Robert Govender passed away

    Robert Govender, also known as Gonnie Govender, the veteran journalist, author, Broadcaster and  ex- news and features editor of the Asian Times, World Times and New World passed away at Royal Free Hospital, North West London, in the early hours of 31st May 2016.   He became a champion of the obscure, the neglected,…

65 million Tumblr user account details were stolen

65 million user account details were stolen during a hack on Tumblr, the microblogging site in 2013 with claims of 65, 469,298 email addresses and passwords stolen. In a statement, the company said the passwords were protected by a process called “salted and hashing”, which involves turning the password into a string of digits but…

Cook youngest cricketer, reaches 10,000-runs

Day 4 Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland, 2nd Investec Test: England v Sri Lanka at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, May 27-31, 2016 England 498/9 d (132 ov) AD Hales 83 off 145, 9 fours, 1 six, JE Root 80 off 119, 5 fours, JM Vince 35 off 59, 4 fours, JM Bairstow 48 off 57, 5…

The Donald in Washington

Donald Trump has arrived in and addressed Washington on his latest lap on the election campaign.  Present was a huge body of bikers who insisted that they don’t fancy Hilary Clinton being President and they prefer Donald Trump though this does not mean they are wholly pro him either, in short the lesser of two…

Real Madrid wins Champions League Title after penalty shootouts

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, slammed home the final kick of the penalty shootout, high to the goalkeeper’s left, and beat their Crosstown rival Atletico Madrid and win its second Champions League title in three years. Real Madrid remains the most successful club in European Cup history after winning its 11th title after the game tied…

Marcos Domingo Sanchez – Human in Negative at the Muse Portobello

The Muse Gallery Portobello is exhibiting this original collection of works – the first major London exhibition by international artist and photographer Marcos Domingo Sanchez. He specialises in using photographic negatives to create finely finished works.  Originally graduating in Architecture in Spain he worked in the field for some time before deciding to turn his talent…

Daily Star Sunday cheeks other tabloids again!

The price is right!  Yet again The Daily Star sees fit to poke fun at its rivals.  OK all three papers carry “junk journalism” but at least The Star shows its style by having a laugh at their more pricier tags!  They do say “never judge a book by its cover” but in the case…

Angelo Mathew’s 80 resist England on day 3

Day 3 Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland, 2nd Investec Test: England v Sri Lanka at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, May 27-31, 2016 England 498/9 d (132 ov) AD Hales 83 off 145, 9 fours, 1 six, JE Root 80 off 119, 5 fours, JM Vince 35 off 59, 4 fours, JM Bairstow 48 off 57, 5…

Sunrisers Hyderabad are the IPL 2016 champions

Indian Premier League, Final: Royal Challengers, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad at Bangalore, May 29, 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad 208/7 (20/20 ov) DA Warner 69 off 38, 8 four, 3 fours, Yuvraj Sinbgh 38 off 23, 4 fours, 2 sixes, BCJ Cutting 39 off 15, 3 fours, 4 sixes, CJ Jordan 45-3, YS Chahal…