Most people would feel fear and foreboding, but for Kelly Gallagher, the feeling is one of freedom. “When you get a ski to bend and physically feel a jolt of G [gravity] — it’s exceptional.” A daredevil; a history-maker; and Winter Paralympic champion, the 35-year-old from Northern Ireland is no […]
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Sports stars including Dina Asher-Smith, Lewis Hamilton, Maggie Alphonsi and David Beckham have put their names to a letter calling for greater diversity across the UK sports media, in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. The letter has been sent to all leading broadcast and print outlets across the […]
Last week, Kim Jong-Un’s sister Yo-jong issued a strongly worded statement, denouncing a campaign by North Korean defectors and other activists in the South. According to reports, the campaign saw activists send anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets into the communist nation, as a hostile act running counter to a series of peace […]
Making moves? Matt Lauer is planning to jump back into the spotlight in the wake of his controversial op-ed regarding past allegations of sexual misconduct, a source exclusively reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly. Hollywood’s Sexual Misconduct Scandals “Matt’s talking about doing a big TV interview,” the insider […]
PETERBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – The Jamaican bobsleigh team is used to training without snow, but the coronavirus lockdown has seen its male athletes resort to pushing a car around the streets of an English city to stay in shape, with an eye on Olympic qualification. Bobsleigh – Jamaica Bobsleigh team […]
FILE PHOTO: Alpine Skiing – FIS Alpine World Ski Championships – Men’s Slalom – Are, Sweden – February 17, 2019 – France’s Alexis Pinturault in action. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo ROME (Reuters) – The Italian winter sports federation (FISI) will ask to push back the 2021 Alpine skiing World Championships in […]
Not holding back. Matt Lauer fired back at Ronan Farrow in a lengthy op-ed after his reporting on the former Today anchor’s alleged sexual misconduct was questioned by The New York Times. Lauer, 62, was fired by NBC News in November 2017 after a female employee accused him of inappropriate […]
Former “Today” anchor Matt Lauer has accused Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ronan Farrow of failing to corroborate charges that were made against him in the 2019 book “Catch and Kill.” By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer May 20, 2020, 1:00 AM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to […]