KOSMIS LEPAS

The unsettling familiarity of games played in vacant stadiums heralded the start of a new year marked by the same complexities that afflict world football. Also maintaining competitions without interruption remains a threat with a second outbreak of Covid-19 ravaging too many nations, accelerated by mutant strains. Attempts to reintroduce fans to games were made across Europe, but as 2020 drew to a close, the turnstiles were gradually closed. At the start of 2021, games in all major European leagues will be played in isolation, a barren world devoid of the raucous atmospheres that athletes thrive on. The focus of tournament organisers is to keep the show running  until the mass release of vaccination  in order to prevent long pauses with no play, which may result in expensive rebates to broadcasters. During the Christmas season, the English Premier League started to compete. However, with the league announcing a record number of coronavirus outbreaks, making sure that matches ...

  The Old Firm Derby, one of the world's biggest sporting rivalries, has made a sensational comeback in the Scottish Premier League this season. Football (like all other sports) has succumbed to commercialisation in recent years, with rising ticket rates and most matches being shown on television driving many die-hard supporters away from stadiums. Many typical derby matches across Europe have struggled as a result, as football visitors flock to the turnstiles with selfie sticks in hand and an Instagram caption in mind. The infamous ‘Old Firm Derby,' a match played between Glasgow clubs Celtic FC and Rangers FC, seems to have avoided this occurrence. The word "Old Firm" was invented in the 1880s by a popular Glasgow newspaper headline referring to Celtic and Rangers as "like two old, firm mates" because the clubs often scheduled matches for commercial reasons. Any notion of fellowship, however, vanished rapidly as the fixture became increasingly rooted in Sc...

Children usually start lying while they are between the ages of two and four. Parents who are concerned that their child may become a pint-sized social deviant will be concerned about these deliberate attempts at deceit. However, deception in small children is rarely a cause for alarm from a cognitive standpoint. In reality, deception is one of the first signals that a young child has established a "theory of mind," or the understanding that others may have different interests, emotions, and values than itself. When a kid falsely says, "Daddy said I could have an ice cream," they are attempting to plant fake knowledge in the minds of others. Although deception may not be socially acceptable, knowing what people are thinking and experiencing is a valuable social skill. It has to do with empathy, teamwork, and caring for those who are angry. The way people lie varies as they get older. The first lies told by young children are often more amusing than effective. Consid...

 If you believe in the supernatural, you won't be surprised if you hear tales of dead loved ones emerging in the middle of the night, massive explosions heard right as everyone is drifting off with no apparent cause, and other strange phenomena. What happens if you don't? Chris French, who investigates accounts of ghost experiences, piqued my curiosity in the paranormal. He told me of countless people who had seen similar things. These encounters usually began as I was lying in bed. Then something odd will happen, such as a devil appearing, the world appearing different, or a perceived presence. The individual getting this experience can also feel stuck to their mattress, tarmacked into the sheet, and completely immobile. It's understandable that people who have such experiences may think they're paranormal. However, certain phenomena, such as sleep paralysis, provide a viable solution to paranormal theories. As a sleep researcher, this piqued my interest in the subject...