La locura reinó en la eliminatoria entre Argelia y Camerún. Los de Rigobert Song, puesto en el banquillo de Camerún por el presidente Samuel Eto'o tras finalizar la Copa África, se impusieron a Argelia gracias a un gol de Toko Ekambi en el 124', después de que Choupo Moting diera la victoria en los 90 minutos a Camerún (0-1) e igualara el resultado de Argelia en la ida. En la prórroga, sucedió la locura. Read More...
Despite being a fairly modest place, the old Viengtai Hotel, on Bangkok’s Rambuttri Road, was rarely occupied by the penny-pinching backpackers who began staying on the parallel Khao San Road in the early 1980s. Even the 1985 Lonely Planet guide advised anyone on a budget against staying there, though it housed Student Travel Australia’s Bangkok HQ.
Built in 1953, the Viengtai eventually closed in early 2015. It soft-opened last April, after extensive renovations, as the 215-room Ibis Styles Bangkok Khaosan Viengtai, and officially and fully opened at the end of last month. Read More...
High-profile cricket umpire Rudi Koertzen died Tuesday following a car crash. He was 73.
South Africa’s Algoa FM radio station reported that Koertzen and three other people were killed in a head-on collision near the town of Riversdale in the Western Cape province. Cricket South Africa announced Koertzen’s death but gave no details of the incident other than to say the renowned umpire died following a car accident.
Koertzen stood in 108 tests, a record 209 one-day internationals and 14 Twenty20 internationals over an 18-year career. Read More...