There was a multitude of great sport in 2024 with the winners, and even the losers, garnering plenty of column inches.
The solar powered car of the Brunel Solar Team from Holland, takes part on the eighth and the final day of the Sasol Solar Challenge near Franschhoek. The eight-day event sees international and South African teams with solar-powered cars, vying to rack up as much distance as they can on roads and loops between Pretoria and Cape Town.
Riestra selected a streamer known as “Spreen”, who has some 15 million followers on his social media channels, for their match against Primera Division leaders Velez Sarsfield, before substituting the 24-year-old off after 78 seconds. He had not touched the ball. Gundersen and Juve are Norwegian legends but both have been dead for decades – Juve scoring the goal that beat Germany in front of Adolf Hitler in 1936.Anti-Doping Norway struggled to explain their mistake.Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen carved out a unique piece of baseball history after becoming the first player to officially appear for two teams in the same game.
A month later, Jansen was traded to the Red Sox and when the game was resumed at Fenway Park in August he was on the field playing against his former team.“It’s such a strange thing. I never would have imagined myself in this situation with it being history.”Scandal struck the UK-based World Conker Championships when the men’s champion, ‘King Conker’, was accused of cheating after he was found to have a steel chestnut in his pocket.
After an investigation, Jakins was cleared by the organisers and allowed to keep his crown although he was beaten for the overall title by ‘Queen Conker’ – 34-year-old Kelci Banschbach, originally from Indianapolis, Indiana.Hats off to a team of Belgian students and engineers who won a solar-powered car race in South Africa, widely considered the most challenging for testing the technology.
The Innoptus car had a flat surface decked with photovoltaic panels and a white exterior, with narrow driver’s seat sporting the number plate “SUN 08”.Google has announced the top 10 most searched losses of 2024, with actor Mpho Sebeng leading the list. Here’s the list..
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