3 Year Old Boy Dies After Finding Difficulty In Gozo Pool

Aug 11 2024

Yesterday, at around 1615hrs, police were informed that their assistance was needed in a residence in Triq il-Kortoll, ix-Xagħra, Gozo.

Police convened immediately on site where preliminary investigations showed that a 3 year old boy fell into a pool and found difficulty.

He was given preliminary aid and was transported to Gozo General Hospital immediately. Unfortunately, he was pronounced deceased a few moments later.

An inquiry has been opened as police continue their investigations.

Condolences to his family. Rest in peace.

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Imane Khelif Wins Gold After Having Gender Wrongly Questioned

Aug 10 2024

Algerian boxer Imane Khleif has silenced all of her doubters by winning the woman’s welterweight gold medal against China’s Yang Liu.

Khelif secured a unanimous decision victory as a large Algerian crowd at the renowned Roland-Garros Stadium cheered her on with chants of “allez Imane” and “1, 2, 3 Algérie!”

After her historic win Khelif exclaimed “I want to thank all the people here,” she said pointing into the stands, “and the people of Algeria to come support me, my coach and Team Algeria.”

All five judges had it 10-9 for Khelif in each round, showing that there was a clear winner despite neither Khelif or Liu being able to stop their opponent.

Khelif has been fighting under a cloud of questions and criticism over her gender afer her dominant 46 second win over Italy’s Anglea Carini, with many far-right politicians and influencers demanding for Khelif to be disqualified for thinking she was a man.

About her attacks, Khelif had this to say “We are in the Olympics to perform as athletes, and I hope that we will not see any similar attacks in future Olympics,”

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Visit Malta Cup Final To Kick Off Later Today

Aug 10 2024

The Visit Malta Cup Final between footballing giants Tottenham Hotspurs and Bayern Munich will be taking place later on today.

The final will be held in London in Tottenham’s beautiful modern stadium perfectly built for the modern game and will kick off at 18:30.

Minister for Tourism, Clayton Bartolo revealed that Visit Malta advertising will be and has been appearing not only in the stadium but also in the large area close to the stadium to further advertise the island and encourage tourists to visit the islands.

Bartolo also stated that this was a prime opportunity to strengthen the visibility of Malta and specifically increase their visibility in the German and British markets.

To make this tie even more interesting, the two faced each other only a week ago with the Germans edging out the win with a score of 2-1, something which will surely motivate Spurs to come out on top this time.

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Maltese Racer Duncan Micallef Sets New European Record

Aug 10 2024

Duncan Micallef has made his name known yet again, this time setting a new European speed record at the Scandinavian Internationals at the Tierp Arena which is considered as an official round of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship.

The Maltese racer managed to produce another world beating performance as he continues on trying to capture his second ever FIA European Drag Racing Championship crown.

Micallef surged to pole position with an incredible record breaking time of 3.79 seconds, reaching an astonishing speed of 321.4 miles per hour.

His performance surpassed the previous European record of 321.01 mph, set by Finland’s Ida Zetterstrom.

Duncan Micallef’s final time of 3.79 second was also 0.10 seconds faster than the previous European record held by Zetterstom.

Micallef who is also the head of the Malta Motorsport Federation was also recently elected chair of FIA’s Drag Racing Commission, highlighting not only his skills but his knowledge and experience of drag racing.

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