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Jet Set nightclub roof collapse

Disaster in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

A nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, kills 226 people.

On 8 April 2025, the roof of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, collapsed during a live performance by merengue musician Rubby Pérez. The structural failure occurred at approximately 12:44 a.m. AST, resulting in 226 fatalities and 189 injuries, making it one of the deadliest non-natural disasters in the country's history.

2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game

American collegiate basketball final

In basketball, the UConn Huskies win the NCAA Division I women's championship (Most Outstanding Player Azzi Fudd pictured) and the Florida Gators win the men's championship.

The 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. It determined the champion of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was contested by the No. 2 seed UConn Huskies from the Big East Conference and the No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game was played on April 6, 2025, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. UConn defeated South Carolina, 82–59, to win the school's twelfth national championship and their first since 2016.

Alexander Ovechkin

Russian ice hockey player (born 1985)

In the National Hockey League, Alexander Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's record for most goals scored.

Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Great 8" and "Ovi", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time and has scored the most career goals in NHL history.

2025 Grand National

Annual horse race in Aintree, England

In horse racing, Nick Rockett, ridden by Patrick Mullins, wins the Grand National.

The 2025 Grand National was the 177th annual running of the Grand National horse race. It took place on Saturday 5 April 2025, at Aintree near Liverpool, England. The winner was Nick Rockett, trained by Willie Mullins and ridden by his son, amateur jockey Patrick Mullins. The death of Celebre d'Allen two days after the race, following his collapse after the last fence and subsequent lung infection, led to widespread public concern, as well as criticism of racing and the British Horseracing Authority from animal rights groups.