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May182018 by adminNo Comments

Tyson Fury teams up with snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan ahead of comeback fight in June

Tyson Fury says he has appointed snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan to his support team ahead of his comeback fight next month.Heavyweight boxer Fury will get back in the ring at Manchester Arena on June 9, against an opponent still to be announced, after spending over two years out of action. Following lengthy wrangling over an alleged doping offence, which Fury flatly denied he committed, he has his boxing licence back and believes five-time world snooker champion O'Sullivan can help him on the mental side of sporting combat. O'Sullivan has been supported in recent years by sports psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters, who has also previously worked with teams including Great Britain's Olympic cyclists and the England football team. And Fury believes he is already benefiting from O'Sullivan's knowled...

Mar272018 by adminNo Comments

European Space Agency teams with ICEYE Finnish start-up

Science

The European Space Agency is to work with Finnish start-up ICEYE on ways to exploit its novel radar satellites. ICEYE-X1 was launched in January - the first of multiple spacecraft that will go up in the coming years. About the size of a suitcase, these are the world's smallest synthetic aperture radar satellites and cost a fraction of traditional platforms. The Esa/ICEYE cooperation will focus on technology development and uses for the forthcoming constellation. It will see future satellites - in particular, their radar antenna design - being tested at the agency's technical centre (ESTEC) at Noordwijk, Netherlands. Esa's Earth observation headquarters (ESRIN) at Frascati, Italy, will also assist with calibration and validation of the ICEYE data. The agency is keen to see how radar images ...

Mar112018 by adminNo Comments

Cleveland Browns' trades stunned NFL teams

Sports

From not being able to properly file paperwork to consummate a trade in October to making three trades in a matter of just hours, the Cleveland Browns left many in the NFL with their heads spinning. The same team that has won only one game in two years and flubbed finalizing a trade for Cincinnati quarterback AJ McCarron at the trade deadline pulled off three deals in a matter of a few hours on Friday. According to NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk, Friday's trades "stunned others who had been negotiating potential moves with the Browns." First, Cleveland acquired wide receiver Jarvis Landry from the Miami Dolphins for the relatively cheap price of two mid-round draft picks: one this year and one in 2019. Then, the Browns dealt the 65th pick in this year's draft to the Buffalo Bills for starti...

Feb92018 by adminNo Comments

Magicbricks teams up with State Bank of India to launch Big Bang Home Carnival

Finance

MUMBAI: The country's largest lender State Bank of India and the No.1 property site Magicbricks on Friday announced the launch of the Big Bang Home Carnival, a month-long online housing carnival. The housing festival will showcase nearly 16,000 units, across 22 Indian cities and will culminate on March 9. 62 developers have come on board to showcase 97 projects while SBI is offering a host of loan deals in SBI and RERA Approved Projects. "We are offering home loans at Zero processing Fee with an attractive interest rates and additional 20% loan for the young generation having age upto 45 years," said P.K. Gupta, MD (Retail & Digital Banking), SBI. "The customers can get home loans pre-approved even before they decide the property to be purchased. To improve customer home loan jou...

Feb32018 by adminNo Comments

Super Bowl 52: What teams are playing in the NFL showpiece in Minneapolis?

Sports

The New England Patriots play the Philadelphia Eagles in 2015Thursday, March 1, 2018You can listen to live radio commentary of Super Bowl LII on talkSPORT from 10pm as the New England Patriots face the Philadelphia Eagles in Minneapolis.Who is playing in the Super Bowl?The New England Patriots will be taking on the Philadelphia Eagles at the 52nd Super Bowl.Coached by Bill Belichick, the Patriots stormed through the season to win the AFC East with a 13-3 record, while Doug Pederson’s Eagles topped the NFC East with the same 13-3 win-to-loss ratio.In the play-offs, the Patriots defeated the Tennessee Titans and the Jacksonville Jaguars at Gillette Stadium to book their place in Super Bowl 52.Meanwhile, the Eagles edged past the Atlanta Falcons and then thumped the Minnesota Viking at Lincol