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Monday, October 28, 2019

By the numbers - Leicester's record away win; Liverpool's unbeaten home streak

A wild weekend of football, and there's a fantastic bunch of numbers to sift through. ESPN brings you the best of the lot. Premier League Liverpool maintained their imperious form with a come-from-behind win against Tottenham, Manchester United finally remembered what it is like to win away from home in the league, Arsenal were held by high-flying Crystal Palace at home but the match of the weekend saw Leicester City driving a train through Southampton at St. Mary's. 9 Can we start this with any...

Monday, October 21, 2019

Numbers: Man United stop Liverpool one short of two records

Another fantastic weekend of football brings with it another great bunch of numbers to sift through. ESPN brings you the best of the lot:  Premier League Manchester City, Chelsea, and Leicester won, Tottenham eked out a draw, but the headline match of the weekend in England was between the nation's two most successful teams. Manchester United may not be the force they once were, but their game against Liverpool lived up to the billing. 17, 8 In their 1-1 draw, United ended Liverpool's PL winning...

Friday, September 6, 2019

Barcelona didn't buy Neymar, but he still cost them

At the end of a very long, very hot summer in which it felt like every day was Groundhog Day, another performance played out in public and in the press as if they were all stuck in Punxsutawney. FC Barcelona didn't buy Neymar, but he still cost them. Again. Two years after Neymar walked out, mere days following vice-president Jordi Mestre saying he was staying "200 percent," president Josep Maria Bartomeu insisting he was "relaxed" about it and Gerard Piqué announcing "se queda" --...

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Barcelona could be damaged more by failing to sign Neymar than if they'd succeeded

At the end of a very long, very hot summer in which it felt like every day was Groundhog Day, another performance played out in public and in the press as if they were all stuck in Punxsutawney. FC Barcelona didn't buy Neymar, but he still cost them. Again. Two years after Neymar walked out, mere days following vice-president Jordi Mestre saying he was staying "200 percent," president Josep Maria Bartomeu insisting he was "relaxed" about it and Gerard Piqué announcing "se queda" -- words...

Monday, August 26, 2019

Numbers: Patrick van Aanholt joins Thierry Henry in rare Fergie Time feat

Another topsy-turvy weekend of European football, and another weekend of scarcely believable numbers. Some results were expected. Some, not so much.  Premier League 1 Crystal Palace have beaten Manchester United in the Premier League for the first time in the competition's history. In fact, before Jordan Ayew and Patrick van Aanholt got their goals, the last time Palace even took the lead against United in league competition at Old Trafford was in 1979, when David Swindlehurst scored in an...

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Couple plunges to death while kissing on bridge

The moment was caught on CCTV.

A couple, Maybeth Espinoz and Hector Vidal, plunged to their deaths while they were kissing on a bridge in Peru.

The couple had been locked in an embrace, while on their way home from a nightclub.

The incident which occurred on Saturday, August 3, 2019, was caught on CCTV.

According to DailyMail, the couple plunged 50ft off a bridge called Bethlehem in Cusco.

Maybeth and Hector had stopped on the bridge to kiss after leaving a nearby nightclub around 1:00 a.m.

CCTV footage showed the couple leaning against a railing on the bridge, while hugging and kissing each other.

Maybeth, 34, proceeds to sit on top of the metal railing and wrap her legs around Hector, 36.

However, she appears to lose her balance and begins to fall backwards, taking Hector with her.

The couple tried to cling to the barrier but were unable to stop themselves from falling off the bridge.

Maybeth was killed outright, while Hector sustained a fractured skull and later died in hospital.

The couple were reportedly mountaineers who had moved to the Cusco region to work as tour guides.

Their bodies have since been transferred to Ancash in northern Peru.

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Tragedy as couple falls from 9-storey building during sex

The woman died while her partner survived.

A couple making love on the windowsill of a ninth-floor apartment fell leaving the woman dead, while her partner survived.

According to Dailymail, the incident happened on Friday, July 5, 2019, at a block of flats in St Petersburg, Russia.

Witnesses say the survivor, who was partially dressed, returned to the party that was reportedly holding in the said apartment.

Witnesses said they saw a television thrown from the window of the flat, after which the woman and her 29-year-old lover plunged to the ground below.

Police were called, and when they arrived the revellers allegedly threw a mop out of the windows at them.