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Just convicted paralympics runner Oscar Pistorius is already receiving visitors in his Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria as his father, Henke, was reportedly one of the first visitors to visit his him on Saturday, October 25, 2014. According to reports, Henke Pistorius parked his silver Toyota Prado under a tree in the prison’s parking lot, near the main entrance, for some time before the visitor’s centre opened. He was spotted with a DVD case in his hand while he stood and waited outside his car. Henke’s daughter and Oscar’s sister, Aimee Pistorius, also arrived at the prison about an hour later with her uncle, Arnold, in his white Mercedes- Benz, Sport24 reported . Henke was later sighted at the entrance to the centre speaking to a warder, while his daughter hugged him in greeting and they walked in together. Reports also claim that both father and daughter came out while later as they walk back to Arnold’s car, and was spotted retur...

Oscar Pistorius spent nearly £1million defending himself in his murder trial - with nearly half the bill still unpaid, it emerged today. The athlete is believed to have paid his legal team as much as £5,400 a day to fight the charge that he murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp during his seven-month trial. But sources close to the Paralympian's legal team said his lawyers were forced to represent him for free for the last two months because he had run out of money. It is believed the runner, who once earned £300,000 a year from sponsorship alone, still owes around R10m (£560,000) from a total bill of R17m (£995,000). The debt has raises questions about who might defend the disgraced athlete if state prosecutors appeal the decision to acquit him of murder, which must be made by November 4. The family are understood to be disputing the bill, with one source saying there was 'definitely great unhappiness' about the fees. Pistorius’s uncle...

The world is a crazy place and, thanks to the Internet, we have access endless information about this crazy place. Is it too much information? I feel like I get my mind blown by something every single day. Here are some facts I learned just from today that you probably never thought about before.

The family of viruses housing Ebola and Marburg is ancient, and the two viruses last shared a common ancestor millions of years ago, scientists say The research shows that filoviruses — a family to which Ebola and its similarly lethal relative, Marburg, belong — are at least 16-23 million years old. Filoviruses likely existed in the Miocene Epoch, and at that time, the evolutionary lines leading to Ebola and Marburg had already diverged, the study concludes. The research was published in the journal PeerJ in September. It adds to scientists’ developing knowledge about known filoviruses, which experts once believed came into being some 10,000 years ago, coinciding with the rise of agriculture. The new study pushes back the family’s age to the time when great apes arose. “Filoviruses are far more ancient than previously thought,” says lead researcher Derek Taylor, PhD, a University at Buffalo professor of biological sciences. “These things hav...

Earlier this week, a family in Saskatchewan, Canada got the surprise of a lifetime when they came home to find their house invaded by snakes. Somehow, over 100 garter snakes found their way inside the family's home. The snakes were looking to escape the plunging temperatures outside and begin hibernating for the winter. I'm not sure I could think of a worse place for a snake to hibernate. I feel bad for the poor family. Even though these are harmless snakes, this would freak me  out. I don't want my house to be invaded by things that creep or crawl. No thank you very much .

Although he's vowed to keep his famous chop chop  to himself, the world will soon find out if Luis Suarez can keep bagging goals without literally leaving his mark on defenders. This weekend, the 27-year-old forward will complete his four-month ban for a third on-pitch biting offense, and could make his Barcelona debut in the battle known as "El Clasico" against Real Madrid on Saturday. "Don't worry, I won't do that again," the gifted Uruguayan promised, soon after arriving at his new club. BUT, WILL HE ?

I get it, Selfies are a thing. But there’s a time and place for them, and these certainly were not them. They’re just so ridiculously awkward and for many, just so, so inappropriate.. check out some of this awkward SELFIES .