In recent years, traditional all-male clubs stemming from the gentlemen’s clubs of the Enlightenment era have come under severe pressure in several Nordic countries, including Finland, for their perceived lack of equality. While today most people think of ‘gentleman’s clubs’ as seedy adults-only venues featuring strippers, the term originally applied […]
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Bayern Leverkusen have announced their star striker Kai Havertz has left the Bundesliga club’s headquarters after talking to club bosses to iron out a €100m move to Chelsea as Roman Abramovich continues his summer spending spree. READ MORE: ‘People like Abramovich want to pay it’: Kai Havertz ‘not expected to […]
VENICE—During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the island of Sardinia largely escaped any serious outbreaks. The tourist season was over and the islanders kept to themselves. When the lockdown ended in mid May, local health officials wanted to test everyone who came to the island to keep […]
Diego Maradona has reacted angrily after Napoli, the club where he spent seven sensational years at the peak of his career, appeared to ignore the 30th anniversary of a memorable cup final in which he led them to a resounding win. Maradona, a two-time Serie A winner in Naples, captained the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1f/1080325833_0:136:2077:1304_1200x675_80_0_0_dcd1c24b8261b9deeedc9d1bc2820116.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202008311080326678-messi-leaves-barcelona-looking-back-at-argentinian-superstars-career-with-spanish-club/ Last week, Spanish football club Barcelona confirmed that its forward, Lionel Messi, had informed them of his wish to leave the club this summer. According to rumours, Messi could move to England’s Manchester City, which is managed by his former coach, Pep Guardiola. […]
This wasn’t supposed to happen!Black Lives Matter were having a perfectly fine protest against cops in Florida on Friday when several members of the local motorcycle club interrupted their march by revving their engines as they drove through the protest. Of course, the cop-hating BLM activists complained to the police […]
Actor Terry Crews found a humorous way to needle NBA players for refusing to play games to protest this week’s police shooting of a black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, saying they should instead boycott a famous strip club. “Boycott Magic City,” Crews said Thursday on Twitter. The host of “America’s […]
Earlier reports stated that Argentine football icon Lionel Messi had formally asked to leave FC Barcelona this summer, with the move coming 11 days after the Spanish club’s crushing 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals. Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has claimed on social media […]
Price point Bitcoin was up slightly at about $11,776 early Monday, rising along with European equities, stock futures, gold, copper and oil amid optimism over a coronavirus vaccine and treatments. The dollar weakened. The largest cryptocurrency is coming off a 2.2% decline in the seven days through Aug. 23, breaking a […]
It appears as though the rioters in Portland have revealed Plan Number 2, as they’ve resorted to throwing balloons filled with feces at police, along with other objects including golf balls and rail spikes. They even used a torn out street sign to smash the windows of several police SUV’s. […]
“We’ll always have Paris.” Since spring, many Parisian came to doubt the veracity of that famed Casablanca promise, and for good reason. Under complete lockdown for weeks, the city just didn’t feel like itself. Fortunately, it all changed mid-June when cafés and restaurants reopened. Seeing Parisians sipping coffee, munching on […]
Barcelona have today sacked manager Quique Setien just days after his side’s humiliating 8-2 defeat against Bayern Munich, amid rumors that club’s current instability has led to prized asset Lionel Messi requesting a transfer. Setien, who was appointed as Ernesto Valverde’s successor in January, had a tumultuous spell in the […]
An employee tested positive for the disease just days after the club was allowed to reopen, despite tight social distancing restrictions and a mandatory mask-wearing policy for customers and staff members. You MUST leave your mask on. A strip club in downtown Toronto may have exposed as many as 550 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/10/1080182955_0:0:2962:1667_1200x675_80_0_0_8ffe364cca0ed572234314e0ae2396bf.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202008161080182985-us-norad-fighter-jets-reportedly-intercept-plane-near-trump-golf-club/ According to ABC News, citing the US Secret Service, the incident did not pose a threat to President Donald Trump, who spent a second weekend at his New Jersey golf club. North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) jets intercepted a small […]
Scottish Premiership club Ross County lived up to their name when they added a new goalkeeper to their ranks this week, with their loan signing of Ross Doohan meaning they now have FIVE players in their squad named Ross. Remarkably, the loan arrival of Celtic stopper Doohan means County now […]
Pelosi’s angel. Three members of the Thin Blue Line Motorcycle club were killed and nine others injured in a crash with an illegal immigrant drunk driver in West Texas. Ivan Robles Navejas is accused of killing the three men and injuring 9 others in the crash. The victims were identified […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. It’s been mere hours, but I already miss my friends. Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, […]
An exclusive California golf course that has counted Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin among its members is seeing plenty of the taxpayers’ green. The Riviera Country Club, located in a posh enclave of Los Angeles, received $2 million to $5 million in assistance through the Paycheck Protection Program—a multibillion-dollar initiative intended […]
The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) on Wednesday ordered Mirror Trading International (MTI) to cease operations immediately, alleging the South African bitcoin and forex trading network is a multilevel marketing scam. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and […]
Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, who went by the name Ray Hushpuppi, made no secret of his extraordinary wealth. On an Instagram account with 2.3 million followers, he posted photos of himself dripping in high-end watches, wearing robes with his name emblazoned on the back, and driving a $300,000 Mercedes or a […]
Amid a larger cultural reckoning with race following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, employees at the historic American Kennel Club were hoping to join a number of other companies and organizations in making Juneteenth a company holiday. Instead, while the nonprofit’s staff were hard […]
Thank you Bulldog® Gin for partnering with Half Full on the Bartenders At Home cocktail video series. Why do you like making and serving this classic cocktail? “With everyone on stay-at-home orders, we have all become our own bartender. So often we want to create an interesting cocktail, but don’t […]
Seattle’s bustling Capitol Hill neighborhood has long been a hotbed of gentrification, but right now, the streets surrounding Cal Anderson Park are undergoing a different kind of transformation. Over the past several days of its remarkable existence, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) has captured radical imaginations across the country, […]
Rush Limbaugh, who has rarely left his ideological bubble for interviews in years, on Monday sparred with the hosts of popular progressive, black culture-focused radio show The Breakfast Club. The lengthy back-and-forth was often tense, with the top-rated conservative radio talker often being asked to answer for his controversial views […]