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College volleyball star dead at 20 just weeks after being diagnosed with 'rare disorder' as family shares heartbreaking tribute

Daily Mail - Sep 18, 2026

College volleyball player Amanda Mack, an All-American who recently transferred to a new school, has died aged 20 after a short battle with a rare illness.

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31 Things You’ll Buy For Your Travels And Then Find Yourself Using All The Time At Home

Sep 18, 2026

31 Things You’ll Buy For Your Travels And Then Find Yourself Using All The Time At Home

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Style Edit: YDC 2026 spotlights Hong Kong’s fashion trailblazers

Sep 18, 2026

Style Edit: YDC 2026 spotlights Hong Kong’s fashion trailblazers

The Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest (YDC) has always been a barometer of the city’s creativity: a place to test ideas under runway lights. This year’s finale was held on September 5 during the closing of Centrestage – Asia’s premier annual fashion event hosted by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) – and saw 10 emerging local designers respond to the theme “You” with collections rooted in memory and experience. The top prize went to Tsui Ao-lung for The Tide, a collection...

Hong Kong young fashion designers named at YDC as VIP judge Rok Hwang urges a customer, not a bubble

Sep 18, 2026

Hong Kong young fashion designers named at YDC as VIP judge Rok Hwang urges a customer, not a bubble

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Hong Kong’s young fashion designer contest closed CENTRESTAGE with a champion drawn from Cantopop, a double prize for a drawing on memories of a ruined wedding and a public vote for the office junior. The VIP judge in the room told them to find a customer. The Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest has been organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council since 1977. Ten local finalists still have to walk four...

Style Edit: Loro Piana’s baby cashmere and summer-to-autumn layers

Sep 18, 2026

Style Edit: Loro Piana’s baby cashmere and summer-to-autumn layers

There are impulse wardrobes, and then there are considered wardrobes – the kind not shaped by seasonal novelty but rather by materials and craftsmanship with a longer story to tell. For Loro Piana, that story begins in nature: with the changing of the seasons, the knowledge of local herders, and the scarcest, most precious materials. At the heart of this philosophy is baby cashmere, a very rare fibre gathered from the first fleece of a certain breed of domestic goats (Capra hircus) when they...

Style Edit: Rolex’s timeless commitment to tennis shines at the US Open

Sep 18, 2026

Style Edit: Rolex’s timeless commitment to tennis shines at the US Open

When the greatest sporting achievements are forged, Rolex is there. The most iconic of Swiss luxury watchmakers marks the defining moments in the most resonant of athletic spectacles, supporting the leading competitions and events as both timekeeper and sponsor, in sports ranging from equestrianism to motorsport to golf. But nowhere is its involvement quite so profound as in the uber-glamorous world of tennis. Rolex is the official timekeeper of all four grand slam tournaments, beginning its...

Canadian women reach final at wheelchair basketball worlds after win over the Netherlands

Sep 18, 2026

Canadian women reach final at wheelchair basketball worlds after win over the Netherlands

The Canadian women advanced to the wheelchair basketball world championship final after beating the Netherlands 85-73 on Thursday in Ottawa.

New York Mets star rushed to the hospital after suffering scary head injury in brutal collision with teammate

Sep 18, 2026

New York Mets star rushed to the hospital after suffering scary head injury in brutal collision with teammate

With the Phillies leading 1-0 at the top of the sixth, Young was accidentally struck on the head by pitcher Nolan McLean.

Inside Leicester Tigers' three-year plan to conquer the PREM: Lessons from Sandhurst, bull-fighting trips, Geoff Parling's coaching shake-up and the summit that offers major hint on Ollie Chessum's future

Sep 18, 2026

Inside Leicester Tigers' three-year plan to conquer the PREM: Lessons from Sandhurst, bull-fighting trips, Geoff Parling's coaching shake-up and the summit that offers major hint on Ollie Chessum's future

NIK SIMON: Early last week, Tigers skipper Chessum knocked on the door of the club's chief executive, Andrea Pinchen, to discuss the future.

NFL fans savage shocking Canadian national anthem played before Lions-Bills game in Buffalo: 'Embarrassing'

Sep 18, 2026

NFL fans savage shocking Canadian national anthem played before Lions-Bills game in Buffalo: 'Embarrassing'

The Buffalo Bills performed the Canadian national anthem before their Thursday Night Football game against the Detroit Lions at their new stadium.

Travis Kelce mocked by White House after falling victim to shocking $35M Ponzi scheme

Sep 18, 2026

Travis Kelce mocked by White House after falling victim to shocking $35M Ponzi scheme

The White House has chosen to twist the knife into Travis Kelce after he was revealed to be the victim of a Ponzi scheme.

Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka-long ready to rise to challenge overcome by Djokovic, Guardiola

Sep 18, 2026

Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka-long ready to rise to challenge overcome by Djokovic, Guardiola

A big believer that elite sporting performance is entirely dictated by an athlete’s brain, Greg Koenig is busy convincing Cheung Ka-long that the Asian Games remain an important date in his calendar. Hong Kong’s first fencing superstar, Cheung has been there and done it over the past five years. He brilliantly won a pair of Olympic golds, first as an unfancied underdog, then as the foil king his rivals all wanted to dethrone, either side of becoming Asian Games champion in 2023. Of Cheung’s...

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