Discrimination against Dalits: How status can affect eye health September 30, 2022 | City Talk The Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation has recently set up camps in Nepal where members of the highly discriminated against Dalits received cataract-curing surgery. Many cultures have systems of hierarchy entwined in their makeup. In the United Kingdom we have had the hierarchy of Kings and Queens, Knights and Noblemen, followed by merchants and peasants. [...]
iPhone 14 Pro Max review: The notch is gone and other stories September 30, 2022 When Apple went fullscreen with the iPhone X, doing away with all but the slimmest black frame around the display, it divided the world into two categories: regular people, and those who vehemently, violently hated “the notch”. The notch, for those struggling to remember the furore it caused back in November 2017, is the little [...]
NFL is back in the capital as London hosts 31st American Football game September 30, 2022 When the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints clash on Sunday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, it will be the 31st NFL game to be played in London in which no more than one of the sides took a winning record into the fixture. The Vikings are two and one this season with a points [...]
Ollie Phillips: England should embrace Premiership’s rugby style September 30, 2022 Last Sunday’s storming contest in which Exeter Chiefs edged Harlequins 43-42 was, in my opinion, a perfect example of where the tectonic plates of rugby are starting to move. Gone are the days of overly structured play and coming in are sturdy defences paired with incredible counter-attacking moves. I think that’s where we have seen [...]
Roc Nation Sport president: ‘Change in rugby needs to happen now’ September 29, 2022 Rugby is at a crossroads between growth and crisis point ahead of next year’s World Cup, according to Michael Yormark, president of Jay-Z’s agency Roc Nation Sports. Amid a series of financial woes threatening the sport – not least in England, where Premiership clubs are fighting for survival – there is a consensus among new [...]
Curing a village of needless blindness September 29, 2022 | City Talk In a rural fishing and farming village in Morang District of Nepal, a team from the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation set up a screening camp on 15th August 2022. From the village, over 150 people were screened and 23 of those were found to be living with cataracts. This is an extremely common form [...]
Harlequins stars Lend An Ear for portraits to support new mental health campaign September 29, 2022 Harlequins stars have posed for a series of intimate portraits in support of a new mental health campaign, Lend An Ear. Players and coaches from the London rugby club’s men’s, women’s, academy and wheelchair teams sat for a series of images which focus on their sometimes gnarled ears to promote better listening skills. England internationals [...]
Ed Warner: Reform the FA to avoid the burdens of a sport regulator September 29, 2022 Can you name the new Minister for Sport? Turns out it’s Stuart Andrew, MP for Pudsey. Let’s hope he’s a sports fan as there’s nothing publicly available to say that he is (or indeed isn’t). And so the door to this most junior of ministries revolves again. And at a time when a number of [...]
Project Thunderball! Wiesmann blasts back with electric sports car September 28, 2022 Reborn German marque Wiesmann has revealed a retro-look roadster with a carbon fibre body and 680hp from twin electric motors.
Are you marathon ready? Top kit for the big race September 28, 2022 Once again postponed because of Covid, the London Marathon is finally happening this Sunday. If you need some last-minute inspiration for gear to help you reach the next level, we have you covered. Lululemon Fast and Free Running Vest, £88, lululemon.co.ukGone are the days when running a marathon involved sticking on your favourite old pair of [...]