This is the photograph that encapsulates Diego Maradona. It is not what it seems, but that doesn’t matter. It’s not about what’s real. It’s about the man, the life, the myth and our memory. This is Maradona as we picture him: on the ball, against the world, against the odds. It’s beautiful. The man who … Read more
That rage, that insatiable, brilliant, magnificent, rage, is at last calmed. Diego Maradona is gone. Nine ambulances, called to his home in San Andres, north of Buenos Aires, could not save him. Three days of national mourning were immediately declared. ‘He leaves us, but does not leave,’ wrote Lionel Messi, ‘because Diego is eternal.’ And … Read more
So now we know the truth about Football Association chairman Greg Clarke. He really wasn’t that smart. Racist, sexist, probably not. He used some very outdated language wrapped up in crudely stereotypical attitudes before a committee of politicians on Tuesday and paid a high price. Clarke rightly apologised when corrected but, in the current climate, … Read more
Three teenagers including a 17-year-old girl are charged over the murder of French history teacher Samuel Paty who was beheaded after showing Mohammed cartoons in a free speech lesson Two 18-year-old men, one French the other Chechen, and girl detained Tuesday Three teens have been charged with ‘criminal terrorist conspiracy’, source said Men are suspected of … Read more
Doctor Hubert Montague Murray was the first significant medical professional to identify a link between asbestos and death. Before the Departmental Committee on Compensation for Industrial Diseases in 1906, Murray, senior physician at Charing Cross Hospital, related the story of a patient who presented in 1899, dying a year later. The man was 33 and … Read more
Dancing With The Stars’ Lindsay Arnold shared a first look at her ‘little family’ after giving birth to her first child with husband, Samuel Lightner Cusick, on Monday. Just hours after the 26-year-old professional dancer welcomed a baby girl, she updated her more than 868,000 Instagram followers about the ‘very special day.’ ‘Baby Girl and mama are … Read more
Ben Affleck shows off toned forearms in rolled-up sweater while out with son Samuel, eight, in Los Angeles By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 07:54 GMT, 31 October 2020 | Updated: 07:54 GMT, 31 October 2020 Ben Affleck looked very inch the Hollywood heartthrob when he was spotted out in Los Angeles for an errand … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron paid his respects tonight at the coffin of a teacher who was beheaded near Paris last week. History teacher Samuel Paty was decapitated for having shown cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a civics class discussion on free speech early this month. He became the subject of an online hate campaign … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron paid his respects tonight at the coffin of a teacher who was beheaded near Paris last week. History teacher Samuel Paty was decapitated for having shown cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a civics class discussion on free speech early this month. He became the subject of an online hate campaign … Read more
It was Everton who were the first to mention the T word. Trust. There wasn’t a lot of it in the room, as the authors of Project Big Carve-up faced their fellow Premier League shareholders. By the afternoon, a letter had been drafted suggesting a united front, with all 20 clubs as signatories. The project … Read more