Tag: Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s most famous horse race, run at Flemington Race Course as a part of the Spring Racing Carnival. It’s a big deal this year (2021) as punters are allowed to attend the race again. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there were no punters allowed at the course i...

It’s approaching 7pm under a setting sun at the Marco Simone golf course, and there are only a handful of shots to be played until the culmination of day two at the Ryder Cup. Despite it being an hour’s trek back into central Rome, most of the 45,000 in attendance are staying put —...

In the last 10 completed T20Is played at this ground, 6 games were won by the chasing side while 3 were won by the side batting first where one game went down to the wire and the defending side won by a run (Aus v NZ Feb 15,2009) The last T20I game played here was a tied one between Australia and...

A nice old lady and a convenience store smoothie cheered me up when I really needed it this morning Maybe it’s the changing seasons, maybe it’s the fact that I’m basically unemployed, maybe it’s the flu that entered our house a month ago and still hasn’t left. But...

Introduction I am guessing that few football fans in the United States would be familiar with the Mulock Cup, first awarded in 1894, as the oldest, continuously awarded trophy in the history of American football. I was a member of the 1953 Mulock Cup Champions. I use the term “American&ldqu...

We often begin our day with a cup of coffee, giving us a much-needed boost and satisfaction. As such coffee can investing can provide that sense of boost and satisfaction to our financial life. Just like savoring our cup of coffee, Coffee can investing is a long-term investing strategy whe...

Many years ago I taught myself to drink black tea (tea without milk) and no sugar which was an improvement on the many cups of instant coffee made with milk and two sugars that I started drinking when I began my nursing career because no matter how young your metabolism is, we all know, “...

This is the most insidious part of ‘World Cups’. The lack of real competition. There are very few winners, despite 80 total editions of World Cups across the 5 sports. And most of these few winners tend to be located in the West. This shows the true Western dominance of sport. Only...

Starbucks is introducing a new initiative to promote sustainability by allowing drive-thru customers and app users to bring their own cups. Starting this week, customers can use their own cups in an effort to reduce waste. The cups must be clean but can be any type, not necessarily the classic green...