Belgium knocks out Brazil to reach semi-final

Fri 06 Jul 2018 World Cup –Quarter Final at Kazan Brazil 1                                   Belgium 2 Renato Augusto (76’)         Fernandinho (13’ og), De Bruyne (31’) Belgium clocked up their fifth straight win of the tournament by beating five times champion Brazil 2-1. Brazil had conceded just one goal in their past four games in Russia, but at…

France beat Uruguay 2-0 to reach semi-final

Fri 06 Jul 2018 World Cup –Quarter Final at Nizhny Novogorod Uruguay 0                 France 2                                        Varane (40’), Griezmann (61’) France reach semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time since 2006 after beating Uruguay 2-0. Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane headed home a free-kick with Antoine Griezmann checking his run before delivering the…

Summer cocktails to cool off in the sizzling summer

  WATERMELON-TEQUILA COCKTAILS When watermelon is in abundance, this is a great way to use it. Bobby Flay purees seedless watermelon chunks, then strains the juice through a sieve and mixes it with silver tequila, sugar syrup, blueberries, mint and fresh lime juice. TO SERVE 8 •       1/4 cup water 1/4 cup…

Failed Air India plans reveals dent in India’s privatisation initiative

India’s plans to privatise large parts of the industry have been derailed by the botched attempts to sell Air India according to experts. Jayant Sinha, aviation minister, said: “ Whatever happens now to Air India depends on market conditions and will take years before we can contemplate selling Air India again.” Socialist policies have left…

England reach Quarter finals after baating Colombia 4-3 on penalties

  Tue 03 Jul 2018 World Cup Round of 16   Colombia 1                           England 1 Mina (90’+3)                       Kane (57’ pen)   England Win 4-3 on penalties England have won a penalty shoot-out in the World Cup for the first time. Eric Dier finds the bottom left corner and scores the winning penalty in 4-3 shootout…

Sweden in quarter-final after beating Switzerland 1-0

Tue 03 Jul 2018 World Cup –Round of 16 Sweden 1                   Switzerland 0 Forsberg (66’)   Sweden will play either England or Colombia in the quarter-finals of the World Cup after beating Switzerland 1-0. In St Petersburg.   Emil Forsberg Struck midway through the second half with a strike that deflected off Manuel Akanji and…

Sorrell to acquire digital ads group MediaMonks

Martin Sorrell is acquiring MediaMonks, a Netherlands-based digital production company, his first acquisition since leaving WPP and starting his own advertising venture.  Sir Martin resigned from WPP after 33 years, which he turned into the world’s largest advertising group, after an investigation into his conduct last spring. He launched his own company S4 Capital, six…

Belgium stuns Japan in stoppage-time goal to qualify for quarter finals

Mon 02 Jul 2018, World Cup Football round of 16     Belgium beats Japan qualify for quarter finals Mon 02 Jul 2018, World Cup Football round of 16   Japan 2                                               Belgium 3   Belgium came from two goals down to score a last-minute winner and beat Japan 3-2 in the World Cup last…

Brazil reach quarter-final after beating Mexico 2-0

Mon 02 Jul 2018 World Cup – Round of 16 in Samara Brazil 2                                                 Mexico 0 Neymar (51’), Roberto Firmino (88’) Paris St-Germain forward Neymar deflects Wilian’s low cross from close range to open the scoring for Brazil against Mexico as the five-time World Cup winners reach the quarter-finals. The Chelsea man Wilian fires a…