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World leaders gather to mark 100 years since WWI armistice In London, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier became the first German head of state to place a wreath at the Cenotaph war memorial in central London. He arrived with Prince Charles, who laid the first wreath on behalf of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who looked on from a nearby balcony. The wreath that Steinmeier laid at the Cenotaph bore the following handwritten message: "Honored to remember side by side/Grateful for reconciliation/Hopeful for a future in peace and friendship." Ahead of the ceremony, the British government said Steinmeierʼs wreath was laid "in a historic act of reconciliation." Some 70 world leaders gathered at the famous Arc de Triomphe in the French capital to mark 100 years since the end of World War I. Commemorations in Paris had been scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. local time (1000 UTC), the time that the Armistice signed by the Allies and the Germans on November 11, 1918, went into force.
Woman in Australia charged over supermarket strawberry needle scare Australian police said a "complex" and "extensive" investigation led to the arrest of a 50-year-old woman, who has been charged with sticking sewing needles in strawberries. "This is a major and unprecedented police investigation with a lot of complexities involved," Detective Superintendent Jon Wacker said in a statement on Sunday. "The Queensland Police Service has allocated a significant amount of resources to ensure those responsible are brought to justice," Wacker added. Police have charged the woman with seven counts of contaminating goods. She is due in a court in Brisbane on Monday, and if found guilty could face up to 10 years in prison.
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CSU chief Horst Seehofer expected to step down The CSU recently suffered heavy election losses
German Greens make EU election pledges on asylum, climate change Germanyʼs Green Party wrapped up its congress in the eastern city of Leipzig on Sunday, vowing to demand a new EU-wide asylum system during next Mayʼs euro elections. "The right to asylum is not negotiable," proclaims the partyʼs European program, and urges a common European law that allows labor migration from outside the bloc. The manifesto calls for all applicants to be offered a fair asylum procedure, where they are registered at the EUʼs external borders, have their applications processed in a timely manner, and are then fairly distributed among member states. Currently, delays in registering and processing asylum claims are partly responsible for migrants traveling to other EU countries, where they live under the radar.
Chinaʼs Singles Day shopping spree smashes record After Angela Merkel pledged to retire as the head of her CDU party, the leader of Bavariaʼs CSU party Horst Seehofer is also expected to step down. Germanyʼs Interior Minister Horst Seehofer is expected to quit as the head of Bavariaʼs Christian Social Union (CSU) party, which serves as the closest ally of Angela Merkelʼs Christian Democratic Union (CDU). According to politicians involved in the discussions, Seehofer informed top CSU leaders of his decision on Sunday. The 69-yearold is expected to make a public statement on his resignation in the coming week. A new party leader is due to be elected at a conference early next year. Rumors of Seehoferʼs resignation first appeared in German media earlier this week, but he denied them as a "red herring." The poor performance of the CSU at the Bavarian elections in Octoberbrought immense pressure on the party leadership. The party stayed on top of the polls with 37.2 percent of the vote. but lost its absolute majority in the state assembly and dipped some 10.5 percent compared with the 2013 election. The reports of Seehoferʼs possible
resignation come less than two weeks after Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would not run for the CDU party leadership again at the upcoming polls in December. Bavarian conservatives are considered a sister party to the Merkelʼs CDU, butSeehofer repeatedly clashed with Angela Merkelsince taking office as interior minister in her latest cabinet, most notably about her immigration policy. Seehofer is also planning to step down as interior minister before the end of his term, unnamed sources told the DPA news agency. Horst Seehofer (right) has effectively lived, breathed and eaten CSU values, probably since he was born. The 68-year-old has been at the helm of the party and Bavaria since 2008 and has, thus far, staved off challenges to his throne by young upstarts such as Markus Söder (left). More on him a little later. But in the wake of a crushing September election result, Seehofer may no longer be tenable.
Online shoppers in China looked set on Sunday to break last yearʼs record for money spent during the countryʼs Singles Day, an annual consumption binge now entering its 10th year. Consumers seemed undeterred by the challenges besetting the worldʼs second-largest economy, buying more than $14 billion (€12.3 billion) of goods overall in the first two hours, and more than $19 billion from the e-commerce giant Alibaba in the first nine hours. The latter figure is $3 billion higher than at the same time last year, according to the South China Morning Post , and has put Alibaba on track to pass its sales record of $25.4 billion last year, the paper said.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan promises change amid rigging complaints In his"victory speech" on Thursday, Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan promised wide-ranging reforms to build a "new Pakistan." He touched upon a number of pressing issues, including better governance, security affairs and ties with global powers and neighboring countries. Khan spoke from the heart during the speech. He promised to end rampant corruption, nepotism, and pledged that economic benefits would trickle down to the masses under his government. Khan spoke from the heart during the speech. He promised to end rampant corruption, nepotism, and pledged that economic benefits would trickle down to the masses under his government.
Ceasefire on Israel-Gaza border largely holds as UN warns sides are on ʼbrink of warʼ
A ceasefire announced by Hamas largely held along the Israel-Gaza border on Sunday, a day after the most intense exchange of fire between Israel and the Palestinian group since the 2014 Gaza war. Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of airstrikes in the densely populated Gaza Strip on Saturday on what it said were Hamas military, training and supply targets, while Hamas and Islamic Jihad fired nearly 200 rockets and mortars at Israel. Read more: Israel and Gazaʼs militant groups agree to ceasefire The Israeli airstrikes wounded more than 20 people and killed two teenage boys, Palestinian health officials said, while a Hamas rocket injured four Israelis. Hamas, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, and Islamic Jihad announced the Egyptian and UNbrokered ceasefire late Saturday. The Israeli military said its response would depend on the situation on the ground. After the ceasefire announcement, four mortars were fired into Israel early Sunday. In response, Israeli planes destroy at least one launch site. Israel also carried out three airstrikes later in the day on what it said were Hamas squads launching incendiary balloons and kites across the border. 2
Lawyer says Asia Bibi ʼwants to leave for Germanyʼ But Bibi can reportedly still not leave the country
Iraq braces for more unrest as Basra protests gather pace An estimated 200 protesters gathered on Monday morning at the main gate leading to three of Iraqʼs major oil fields in the southern oil-exporting city of Basra. Protests in Basra, Iraqʼs second-largest city, started last Tuesdaywhen security forces opened fire, killing one person and wounding five. They soon spread to other provinces. Read more: Iraq hangs 13 ʼISʼ prisoners as PM Haidar al-Abadi calls for ʼjust retributionʼ The oil hub of Basra and other parts of the Shiʼite south have long been neglected, first by Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein and then by Shiʼite-led governments. But an ongoing political crisis and the recent rhetoric of Grand Ayatollah alSistani, the top Shiʼite cleric in the country have also clearly aggravated the situation.
Asia Bibi, a Pakistani-Christian woman accused of blasphemy, was released from jail on Wednesday amid violent Islamist protests against her Supreme Court acquittal. Bibiʼs lawyer, Saif-ul-Mulook,told the Bild am Sonntag German newspaper that Asia Bibi "would be happy if she could leave for Germany with her family." Bibi, who wasacquitted by Pakistanʼs Supreme Courton blasphemy charges on October 31, is reportedly still in Pakistan despite herrelease from jail on Wednesday. Mulookfled Pakistan to the Netherlandsa day after the courtʼs decidion. Bibiʼs was one of the most high-profile blasphemy cases in
Trade tensions hit Chinese growth Chinese growth slowed slightly in the second quarter as the worldʼs number two economy faced a snowballing trade fight with the United States, after Washington and Beijing slapped new tariffs on $34 billion (€29 billion) of each othersʼ goods earlier this month, with threats of further tariffs on goodsworth an additional $200 billion. Despite this escalation, the Chinese economy expanded by 6.7 percent in the second quarter from a year ago. This is down from 6.8 percent in the first quarter, according to official figures released on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics. Nonetheless, the growth was still higher than the gov-
Pakistan, with international rights groups and Western governments demanding a fair trial in her case. In 2015, Bibiʼs daughter met with Pope Francis, who offered prayers for her mother at the Vatican. Bibi was arrested in June 2009, after her neighbors complained she had made derogatory remarks about Islamʼs Prophet Muhammad. A year later, Bibi was sentenced to death, despite strong opposition from national and international human rights groups. ernmentʼs annual target of around 6.5 percent. China faced an "extremely complex environment both at home and abroad," said Mao Shengyong, a spokesperson for the national statistics bureau, noting that growth nonetheless remained strong.
UK reveals fighter jet ʼTempestʼ for post-Brexit era Williamson said the "world-beating" jet can be used unmanned, as a drone, or with pilots. It is scheduled to be operational by 2035. The UK is to invest 2 billion pounds ($2.7 billion, €2.3 billion) to 2025 in the stealth warplane, which will involve British companies BAE Systems and Rolls-
Royce as well as Anglo-Italian Leonardo and pan-European MBDA. Aiming to ensure UK leadership in defense Williamson said the program was designed to ensure Britainʼs continued leadership in fighter technology and control of airspace in future conflicts. Last year,France and Germany signed an agreementto develop Europeʼs next-generation fighter jet to replace the aging Rafale and Eurofighter jet by 2040, involving Europeʼs Airbus and Franceʼs Dassault Aviation. Following the 2016 Brexit referendum, Airbus moved to partner with Dassault at the expense of Britainʼs BAE Systems. There are concerns in Britain that its defense industry may be shut out from EU plans for next-generation fighter jets, although, officially, both projects have invited other companies to join.
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EUʼs Donald Tusk denounces Polish government as ʼcontemporary Bolsheviksʼ The European Council head has criticized the Law and Justice partyled government for repeatedly clashing with the EU. Donald Tusk also warned against the emergence of a nationalist front in the 2019 EU elections. European Council President Donald Tusk has lashed out at Polandʼs ruling politicians, likening them to "contemporary Bolsheviks" who threaten the countryʼs independence. Tusk, seen as a likely contender in Polandʼs 2020 presidential election, was speaking in the city of Lodz on the eve of the 100th anniversary of Polandʼs independence after 123 years of being partitioned between Prussia, Russia and the AustroHungarian Empire. The former Polish prime minister paid homage to Mar-
shal Jozef Pilsudski, who led the victory over the Bolsheviks Red Army in 1920, andex-Polish President Lech Walesa, who challenged Polandʼs Soviet-backed communist rule during the 1980s. "Jozef Pilsudski was facing a more difficult situation than we have today when he was conquering the Bolsheviks and in fact, defending the Western community against political barbarians," Tusk said at a gathering of intellectuals and politicians on Saturday.
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When social media inspires real life violence
Police say a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of a theme park in western Germany was a false alarm. A Halloween-themed event attended by thousands of people was disrupted. An amusement park near the German city of Bottrop was evacuated on Friday evening due to an alleged bomb threat. Some 11,000 people had to leave the Movie Park Germany premises, located in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, following what turned out to be a false alarm. Movie Park is a seasonal amusement park that centers on famous films. On Friday, the park was celebrating a multi-day Halloween special, which included horror movie screenings, haunted houses, musical entertainment, rides and a childrenʼs Halloween section. Read more: German police face off with environmentalists on way to Hambacher Forest protest At 5:15 p.m. local time (1515 UTC), the park received a call from an unknown individual warning about a bomb. Police arrived at the scene and after clearing several of the rides, eventually had to empty out the entire park. Authorities said visitors exited the premises calmly and without incident. Theyʼve now launched an investigation.
A new report reignites the idea that social media users can be manipulated by misinformation, enabling a variety of actors to trigger violence between different groups. When a Buddhist woman went to her local police station in Myanmar to report she had been raped by two Muslim colleagues, a local monk shared the details to Facebook, causing outrage that escalated into real-life violence. For two days, the central city of Mandalay was gripped by clashes between
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Myanmarʼs majority Buddhists and minority Muslims. Two people were killed and 19 injured. Authorities were able to reinstate peace only when Mandalayʼs access to Facebook was temporarily blocked. But the story that spread across Facebook, mobilizing Buddhist rioters, wasnʼt true. Five people have since been convicted of spreading false rumors, including the alleged victim — who later said she had been paid to file the police report.
ʼRome Says Enough!ʼ: Thousands protest cityʼs decline Romans are counting on their mayor to resign as the city falls into a steep decline in both safety and public services. Besides its crumbling infrastructure, the city is also reeling from the brutal murder of a teenager. Some 8,000 Romans took to the streets of the Italian capital on Saturday to protest the "decline" of their city under Mayor Virginia Raggi. They were also protesting a rise in crime highlighted by the recent rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl.
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You donʼt have to be a psycho to be CEO The American CEO is perhaps the most iconic creature of the modern business world. Thrusting, eccentric, disruptive captains of finance they may be, but these guys and gals are not always the easiest to get on with. A US-Finn joint national and technically no longer a CEO, Linus Torvalds, known as Linuxʼs "benevolent dictator for life," returned to oversee his Open Source project this week following a self-imposed break to "get some assistance on how to understand peopleʼs emotions and respond appropriately." Torvalds, who has a reputation for being rude to other members of the community, said at the time he wanted to address his "flippant" actions and proclivity for personal attacks. His story is one that most boardrooms in the US will have seen at some point in time. Enron, BP, Goldman Sachs, Philip Morris. Fraud, tax evasion, toxic dumping, safety violations, bid rigging and overbilling. About 3 percent of CEOs assessed in a management study scored in the psychopath range. In the general population its just above 1 percent. These are not primary psychopaths like Jeffrey Daumer, but powerful people whoʼve allowed their biologically inherited empathy traits to dry up.
German budget to spend more on military in 2019 Defense spending will go up by several billion euros next year, according to a newly agreed budget plan. The budget maintained Germanyʼs zero-deficit tradition, but only by digging into its refugee reserve fund. After over 15 hours of negotiations and numerous revisions, Germanyʼs parliamentary budget committee hammered out the countryʼs budget for 2019 early on Friday morning. Opposition politicians took issue, however, with theincreased military spendingwhile renewable energies and other areas saw more modest raises. Total spending will increase, with some €356.4 billion ($404.3 billion) in expenditures planned for next year — €13 billion more than 2018.For the sixth year in a row, the government has proposed a balanced budget with no new debts — holding on to its so-called "schwarze Null" or "black zero" policy.More money will be spent on the military, domestic security, development cooperation, infrastructure and families.The Defense Ministry alone will receive €43.23 billion to purchase new ships and transport helicopters, which is up from the €38.5 billion it got this year. 4
No-kill chicken eggs go on sale in Germany Every year in Germany 45 million male chicks are shredded or gassed to death because they donʼt produce eggs. Now eggs produced using a new method that isnʼt so brutal are in supermarkets. The first eggs made using a new method that doesnʼt involve the mass killing of male chicks are hitting German supermarkets. Every year, 45 million male chicks in Germany are thrown into mechanical shredders or gassed to death moments after coming out of their shells because they cannot lay eggs and are not as meaty as broiler chickens. However, a new technique developed by German researchers at the University of Leipzig with funding from Agriculture Min-
Sudden drop in Chinese property prices leaves speculators reeling
For the last two decades, property speculation in China has been a one-way bet. Take 57-year-old Shanghai businessman Tai Pei, for example. Having watched the Chinese real estate market grow for many years, he too was tempted to grab a slice of the incredible profits from the countryʼs massive construction boom. Tai bought three downtown apartments in Chinaʼs commercial capital and made almost 10 million yuan (€1.27 million, $1.44 million) profit when he sold two of them sometime later. At the beginning of this month, however, the developer of the apartment block where his third property is located suddenly dropped the price by a third, due to enquiries drying up. The abrupt change of fortune prompted many existing owners to protest outside the sales office, demanding compensation. Developer cheated people "Clearly the developer pushed up the price [of the flats] to cheat people when they already had plans to reduce them," Tai told.
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Carmaker Daimler logs shrinking sales and profits Daimler announced Thursday the groupʼs net earnings between July and September amounted to €1.76 billion ($2 billion), marking a 21percent fall in bottom-line profit year on year. The DAX-listed company said its operating profit (earnings before interest and tax, Ebit) would most likely drop by 10 percent for the whole year,following a 2017 operating profit of €14.3 billion. Daimler said the full-year decline would come "because of government proceedings and measures in various regions," in what was a statement amounting to the firmʼs second profit warning in four months. Third-quarter revenues came in at €40.2 billion, just 1 percent below the level reached in the same period a year earlier. Mercedes car sales shrank by 6 percent to some 560,000 vehicles globally as the carmaker kept seeing itself in a challenging environment,as CEO Dieter Zetsche pointed out Thursday. The company mentioned current difficulties with regard to higher import tariffs in the wake of an escalated US-China trade conflict.
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istry allows hatcheries to identify the sex of chickens before they hatch. "With this method there will no longer be a need in the long-run to kill male chicks," Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner said in Berlin on Thursday. Although not all hatcheries use the procedure, Klöckner was optimistic that the method would be put into widespread use. "This is a big day for the welfare of animals in Germany. And with this, we are the pacesetters in Europe," she said.
Democrats take wind out of Trumpʼs economic sails
Trump has warned that if Democrats won power in the midterm elections, the US economy would see higher taxes, endangering jobs as a result. But cohabitation means legislative stagnation is more likely. The Democratsʼ legislative priorities are not likely to change the $20 trillion (€17.4 trillion) economy very much, mainly because thatʼs the way cohabitation works. But if nothing else, Democrats can stop or slow down some of Trumpʼs more extreme plans. Ironically, this could in turn offer Trump a convenient scapegoat if he runs in 2020 and if the economy slows, as expected, after the impact of tax cuts wears off. Bigger questions perhaps surround the overall direction and impetus of the Trump project from an economic perspective and also the direction of the worldʼs largest economy. When the US sneezes, after all, we all in the rest of the world catch a cold. The US economyis experiencing one of its longest periods of growth in its modern history, up about 3 percent this year, fueled mainly by low interest rates and deficit-funded tax cuts at the end of last year. Economists point also to the economic cycle and the medium term after-effects of Barack Obamaʼs policies.
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Iconic Italian composer Ennio Morricone at 90 The prolific Italian composer celebrates his 90th birthday on November 10
Ennio Morricone wrote the scores for numerous movies, including famous Spaghetti Western films like "Once Upon a Time in the West." Hollywood tried to lure him to the US countless times. He was even offered a mansion once, entirely for free — but Ennio Morricone declined. He recently admitted he doesnʼt speak English, and felt that at his age, it was too late to learn. Anyway, he said, he is a Roman at heart. Ennio Morricone was born born on November 10, 1928, in the Italian capital. His father Mario, a trumpet player, real-
ized early on that his son was also musically talented. Ennio started composing music at age six, and was enrolled at the conservatory when he was 12. He first learned to play the trumpet — following his fatherʼs advice, who argued that his own talent fed his family well. Ennio later studied composition, graduating in two instead of the usual four years: a naturalborn talent.
Asbestos: A cancer risk lurking in the wall You may think asbestos is a thing of the past — the sort of thing thatʼs found in public buildings from the 1970s. And you would be right. But itʼs by no means the whole truth, because asbestos fibers can also hide in places where nobody would expect them, and where they are hardly visible. At the beginning of November,the Association of German Engineers (VDI) therefore adopted a new, stricter directive.It stipulates that companies must always sample building materials for asbestos in suspected cases. This is intended to pro-
tect the workers, but also to prevent asbestos-contaminated building rubble from being fed back into recycling processes undetected and thus being turned into new building material. Even during a simple renovation in your own home, dangerous concentrations of asbestos fibers can quickly get into the air you breathe. It can happen when you replace the glass in an old window or when you install a whole new window or doorframe. Fibers can be released when breaking off old bathroom tiles or preparing a wall before you lay electrical cables.
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New research reveals how toxoplasmosis alters the brain Scientists have shown how the toxoplasmosis parasite hides away in the brain, altering synapses and potentially causing depression, schizophrenia and autism. Mice infected with toxoplasmosis parasites behave strangely: They lose their natural fear of cats. Presented with the smell of cat urine, they even seem attracted to the deadly predator, scientists have found. Toxoplasmosis is caused by the pathogen Toxoplasma gondii, a unicellular parasite that occurs worldwide. It affects birds and mammals, including humans. However, it can reproduce only in the digestive system of a cat. Cats excrete the toxoplasmosis pathogen in their feces, meaning you might pick it up cleaning the family petʼs litter box, or gardening. Humans can also become infected by eating contaminated food. And a great many of us do. Up to half of all adults are infected with toxoplasma pathogens. But mostly, the parasite goes unnoticed. Toxoplasmosis is dangerous to people with a weakened immune system or unborn children whose mothers are infected during pregnancy. But for most of us, the most we might suffer is a brief bout of flu-like symptoms with fever, fatigue, muscle pain and diarrhea.
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Hungary’s Recirquel to stage Budapest premiere of hit Edinburgh show “My Land” THE SHOW RUNS AT MÜPA BUDAPEST EVERY DAY FROM 16 TO 19 OCTOBER AND ON 21 OCTOBER. From tonight, Budapest audiences can expect gravity-defying acts performed in their purest form, through physical feats of the body. Presented on the stage of the prestigious Müpa Palace of Arts are stunts by globally renowned company Recirquel, whose new balletlike production “My Land” was top-rated by critics at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We talk to Recirquel founder and choreographer Bence Vági, who has taken acrobatics to new heights. Performers in skin-tight unitards rise up from a dirt-covered set to share personal stories, their bodies contorted and biceps straining. What unfolds in front of the viewers appear as illusionary images combining light, shadow and reflection – nature’s elements. Tradition, freedom and love all form part of My Land, a real physical feat enacted by a team of Ukrainian artists to traditional Tatar and Moldavian music.
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Joachim Löw leaves Jerome Boateng out of Germany squad
The 24-man German squad was announced on Friday ahead of a friendly against the 2018 World Cup hosts and a Nations League fixture against rivals the Netherlands. Notably absent from the group is Jerome Boateng, while a surging Marco Reus is back in the picture. Boateng has won 76 caps for Germany and was a key player in the 2014 World Cup triumph. Löw said he had discussed the decision with Boateng and told him that at the moment, they had other alternatives for his spot. "I am convinced that a break would also do him good at the moment", said Löw on Friday.
FIFA probe: Switzerland suspends top economic crime prosecutor
The head of Switzerlandʼs business crime division at the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has been suspended over allegations of a possibly criminal nature, the office said on Friday, confirming a report by the Swiss daily Tages-Anzeiger. The OAG said Olivier Thormann was suspended last week amid allegations concerning his conduct in the investigation of suspected corruption at world soccer FIFA. "The information on which this decision is based is related to the OAGʼs criminal proceedings in the field of soccer and its governing body, FIFA," the office said in a statement, adding that the allegations had come to the OAGʼs attention at the end of September. 6
London Broncos have long-term ambition to win Super League title
Alexander Zverev looks to the future as ATP Finals begin
Promoted London Broncos must have the ambition to win Super League in the future, says head coach Danny Ward. The Broncos will be back in the top flight in 2019 afterbeating Toronto Wolfpack 4-2 in the Million Pound Gameon Sunday. "We need to make it work, have a five-year plan of where we want to be," Ward told BBC Radio London. "Next year is going to be tough but we want a long-term vision to make London the best club in the country." He added: "We donʼt just want to compete in Super League, but win it. We are not there just to survive." Ward, who took charge following the departure of Andrew Henderson at the end of last season, described their victory over the Wolfpack in Canada as "one of the proudest moments" of his career. "What a performance, what a day and what an achievement - I am still on a massive high," he said on their return to England. "To lead the club into the Million Pound Game and win promotion is one of my biggest ever achievements."
Zverev takes on Marin Cilic in his opening match
Alexander Zverev takes on Marin Cilic in his opening match at the end-of-season tournament on Monday. The German sees the London showpiece as equivalent to a grand slam as he prepares to make a real breakthrough. German tennis hope Alexander Zverev is looking to end the season on a high when he makes his second appearance at the ATP Finals this week The 21-year-old plays his first round-robin match against Croatiaʼs Marin Cilic on Monday and hopes to do better than last yearwhen he went out in the group phase. A good showing in London could position him for a tilt at maiden grand slam title in 2019, given Roger Federer will be another year older and injuries continue to dog Rafa Nadal
and Andy Murray. A shoulder niggle has also troubled Zverev of late but he is fit for action in the "Guga Kuerten" group, which also includes new world number one Novak Djokovic and big-serving American John Isner. "I took a few days off and itʼs settling now. Iʼm ready to go again now," the world number five told reporters ahead of the tournament involving the eight best male players of the year - minus the injured Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro.
Formula One: Hamilton wins in Brazil but angry Verstappen gets physical Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix as Mercedes sealed the F1 constructorsʼ championship for a fifth straight year. Max Verstappen led before a bizarre crash with Esteban Ocon and the pair clashed after the race. Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix to help his Mercedes team take the constructorsʼ title for a fifth season in a row but Max Verstappen will again hog the headlines. Hamilton, who had already wrapped up his fifth F1 driversʼ title, benefited from Red Bullʼs Verstappen being involved
in a prang with backmaker Esteban Ocon. The Dutchman had been in the lead at the time and primed for victory. Ocon was given a 10-second penalty by stewards for not giving Verstappen enough room. After the race the pair exchanged words and Ocon said Verstappen had pushed him. "I was really surprised by the behaviour of Max, afterwards, with the FIA having to intervene. He pushed me and wanted to punch me and that is not professional," Ocon said. "Iʼm used to the fights with Max. Heʼs always been the same. It goes back a few years."