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Should sports cheats be prosecuted? When violence in the ring or on the field becomes criminal
Andrey Burmakin / Shutterstock Professional boxing is no stranger to controversy. The British Medical Association, the trade union for doctors in the UK, has called for years for the sport to be banned due to its damaging effects. It has a higher potential for injury than any other contact sport.Continue Reading
How celebrity footballers can help reduce prejudice against minorities – podcast
In the latest episode of Discovery, an ongoing series via The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear about recent research that showed how a Muslim celebrity footballer helped reduce Islamophobia. When Mohamed Salah joined Liverpool football club in 2017, he quickly became the Premier League team’s star player. As Liverpool wentContinue Reading
Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to save communism, but he buried it instead
h The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, under whose leadership the communist bloc was brought to an end, was met in the west with tributes and personal reminiscences by leaders who had met him and enjoyed his company. This reverence wasn’t matched in RussiaContinue Reading
James Cameron says inspiration for his biggest films come to him ‘in dreams’
J ames Cameron says the inspiration and “imagery” for some of his biggest films has come to him in his dreams. The Hollywood director said humans were always “telling ourselves stories” at night and that the job of a screenwriter was finding a way to “formalise” those stories. It comesContinue Reading
Qatar: why we are critical of some countries’ human rights records and not others
Freedom House ranks gap year favourite Vietnam lower than Qatar on political rights and civil liberties. Raphael Rivest / Shutterstock As host of the World Cup, Qatar is currently in the spotlight for years of human rights violations, particularly concerning the treatment of migrant workers and laws on homosexuality. ManyContinue Reading
Man Utd ‘line up Yann Sommer free transfer with Switzerland goalkeeper tipped to REPLACE David de Gea’
MANCHESTER UNITED are lining-up a free transfer for Yann Sommer, according to reports. The Borussia Mönchengladbach goalkeeper is in the final year of his deal and is able to move for free in the summer. 1 Yann Sommer is out of contract at the end of the seasonCredit: Rex He’sContinue Reading
Walker vs Mbappe: Key duel that’ll decide World Cup clash… but who is fastest?
ENGLAND and France will meet in a blockbuster World Cup quarter-final on Saturday evening. The Three Lions breezed past Senegal 3-0 on Sunday, hours after Didier Deschamps’ world champions cruised to a 3-1 victory over Poland. 3 Kyle Walker will be looking to keep Kylian Mbappe quiet on SaturdayCredit: GettyContinue Reading
2021 census shows English decreasing as main language but masks England and Wales’ true diversity
Multicultural Tooting High Street, London. William Barton/Shutterstock The latest release of data from the 2021 census has given us new information about the languages people speak across England and Wales. There is growing linguistic diversity: over 90 different languages were reported as the main language of people living in EnglandContinue Reading
Woman arrested in connection with Wexford dog attack
Gardaí have arrested a woman in connection with a serious dog attack in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. On Sunday, November 27th, a nine-year-old boy sustained serious injuries in the attack involving a pitbull cross. A woman aged in her 30s was arrested on Monday morning and is currently detained at EnniscorthyContinue Reading
His Dark Materials season 3 on BBC One – behind the scenes as the epic adaptation draws to a close
I n the dead of the night, a helicopter cuts through the sky. We’re in Oxford, but not the Oxford of this world: as the man disembarks from the aircraft and wades through waist-high water, he hands a sleeping baby and her animal daemon to the dumbfounded Master of JordanContinue Reading