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England have made it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup – but just how tough will Sweden be in the next round? Sweden defeated Switzerland 1-0 on Tuesday, ahead of England’s dramatic penalty shootout win over Colombia, and the…
By Joel Slattery The clash of Kerry v Galway sees two provincial champions go head-to-head in a must-see clash – however, the public will have to choose between watching that big game or the World Cup final. The Kingdom’s game…
Real Madrid have denied reports that they are trying to sign Neymar from Paris Saint Germain. The 26-year-old signed for €225m from Barcelona last summer. Spanish TV station, TVE, claimed that Real had offered €310m for the striker. Real Madrid…
As spring turned into summer, 1976, I was age 9, living in what I then presumed the norm for America, the rather idyllic and medium-sized Kansas town, Hutchinson (affectionately known in Kansas as “Hutch”). My neighbors were loving, caring, and…
The Trump administration is sending colleges a stern warning: consider race as little as possible, or not at all, when you’re admitting students — a sharp reversal from the previous administration. Under Obama, the Education Department stressed that diversity was…
Ocean plastic has, in a pretty short time, become a surprisingly potent international environmental movement. For one, there’s more awareness now about the astounding quantity of plastic — between 4.7 and 12.8 million metric tons — floating around in the…
