Sonny Bill Williams, one of the world’s most accomplished rugby players, recently took to social media to slam Dana White’s new Power Slap League. Williams accused the league of exploiting athletes, and said that it was a “dangerous game” that could lead to serious injury. The Power Slap League is a new combat sport created […]
a nasty fall It was a scary moment for basketball fans when Latrell, the star player of the Los Angeles Lakers, fell awkwardly during a game against the Brooklyn Nets. The fall left him with a nasty ankle sprain and a lot of uncertainty. Fortunately, the injury turned out to be much less serious than […]
Harry Kane, the Tottenham Hotspur striker, is being lauded as one of the greatest goal-scorers of all time. His incredible goal-scoring record is nothing short of magical, and it’s earned him the nickname ‘Goal-scoring Freak’. Kane has been a consistent goal-scorer for club and country since he first broke onto the scene in 2013. In […]
Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to dig deep after they suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at Everton, which has dented their Premier League title bid. The Gunners still lead second placed Manchester City by five points, but the champions can close the gap to two points if they win at Tottenham. Arteta said that the […]
This article is an onsite version of our Europe Express newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday and Saturday morning Welcome back. Transparency International this week published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, one of the most widely followed registers of corruption across the globe. The survey makes […]
Sydney FC midfielder Patrick Yazbek will join Socceroos pair Nick D’Agostino and Gianni Stensness at Norwegian top-flight outfit Viking FK. Yazbek, 20, will move to Norway following the Sky Blues’ clash with Brisbane Roar on February 18. The transfer fee is rumoured to be worth about $750,000, a record amount for a Sky Blues academy […]
PORTSMOUTH, England (Reuters) – British defence minister Ben Wallace said there was “no magic wand” that could help Ukraine in its fight against Russia, when asked on Thursday about the possibility of supplying British fighter jets to be used by Ukrainian forces. Wallace did not rule out the possibility of sending jets but said fighter […]
Canadian Tammy Cecco wasn’t a fan of cruising. “The thought of being on a ship with thousands of other people and not being able to get off,” she said, “was something that I wanted to avoid.” That didn’t change when Cecco, a travel magazine publisher, boarded a surprise cruise booked by her husband to renew […]
KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and a senior defence official issued dire accounts of Russian forces shelling and advancing in Ukraine’s eastern province of Donetsk, the main focal point of the 11-month-long war. Fierce fighting was unabated in eastern Ukraine, where Russian troops are trying to gain ground near the strategic logistics hub of […]
Ukraine has won new weapons pledges that will help it launch a major counteroffensive later this year, but Russia has tried to take back the initiative in the 49th week of the war. Ukraine faced intensifying battles in the east where Russian regular troops were injecting new vigour nto fronts held by mercenaries from the […]