News on Youtube Dec 27 2017

Roger Federer opens up on retirement and reveals how much longer he'll play for

Federer took the second half of 2016 off to deal with back and knee injuries, a move that appeared to work as he returned to win two more Grand Slams this year.

The Swiss also dodged the clay-court season in an effort to keep himself in shape for other surfaces, a nod to his advancing years.

But the 36-year-old has no plans to retire quite yet, even if he does not expect to still be going in his mid-40s.

"I currently intend to continue to play for a longer period, hopefully for a few more years," Federer told Swiss publication SRF.

"I doubt though it will be another 10 years." Federer took his Grand Slam tally to 19 in 2017, a year that also saw Rafael Nadal add two more to his career record as well as finish the season as the oldest ever world No 1 at the age of 31.

However, both men were able to capitalise on injuries to a number of top players and Federer admits his own success will be impacted by their returns.

I wonder how [Novak] Djokovic, [Andy] Murray, [Stan] Wawrinka, [Kei] Nishikori and [Milos] Raonic will come back," Federer added. "That will have an impact. "I'm assuming that one of those players will also tear up ropes.

"As a result, you also lose a game more and will thus also win one or two tournaments less. "I wont probably live the same emotions as 2017.

"But I have been able to surprise myself for all these years, so I hope to have good moments again. "It's been a massive year – perhaps my favourite! "If 2018 is half as successful, then I'll be happy.".

For more infomation >> Roger Federer opens up on retirement and reveals how much longer he'll play for - Duration: 3:03.

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Roger Federer opens up on retirement and reveals how much longer he'll play for - Duration: 3:03.

Roger Federer opens up on retirement and reveals how much longer he'll play for

Federer took the second half of 2016 off to deal with back and knee injuries, a move that appeared to work as he returned to win two more Grand Slams this year.

The Swiss also dodged the clay-court season in an effort to keep himself in shape for other surfaces, a nod to his advancing years.

But the 36-year-old has no plans to retire quite yet, even if he does not expect to still be going in his mid-40s.

"I currently intend to continue to play for a longer period, hopefully for a few more years," Federer told Swiss publication SRF.

"I doubt though it will be another 10 years." Federer took his Grand Slam tally to 19 in 2017, a year that also saw Rafael Nadal add two more to his career record as well as finish the season as the oldest ever world No 1 at the age of 31.

However, both men were able to capitalise on injuries to a number of top players and Federer admits his own success will be impacted by their returns.

I wonder how [Novak] Djokovic, [Andy] Murray, [Stan] Wawrinka, [Kei] Nishikori and [Milos] Raonic will come back," Federer added. "That will have an impact. "I'm assuming that one of those players will also tear up ropes.

"As a result, you also lose a game more and will thus also win one or two tournaments less. "I wont probably live the same emotions as 2017.

"But I have been able to surprise myself for all these years, so I hope to have good moments again. "It's been a massive year – perhaps my favourite! "If 2018 is half as successful, then I'll be happy.".

For more infomation >> Roger Federer opens up on retirement and reveals how much longer he'll play for - Duration: 3:03.

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Ever Wonder How Much Money Mariah Carey's Made Off "All I Want for Christmas Is You?" - Duration: 2:44.

Ever Wonder How Much Money Mariah Carey's Made Off "All I Want for Christmas Is You?"

Did you wake up this Christmas morning and think Hey, I wonder how much money Mariah Careys made off her 1994 smash hit All I Want for Christmas Is You?.

Good news! A new-ish study from The Economist is here to tell you Mariah Carey has made more than $60 million on royalties from that song alone.

The study also says the song is the most streamed of Spotifys 13 most popular Christmas songs, coming in at about 210 million streams as of the end of November.

Its unclear how many more times its been streamed through today.

Anyway, you can read The Economist report in full here.

Or you can listen to All I Want for Christmas Is You above.

Or below.

I gave you two options so youd make the right choice.

But by all means, go ahead and read a study instead, thats fine! :).