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As a keen follower of women’s beach volleyball, I was watching Brazil take on Canada in the Olympics, when the doorbell rang. ‘Good morning, sir, good time?’ said the young man who looked like a young Anna Hazare. I mumbled something, and let him in while Eduarda ‘Duda’ Santos Lisboa…

It's just the most suitable platform right now by Liam Doolan 6 days ago While it might seem like Ninjala could potentially generate a lot more interest on systems like the Xbox, PlayStation and PC - you know, platforms without a game called Splatoon, GungHo Online Entertainment isn't really interested…

Need something to keep your hands busy while you're out and about? Try this awesome new fidget toy, or gift it to your friends and loved ones! Lifestyle brand Perfect Life Ideas has released its new Reversible Octopus Fidget Keychain on Amazon. The sensory toy can be used to alleviate…

Giannis Antetokounmpo always seemed too good to be true. He was the latest international mystery man in the draft when we first learned about him in 2013, a skinny Greek teenager who had seemingly blossomed out to nowhere to become a legitimate first round NBA prospect. Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress…

Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the most unlikely superstars in NBA history. The son of Nigerian immigrants who settled in Greece, Antetokounmpo and his brothers famously sold watches and sunglasses in the streets to help their parents make ends meet. Antetokounmpo started playing basketball around 13 years old and turned…

Bela Padilla braves swimming in cold lake abroad Bela Padilla and boyfriend Norman Ben Bay (Instagram) Actress Bela Padilla is enjoying her trip to Italy with her Swiss-Italian boyfriend, Norman Ben Bay. Just recently, Bela flew to Italy to reunite with her boyfriend of more than one year. They first…

LONDON: Nick Kyrgios (pix) won his first match since the Australian Open on Wednesday, defeating French 21st seed Ugo Humbert in five sets at Wimbledon before declaring: "Not bad for a part-time player". The 60th-ranked Kyrgios triumphed 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 9-7 in a match held over from Tuesday evening…

If an experience occurs online, how much of an experience is it really? The sociologist Nathan Jurgenson has used the phrase “digital dualism” to critique the fallacy that what happens online is less real than what happens in the analog world. A looming sense of unreality informs the notion that…

Savvy guys like Matt Yglesias, the newsletter writer and former Vox and Slate blogger, sometimes critique bad political punditry by pointing out that it often boils down to saying things like, If politician wants to win, they should adopt all of my preferred policies. It’s a fair point: A lot…

Speaking via Zoom from the States, Squirrel Flower (also known as Ella Williiams) is tired but doesn’t appear so. Obligatory technical difficulties aside, we speak about the concepts behind her music videos, being mistaken for an influencer and how being on tour influenced her second album, ‘planet (i)’. Ella’s last…