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Madeira bus crash highlights over-tourism woes On Thursday,a bus crash in the Madeiran town of Canicothat killed at least 29 people, all of them German, threw the infrastructure issues brought on by over-tourism into stark relief. Madeira faces a huge challenge transporting the 1.4 million tourists (five times its own population) who visit every year. "The tourism sector is one of the main engines of Madeiraʼs economy," says a recent EU report focused on creating better mobility on the autonomous group of Portuguese islands. Tourism accounts for about 20% of Madeiraʼs GDP, and the vast majority of those tourists are German and British. According to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), Portugal as whole isEuropeʼs fastest-growing tourist destination, as more than a decade of campaigns from local and national tourism boards, promotions from business like TAP airlines, and the declining costs of travel begin to coalesce.

How safe is bus travel in Europe?

Thursdayʼs fatal crash in Madeira is the latest in a series of horrific bus accidents in Europe. DW looks at how safe bus travel really is. If you are feeling concerned about traveling by bus after hearing aboutThursdayʼs crash on the Portuguese island of Madeira, according to statistics you shouldnʼt be. Althoughterrible crashes are widely reported in the media when they happen, far fewer people are killed in bus accidents than in car accidents. According to Germanyʼs Federal Statistical Office, most bus accidents in 2017 involved public transport buses.

Of the 5,926 bus accidents in the country (of varying degrees of severity), 4,052 involved the public transport system. Only 229 involved tour buses. Of these thousands of accidents, 22 people were killed.

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Greek parliament demands Berlin pays WWII reparations Athens is due to raise the issue with Berlin, where the matter is seen as long settled

Greek lawmakers have officially endorsed a diplomatic offensive to have Germany pay reparations over the WWII occupation of Greece.

A large majority of Greek lawmakers supported giving a mandate to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to seekreparations from Germany. The Wednesday vote marks the first official parliamentary decision on the Tsipras 2015 campaign pledge to raise the emotionally charged issue.

The government can now take "every appropriate legal and diplomatic action to satisfy Greeceʼs demands."

Athens will now send a "verbal note" to Germany which "will allow the opening of a dialogue on this question," Tsipras said. Demanding reparations is "a historic and moral duty and a duty in memory of the heroes of the past... above all at a time when the extreme right, nationalism and racism threaten Europe." During the 12-hour discussion on Wednesday, the government did not say how much money it intended to ask from Berlin. A 2016 parliamentary committee found that Germany should pay over €300 billion ($338.79 billion) for its wartime atrocities on Greek soil, including deaths of 300,000 Greeks and aforced loan that

Adolf Hitlerʼs war machine extorted from the Bank of Greecein 1942. The so-called "occupation loan," worth over 30 billion in present-day euros, helped to finance Germanyʼs war in North Africa. Raising the wartime issues with Berlin is sure to raise tensions between the two countries. The vote follows a prolonged economic crisis in Greece. Many Greeks believe the crisis was madelonger and more damaging by the drastic austerity programimposed from its foreign partners. Angela Merkelʼs government is often blamed for drastic cuts Athens was forced to make. Addressing the lawmakers, Tsipras underlined that the issues of austerity and wartime reparations should be kept separate. "We could never put the absolute evil of Nazism... on a scale," he said. "No slaughter, no monstrosity, not even one drop of blood could be balanced against any bailout." He said the time has come to open the issue only afterGreece exited the bailout programs last month. "We now have the chance to close this chapter," he said.

Mueller report finds ʼno collusion by any American,ʼ says William Barr Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversaw the 22-month Mueller investigation, summarized their findings on the nearly 400-page report at a news conference on Thursday. The report investigated key details on Russiaʼs meddling in the 2016 election and whether President Donald Trumpʼs associates conspired with the Kremlin, as well as possible obstruction of justice by the president.

What did Department of Justice (DOJ) say? Barr said the "investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities."He noted that Trump was "frustrated and angered" by the investigation, and said the White House cooperated fully.Barr said Trumpʼs lawyers reviewed a redacted version of the report prior to its release.

Saudi sister asylumseekers given help in Georgia Maha, 28, and her 25-year-old sister Wafa Alsubaie received an offer of help by Georgian authorities Thursday after attracting attention on social media while fleeing Saudi Arabia for fear of their family. The sisters took to Twitter on Tuesday with a plea for international protection claiming they were trapped in Georgia after their passports were blocked by Saudi Arabia. They said that their father and brother were looking for them.

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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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Trump forces Brusselsʼ hand on trade despite tariffs backlash Trumpʼs threat of auto tariffs has finally spurred EU leaders into action

Trumpʼs threat of auto tariffs has finally spurred EU leaders into action on a new trade deal with Washington. As the US president seeks reelection next year, will Europe hold more clout in upcoming negotiations?

Nine months after European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker rushed to Washington to stave off the prospect of US tariffs on European cars, theEuropean Union signaled this week it was ready to restart trade talkswith the United States. EU leaders have been grappling with the best way to respond to the Trump administrationʼs protectionist threat. The prospect of up to

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.

25% tariffs on foreign vehicles and auto parts still looms large — a move described as pulling the pin out of a grenade. A US Commerce Department report, investigating whether the dominance of foreign automakers constitutes a threat to US national security, has been sitting on US President Donald Trumpʼs desk for two months and is widely believed to have recommended imposing some tariffs. 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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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.

Germany: Beer prices soared in 2018

The prices of beer and drinks containing beer rose by 3.5 percent across the board in 2018, well above the official consumer inflation rate. Thatʼs according to data released by the Federal Statistical Officeon Thursday.

Pilsners, lagers and dark beers were hit the hardest, with a price increase of 3.8 percent. Meanwhile, beerbased mixed drinks, like shandies with added lemonade or Coke, saw a

price increase of 3.6 percent, while the cost of alcohol-free beers rose 2.7 percent, reflecting their growing popularity. The price of wheat beer and Altbier rose by only 1.8 percent over the same period. Germany came in 15th in UK-basedTravelexʼs 2017 indexwhich ranked countries according to their beer prices, with Bulgaria in first place, trailed by the Czech Republic, Hungary and Mexico.

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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91/2019 • 19 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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French business tycoons pledge millions to help rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral Answering a call from French president Emmanuel Macron to donate funds for the reconstruction of the fire-ravaged Paris landmark, two of the countryʼs wealthiest families have stepped forward offering millions in aid.

French fire officials on Tuesday said that theNotre Dame Cathedral in Parishad been saved from "total destruction." But pictures of the blaze relayed across the world left little doubt that rebuilding the ravaged structure, whose roof and main spire collapsed, will require enormous funds. Even as a first damage assessment has yet to be made,French president Emmanuel Macron has shown himself fully convinced that a efforts to restore the Paris landmark will be successful. "We will rebuild the

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.

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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cathedral together," Macron said in a statement outside of the cathedral, adding that France would start an international fundraising campaign to raise money for the renovations. One of the first to step forward in support of the call was Francois-Henri Pinault, the chairman and chief executive officer of French designer and luxury goods group Kering. He and his father, Francois Pinault, announced Tuesday that they would donate €100 million ($113 million) from their Artemis investment company.

Baltic cod walloped as stocks crash

NGOs are calling on the fisheries ministers of all EU Baltic member states to immediately end fishing in the Eastern Baltic. This follows a report by scientists showing cod stocks at a critically low level.

According to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the cod population in the Eastern Baltic Sea has reached such a critically low level it is unable to reproduce itself to maintain a future healthy stock. The ICES, an intergovernmental marine science organization, raised the alarm at a regional Baltic meeting of fisheries stakeholders in January. Scientists there presented data from 2018 Baltic International Trawl surveys that found a record number of empty trawls. "The cod stock in the Eastern Baltic Sea is in a state of acute crisis. Some would say, thatʼs not news (at least to us)," Nils Hoglund from the Clean Baltic Coalition told DW.

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How trade fells trees in Brazil and Indonesia Mass deforestation:

Hunger for beef, palm oil, soy and timber fuels rainforest clearance at enormous scales, especially in Brazil and Indonesia. That matters for climate change.

The margarine Martin Persson spreads on his sandwiches each morning doesnʼt keep him awake at night — but it does taste lightly of guilt. Persson, a scientist at Chalmers University in Sweden who follows a vegan diet, knows his innocuous breakfast spread helps devastate forests about ten thousand kilometers away. Along with beef and soy,palm oilin margarine and other everyday foods have long been known to accelerate deforestation in countries such

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

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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as Brazil and Indonesia. Now, Persson and an international team of researchers have quantified how much foreign demand for commodities drives that destruction.

The study, published last week, found that 29-39 percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) released through deforestation is driven by international trade — with farmers felling forests to clear space for croplands, pastures and plantations that grow goods often consumed abroad.

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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?

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.

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.