Four-year-old Teddy from Portishead, UK, recently became the youngest member of Mensa, the international association for the gifted. He was accepted at the age of three. The young genius can count to 100 in six foreign languages, including Mandarin, and taught himself to read as a toddler. People who want to join Mensa must be … Read more
A Willy Wonka-like action will cost a Scottish brewer dearly. BrewDog promised that fifty solid gold beer cans worth hundreds of thousands of euros were hidden in the parcels. The winners only found gold-plated cans. Then they went to court, after which they still received substantial compensation. Brewdog CEO James Watt says he has set … Read more
The UCI international cycling union sidelines Toon Aerts for 2 years after a doping case. To prove his innocence, the crosser let his hair grow. He appeared with lush hair at a press conference last week. There was a fresher Toon Aerts in the Play Sports podcast studio today. “No, my hairdresser wasn’t dead,” she … Read more
The Cameroon Football Federation has found that 70% of the players called up for the national youth team are too old. No fewer than 21 of the 30 players failed the age test, the association reports in a declaration. Players must be under the age of seventeen. The youth team is preparing for the qualification … Read more
Due to the massive winter storm in the United States this year, more children than ever before were worried about Santa’s well-being. Tens of thousands of children called US airspace command NORAD to inquire about Santa’s whereabouts and whether their presents would still arrive on time. According to the latest data, there were around 66,000 … Read more
Alberto Contador won the Tour 2 times, the Giro 2 times and the Vuelta 3 times in his rich career. At 40, “El Pistolero” is still a busy bee. You have your own bicycle brand, manage the Eolo-Kometa cycling team, are an analyst at Eurosport and spend hours cycling every week. But Contador will now … Read more
A family from the southern German city of Nuremberg has found their dog who disappeared in Vienna after seven years. The owners picked up the now elderly Pekingese bitch named Suzi in the Austrian capital. The family had been looking for Suzi since April 2015. At the time, during a stay in Vienna, they tied … Read more