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Fact check: As Brexit looms, how dependent is Ireland on British trade? A recent interview on BBC radio between Helen McEntee, the Irish minister for Europe, and John Humphrys, the veteran presenter, provided a stinging insight into why frustration over Brexit is gradually turning to anger in Dublin. After probing McEnteeon the Irish governmentʼs attitude to the question of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, he moved on to the overall Irish-British relationship. "Britain is hugely important to your economy obviously," he said. "It accounts for 50 percent of exports from the Republic. "Therefore, there has to be an argument, doesnʼt there, that says, instead of Dublin telling this country that we have to stay within the single market, within the customs union, why doesnʼt the Republic of Ireland leave the European Union and throw their lot in with this country?"
World Cancer Day: German health minister defends setting ʼbig goalsʼ German Health Minister Jens Spahn has defended his comments that advances in cancer research mean thedisease can be wiped out in the next two decades. "We want to defeat cancer by controlling it. That will not be easy. But thatʼs why we have to try it, with courage and ambition," he told the Rhein Neckar Zeitung newspaperʼs February 4 World Cancer Day edition. "Itʼs important that we set ourselves big goals." The minister stressed that there had beensignificant advances in cancer diagnosis, therapy and research in recent years, drawing parallels with the fight against HIV/AIDS. "Who would have thought 30 years ago that life expectancy with a well-treated HIV infection would be as high as without an infection?"
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Is Indian PM Modi staging a ʼcoupʼ in West Bengal? The Saradha ʼchit fundʼ scam
West Bengalʼs chief minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that Modi is interfering in the affairs of her state. Critics claim that the premier is using intelligence agencies to harass opponents ahead of general elections. Constitutionally, India is a "union of states" and follows a federal structure of government. This means that while some functions and institutions are subordinate to the government in New Delhi, many others are managed by local state governments. Recently however, the central government underPrime Minister Narendra Modihas been accused of overstating its authority and getting in the way of state governments. Read more: Opinion: A reality check for Indian PM Narendra Modi A particularly strong allegation has emerged from West Bengal, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (main picture) has alleged that Modi is trying to "stage a coup" and usurp power in her administrative area through indirect means. The minister is meanwhile on strike in Kolkata, the state capital, and has said that her agitation aims to "save democracy, the constitution and the country." "The highest levels of the BJP leadership are doing the worst kind of political vendetta," Banerjee said in a tweet, adding, "They are misusing power to take control of the police and destroy all institutions." The latest controversy was triggered after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which
investigates high-profile crimes involving finances, corruption and communal harmony, was charged with recovering documents from Kolkata related to a financial scam concerning the Saradha Group, which operated a consortium of 200 private companies and robbed nearly 2 million people of around $6 billion (€5.24 billion). The company used the so-called Ponzi scheme and later used money taken from investors to pay people who had invested early on in the project. Millions of people from Indiaʼs lowermiddle class paid small sums of money into the scheme. After the scandal was exposed, two officials of the group were arrested and the state government offered some financial relief to low-income investors. An official investigation was launched in 2013 and the case was handed out to the CBI in 2014. On February 3, the CBI said it wanted to question the chief of Kolkataʼs state police, Rajeev Kumar, about the progress in investigations concerning the scam. However, Kumarʼs guards prevented CBI officials from entering the building, causing scuffles that eventually lead to the arrest of the CBI investigators.
EU nations get behind Venezuelaʼs Juan Guaido as acting president What started as a trickle has turned into a flow of EU countries who have now officially declared Guaido as interim president. However, according to diplomatic sources in Brussels, Italy has blocked an EU-wide statement of the blocʼs support for Guaido due to conflicting interests within the Italian coalition government. The coordinated move to recognize Guaido by France, Spain, Germany, Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Luxembourg comes after the expiry of an eight-day ultimatum for Maduro to call a new election. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is on a twoday visit to Japan, said at a news conference that "we recognize Juan Guaido as interim president of Venezuela, tasked with starting the political transition and leading the country to free, transparent and credible elections." She added that she hoped Guaidowould initiate those electionsas "quickly as possible."
Venezuelaʼs foreign journalists hamstrung by visa problems Venezuelaʼs Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, was visibly angry. "It is outrageous and irresponsible that the [foreign] media send journalists without fulfilling the minimum conditions required by Venezuelan law, then construct a media scandal out of it," he said. "This is another aspect of the media campaign against our country," he tweeted on January 31.
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UN warns migrant children are missing out on education
In a report released in Berlin on Tuesday, the UN agency for culture and education, UNESCO, warned that far too manyrefugee children are still being denied access to quality education. The 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report, Migration, displacement and education, shows that a shortage of trained teachers and funding is hampering efforts to integrate migrant students. The key takeaways Half of the worldʼs forcibly displaced people are under the age of 18.Often they have limited access to the education systems of the countries where they are seeking asylum.Low- and middle-income countries host 89 percent of refugees but often lack the funds to support their education.Shortfalls in teaching staff also pose huge obstacles — even Germany would need 42,000 new teachers to properly educate the refugee children it has taken in. The report said low-income countries Chad, Ethiopia and Uganda were "champions" when it came to integrating refugees into schools.It also praised Canada and Ireland as "global leaders" in implementing inclusive education policies.The report urges donors to triple funding for refugee education.
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 antisettlement 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." 2
Investigators locate wreckage of plane carrying football star Emiliano Sala Sala had been travelling to Wales from France to begin his contract at Cardiff City
A private dive team has said it has found the missing plane on the seabed in the English Channel. Private investigators said late on Sunday that they had found the wreckage of a plane that went down over the English Channel on January 21. The aircrafthad been carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Salaand pilot David Ibbotson. "I can confirm it has been found," a spokesperson for Britainʼs Air Accidents Investigation Branch said. Speaking on Monday morning, investigators said that, using a Remotely Operated Vehicle, they had seen one body in the
Mythical sex scene fresco discovered in Pompeii Archaeologists have discovered a fresco in an ancient Pompeii bedroom that depicts a sensual scene between the Greek god Zeus — or his Roman equivalent, Jupiter — disguised as a swan, and Leda, a legendary Spartan queen from Greek mythology, the Pompeii administration said Monday. Such iconography showing the mythological figure of Leda being impregnated by the god in swan form was a fairly common decoration in homes in Pompeii and Herculaneum, two towns near present-day Naples that were destroyed in A.D. 79 by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Still the fresco remains an exceptional find, according to Pompeii archaeological park director Massimo Osanna, who pointed out that Leda was painted in an
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.
aircraft. The Piper PA-46 Malibu airplane had been en route to Cardiff in Wales from Nantes, France. It disappeared around 8:30 pm local time, about 13 kilometers (8 miles) northwest of the island of Alderney. The plane was built in 1984 and had last received a certificate of airworthiness in 2015. Investigators have said there are some questions about Ibbotsonʼs pilotʼs license, which may not have permitted him to carry passengers for profit. unusual way, making her look directly at anyone who saw the fresco upon entering the bedroom. "Leda watches the spectator with a sensuality thatʼs absolutely pronounced," Osanna told Italian news agency ANSA. In the scene, Leda protects the swan with her cloak as the bird sits on her lap. Osanna noted that the fresco celebrates the Greek "myth of love, with an explicit sensuality in a bedroom where, obviously beside sleep, there could be other activities."
Gender equality: ʼBattle for fundamental human rightsʼ Katrin Jakobsdottir: I have often said that while we are proud of our place at the top of the World Economic Forumʼs Global Gender Gap list, women
in Iceland are also very aware that even we — in this top global position of the "gender paradise" as Iceland is sometimes called — have work to do. While there is a difference in degree between womenʼs equality in Iceland and some other corners of the world, the nature of the discrimination is the same. The gender pay gap still exists in Iceland, women still donʼt have equal power in Icelandʼs corporate and financial world, and we also have the serious problem of gender-based violence and sexual violence and harassment in Iceland, as most recently revealed by the #MeToo movement. No. The fight for gender equality wonʼt be "over" or "sufficient" until we have eliminated gender-based discrimination in Iceland and across the world. Even though we reach a milestone here and there, we must never think that because of those milestones or goals reached, the fight for gender equality is something that we can allow ourselves to put on the backburner.
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Europeʼs stakes in the State of the Union The world awaits the annual State of the Union address given by US presidents. Will President Trump trash NATO again? Will he even mention Europe? Teri Schultz rounded up expertsʼ expectations. This yearʼs SOTU, delayed by thegovernment shutdown, comes just two days after an interview with CBS News in which the president rambles disjointedly about "fantastic chemistry" with the North Korean leader, unemployment figures for minorities and his sonʼs sports activities but leaves the viewer largely unenlightened about hisconcrete plans for the country. The biggest question ahead ofTuesdayʼs speech is not about pol-
Remembering last Berlin Wall victim Chris Gueffroy Thirty years ago, border guards gunned down Chris Gueffroy as he attempted to flee across the Berlin Wall into West Germany. The 20year-old was the last person to be shot trying to escape the East German dictatorship. The Berlin Wall Foundation held a ceremony on Tuesday to remember Chris Gueffroy, a young waiter who wasshot dead as he attempted to flee East Germanyon February 5, 1989. Following a prayer service at a church on the former death strip, local dignitaries laid a wreath at the site where the 20-year-old launched his escape attempt 30 years ago. The Berlin Wall separated communist East Germany (GDR) from West Germany between 1961 and 1989. In that period, at least 140 people were fatally shot as they tried to leave the GDR illegally via the notorious border fence. Gueffroy was the last of those victims. "Their fates show how great the suffering and how strong their desire for freedom must have been," Axel Klausmeier, the director of the Berlin Wall Memorial, told DW.
icy: Will it be coherent? Given that this is a heavily-scripted event, the odds for that are better than in a freeranging battery of journalist questions, but still, says Ian Lesser, executive director of the German Marshall Fundʼs Brussels office, "Given all of these concerns about the presidentʼs style, I think that aspect of the speech will get very close attention." Factcheckers will be live-correcting the speech at many major news outlets.
Pope Francis wraps up UAE trip with stadium Mass
Pope Francis has held Mass with tens of thousands of Catholics at a stadium in Abu Dhabi. He is the first leader of the Catholic Church ever to set foot on the Arabian peninsula, the birthplace of Islam. More than 130,000 worshipers flocked to the Zayed Sports City Stadium in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, on Tuesday to celebrate a Mass with Pope Francis. The pontiffʼs two-day trip to the Muslim-
majority United Arab Emiratesaims to promote greater understanding between faiths. Read more: Pope Francis reaches out to UAEʼs migrantdriven Christian population Francis was greeted by a cheering crowd waving Vatican banners as he arrived at the stadium standing on the open rear section of a "popemobile." Organizers said Catholics from 100 countries, as well as about 4,000 Muslims, were expected to attend.
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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31/2019 • 6 February, 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.
eBay sues Amazon for allegedly poaching its sellers Online retailer eBay filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against its competitor Amazon, accusing the Seattle-based giant of using eBayʼs own messaging system to steal sellers. eBay described Amazonʼs scheme as an "orchestrated, coordinated, worldwide campaign" to "illegally lure eBay sellers." While both eBay and Amazonʼs revenue is boosted by independent sellers, the group has become a greater part of Amazonʼs recent growth. In 2017, more than half the items sold on Amazon came from third-party sellers. In eBayʼs lawsuit, Amazon representatives are accused of creating eBay accounts and then messaging sellers to persuade them to take their goods to Amazon.com instead. eBay argues that the move violated its user agreement. 4
Berlinʼs Germania airline files for bankruptcy, halts flights Berlin-based Germania airline has stopped all flights and applied for bankruptcy after failing to cover a "short-term liquidity problem." The carrier had been transporting over four million passengers a year. Germaniahad "no other option" but to file for bankruptcy following financial trouble, the airlineʼs CEO Karsten Balke said on Tuesday. The Berlin-based company cancelled all flights and advised passengers to contact their travel agents about alternative arrangements. People who bought their tickets directly from the company "unfortunately have no claim to alternative
French gas stations left dry by ʼyellow vestʼ blockades French gas giant Total on Monday said "yellow vest" protesters continue to block 11 major fuel depots, resulting in 75 gas stations running out of fuel. A company spokesman said that if the blockade werenʼt lifted soon, more petrol stations could run out of fuel. In the region of Brittany, local officials have considered imposing restrictions on how much gas motorists can buy to prevent more stations from going dry. France has been gripped by antigovernment protests since French President Emmanuel Macron introduced sweeping measures to combat climate change, including a fuel tax hike. On Saturday, riots broke out in Paris, leaving scores injured and costly devastation in its wake. Protesters believe Macron needs to withdraw the reforms, citing high living costs in the country. But the government has refused to back down. Instead, Macron said last week that the protests show "that we shouldnʼt change course because it is the right one."
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The small, but surprising secret to Germanyʼs economic success Itʼs a dreaded dinner party question that leaves many of us scrambling to make our mundane jobs sound more interesting than they are. Itʼs also the first thing I ask Steffen Lange, the branch manager of a company called "Berliner Schrauben" (Berlin screws), when we meet at his workplace on a cold autumn morning. "Itʼs all in the name," he tells me. "Where weʼre from: Berlin. And what we focus on — screws." But the name doesnʼt quite reveal the full story. Screws account for 60 percent of turnover. Berliner Schrauben also supplies pipe fixtures, dowels, wood connectors and a range of associated tools. It might not dazzle your dinner party guests. But itʼs pretty likely to pay for the wine. Berliner Schrauben exemplifies Germanyʼs "mittelstand." The term refers to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with fewer than 500 employees and an annual turnover of no more than €50 million ($57 million).
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trips," the company said. Balke blamed "unforeseen circumstances" for the bankruptcy, such as the rise in kerosene prices, the devaluation of the euro against the dollar, and unexpectedly high maintenance costs. "Unfortunately we were ultimately unable to successfully conclude our financing efforts to cover a shortterm liquidity problem," he said.
Germanyʼs budget hole casts doubt over defense spending goals
Germany is reportedly expected to collect less tax revenue over the next five years. The shortfall casts doubt on whether the government can meet NATO defense spending goals and avoid the ire of its allies. Germany will meetits pledge to boost military spendingto 1.5 percent of economic output by 2025, Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said Monday, following reports that a budget gap could undermine that goal. The Finance Ministry estimates that Germany would need to allocate far more money to defense spending than it already has in order to raise the defense budget to 1.5 percent of economic output by 2024, according to an ministry analysis seen by Reuters and DPA news agency. The analysis reportedly also predicts a €25 billion ($28.6 billion) shortfall in tax revenues up until 2023 due to a slowing economy. Germany is under pressure from the United States and other NATO allies to increase spending to 2 percent of GDP in line with an alliance agreement struck in 2014. Last year, the government promised NATO allies that it would meet 1.5 percent by 2024.
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Is your pig whistling? Quirky German idioms featuring pigs
Itʼs the Chinese Year of the Pig — time to let out the sow, as they say in Germany. From whistling pigs to the sowʼs claw, the German language has many quirky idioms featuring this porky animal. The pig, one of mankindʼs oldest domestic creatures, is omnipresent in Germany, a nation with almost 27 million of the animals in 2018 — near one third of the human population. No wonder: pork schnitzel is a national dish in Germany and is widely consumed by locals and tourists alike. But much more than sausage and schnitzel, swine have attained deep cultural significance in Germany and have long been seen as a lucky charm, for instance. In the Middle
Ages, a farmer who had lots of pigs was obviously wealthy and did not want for food. Still today, little pink marzipan pigs are a popular German gift on New Yearʼs Day to wish people good luck for the coming months. Predictably, Germans have plenty of sayings and idioms revolving around pigs. Click on the gallery above to discover some swine allegory that Germans use to call out a disgusting meal, or to describe the outrageous and extraordinary.
Spainʼs vast network of illegal wells exposed after death of toddler Rescue teams dug for two weeks in the Andalusian countryside to try to save a boy who fell down one of Spainʼs many illegal wells. The 2-year-old Julen Rosello was found deadin an open borehole in the town of Totalan, near Malaga. Based on surveys of known illegal wells, researchers have estimated there are over one million of these unauthorized wells dotting the country. They are known locally as pozos luneros or "moonshine wells" because they are often dug by the light of the moon when authorities are not watching. Illegal wells are not a new phenomenon. Farmers have been using them for decades to irrigate their crops, as water gets harder to come by. Along with the rest of Europe, Spain experienced a heat wave in the summer of 2018. Rain was already scarce in the region even before last year. Between 2016 and 2017, rainfall was down 12 percent. In 2017, a quarter of the nationʼs districts were considered to be in an "emergency situation" due to a lack of water.
Múzeum+ February at Museum of Fine Arts
Freudenberg: A small German town but a big Instagram star After climbing the steep stairs to reach a hilltop overlooking Freudenberg, itʼs easy to see why tourists from around the world come to visit the western German town, located in a rural area about a 90 minute drive away from Frankfurt am Main or Cologne. Down below, over 80 timber-framed houses are perfectly aligned in the panoramic view from the city park. Their black and white facades and snow-covered rooves look as though theyʼve jumped out of the pages of a fairytale. Itʼs wintry images like thesethat have made
Freudenberg a star on Instagram, with the town tagged in over 11,000 posts on the photo-sharing social media platform. The pictures of Freudenbergʼs old town, dubbed the Alter Flecken, have "caused an avalanche" of interest, the townʼs mayor Nicole Reschke told DW. "In the past six months, the images of the Alter Flecken, with or without snow, have spread through social media and other media platforms to such an extent that interest has risen — and weʼve already seen more tourists," she added.
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.
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Right here, right now! 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.
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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Dirk Nowitzki: A downto-earth superstar
It was exactly 20 years ago, on February 5, 1999, that Dirk Nowitzki played his first game in the National Basketball League. It was a shortened season that started several months late because of the third lockout in NBA history, but the lanky 20year-old from the southern German city of Würzburg played well enough in the 47 of the Mavsʼ 50 games to earn consideration for the rookie of the year award. In his sophomore season, he was in the frame to be named the NBAʼs most improved player. A year later he was the Dallas Mavericksʼ top point scorer, a title he would hold for the next 13 years.
Neymar: Tearful Brazil and PSG player wishes for ʼnew metatarsalʼ at birthday party
What do you buy the man who has everything? In Neymarʼs case, the present he wants, he canʼt have. The Paris StGermain star gave a tearful speech at his 27th birthday party where he wished for a "new metatarsal". The Brazilian celebrated with team-mates and a number of celebrities at the Pavillon Gabriel near the Champs-Elysees. Despite his injury, he stayed true to the ʼNuit Rougeʼ - or ʼRed Nightʼ - theme, greeting guests on a pair of red crutches and wearing custom red trainers made especially for the occasion. 6
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.
José Mourinho Spain tax fraud settled in multi-million deal Mourinho left his job as Manchester United manager in December
Ex-Manchester United boss José Mourinho has agreed a prison term in Spain for tax fraud but will not go to jail. A one-year prison sentence will instead be exchanged for a fine of €182,500 (£160,160). That will be added to a separate fine of €2m. Spain rarely enforces sentences of less than two years for non-violent or first-time offenders. He was accused of owing €3.3m to Spanish tax authorities from his time managing Real Madrid in 2011-2012. Prosecutors said he had created off-
shore companies to manage his image rights and hide the earnings from tax officials. Image rights cover the use of a personʼs likeness, voice, signature and mannerisms and can be very lucrative for footballers and managers. Mr Mourinhoʼs move to Manchester United in 2016 was even delayed after it emerged his previous teamChelsea owned the trademark to his name.
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.