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Istanbul mayoral vote to be held again, election officials rule Turkeyʼs electoral authority has ordered that the vote for mayor of Istanbul be re-run, state media reported on Monday, after the March 31 vote was narrowly won by the opposition CHP party. President Recep Tayyip Erdoganʼs AKP party had filed a motion with the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) on April 16 to nullify the election, alleging "irregularities." The objection also claimed that a margin of only 15,000 votes in a city as large as Istanbul was too close to be fair.

Turkish newspaper Haberturk said that the ground given for the new vote was that some ballot box workers were not official civil servants and that some results documents were unsigned. The YSK had previously confirmed CHP candidate Ekrem Imamoglu the winner of the mayoral race in Erdoganʼs hometown, as the AKP launched its "extraordinary objection" to the results.

China warns US after warships sail in disputed South China Sea China said on Monday that it has warned two US ships sailing near disputed islands in the South China Sea to leave the area. The move comes amid heightened tension between Beijing and Washington over trade tariffs, sanctions and Taiwan. Warships in the South China Sea US guidedmissile destroyers Preble and Chung-Hoon traveled within 12 nautical miles of Gaven and Johnson Reefs.The reefs form part of the Spratly Islands, a region of the South China Sea over which China claims sovereignty.The Foreign Ministry said the US vessels entered the waters without Chinese permission.

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Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex has a baby boy The baby boy will be seventh in line to the British throne

Turkey defiant in face of criticism over gas drilling off Cyprus Turkey brushed off criticism from the European Union and the United States on Monday, defending its plans to drill fornatural gas and oil off Cyprus. "The legitimate rights of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus over the energy resources of the Eastern Mediterranean are not debatable," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Ankara. He was speaking alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a North Atlantic Council Mediterranean Dialogue meeting.

He urged the alliance to back Turkeyʼs claim to rights in the Mediterranean. "We expect NATO to respect Turkeyʼs rights in this process and support us in preventing tensions," Erdogan added. The issue has reignited old tensions in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey and EU member-state Cyprus have competing claims of jurisdiction for offshore oil and gas.

Berlinʼs ʼMohammedʼ babyname trend distorted by farright and media Prince Harryʼs press office said Meghan, Duchess of Sussex went into labor early Monday.

"Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex was safely delivered of a son at 0526hrs," Buckingham Palace said on Monday afternoon. "The baby weighs 7lbs 3oz.

The Duke of Sussex was present for the birth." News Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex has a baby boy Prince Harryʼs press office said Meghan, Duchess of Sussex went into labor early Monday.

The baby boy will be seventh in line to the British throne. "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex was safely delivered of a son at 0526hrs," Buckingham Palace said on Monday afternoon. "The baby weighs 7lbs 3oz.

The Duke of Sussex was present for the birth." Prince Harry said he was "over the moon," and that they were still thinking of names for their son. The prince was with his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sus-

sex, at their home in Windsor when she went into labor early Monday. The baby boy will be seventh in line to the British throne, coming after Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and his father, Prince Harry.

Girls and boys can now inherit the British throne, following a change to the male-preference primogeniture rules in March 2015. The 34year-old prince is the son of Prince Charles and of Princess Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997. The couple moved recently from Kensington Palace to Frogmore Cottage on the Queenʼs Windsor estate. It has been a royal residence since 1792. Queen Elizabeth II was reportedly the first person to visit the couple at the cottage, which she apparently gave them as a present.

On Thursday, the Society for the German Language (GfdS), a politically independent organization dedicated to cultivating and studying the German language, released its annual study of Germanyʼs most popular baby names.

Harnessing data from over 700 civil registries across Germany, the report determined that the most popular names in Germany in 2018 overall were "Marie/Mari" for girls and "Paul" for boys. The ranking takes into account all given names.

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German court deals ʼDieselgateʼ blow to VW customer A court in the northern German city of Braunschweig on Tuesday rejected a compensation claim against carmaker Volkswagen brought by a plaintiff represented by legal services group MyRight.

The verdict paves the way for MyRight to now appeal the decision at the Federal Court of Justice. VW welcomed the verdict, saying that it meant that buyers of diesel vehicles had no claims against the company. The plaintiff was calling on VW to pay back wholly or in part the sum for which he purchased a diesel vehicle nine years ago. His first attempt to claim compensation at a lower court in Braunschweig also failed. MyRight founder Jan-Eike Andresen was, however, not fazed by the courtʼs decision, saying his company was now in the "finals" with VW, which he called an "outstanding success for our young firm." The case in Braunschweig has been followed with great interest because the consumer rights group MyRight is representing some 35,000 owners of VW diesel vehicles in Germany affected by the "Dieselgate" scandal.

Airbnb cuts listings in Israeli West Bank settlements Home-rental platform Airbnb announced Monday it would no longer offer its service in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, drawing an angry response from Israel. Israel seized the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War, but most countries consider the Jewish settlements there to be illegal. The company said in a statement the decision would affect about 200 properties "in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians."

"Our hope is that someday sooner rather than later, a framework is put in place where the entire global community is aligned so there will be a resolution to this historic conflict and a clear path forward for everybody to follow," it added.

Palestinian and human rights groups had long called on Airbnb to remove the settlement listings from its site. Waleed Assraf, head of a Palestinian anti-settlement group welcomed the development, saying if more companies followed it would "contribute to achieving peace." Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin condemned the move as "the most wretched of wretched capitulations to the boycott efforts."

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Hungary and Austria praise anti-immigration cooperation Hungaryʼs leader said he would not support German politician Manfred Weber

Hungaryʼs prime minister and Austriaʼs vice chancellor have been criticized for their use of racist rhetoric. Hungaryʼs leader said he would not support German politician Manfred Weber in the upcoming EU vote.

Hungaryʼs nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Austriaʼs farright Vice Chancellor HeinzChristian Strache on Monday, just days after Strache was condemned for using the racist phrase "population replacement" to refer to nonwhite immigration. Both leaders used the opportunity to praise other right-wing parties across Europe and condemn leftists as "intolerant." Orban began by praising the current government of Austria, where Stracheʼs Freedom Party (FPÖ), which was started in the 1940s by former

Council of Europe slams Greece over refugee camp conditions The Council of Europeʼs Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) raised concerns Tuesday over the "inhuman and degrading" conditions in Greeceʼs refugee camps. The committeeʼs report said the situation was particularly alarming at the Fylakio camp near the Turkish border — one of the "hot spots" set up with backing from the EU to speed up refugee processing. There was a lack of doctors, medicines, food and drinking water in several camps along Turkeyʼs land border, in Athens, and on the Aegean islands.In the northeastern town of Fylakio, up to 95 migrants were being housed in a single room.People were detained for extended periods

Envoy says US convinced Germany to ban Iranʼs Mahan Air US Ambassador Richard Grenell is claiming a diplomatic victory after German officials decided to ban the Iranian airline Mahan Air from operating within the country. Grenell, who has ruffled a few feathers since President Donald Trump picked him for the post last May, told The Wall Street Journal that the move had come after "months of pressing" from the United States. "I think itʼs a great step by the German government," Grenell told the DPA news agency. "It shows great leadership." He added: "No country where Mahan Air flies should feel safe." The German Foreign Ministry took a different stance on Monday, when it announced that Mahan Airʼs landing rights had been withdrawn because the carrier had transported equipment and troops into war zones in the Middle East, particularly in Syria.

Nazis, is the junior coalition partner to Chancellor Sebastian Kurzʼs conservative Peopleʼs Party (ÖVP). He said that previous left-wing administration in Vienna had "done everything" to stop Hungary from building a border fence during the migration wave of 2015, and said he wished that every nation in the EU would do a similar about-face on immigration.

"Deputy Chancellor Strache and the FPÖ were necessary for Austria to become opposed to immigration," said Orban, according to his communications chief Zoltan Kovacs. of time in inadequate and "dirty" conditions at border patrol stations such as Isaacio and Tychero.Many migrants were suffering from scabies because of the poor state of washing facilities, clogged toilets and dirty mattresses and blankets.Refugees at several camps, including Moria on the island of Lesbos, reported suffering abuse and beatings at the hands of police.Hundreds of unaccompanied minors were being housed with single men and at risk of sexual violence.

Children in Germany worry about poverty and want to be heard Having enough quality time with parents and being able to participate in

school decisions are key concerns of children, initial results of a German study published Tuesday have found.

The study "Childrenʼs Worlds+" comes as recent student movements around the world haveraised debate about the political participation and impact of childrenand young adults, and also as Germany worries about rising child poverty. Key survey takeaways 99 percent of all participants were existentially secure, meaning they had enough to eat.More than half of all children worried occasionally, frequently or constantly about their familiesʼ financial situations.German children were overall well provided for materially, and the more material possessions a child had, the less they worried about their familiesʼ finances. More young children felt that their teachers took care of them and helped them with problems, while that was less the case with older children.

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German President Steinmeier calls out ʼtoxicʼ social media debates At the re:publica digital conference in Berlin, German President Frank Walter Steinmeier called out social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for political debates that "so often tend to be toxic."

German President Frank Walter Steinmeier gave an impassioned speech at the re:publica internet conference in Berlin on Monday, calling on social media platforms to "take more responsibility for democracy." His call came five months afterGermany enacted a hate speech lawcompelling social media companies to delete offensive or hateful posts. Steinmeier called for a more civilized culture of debate on the internet, wondering

Auschwitz Museum asks visitors not to balance on train tracks The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museumimplored visitors to respect the memories of the 1.1 million people who were killed at the concentration camp — and not to balance on the train tracks that brought Holocaust victims to the site. "There are better places to learn how to walk on a balance beam than the site which symbolizes deportation of hundreds of thousands to their deaths," the museum wrote on Twitter. They also posted several pictures visitors had taken of themselves walking on the tracks. In recent years, numerous visitors to concentration camp museumsand other Holocaust memorialshave beencriticized for taking selfiesand other seemingly jovial pictures at the sites that remember the victims of Nazi genocide. Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest Nazi death camp, where 1.1 million victims, including some 1 million Jewish prisoners, were killed. Last year,the Auschwitz Museum saw a record number of visitors, with 2.1 million people coming to visit the site.

why political debates "so often tend to be toxic." "If the future of democracy is close to our hearts, then we need to pay attention to the political debate culture on the internet," the German president said. "After many words and announcements, after rounds of talks and political photo opportunities, it is time for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Co to finally take more responsibility for democracy."

Arctic Council meets amid tensions over resources

Top diplomats from the United States, Russia and other member nations of the Arctic Council met in Rovaniemi, Finland on Monday to discuss policies pertaining to the polar region.

The summit comes as tensions grow over how to deal with global warming and jurisdiction of the Arcticʼs wealth of minerals. Speaking on Monday ahead of the talks in Finland, Secre-

tary of State Mike Pompeo said the US would strengthen its Arctic presence to keep in check what he called the "aggressive attitude" of China and Russia. Pompeo said: "The region has become an arena of global power and competition." "Just because the Arctic is a place of wilderness does not mean it should become a place of lawlessness," Pompeo added.

Recession fears grip emerging markets amid currency crises Turkey, South Africa and Argentina are among the emerging economies most at risk of recession, chief economist for business information provider IHS Markit, Nariman Behravesh, told DW. The countries, which have seen their currencies battered this year, have "twin deficits" and large amounts of dollar and euro-denominated debt.

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103/2019 • 7 May, 2019 Germany attempts ʼface-savingʼ 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.

Germanyʼs FlixBus in talks to buy intercity competitor Eurolines FlixBus, which offers low-cost intercity bus travel across Europe, is negotiating to buy its smaller competitor Eurolines. French transport group Transdev, which owns Eurolines, and the Munich-based Flixbus confirmed on Monday that exclusive talks were underway, without disclosing the financial details. Eurolines, whose network spans 25 countries, operates French domestic routes under the Isilines brand, which would be part of the possible deal. "With this merger, FlixBus would have an even more comprehensive and more diverse offer to attract even more passengers. We want to be the first choice for travelers across Europe," Flixbus managing director Jochen Engert said.

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The endless talk about a shortage of skilled workers in Germany How big is the shortage of qualified workers in Germany really? In some industries, the line of job seekers is running low. In many others, the problems are not as they seem and are often homemade.

Can Russian discounter Mere beat Aldi and Lidl at their own game?

Cardboard boxes sitting on wooden pallets are the first thing you notice when you enter Mere. The newly opened Russian discount grocer on the outskirts of Leipzig looks more like a warehouse than a supermarket. Inside the boxes is fruit juice from the Czech Republic; and in the fridges, sausages from Hungary. The groceries and non-food items sold at Mere are some 20 percent cheaper than Aldi and Lidl.

Yet while its German competitors have several thousand shops across the country, Mere, so far, has just one.Read more: German retailer Aldi set to build 2,000 homes above its Berlin stores ʼLike Aldi used to beʼ Itʼs Friday morning.

Around thirty customers are strolling around the shop, peeking inside the boxes. Ramona and Madlen, who live nearby, are here for the first time. "Before it was so full we couldnʼt even get inside," they tell DW. "The lines would stretch until the entrance; people were even queuing outside."

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Recently, Steffen Kampeter, the head of the powerful Confederation of German Employersʼ Associations (BDA), had something to say: Letting employees retire without any deductions at age 63 after working 45 years was "a heavy mortgage not only for our pension fund, but also for our labor market," adding that the shortage of skilled workers in Germanywas "fueled by a misguided pension policy." The response from trade unions followed promptly. Verdi boss Frank Bsirske rejected the criti-

cism, saying "I think the decision to allow retirement at 63 is right." The alternative would be to send even more people home with reduced pensions who have worked hard. "That would be unfair," he added. A gift for skilled workers This early retirement possibility is a fairly new regulation that came into force in 2014 as part of a broader pension reform plan. It is also something that almost exclusively affects skilled workers in jobs that are based on vocational training.

Chemicals giant Bayer stuck in Monsanto trap

Sierenʼs China: Swine fever also has Europe over a pork barrel

A second US court ruling on weed killer glyphosateʼs potential to cause cancer has dealt a severe blow to German chemicals company Bayer.

Shareholders and analysts are united in their conviction that investors are better off without Bayer shares in their portfolios.

The Leverkusen-based chemical giantʼs shares plunged by over 12 percent Wednesday, thus shedding some €8 billion ($9.1 billion) in stock market value. Owners of Bayer shares are used to trouble, though. Ever since Bayerʼs spectacular takeover of US company Monsanto, which had also meant inheriting weed killer glyphosateʼs poor image, investors have had no reason to rejoice. The share price has dropped to €60 euros, down from over €100 last summer. It seems that more and more people canʼt figure out what benefits the Monsanto takeover was meant to offer. Last year, Bayer acquired the pariah of the chemicals industry for a whopping $63 billion.

Bayer CEO Werner Baumann believed it was a sensational feat to crown his career, but now damage control is the order of the day.

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The current African swine fever crisis is an example of how dependent Germany is on China. If Chinese pig farmers cull their hogs the consequences are global, says DWʼs Frank Sieren.

Thereʼs a German proverb that says here in Europe, we couldnʼt care less if a sack of rice falls over in China. But it doesnʼt hold true any more. Events in China have more influence on daily life in Germany than some would like these days. The latest example is the outbreak of African swine fever in China. Since August 2018, over a million hogs have been culled and the number could well rise to 200 million. Thatʼs triple the entire porcine population in the US. The consequences are already having an impact on countries far from China. The price of pigs in Germany has increased by a third since the beginning of the year. For pig slaughter companies with a license to export to China this will bring in some short-term profits at least but itʼs not a good situation for mediumsized meat processing companies, which will incur additional charges.

And because China has to compensate for its pork shortages with chicken and beef, since it has no other choice, the price of all meat is likely to increase.

China consumes more pork than any other country — some 55 million metric tons per year, around half the global total.

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An immortal Hollywood legend: Audrey Hepburn These are the films that made her a Hollywood icon

During the 1950s and 60s, Audrey Hepburn was a screen goddess.

She would have turned 90 on May 4. ʼThereʼs such a lot of world to see...ʼ Audrey Hepburn became an icon in 1961 as Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffanyʼs." Her little black dress became her trademark and has been copied all over the world. However, being an extravagant party girl isnʼt all itʼs cracked up to be. Holly searches for love in New Yorkʼs nightlife and sings about it in the song "Moon River." Breakthrough with ʼGigiʼ Born on May 4, 1929, Hepburn started her acting career at the age of 20. She would have preferred dancing and singing to acting.

Rabab Haidar is one of the countless people looking for a secure life in Germany. A writer, translator and journalist, she fled Damascus in October 2018. The Syrian civil war, which has been going on for eight years, expelled her from her homeland. Haidar found refuge in Langenbroich in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia.

For the past three decades, authors who can not freely write in their homelands have been given the opportunity to stay in the former home of German writer Heinrich Böll. As one of these authors, Haidar received a one-year scholarship that has allowed her to live in peace and work on her second novel. Her first novel Land of the Pomegranate was published in 2012 and she also translated a volume of poetry by the Bahraini poet Iman Aseeri, The Book of the Female, into English.

Budapest cafés welcome the reusable Aussie HuskeeCup

But then she did get a chance to do just that — on Broadway. In 1952, she even received a prestigious theater award for starring in the musical of Coletteʼs "Gigi," which drew Hollywoodʼs attention as well. Princess of the silver screen Hollywood did not hesitate very long and quickly cast the 24-year-old actress as Princess Anne in "Roman Holiday" (1953), co-starring with superstar Gregory Peck who played a reporter.

She gained world fame over night, and even received her first Oscar as best actress.

The Guinean exchange student who became a football star in a small East German town In the film Pelé aus Neubrandenburg, the name Pelé doesnʼt refer to the Brazilian football star, but to Chérif Souleymane (also known as Souleymane Chérif), a Guinean athlete who started a successful football career in the East German town of Neubrandenburg while doing a two-year socialist student exchange in the 1960s. The film by Benjamin Unger and Matthias Hufmann is part of the 11mm International Football Film Festival, opening in Berlin this Thursday. Itʼs an ode to football as a transformative experi-

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ence, which, at its best, can unite people from different cultures and backgrounds. Souleymaneʼs prowess as a striker helped launch the small-town team into the first division. Yet, once they arrived, he was met with a nasty surprise: An East German statute barred foreigners from playing in the first division. In 1962, he returned to Guinea, where his football career blossomed. He played for Guinea in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and was African Footballer of the Year in 1972.

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Fatboy Slim comes to Budapest Akvárium Club BRIGHTON BEATMASTER FATBOY SLIM IS COMING TO BUDAPEST FOR HIS LOCAL CLUB DEBUT AT THE FOCAL AKVÁRIUM ON 25 MAY.

Every year, we use several billion coffee cups to go – before they go to the bin. To help java lovers reduce their ecological footprint, many Budapest cafés have introduced Aussie-created HuskeeCups: reusable, sustainable and easy to clean. The HuskeeCup is made of coffee husk, an organic waste material that’s produced at the milling stage of coffee production. Turning the hundreds of tons of discarded husks, usually dumped near factories and degrading the environment, into reusable coffee cups is a great way to keep Mother Nature just that little bit cleaner.

Brighton beatmaster Fatboy Slim is coming to Budapest for his local club debut at the focal Akvárium on 25 May. The veteran of many a festival – Glasto, Exit, Coachella – has played Hungary before but never in the intimate surroundings of a sweaty club.

The booking represents a major coup for the Akvárium, whose line-up for 2019 also includes John Digweed and Kruder & Dorfmeister. Tickets have not yet gone on sale for Fatboy Slim in the Main Hall of the Akvárium – but keep an eye on theclub’s websiteas they’re bound to sell out in no time. Slim, who successfully shifted from indie to electronica in the 1990s, reignited his career with the hit Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat, in 2013. The DJ star is currently playing a series of huge arenas in the UK, from London to Glasgow. Akvárium Klub District V. Erzsébet tér 12

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F1 2019 — the runners and riders

Itʼs all change in the Formula 1 paddock ahead of the 2019 campaign.

Three familiar teams are likely to fight it out at the front, but two of them have fresh faces behind the wheel. Mercedes seeking sixth season in charge Defending champions Mercedes are one of just two teams with an unchanged driver roster this season. Five-time champ Lewis Hamilton and his Finnish wingman Valtteri Bottas will try to maintain the teamʼs perfect record in the turbo-hybrid engine era. Ever since the major engine overhaul of 2014, Mercedes have won everything in sight. Is it time for a change?

Champions League: Guardiola, Gündogan and Cityʼs critical loss of control

For all that their hopes of a domestic treble remain, the trophy that Manchester City and Pep Guardiola really want was blown out of reach on Wednesday in the kind of chaotic storm the Spaniard has spent a coaching career trying to keep at bay. After VAR, the antihero that re-wrote the final act ofthe most dramatic of nights, produced its final show-stealing cameo to overturn Raheem Sterling’s late strike, Ilkay Gündogan collapsed in his own penalty box. A pat of consolation from Dele Alli could not rouse the German midfielder, so Pep Guardiola took on the task, leading his midfield general off the battlefield.

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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.

Kaylor Navas, who kept his team in the game with several crucial saves either side of half time, was nowhere near it.

World record holder Eliud Kipchoge announces second attempt to break two-hour marathon Two years ago he missed out on achieving the feat by just 26 seconds

Eliud Kipchoge is expected to make his second attempt at breaking the two-hour mark in the marathon in the autumn.

The Kenyan marathoner chose the 65th anniversary of Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute barrier for the mile to announce that he plans to make another attempt to break the two-hour barrier in the marathon. "I want to unlock the thought that there are limitations in the human being," Kipchoge told The Associated Press at the Iffley Road track in Oxford, where Bannister made his-

tory on this day in 1954. "There are no barriers when you believe in yourself and try and trust in what you are doing." The 34-year-old Kipchogeʼs first attempt to complete a marathon under two minutes came as part of the Nike-financed Breaking2 project at theMonza Formula One track in Milan on May 6, 2017, when he came up short by a mere 26 seconds.

New England Patriots make Super Bowl history with sixth win The New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 to win the Super Bowl on Sunday. New England has now tied the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most titles in history, each with six wins.

For the Patriots, all six have come since 2001. The Steelers took 35 seasons to reach this milestone. Quarterback Tom Brady has now beaten former Dallas Cowboy and San Francisco 49er Charles Haley for the most Super Bowl

wins for a player. Coach Bill Belichick is now tied for the most NFL championships by a head coach. Both are the oldest to win in their respective positions. "It was an unbelievable year," Brady told US broadcaster CBS after the game, held at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Atlanta. "Itʼs unbelievable to win this game…Weʼve been this far and lost, which is really tough. I wish we had played a little better on offense, but we won and itʼs unbelievable.