Lithuanian couple Vytautas Kirkilaukas and his wife Neringa, won the World Wife-Carrying Championship for the second consecutive time in Sonkajarvi, in Finland. The contest’s rules stipulate that a woman must weigh at least 49 kilograms, involves men completing an obstacle course with their partners slung over their shoulders. They won a prize consisting of…
ICC World Cup Men’s Cricket at Old Trafford, Manchester South Africa Vs Australia South Africa 325-6 (50 overs) du Plessis 100, de kock. 52, can see Dussen 95, starc2-59, Lyon 2-53, behrendroff 1-55, Cummins 1-66. South Africa win by 10 wickets South Africa beat Australia in World Cup after 27…
ICC World Cup Men’s Cricket at Emerald, Headingly Leeds. Sri Lanka Vs India Sri Lanka 264-7 (50 ov) Mathews 113 off128, 10 fours, 2 sixes, Thirimanne 53 off 68, 4 fours, Djananjaya 29 off 36, 1 four, Bumrah 3-37, B Kumar 1-73, H Pandya 1-590, jadeja 1-40, K yadav 1-58. India 265-3 (…
Review of “Yesterday” by Penny Nair Price In this light hearted cosy film, Himesh Patel plays Jack Malik and Ellie – his manager is played by Lily James. Danny Boyle – the film’s producer says he just knew Himesh was the right person to play the lead role in the film as soon as he…
Older people own the wealth –housing and pensions and for the first time in British history, pensioner incomes after housing costs have caught up with those of working-age families. While government and the opposition wants to build more houses for young people – though they do want to keep free TV licences for the over…
BMW CEO Harold Krueger has quit days before a board meeting that was due to decide his future due to falling profits and catch with rivals in the race to develop electric vehicles. Kruger will remain in post until a replacement is named as BMW is hunting frantically for a new CEO. Klaus Frohlich, head…
India is cutting its fiscal deficit to boost social welfare spending in a bid to spur growth and reclaim its title from China as the world’s fastest-growing big economy. Indian Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said yesterday, that the government would lower its fiscal deficit target to 3.3 per cent of gross domestic product for next…
ICC World Cup Men’s Cricket at The Lords, London Bangladesh Vs Pakistan Pakistan 315-9 (50 ov) Imam 100, Babar 96, Musgafizur 5-75 Bangladesh 221 ao ( 44.1 ov) Shakib 64, Shaheen 6-35 Pakistan won by 94 runs Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 94 runs at Lord’s but all their efforts were in vain as they could…
ICC Men’s World Cup Cricket at Emerald Headingley, Leeds. West Indies Vs Afghanistan West Indies 331-56 ( 50 ov) E lewis 58 off 78, 6 fours, 2 sixes, S Hpe 77 off 92, 6 fours, 2 sixes, Hetmeyer 39 off 31, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Pooran 58 off 43, 6 fours, 1 six, Holder 45…
ICC Men’s World Cup Cricket at Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street England Vs New Zealand England 305 for 8 (50 ov) Roy 60 off 61, 8 fours, Baisrstow 106 off 99, 15 fours, 1 six, Morgan 42 off 40, 5 fours, Boult 2-56, Santner 1-65, Southee 1-70, Henry 2-54, Neesham 2-41. New Zealand 186 ao (45…