EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS SARACENS held off a thrilling rally from Exeter Chiefs to retain their Premiership title with a 28-20 victory and complete the first double by an English club since 2004. A fortnight on from their victory over Racing 92 in the Champions Cup final, Mark McCall’s men looked set to record an emphatic win…
Earlier this month, the adventure racer, journalist and Vigour creator Charlie Norton, 39, died after reportedly falling from a cliff while walking in Morocco. You can read moving tributes to the father-of-two at the Telegraph and Vigour. Advertisement What follows is a piece that Charlie produced for 220 in October 2014 from the Killarney Adventure…
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden Hardcover, 339 pages | purchase Buy Featured Book Title Permanent Record Author Edward Snowden Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? When Edward Snowden landed at the Moscow airport in 2013, having just divulged valuable secrets about National Security Agency surveillance programs, he was immediately stopped by Russian authorities. A…
It’s been nearly a year since Julie Horowitz-Jackson’s mother, Arlene, died of Covid-19 in a nursing facility in Philadelphia. “What hit me recently is that the world is opening back up, and my mom’s still dead,” Horowitz-Jackson says. At this point in the Covid-19 pandemic, as vaccines get rolled out in the United States and…
Following a unique back-and-forth on social media with another top in-ring worker in the pro wrestling business, “WWE’s Resident Superhero” has decided to undergo a bit of a makeover. Former NXT North American Champion and former WWE United States Champion Ricochet recently chatted with the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW),…
LONDON — A British newspaper says police in London are investigating an allegation of sexual assault made against former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell. The Daily Telegraph says Scotland Yard is investigating a complaint from a woman who was an employee at the Canadian High Commission when Campbell was high commissioner. The newspaper says in…
Hate to break it to you, Toronto: the rest of Canada thinks your tap water kind of sucks. Almost 38 per cent of Ontarians think Toronto tap water tastes great, a new poll conducted by Santevia Water Systems has found, but the rest of the country thinks that the water pouring from the taps in…
Click: Cumbria will again play host to the country’s biggest outdoors festival this year, taking place on 14 -17 May. Keswick Mountain Festival will offer an exciting smorgasbord of adventure-themed activities, live performances and high-profile speakers, including Alistair Brownlee. Click Here: New Zealand rugby store Advertisement Brownlee, arguably Britain’s top triathlete and certainly one of…
Les people sont devenus complètement accros aux réseaux sociaux et postent sur leurs comptes tout et n’importe quoi. Voici en images ce que nos amies les célébrités ont voulu partager avec nous cette semaine. Cette semaine les people nous ont proposé des images très variées. Si certains pensent déjà à Noël, d’autres ont encore la…
Triathlon stars of the future, get training – the Kids of Steel series will return for 2015 with ten events across the UK, culminating in a mini-triathlon at the London Aquatics Centre and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this July. Advertisement Up to 10,000 youngsters aged 8 to 13 are expected to take part in the…