Qualifier from Scotland and Wales’ play-off path set for World Cup draw pot four
Scotland will be in with the lowest-ranked seeds for next week’s World Cup draw, along with Wales if they get past Austria on Thursday.
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When is Soccer Aid 2022? Date, lineup, tickets, stadium, managers and how to watch this year’s UNICEF match
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After row with Russia over war in Ukraine, OneWeb partners with SpaceX to launch Internet satellites
British company OneWeb is partnering with Elon Musk's SpaceX to send its Internet-beaming satellites into orbit after Russia refused to let it use its rockets to launch them.
Ukraine invasion puts Estonians on edge
In the Baltic States lives a huge Russian-speaking minority. Are these people manipulated by the Russian leader – or are they loyal to Europe? Estonia is a member of NATO – the defence organization that guarantees the security of the country. Nevertheless, are Estonians afraid of their big neighbour Russia? To find out, our Mobile Journalist Hans von der Brelie grabbed his backpack and travelled to eastern Estonia, to the external borders of the European Union.
World Cup draw seedings skewed by war, pandemic
GENEVA (AP) — Next week's World Cup draw will have some of its seedings skewed because of Russia’s war with Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic.
'Inhumane' - 2018 Olympic champion Aljona Savchenko ‘speechless’ after seeing figure skaters at Putin rally
Former Olympic and world figure skating champion Aljona Savchenko has told Eurosport that she was left “speechless” when she saw figure skaters at a pro-war rally in Moscow recently. Inside the Games reported that the figure skaters — understood to be Nikita Katsalapov, Victoria Sinitsina, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov — were photographed standing on stage during a pro-war rally organised last week by Vladimir Putin to drum up support for his invasion of Ukraine. Ad/> Savchenko, who was born in Ukraine but represented Germany, told Eurosport: “I was speechless when I saw that.
David Marshall dealt major Scotland blow as QPR goalkeeper season ended by injury days after recall
Luckless Scotland keeper David Marshall has been told his season is over.
China sticks to zero-Covid policy: Tens of millions endure new lockdown
Meanwhile, uncertainty over the war in Ukraine is raising prices everywhere, including in Japan, which has long been stuck in deflation. The price rise in Japan is still a lot smaller than in many other places though. The main reason for this is the country's slow economic recovery and even slower wage growth after two "lost decades", leaving Japan in a deflationary spiral. Our Tokyo correspondents Louis Belin, Justin McCurry, Constantin Simon and Yuko Sano report.