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Jordan Worth
Alexander Skeel (born 1995) is a domestic violence survivor whose near-fatal injuries at the hands of his girlfriend, Jordan Worth, in 2017 attracted widespread media coverage. Worth "controlled, beat, stabbed, starved and tortured Skeel, leaving him with severed tendons, fluid on the brain and burns", and prevented him from receiving medical treatment for injuries. Worth became the first woman to be convicted of the United Kingdom's coercive control offence and in 2018 was jailed for a total of seven and half years for her crimes. Skeel has been interviewed numerous times in the media about the abuse he suffered and his story was told in a BBC Three documentary ''Abused By My Girlfriend'' which was first shown in February 2019. He is an Ambassador for domestic violence charity The ManKind Initiative. Early life Skeel was born prematurely in 1995 along with his twin brother. Weighing just two pounds, he was placed in intensive care and underwent multiple operations as a baby. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
