Former world boxing champion Glenn McCrory has been arrested and charged with using threatening and abusive behaviour after allegedly calling two teenage waitresses ‘pet’. Mr McCrory, 57, is said to have insulted the two girls at a £5,000-per-head VIP dinner held at the London Academy of Excellence on September 25, sources told the Mirror. The…
Rihanna is reportedly planning on raising her baby son in her native country of Barbados. The singer, 34, and her boyfriend A$AP Rocky, 33, reportedly welcomed their first child together on May 13. According to The Mirror, she is expected to remain in Los Angeles for the next three months before moving back to the…
Belgium has become the first country to introduce a compulsory 21-day monkeypox quarantine – as doctors warn of a ‘significant rise’ in UK cases over next ‘two to three weeks’ Those who contract the virus will now have to self-isolate for three weeks, Belgian health authorities have said, after three cases were recorded in the…
The Egyptians may have the most famous mummies, but they’re not the oldest. The Chinchorro people of Chile’s Atacama Desert were the first to mummify their dead – 7,000 years ago. In Chile’s Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, mummies have been found that pre-date the Egyptians’ by 2,000 years. So while the Egyptians…
Reality TV star, Angel Smith has said she regrets participating in Big Brother Naija. Angel made this known during an interview with OAP Temisan Emmanuel. She said that her regret was not borne out of an experience or bad situation but she just started feeling regret for going into the BBNaija show. She blamed the…
Kylian Mbappe celebrated his new contract with Paris Saint-Germain in style, scoring a hat trick as the French champions rounded out their Ligue 1 campaign with a 5-0 victory over Metz on Saturday. PSG had confirmed Mbappe’s shock U-turn in snubbing a transfer to Real Madrid to sign a new three-year deal in Paris just…
Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly looking to sell Neymar as per Kylian Mbappe’s demands. Mbappe will remain at PSG next season after he signed a three-year deal with the French Ligue 1 champions that will see him remain at the Parc des Princes until 2025. According to respected Spanish journalist Sergio Santos, the World Cup winner…
Marybelle Alston may live in Florida now, but this former longtime resident of Wayne and her family have never stopped being proud citizens of Eagles Nation. This week, Alston, 88, officially became a citizen of the Rhythm Nation, too, after a video of her dancing to Janet Jackson’s “All For You” in a pair of…
Bayern Munich striker, Robert Lewandowski, is only interested in leaving the club for Barcelona this summer. This was confirmed by highly-respected Italian transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano. Romano tweeted on Saturday: “Robert Lewandowski has not changed his mind, as of today. “He wants Barcelona and he’s not even in talks with any other club – just…
Erling Haaland spend half a million pounds on Rolex watches for his Borussia Dortmund teammates and staff ahead of his move to Manchester City in the summer. Haaland will leave Dortmund at the end of June, so has bought 33 Rolex watches, worth 12,730 pounds each, for the club’s players. According to Bild, he also…
Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne was named the Premier League’s player of the season on Saturday, with teammate Phil Foden taking the Young Player prize for a second successive year. De Bruyne has notched a career-best 15 league goals and 13 assists to secure the fans’ award for the second time after also winning…
Scott Eastwood is returning to the world of Fast and Furious. The actor is set to reprise his role as Little Nobody in Fast X, the latest installment of Universal’s hard-driving, multibillion-dollar franchise that is currently shooting in London. The high-wattage cast already includes luminaries such as Jason Momoa, Charlize Theron and Brie Larson, along…
Double congratulations are in order for Top Chef judge Gail Simmons! On Thursday, Simmons celebrated her 46th birthday by officially becoming a U.S. citizen. The Canadian-born cookbook author, who moved from Canada to New York over two decades ago, posted the big milestone on her Instagram feed. “Yesterday was BIG. Sure, I turned a year…
Paris Saint-Germain manager Mauricio Pochettino and sporting director Leonardo are expected to leave their respective positions as the club prepares for a massive shake-up, according to The Guardian’s Fabrizio Romano. The news follows reports that star forward Kylian Mbappe will sign a new three-year contract with PSG. Mbappe was set to run out his current…
Kylian Mbappe has said he will stay at Paris Saint-Germain, sources told ESPN, in a shock U-turn that sees Real Madrid miss out again on their long-term transfer target. Mbappe, 23, had been widely expected to move to the Bernabeu this summer, with his PSG contract due to expire on June 30. But after a…
Manchester City forward Phil Foden was named the Premier League’s Young Player of the season for the second consecutive year on Saturday. Foden has been instrumental in City’s bid to retain the Premier League title, scoring nine goals and producing five assists. The 21-year-old has matched his goal and assist totals from last season and…
A former employee has accused Wells Fargo of scheduling fake interviews with black and female candidates for roles that were already filled in order to boost the bank’s diversity statistics. Former Wells Fargo wealth management executive Joe Bruno, 58, claims he was fired last August after he blew the whistle to his bosses about the…
In a world-first initiative, visitors to Palau will be offered exclusive experiences based on how they treat the environment and culture, not by how much they spend. Despite being home to fewer than 20,000 residents, the Republic of Palau is making an outsized impact to preserve the planet. Not only did the country – made…
Leonard Ellerbe says Floyd Mayweather Jr. is impressed with what he’s seen from the young welterweight contender Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and thinks highly of him. The 24-year-old Ennis (29-0, 27 KOs) stole the limelight away from unified junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo last Saturday night with his second-round knockout win over Custio Clayton in an…
Mercedes-Benz confirmed on Thursday that it recently sold the world’s most expensive car. A very rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz SLR coupe that had been kept in the German automaker’s collection was sold to a private owner for €135 million, the equivalent of $142 million. That price makes it the most expensive car known to ever have…
Taco Bell’s highly anticipated Mexican Pizza finally returns to menus Thursday following a roughly two-year hiatus. The beloved menu item was eliminated in November 2020 as part of a broader culling of Taco Bell’s menu during the height of the pandemic. That helped Taco Bell shed complexities and costs. But now, the $4.49 menu item…
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos fell short in his Eagle FC debut. Yorgan De Castro defeated Dos Santos via TKO at the 0:35 mark of the third round in the Eagle FC 47 main event Friday night in Miami. The bout ended after Dos Santos separated his shoulder throwing a punch. Both veterans…
Burnley and Leeds United are threatening to take legal action against Everton over suspicions the Toffees breached the Premier League’s financial fair play rules, according to Martyn Ziegler of The Times. The two clubs reportedly sent a letter to the Premier League last week asking whether it has investigated Everton for a potential breach. The…
Grand Theft Auto V continues to soar. The open-world action game has now passed 165 million copies sold as of March 31, 2022, which is up by 5 million copies since Take-Two last disclosed a sales figure in February 2022. The entire GTA series has now sold more than 375 million copies, Take-Two announced. GTA…
Pepsi’s chief marketer opens up about his vision to take the soft drink brand to the next level – with everything from cola-infused pepperoni to a diversified, tech-focused marketing strategy. Pepsi today unveiled its latest cheeky product activation: cola-infused pepperoni pizza. The move is an extension of the brand’s ‘Better With Pepsi’ messaging platform –…
There are 300,000 edible plant species but in 2018, just four crops made up half of global production, and three — rice, maize, and wheat — accounted for 86% of all exports. Christoph Langwallner, co-founder and CEO of WhatIF Foods, wants to change that. His startup is on a mission to diversify the food system…
The Scout, a one-time competitor to Ford Broncos and Jeeps that was last sold more than four decades ago, is being resurrected by Volkswagen as a line of all-electric trucks and SUVs. Scout will become its own separate brand offering off-road-oriented electric trucks and SUVs in North America. A Scout SUV and pickup truck are…
Coke knows that its soda caps often end up as litter. So it’s trying to solve the problem by tethering them to the bottle, at least in the United Kingdom. Earlier this week, the British arm of the beverage company announced that it has started rolling out new versions of its plastic bottles. The new…
Gospel singer, Don Moen and his wife were jubilant as they celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on 20th May, 2022. The veteran singer who is known famously for his ‘God is good all the time’ song took to his Facebook to share the news. He recounted how he had married the love of his life…
Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez has told his players that Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe will not be joining the club this summer. This claim was revealed by Spanish football expert, Guillem Balague. Balague stated this in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Friday night. According to him, Perez informed Real Madrid’s players about…
Incoming Manchester United boss, Erik ten Hag has said he cannot wait to work alongside the ‘magnificent’ forward, Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford. Manchester United is expected to let as many as 10 players leave the club this summer, as the Dutchman oversees wholesale changes to the squad. Ronaldo has one year left on his…
The Italian Serie A has announced its best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, and striker of the season. The Serie A season comes to an end this weekend, with AC Milan and Inter neck-and-neck for the league title. Mike Maignan has been named the best goalkeeper in the league for the 2021-22 season after a stunning first…
John Legend returns with your fix of R&B. Just in time for summer, the EGOT winner brings the feel-good vibes on his new single “Dope.” The intoxicating track was produced by Ian Kirkpatrick and Ryan Tedder and co-written by Charlie Puth. “She’s so dope / She can be my dope queen / We could make…
Kendrick Lamar has left Eminem speechless. On Friday, the Compton rapper released his highly-anticipated album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers to much acclaim including from Eminem. Taking to Twitter, the Rap God couldn’t contain his excitement upon hearing the album. In a tweet to Dr. Dre, who signed Kendrick to Aftermath, Em gushed about…
Breezy is coming. After much anticipation, Chris Brown has finally announced a release date for his 10th studio album. His first album in three years arrives June 24 featuring a star-studded lineup. In a series of Instagram Stories, the R&B superstar shared the guest list including Lil Wayne, Jack Harlow, Anderson .Paak, Tory Lanez, and…
The Nigeria Women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval to withdraw Nigeria from all international basketball competitions. It was earlier reported that Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, had announced that the withdrawal will last two years. Dare said the development would allow the government to concentrate on efforts…
Japan’s Naomi Osaka says her return to the French Open has been “positive for the most part” after initially worrying what the reaction would be to her pulling out of last year’s event. The four-time Grand Slam champion, 24, withdrew 12 months ago and said she had been suffering from depression. The former world number…
Elon Musk rejected on Thursday allegations that he groped and exposed himself to a flight attendant six years ago. “Those wild accusations are utterly untrue,” the world’s wealthiest person posted on Twitter, the platform he is currently in the stalled process of buying for $44 billion. News outlet Insider reported earlier in the day that…
Bill Gates recently released his new book, “How To Prevent The Next Pandemic,” in which he offers some insightful observations about COVID-19 and how it could be the last pandemic in human history. The world appears to have totally overcome the coronavirus pandemic, or at least its deadliest strains, two years after it began. The…
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace company, had to compensate one of its stewardesses with $250,000 as part of an out-of-court settlement for a lawsuit for sexual misconduct by the same tycoon in 2016, on a flight to London. According to Business Insider, the assistant was part of the crew of a corporate flight where Musk moved….
The new trailer for her Netflix documentary shows another side of the singer Jennifer Lopez couldn’t hide her annoyance and disappointment after failing to land a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category at the 2020 Oscars. But what her fans didn’t know, is that the superstar was secretly devastated by the Academy’s snub after…
Standard Chartered have been Liverpool’s shirt sponsor for the last 12 years, and the current deal comes to an end next summer. It was last renewed in May 2018, when it was agreed that Liverpool would earn 46 million euros annually through this sponsorship. The Reds are now looking to secure a shirt sponsorship deal…
Antonio Rudiger has confirmed that he will leave Chelsea this summer when his contract at Stamford Bridge comes to an end. The Champions League winner is being linked with a number of Europe’s elite clubs, particularly Real Madrid, and he has now taken the time to share his thoughts with the Chelsea fans. “Unfortunately, my…
With original terrazzo flooring, colorful wall tiles, and a stunning original Art Deco stairwell, Bottleworks Hotel is the renovated remains of what was once the largest Coca-Cola bottling company in the United States. Bits and pieces of soda pop history are visible around the hotel, with sparkling and still water fountains, framed photographs and newspaper…
The Lithuanian city of Kaunas, along with Novi Sad in Serbia, is the European Capital of Culture for 2022, allowing the photogenic destination to step into the spotlight to showcase its cultural offering to the world. A visit to Kaunas is ideal for a short European city break, with direct flights from the UK with…
Everton secured their Premier League status with an incredible fightback where they came from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace. The hosts, who will continue their 68-year stay in the top flight, looked like they were heading for defeat after Palace scored twice in the first half through Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jordan Ayew. But…
Flume’s third official studio album, Palaces, is out now via Future Classic. The album features a raft of guests, including Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn and Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek. Eight of the album’s thirteen tracks feature guest artists. Palaces begins with ‘Highest Building’, featuring French pop singer, Oklou. Track two is the recent single, ‘Say Nothing’, featuring…
His Place Eatery in Indianapolis, Indiana, serves two comfort-food classics; barbecue and soul food. It’s the spot to go for honest, down-home cooking that truly warms the heart (via Yelp). All the dishes at this eatery have plenty of soul food vibes and the underlying, familiar flavor notes will undoubtedly leave you satisfied. The menu…
Roma manager, Jose Mourinho, has said he wants to stay with the club for a long time. Mourinho is preparing to lead the Serie A side out in the final of the Europa Conference League. The Portuguese tactician only joined the club last summer, after he was sacked at Tottenham Hotspur. He has since been…
Manchester United have made it clear to Barcelona, they will not meet their £70 million asking price for Frenkie De Jong, according to Daily Mail. The Premier League side are keen on signing De Jong, as Paul Pogba is set to leave on a free transfer this summer. The Barca midfielder has already been identified…
