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Brazil's Vinicius Junior Uses Football To Stimulate Young Brazilian Minds

At a primary school in football-mad Brazil, pupils are spurred to academic greatness in classrooms resembling soccer pitches -- with a virtual avatar inspired by star forward Vinicius Junior cheering on every correct answer. Perched on football-patterned cushions on classroom floors of artificial grass, they learn on tablets and smartphones using an app created by the Vini Jr Institute, started by the Real Madrid athlete to improve public education in disadvantaged communities.

Carlos Alcaraz Cruises Into Indian Wells Quarter-Finals

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz sailed into the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday as he took revenge on Fabian Marozsan with a 6-3, 6-3 victory. The Spanish defending champion had a score to settle with the 58th-ranked Hungarian after losing their only other meeting at last year's Rome Masters. Alcaraz never let his opponent into the fourth-round match, breaking twice in the opening set and winning 12 of the first 13 points of the second.

Brazil's Vinicius uses football to stimulate young Brazilian minds

SAO GONCALO: At a primary school in football-mad Brazil, pupils are spurred to academic greatness in classrooms resembling soccer pitches - with a virtual avatar inspired by star forward Vinicius Junior cheering on every correct answer.

Kobbie Mainoo is gunning for former Liverpool man but Manchester United will be happy to wait

Gareth Southgate must have been impressed when he took up a seat in the Villa Park directors' box and watched a teenage midfielder turn in another bravura performance. It's a quirk of Kobbie Mainoo's stylish ascent at Manchester United that his best performances have actually come on opposition territory, rather than at Old Trafford, which says plenty about his character.