Saina Nehwal has consented to participating in the Thomas and Uber Cup in Denmark.© AFP Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday raised safety concerns over conducting the Thomas and Uber Cup in Denmark amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nehwal said seven countries have already withdrawn from the tournament that isContinue Reading
David Bedingham fired in a quick throw, after fumbling the ball initially.© Twitter Leicestershire skipper Colin Ackermann was forced to walk back early to the pavilion, following an excellent throw by opposition wicketkeeper David Bedingham in England’s T20 league, the Vitality Blast. The dismissal was captured in a video posted onContinue Reading
‘These laws should be across the board’ Screenshot of the introductory section of Trinidad and Tobago’s Public Health Regulations, 2020, as they relate to COVID-19. Across the Caribbean, the COVID-19 pandemic has widened the gap of social inequity — including the various treatments of citizens who flout safety regulations. In TrinidadContinue Reading
The musician was a ‘firebrand’ for Jamaican music “Toots” Hibbert performing with his band, Toots and the Maytals on June 27, 2008. Photo by Flickr user Olatz eta Leire, CC BY-SA 2.0. A unique voice fell silent on the evening of September 11, when pioneering reggae singer/songwriter “Toots” Hibbert, best known asContinue Reading
Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis are likely to bat in the top order for CSK.© Chennai Super Kings/Instagram Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have had to take extra precautions in the lead-up to the 13th season of Indian Premier League (IPL) due to a spate of COVID-19-positive cases that affectedContinue Reading
Jamie Vardy scored twice from the spot in the last 16 minutes as Leicester beat West Brom 3-0.© AFP Leicester bounced back from a disappointing end to last season to get their new campaign off to a winning start as Jamie Vardy scored two penalties in a 3-0 win atContinue Reading
Rashid Khan said he will focus on fitness during his quarantine period in the UAE.© Instagram After landing in the UAE to join the SunRisers Hyderabad squad ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, Afghanistan stars Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan have said that they will focus on fitnessContinue Reading
Many shorebird species are migratory, but some do stay Least Sandpiper at Great Pedro Ponds, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. This very small sandpiper spends the winter in South America, via the West Indies. Photo courtesy Ann Haynes Sutton, conservation ecologist, with permission. Not only do birdwatchers the world over love lookingContinue Reading
ICC has charged the two cricketers on five counts of the anti-corruption code.© AFP Two United Arab Emirates (UAE) players, Amir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed, have been charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) with five counts of breaching ICC’s anti-corruption code. The players have been provisionally suspended with immediateContinue Reading
These spiritual, pseudoscientific groups are domesticating QAnon narratives for non-American audiences A popular image of Ashtar Sheran, an alien according to some New Age beliefs. Image by www.angels-light.org. The owners of the website encourage the dissemination of their library of illustrations. Some two dozen people dressed in yellow and greenContinue Reading
