Ronnie O’Sullivan (46), claims the seventh World Championship title with an 18-13 win over Judd Trumps to equal Henry’s record in the modern era in Crucible history. Trump staged a superb fightback to claw six of Monday afternoon’s eight frames to battle back to 14-11 from a 12-5 deficit, as O’Sullivan took four of the…
Month: May 2022
Eid Mubarak. This year the new crescent Moon is sighted, Eid is confirmed as May 2nd, and around 3.3 million Muslims in the UK are celebrating Eid al- Fitr with the Salat al-Eid being recited in the congregation for the first time without Covid-19 restriction since the pandemic began. Muslims worldwide celebrate the end of…
Irishwoman, Katie Taylor beats Amanda Serrano on points with a split-decision win in an instant classic at Madison Square Garden in New York and retained her undisputed lightweight title. No one ever envisioned selling out Madison Square Garden 19, 187 tickets to be exact. Two of the three judges saw it for Taylor, who got …
England secured the Grand Slam with a 24-12 win in France for a fourth consecutive Women’s Six Nations title and a 23rd victory in a row. England was startled in front of a packed Bayonne crowd as France’s Romane Menager scored first. Sarah Bern and Abbie Ward tries put England on lead 21-7 at half-time.…
Two Bloomberg Businessweek journalists Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel, unravel the deception, expose a £77 million oil tanker insurance claim on the high seas and raise questions of the morality of London Shipping money. In July 2011, the oil tanker Brilliante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates…
Professor Devi Sridhar’s vital roles in communicating science to the public and speaking truth to power. In Preventable, she highlights lessons learned from outbreaks past and present in a narrative that traces the Covid-19 pandemic including her personal experience as a scientist, and set out a vision for how we can better protect ourselves from…