NEW YORK: Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremonies for the late Kobe Bryant and other 2020 inductees have been postponed to May 13-15, 2021 due to COVID-19 issues, officials announced. The organization had been trying to set up an October 2020 date for ceremonies, which will be staged at Mohegan […]
The production company behind Hollyoaks is launching a guardians scheme in an effort to tackle racial inequality among the soap’s cast and crew. Lime Pictures’ measures come after some cast members claimed they had experienced racism on the series. The company’s bosses, Kate Little and Claire Poyser, said: “As a […]
US country music star Dolly Parton has come out in support of Black Lives Matter, in a rare comment on politics. She told Billboard Magazine: “Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No!” With a broad fan base that spans the right and the […]
LONDON: Arsenal’s head of football Raul Sanllehi is leaving the club with managing director Vinai Venkatesham set to take over, the Premier League side announced today. Sanllehi, who was formerly Barcelona’s director of football, was initially appointed the club’s head of football relations before taking on the role of head […]
MADRID: Lionel Messi’s body language said it all as Barcelona were sent into full-blown meltdown in their historic Champions League quarter-final humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich yesterday. He could only look on helplessly as the club to which he has brought so much glory succumbed to a record […]
LISBON: For the first time in 13 years, there is no Spanish team in the semi-finals of the Champions League and the way in which Barcelona were dumped out, with an 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich, emphatically ended the era of La Liga supremacy. There was one basic similarity in […]
This is not a completely new feature though. Microsoft did talk about this back in May and said it will reach Android in future. While Google’s Gmail has been getting regular updates and integrations, Microsoft is also not behind with its email client – Outlook. The newest feature that has […]
IPL 2020 is all set to roll from September 19 and millions of cricket fans will be tuning in. However, in case you did not know, Hotstar, the official streaming partner for the Indian Premier League (IPL) has decided to move the match live streams behind a paywall this season. […]
Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine has been named “Sputnik V” in homage to the world’s first satellite launched by the Soviet Union. Russia has produced the first batch of its new vaccine for Covid-19, the Interfax news agency quoted the health ministry as saying on Saturday, hours after the ministry reported the […]
SINGAPORE: After 43 years, Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant will spin no more. According to an 8world News report on Friday (Aug 14), the restaurant said that its closure was due to the impact of COVID-19. Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant was closed on Apr 6, a day before “circuit breaker” measures […]