September 30, 2020 - l'Européenne de Bruxelles

Eliud Kipchoge denies that Nike platform shoes gives edge in London racing

September 30, 2020October 1, 2020 1534 views

Eliud Kipchoge has rejected suggestions that the next generation of game-changing Nike shoes violate the spirit of sport, even though he has conceded that they could give him a major advantage in Sunday’s London Marathon. The world record holder confirmed that he would wear the Alphafly Nexts, which resemble platform shoes and are claimed to improve running economy by between 5-8%, for the first time in an official race. There have been calls for the controversial running shoes to be banned, especially after the Kenyan used them to become the…

World Bank announces the terms for poor countries to purchase vaccines Covid $ 12 billion

September 30, 2020 1535 views

The World Bank has announced plans for a $12bn (£9.3bn) initiative that will allow poor countries to purchase Covid-19 vaccines to treat up to 2 billion people as soon as effective drugs become available. In an attempt to ensure that low-income countries are not frozen out by wealthy nations, the organisation is asking its key rich-nation shareholders to back a scheme that will disburse cash over the next 12 to 18 months. David Malpass, the World Bank president, said the initiative was needed because Covid-19 was having a much bigger…