Ronaldo ends the World Cup dream of Morocco

Portugal is often called as a “One-man team”; and that one man - Cristiano Ronaldo proved his talent one more time!. Just before the game coach Fernando Santos said, Portugal should not solely rely on their captain but, once again, it was Ronaldo who proved to be the match winner! (though he’s not that spectacular as in the previous match against Spain).

Portugal has 4 goals so far in the tournament, and all of them were not possible without Cristiano Ronaldo. With 85 goals in total, now Ronaldo has become Europe’s all-time scorer at international tournaments, having exceeded Ferenc Puskas. Ali Daei, with 109 goals for Iron, is the only player in world football to have outscored him.

This match win has got an important edge to Portugal (progressing to the top spot of Group -B) and has put an end to the Moroccans dream. With this defeat, Morocco gets eliminated from the World Cup - 2018.

Colombia’s dramatic start to World Cup 2018: Carlos Sanchez gets the first red card within 3 minutes!

The World Cup has started dramatically for Colombia. In the meeting with Japan, Carlos Sanchez had to take a red card from the field after three minutes. The defender of Fiorentina made hands and became the first player this tournament that had to finish with red.

Apparently, this is the 1st ever red card in the World Cup – 2018, and the 2nd faster red card ever in the World Cup (2 minutes & 56 seconds).

In the history of the World Cup, a red card was drawn so quick only once before. It was José Batista from Uruguay on 13 June 1986. He had to leave the field in the duel with Scotland after 55 seconds.

With this Red card upset, the game started terribly for Colombia, who already got-in without their star player - James Rodriguez (leg injury). Japan took both the advantages and won the game with 1-2 goals.

As for Colombia, it faces what's likely a must-win game against Poland on Sunday.

French Open 2018: Rafael Nadal beats Dominic Thiem in the finals

It was in a clay-court and Rafa is on his aggressive comeback form as ever - What else one can expect? The King of Clay court grabbed his 11th French Open Title!.

Rafael Nadal has won the 2018 French Open, besting Dominic Thiem in the finals, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Nadal now has 11 titles on the clay of Roland Garros, tying Margaret Court for the most titles at any one Grand Slam and once again solidifying his claim as the King of Clay.

The tears trickle down his cheeks and he isn’t finished yet. It’s his 17th grand slam title, taking him three behind Roger Federer, who’ll have designs on extending the gap at Wimbledon next month.

Good luck Rafa ✌

Planet or Plastic: Why is Plastic bad for the Ocean & the whole Environment

"A picture is worth a thousand words". It is so true that some pictures can explain the truths/imports which at times are even impossible to explain by words. The June 2018 issue of National Geographic Magazine proves it once again!

The June 2018 issue features an image which at first glance appears to be an iceberg – until you look closely and realize that it’s a flipped plastic carrier bag. The whole edition of the magazine illustrates the disastrous damage we’re doing to the planet with our plastic consumption.

Here are some of the pictures from the magazine; they are not worth mere a thousand words, but is worth for the 9.2 billion tons of plastic besmirching beaches, sullying waterways, and choking hapless wildlife on land and in our oceans.

A Bangladeshi family, on a branch of the Buriganga River, removes labels from plastic bottles, to sell them to a scrap dealer – these wastes are the life for some😟; they make an average around $100 a month. (then imagine the heights of plastic wastes!)

Plastic bottles choke the Cibeles fountain, outside city hall in central Madrid. An art collective called Luzinterruptus filled this and two other Madrid fountains with 60,000 discarded bottles last fall as a way of calling attention to the environmental impact of disposable plastics.


An old plastic fishing net snares a loggerhead turtle in the Mediterranean off Spain – it would have died had the photographer not freed it.

Some animals now live in a world of plastics—like these hyenas scavenging at a landfill in Harar, Ethiopia. They listen for garbage trucks and find much of their food in the trash.


To ride currents, seahorses clutch drifting seagrass or other natural debris. In the polluted waters off the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, this seahorse latched onto a plastic cotton swab—“ a photo I wish didn’t exist,” says photographer Justin Hofman.

There was no plastic available until the late 19th century, the disastrous plastic production started only around 1950, but it went so huge that we already have more than 9.2 billion tons of plastic to deal with😟. Unfortunately, no one could really estimate how much plastic waste is actually being recycled and the rest of everything ends in the oceans.

The plastic-free world may look mere impossible today. But it’s just about putting things into perspective. We don’t have time to wait!. We need progressive policies that shape collective action (and rein in polluting businesses), alongside engaged citizens pushing for change. Let's start from the smallest step that we can make ourselves.