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Protestors bring World Cycling Championship race to standstill as riders wait up hill | Other | Sport
Fellow former professional Adam Blyth added that the protest would work in the chasing peloton’s favour who would re-start faster than the breakaway. He added: “This could make a huge difference in the race. This stopping, neutralisation due to a protest going on. It could have a huge impact on the race.
“If the riders, when they got stopped in the peloton could now speed up to bring that time gap down. Without a race radio and information it could
Police in Alabama stop noisy protestors from disrupting Kirk Cameron library event
FIRST ON FOX — Police in Huntsville, Alabama prevented a crowd of protestors from disrupting a story hour featuring actor-author Kirk Cameron and former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines on Saturday.
A group of protestors outside the Madison Public Library reportedly attempted to enter the event, which was hosted by the organization Moms for Liberty as part of the “See You at the Library” series of book readings on August 5.
Some protestors held signs that said, “Ban hate, not books,”
Tennis star sends risky message to protestors as Andy Murray tie disrupted by giant balls | Tennis | Sport
Taylor Fritz has hit out at the climate protestors that disrupted his Citi Open clash with Andy Murray, branding them “annoying”. Murray and Fritz were playing out a tight contest in the first set when play was halted as three giant tennis balls were thrown onto the court.
The protestors then held up a huge banner which read: “Climate Disaster & End Fossil Fuels.” Police eventually ushered the protestors out of the arena as the last-16 tie got back underway.
Andy Murray match paused as climate protestors throw balls in Fritz clash | Tennis | Sport
Murray has been stepping up his conditioning ahead of the hardcourt season in preparation for the US Open with a “brutal” new training regime in the hopes that can be the edge in long matches. “I mean, I got here pretty early,” he said ahead of the tournament. “We arrived on Tuesday night, so yeah, try and get used to the humidity.
“Obviously I had quite a lot of issues last year during American summer with cramping and stuff like