Entertainment

Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Falklands will be disputing the Hockey LATAM Cup in Miami

The Falkland Islands will be participating in the LATAM hockey Cup, to be played in Miami, on September 6/7, with semifinals and finals on the following two days. Sam Cockwell a forward of the main team, and a promising journalist will keep Islanders informed about the events through the Penguin News.
Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 08:20 UTC
Brazilian born striker becomes first to represent China's national soccer team

Brazil-born striker Elkeson is in line to become the first player without Chinese heritage to represent China after the country's football authorities registered him for Asia's World Cup qualifying tournament next month.
Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 08:09 UTC
Tango championship in Buenos Aires suspends violent Russian participant

A Russian participant in the World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires has been disqualified for violence towards his partner, the organizers said on Wednesday. The incident happened after the duo, a husband and wife, took part in the semi-final of the competition on Tuesday in the Argentine capital.
Friday, August 9th 2019 - 09:37 UTC
Hundreds gather to mark the 50th anniversary of the Beatles Abbey Road album cover

Hundreds of people gathered at the world's most famous zebra crossing on Thursday to mark the 50th anniversary of the day the Beatles created one of the best-known album covers in music history and an image imitated by countless fans ever since.
Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 08:35 UTC
Hero reception in Colombia for Bernal, winner of the Tour de France

The Colombian city of Zipaquirá has welcomed home local hero Egan Bernal, 10 days after he won the Tour de France. Last month the 22-year-old became the first Colombian to win cycling's most prestigious race - and its youngest champion in 110 years. Thousands of people gathered in the town's central square as early as 05:00.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 07:20 UTC
French inventor crosses the English Channel of a hover board in 20 minutes

French inventor Franky Zapata on Sunday succeeded in crossing the English Channel on a jet-powered hover board he designed, zooming over the Strait of Dover in just over 20 minutes.
Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 19:40 UTC
The myth of the Mexican caballero defender of the downtrodden turns 100

Aug 9, 1919, US writer Johnston McCulley released a story titled The Curse Of Capistrano in a Californian pulp magazine – in it was a masked and caped character named Zorro. In conceiving the sword-wielding defender of the downtrodden, McCulley set the stage for a whole century of superheroes.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Uruguayan actor George Hilton dies in Rome, aged 85

George Hilton, the Uruguayan stage actor who starred in Argentine movies in the 1950s and 1960s and in European productions later on in his career, passed away in Rome on Sunday, his family posted on Facebook. No cause of death was given. He was 85.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:43 UTC
Ex Barcelona and 2002 World champion with Brazil, in deep financial trouble

A court in southern Brazil has forbidden ex-Barcelona striker Ronaldinho from selling 57 of his real estate properties due to an unpaid environmental fine and other debts, a Brazilian newspaper reported on Monday.
Monday, July 29th 2019 - 13:22 UTC
Bernal, 22, becomes the first Colombian to win the Tour de France

Egan Bernal clinched victory in the Tour de France on Sunday, parading into Paris safely in the overall leader's yellow jersey, becoming the first Colombian winner of cycling's greatest prize and its youngest in more than a century.