In my lifetime the flight time between London and Sydney has dropped from four days to twenty hours. When my grandfather flew there from Croydon in 1936 it took twelve days.
Scotland fans have donated nearly $30,000 to charities in Providence as a thank you for welcoming them for their World Cup matches.
• $10,000 to the children's hospital cancer unit
• $10,000 to soccer for underprivileged kids
• $6,500 to help kids learn bagpipes
The Flashing Blade (1967). The historical French children's drama set during the War of the Mantuan Succession - that's what the kids want!
It was recut and redubbed by the BBC in 1969 and frequently shown throughout the 1970s.
Haiti v Scotland is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries occupy the smaller, mountainous part of a major island shared with a larger neighbour.
Haiti has western Hispaniola. Scotland has northern Great Britain.
Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.
The Knicks won their first NBA Championship since 1973, and Spike Lee says it’s because Pope Leo XIV has blessed them.
Lee handed the pope a custom jersey at the Vatican in November and asked for “a miracle” — a championship for New York.
Brunson, Hart, and Bridges all went to Villanova, the pope’s alma mater. https://t.co/6dxD2cvPjf
@robesteva@Wakefield90 He learned all his football skills from me! !!! 😂😂😂
I’m the fat skinhead in the Scotland Top underneath Tim there playing at Uni.
Remember it like yesterday Ron. Ipswich top of the English League Celtic top of the Scottish. Billed as a battle of the leagues .
7/8 of the ground Celtic ..
@CansAndBansV13 He’s a nice lad and I saw him in Bilbao last year.
TBF until a few years ago didn’t know who he was like 99%of peeps , so he may well have been at Pesci Munkas away too back in the day ..
10 June 1829. The Oxford team won the 1st Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race. It took place at Henley-on-Thames in front of 20,000 spectators. Ever since it’s been an annual event held on the River Thames.