Boris Becker defends his diplomatic status in passport row
Boris Becker has insisted he takes his duties as a diplomat for the Central African Republic seriously, despite the country’s foreign secretary saying the tennis player’s passport is fake. The German...
View ArticleTwo women on list of 20 best-paid BBC stars after equality drive
The BBC is facing a backlash after revealing that just two of its top 20 most highest-paid stars are women, despite the corporation’s efforts to address its significant on-air gender pay gap. The BBC...
View ArticleStaying Out of the Way
by Denis G. Campbell MLB’s Boston Red Sox Manager Alex Cora is changing baseball management. His team is 68-30 at the All Star break, 4.5 games ahead of their rivals the New York Yankees. They... Read...
View ArticleBen Stokes acted like ‘football hooligan’ in Bristol brawl, court told
England cricketer Ben Stokes was behaving like a “football hooligan” as he punched an Afghanistan war veteran to the floor while the man “had his hands up” during a late-night street brawl in Bristol,...
View ArticleSerena Williams is being policed for her blackness
by David A. Love In the 21st century, black people are still subjected to forms of racial discrimination that feel — and should be — things of the past. White standards of beauty still dictate... Read...
View ArticleBloodhound 1,000mph car hits skids as project enters administration
Plans to build a British jet-powered car to speed at more than 1,000mph through the desert have hit quicksand, after the company behind the Bloodhound project entered administration. The dream of an...
View Article‘It was brutal’: Ross Edgley completes 157-day swim around Britain
As he hobbled on to dry land for the first time in 157 days, having become the first swimmer to circumnavigate the whole of Great Britain, Ross Edgley’s first thought was not for food, a... Read More
View ArticlePresident Trump will sit down with CBS for Super Bowl interview
President Trump has agreed to sit down with CBS for a Super Bowl Sunday interview, CBS confirmed Monday. “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan will speak with the president on Friday, and...
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