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 gliding, also called soaring, flight in an unpowered heavier-than-air craft. Any engineless aircraft, from the simplest hang glider to a space shuttle on its return flight to the Earth, is a glider. The glider is powered by gravity, which means that it is always sinking through the air. However, when an efficient glider is flown through air that is rising faster than the aircraft’s rate of sink, the glider will climb. There are many types of glider, the most efficient of which is the sailplane. Hang gliding and paragliding are specialized forms of gliding. Sailplane. Sailplane. Pioneers in glider flight and development include the German Otto Lilienthal (1848–96), who was the first to attain predictable and controlled glider flight; the British pilot Percy Pilcher (1866–99); and the Americans Octave Chanute and the Wright brothers. Gliding for sport originated in Germany in 1910; the sailplane was first developed there after World War I, during the time when the Treaty of Versaill...

Fedrick Dacres threw a season’s best 68.57m to win the men’s discus at the 2023 Tucson Elite Classic on Thursday. The 2019 World Championship silver medalist had three throws over 67m (67.84m, 68.27, 68.57) that exceeded the 2023 World Championships qualifying standard of 67.20m and makes him the third Jamaican behind Roje Stona and Traves Smikle to achieve the standard this season. Samoa's Alex Rose, who has thrown over 70m this season, finished in second place with 66.91m with Sam Mattis throwing 64.64m to snag third place. It was a welcome performance from Dacres, who delivered his best performance with the disc since he threw 69.67m at Excelsior High School in Kingston in February 2020. The 29-year-old Dacres, the 2018 Commonwealth Games, NACAC and Diamond League champion, who boasts a personal best of 70.78m, a national record, has been hampered by injury and have undergone surgeries on his knees and wrist in the past few years. Thursday’s performance makes him the sixth-best ...

Indian Junior Hockey Team captain Uttam Singh on Friday exuded confidence that his team will qualify for the Junior World Cup by giving good performance in the Jr Asia Cup scheduled in Oman from 23 May to 1 June. India has been grouped Pakistan in Pool A along Japan, Thailand and Chinese Taipei, in the 10-team Junior Asia Cup . Pool B comprises of Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan. India will open their campaign in the tournament taking on Chinese Taipei on 24 May. The Men in Blue will face Green shirts on 27 May. The tournament is crucial for the participants as it will serve as the qualifying event for the Junior World Cup to be played in Malaysia in December this year. While Malaysia will qualify by the virtue of being the hosts, top 3 finishers in this tournament will qualify for the quadrennial event. The team,led by Uttam Singh and Vice Captained by Boby Singh Dhami, which left for Oman this morning is high on confidence following their outstanding victory at the 1...

 It is no secret that Barcelona are prioritizing a quality full-back for the next season. In this regard, they have previously been linked with Joao Cancelo, and considering his situation, they continue to be interested in his services However, Real Madrid have entered the race to sign the Portuguese as their requirement is similar to that of Barcelona. What is even more interesting is that Manchester City are said to be preferring Madrid over Barça, if a report from SPORT is to be believed, Barcelona’s interest in acquiring Cancelo dates back to the January transfer market. Back then, given the state of the roster, the team from Catalonia were actively looking for a temporary full-back. City, however, decided to accept Bayern Munich’s offer as they were prepared to pay a small loan amount and were also ready to include a purchase option worth €70 million. While the Portuguese has been decent at best at Bayern, the Bavarians have informed City that they would like to discontinue hi...