The English football team will play Belgium, Panama, and Tunisia in the 2018 World Cup. The rival teams were revealed in a ceremony on Friday evening at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow. The games will be hosted by Russia next year. Thirty-two countries – 31 countries plus Russia, who secured its place as the …
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El Clasico: Barcelona dominate Real Madrid
Catalans bag 3-0 win over Los Blancos to open 14-point lead in La Liga 0SHARES Share Tweet Email TURN OF TIDE: Barca, dominated by Real in the first half, came out a different side in the second period to almost certainly put the title out of Madrid’s reach. PHOTO: AFP MADRID: Barcelona took a huge step …
Cristiano Ronaldo wins fifth Ballon d’Or to equal Lionel Messi’s record
When the moment arrived, so did he. Cristiano Ronaldo was in Paris to collect the Ballon d’Or at the foot of the Eiffel Tower on Thursday evening, another grand night to go with those he had in Madrid, Málaga and Munich, and in Cardiff especially. Ultimately, those were the moments that marked 2017 and they …
Five things we learned from the Premier League
LONDON: Manchester City took a huge step towards the Premier League title with a vital victory at rivals Manchester United.Chelsea’s title defence looks all but over after a miserable loss at West Ham United, while Wayne Rooney’s first Merseyside derby goal earned Everton a draw at Liverpool.Here are five things we learned from the Premier League …
Donald Trump Is ‘Begging For War,’ North Korea Says as U.S. Prepares for Aerial Drill With South Korea
North Korea claimed Donald Trump was “begging for war” as the U.S. announced it would carry out the largest ever aerial drill with South Korea in the coming week.The drill is scheduled to take place from December 4-8, in what North Korea’s ministry of foreign affairs suggested was a demonstration of the U.S.’ “nuclear war …
Football Briefs: Maradona tells Madrid, give away Bale and bring Mbappe
News of all that’s transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Gareth Bale (left) has been riddled by injury this season. Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images Diego Maradona says he has a solution to Real Madrid’s scarcity of goals this season — sign France teenage sensation Kylian Mbappe from Paris St Germain and give Gareth …
FA Cup hots up with Liverpool-Everton derby draw
LONDON: Liverpool will host city rivals Everton for the second time inside a month when they face-off in the third round of the FA Cup in early January after the draw was made on Monday (Dec 4).Liverpool – who beat Everton in the 2012 semi-final, their last FA Cup meeting – also host their struggling neighbours in the …
Forget North Korea, U.S. missile defense couldn’t even stop rebels in Yemen
The capabilities of the U.S.’s top-of-the-line missile defense systems have been called into question as North Korea has boosted the range and power of its growing arsenal, and a recent report showed not even the U.S.’s allies may be able to rely on its anti-missile technology. Amid last month’s series of lightning developments in Saudi …
Harford County thoroughbred farms part of Maryland effort to court South Korean business
John William Boniface Sr. bent down and ran his fingers through the grass at his Bonita Farm in Harford County.“Maryland has as good a grass as Kentucky,” he told a group of visitors from South Korea.Boniface boasted that Maryland held its first thoroughbred horse race in 1721, back when Kentucky was still open prairie.“Maryland is …
Find the best of both worlds in Manchester
Advertising Feature By Gunjan SinhaJul. 15, 2016 , 9:00 AM This Advertising Feature has been commissioned, edited, and produced by the Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office At the 2016 EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), Manchester will flaunt its stuff. With over £500 million (US$720 million) flowing in from both public and private sources to support new science …