By Talya Minsberg For the past year, Faizan Zaki, 13, had a schedule that would rival that of professional athletes. He trained five to six hours a day on weekdays and seven to eight hours on ...

"Éclaircissement" was the winning word, but for Faizan Zaki it spelled success. The seventh grader from Dallas won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, after last year having come in ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Faizan Zaki’s enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of him. Ultimately, his joyful approach made him the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. The favorite ...

OXON HILL, Md. – In 2024, Faizan Zaki came up short in the spell-off. That wasn’t going to happen again. Because he made sure there was no spell-off. But he also didn’t make it easy on himself.

Aman and Usman Siddiqui, as well as his 5 grandchildren, Faizan, Aleena, Ariana, Sabrina and Rayan Siddiqui.?? He is also survived by his two brothers, Qasim and Azeem Siddiqui, and his sister ...

OXON HILL, Md. — Faizan Zaki nearly threw away his opportunity to go from runner-up to champion at the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a shocking moment of overconfidence. Given a second ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Faizan Zaki’s enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of him. Ultimately, his joyful approach made him the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. The favorite entering the ...