A 30 year old Amazon Echo user from San Francisco, Shawn Kinnear has just reported a hauntingly morbid conversation with Amazon’s digital smart voice assistant Alexa. According to Kinnear, Alexa activated herself and said, “Every time I close my eyes, all I see is people dying.” When the horrified 30-year-old asked her to repeat the […]
Bernard Tomic – a tennis revolution that made millions, and counted them
The proud Australian tennis fraternity were going through a rather dry spell. Lleyton Hewitt, the last Aussie man to win a slam, was approaching the twilight of his career. The search was on for the next Hewitt. Perhaps they aimed a bit too low, for soon a player would emerge who had become too good […]
The ages of Grand Slam champions – A statistical comparison between the 4 majors
They say tennis is a young man’s sport. It’s hard to argue with that. It is among the most physically demanding sports out there. You need elite level physical conditioning – speed, power, athleticism, endurance – to be able to compete at the highest levels. And tennis players’ careers are typically over relatively earlier compared […]
Lionel Messi finishes as La Liga’s top scorer for the 5th time and top assist provider for the 4th time
The 2017/18 La Liga season reached its conclusion on Sunday. FC Barcelona were runaway winners, having incredibly sealed the title with 4 games to spare. A major driving force behind this dominant Barca performance was one Lionel Messi. With 34 goals, Messi finished as the league’s top goal scorer, comfortably ahead of second placed Cristiano […]
All Time Greatest XI – FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona are among the most popular football clubs ever. Today, they are known for their beautiful, passing football and have the largest social media following of any football club. Across their illustrious history, Barcelona have won a record 109 Spanish titles, including 24 La Liga titles, and a record 20 International titles which includes […]
All Time Greatest XI – Real Madrid
Real Madrid is arguably the most successful football club of all time. They’ve been European champions a record 12 times and Spanish champions a record 33 times across their illustrious history. And over the years, they’ve had a so-called Galactico culture. Throughout their history, Real Madrid have always boasted some of the greatest superstars of […]
The Proteas beat Australia by the largest winning margin since 1934 to seal famous series win
At the start of the final day’s play of the fourth and final Test match of Australia’s tour of South Africa, South Africa required 7 wickets to wrap up the match and take the series 3-1. For purely educational purposes, Australia required to score a further 524 runs to win. Ultimately Australia managed to add […]
Celebrating 14 years of Fedal – The 14 greatest Fedal moments (7-1)
7. Federer breaks Nadal’s 81 match clay court winning streak at Hamburg, 2007 Nadal was carrying an 81 match winning streak on clay into the 2007 Hamburg Masters final. Unsurprisingly, that was – and still is – a standing record for any surface. He had swept the clay swing in 2006, and had won everything […]
Celebrating 14 years of Fedal – The 14 greatest Fedal moments
Today marks the 14th anniversary of something truly special. On the 28th of March 2004, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal faced each other for the first time in the 3rd round at Miami. This was to be the start of the greatest rivalry in the history of tennis, and some might argue, all of sport. […]
4 Chinese volunteers spent a record 200 days in a virtual ‘moon base’
4 Chinese student volunteers spent 200 days in a simulated lunar lab in Beijing, the state media reported on Friday. The volunteers lived in the sealed lab to simulate a long-term space mission with no input from the outside world. They grew their own food, and handled their own waste. At 200 days, this stay […]
Best of 2017 Movie Awards – Comic Book Movie of the Year!
The votes are in, the audience have spoken! We would like to thank all those who have participated in the Best of 2017 Movie Awards! It is now time to reveal the winners of the Comic Book Movie of the Year poll! 2017 has no doubt been a landmark year for the genre. So which […]
Best of 2017 Movie Awards – The Movie of the Year!
The votes are in, the audience have spoken! We would like to thank all those who have participated in the Best of 2017 Movie Awards! It is now time to reveal the winners of the big one – The Movie of the Year! Let us first look back at the voting procedure again – All […]
Best of 2017 – Best Tennis Matches of 2017
The votes are in! We would like to thank all those who have participated so far in the Best of 2017 Awards! It is now time to reveal the winners of the Best Tennis Matches of 2017 poll. We are announcing the winners in 2 different categories – 1) Best Tennis Matches of 2017 2) […]
Best of 2017 Movie Awards – Vote for the best comic book movie of the year
In 2017, the world of comic book movies has become bigger than ever before. Continuing with the Best of 2017 Movie Awards, we now invite you to vote for your favorite comic book movies of 2017. Vote for your favorite movie of 2017! You may select up to 2 movies. Voting closes on December 30, […]
Best of 2017 Movie Awards – Vote for the best movie of the year
2017 was a highly eventful year on the big screen. It’s now time to look back and select the best of the best. This is the big one in our Best of 2017 Movie Awards – The Movie of The Year! And your vote will help decide our winners! Vote for your favorite movie of […]
