Maltese basketball player gives game-winning assist against American rivals

Mar 22 2021

It has been a crazy couple of months for Maltese women in sports and the bar is set as high as ever as local athletes continue to achieve one success after the other, with basketball player Sophie Abela being no exception.

Great win tonight over top ten ranked Western Nebraska @sophieabela4 with an impressive 18 points on the night

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Abela was a catalyst to Spain’s Otero Junior College Women’s Basketball team’s win over ninth-ranked Western Nebraska Community College on Friday, with Abela securing a humble 18-point game and a game-winning assist alongside teammate Emma Florez-Pascual.

Team Coach Landon Steele highlighted how both Abela and Florez-Pascual are two of the coach’s favourite athletes ever and wishes to keep them for as much as eight more years, highlighting their ultra-competitive spirit.

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Maltese radio to get 15% quota to play Maltese music

Mar 22 2021

After a stellar performance throughout the weekend during Muzika Muzika, Maltese musicians might be getting the exposure on the island they deserve as a quota is in the works for Maltese radio. With a 15% minimum quota, the National Cultural Policy 2021 plans to include songs in Maltese and any music written, performed or composed by Maltese citizens.

Similar quotas are already a reality in other countries and Maltese artists might be getting the recognition in the same way. This might change the local game for many artists, building up their platform and the possibility of further work. We will have to see the quota in effect but nevertheless it is still a big step towards artistic recognition.

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Joseph Portelli reveals Champion’s League dreams in first official interview

Hamrun Spartans President Joseph Portelli

Mar 22 2021

In his first official interview as president of the Hamrun Spartans Football Club, local businessman Joseph Portelli revealed a number of plans for Hamrun’s future, most notably dreams of a Champion’s League journey.

This year’s Maltese Premier League has been characterised by Hamrun’s history-defining rise to the top of the table after 30 years of not being able to secure a trophy and while recognising this, Portelli stands by his goals of Hamrun’s foray into European Football.

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The businessman also praised the club’s supporters, calling them ‘fighters’ and revealed plans for the club’s stadium, where he recalled going through eight different concepts before finding the right on.

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Traffic accident in Mosta, two people grievously injured

Mar 22 2021

A man of 32-years-old from Mosta and a woman of 30-years old from Santa Venera were rushed to Mater Dei Hospital after they were involved in an incident in Mosta. Yesterday police were informed at around 21:20 that assistance was required in Valletta Road.

Police converged onto the scene to discover an incident between a Peugeot 308, driven by a 36-year-old man, along with a 33-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy, and a BMW 318 driven by a 32-year-old man with whom a 30-year-old woman was passenger. the 32-year-old man and the 30-year-old woman were given first medical attention and then taken by ambulance to the hospital. They seem to have suffered from grievous injuries.

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