India has let its guard down and became overconfident after successfully tackling the first wave of coronavirus only to get heavily hit by the second one, Modi has admitted, in a radio address on Sunday. The prime minister urged citizens to exercise caution and not to panic, advising them to …
Read More »Dazed Zhang DEMANDS TO FIGHT ON despite being felled with brutal head-kick KO in title defeat to Namajunas at UFC 261 (VIDEO)
Namajunas connected flush with Zhang’s head inside the first round at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Florida, felling the Chinese fighter before following up with ground strikes as the contest was waved off. The stunned and unsteady Zhang remonstrated with officials as she appeared to insist she had been …
Read More »Spanish man ARRESTED for ‘infecting 22 people’ with Covid-19 after reportedly telling co-workers he would give them the virus
The National Police launched an investigation at the end of January after learning that an outbreak in a ‘well-known establishment’ in Manacor, a town on the island of Mallorca, may have been the result of an individual who tried to hide that he was infected. According to authorities, the 40-year-old …
Read More »Why did it take football’s European Super League crisis to show Britain that selling its prize assets abroad is a bad idea?
RIP the European Super League. It was fun while it almost lasted. Much like England’s chances of ever winning another major trophy, on paper, the European Super League (ESL) flattered to deceive. With a team sheet of galacticosthat included Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Juventus, its formation looked unstoppable. But that was …
Read More »Kamaru Usman OBLITERATES Jorge Masvidal with massive KO in welterweight title clash at UFC 261 (VIDEO)
Usman connected with a spectacular straight right hand early in the second round of the contest at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, rendering Masvidal instantly unconscious before following up with a series of blows on his grounded rival that many will have felt were unnecessary. “You all said …
Read More »US says it’ll give ‘additional support’ to India Covid-19 crisis amid calls to release unused vaccine doses to hardest-hit nations
Facing a vaccine shortage amid surging infections and a lack of timely oxygen supplies by some hospitals, India has urged the US to lift a ban on the export of key vaccine materials. So far, however, New Delhi has seen its requests being stonewalled, with the US President Joe Biden …
Read More »Hubble telescope team marks 31st birthday with image of rare ultra-bright star on the brink of annihilation
tAG Carinae, a type of star called a luminous blue variable (LBV), is located some 20,000 light years away. It is just a few million years old, and yet is soon to meet its doom, cosmically speaking. Estimated to be up to 70 times more massive than our Sun, it …
Read More »‘Sick to my stomach’: UFC middleweight Chris Weidman suffers horrific leg break against Uriah Hall at UFC 261 (GRAPHIC)
With a full capacity of fans returning at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, for the first time since the pandemic, the crowd bore witness to one of the more sickening incidents ever seen inside the octagon as Weidman snapped his lower right leg just 17 seconds inside …
Read More »Australian mayor apologizes after council youth worker tells ‘white, male & Christian’ students they are ‘oppressors’ – media
The incident allegedly took place at Parkdale Secondary College in a beachside suburb of Melbourne, Australia, last week, but was first reported by the Sunday Herald on Sunday. The paper reported that the Kingston Youth Services worker was giving a presentation about “privilege, pronouns and “intersectionality”’ to year 11 students …
Read More »Third time unlucky: Bremen’s Friedl takes unfortunate hat-trick of rapid-fire hits in Bundesliga clash (VIDEO)
During an away clash with Werder Bremen on Saturday afternoon, Marco Friedl got in the way of a ferocious shot from Robert Andrich with the score til tied at 1-1. The ball hitting him in the nether regions, Friedl naturally went to ground where he was then struck once more in …
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