Pele was fascinated when I asked for an interview. He must have given thousands before mine, but this was different. “You mean we’ll be talking directly on the Internet?” he gasped. In 1997 that was not just a novelty, it was historic. It was the first time any event had been internetted live.
VERSION ONE Exclusive. A senior German political figure has called on the Federal Government to halt the flow of funds to the Palestinian Authority, as a result of the “50 Holocausts” remark made by the PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin last week. Ludwig Spaenle held the posts of Minister of Culture, Sports, Science and Education over […]
The Cardinal of Colombo says Jesus Christ has risen again — in the church suicide-bombed by an Islamic extremist during an Easter service in 2019. This time though, the blood on the statue in Negombo does not belong to any of the 120 murdered victims of the atrocity. “The blood that spattered onto the statue […]
The virtually impossible has just happened — again. It had seemed like a one-off but wonderful fluke that a nation with fewer than two million people could win an Olympic gold medal, the first time it competed in the Olympics. That was achieved in 2016 by the intrepid judo athlete Majlinda Kelmendi, making her a […]
Majlinda – Much More than Olympic Champion [Unless otherwise indicated, all sound on Videotape [SOVT] is in English.] ]Music: Kosovo National Anthem over Kosovan flag.] Sovt: “Majlinda Kelmendi”. At 0 12 Kosovo is a new country that’s only been competing on the world stage for less than a decade. Its main sports star is in judo – […]
What happened to this little girl when she was eight has had a dramatic impact on her whole country — the newest in Europe.