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Rampant England and France reach Women's Euro 2025 quarter-finals
AFP, Published on 14/07/2025
» ST. GALLEN (SWITZERLAND) - Holders England reached the quarter-finals of Women's Euro 2025 on Sunday after thrashing Wales 6-1 and taking second place in Group D behind France, who won 5-2 in a thrilling match with the Netherlands.
Real Madrid, Lyon strike key Women's Champions League last-eight blows
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» PARIS - Goals in each half from Linda Caicedo and Athenea del Castillo gave Real Madrid a 2-0 win over Arsenal in their Women's Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday while eight-time winners Lyon defeated Bayern Munich by the same scoreline.
Those acronyms can be bit of a pain
Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/05/2024
» One of my pet peeves with newspapers around the globe has always been the proliferation of acronyms, especially in headlines. Apart from the fact that no one really has the faintest idea what they stand for there's something about them that's just plain ugly.
Wellness sector to survive global woes
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 22/11/2023
» The global economic slowdown and geopolitical conflicts will not affect high-spending guests in Thailand's wellness sector, according to MSpa International, a spa and wellness arm of Minor Hotels.
Different strokes for different folks
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/05/2023
» It was a bit alarming to learn the Eurovision Song Contest is still going strong, having celebrated its 67th year in Liverpool last weekend. The event had already looked the worse for wear back in the 1960s, but somehow it just won't go away. In fact it's got bigger and more brassy than ever -- an uninhibited celebration of kitsch.
France thrash Italy to start Euro 2022 in style
AFP, Published on 11/07/2022
» ROTHERHAM: France brushed off suggestions of dressing room disquiet to smash Italy 5-1 and launch their Euro 2022 campaign in style on Sunday.
The cuckoo-clock tune that went to No.1
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/05/2021
» It was amusing to see that the UK entry to the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend attracted a grand total of zero votes. However, singer James Newman shouldn't fret too much as not getting any votes is almost a badge of honour in this annual festival of kitsch where music takes second place to gaudy, garish, glitter.
Florence roars ashore in US
Published on 14/09/2018
» WILMINGTON, North Carolina: Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina early Friday local time, pushing a life-threatening storm surge of floodwater several kilometres inland and ripping apart buildings with screaming wind and pelting rain.