IT WAS A ‘MAGICAL MOMENT’, SAYS LEWIS HAMILTON AFTER 100TH FORMULA ONE WIN IN RUSSIA

Mon 27 September 2021: On Sunday, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won his 100th Formula One race in the Russian Grand Prix. The seven-time champion English driver finished the race in 1:30:41.001, with Dutch driver Max Verstappen of Honda in second and Spaniard Carlos Sainz of Ferrari in third at the Sochi Autodrom. Despite starting the race […]

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‘MONEY TALKS’, AUSTRALIA’S KHAWAJA SEES DOUBLE STANDARDS IN PAKISTAN CRICKET PULL-OUTS

Sat 25 September 2021: Usman Khawaja, an Australian batsman, has blasted New Zealand and England for canceling their tours to Pakistan, saying they would not have taken the same decision if they were scheduled to play lucrative series in India. New Zealand has returned home from Pakistan after canceling the tour minutes before the first […]

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MANNY PACQUIAO, BOXER-TURNED-SENATOR, TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Sun 19 September 2021: Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino boxing legend and politician, has announced that he will run for president in the 2022 elections. On Sunday, Pacquiao accepted his PDP-Laban party’s candidacy at its national convention, saying that the Filipino people had been longing for a change of administration. “I am a fighter, and I […]

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UK BOXER AMIR KHAN REMOVED FROM US FLIGHT FOR ALLEGED COVID-19 MASK RULE VIOLATION

Sun 19 September 2021: Despite the airline’s lack of proof, British boxer Amir Khan claimed on Saturday that he was removed off an American Airlines flight for allegedly breaking COVID-19 mask restrictions. After someone complained that his friend’s mask “was not high enough,” the 34-year-old said cops pulled him and his colleague from the US […]

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FOOTBALL LEGEND PELE ‘STABLE’ AFTER RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS

Sat 18 September 2021: Brazilian football icon Pele is in a “stable” condition following his readmission to an intensive care unit for respiratory problems, days after undergoing surgery for a suspected colon tumour. Pele was discharged earlier this week but returned to Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital on Friday for “a brief respiratory instability”. The […]

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EMMA RADUCANU WINS WOMEN’S 2021 US OPEN IN HER FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE

Sun 12 September 2021: On Saturday, Emma Raducanu, Britain’s tennis hope, won the 2021 US Open women’s singles title, her first Grand Slam triumph. Raducanu, 18, won the all-teen final at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City with a score of 6-4, 6-3 over her 19-year-old Canadian opponent, Leylah Fernandez. Raducanu had to take […]

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BRITISH PM JOHNSON SLAMS ‘DISGRACEFUL’ RACIST ABUSE OF ENGLAND PLAYERS IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER

Fri 03 September 2021: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on world soccer’s governing body FIFA on Friday to take action over “disgraceful” racist abuse aimed at England players by Hungary fans during a World Cup qualifier. “It is completely unacceptable that England players were racially abused in Hungary last night,” Johnson said on Twitter. […]

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EIGHT KOBE BRYANT PHOTOS SOLD FOR OVER $80,000 IN CRYPTO AUCTION

Mon 30 August 2021: ClutchPoints revealed that eight previously unreleased Kobe Bryant images were auctioned as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for almost $80,000. Bryant, a legendary American basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers for his entire 20-year career, died in a helicopter crash in January 2020. Bryant was photographed by David Factor for […]

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