Published by InsideHook By Mickey Rapkin By Mickey Rapkin It was early morning but already hot as hell as seven Toyota Land Cruisers careened through a Mideast desert. Our driver, dressed in a traditional white flowing thube, pointed to a pine-scented “no smoking” sign dangling from his rearview mirror and smiled, promptly offering me a cigarette. It was late March
Published by Azer News By Trend Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will go on trial for fraud and other offences, Switzerland’s federal criminal court has said, Trend reports citing Euronews. The former FIFA officials will face a Swiss federal court in June after more than six years of criminal proceedings. Blatter — who served as FIFA President from 1998 to
Published by Al-Araby Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal made a winning start to the defence of their Asian Champions League crown on Friday with a 2-1 victory in Riyadh over Sharjah from the United Arab Emirates. Michael Oliveira’s 62nd minute volley earned Ramon Diaz’s side the win in the Group A clash after Saleh Al Shehri had a fifth minute penalty
Published by DPA The German government is yet to decide whether high ranking officials will visit the football World Cup in Qatar later in the year, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Friday. Faeser, whose portfolio includes sport, made the announcement after a conference of the 16 state sports ministers in Hamburg. Qatar has been under fire over human rights
Published by Reuters UK By Isla Binnie MADRID (Reuters) – Spain plans to open a never-before-used liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on its northern coast and dedicate it to receiving and re-exporting fuel to other European countries struggling to break their dependence on gas piped from Russia. Energy and Environment Minister Teresa Ribera told online newspaper El Diario that the
Published by Kyodo News Andre Iniesta, who scored Spain’s winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final, said Thursday he is pulling for both Spain and Japan to advance to the round of 16 from Group E at this year’s World Cup in Qatar. Speaking at an event in Osaka, the Vissel Kobe midfielder said, “Of course, I’m supporting Spain,
Published by Sports Illustrated By Brian Straus The U.S. only has six matches before the World Cup begins, two of which take place in the Concacaf Nations League group stage. Three days after getting most of its World Cup assignment, the U.S. men’s national learned a bit more about how it’ll be preparing for Qatar. There are just two international
Published by Kyodo News Japan wingers starred during their respective Belgian clubs’ victories on Sunday, Genk’s Junya Ito scoring a goal and setting up another while Kaoru Mitoma also provided a goal for leaders Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. Ito, the standout performer for Japan as they qualified for their seventh straight World Cup finals, scored Genk’s third during their 5-0 trouncing