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The three were given provisional 90-day bans on Oct. 8. MORE: Classic photos of Pele | David Beckham through the years Also on Wednesday, the Reuters news agency said Franz Beckenbauer and Angel Maria Villar were among other world soccer leaders under investigation. Beckenbauer, a legend in Germany as a coach and player, is a former FIFA executive committee member. Villar is president of Spain’s soccer federation and a vice president of FIFA and UEFA, which governs European soccer....

Since the last ranking of 107 in September 2017, Stephen Constantine’s side have played once wherein they garnered a convincing result. The Blue Tigers defeated Macau (now ranked 180) 4-1 as a result of which they gained direct qualification for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup that is to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). India now have 328 rating points, a rise of 12 points from the previous month’s tally....

Following the invasion of Russia’s military forces into Ukraine on February 24, FIFA released a statement on Monday with UEFA stating that “Football is fully united here and in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine,” the statement read. However, an influx of calls claiming hypocrisy followed as fans called out FIFA’s differing treatment of other teams such as the United States and Israel, and the support FIFA has shown Qatar despite reports of human rights issues....

And Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski finally won an award in recognition for his standout 2021 campaign after missing out on both the Ballon d’Or to Lionel Messi and the Globe Soccer Award to Kylian Mbappe. For Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas, it was a clean sweep of all the major awards as women’s player of the year. MORE: Ballon d’Or final voting results Lewandowski definitely had a better shot at this award since the main FIFA awards are voted on by: 1) current national team coaches; 2) the current captain of every national team; 3) one specialist journalist from each territory; and 4) fans registered on FIFA....

Tickets, which were made available online, have now been sold out for the game between Brazil and Spain on October 7 at 17:00 IST. The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium where the eight matches are to be held has been fully decked up. The second game in the Kaloor-based stadium will see North Korea play Nigeria at 20:00 IST. Nodal officer of the Kochi event Mohammed Hanish said they expect legends of the game to watch the Brazil-Spain match....

The football governing body had earlier demanded all business establishments inside the stadium complex to be shut down for a specific period that lasts until the end of the tournament which takes place in October. The owners of these shops which have been a part of the stadium complex for a long time were clearly against such a closing down and took the matter to the High Court of Kerala....

The Yugoslav Army called the shoot-down “a tragic error,” purportedly caused when two EC helicopters entered Yugoslav airspace from Hungary without first filing flight plans. Army officers said the helicopters were mistaken for Croatian gunrunners. But they couldn’t explain why no one ordered a visual inspection of the clearly marked aircraft or issued a radio warning. Few believed the Army version, and an EC spokesman denied it. The Army said it had arrested five officers in the incident but did not name them....

During a global pandemic, it’s easy to lose your sense of humor. But 10-year-old Ethan LyBrand is determined not to let the coronavirus (COVID-19) get him down—and has been taking to social media to make others smile. The youngster, who lives in Decatur, Alabama, has been delivering a virtual “Joke of the Day” every day to provide a dose of happiness for those who need it. Filmed by his parents, Josh and Jordan LyBrand, Ethan’s jokes are shared through the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s (MDA) social media channels....

The Red Giants will sign a fifth foreign player for the 2018 season after all, confirmed head coach Maniam Pachaiappan. It had earlier been rumoured that the club are looking to make a late addition to the squad, a Spanish player. When met after his side’s friendly match against Korea Republic third tier side Daejeon Korail FC in Bukit Jalil on Saturday morning, Maniam confirmed the rumour, saying that the player in question is a 31-year old player by the name Alfonso de la Cruz....

Anthony Reese Jr., of Moorhead, Minnesota, is charged with killing 43-year-old Richard Pittman, 32-year-old April Carbone and her unborn child after an argument Wednesday at a factory in Fargo, North Dakota. Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski said the incident happened around 2:10 p.m. in the 400 block of 27th Street North near Composite America and Melet Plastics, WDAY Radio Now reported. Factory workers told police that Pittman and Carbone were dating and that she was expecting a baby girl whom they planned to name Layla....

While Secretary of Defense William Cohen is unlikely to have put it in quite these terms, he has begun asking similar questions about NATO’s 36,000 troops in Bosnia. It’s about time. In 1995 President Clinton announced that he was sending the United States military to Bosnia on a mission ““precisely defined with clear realistic goals’’ that could be achieved within a year. In 1996 the president extended the Bosnia mission by 18 months....

Reeve’s celebrity, his experience as an activist and the public sympathy his injury inspires combine to make him a potential juggernaut on behalf of disabled Americans – particularly the 200,000 or so with spinal-cord injuries. It’s a role Reeve has embraced. After all, as he said after his meeting on the Hill, ““either you vegetate and look out the window, or activate and try to effect change.'' Reeve probably hasn’t seen much of his yard lately....

Let’s start with Yahoo!, which created the Yahoo! search engine that helps people find stuff on the Internet. The company is being touted as “profitable” by many Netniks. And Yahoo! did, in fact, earn $96,000 in last year’s fourth quarter–pretty impressive for a company that’s barely two years old. But look behind the numbers, and you find that there’s less to Yahoo!’s profit than meets the eye. How so? Because the company had $1,508,000 of investment income during that quarter....

Walker says she has no regrets about her decision, but she is troubled by allegations that she set a bad example for young black women. And she is quick to deromanticize single motherhood, even for someone with a loving family, a lot of friends and plenty of money. “it was still difficult. As Nicholas grew, I had a lot of decisions to make, alone.” Two years ago, she married Harry Graham, 41, a lawyer with two children of his own from another marriage....

Lengthy threads surfaced across social media, Reddit communities, and support forums overnight as Samsung users were sent a message containing a mystifying single digit: 1. Adding to the mystery, the number would disappear if the person tapped on the notification. It remains unclear how many Galaxy devices were sent the message, but reports suggest the “1” update was pushed to owners across the world. “A notification about ‘Find My Mobile 1’ occurred on a limited number of Galaxy devices,” read an explanation that soon came from a Samsung U....

Having dreamt of being a classical music conductor since age seven, by 18, I’d been accepted to a conservatory program in Vienna for conducting, but visiting the school made me pause. All the other students had lived and breathed only music since exiting the womb. I suddenly saw the vastness of my world closing off into a pinpoint of focus: I thought of all the grateful patients whose sight my father had restored and the way his work tangibly changed lives for the better on a daily basis....

Whatever the rest of the world thinks, whatever Rosie O’Donnell thinks, whatever big city mayors, present and former, think—it remains unlikely that the murder of 32 innocents in Blacksburg will alter the basic guns-for-all equation of American life. In the aftermath of the shooting, world leaders expressed condolences, but also took it upon themselves to comment on what Australian Prime Minster John Howard referred to as America’s “gun culture.” The British Home Minister, who happens to hold a degree from Virginia Tech, said he hoped the event would “prompt a serious and reflective debate on gun issues and gun laws in this states…....

But it was more than worth the brief discomfort to witness the scene: the lean figure of Obama, framed by the Greek revival capitol, its worn limestone golden in the morning sun; the young, multi-cultural crowd cheering for him; the echoes of Lincoln and the Heartland; the whistles of the freight trains. America at its best. It was inspiring and humbling. This, after all, was the very place in which Lincoln had warned that a nation divided against itself could not stand....

Daschle spent 30 years on Capitol Hill as a legislative aide, House member, senator and ultimately Democratic Senate leader. Now he is providing newcomer Obama with valuable endorsements, staff, fundraising lists and brotherly advice. “He brings an unrivaled mix of policy knowledge and political expertise,” said Steven Hildebrand, an Obama senior campaign advisor. He ought to know: a fellow South Dakotan, he ran Daschle’s last Senate campaign. Money talks and Daschle knows the language....

A confrontational field test requires little or no special equipment and can be performed in nearly any situation. This diagnostic exam is also commonly known as the “finger counting” exam because the examiner may use his own fingers during the test. The fingers are either identified or counted, depending on the extent of the exam. Each eye is tested separately. A defect in vision will be detected if the patient fails to accurately see the fingers....