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Mexico forward Jesús “Tecatito” Corona is set to miss the World Cup because of a serious injury sustained while training with Sevilla on Thursday, the Spanish club said. Sevilla said Tecatito broke his left fibula and ruptured his ankle ligaments and will be out for four to five months. The World Cup begins in Qatar on Nov. 20. ALSO READ| Chelsea Probe Alleged Racist Abuse Against Tottenham Forward Heung-min Son The 29-year-old Tetatico was taken to the hospital in an ambulance and is expected to undergo surgery. The club did not provide more detail on how the injury happened. México will play its opening World Cup match on Nov. 22 against Poland in Group C, which also includes Argentina and Saudi Arabia. Sevilla was preparing to face Valladolid on Friday in its second Spanish league match. The team opened with a loss at Osasuna. Coached by Julen Lopetegui, Sevilla finished fourth in the league last season. Read the Latest News and Breaking News here … [Read more...] about México’s Jesús ‘Tecatito’ Corona Likely to Miss World Cup Because of Injury

World Cup ticket sales have reached 2.45 million, FIFA said Thursday, with more than 500,000 seats still available three months before the tournament starts in Qatar. FIFA said 520,000 tickets were bought in a first-come, first-served phase of sales that closed this week. Brazil’s games against Serbia and Cameroon were among the most in-demand. ALSO READ| Bundesliga: Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund Setting the Pace in Germany The top 10 places ranked by ticket sales to their residents include Qatar and neighbouring countries Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The United States, England, Mexico, France, Argentina, Brazil and Germany are also on the list released by FIFA. The cheapest tickets for fans from outside Qatar are priced at 250 riyals ($69). Fans need a confirmed ticket purchase to book places to stay in Qatar through an official tournament website. The 64-game tournament in eight stadiums in and around Doha starts on Nov. 20 and has a total capacity … [Read more...] about FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Ticket Sales Top 2.45 Million, 500,000 Still Left

Former Indian Super League champions Mumbai City FC (MCFC) overcame early hiccups to beat Indian Navy 4-1 in their opening Durand Cup match at the Saltlake Stadium here on Thursday. A two-goal blitz by substitute Lallianzuala Chhangte (89th, 90+1st) in the space of two minutes, following goals from Vikram Pratap Singh (45+4th) and Greg Stewart (65th) gave the Islanders full points from Group B. ALSO READ| FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Ticket Sales Top 2.45 Million, 500,000 Still Left The star-studded Mumbai outfit dominated the possession but lacked in finishing early on as the Indian Navy took the lead with a peach of a strike from Adersh Mattummal (43rd) against the run of play. Navy’s seasoned goalkeeper-cum-captain Velutha Kulathil Vishnu was resolute under the bar and effected some fine saves to keep the ISL heavyweights at bay. Finally, Des Buckingham’s side got the much-needed breakthrough in the first-half injury time when Vikram made a fine run inside the box from the … [Read more...] about Durand Cup: Mumbai City Beat Indian Navy 4-1

NATO has touted exercises in Europe that it says show the military strength and unity of the alliance amid concerns in the bloc that Russia could widen its invasion of Ukraine beyond its borders. In a series of tweets, the U.S. mission to NATO shared images and video of recent drills in Poland , the Mediterranean and the Adriatic Seas , as Moscow continues to portray its invasion of Ukraine as a wider battle with the alliance. "Check out this live-fire exercise with troops, which took place in Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, where America's forward-deployed corps in Europe train with our Allies and partners," one of the tweets said, with four images of military hardware being tested. Another tweet described how ships from the reaction force, NATO Maritime Group Two, had finished exercises in the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas and how alliance members "work every day to ensure strong maritime capabilities to deter aggression" as well as "preserve safety and security of the … [Read more...] about Photos show U.S., NATO military drills for “combat-readiness” in Europe

Japan's national tax agency has reportedly launched a national competition in hopes to make alcoholic drinks more attractive to the younger generation, boosting the economy in turn. The "Sake Viva" campaign asks 20-39 year-olds to share their business ideas to increase demand for alcoholic drinks including Japanese sake, shochu, whiskey, beer or wine. This contest was devised after a realization that Generation Z (people born between 1997 and the early 2010s) is drinking less alcohol which has hit taxes for adult beverages. Recent trends have indicated that Generation Z drinks less than millennials, a trend that has resulted in lower alcohol sales and therefore less income for the government through taxes. Contestants are asked to come up with promotions, branding and even cutting-edge plans involving artificial intelligence. The group running the competition for the tax authority says new habits have formed during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has contributed to the … [Read more...] about Japan launches campaign for young people to drink more to boost economy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heads to Ukraine Thursday as the most likely peacemaker in a war that has pitted NATO and the European Union firmly against Russia. Erdogan and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the western city of Lviv, with the nascent UN-Turkish-facilitated Black Sea grain export deal likely top of the agenda. The Turkish president may also be carrying a message from Russian President Vladimir Putin , who he met in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi earlier this month. Erdogan—now needed by both Ukraine and Russia—may yet play a key role in any eventual ceasefire, though for now an end to the fighting looks unlikely. In the meantime Erdogan—ambitious, opportunistic, and pragmatic—will deal with both sides, seeking to stabilize its region, its beleaguered economy, and grow its international influence. "Turkey is trying to find a middle road," said Fatih Ceylan, … [Read more...] about Turkey’s Erdogan jostles to be Putin’s partner, Ukraine peacemaker

Ukraine has said a bridge connecting Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea will be dismantled, "voluntarily or not." The Crimean Bridge, also called the Kerch Bridge, is a pair of two bridges, one road and the other rail, connecting the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea to mainland Russia. Stretching 11.8 miles they are the longest bridges in Europe, and the longest bridges Russia has ever constructed. Russia invaded and annexed Crimea , which Western powers still recognize as sovereign Ukrainian territory, in 2014. Bridge construction began two years later, with the road bridge opening in 2018 and the rail bridge in 2019. On Wednesday, Mikhail Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky y, vowed the bridges will be destroyed. He tweeted: "Regarding 'Kerchen bridge'. It is recorded in international law: Crimea is Ukraine. And that's why this bridge is a banal object of illegal construction, permission for the construction of which Ukraine did not give. "It … [Read more...] about Why Putin’s bridge has become Ukraine’s top target

Emma Raducanu stormed into the third round of the Cincinnati Open with a 6-0 6-2 thrashing of Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday, signalling she will be well prepared for her U.S. Open title defence. World number one Iga Swiatek beat former U.S. Open winner Sloane Stephens 6-4 7-5 to start her campaign at the WTA 1000 tournament, the last big tune-up event before the hardcourt major kicks off in New York. It was a Tour-leading 50th win of the season for two-time French Open champion Swiatek, who will meet Madison Keys in the third round after the American beat Jelena Ostapenko 6-4 7-5. “I’m trying to really focus on the future and kind of not coming back to expectations and everything that happened on last tournaments on hard court,” said the Pole, who lost in the third round in Toronto last week.”I’m really proud of my season, but I want to kind of really be fearless again.” “I am really pleased with how I dug in and serving it out in that last game was really difficult.”Raducanu, … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Open : Emma Raducanu Storms into Third Round, Iga Swiatek Also Through

Investigating This Myself, Says Scindia Amid Outrage Over IndiGo Staff’s Treatment of Special Needs Child Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday took strong note of an incident wherein IndiGo barred a special needs child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport as he was in “a state of panic”. READ MORE ‘It Was His Dream’: Galwan Valley Martyr’s Wife to Carry Forward His Legacy as Lieutenant in Army For Rekha Singh, it was her husband’s dream that pushed her to make it to the Indian Army and today, as she becomes a lieutenant, there is only one thought on her mind — carrying forward the legacy he left behind. READ MORE ‘If I Die’: Elon Musk After Russian Space Agency Boss Fires A Veiled Threat Towards Him Rogozin’s veiled threat to Musk came after he shot a warning towards NATO on Sunday where he said Russia can obliterate all the members within 30 minutes. READ MORE Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’ Little Girl Is Finally Home After 100 Days | … [Read more...] about News18 Afternoon Digest: Scindia Reacts to Outrage Over IndiGo Staff’s Treatment of Special Needs Child & Other Top Stories

Nine days. That's how long 12 boys and their soccer coach were missing, believed to be trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand, presumably stuck without food or drinking water or much by way of survival gear, and almost certainly scared for their lives. But rescue teams refused to give up. And on Monday, after nine long and arduous days, the boys and their coach were found alive in the cave — a godsend for their anxious families and joyous news for a country that had been riveted to televisions and social media, desperate for updates. Watch moment rescuers find missing soccer team alive inside cave July 2, 2018 00:35 The discovery was the culmination of an evidently painstaking operation involving Thai navy SEAL divers, a U.S. military team, British cave experts, Chinese first responders, and volunteer workers from countries around the world. It was, by all accounts, a challenging mission laden with setbacks. The divers, … [Read more...] about How search-and-rescue crews found the missing Thai boys soccer team