Tag: history
East German luge specialist Ute Gähler
Ute Gähler is one of the only Olympic deserters to have disappeared during the Winter Olympics! It was in Innsbrück in 1964 that this East German luge specialist disappeared, before…
Crowdstrike’s mistake last week may have been the worst software failure in history: more than 5,000 flights have been canceled, health care in Britain still in trouble | Foreign countries
The update bug only affected 1% of all Windows users in the world, but the mess may take weeks to clean up. The mess of Crowdstrike, which messed up millions…
Biden withdrew, eyes turned to Kamala Harris! If elected, it will be a first in US history
US President Joe Biden has announced that he will not be a candidate in the November elections. Biden has indicated that Vice President Kamala Harris will be the candidate to…
Kamala Harris, the Democratic asset who could make history
Vice President Kamala Harris, who received the support of Joe Biden after announcing Sunday that she was withdrawing from the race for the White House, could write a new page…
E-sport: Africa conquering the world?
The International Olympic Committee will launch the first e-sports Olympic Games in Saudi Arabia in 2025. A competition separate from the traditional Summer and Winter Olympics. How is Africa preparing…
Football: SVT’s expert Hanna Marklund on Sweden’s playoff path: “Was the biggest fiasco in the history of Swedish football”
Hear Hanna Marklund’s reasoning about Sweden’s playoff draw in the player above. Sweden failed to secure a direct ticket to the European Championships in Switzerland in 2025 and now a…
Guinean judoka Facinet Keita
Facinet Keita is a Guinean judoka. He is one of the 82 athletes who deserted during the London Olympics. Unlike others, his asylum application was an obstacle course. His story…
2024 Olympics: a ceremony “with a unique theater in the heart of the city” for the first time in the history of the Games
In a week, it will be the official opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A highly anticipated ceremony, which for the first time in the history of the Games,…
Hungarian Mihály Iglói, athletic genius
Hungarian Mihály Iglói first distinguished himself in pole vaulting before becoming an expert runner. Like about forty Hungarian athletes at the time, he took advantage of the Melbourne Olympics in…
the hidden face of the City of Lights
In turn “the conscience of Paris” and “the great cavern of evil” for Victor Hugo, the sewers of Paris first appeared as the materialization of the city’s underworld, before embodying…