A Lighter look at the News

Goodness me, I can't remember the last time I was so engrossed and yet so torn between sports channels. First there was the Wimbledon tennis.

Roger Federer played like a well oiled machine with an unbreakable serve.

This of course, frustrated Novak Djokovic, as he is arguably the best ever returner of serve. Did that bother Roger? Apparently not, as unperturbed, the cool Swiss carried on.

But then again, Djokovic is world no.1 and when it mattered (particularly when Roger had two championship points on his serve) he dug deep,  caught up and eventually won in a fifth set tiebreak.

I haven't bothered to wax lyrical because waxing of any lyrics to describe this match would not do it justice. You had to watch it....but how? when England were on the other channel making their own piece of cricketing history.

Oh dear Lord(s)!!!! First they tied, which then brought on the 'Super Over'. I swear, somewhere in the UK, there should be a theme park that names a ride after it.

Palpitation creating, blood pressure raising, nerve wrecking but ultimately thrilling (not so much of the latter if you are a New Zealand fan) this roller coaster of a Super Over was the absolute, ultimate dream.

As if that wasn't enough, somewhere in the midst of all this, Lewis Hamilton had his sixth British Grand Prix victory!

What an amazing sporting day it has been except for this unsporting (to put it mildly) tweet I came across from someone who calls himself the Leader of the most powerful democratic country in the world:

'So interesting to see 'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly ... and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run'.

Three of these four non-white women were born in the US and the fourth became a US citizen at around 17.

A cocktail of vitriol, racism, xenophobia and misogyny.....reads like the perfect script for a fourth season of Handmaid's tale.

Until next week, try and keep it light.












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