PN proposes more PE lessons in bid to fight obesity

Aug 31 2021

As part of their strategy to battle obesity, the Nationalist Party stated how physical education is crucial and should thus be given a priority and an overall boost. Addressing a press conference, the Nationalist Party also stated that a government led by Bernard Grech would work on a national study on the existing obesity strategy. The press conference, addressed by education spokesperson Clyde Puli and candidate Justin Schembri, revealed how the country is still facing a problem with obesity, being a major public health challenge and in how it is viewed in the Mediterranean.

The PN urged the Sport Promotion Unit to be strengthened, with each school having its own physical education teachers operating for a full week. The Opposition promises to bring a radical change in thought when it comes to this subject by involving and consulting all stakeholders, from teachers to parents to students themselves. The PN’s belief that the schools can be the catalysts to overcoming this crisis is backed by the promotion of healthier diets and monitoring of such practices.

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Messi PSG debut broke viewing records in Spain

Aug 31 2021

An average of over two million viewers in Spain watched the official Lionel Messi debut with Paris Saint-Germain. The PSG 2-0 win over Reims was thus the most watched French football game in the country’s history. As the ex-Barcelona player made his move to his new team, he replaced Neymar for the last 30 minutes after Kylian Mbappe had netted the final score.

Broadcast on the free-to-air channel Telecinco in Spain, figures released on Monday show that the match had an average audience of 2.2 million viewers, far exceeding any of the country’s previous statistics. Throughout the whole 90 minutes, a total of over 6.7 million tuned in to watch. Barcelona’s 2-1 win over Getafe in LaLiga, on the other hand, average 591,000 viewers whilst on pay-per-view television.

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Arsenal player asks club to let him go on social media

Aug 30 2021

Arsenal player Ainsley Maitland Niles has posted a story on his Instagram account expressing his desire to leave club Arsenal. This is one of the first times that a reputable and top professional player has done this.

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In the story, he says “All I wanna do is go where I’m wanted and where I’m gonna play”, followed up with three crying emoji’s. In the story he also tags Arsenal in an attempt to get a response from them.

The right back turned midfielder is said to be wanting to move up north to Liverpool to play with Everton. New Everton coach Rafael Benítez reportedly wants the player too, as he admires his great versatility and attitude. Ainsley spent the second half of last year on loan at West Bromwich Albion where he got to play regularly in his preferred position of centre midfielder.

Ainsley will be hoping for a move but it isn’t looking quite good for him, as reports have come out that Arsenal would like to keep him for depth. All the player wants is game time, all we can do is hope that he’ll get the playing time he deserves.

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China limits children’s online gaming to one hour on weekends

Aug 30 2021

China’s video game regulator has issued a statement declaring that online gamers under the age of 18 will only be allowed to play for an hour on Fridays, weekends and holidays. News agency Xinhua was told by the National Press and Publication Administration that playing online games would only be allowed between 8 and 9pm. Instructing gaming companies to prevent children playing outside this time span, inspections of online gaming companies are set to increase.

Such rules are not foreign for China as previously, 90 minutes per day was the set time with three hours on holidays. A month prior to the latest restrictions claimed that many teenagers were addicted and impacted negatively by online gaming. Following fears that children were using adult ID’s to work around the rules, Chinese gaming giant Tencent announced that it was rolling out facial recognition to stop children from playing between 22:00 and 08:00.

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