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Germany defensive on NATO, points to existing spending plans German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas sought to brush offdoubts from the United States over Germanyʼs commitment to NATOon Thursday, saying that Berlin is "determined to fulfil our commitments." "We will do our part to ensure that NATO can meet all the challenges of the future," Maas said in Washington ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. Back in Berlin, Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen repeated the governmentʼs pledge to spend more on defense, albeit in smaller increments than Washington would like. Germany plans to increase its defense spending to 1.5 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2024 and will then try to hit NATOʼs 2 percent target at an unspecified point in the future. Speaking in the Bundestag, Germanyʼs lower house of parliament, she added that "we cannot allow any doubt to arise regarding our solidarity" from partners in North America to ones in Europe.

Ethiopia crash: Pilots followed procedures, first official report says Pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 passenger jetthat crashed on March 10followed recommended procedures to rectify the planeʼs continued nosediving but in vain, Ethiopiaʼs transport minister said on Thursday. "The crew [repeatedly] performed all the procedures [...] provided by the manufacturer but was not able to control the aircraft," Dagmawit Moges told reporters in Addis Ababa, citing a preliminary report. She said the report recommended that Boeing should review the aircraft flight control system.

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Suspected Christchurch gunman to face 50 murder charges He is due to appear in court on Friday

The man suspected of carrying out the Christchurch mosque shootings is to be charged with 50 counts of murder, New Zealand police say.

The Australian man accused ofkilling 50 Muslim worshippers in a shooting spree at two mosques in New Zealand will be charged with 50 counts of murder and 39 counts of attempted murder at a second court appearance on Friday, New Zealand police say.

Police added that other charges "are still under consideration." The suspect had earlier had a single representative murder charge filed against him for the killings on March 15. Brief court appearanceThe man, 28-yearold Brenton Tarrant, will appear via video link from a maximum-security prison in Auckland.The hearing is to "ascertain the defendantʼs position regarding legal representation" and other procedural issues."The man will not be required to enter a plea, the court said. He has sacked a courtappointed lawyer, raising fears he will use the trial to air white supremacist views. Media photographs will not be allowed and reporting will be restricted to avoid prejudicing the potential jurors. Twenty-four people are still in hospital receiving treatment for injuries sustained in the attack, four of them in critical condition, including a 4-year-old girl, health au-

thorities said earlier this week. What conclusions has New Zealand drawn from the attacks? New Zealand has moved quicklyto tighten its previously lax gun laws, among other things banning the semi-automatic and automatic military-style weapons used in the attack. The government has said it will also review laws dealing with hate speech. Will the accused be tried for terrorism? The attacks have been termed a terrorist act

by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

However, New Zealandʼs complex and seldom-used anti-terrorism laws, introduced after the 9/11 attacks, could make prosecution more complicated. Prosecutors may still apply them to make it clear that extremism of any kind, whether Islam, rightwing or left-wing, is equally dangerous.

Charges of murder and attempted murder are easier to pursue, however.

How is the accused being held? New Zealandʼs Corrections Department said last month that the accused was being kept away from other prisoners and was without access to television, radio or newspapers. It said he was also not allowed to receive visitors.

Dubliners cautious as Merkel jets into town amid Brexit impasse Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Dublin on Thursday to meet with Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar. Brexit and the effects on EU-member Ireland with its UKmember Northern Ireland were high on the agenda. "Let me say, we will simply have to be able to do this [both preserve the single market and avoid a border in Ireland]," Merkel said.

"We have to be successful. We hope for a solution. But we simply have to be successful." Merkel expressed a personal understanding of the presence of borders and walls: "I personally come from a country that was for many years divided by a wall. I know what happens once borders, once walls fall. A heavy death toll has happened here."

Libyaʼs military strongman orders forces ʼto advanceʼ on Tripoli Libyaʼs military strongman General Khalifa Hifter (also commonly spelled Haftar in English) on Thursday announced the launch of an operation to seize the capital Tripoli from a rival government backed by the United Nations. It comes amid rising tensions in the oil-rich country — without a stable government since Western military intervention in 2011 — and just hours after UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged calm and restraint in Libya.

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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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Romania lifts travel ban on former anticorruption chief The European Parliament backs her candidacy despite strong opposition from the Romanian government

Laura Codruta Kovesi, tapped to become the EUʼs first chief prosecutor, can once again leave Romania.

News Romania lifts travel ban on former anti-corruption chief Laura Codruta Kovesi, tapped to become the EUʼs first chief prosecutor, can once again leave Romania.

The European Parliament backs her candidacy despite strong opposition from the Romanian government.

Romaniaʼs top court on Wednesday lifted a ban preventing Laura Codruta Kovesi, the former chief prosecutor at the National AntiCorruption Directorate, from leaving the country. Kovesi, a candidate to become the European Unionʼs first chief prosecutor, had appealed

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

the ban after she was charged with bribery, abuse of office and false testimony. The indictment barred her from leaving Romania or speaking to the media about her case. Had the travel ban stayed in place, she could have been unable to take part in further application steps for the EU chief prosecutor post. Read more: Romania seeks to block former anti-corruption official from top EU post "I can now leave the country, the judicial control was revoked, my appeal was upheld," she told reporters after leaving the Supreme Court. 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

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.

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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US Democrats officially request Donald Trumpʼs tax returns from IRS In an unprecedented move, Democrats have formally asked the IRS to release the past six years of Donald Trumpʼs tax returns. The decision is likely to spark a legal battle that could take years to resolve.

Democrats upped the pressure onUS President Donald Trumpon Wednesday, after officially requesting his tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the countryʼs tax authority. A committee in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives asked for Trumpʼs personal tax returns as well as the returns for some of his businesses from 2013 through 2018. Itʼs the first time in 45 years that such a demand has been made for

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.

a sitting presidentʼs tax information — because it has been customary for all presidential hopefuls to voluntarily release the information ever since the 1960s.

"We have completed the necessary groundwork for a request of this magnitude, and I am certain we are within our legitimate legislative, legal and oversight rights," Richard Neal, the Democrat who heads the House committee, said in a statement.

IsraelʼNetanyahu meets Putin in Russia days ahead of re-election bid

Five days before Benjamin Netanyahu aims for a fifth term as prime minister in Israelʼs elections, he was in Moscow to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin. The 69-year-old is facing corruption charges in Israel, as well as astrong challengefrom a centrist alliance between former army chief Benny Gantz and journalist-turned-politician Yair Lapid who have said they would each serve two-and-a-half years as premier if elected. Former Defense Minis-

ter Moshe Yaalon and former military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi are also part of the group. Thursdayʼs visit to Moscow had been at Netanyahuʼs request and he had declared ahead of his arrival that it would be to "discuss events in Syria," including the "special coordination between our militaries."

Israel has been trying to get Russia to use its influence with Syria and with Iran to scale down the Iranian military presence in Syria.

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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79/2019 • 5 April, 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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Levi Strauss returns to stock market The company makes a comeback on the public markets with a valuation of $6.5 billion. DW traces the history of the maker of the famous blue jeans and its German connection.

German roots The inventor of the quintessential American garment was German-born Levi Strauss, who moved to New York following the death of his father. Strauss later traveled to San Francisco on the US West Coast to capitalize on the gold rush.

Here he made a fortune not by panning gold, but by inventing the blue jeans. Leviʼs museum Levi Strauss was born in Buttenheim in the southern German state of Bavaria. His birth house, which is more than 300 years

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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Chemicals giant Bayer stuck in Monsanto trap A second US court ruling on weed killer glyphosateʼs potential to cause cancer has dealt a severe blow to German chemicals company Bayer. DWʼs Henrik Böhme says itʼs obvious that the takeover of Monsanto was a mistake.

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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old, has been converted into a museum dedicated to the timeless piece of fashion. Birth of blue jeans It was one of Levi Straussʼ customers, tailor Jacob Davis, who actually first put metal rivets in menʼs work pants to increase their durability. Davis shared his idea with Strauss and the two together obtained a US patent on the riveted pants in 1873. The blue denim jeans — then called waist overalls — became an instant hit among the gold miners.

Ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn rearrested in Tokyo

The former Nissan chairman has reportedly been served a fourth arrest warrant based on a new financial misconduct accusation. He had been out on bail awaiting trial for reportedly misusing the carmakerʼs funds.

Japanese prosecutors have rearrested Carlos Ghosn, Nissanʼs former chairman, on new accusations of financial misconduct, according to local media reports. Ghosn, 65, had been out on bail awaiting trial for reportedly misappropriating funds while he was in charge of the Japanese automaker. Read more: Whoʼs the man who could bring down Japanʼs auto industry? What we know so far Japanese public broadcaster NHK showed Japanese prosecutors entering Ghosnʼs temporary accommodation in Tokyo early Thursday morning and a car later going to the prosecutorsʼ office.Prosecutors have issued a fresh arrest warrant against the former Nissan executive.The arrest was based on suspicion that he diverted $5 million (€4.45 million) to a company linked to him.

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Unconscious bias in NASAʼs spacewalk wardrobe fail?

How could NASA afford to be so careless in their planning?

Where persecuted writers find refuge 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.

Múzeum+ February at Museum of Fine Arts A much hyped "all-female" spacewalk by two American astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClain has been cancelled because they donʼt have the right-sized suits.

It was billed as "historic" — a world exclusive: the first ever "all-female" spacewalk at the International Space Station. And the two lucky gals were American astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch. But they fell, as so many others before them, because of an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction. It wasnʼt their fault, but it was still almost as revealing as a redcarpet fail. Kochhas a Bachelor of

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Science in Electrical Engineering and Physics, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. McClainis a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army, with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, and a Master of Science in International Relations. They are both ambassadors for science and humanity on the whole.

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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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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The February edition of monthly event series Múzeum+ is being held on the 14th at the Museum of Fine Arts. For each of these events, besides interactive workshops and concerts, an Englishlanguage guided tour also features.

This time the theme is German Renaissance Art, starting at 7pm.

For the complete schedule, check the museum website.

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?

Lewandowski: ʼI am not sure the winner will be championsʼ

Only four players have scored more goals in the Bundesliga than Robert Lewandowski. While the Polish striker is unlikely to reach the giddy heights of Gerd Müllerʼs 365 goals, he only needs one more to join the top fourʼs 200-goal club. It would be a remarkable feat, and one secured in considerably fewer games as well. This season, Lewandowskiʼs remarkable scoring streak has continued. Having already reached 19 goals in the league this season, Lewandowski has scored at least 17 goals in eight straight seasons. His first season at Dortmund, when he scored just eight, remains the only time he has failed to reach double-digits in his 12 Bundesliga campaigns. The case for him being the best number nine in the world is compelling."It is important for every striker and you need this feeling in your DNA," Lewandowski told DW, referring to a strikerʼs goal-scoring instinct.

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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.

Celticʼs Scott Brown faces ban following Old Firm game as both clubs charged Celtic & Rangers players clash after final whistle

Celtic captain Scott Brown faces a potential ban after being handed a notice of complaint by the Scottish FA following Sundayʼs derby with Rangers.

And both clubs have been charged over a mass confrontation of players at the end of the game. Rangers winger Ryan Kent has failed to overturn a two-match ban for lashing out at Brown, while manager Steven Gerrard has accepted a touchline ban. Hearts and Aberdeen have been charged for a mass confrontation on Saturday. Kent loses appeal as Gerrard accepts banBrown did ʼnothing wrongʼ says McGregorRangers boss

Gerrard will ʼhelpʼ MorelosOld Firm player behaviour ʼunacceptableʼ Aberdeen lost 2-1 at Hearts the day before Celtic beat Rangers by the same scoreline. Celtic say they will defend the charges against Brown and the club "vigorously". There were angry scenes as both sets of players confronted each other after the final whistle at Celtic Park, with the hosts having moved 13 points clear of Rangers at the top of the table.

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.