Spain’s Rafael Nadal, the King of Clay, won his 10th French Open title by beating Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka, at Roland Garros, Paris, scoring 6-2, 6-3, 6-1. The 31-year-old Spaniard won two more than any other player in history – and his 15th major tournament triumph overall. Starting with the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, he went six…
The Everton striker, Dominic Calvert-Lewin gave England a first-half goal and win over Venezuela in 2017 Under-29 World Cup final at Suwon World Cup Stadium on Sunday and a first global title since 1966. Goalkeeper Freddie Woodman later saved a second-half penalty from Adalberto Penaranda as the South Americans applied the pressure in an…
ICC Champions Trophy, 11th Match, Group B: India v South Africa at Kennington Oval, Jun 11, 2017 India v South Africa South Africa 191 ao (44.3 ov) Q de Kick 53 off 72, 4 fours, HM Amla 35 off 54, 3 fours, 1 six, F du Plessis 36 off 50, 1 four, B Kumar 23-2,…
Justin Bieber (23) and Luciana Chamone, a Brazilian brunette model, were photographed with their arms wrapped around each other as his driver ushered them away from the Fasano Hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Bieber, has a history of being linked to famous models like Hailey Baldwin and Sofia Richie since the beginning of last year.…
ICC Champions Trophy, 10th Match, Group A: England v Australia at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Jun 10, 2017 England v Australia Australia 277/9 (50 ov) AJ Finch 68 off 64, 8 fours, SPD Smith 56 off 77, 5 fours, TM Head 71 not out off 64, 5 fours, 2 sixes, MA Wood 33-4, AU Rashid 41-4, BA…
Elif Batuman’s first novel, the main character a Turkish-American student named Selin, has a conversation with her university friend Svetlana about if one’s life should be thought as a story. “ Everyone experiences their own life as a narrative, If you didn’t have some kind of ongoing story in mind, how would you know who…
Maradona recalls the emotional highlight was the quarter-final against England, that in the Falklands war of 1982, “ seventeen-year-old boys had gone out to fight in Flecha tennis shoes, shooting pellets at the English, who decided how may Argentine boys they could kill”. For him beating England in Football would be revenge. By then he…
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Gamble in calling an early election backfired with a hung parliament, but she was clinging to power, and she was humiliated as voters refused to give her the ” Strong Mandate” she sought to negotiate a divorce from the EU and ended by losing 12 seats. She is fighting for survival,…
ICC Champions Trophy, 9th Match, Group A: New Zealand v Bangladesh at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Jun 9, 2017 New Zealand v Bangladesh New Zealand 265/8 (50 ov) MJ Guptill 33 off 35, 4 fours, 1 six, KS Williamson 57 off 69, 5 fours, LRPL Taylor 63 off 82, 6 fours, NT Broom 36…
ICC Champions Trophy, 8th Match, Group B: India v Sri Lanka at Kennington Oval, Jun 8, 2017 India v Sri Lanka India 321/6 (50ov) RG Sharma 78 off 79, 6 fours, 3 sixes, S Dhawan 125 off 128, 15 fours, 1 six, MS Dhoni 63 off 52, 7 fours, 2 sixes, SL Malinga 70-2,…