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Liverpool stay unbeaten at home 

Runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool beat West Ham United by 3-2 in a thrilling game to maintain their 100% home record. Trailing 2-1 late in the second half, West Ham keeper Lukasz Fabianski was twice at fault as Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane ensured Liverpool prevailed to equal the record of 18 consecutive top-flight wins […]

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Cricket: Heather Knight makes a record 

England captain Heather Knight scripted a new record when she scored the first century of the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, smashing a 66-ball 108 against Thailand at Canberra. The 29-year-old became the first woman to score a hundred in all three formats of the game. The right-handed batter came in to bat when […]

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2 double 100s in 2 months! Look out for Samit Dravid 

If you follow cricket, you know what legend Rahul Dravid is. But wait for his legacy too. It seems his son may soon follow his footsteps. Dravid’s son Samit last week hit his 2nd double hundred in the space of 2 months while playing for his school Mallya Aditi International (MAI) in the BTR Shield […]

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Skateboard phenomenon Sky Brown may head to Olympics 2020 

She may only be 11, but Sky Brown proves that big things come in small sizes. This skateboarder, dancer and surfer has ambitions beyond her tender years. In addition to clinching the gold at the United Kingdom (UK) National Skateboarding Championship in 2019, she is currently ranked third in the world for women in the […]

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Manchester City banned for two seasons 

Manchester City have been banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons by UEFA and fined €30m (approximately Rs 2,31,54,00,000) after they were found to have seriously misled European football’s governing body and broken financial fair play rules. The severity of the ban from both of UEFA’s elite club competitions and the scale […]

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Faster than Usain Bolt! 

Usain Bolt is the undisputed fastest man on Earth. But he may have some completion from an Indian. Srinivasa Gowda from a Karnataka village made a record, and became a sensation, after competing in a traditional Kambala race. He ran the traditional buffalo race, covering 142.50 meters in just 13.62 seconds. The timing was enough […]

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Juno aircraft sends news about water on Jupiter 

Nasa’s Juno mission has provided its first results on the amount of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere. The Juno results estimate that at the equator, water makes up about 0.25 per cent of the molecules in Jupiter’s atmosphere — almost three times that of the Sun. These are also the first findings on the gas giant’s […]

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Anime lovers, this is for you! 

The ethereal world of Hayao Miyazaki is coming on Netflix. Yes, you read it right. Nothing can be better than this for the fans of anime movies and Japanese director Miyazaki. The beloved collection of 21 animated films is filled with life lessons relevant to our day and age, and are family favourites around the […]

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French ski resort gets snow from mountain top

The world had another jolt of reality when a ski resort had to transport snow for its revellers.  A French ski resort used a helicopter to move snow from higher up the mountains after exceptionally mild weather left its slopes bare. This also raised concerns about the ecological and natural changes on earth.  The helicopter […]

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Jetman soars Ironman style! 

The flying humans would be a reality soon, and that too Ironman style! Daredevil Vince Reffet soared into the skies above Dubai in the latest “Jetman” stunt. He took off from the ground and climbed to 1,800metres (nearly 6,000 feet) in a feat similar to that of Marvel’s Iron Man. Reffet and his collaborators, known […]