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**[[Australia national netball team|Australia]] wins a record 12th [[Netball World Cup]] title after defeating [[England national netball team|England]] 61–45 in the gold medal match in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/06/australia-win-netball-world-cup-for-12th-time-after-dominant-win-over-england (''The Guardian'')] |
**[[Australia national netball team|Australia]] wins a record 12th [[Netball World Cup]] title after defeating [[England national netball team|England]] 61–45 in the gold medal match in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/06/australia-win-netball-world-cup-for-12th-time-after-dominant-win-over-england (''The Guardian'')] |
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**Two-time defending champions, the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]], are eliminated from the tournament after losing to [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] through a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] in the [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage#Sweden vs United States|round of 16]]. This marks the Americans' earliest exit from the [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]. [https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/6/sweden-ousts-usa-out-of-world-cup-on-penalties (AFP via ''Manila Bulletin'')] |
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Revision as of 06:33, 7 August 2023
August 6, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Darfur campaign
- Siege of Zalingei
- The Rapid Support Forces claim the state of Central Darfur, Sudan, after capturing the capital of Zalingei from the Sudanese Armed Forces. (Radio Dabanga)
- Siege of Zalingei
- Darfur campaign
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- An Armed Forces of Ukraine missile damages a bridge connecting the Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast and Crimea over the Chonhar Strait. (Reuters)
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Arts and culture
- The American film Barbie becomes the first film by a solo female director to surpass $1 billion in the worldwide box office. (AFP via France 24)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Hazara Express derailment
- At least 30 people are killed and at least 100 others are injured when ten carriages of a Hazara Express train derail near the Sarhari railway station in Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan. (BBC News)
- 2023 Iberian wildfires
- It is reported that ongoing forest fires in Spain and Portugal have burned about 6,200 hectares. (NOS)
- Twenty-four people are killed when a minibus plunges into a ravine near Demnate, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Welsh singer and convicted sex offender Ian Watkins is stabbed and seriously injured in Wakefield Prison. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- The Supreme Court of the Maldives bars former president Abdulla Yameen from running for office while he serves an 11-year prison sentence. (Reuters)
Science and technology
Sports
- 2023 Netball World Cup
- Australia wins a record 12th Netball World Cup title after defeating England 61–45 in the gold medal match in Cape Town, South Africa. (The Guardian)
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Two-time defending champions, the United States, are eliminated from the tournament after losing to Sweden through a penalty shoot-out in the round of 16. This marks the Americans' earliest exit from the FIFA Women's World Cup. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)