacks come a year after several police officers were killed in the southern Russian republic. Investigators said two attackers, armed with knives broke through the block-post of the local police station in Shalinsky district, near Grozny at 10.30am local time. Two police officers were injured before the attackers were killed. Almost simultaneously a suicide bomber triggered an explosive…

#2 St. Cloud State tallies big win over Mary on Jan. 30 The #2 ranked St. Cloud State University wrestling team (12-2, 3-0 NSIC) continued its run of success in NSIC action with a 49-0 win over the University of Mary on Friday, Jan. 30 at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud, Minn. The Huskies earned one forfeit, one injury default, three falls, one tech fall and one major decision to roll to the NSIC victory. Complete results from the match are listed below. SCSU will continue its 2014-15 season with a NSIC dual against Minot State University. The action in Halenbeck Hall gets underway at 2 p.m. This match has…

The Gophers will take on Maryland in the first-ever Big Ten meeting between the two schools to wrap up Minnesota’s 2014-15 conference season Now 10 weeks removed from its Big Ten conference-opener, No. 2 Minnesota will visit College Park on Sunday to take on Maryland and wrap up its 2014-15 Big Ten schedule. The dual will be the first-ever conference match between the Gophers (10-2 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) and the Terrapins (5-13 overall, 0-7 Big Ten). After winning its first 10 duals this season, Minnesota has dropped its last two contests, most recently falling to No. 5 Ohio State in Columbus on Friday night, 22-13. Prior to its recent…

WWE recently held the first of two days of NXT UK TV Tapings which emanated from Birmingham, England. The quarterfinals of the first-ever NXT UK Women’s Championship Tournament took place during the first day of the tapings, while the semifinals and the finals will be taking place on the second day of the tapings. Below are the full spoiler results from the first day of the tapings:   – Killer Kelly def. Charlie Morgan (Dark Match). – Xavier Woods announces that WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate will be in WWE 2K19. – Triple H unveils the new NXT UK Women’s Championship. – Jordan Devlin def. Sid…

The South Dakota State University wrestling team returns to its home mat Sunday afternoon, hosting North Dakota State in the first of two duals against the rival Bison this season. Action is slated for a 4:30 p.m. start at Frost Arena, following the Jackrabbit men’s basketball team’s contest against UC Santa Barbara. The match will be televised regionally on Midco Sports Network, with additional video streaming available via subscription at FloWrestling.org. Sunday’s dual will be a non-conference matchup during which the Border Bell — a traveling trophy between the traditional rivals — will be up for grabs. The Jackrabbits enter the weekend with a 4-5 overall dual record. SDSU wrestled…

Cody Rhodes already had plenty of reasons to be proud during the night of All In. His ambitious wrestling show was a major critical and financial success last night, and as if that was not enough, the night also saw Rhodes win the prestigious NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Rhodes took on previous champion Nick Aldis during All In and received a tremendous ovation from the crowd in attendance when he was able to win the match and capture the title for the first time in his career. Of course, several fans still associate the old NWA title with Cody’s late father, Dusty Rhodes, so it was definitely an emotional night…