He was kidnapped in cameroon before being taken to the jury. The group says father georges was freed on compassionate grounds, insisting no ransom was paid. An inside source says boko haram decided to release the priest after he offered medical service to some of the groups members during his time in captivity. Father georges arrived in paris early this morning when he was welcomed by french president Francois Hollande. Since my release i found about all the people who reached out to me, the communities he prayed for me and thought of me. The days in captivity seem terribly long, but at the same time, it is nothing in comparison to other costs hostages held for longer and those still being held. It puts it in perspective for me. I spare a thought for those who are still hostages, and i also realize what others went through. I want to salute the bravery, clearheadedness, and selfsacrifice of father georges, who will tell you himself he had to stay faithful to his beliefs and his religio
Marco Trungelliti venció a Leo Mayer y sigue en carrera en la Qualy de Wimbledon
El tenista santiagueño se impuso por 6-4 y 6-2 sobre el correntino y avanzó a la segunda ronda de la fase clasificatoria del Gran Slam inglés.
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Leonardo Mayer por 6-4 y 6-2. Así logró el pasaje a la segunda ronda de la etapa clasificatoria del tercer Grand Slam del año con la ilusión de entrar al cuadro principal.
El santiagueño, ubicado en el puesto 202º del ranking mundial, se impuso sobre el correntino (229º) por 6-4 y 6-2 en la cancha 3 de las 17 que tiene el complejo All England Tennis de la localidad cercana a Londres.
Young Alcaraz advances as Zhang upsets Donskoy on opening day
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India s Ramkumar Ramanathan plays against Argentina s Facundo Bagnis during their first round match yesterday.
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Rising Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz rallied to enter the next round while China’s Zhizhen Zhang pulled off an upset as the qualifying rounds of the men’s event of the 2021 Australian Open got underway with thrilling matches at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex, yesterday.
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain returns the ball to Slovakia s Filip Horansky during their round 1 match.
After dropping the first game, Alcaraz, 17, put on display his serving prowess to outwit Slovak Filip Horansky 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in 2h 33m to move closer to his Grand Slam main draw debut. The Spaniard, who is the youngest player inside the top 200 ATP Rankings, won 75 per cent of his first-serve points (42/56) to beat the Slovak.