Archive For: The Crunch
Aug 4, 2015 Spanish outfit, Atletico Madrid has welcomed back defender Filipe Luis after the Brazilian rejoined the club from Chelsea. The Brazilian arrived at Stamford Bridge last summer in a £16million deal and despite making his mark as one of Europe’s leading left backs, he failed to break into Jose Mourinho’s side following an ... Read More
Aug 4, 2015 Moving away from the football scene, in the build up to the first National Basketball Association (NBA) game on the African continent, several international professional basketball players hosted a workshop for a group of South African youngsters. The workshop, held at the American school in Johannesburg as part of the Basketball without ... Read More
Aug 4, 2015 Muhammad Manwar Ali, a former jihadist group member in Afghanistan, now runs a Muslim educational charity in the UK, with the hopes of preventing young people from going astray with their own radical thoughts. The 56 year old left England after graduating from the university 33 years ago and according to him ... Read More
Aug 4, 2015 While still navigating the murky waters of the Eurozone bailout, Greece has intensified its effort to recover all hanging revenues, and is focusing on holiday spots who have evaded taxes. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had earlier promised a crackdown on tax evasion, and he is making good on his promise. Deputy Finance ... Read More
Aug 3, 2015 Kenya has begun an inventory of its national elephant ivory and rhino horn stockpile. The exercise which is expected to last for 45 days is aimed at creating a DNA reference library. According to Kenya’s environment secretary, Judy Wakhungu, over 21 tonnes of elephant and rhino trophies have already been inventoried. “This ... Read More
Aug 3, 2015 The killing of Cecil, a Zimbabwean lion by Walter Palmer, a Minnesota dentist, has caused major uproar and widespread protest. Cecil, who was until his death, the most popular lion in Zimbabwe, was lured out of the Hwange National Park using bait, wounded with a bow and arrow and later shot dead. This ... Read More
Aug 3, 2015 Following the widespread outbreak of the Ebola virus in some West African countries, where at least 11,200 people have died, a team of researchers from Oxford, is in the process of creating a vaccine for the deadly virus. The vaccine, which is developed by Bavarian Nordic and Johnson & Johnson, is tagged ... Read More
Aug 3, 2015 Bolivian President Evo Morales has presented a proposed five-year plan to his Chilean counterpart that would put to bed a centuries-old territorial dispute between both countries and grant Bolivia more access to the Pacific Ocean. President Morales during a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, directed the proposal to ... Read More
Aug 3, 2015 The current English premier league champions ended their pre-season tour in the United States by defeating European champions Barcelona, after a thrilling 2-2 draw in Maryland. Belgian playmaker, Eden Hazard opened the scoresheet by adding another eye-catching goal to his increasingly impressive collection and the Blues held on to the lead until half-time. ... Read More
Aug 3, 2015 And still on pre-season engagements, French outfit Paris St Germain claimed a 2-0 victory over Manchester United to clinch the International Champions Cup. The match was shrouded in a bubbling controversy due to Manchester United’s winger Angel Di Maria, who is reportedly seeking a move away from the English Premier League side ... Read More
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