Ukraine joins Portugal-Spain bid to host 2030 football World Cup
Ukraine has joined Spain and Portugal in a combined bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
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Ukraine joins Spain and Portugal’s 2030 FIFA World Cup bid
Ukraine has joined Spain and Portugal in their bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) said on Wednesday. "Our bid is not an Iberian bid anymore, it's a European bid," Luis Rubiales, president of the RFEF, told a news conference at the Swiss headquarters of UEFA, European soccer's governing body. "I'm convinced that now our bid is much better than before.
Coup after coup: After Mali, pro-Russia sentiment stoked in Burkina Faso
We ask about the disconnect between the officers in the capital and under-fire foot soldiers in the field, a disconnect that haunts the whole region.
Belarus: Mobilise children to harvest potatoes and apples, says Lukashenko
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has called for schoolchildren to be mobilised to harvest apples and potatoes.
WNBA star Brittney Griner to appeal 9-year jail sentence for drug possession on Oct. 25
A Russian court on Monday set Oct. 25 as the date for American basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession.
Russian court sets Brittney Griner's appeal hearing for Oct. 25
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday set Oct. 25 as the date for American basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession.
Everton: 91-cap star now 'surplus to requirements' at Goodison Park
Everton striker Salomon Rondon is surplus to requirements under Frank Lampard, according to Simon Phillips.
Russian athletes who do not support invasion of Ukraine could return to competing: IOC president
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is considering a return to competition of Russian athletes who do not support the country's invasion of Ukraine, IOC president Thomas Bach said on Friday (Sep 30).