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Romania and Georgia forced into squad changes at World Cup
  + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Luca Nichitean, Mihai Graure and Alexandru Bucur joined the squad ahead of their meeting with Scotland in Lille on Saturday. Romania have disappointed in the competition, conceding 158 points and scoring eight. They still have an outside chance of making the quarter-finals and play Fiji on Saturday. They need to win that game and beat Wales on Oct. 7 to have a chance of a knockout place. Reporting by Nick Said, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Eugen Apjok, Gabriel, Taylor Gontineac, Hinckley Vaovasa, Luca Nichitean, Mihai Graure, Alexandru Bucur, Beka Gorgadze, Otari Giorgadze, Nick Said, Ed Osmond Organizations: Rugby World, Ireland, Scotland, Saturday, Georgia, Fiji, Wales, Thomson Locations: Romania, South Africa, B, Lille
A U.S. freestyle skier has died after being caught in an avalanche in Japan on Sunday, his family confirmed. Weather authorities had issued an avalanche warning for the area after days of heavy snowfall. Police officers board a gondola heading to the site of an avalanche in the village of Otari, Japan on Sunday. "Such a bright light lost," wrote Marielle Thompson, a Canadian Olympic freestyle skier. “Wish we had more time to ski these past few years,” Joss Christensen, a U.S. freestyle skier from Park City, Utah, wrote.
U.S. professional skier named as one victim of Japan avalanche
  + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERSTOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - One of two foreign men swept up in an avalanche in Japan while back-country skiing in the central prefecture of Nagano and found without vital signs on Monday was U.S. professional skier Kyle Smaine, an outdoor magazine said. Police declined to confirm details about the men, whom media said were from Austria and the United States, but outdoor magazine "Mountain Gazette" said in its online edition that the U.S. skier was Kyle Smaine, 31. "It is with great sadness we report beloved South Lake Tahoe Professional Skier Kyle Smaine has died in an avalanche in Japan," the magazine wrote. Weather authorities had issued an avalanche warning for the area, following heavy snowfall in the past few days. Reporting by Mariko Katsumura; Editing by Bradley Perrett, Clarence Fernandez and Sharon SingletonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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