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Fans arrive at Eden Park in Auckland ahead of the quarter-final of the Women's World Cup match between Japan and Sweden. IMAGES
Tokyo, Aug 29 (EFE/EPA).- Dozens of young people lined up from early morning Sunday outside a COVID-19 vaccination venue recently set up by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government at Shibuya district in the hope to get a vaccination slot by participating in a vaccine lottery. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: YOUNG PEOPLE LINE UP TO GET A VACCINATION LOTTERY TICKET IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Japanese fans gather at a local theatre to watch the Olympics softball final, where the hosts are pitched against Team USA for the gold medal. The audience are banned in most of the Olympic events due to pandemic measures. IMAGES
Tokyo, Jul 13 (EFE).-Andrés Iniesta believes Spain has “a magnificent squad” for the Tokyo Olympics soccer tournament and expects the team to go far in the competition. (Camera: MARÍA ROLDÁN)SOUND BITES: ANDRÉS INIESTA (IN SPANISH)TRANSLATIONS:1. Well hopefully they get the gold medal. For that there are many games ahead but I think they have a magnificent selection and very important players in their teams. Well, I think they have a lot of options to have a great role.2. I think that for Japan it is a plus, that the Olympics are in Japan even if there is no public, that I think is a great encouragement, it also has a great selection of boys who play soccer very well, well let's see, soccer, football, sport in general, any detail can change the story a bit and let's see what happens. In this sense, Spain is fighting for everything and we will see where they get to.3.I am practically already done with my career, the important thing is that he continues to be Pedri, that he continues to learn from the people around him, he is in a magnificent club to do it, and that he makes his way from there. He has a a lot of talent to be an important player and hopefully that will be the case.
The recent storming of the US Capitol seems to be hitting President Donald Trump not only politically, but financially as well. CNN reports a growing number of businesses suddenly want very little to do with Trump after he incited a mob of his supporters to attack the Capitol. Twitter and Facebook banned Trump indefinitely, and Stripe is no longer processing credit card payments for his campaign. Shopify stopped operating online stores for the Trump Organization and the campaign and the PGA is pulling a major golf tournament from a Trump resort. It's also unclear which, if any, banks will want to loan money to the Trump Organization.
Country music singer and songwriter K.T. Oslin has died. She was 78. CNN reports Oslin had one of the most soulful voices in country music and came to fame with her anthem '80's Ladies.' She also won multiple Grammy and ACM Awards during her career. Oslin was inducted into the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018. Travis Tritt recalled touring with Oslin at the beginning of her career, and remembered her as a 'brilliant songwriter and one helluva lady.'
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