Amputee Marcin Oleksy win FIFA award after incredible bicycle kick

Feb 28 2023

Polish footballer Marcin Oleksy has become the first ever amputee footballer to win the FIFA Puskas Award following his incredible overhead kick finish in 2022.

The player bagged an absolutely sublime goal with an overhead kick finish, earning him the 2022 Puskas Award, as he played for Warta Poznan on November 6th against Stal Rzeszow Amp Futbol Ekstraklasa.

This means he has become the first ever amputee footballer to be on the shortlist for the prize as well as the one to win it.

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Payet was nominated for a wonderful half-volley strike from distance for Marseille, putting him in the same run-up as, Richarlison, who was nominated after making headlines with his 2022 World Cup overhead kick.

Oleksy’s win opens up the door for a much more inclusive football match, with the Puskas Award having been established in 2009 to celebrate the most beautiful goal of the year.

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LESA officer praised for helping out commuter’s car issues

Feb 28 2023

A post uploaded to local Facebook page ‘Are You Being Served?’ by local DJ Yasmine Farrugia praised a LESA officer for stopping to help after seeing that her car had broken down.

The photograph, which shows LESA officer John, or N767, helping to change a car tyre, was captioned by a phrase the officer likely told Farrugia;

‘We’re not here just to fine people, but to help as well’. The post earned the praise of many commenting on the photo, with this being another instance of a LESA officer stopping to help a fellow commuter.

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Some even went on to tag the officer, whose full name was revealed to be John Chilton. And by the looks of it, this isn’t the first time John has proved to be immense help on the road for someone struggling with commuting problems or otherwise!

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The Weeknd first artist to reach 100 million monthly Spotify listeners

Feb 28 2023

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, known professionally as the Weeknd, has just become the first artist in Spotify history to hit 100 million monthly listeners.

The news was first shared via Spotify’s social media pages, with the streaming giant writing that: ‘It’s official: On February 27, The Weeknd became the first artist in Spotify history to reach 100 Million monthly listeners.

Currently, Miley Cyrus holds the second spot for most monthly listeners with over 82 million, followed closely by Taylor Swift at 80 million and then Rihanna at 79 million.

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This comes following the recent release of The Weeknd’s and Ariana Grande’s collaborative remix of ‘Die For You’, the duet version of the chart-topping single which is currently No.7 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.

This is the fourth joint release following ‘Love Me Harder’ (2014), ‘Off the Table’ (2020) and ‘Save Your Tears’ (2021). The Weeknd himself released five studio albums in the last 10 years, with his most recent being ‘Dawn FM’.

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Adrian Delia and Bernard Grech address protest in front of parliament

Feb 27 2023

Current Opposition leader Bernard Grech and former Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia addressed the protest in front of parliament together as they spoke about the Vitals-Steward Healthcare court ruling.

Delia addressed the crowd, saying that former Labour Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, whom he called the most corrupt politician in Maltese history, is responsible for the fraudulent case.

He went on to say that acting Prime Minister Robert Abela is just as responsible for the stealing of millions from the Maltese population through the corrupt deal.

Delia finished his discourse that all those responsible to answer, one-by-one, for their involvement in the deal and called on the government to find a way to bring back the money that the ‘Maltese population was robbed off.’

On his part, and to chants of ‘Labour are thieves’, current leader Bernard Grech thanked the crowd for coming to the protest and said that Robert Abela had been defending the deal since 2015, when he acted as legal advisor to then prime minister Joseph Muscat.

Abela was active in his work to not let the hospitals return to the people, said Grech. He went on to say that there are no Nationalist or Labour supporters, but a Maltese population fighting together against corruption.

Grech finished by calling for another protest this coming Sunday, to continue putting pressure on the government to assume responsibility for the findings of the court case.

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