Pele: The life and times of football's first global star
"Watch Pele now... what a beautiful goal from Pele... El Rey Pele" - ITV commentator Hugh Johns
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Europe's highest ranked universities: Which countries have performed the best in the Global Top 100?
In 2023, 36 of the Global Top 100 universities will be in Europe. This is a significant increase from 28 universities since the Times Higher Education’s 2011 World University Rankings report was released.
The 10 biggest movies of 2022 at the global box office
With 2022 about to take its final bow, film fans look to the global box office to find out which films have been the year’s biggest hitters.
Arab football is the winner in a truly global game
And so the dust begins to settle, and the analysis begins. Looking back, Morocco’s opening match at the very first World Cup to be held in the Arab world did not live long in the memory. A goalless draw with Croatia hardly captured the attention of the football world and a fair few observers would have written off the Atlas Lions’ chances of getting out of their group — especially as their next match was against Belgium, a country ranked by FIFA as second in the world behind Brazil.
Ukraine leader calls for global peace summit in video message
KYIV : Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday proposed holding a global peace summit this winter, in a video message Kyiv was hoping would be broadcast ahead of the soccer World Cup final in Qatar, although it appeared unlikely FIFA would allow the move.
Global Conversation: What are Sweden's plans when it takes the EU’s presidency in January?
From January 2023, Sweden will take the presidency of the European Union. The last time that happened was in 2009, and a lot has changed in the European Union dynamics and in the world since then.
'Vladimir Putin has ruined the future of Russia', says Head of Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign
Bill Browder is an American-British investor, author, and head of the global Magnitsky Justice Campaign -- a human rights movement in honour of his friend, and former lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in 2009 while in pre-trial detention in Russia after alleged mistreatment.
Global swimming federation FINA rebrands as World Aquatics
International swimming governing body FINA on Monday voted to rebrand itself as World Aquatics after 114 years, acknowledging that most people had no idea what its name stood for.