Month: March 2021

The Philippines is overwhelmed by an excess of about 2 million kilos of mangoes because of a dry spell in the region. That is about 10 million individual mangoes with the average mango weighing 200 grams, one-fifth of a kilo. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Pinol announced Monday that measures will be laid out to address…

The 40th birthday of Ironman was always going to be a special race, and so it proved with the Kona debut of Javier Gomez, course records broken, emotional stories of redemption and some heavyweights showdowns between the world’s greatest long-course athletes. Advertisement Grabbing the headlines in the men’s elite event was Patrick Lange, who broke…

Southampton striker Che Adams has been named in the Scotland squad for this month’s World Cup qualifiers. The former England Under-20 international previously rejected an approach by the Scottish Football Association to switch allegiances. Hibernian striker Kevin Nisbet has also received a first call-up while Celtic defender Jack Hendry is in the squad after impressing…

Since his first day at Anfield, Jurgen Klopp has been about turning doubters into believers. But when it came to Nat Phillips, the Liverpool boss initially appeared wholly reluctant to the conversion. The Reds boss would have been happy to see Phillips leave Liverpool last summer, with Werder Bremen and Schalke interested in the centre-back…

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will keep his captaincy role at Arsenal despite his ill-discipline before and after their victory over Tottenham on Sunday. A second-half penalty from Alexandre Lacazette sealed a 2-1 comeback victory over Spurs at the Emirates Stadium. Erik Lamela had come off the bench to open the scoring for Tottenham with a wonderful Rabona…

Rio Ferdinand has urged Man Utd to “give everything” in an attempt to sign Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland this summer. The Norway international has bagged 76 goals in his last 75 appearances in all competitions for Dortmund and former club RB Salzburg, with that record turning the heads of clubs around Europe. The likes of…

DAILY UPDATE Latest News: WWE bans slapping the leg/thigh when throwing kicks AEW Revolution watch along, Speak Now/B&V post-shows on Twitch Impact Hard to Kill PPV buys second highest in post-Spike era New Japan Cup night four results: Ospreay vs. Tenzan    One title changes via DQ at UFC 259 while two champions retain   AEW…

A contract signing will be part of the final build to Impact Wrestling’s Sacrifice. Impact Wrestling has announced that the Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) and FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson) will take part in a contract signing on Tuesday’s episode of Impact. The Good Brothers are defending their Impact Tag Team…

China’s new warning discouraging its citizens from traveling to the U.S. will mean fewer free-spending Chinese tourists. They account for some of the highest tourism traffic and spending in America.A typical Chinese visitor bought $6,700 in goods and services in 2017. Luxury retailer Tiffany blamed lower sales in its most recent quarter to dwindling Chinese tourism in…

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner was happy overall with the US outfit’s test program in Bahrain, insisting its young drivers learned a lot and now need “to let things sink in” ahead of their race debut next week. Haas racked up a healthy 394 laps at Sakhir, and while there were no headline performances, both…