For many of us, mornings feel incomplete without a warm, comforting cup of tea. It’s soothing, delicious, and often a ritual we hold dear. However, the caffeine in tea has raised several concerns about its impact on health and dependency, which leads many people to avoid it altogether. While an excess of anything can be harmful, what about that single cup of tea many of us have every day? Could one cup ruin your health? If you have this and other questions in mind, read on to hear what the experts have to say on the matter.
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How Much Tea Is Safe To Drink?
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), both tea and coffee are packed with caffeine, which stimulates the central nervous system and leads to dependency. The recommended limit is 300 milligrams per day. A 150 ml cup of tea contains around 30-65 mg of caffeine. Experts suggest not drinking more than two cups of tea daily.
Is One Cup of Tea Really That Harmful?
Absolutely not! Drinking one cup of tea a day won’t ruin your health at all. However, what’s harmful is the snacks and munchies you pair it with. Most of us pair our tea with snacks like biscuits, toast, and pakoras for a very simple reason: the calories in the snacks! As nutritionist Deepsikha Jain explains, if you eat 4-5 biscuits with your tea, it instantly adds to your calorie count for the day. Most snacks easily contain 300-400 calories. According to the expert, one cup of tea, when paired with snacks, can lead to:
Blood sugar rise
Diabetes
Weight gain
So, one cup of tea is fine to consume, as long as you are having it mindfully.
What Are the Worst Times to Consume Tea?
Now that you know one cup of tea won’t affect your health, let’s find out when you should avoid having it to make the most of it. Ayurvedic expert Dr Dixa Bhavsar Savaliya shared three times to avoid having tea:
1. First Thing in the Morning
While most of us like to start our morning with a nice cup of tea, the expert advises against this. Consuming caffeine on an empty stomach can interfere with cortisol production in your body and leave you feeling anxious and off-balance before the day even begins.
2. With Meals
Pairing your tea with meals or snacks can disrupt your digestion. Tea is acidic in nature and contains tannins that interfere with iron absorption if consumed right after a meal. To make the most of tea, avoid drinking it an hour before or after eating.
3. After 4:00 pm
Having your evening tea after 4:00 pm can impact your overall health. The expert suggests avoiding tea at least 10 hours before bedtime to enhance sleep quality, support liver detoxification, reduce cortisol levels, and promote better digestion.
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Bangladesh forward Amirul Islam fights for possession with a China player during their Junior Asia Cup match on Sunday. Photo: AHF
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Bangladesh forward Amirul Islam fights for possession with a China player during their Junior Asia Cup match on Sunday. Photo: AHF
Bangladesh moved closer to their dream of qualifying for the FIH Hockey Junior World Cup for the first time following a 1-1 draw against China in their last pool match at the Al Amerat Hockey Stadium in Muscat on Sunday.
With two draws and a win alongside a defeat, Bangladesh finished third in Pool B with four points, behind Pakistan and Malaysia and ahead of China and Oman.
The third-position finish set Bangladesh up for a place-deciding match against Thailand, fourth-placed finishers from Pool A, on Tuesday.
A win against the inferior-ranked Thailand will take Moududur Rahman Shuvo’s charges to next year’s Junior World Cup, to be staged in India.
After playing a creditable 2-2 draw against Malaysia in the previous match, Bangladesh needed a draw to finish third so as to avoid South Korea in the place-deciding match. However, the men in red and green could not put on a spirited display like the previous match, instead their game was full of erratic passing, loose ball control and lack of organisation in attacks.
Goalkeeper Mohammad Noyon, though, stood tall and made a string of saves to deny a spirited China and kept Bangladesh in the match until the umpires cancelled out a last-minute strike from China.
Bangladesh took the lead against the run of play with Mohammad Ali finding the back of China net with a reverse hit in the 41st minute following an attack from the right flank. China, however, came back strongly after converting one of four successive penalty corners in the 45th minute to level the score.
China kept pressing in the final quarter but were denied time and again by keeper Noyon before defender Amirul Islam wasted a penalty stroke in the 54th minute to make things harder for Bangladesh.
With only 30 seconds left to the final whistle, Bangladesh launched an attack with a scoop shot, only to be caught in possession and China earned their ninth penalty corner from the resulting counterattack with only 4.5 seconds left of the game.
China converted the penalty corner and the umpire signalled for a goal before changing his decision, allowing Bangladesh to have a massive sigh of relief.
Last season’s nail-biting escape from relegation feels like a distant ghost as the Suns prepare to rise again, fuelled with the fire of promise, as another Victorian Premier League Two campaign waits in the wings.
And with new challenges comes new blood.
The Orangemen have gone down the English route again with their recruiting blitz, bringing in two bright-eyed youngsters to help bolster the Suns’ stocks for 2025.
Having announced Christos Papakonstantinou earlier in the month, the Suns have enlisted the services of Tommy Blennerhassett and Danny Edwards, two UK imports hailing from professional academy backgrounds.
Blennerhassett, a nimble forward with a nose for goal, is one that coach Craig Carley is hoping can live up to his reputation as a bagsman.
“Tommy has been a goal scorer everywhere he’s gone,” Carley said.
“He came with a huge reputation as a youngster for scoring a lot of goals — I think he scored the two winning goals in the FA Youth Cup final back in the UK for MK Dons.
“He got loaned out to a couple of teams whilst he was on the books of MK Dons too.
“He’s young, he’s quick, he works hard and I really do think he’ll suit our style of play.”
While Blennerhassett will cause havoc in the forward line, compatriot Edwards will seek to conduct the midfield as a versatile ball-player.
The technician has professional first team experience at Fleetwood Town, featuring in the Football League and the FA Cup.
It’s that kind of class that Carley wants to harness in his system next season as the Suns seek to improve on their 10th placing in the 2024 VPL2 campaign.
“He certainly comes with high-level pedigree and he’s playing now at a high-level standard back in the UK,” Carley said.
“We’re really excited to have him; he’s a versatile player who can play anywhere in midfield and he’ll add a bit of quality to our side as well.
“I’m really looking forward to welcoming him to the squad.”
Edwards and Blennerhassett are expected to bring a hunger sharpened by the crucible of English non-league and professional football and are expected to arrive in Shepparton in early January.
Carley also indicated the club was currently finalising its OFC/Asian import slot, which will be announced in the next fortnight.
But what about the locals?
The Goulburn Valley base is well into pre-season with Carley believing his charges are “ahead of where we should be in terms of fitness”, and after a competitive hit-out against PlaySport Agency at the weekend, all signs are pointing north for the Suns.
“Saturday’s game was really good against a quality side,” he said.
“I thought we performed really well with a youngish squad against a touring team from the UK of players who are all looking to secure Visa spots over in Australia.
“Boys certainly didn’t look out of place and there were plenty that impressed, (so) hopefully we can kick on this year.
“It’s a bit of a rebuild for the club, but it seems to be the story just with the logistics of where we are in terms of players coming and going.
“It’s an exciting project; we want to be a club that develops as many junior local players as we possibly can and blood them in a senior environment and we’ll continue to do that.”
Rafael Nadal means competing without a break. Just last week, the 22-time Grand Slam winner hanged up his tennis racket and said his final goodbye to an illustrious career. Facing Botic Van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands, in the QF round, Nadal seemed like a shadow of his past self as he couldn’t dominate the Dutchman. The latter managed to get the better of Rafa and took the match 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets. While many people were curious to know what would the King of Clay do after retirement, he’s made it pretty much clear now, thanks to an update coming from his hometown in Mallorca.
Rafael Nadal has taken to his passion for golf. The 38-year-old took to the golf course and participated in the FGB Hexagonal Q-Romia Circuit at Club de Golf Son Servera on Saturday. What’s more?
Well, he succeeded in finishing at the eighth position with a score of 76 strokes, four over par, as reported by Spanish website Ultima Hora. Nadal’s birdies on the par-5 ninth and sixteenth holes, and on the par-3 third hole, highlighted his round. At one stage, he was, in fact, on the first spot, but couldn’t maintain the lead. But earning eighth place, among close to 80 players, in the Handicap category, is still commendable to say the least, isn’t it?
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While he and his team gave their best, the ultimate winner of the competition was the team of Terraza Balear Part of Gunni Trentino. On second position was Engel&Volkers Commercial, followed by God save The Par. Nadal’s The Rafael Nadal Academy took the fourth spot, while Ejusan Ecologic B rounded out the top five.
For those unaware, Nadal’s passion for golf is not new. The tennis icon, a keen golfer, has participated in the Balearic Mid-Amateur Golf Championship three times in the last four years. This year in February, Nadal outperformed the field, finishing three over par for a two-round total of 147 strokes. His seven-stroke victory over Jaime Nicolau Olmos secured him the men’s title.
In fact, he’s expressed his liking for the sport on numerous occasions in the past.
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When Rafael Nadal revealed his brewing passion for golf
Back in 2012, speaking to Miami Herald, the 14-time Roland Garros champion had expressed his inner thoughts on golf. While unleashing his love for the sport, he said, “I love the game of golf in general,” he said. Continuing further, he added, “Golf is great, because you are always in beautiful places when you are playing, and the risk for injury, as you know, is very small.”
Moreover, his craze for the sport even attracted golf legend Tiger Woods, who became a fan of him! Back in 2019, during the R16 at the US Open, Woods was spotted watching Rafael Nadal. Later in that event, Nadal emerged victorious at the Flushing Meadows and lifted the trophy after defeating Daniil Medvedev in a five-set thriller. After winning the final, Rafa extended his gratitude towards Woods.
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“It’s a huge honour to play in front of all of [New York fans] but to play in front of Tiger is a very special thing. I’ve always said that I don’t have idols, but if I did I would have to say that one idol is him. I always try to follow him, every single shot through the whole year,” he said. “He’s a big legend of sport, one of the greatest sportsmen of all time. I want to congratulate him for one of the most amazing comebacks of the sport ever when he won The Masters this year”, he concluded while praising Woods’ golf supremacy.
Now that the tennis chapter is over, it will be intriguing to see whether Nadal will take up golf as a permanent profession. Do you think he will ace in this role as well if he decides to go pro? Let us know in the comments below.
KINGSTON, Ont. – Framed pictures, posters, plaques and vintage helmets adorn the walls of equipment manager Jeff Mellor’s office at Queen’s University.
His work space is just as crammed. A dozen Vanier Cup footballs, a dirty towel and small brush are on his desk, the meticulous ball preparation process now complete.
It was at the top of Mellor’s to-do list for Saturday’s university football championship between the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks and Laval Rouge et Or at Richardson Stadium.
Queen’s University equipment manager Jeff Mellor speaks during an interview in his office at Richardson Stadium in Kingston, Ont. in this image taken from video on the eve of the Vanier Cup, Friday, November 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gregory Strong
“I kind of hope that we don’t lose too many (footballs) and at the end of the game I can take one for myself,” he said. “I’m a great hoarder of history.”
Mellor’s father used to play for Queen’s and his mother was a diehard fan. He was 12 when he first started helping the team equipment manager at practice.
“My first year with the team, we won a Vanier Cup,” he said. “So I was hooked.”
Mellor was a waterboy in his teenage years and he eventually took on team manager duties. A retired teacher, he also served as assistant equipment manager before taking on the head equipment manager role at his alma mater about 12 years ago.
“It’s sort of been a lifelong thing with me,” he said with a smile.
With Queen’s serving as Vanier Cup host for a second straight year, Mellor is a liaison for both teams’ equipment managers and athletic therapists.
His responsibilities run the gamut. Mellor has provided glue so cleats could be fixed, grabbed a few practice jerseys when one team was short, and handles laundry and hydration service.
“I’m pretty busy but it’s a lot of fun,” he said Friday. “I’d rather be in the game. But for a second choice, this isn’t too bad. I get to meet equipment managers from other teams and bounce ideas off of them and learn some things from them too.”
The footballs are clearly a labour of love.
Once they’re out of their boxes and plastic wrap, Mellor uses a towel to rub the panels on the ball’s surface so it’s less slippery. Each pigskin also gets the brush treatment.
“We brush them hard all the way around and that brings up the pebbles in the football,” he said.
The balls are usually under-pumped when they come in from the factory, Mellor said, so he’ll blow them up to the standard pressure of 13 pounds per square inch.
Mellor usually uses six balls for a regular-season game and a dozen for the national championship. Each ball has seen about four hours of field time so it’s worked in and ready for the game, he said.
“It’s been hours of work. People in the crowd may not think anything of it but it’s a pretty integral part for the quarterbacks, receivers and ball carriers,” he said. “You want everything just perfect.
“This is the showcase for Canada.”
Mellor said both starting quarterbacks were pleased with the balls after handling them earlier in the week. The field judge will also test each ball before the game, he added.
“It’s a much better game for the quarterbacks when they have balls that are broken in, with a good grip, and they’re comfortable with them,” he said.
Game balls were kept inside during rainy weather on Thursday and Friday. Cool, dry, overcast conditions were expected Saturday afternoon.
“I love my job,” said Mellor. “The best thing about it is coming to work every day and getting to be with 110 student-athletes that you can have a lot of fun with. You see them grow from deer in the headlights their first year into grown men.
“You’ve got a relationship over those four or five years that they’ve been with you. I wouldn’t give this job up for anything.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 23, 2024.
Saudi Arabia unveiled plans on Tuesday for the King Salman International Stadium, a 92,000-seat venue designed to host the opening and final matches of the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Located in northern Riyadh, the stadium will be the largest in the country and is scheduled for completion in 2029.
The design, inspired by Saudi Arabia’s natural landscape, is intended to symbolize growth and development. Each venue is envisioned as a “seed” germinating within the region’s environment. Global architecture firm Populous is leading the project.
“The design philosophy reflects a commitment to cutting-edge infrastructure while paying tribute to the intrinsic connection between sustainable development, human activity, and the natural world,” said Shireen Hamdan, general manager of Populous KSA.
Artist’s rendering of King Salman International Stadium. Located in northern Riyadh, the stadium will include a variety of sports facilities, commercial areas and recreational facilities. Artist’s rendering of King Salman International Stadium. Located in northern Riyadh, the stadium will include a variety of sports facilities, commercial areas and recreational facilities. Populous
The stadium will include a Royal Box, 2,500 VIP seats, hospitality skyboxes, and rooftop gardens offering panoramic views of King Abdulaziz Park. A compact seating bowl will enhance the spectator experience while meeting international standards for pitch sports. The venue will also host nonsporting events.
Beyond the stadium, the master plan includes training fields, fan zones, an aquatics center with an Olympic-sized swimming pool, and an athletics stadium. A community sports park equipped with facilities for basketball, volleyball, and padel aims to encourage grassroots participation. A 9-kilometer (5.6-mile) sports track linking to King Abdulaziz Park will connect these amenities.
“The stadium will integrate seamlessly with the wider master plan, blending architecture with landscape to create a new sporting hub for Riyadh,” said Mark Craine, senior principal at Populous and lead architect for the project.
Populous has designed other venues in Saudi Arabia, including the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Stadium, King Fahad International Stadium, and the Aramco Stadium.
The main stadium will have a gross seating capacity of more than 92,000. Planned amenities include a Royal Box, hospitality skyboxes and lounges, 300 VVIP seats, and 2,200 VIP seats. The main stadium will have a gross seating capacity of more than 92,000. Planned amenities include a Royal Box, hospitality skyboxes and lounges, 300 VVIP seats, and 2,200 VIP seats. Pop
The World Cup bid is part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The King Salman International Stadium is one of the nation’s most ambitious projects as it prepares to host a series of major international events in the coming years.
While FIFA’s confirmation is pending, Saudi Arabia is the sole candidate to host the 2034 World Cup. A final decision is expected on December 11 at a meeting of FIFA’s 211 member federations. If awarded the tournament, Saudi Arabia plans to host matches across 15 stadiums in five cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Al Khobar, Abha and Neom.
Eight venues, including the King Salman International Stadium, will be in Riyadh, the nation’s capital.
Saudi Arabia has been accused of engaging in “sportswashing,” a strategy defined as investing heavily in sports and entertainment to reshape its international reputation despite persistent concerns about its human rights record. By spending billions to attract fans, talent, and major events, Riyadh hopes to soften criticism, similar to Qatar’s image boost after the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
King Salman International Stadium will integrate with King Abdulaziz Park. Green walls and roofs link the stadium to surrounding green spaces via a connecting valley. King Salman International Stadium will integrate with King Abdulaziz Park. Green walls and roofs link the stadium to surrounding green spaces via a connecting valley. Populous
Sammy Smith is one of the nation’s emerging two-sport athletes with a rare combination.
She is an elite soccer player — a U-17 World Cup goal scorer and a Stanford Cardinal freshman. She is also the only teen on the senior national team in cross-country skiing.
On this week’s agenda is the start of Smith’s first NCAA Tournament. Stanford, a No. 3 seed and last year’s national runner-up, hosts UC Santa Barbara on Friday. The tournament runs through a championship game on Dec. 9, the first day of Stanford’s fall quarter exam week.
Smith could spend much of Stanford’s winter quarter, which begins Jan. 6, doing classwork while crisscrossing Europe for World Cup ski races. Possibly at the world championships in Norway in late February and early March, too.
Smith’s goal is to play each sport at the highest level possible for as long as possible.
As one of five women on the U.S. cross-country skiing A team, she is in early contention to make the 2026 Olympic team of up to eight women. That roster will be finalized in January 2026.
“I want to do everything I can to help the (soccer) team and to hopefully win a national championship,” said Smith, who has played in 12 of Stanford’s 18 matches as a sub. “So right now, that’s been my focus, and is my absolute focus until the season’s over. Obviously, I try and do extra training when I can. I love fitness, so the extra running outside of practice, and the additional training I do, it’s both very beneficial for soccer, because I think it pays dividends on the field, but it also is putting me in a better place for any opportunities this winter.”
Smith split her childhood between Boise and, in winter months, the slopes of Sun Valley.
She benefited from athletic parents: mom Kristin rowed for Stanford and won the 2008 half-Ironman triathlon world championship for the 40-44 age group. Dad Steve played soccer at Duke.
Smith made the most of being a middle child. She tagged along with older sister Logan, who is a junior on the Stanford soccer team. She was pushed by younger brother Tucker, a Boise High senior who this year did Alpine skiing races in Austria and Italy, then co-captained a state championship soccer team.
The family also started Go Big Inc., a non-profit that’s an acronym for “giving opportunity by inspiring gratitude.” Go Big helps underprivileged kids in the Boise community. Events have included a book drive and swim clinic.
On skis before age 1 1/2, two of Smith’s favorite words as a toddler were “self” — as in do it myself — and “more.”
“Maybe there was some genetic advantage there,” dad Steve said, “but a lot of it I think came from an internal motivation.”
Sammy Smith at 14 months old (left to right), mom Kristin Smith and sister Logan Smith. (Courtesy Kristin Smith)
In junior high, Smith also played tailback, cornerback and placekicked and punted on the school football team. Her younger brother was her lead-blocking fullback. But that ended when she broke her arm while tackling a few games into the season.
That was one of the many days when Smith’s sports worlds collided. While in the emergency room, Smith learned that she had been invited to her first U.S. Soccer youth national team camp.
“She was absolutely hysterical that she might miss this opportunity,” due to the broken arm, Kristin said.
They got an approved cast. She took part in the October 2019 U.S. under-15 girls’ national team talent identification camp while in eighth grade.
Smith won Idaho state high school titles in soccer, cross-country running and track (in the 800m, mile and two-mile).
In the winters in Sun Valley, she did both moguls skiing and cross-country skiing before ultimately focusing on the latter.
She traveled back from that event — 45 hours including stops, plus a 12.5-hour time zone change — went to one day of school, then drove five hours to Lewiston to help her team win the state cross-country running title.
GOA, INDIA – OCTOBER 17: Samantha Smith of USA is congratulated on scoring her teams third goal during the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 Group A match between USA and Morocco at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 17, 2022 in Goa, India. (Photo by Matthew Lewis – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Sammy Smith (6, middle) is congratulated after scoring in the 2022 U-17 World Cup. (FIFA via Getty Images)
In March 2023, Smith, still a high school junior, made her debut on cross-country skiing’s highest level — the World Cup — in Norway. She was the youngest woman in the field of 40 by two years.
In Smith’s third career World Cup race later that week, she made it to the quarterfinals of a sprint as one of 30 qualifiers from individual time trials.
She was sixth in a quarterfinal heat that included the reigning Olympic sprint gold medalist (Jonna Sundling of Sweden) and the world’s best overall cross-country skier that season (Tiril Udnes Weng of Norway).
This past February, Smith took silver in the sprint at the World Junior Cross-Country Skiing Championships. She became the third and youngest U.S. woman to win an individual medal in junior worlds history.
Then in March, she was paired to be roommates at the senior World Cup Finals with Jessie Diggins, the most decorated cross-country skier in U.S. history.
Smith got an up-close look at how Diggins handled the pressure of holding on to win the World Cup overall title in the last events of the 34-race season that began five months earlier.
“Seeing Jessie really embrace everything and interact so much with her teammates and still have that same lively and energetic personality that she’s known to have, it just really helped me put it into perspective: Winning is one thing, but it’s about being part of the team and staying true to your values,” Smith said.
TOBLACH HOCHPUSTERTAL, ITALY – JANUARY 1: Samantha Smith of the United States in action competes during the FIS World Cup Cross – Country Tour de Ski Pursuit on January 1, 2024 in Toblach Hochpustertal, Italy. (Photo by Grega Valancic/VOIGT/GettyImages)
Smith and Diggins also paraglided together in Italy last January. Then in June, Smith completed the Broken Arrow Skyrace, a 14-mile mountain-climbing and trail-running event in Palisades Tahoe, California. Diggins covered the same course the previous day, but did the loop three times for a total distance of nearly 43 miles for her annual “Big Stupid.”
“I’m a big adrenaline person, she’s a big adrenaline person,” Smith said.
Smith’s international cross-country skiing schedule this winter will hinge on her performance at the U.S. Championships in early January in Anchorage.
On the World Cup, she aspires to make a sprint semifinal for the first time, which means placing in the top 12. No U.S. male or female cross-country skier has ever finished that high in any individual World Cup race as a teenager. Smith turns 20 next September.
Already in this Olympic cycle, Smith has played in the U-17 World Cup in soccer, made her senior World Cup debut in cross-country skiing and matriculated at Stanford. A big goal is to cap the quadrennium at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games.
“The Olympics have always been my dream,” she said, “so if I had the chance to go, that’d be pretty incredible.”
Eleven members of the 2014 U.S. Olympic cross-country skiing team, including its last active skier, reunited in Park City.
Ronan Keating’s performance at the 2024 Melbourne Cup has been brutally slammed by underwhelmed Australian fans.
The Boyzone singer, 47, took to the stage at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday to perform alongside singer Ricki-Lee Coulter ahead of the big Melbourne Cup race.
He belted out his hit When You Say Nothing At All before New Zealander-Australian star Ricki-Lee, 38, joined him to sing Lovin’ Each Day.
However, fans watching from home slammed the performance as ‘desperate’ as they took to social media to share their underwhelmed reactions to Ronan’s appearance.
‘How desperate is the #MelbourneCup2024 getting in Ronan Keating, was no one else available?’ one person wrote to X – formerly known as Twitter.
‘As an Irishman apologies to Melbourne for Ronan Keating making random noises. Ye’re welcome to keep him. We really don’t want him back,’ wrote another.
‘Ronan Keating is such random entertainment,’ another added.
However others seemed to enjoy the performance as they defended him on social media.
Ronan Keating’s performance at the 2024 Melbourne Cup has been brutally slammed by underwhelmed Australian fans
The Boyzone singer, 47, took to the stage at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday to perform alongside singer Ricki-Lee Coulter ahead of the big Melbourne Cup race
‘Great performance from Ronan Keating and @TheRickiLee,’ one gushed.
Ronan will take to the stage for a second time at the VRC Crown Oaks Club Lunch on November 6 and again as part of the Crown Oaks Day festivities on November 7.
Ronan’s appearance at the Melbourne Cup comes after he confirmed that he has moved to Australia with his family.
The Irish singer said he and his Australian TV producer wife Storm have moved to Sydney with their kids Cooper, seven, and Coco, four.
‘We are in Sydney mainly and we will be here until next year,’ he told 9News.
‘We have re-evaluated life a little bit and the plan is to spend more time here in Australia and near family, we love being here.’
The couple – who married in 2015 after meeting while the former Boyzone star was a judge on The X Factor in 2011 – wanted to give their children an ‘Aussie lifestyle’.
He belted out his hit When You Say Nothing At All before New Zealander-Australian star Ricki-Lee, 38, joined him to sing Lovin’ Each Day, but fans weren’t impressed
Fans watching from home slammed the performance as ‘desperate’ as they took to social media to share their underwhelmed reactions to Ronan’s appearance
Ronan’s appearance at the Melbourne Cup comes after he confirmed that he has moved to Australia with his family (pictured with his wife Storm)
The Irish singer said he and his Australian TV producer wife Storm have moved to Sydney with their kids Cooper, seven, and Coco, four
Storm hails from Australia and grew up on a cattle station in Far North Queensland before moving to Los Angeles where she interned at HBO.
‘Storm and I, we generally love being in Australia, first-hand, but to be here this week and in particular in Melbourne and at the Melbourne Cup,’ he said.
‘It is very special, the effort everybody makes and the sheer beauty of this place. It is quite magnificent.’
Ronan also shares three more adult children – Jack, 25, Missy, 23, and Ali, 18 – with his ex-wife Yvonne Connolly, who he was married to for 12 years.
Music icon Sir Rod Stewart was spotted at the Scottish League Cup Semi-Final on Saturday.
The rocker, 79, was with his youngest son Aiden, 13, supporting Celtic during their 6-0 win against Aberdeen sending them to the final in December.
On Sunday, Motherwell and Rangers will play each other to determine who Celtic will play in the final.
The pair were seen in the VIP box at Hamden Park in Glasgow.
The father-of-eight appeared to be blissfully happy and was seen fist-bumping fans as they celebrated the Celtic’s success.
Music icon Sir Rod Stewart was spotted at the Scottish League Cup Semi-Final on Saturday
The 79-year-old was with his youngest son Aiden, 13, supporting Celtic during their 6-0 win against Aberdeen sending them to the final in December
Celtic’s Daizen Maeda scores his sides sixth goal of the game during the Viaplay Cup semi final match
Rod had his blond hair spiked up in his iconic style and donned a black and white floral flamboyant blazer over the top of a white shirt, which was open at the collar.
Aiden looked very dapper with a white shirt and a smart black blazer.
Rod shares eight children with five mothers, his youngest being Aiden and Alistair, 18, with his wife Penny Lancaster.
Earlier this year the former Loose Women star, Penny, 53, and Rod published a statement to shut down marriage rift rumours.
In August, Rod took to Instagram and said: ‘There is absolutely no rift between Penny and I and no disagreement over where we should reside, in fact it’s the opposite.
‘We moved permanently back to our beloved Britain a year ago but are fortunate to also have homes in different countries, which we love to visit.
‘Originally we did think it made sense to sell our house in LA, but having spent a wonderful time there this summer with family and friends during my Vegas residency we realised that it makes sense to keep our house there.’
The couple have been together for 25 years and tied the knot in 2007.
The father-of-eight appeared to be blissfully happy and was seen fist-bumping fans as they celebrated the Celtic’s success
Rod shares eight children with five mothers, his youngest being Aiden and Alistair, 18, with his wife Penny Lancaster
His opulent LA lifestyle comes despite Rod himself admitting he’s ‘shrewd’ with finances. Pictured enjoying himself by the pool
Previously Rod – who is notorious for his penny-pinching ways – said that he would only sell his LA home for the ‘right price’, but his reluctance to part with the property seems to go beyond money.
As he approaches his 80th birthday, the singer is truly embracing California lifestyle, where he ‘flies back and forth to Vegas for his gigs, gets to spend quality time with his grandchildren and hosts a banquet dinner almost every Sunday night for a crowd of his best friends’, an insider has told dailymail.com.
Their lavish US property is more of a guilded cage for Penny, who considers the British countryside ‘home’ – not to mention having her own career in the UK. She’s a regular on the panel show Loose Women, works as a special constable for the City of London Police and delights in keeping chickens at the couple’s Essex mansion.
Rod revealed plans to return permanently to the UK in June 2023 when he listed his 33,000-square-foot Beverly Hills abode – which also includes a three-story guesthouse, swimming pool and a sizable soccer pitch for $70 million.
He then cranked up the asking price to $80 million in December, before slashing it by $6 million in February to leave a $74 million price tag.
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Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero joined the Hexagon Cup with a seventh team
The inaugural Hexagon Cup in Madrid earlier this year proved to be a big hit
The new outfit becomes the eighth franchise ahead of this year’s second edition
By Dominic Hogan
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A Formula One star has become the latest big name to enter the world of padel, after joining the Hexagon Cup with their own team.
Padel is one of the fastest growing rackets sports in the world, with approximately 25million active players around the world.
Since securing the backing of DMG Ventures, the inaugural Hexagon Cup successfully lured the very best international padel players to compete in six teams.
Moreover, some of sport’s biggest names have begun to enter the competition as team owners, with Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero the latest to do so with the Kru Padel team.
Now, though, the latest global superstars to get behind padel are Alpine driver Pierre Gasly and Ligue 1 side Lorient president Loic Fery, with their 10Padel team entering the fray for the second edition of the competition.
Pierre Gasly has joined padel as the owner of the eighth franchise competing at the Hexagon Cup
Lorient president Loic Fery will partner up with the Alpine driver – with whom he played padel after the Miami GP
The first edition of the tournament took place in Madrid earlier this year and proved to be a hit
‘I’m thrilled and excited to take this first step into the padel world by creating our professional team, 10Padel,’ said Gasly, on the announcement of the move.
‘I love this sport, which shares the same competitive spirit and passion that drives me on the Formula 1 circuits. Together with Loïc, we see a unique opportunity to build a team that stands out both on and off the court. I hope many of you will support us in the next 2025 edition!’
Fery added: ‘Pierre and I played padel together after the Miami Grand Prix with Dani Homedes who co-owns another Hexagon team and another friend of ours also involved in 10Padel.
‘Since then, we have both nurtured the desire to partner with ambition in the padel world and we finally agreed to become the owners of the 8th franchise of Hexagon Cup. That is how 10Padel was born.
‘I am very excited to join Pierre in such an inspiring and promising competition, where we will combine our experience and competitive spirit to ensure 10Padel success and bring padel fans together.’
The Hexagon Cup is a revolutionary padel tournament backed by high-profile sports heroes including Rafael Nadal, Robert Lewandowski and Andy Murray.
Launched with the strapline, ‘For the fans, for the players, for the game’, the Hexagon Cup has eagerly placed spectators at the forefront of their planning, with live music, entertainers and padel experiences accompanying the sporting action.
Earlier this year, Martin Di Nenno and Juan Tello of Murray’s AD/vantage Team, became the inaugural men’s winners, while it was a senior sweep for the three-time Grand Slam winner as his roster – which included Alejandra Salazar and Tamara Icardo – secured the women’s title.
Andy Murray’s AD/vantage team claimed the men’s and women’s titles during the first competition
Several high-profile stars, including Eva Longoria (pictured) had teams competing in the inaugural tournament
Lewandowski also got in on the action, with his team of David Gala and Enzo Jensen prevailing in the Next Gen category.
Enrique Buenaventura, Founder of Hexagon Cup, said of the new team’s entry: ‘Incorporating Pierre and Loic into the project opens up a vast array of opportunities.
‘Our primary objectives have always been to promote the sport of padel and bring it closer to new audiences and territories, such as France, where padel is establishing itself as one of the most widely played sports. It was essential for us to have a team owned by two French personalities in the championship.’
He added: ‘Furthermore, having someone from the automotive world, with whom I have practically developed my entire career and with whom I feel very connected, gives me particular excitement. I am delighted.’
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F1 ace becomes the latest sport star to join padel following the likes of Andy Murray, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski into the Hexagon Cup
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