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Forum / Sports / Commonwealth Games - Ebola outbreak leaves Sierra Leone afraid to return home |
on: 2-08-2014 06:37 PM
| | Sierra Leone's Commonwelath Games team do not want to go home following the deadly Ebola outbreak which has hit the country.
Commonwealth Games - Ebola outbreak leaves Sierra Leone afraid to return home
The worrying Ebola outbreak is the biggest to hit the world with three nations - Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea - all hit by the killer virus.
More than 700 people have died across Africa and Sierra Leone cyclist Moses Sesay, 32, was admitted to hospital in Glasgow with doctors testing him for Ebola.
He was given the all-clear, but the country's athletes are now reluctant to return to their home with health organisations warning the virus is spreading quicker than efforts to contain it.
Unisa Deen Kargbo, the team's chef de mission, told The Times: "Many people are thinking whether or not to go home now. Everybody is worried and many of them don't want to go home now because of the Ebola.
"We have held several meetings with them, but they are still worried. This virus is spreading around our country and everyone is at risk of catching it. The problem is, if they want to stay on after the Commonwealth Games end, who will take care of them?
"They will have no accommodation, no work. How do they meet their needs? How will they get themselves employed?"
A Commonwealth Games spokesperson was quick to clarify that no traces of the virus had been detected in Glasgow.
'No, just to be really clear, there is no Ebola in the athletes' village," Jackie Brock-Doyle said. "There is no Ebola virus in Scotland. I want to be really, really clear about that.' | | | | |
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Forum / Politics / Nadal us open 2013 champion |
on: 10-09-2013 02:21 AM
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World number two Rafael Nadal produced some sensational tennis as he beat Novak Djokovic 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-1 and lift the US Open title in New York.
The victory gave Nadal, unbeaten now in 22 hard court matches this year, his 10th title in 13 tournaments this year since returning from a seven-month injury lay-off in February.
The Spaniard, also the champion at Flushing Meadows in 2010, fell to the court in flood of tears after securing the title at the first attempt when Djokovic netted a forehand after three hours and 19 minutes.
The win also improved his career total to 13 grand slam wins, moving him one ahead of Australian Roy Emerson into third on the all-time list behind Roger Federer (17) and Pete Sampras (14).
Coming into the final Nadal had only lost one set, to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the fourth round, and had only been broken once, by Richard Gasquet in the last four, and for the first set-and-a-half against Djokovic nothing looked set to change as the Spaniard dominated the baseline rallies.
But the world number one, playing in his fourth consecutive US Open final, suddenly found some breathtaking tennis to take control of the second set and suggest a reoccurence of their five set epic battles in their last two Grand Slam meetings - the French Open semi-final earlier this year and the Australian Open final in 2012.
Nadal, however, had other ideas and battled back from an early break down in the third set before running away with proceedings in the fourth as Djokovic tired.
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Forum / The Buzz Central / Nadal us open 2013 champion |
on: 10-09-2013 02:16 AM
| | World number two Rafael Nadal produced some sensational tennis as he beat Novak Djokovic 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-1 and lift the US Open title in New York.
The victory gave Nadal, unbeaten now in 22 hard court matches this year, his 10th title in 13 tournaments this year since returning from a seven-month injury lay-off in February.
The Spaniard, also the champion at Flushing Meadows in 2010, fell to the court in flood of tears after securing the title at the first attempt when Djokovic netted a forehand after three hours and 19 minutes.
The win also improved his career total to 13 grand slam wins, moving him one ahead of Australian Roy Emerson into third on the all-time list behind Roger Federer (17) and Pete Sampras (14).
Coming into the final Nadal had only lost one set, to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the fourth round, and had only been broken once, by Richard Gasquet in the last four, and for the first set-and-a-half against Djokovic nothing looked set to change as the Spaniard dominated the baseline rallies.
But the world number one, playing in his fourth consecutive US Open final, suddenly found some breathtaking tennis to take control of the second set and suggest a reoccurence of their five set epic battles in their last two Grand Slam meetings - the French Open semi-final earlier this year and the Australian Open final in 2012.
Nadal, however, had other ideas and battled back from an early break down in the third set before running away with proceedings in the fourth as Djokovic tired.
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Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Re: Pope Francis To Forgive Twitter Followers' Sins Online (Page 5) |
on: 24-07-2013 09:25 AM
| | Read gospel of Saint John 20 from 19 to 23.
19It was late that Sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered together behind locked doors, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities. Then Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. 20After saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I send you.” 22Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive people's sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” | | | | |
