WWII plane flyover honors Captain Tom Moore at funeral - WUSA9.com
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| WWII plane flyover honors Captain Tom Moore at funeral - WUSA9.com Posted: 27 Feb 2021 02:59 PM PST The World War II veteran raised $46 million for Britain's National Health Service by walking laps in his backyard last year during the COVID pandemic. LONDON, UK — Church bells rang out and a World War II-era plane flew Saturday over the funeral service of Captain Tom Moore to honor of the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain's health workers by walking laps in his backyard. Soldiers performed ceremonial duties at the private service for Moore, who died Feb. 2 at age 100 after testing positive for COVID-19. Captain Tom, as he became known, inspired the U.K. during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic with his humble endeavor that raised almost 33 million pounds ($46 million) for Britain's National Health Service last year. The private service was small, attended by just eight members of the veteran's immediate family. But soldiers carried his coffin, draped in the Union flag, from the hearse to a crematorium and formed a ceremonial guard. Others performed a gun salute before a C-47 Dakota military transport plane flew past. "Daddy, you always told us 'Best foot forward' and true to your word, that's what you did last year," Moore's daughter Lucy Teixeira said at the service. "I know you will be watching us chuckling, saying 'Don't be too sad as something has to get you in the end.'" His other daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, said the world was "enthralled" by her father's "spirt of hope, positivity and resilience." "They, too, saw your belief in kindness and the fundamental goodness of the human spirit," she said. The service featured music that reflected the man being honored, opening with the rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone" that Moore recorded for charity with Michael Ball and the NHS Voices of Care Choir. The song reached number one in the U.K. singles charts last April. Singer Michael Bublé recorded a version of "Smile" for the funeral, and as requested by Moore, Frank Sinatra's "My Way" was played. A bugler sounded "The Last Post" to close the service. A church in Bedfordshire, England, where the family is based, rang its bell 100 times in Moore's honor. A post on Moore's Twitter account invited his admirers to remember him Saturday with a cup of tea and a slice of Victoria sponge cake Moore, who served in India, Burma and Sumatra during World War II, set out to raise a modest 1,000 pounds for Britain's NHS by walking 100 laps of his backyard by his 100th birthday last year. But donations poured in from across Britain and beyond as his quest went viral, catching the imagination of millions stuck at home during the first wave of the pandemic. His positive attitude - "Please remember, tomorrow will be a good day" became his trademark phrase - inspired the nation at a time of crisis. Prime Minister Boris Johnson described him as a "hero in the truest sense of the word.″ He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in July in a socially distanced ceremony at Windsor Castle, west of London. |
| Momota top seed as Japanese return to action for All England Open Badminton - Insidethegames.biz Posted: 27 Feb 2021 03:47 AM PST  World number one Kento Momota, whose positive COVID-19 test in January this year led to him and the rest of the Japanese team pulling out of three scheduled events in Thailand, has been named top seed for next month's All England Open Badminton Championships. The Japanese team will be back for the tournament set to be held at Arena Birmingham from March 17 to 21, and Momota has got top billing in the men's singles ahead of the Dane who won the title in his absence last year, Viktor Axelsen. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) world rankings remain frozen as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, so Momota is still world number one. Axelsen's compatriot Anders Antonsen, who defeated him in the BWF World Tour Finals that concluded the series of competitions in Thailand, is seeded third, with Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia ranked fourth. Momota, who beat Axelsen in the 2019 All England final, missed much of the 2020 season after suffering a broken nose and injuries to his face after an accident while he was being driven to the airport after winning the Malaysia Masters.  In December, Momota won the men's singles title at Japan's National Badminton Championships - his first tournament since the crash. Momota's compatriot Nozomi Okuhara, the Rio 2016 bronze medallist and 2017 world champion, is seeded second in the women's singles draw, with Spain's Rio 2016 champion and three-time world champion Carolina Marín the top seed. Japan's Akane Yamaguchi is seeded third, ahead of Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon, with India's Rio 2016 silver medallist and reigning world champion from 2019 - PV Sindhu - seeded fifth. Neither China nor Chinese Taipei are sending players to the All England Open, so neither of last year's women's finalists - winner Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei or China's Chen Yufei - will be involved. World number one men's doubles pair Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo - who missed the BWF World Tour's Thailand tournaments after the latter player tested positive for COVID-19 - are also set to return to action at the All England Open, and are the number one seeds. |
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