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Syria: Iran, Russia and Turkey meet to stave off Idlib offensive

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Burt Reynolds, Hollywoodʼs mustachioed heartthrob, has died He was reported to have suffered a heart attack

Hundreds of civilians have fled the northwestern Syrian province of Idlibahead of the Syrian regimeʼs imminent military action in the rebelʼs last major bastion. The Syrian government has vowed to retake the province, which has been held by the opposition since 2015. Idlib, which is largely controlled by Hayat Tahrir alSham, an al-Qaida-affiliated Islamist alliance, is home to some three million people – around half of them displaced from other parts of the wartorn country. Aid agencies and human rights groups warned of a major humanitarian crisis should Bashar Assadʼs regime launch a military offensive against Idlibʼs rebels. The leaders of Iran, Russia and Turkey are holding talks in Tehran on Friday to discuss the situation in Idlib and find ways to avert a possible humanitarian disaster.

After Chemnitz, poll shows east-west split on migration There was a marked difference between Germanyʼs western states and those in the east on whether concerns about migration were being taken seriously by the German government, according to a DeutschlandTrend survey published on Thursday. Worries about the governmentʼs approach to migration were high across the board, with 49 percent of Germans overall feeling that the matter was not being properly addressed. However, there was a stark difference in responses, with 46 percent of respondents in the former West German states and 66 percent of respondents in the former East German states saying they were not satisfied.

US actor Burt Reynolds — who starred in several of the most successful films of the 1970s — has died at the age of 82.

The veteran actor died at a hospital in Florida, his manager Erik Kritzer told film industry magazine The Hol‐ lywood Reporter. Reynolds was reportedly taken to hospital after suffering from a heart attack, according to the celebrity news website TMZ. His early career included television appearances in classic television shows including "Gunsmoke" and various spaghetti westerns. By the 1970s he was a leading man who starred in renowned films including the landmark thriller "Deliverance" and a number of comedies including "The Cannonball Run," "Smokey and the Bandit," andMel Brooksʼ "Silent Movie."

Several of his films turned out to be the biggest cinema attractions of the 1970s and 80s, and at the peak of his career, Reynolds was one of the best-paid actors in the film business.

From football to film In his youth, Reynolds had hoped to become a professional football player, but his

hopes were dashed when he was injured in a car crash. He started acting after enrolling in junior college and moved to New York, where he began to work in stage and television roles, making his film debut in 1961. Well-known for his trademark mustache, Reynolds experienced a career downturn in the 1980s. He made a dramatic comeback in 1997, when he was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for his part in the film "Boogie Nights." It was the first and only Academy Award nomination that the longtime lead actor ever received — for a role, playing a porn director, that he despised. Read more:The history of the Oscars Reynolds turned down several notable roles, including that ofHan Solo in "Star Wars."The actor also directed several movies in which he starred. They included "Gator" (1976), "The End" (1978), "Sharkyʼs Machine" (1981) and "Stick" (1985).

Twitter permanently bans Alex Jones and Infowars Alex Jones, the US far-right conspiracy theorist famously known for describing the Sandy Hook school shooting as a hoax, was banned from Twitter permanently on Thursday.

The move comes a day after Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, had appeared before a congressional hearing where Republican lawmakers questioned him over alleged bias against conservative voices on the social platform.

The company made the announcement on its @TwitterSafety account "Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope." The ban follows similar actions taken by Apple, YouTube, and Facebook, wholast month took down podcastsand channels from Jones, citing community standards. While Apple and Youtube issued a permanent ban, Facebook banned him for a short period. Twitter alsotemporarily suspendedJonesʼs account, which touts 900,000 followers, for a one week period.

Syria: Iran, Russia and Turkey meet to stave off Idlib offensive Hundreds of civilians have fled the northwestern Syrian province of Idlibahead of the Syrian regimeʼs imminent military action in the rebelʼs last major bastion. The Syrian government has vowed to retake the province, which has been held by the opposition since 2015. Idlib, which is largely controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an alQaida-affiliated Islamist alliance, is home to some three million people – around half of them displaced from other parts of the war-torn country.

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Japan executes remaining Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult members Japan executed a doomsday cult groupʼs last six members that had been sitting on death row on Thursday,completing a series of capital punishments that had begun in early Julyagainst individuals responsible for a deadly sarin gas attack in Tokyoʼs subway in 1995. In a press conference following the executions, Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa confirmed Thursday morning that all 13 members ofthe Aum Shinrikyo doomsday groupwho had been on death row had been executed, Japanʼs public broadcaster NHK and AP reported. The groupʼs leader, Shoko Asahara, and six others were hanged on July 6.

Asahara, whose real name was Chizuo Matsumoto, and the cultʼs other members were sentenced to death for killing a total of 27 people in a series of crimes, including the Tokyo subway gas attack.

Hong Kong rule new Haruki Murakamiʼs novel ʼindecentʼ A backlash was growing in Hong Kong after Obscene Articles Tribunal ruled "Killing Commendatore", the 2017 novel by noted Japanese author Haruki Murakami, to be "indecent." By Thursday, more than 2,100 people had signed an online petition backed by 21 activist groups for the censors to remove the categorization Classifying the novel as indecent would "bring shame to Hong Kong people," the petition says, stressing that no other novels by the 69-year-old author have ever been classified as indecent in Hong Kong, Taiwan, or mainland China. "If this is set to be a precedent case, Hong Kong would become the most conservative Chinese area," the South China Morning Post quoted the document as saying. Read more:Hong Kongʼs democracy movement ʼneeds new ideasʼ ʼExplicit sexual detailsʼ The latest Murakami book revolves around a portrait artist whose wife unexpectedly asks for a divorce. It features occasional sex scenes, similar to the authorʼs previous works.

Earlier this month, the Office of Film, Newspaper and Article Administration in Hong Kong said they had received a public complaint about "explicit sexual details" in the novel, which they passed on to the censorship board.

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Next stop in Trumpʼs trade crusade: Japan Japan may be the next target

US President Donald Trump remains focused on reducing the American trade deficit, and Japan may be the next target. An American newspaper cites the president as saying he wants to make Tokyo "pay" for its surpluses.

China, the European Union, Canada and Mexico — US President Donald Trump is waging his trade war on many fronts, with the likelihood of Japan becoming the next battleground rising, according to US business daily The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). In a column written

by WSJ Assistant Editor James Freeman on Thursday, the author said that Trump saw a "problem" with Japanʼs $68.8 billion (€59.1 billion) trade surplus in 2017, which is not expected to come down significantly this year. Freeman wrote he had a conversation

China revokes approval for Facebookʼs planned venture Earlier this week, a Chinese business registration website showed that Facebook — which has been blocked in China for a decade — had registered a subsidiary in the eastern city of Hangzhou.

A Facebook spokeswoman said Tuesday the company was planning to open an innovation hub for Chinese developers and startups, similar to projects in Brazil, France, India and South Korea. Read more: Facebook apologizes after privacy ʼbugʼ makes posts of 14 million

Mexico pushes ahead with speedy NAFTA game plan Even though Mexicoʼs newly elected president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, raged against US President Donald Trump — his countryʼs favorite enemy during the campaign — since his victory, he has stuck to more conciliatory tones. "I am encouraged by the fact that we both know how to do what we say, and we have both faced adversity with success. We manage to put our voters and citizens at the center and displace the establishment. Everything is ready to start a new stage in our societiesʼ relationship based on cooperation and prosperity," wrote Lopez Obrador in a letter to Trump on July 12 which he made public over the weekend. In it he urged both sides to get back to the NAFTA negotiation table after talks stalled in March, since "prolonging the uncertainty could slow down investments in the medium and longterm." At the same time, Lopez Obrador proposed treating migration in an integral and thorough manner "to ensure that Mexicans do not have to migrate because of poverty or violence."

with the president in which Trump had thanked him for his positive comments on the US economy, and was generally praising Americaʼs "good relations" with the Asian country. "Of course that will end as soon as I tell them how much they have to pay," Freeman then cited Trump as saying. Upon the news, the Japanese currency immediately firmed in late New York trading on speculation that Trump may soon target the worldʼs thirdlargest economy in its drive to lower the American trade deficits with key partners. users public The same day, however, Facebookʼs registration of its 30million-dollar Hangzhou subsidiary was taken down from the central government website. State media reports about the innovation hub appear to have been censored. A person familiar with the matter told the New York Times on Wednesday the Chinese government decided to withdraw Facebookʼs registration due to disagreements between local officials and the national internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China.

Is the Amazon effect behind low inflation?

The Japanese central bank has a problem. For years, it has been flooding the financial markets with crazy amounts of money. The goal is to drive inflation higher, to meet its target of around 2 percent. But so far it has had little success on this front. In June, inflation in Japan hovered at 0.8 percent. From the point of view of the central bank, this rate, which is still comfortably high, is largely due to the climb in global crude prices.

Without it, the price rise was a mere 0.2 percent, a level thatʼs perilously close to deflation — a situation that central bankers fear and desperately try to avoid as it can trigger a vicious cycle of falling prices and declining investment that can ultimately result in a severe recession.

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Chemnitz violence: ʼNo evidenceʼ far-right chased foreigners, says intelligence chief The head of Germanyʼs domestic intelligence agency says thereʼs "good reason to believe" the reports were deliberate misinformation. A widely shared video showed far-right protesters chasing people who looked non-German.

The president of Germanyʼs domestic intelligence agency, Hans-Georg Maassen, has expressed doubts about reports that right-wing extremists were chasing down non-Germans during demonstrations in Chemnitz, Bild newspaper reported Friday. "I share the skepticism towards media reports of right-wing extremists chasing down [foreigners] in Chemnitz," Maassen told Bild newspaper. Far-right protests in Chemnitz broke out on August 26, after a 35-year-old German man was stabbed to death. The demonstrations were quickly met by counter-protests.

Police identify source of deadly Novichok nerve agent in UK deaths British police announced Friday that they found a bottle containing the Novichok nerve agent in the home of one of the victims of a nerve agent poisoning in Wiltshire last month. "On Wednesday, 11 July, a small bottle was recovered during searches of Charlie Rowleyʼs house in Amesbury," police said in a statement. The statement said scientists from Porton Down defense laboratory confirmed the bottle contained the Novichok nerve agent, the same poison used against Sergei Skripal and his daughter earlier this year.

"Further scientific tests will be carried out to try and establish whether it is from the same batch that contaminated Sergei and Yulia Skripal in March," the force said, adding that a link to the Skripals remained "a main line of enquiry for police." Dawn Sturgess died in a hospitalon Sunday after exposure to the nerve agent. Her partner, Rowley, isstill in critical condition, but has regained consciousness. The Foreign Office said on Friday it had invited independent technical experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons early next week "to independently confirm the identity of the nerve agent."

Two men, one Syrian and one Iraqi national, are in pre-trial detention over the stabbing in Chemnitz and athird suspect has been wantedsince Tuesday. Referencing one of the videos posted online showing far-right protesters chasing after people who looked non-German, Maassen said: "There is no evidence to suggest that the video of this alleged incident circulating online is authentic." Maassen told Bild that his Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) had "no reliable information that such pursuits had taken place."

Do Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron share the same vision?

Franceʼs Emmanuel Macron will host German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Marseille on Friday for informal talks ahead of the EU summit in Austria later this month. Migration and Brexit are expected to be the main focus of the discussions, according to Elysee sources.

There is plenty of agreement between the two — but also sizeable differences.

In light of the latest refugee crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron

agree that EU member states should integrate their data systems and work more closely with refugeesʼ home countries. Crucially, both say efforts should be made to provide young people with better prospects for the future, especially in Africa. There are plans to launch a kind of "Marshall Plan" for the continent. Both leaders also agree that closer cooperation with countries bordering the eurozone and transit countries is needed.

Opel reported to have manipulated diesel car exhaust emissions According to a media report, automaker Opel is being investigated for manipulating vehicle emissions on about 60,000 cars worldwide. It is the first time the company has been named since Dieselgate broke in 2015.

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Germany attempts ʼfacesavingʼ resolution to Saudi drugs boycott The human rightsrow between Saudi Arabia and Canada made international headlinesin recent weeks, when the Riyadh government suddenly suspended new trade and investment to the Great White North. The punitive measures were in response to a simple tweet by Canadaʼs foreign minster, calling for the release of two jailed Saudi activists. Receiving less attention has been the diplomatic spat between Europeʼs No. 1 economy and the oil-rich kingdom — also sparked by a ministerʼs comments; this time Sigmar Gabriel, Germanyʼs thenforeign minister. During the political crisis in Lebanon last November that saw Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resign and later rescind his decision, Riyadh was widely accused of forcing his departure, which Gabriel alluded to as "adventurism." ʼShamefulʼ remarks hurt tiesRiyadh immediately recalled its ambassador to Berlin, telling the German government the comments were "shameful."

In May, it went further and froze all new business with Germany. Over the subsequent months, several German pharmaceutical and medical technology firms, including Siemens Healthineers, Bayer and Boerhringer Ingelheim, have been excluded from public healthcare tenders in the kingdom. A pharmaceutical industry source told DW, on condition of anonymity, that Saudi authorities had not given any written explanation about the exclusion, and that there was no clear path for Germany to resolve the issue. Efforts by German diplomats to mediate with Saudi authorities were delayed, initially, by the Holy Month of Ramadan, and the summer break, as Gulf countries stop work in July and August due to the extreme heat.

T-Mobile reports cybersecurity incident T-Mobile US and its unit Metro PCS told customers that cybersecurity staff found and shut down unauthorized access to certain information on August 20 and immediately reported the matter to authorities. The company added that no financial data, social security numbers or passwords were compromised during the attackon its networks, admitting, though, that other personal information like names, email IDs, phone numbers as well as account numbers or account types (postpaid or prepaid) may have been exposed. T-Mobile said that about 3 percent of its 77 million customers could have been affected (roughly 2 million people potentially affected).

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Italyʼs League party faces bankruptcy over embezzlement A court has ruled that millions of euros in assets can be seized from the far-right League party, now part of Italy’s ruling coalition. Party leader Matteo Salvini was defiant, saying the fraud was now history.

Italyʼs right-wing Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini appeared to shrug off the news that a court had authorized the seizure of €49 million ($59 million) from the League party on Thursday. "Iʼm not the least bit upset because the trial regards things that happened eight, nine years ago," Salvini said after an appeals court in Rome accepted demands from a court in Genoa to be able to seize whatever funds they can until the full amount is recouped. "It is a thing of the past ... if they want to

No breakthrough in China-US trade talks Chinaʼs Ministry of Commerce said on Friday that it had held "constructive meetings" with US officialsafter talks resumed between the countries over their ongoing trade spat. Nonetheless, with no major breakthrough yet in sight, the resumption of talks did not prevent an additional $16 billion (€13.83 billion) of tariffs being levied by the US and China on each otherʼs goods, starting from Thursday. Read more: US-China trade spat: Clash of the titans, part 2 Talks took place on Wednesday and Thursday aimed at defusing the escalating conflict, which has now seen both countries slap $50 billion in tariffs on the otherʼs products, with more expected to follow. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that the officials on both sides have vowed to "keep in contact" in the future. High-tech will suffer, says China Meanwhile, a prominent Chinese state planner said on Friday that US tariffs onhigh-tech Chinese technology would have an impact on the tech sectors in both countries.

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Kalashnikov unveils new electric car Kalashnikov,a company moreknown for its AK-47 machine gunsthan its electric vehicles, unveiled its new electric car on Thursday. The powder-blue prototype, dubbed the CV-1, was unveiled by the Russian arms maker at a defense expo outside of Moscow. Kalashnikov Concern told Russian media that the technology within its "electric supercar" will rival that of Elon Muskʼs Tesla. "This technology will allow us to stand in line with the worldʼs electric car manufacturers, like Tesla, and compete with them," a spokesperson told Sputnik. According to the company, the vehicle can travel 350 kilometers (217 miles) on a single charge. The carʼs retro look was inspired by a Soviet hatchback model developed in the 1970s, the "Izh-Kombi," Kalashnikov said in a statement on its website. The CV-1ʼs light blue color, large grill, retro door handles and boxy frame have received mixed reviews from Russians. On social media, some described the car as "cyberpunk" while others referred to it as the "Izh-Zombie."

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strip us of everything, they can go ahead, weʼll calmly continue to do politics; we have Italians behind us."

Salvini, who has turned the party into a national political force since he took over in 2013, has repeatedly said that he has never seen the missing money.

"I hope that the Genoa court will spend more of its time on the matter of the collapsed bridge," Salvini said after the decision, referring to thePonte Morandi disasterlast month, which killed 43 people.

German auto companies put rivalries aside to take on tech giants

Germanyʼs auto behemoths are cooperating with each other to fight back against tech companies encroaching on their territory. Is this pragmatism the beginning of an impending consolidation in the car industry?

"As pioneers in automotive engineering, we will not leave the task of shaping future urban mobility to others," Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche said as his company, and arch rival BMW — the worldʼs biggest luxury carmakers — announced themerger of their car-sharing and parking and charging services in March. Zetsche was referring to cash-rich technology companies such as Apple, Google and Uber, which are making serious inroads in an industry that Daimler, owner of the Mercedes brand, BMW, and bigger rival Volkswagen have dominated for decades. Read more: The future of driving is (almost) here To fight back against the tech giants, German automakers are putting their rivalries aside and increasingly cooperating with each other to scale their less capital-intensive businesses. Daimler is reported to be in talks to buy a stake in VWʼs used car portal Heycar.

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The sexual revolution 50 years on Free love and women:

FBI recovers ʼWizard of Ozʼ ruby-red slippers in undercover operation The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday announced that after 13 years, authorities had recovered the iconic ruby-red slippers worn by Dorothy in the classic "The Wizard of Oz" film. In 2005, the slippers were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in a "smash-and-grab," with only one sequin left at the scene of the crime. Although local law enforcement followed dozens of leads over the years, they led nowhere. But that changed last year when law enforcement followed up on an extortion scheme against Markel Corporation, the insurance company that owns the shoes.

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In West Germany in the late 1960s, young people were demanding change – social, cultural and sexual change. What sparked the sexual revolution and what does it mean for women today?

The "sexual morals" of postwar West Germany were characterized by taboos and ominous warnings.

Masturbating could lead to a degenerative disease, so they said; an erection was an abnormal swelling; the female orgasm was harmful.

Sexuality was simply not talked about. It was something to be ashamed of, something from which children and young people should be protected. Thatʼs how author and journalist Ulrike Heider remembers it. She took part in the student protests that swept across West Germany in 1968 and were

mirrored by similar protests elsewhere in Europe. In an interview with DW she says she will always be grateful to a student from the Socialist German Student Union who gave her her first "thorough sexual education." ʼMy mother called me a whoreʼ The social and sexual conservatism of the 1950s was no coincidence: Clearly defined gender roles and romanticized domestic ideals were an attempt to get life back on track after the turmoil of the Second World War. Going against the grain was not the done thing.

Germany returns ancient gold funeral mask to Peru Germany on Thursday handed back a pre-Columbian gold funeral mask to Peru, the Peruvian Culture Ministry said. The eighth century Sican mask was handed over to the Peruvian embassy in Berlin by Bavarian authorities. "Iʼm happy to receive one of the most emblematic assets from the north Peruvian cultures, the Sican Mask," said the Peruvian Minister of Culture Patricia Balbuena in a statement. Peru reported the mask as missing in 1999, and it was then confiscated by Interpol in the western German city of Wiesbaden. The Munich

regional court ordered the mask be returned to Peru in December 2016.

Read more: The turbulent history of Klimtʼs Nazi-seized works The Sican culture inhabited what is now the north coast of Peru between the eighth and 14th centuries. The Sican masks have been found in the tombs of people who are thought to have had an elevated position in Sican society. Peruʼs neighbor Ecuador saw the return of 13 pre-Columbian artefacts from a private German collection in July, following a sixyear legal battle.

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Culture

What’s happening in Budapest – September 2018 Festivals, cool concerts, cultural events and amazing parties – Budapest is always buzzing. Every month, we bring together all of the important happenings taking place in and around Hungary’s capital, so you can plan ahead. In September, the Budapest Wine Festival, the National Gallop and cool concerts are all among the many exciting events you shouldn’t miss. Whether you would like to shake it to the coolest beats, immerse yourself in culture or give in to guilty pleasures, we present a bunch of suggestions for the upcoming weeks. Get out there and enjoy everything that Budapest has to offer! Budapest Urban Games A38 concerts Ricky Martin Budapest Wine Festival Food Truck Show Budapest 33rd Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon National Gallop Sweet Days Chocolate and Sweets Oktoberfest Dub FX In September, scores of cool concerts will be rocking the A38 Ship, a repurposed Ukrainian cargo vessel that is today one of the hottest hangouts in Budapest. Parties aboard are plenty, but here is our pick of the bunch: on September 24th ‘the occult Nick Cave’, King Dude, brings his new album to Budapest, performing with the Icelandic dark-wave trio, Kælan Mikla. On September 28th, another album launch will be presented, by Berlin-based downtempo-nu-jazz collective, Jazzanova, and on 30th, one of the most unique characters in contemporary European r’n’b-pop, Dena, brings a gentle mix of modern glitter and DIYBalkan aesthetics aboard.

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Naomi Osaka through to US Open final with win over Madison Keys

Naomi Osaka has become the first Japanese woman to reach a Grand Slam final after beating American Madison Keys to set up a meeting with Serena Williams at the US Open. Osaka, 20, had never beaten Keys in their previous three meetings, but won 6-2 6-4 in New York. The 20th seed saw off 13 break points and clinically took those which came her way. She meets 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams at 21:00 BST on Saturday.

Paul Pogba: Manchester United midfielder says there will ʼalways be talkʼ about his future

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba believes "there will always be talk" amid continuing speculation about his future at Old Trafford. The 25-year-old fell out of favour last season and was linked with a return to Juventus, or Barcelona in the summer.

On Wednesday, Pogbafuelled speculationwhen he said: "Who knows what will happen in the next few months."

However, on Thursday, he said: "Itʼs not me whoʼs talking. Iʼm trying to do my job and work on myself physically." The World Cup winner was speaking either side ofFranceʼs 0-0 draw with Germanyin their opening Uefa Nations League match.

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Aleksandar Kolarovʼs free kick stunner secures Serbia win over Costa Rica A brilliant second half free kick from captain Aleksandar Kolarov led Serbia to a deserved win over Costa Rica. Serbia were wasteful in front of goal but did enough to secure three vital points in Group E. Another World Cup day, another sublime freekick. If Cristiano Ronaldo’s ice-cold effort tosnatch a point against arch-rivals Spain on day two was the current goal of the tournament front-runner, the Portuguese may have just met his match. Aleksandar Kolarov, take a bow. A combination of poor finishing and sublime goalkeeping had kept the scores level until Serbia’s no.11 produced his moment of magic. Kolarov’s powerful left foot is no secret, but few inside the stadium would have expected such a thunderous strike when the Roma defender stood over a free kick midway through the second half. His shot was unstoppable; a side-footed missile which screamed into the top corner of the Costa Rica net.

Argentine appointed manager of Mexican second-tier side Diego Maradona:

Argentina legend Diego Maradona has been appointed manager of Mexican second-tier club Dorados de Sinaloa.

It follows the 57-year-oldʼs appointment aschairman of Belarusian Premier League side Dinamo Breston a three-year deal in May. A World Cup winner in 1986, Maradona played 91 times for Argentina between 1977 and 1994 and also managed his country from 2008 to 2010. Dinamoʼs press officer said it was "unexpected news" for them. "We have learned about this from the media and we cannot comment until we clarify the situation," Olga Khizhenkova told BBC

Russian. "We are trying to contact Maradonaʼs managers, but they are not responding yet - because we are in different time zones, I think. "No-one has annulled Maradonaʼs contract with Dinamo Brest, and it is still in force today." His last club job was with Al-Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, which ended in April. Mexican newspapers claim Maradona had been hired to replace Francisco Gamez, who was sacked as coach on Thursday.

BMW Championship: Tiger Woods & Rory McIlroy share lead in Philadelphia Tiger Woods shot his lowest opening round in two decades - but still had to share the lead with Rory McIlroy at the BMW Championship in Philadelphia.

The 14-time major winnerʼs eightunder-par 62 was his best opening round score since hitting 61 at the 1999 Byron Nelson Classic. Northern Irelandʼs McIlroy briefly threatened to dislodge Woods before equalling the Americanʼs score. "To shoot 29 on the front nine helps. It helps a lot," Woods said. His seasonʼs best round at Aron-

imink Golf Club came in the week he returned to the United States Ryder Cup team after a six-year gap in which he has battled injury and personal issues. The 42-year-old was one of captain Jim Furykʼs wildcard picks for the event.

Woods ended last year ranked 656 in the world but has risen to 26 on the back of what has been a consistent and largely uninterrupted season after spinal fusion surgery. He led in the final round of Julyʼs Open Championship before finishing sixth, then was runner-up at last monthʼs PGA Championship.