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Franceʼs Emmanuel Macron finds respite amid mass protests Just a few weeks ago, French President Emmanuel Macron invited some 70 heads of state and government to central Paris to commemorate the centenary of Armistice Day, which ended World War I. International leaders attended a magnificent ceremony, replete with musical performances and a speech by Macron at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Read more: France revolts against Emmanuel Macron and the ʼeliteʼ But now, all that splendor is gone. In recent days, central Paris — and the area surrounding the Arc de Triomphe in particular — has descended into violent protests the likes of which the French capital has not experienced since 1968. The French people have taken to the streets in opposition to Macronʼs proposed fuel tax rise.

Germany: Hundreds of neoNazis free despite arrest warrants The German government has admitted that 467 neo-Nazis are at large throughout the country despite active warrants for their arrest. The government acknowledged the figures in a response to a parliamentary request for information by the opposition Left Party. Of the 467 neo-Nazis, 32 are thought to have fled Germany to hide out abroad. An additional seven perpetrators of right-wing crimes in Germany are wanted by security authorities from other countries According to the response, the number of neo-Nazis wanted by German police has nearly doubled in the past four years. The government cited the massive influx of refugees as one reason for the spike. Right-wing attacks against asylum centers, it said, have increased significantly since 2015.

Criminologist Christian Pfeiffer confirmed that trend.

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German artists launch doxing campaign against far-right Chemnitz protesters A group of political artists has called on the public to name right-wingers who took part in violent antiimmigrant protests in eastern Germany earlier this year. As part of its "Special Commission Chemnitz" campaign, artists at the Center for Political Beauty (ZPS) said they would offer a cash reward for anyone who tells them the identity of 7,000 protesters and their employers using pictures uploaded to the groupʼs website.

"Denounce your work colleagues, neighbors or acquaintances today and collect instant cash," the group said.

"Help us to remove these problem Germans from the economy and public office." Rewards currently range from around €30 to €120 ($34 $136), though users have the opportunity to increase rewards by donating money. Using the internet to discover and broadcast peopleʼs identities is known as doxing, and has been used to "out" far-right supporters, racists and xenophobes all around the world.

Finance ministers from the European Unionʼs member states have agreed to measures to help the eurozone better fight against a financial crisis. The reforms stopped short of creating a separate eurozone budget.

Albert Einsteinʼs ʼGodʼ letter goes under the hammer at Christieʼs

The EUʼs 27 finance ministers — minus the UK, which is expected to leave the bloc next year — on Tuesday reached an agreement on reforms to strengthen the eurozone. "After 16 hours of negotiations, we have a result — a good one," Olaf Scholz, Germanyʼs finance minister, said on Twitter.

"Euro reform is taking decisive steps forward." At the core of the agreement is a plan to strengthen the 19-member monetary unionʼs bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), in the event of a major shock to the European economy. However, debate is still ongoing regarding a eurozone budget and a common system for security savings. Read more: France and Germany dream up ambitious EU reforms The reforms now need to be approved by EU leaders at a summit next week in Brussels. The EU has been discussing eurozone reform for several years, picking up

A letter written in German by Albert Einstein in 1954 is going under the gavel on Tuesday. Experts at Christieʼs auction house in New York estimate the so-called "God letter" could sell for up to $1.5 million (€1.3 million). "This remarkably candid, private letter was written a year before Einsteinʼs death and remains the most fully articulated expression of his religious and philosophical views," said Christieʼs in a statement.

steam after the Greek financial crisis of 2010. French President Emmanuel Macron and the European Commission have presented farreaching ideas, including the establishment of an EU finance minister and the establishment of a European version of the International Monetary Fund IMF. National governments for months have considered Macronʼs idea for some sort of budget capacity for the eurozone that could be used during any future financial crisis. Greek crisis takes form On the heels of a global financial crisis, Greeceʼs thenprime minister, George Papandreou, revealed in 2009 that the budget deficit was over 12 percent, double what it was previously thought. It was later revised to 15 percent, far exceeding the eurozoneʼs 3-percent limit. The revelation prompted credit rating agencies to downgrade Greeceʼs status, making it hard for Athens to get financial help.

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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."

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Brexit poses existential questions for Scottish nationalists Scottish voters rejected Brexit, they arenʼt quite ready to cut ties to the UK

Once Britain decided to leave the EU, it seemed obvious that a renewed push for independence was in the cards. However, even though Scottish voters rejected Brexit, they arenʼt quite ready to cut ties to the UK. On June 24, 2016, just hours after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Scotlandʼs first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, appeared before the media in Edinburgh. Flanked by the Scottish Saltire and the starry European Union flag, the Scottish National Party (SNP) leader declared that a second referendum on Scottish independence was "highly likely" to protect her countryʼs interests in Europe. Almost two-thirds of Scots voted to remain in the EU. But more

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

than two years later — as the UK, haltingly, moves towards the exit doors — the anticipated upswing in Scottish support for Scottish independence has yet to materialize.

Opinion polls suggest that there has been a small increase from the 45 percent of Scots who said "yes" in the 2014 independence referendum. But support for leaving the UK remains stubbornly below the comfortable majority that Sturgeon would want to see before calling another vote. 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

Chicago hospital shooting leaves four dead An argument outside Chicagoʼs Mercy Hospital led to the shooting of an emergency-room doctor, a pharmacy resident and a police officer. The shooter was also killed.

Four people, including the shooter, died after a gunman opened fire in the parking lot at Mercy Hospital in Chicago on Monday. Authorities said the gunman started shooting after a "verbal altercation" with an emergency room doctor with whom he was in a domestic relationship. The shooter then ran into the hospital and killed two more people before dying himself. Authorities received reports between 3:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. local time (900 and 930 UTC) of shots being fired near Mercy Hospital, located in the northern part of Chicagoʼs South Side, and required a "heavy police response."Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the events started to unfold in the hospital parking lot, where the gunman began a "verbal altercation" with Tamara OʼNeal, 38, an emergency room doctor and, according to Chicago media, his former fiancee.As the fight with OʼNeal escalated, the shooter pulled out a handgun and killed the doctor.

Police have defined this first killing as an act of domestic violence. When officers arrived, the gunman fired at the squad and ran into the hospital.

There, he exchanged fire with the officers and killed Dayna Less, 25, a first year pharmacy resident and police officer Samuel Jimenez, 28. 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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Nissan shares tumble after chairmanʼs arrest Shares of Nissan Motor Co. dipped 5.5 percent in Tokyo and Renaultʼs fell 8 percent in Paris on Tuesday, a day after high-flying chairman Carlos Ghosnwas arrested on suspicion of falsifying financial reports and other misconduct.

The 64-year-old Ghosn was arrested on Monday in Tokyo and is being held as prosecutors conduct an investigation into allegations that he underreported his income by around 5 billion yen ($44.5 million, €38.8 million) over five years. Nissan and Mitsubishi, two parts of the NissanMitsubishi-Renault alliance Ghosn led, have announced their intention to remove him as chairman. Franceʼs finance minister Bruno Le Maire said

on Tuesday that after his arrest, Ghosn was no longer fit to be at the helm of Renault. "Carlos Ghosn is no longer in a position capable of leading Renault," Le Maire told France Info radio. He said Franceʼs priority was to ensure continuity and stable governance of the French car giant. The French automaker announced it would be holding a board meeting later on Tuesday to discuss interim management while Ghosn is detained.

Ryanair strikes deal with German pilot German customs agents union release thousands of confiscated eels into the Rhine River German customs agents released some 5,000 confiscated baby eels into the Rhine River near Mainz on Tuesday. Authorities found the fish in a bag checked at Frankfurt Airport by a 47-year-old Malaysian woman en route to Vietnam in late November. Read more: Forty years of fighting for endangered species Customs agents say the eels, known as glass eels due to their transparent state, were packed in waterfilled plastic bags inside Styrofoam boxes in the womanʼs suitcase. The woman will not face charges as the discovery was made after her flight had already taken off. with her bag impounded in Frankfurt. It is unclear where exactly the woman got the tiny fish but authorities suggest they may have come from estuaries in southwestern Europe. Glass eels are a protected species and cannot be exported without special permission.

Ryanair has announced that it has reached agreement with the German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) over wages, benefits and working conditions. The four-year deal comes following a lengthy period of tensions and negotiations between the Irish budget airline and the union, which represents many of the carrierʼs German-based pilots. The deal includes provisions on pay, pensions, pilot allowances and annual leave, but detailed documentation

on the agreement is not expected to be available until the end of February.

Read more: Ryanair seeks soft landing as strikes continue Crucially, the agreements will apply German labor laws and not Irish labor laws — where Ryanair is based — for the airlineʼs German-based pilots. This demand to apply local labor laws has been a central sticking point in the many industrial disputes that have beset the airline over the past year.

Sicilian police arrest alleged Mafia boss in major swoop Italian police said on Tuesday they dismantled the upper echelons of the Sicilian Mafia by apprehending 49 people, including the newly-elected chairman of the Sicilian Mafiaʼs top executive body, the Palermo Provincial Commission.

The 80-year-old Settimino Mineo has a long criminal record but his name was not previously known to a wider public.

His role had been to help the Cosa Nostra regain its strength and act as a power-broker between crime families. Mineo was detained in a raid that led to the other arrests. Police said he was heir to notorious Mafia boss Toto Riina, who died in prison last year.

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How will the EU-Italy budget standoff be resolved?

After weeks of tug-of-war games, Italyʼs coalition government — made up of the populist 5-Star Movement and the right-wing Northern League party — last week approved their first budget. Under the proposals, the countryʼs deficit will rise to 2.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019. New social security benefits are also planned, on the orders of 5-Star leader Luigi Di Maio, who is also the labor and social policy minister. Cuts to the countryʼs tax system, demanded by Northern League party leader Matteo Salvini, are also in the bag. The introduction of two tax bands of 15 and 20 percent are meant to boost the economy but could mean considerable revenue losses. In addition, costly pension reforms — which have not yet been factored into this budget — are being readied, following a promise by Italian Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte. A further sweetener will see the coalition drop a long-planned increase in the countryʼs sales tax (VAT), which analysts say will only widen the hole in the countryʼs finances. Even so, Finance Minister Giovanni Tria, an economics professor not aligned to either party, has tried to limit public spending. He pushed for the deficit to rise to a maximum of 1.6 percent. Apparently, he initially threatened to resign after pressure to further boost the stateʼs debt levels but is now likely to remain in office.

Car rental company under fire after ad jokes about hitting cyclists The 2017 Palme dʼOr-winning Swedish satirical film The Squarehas a memorable sequence about the lengths advertising agencies will go to in order to grab attention for a product, however vacuous the campaign — or indeed the product — is. Needing to whip up interest in a patently ridiculous modern art exhibition called "The Square," the advertising men come up with a YouTube video portraying an impoverished child being killed in an explosion after entering the exhibition, supposedly a haven of peace. The clip draws widespread condemnation but also goes viral, stirring mass interest in something which hardly warrants it. As one of the worldʼs biggest car rental companies, you might think Sixt has no major need for such advertising gimmicks. Yet in recent years, the Munich-based company has tried to cultivate something of an image around its use of banter and humor in its advertising campaigns.

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Qatar exit exposes OPEC’s decreasing relevance As Qatar leaves OPEC, a Troika of Saudi Arabia and non-OPEC members Russia and the US are likely to press ahead with their own interests. So, are the days of OPEC dominance numbered?

When the head of Qatarʼs OPEC delegation said his countryʼs decision to leave OPEC as of January was not political, oil traders the world over stifled a collective snigger. The fact that OPEC members, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, plus Bahrain and Egypt, imposed a boycott on Qatar in June last year, accusing the tiny Gulf state of sup-

Eastern German states demand €60 billion for coal phaseout Very few people in the Western world work directly with coal anymore, but fears engendered by the phase-out of this fossil fuel in favor of cleaner energy sources remain politically potent. Thatʼs especially apparent in eastern Germany, where, following US President Donald Trumpʼs lead, far-right populists are seeking to harness antienvironmentalism and anxiety about the economic future in the countryʼs poorest region. That was the backdrop to a press conference in Berlin on Friday at which the leaders of the three eastern German coal mining states — Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg — demanded a whopping €60 billion ($69 billion) in federal aid to stop producing lignite.

They saidthe economic interests of those facing unemployment should take precedenceover environmental protection. "We owe it to the people in our regions that the path is new jobs first, then the phaseout and then the discontinuation of existing production," said Saxony State Premier Michael Kretschmer of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU).

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Chinaʼs GDP growth slows to lowest rate in years Chinaʼs economic growth has slowed to its lowest rate in nine years during the third quarter of 2018, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday. The numbers showed the effects of Beijingʼs mounting debt as well astrade disputes with the United States. "Faced with an extremely complex environment abroad and the daunting task of reform and development at home," Chinaʼs growth has still managed to remain relatively steady, said NBS spokesman Mao Shengyong. The worldʼs second-largest economy experienced 6.5 percent growth compared to the same quarter last year, but was slightly behind the first two quarters of 2018, which were 6.8 percent and 6.7 percent, respectively. Although exports have long been a staple of Chinaʼs economy, US tariffs targeting machinery, electronics, cars and appliances have decreased foreign investmentin these sectors. The US has accused China of pressuring foreign companies with Chinese offices to hand over protected technologies, if not outright stealing them.

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porting terrorism, did not enter the equation. Read more: Qatarʼs OPEC exit rooted in Gulf regionʼs diplomatic unrest The decision, energy minister Saad al-Kaabi said, was driven by his countryʼs long-term plans to increase its liquefied natural gas (LNG) output to 110 million tons by 2024 from 77 million today, consolidating Qatarʼs position as the world biggest LNG exporter.

EU finance reforms dampen Macronʼs ardor

EU finance ministers have agreed reforms to combat a new financial crisis, but they fall well short of French President Emmanuel Macronʼs ambitions to deepen fiscal union in Europe.

Here are five takeaways from the EU financial reform package: 1. German substance is stronger than French style When they made their joint "Meseberg declaration” in the summer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel seemed to be on the same page. But, as some skeptics whispered at the time, Macron may have won on symbols, Merkel won on substance. And as Tuesdayʼs longawaited reform plans sink in, this may be the case. "These reforms fall clearly short of the hopes that surfaced after the election of Macron in France,” Jan von Gerich, chief analyst at Nordea, told DW. Macron laid out a vision for eurozone reform last September when he spoke of "rebuilding Europe," with a common budget and a single minister: fiscal union to mirror and complement monetary union.

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2017 broke records for extreme weather Climate Risk Index:

Puerto Rico, Honduras and Myanmar have topped a 173-nation ranking of countries most affected by climate disasters. Extreme weather caused record damage in 2017, and developing nations bear the brunt, authors say.

Two Caribbean island nations and one South Asian country have topped the newest Climate Risk Index as worst-affected by extreme weather in 2017. Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka and Dominica ranked one to three in the index, followed by Nepal, Peru and Vietnam, based on their level of exposure and vulnerability to destructive weather events.

High Five: Artwork inspired by dogs Our first pet and best friend, dogs have inevitably become a key theme in human art throughout the ages.

Even for todayʼs contemporary artists, dogs bring a variety of inspiration. Dogs have multiple responsibilities in the lives of their human companions: protector, helper in distress, hunter, cuddly toy, and sometimes muse. Throughout history, dogs have often been tormented, and pampered. What we see in our dogs, and how we treat them, reveals a lot about ourselves.

Itʼs no wonder that this original human pet has also inspired some great art.

Dogs have been painted on canvases and immortalized in sculptures for centuries. To this day, artists never tire of working with their faithful four-legged friends, including art stars like Jeff Koons.

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According to the report by Germanwatch, 2017 was the worldʼs most devastating year for extreme weather on record. Poorer nations suffer Researchers point out that the countries least equipped to deal with such disasters, and which have typically contributed the least to humaninduced climate change, are bearing the brunt of its consequences.

Close encounter: OSIRIS-REx meets Bennu asteroid 101955 Bennu is an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building and it could be heading straight for us. Every six years, Bennu hurtles closer to the Earth than our own moon. And it could come closer still. Scientists fear it a possible collision with our planet some time in the 22nd century. Which is why the OSIRIS-Rex space mission is trying to getting a better grasp of the risk and how it might be averted. "If it really comes close to the Earth and we have to remove it before it hits our planet, we need

to know as much about it as possible," Dr. Harald Michaelis of the DLR Institute for Planetary Research in Berlin, who was on the team preparing the OSIRIS-Rex mission, told DW. "This can help us predict how to remove such a body away from its original orbit." Read more: Protecting Earth from an asteroid strike — what can we do? One option would be to hit the asteroid with a missile, nudging it into just enough of a change to its orbit around the sun to avoid our planet.

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Renovated Museum of Fine Arts to Open on 31 October AFTER MORE THAN THREE YEARS OF RENOVATION, THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BUDAPEST WILL OPEN ON 31 OCTOBER. NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC Thanks to the largest-scale and most comprehensive reconstruction project in the museum’s history, the museum building has been renewed, and, returning to the collection’s first concept, the museum’s permanent exhibitions will also be rearranged. Besides the new permanent exhibitions, the revamped museum will welcome visitors with a chamber exhibition titled Leonardo & the Budapest Horse and Rider. The museum reconstruction, implemented within the framework of the Liget Budapest Project, included the restoration of the Romanesque Hall, which sustained severe damage in World War II and since then had been only partially renovated and used as a storage area, along with the modernisation of the building’s obsolete heating system, the installation of air conditioning in some of the exhibition halls, the renewal of a large part of the roof structure, as well as the addition of new exhibition spaces, visitor areas and modern storage facilities.

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IAAF upholds Russiaʼs doping suspension

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Council agreed at a meeting in Monaco on Tuesday to accept the recommendation of its Russia Taskforce not to reinstate the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF). The head of the Taskforce, Rune Andersen, said that before RusAF could be brought back into the fold it must meet two conditions: First it needs to grant the Taskforce access to data from the testing of samples at a Moscow laboratory between 2011 and 2015; and second, it needs to pay the costs Taskforceʼs costs and those incurred in bringing or defending Russian cases at the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS).

Former world champion boxer Markus Beyer dies

German regional public broadcaster MDR reported on Tuesday that Markus Beyer had passed away at the age of 47 in a Berlin hospital on Monday. It said he had died after a short battle with a serious illness, without providing further details. "We were given the news by a member of his family," MDRʼs program director, Wolf Dieter Jacobi told the DPA news agency. "We know about his illness and had hoped that he would beat it." Before turning professional, Beyer, who represented Germany at both the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, competed in the light middleweight division, winning a bronze mdeal at the 1996 World Amateur Boxing Championships and silver at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships.

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Aleksandar Kolarovʼs free kick stunner secures Serbia win over Costa Rica

Deontay Wilder ʼcanʼt waitʼ for rematch with Tyson Fury

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.

Deontay Wilder knocked down Tyson Fury twice during their bout

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder says he "canʼt wait" to face Tyson Fury again, following their controversial draw in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Wilder twice knocked down Fury during the fight, but many observers felt the Briton should have won. And Fury, 30, said he thought the 33-yearold American would try to avoid a rematch with him "at all costs". Wilder claimed he won the fight and was the "more aggressive fighter and landed the more effective punches". In a post on Instagram, he said: "You saw the best Fury but you did not get the best

Wilder and I still managed to get the job done." He added: "At the end of the day, boxing wins. The fans are the real winner and I canʼt wait for Wilder Fury 2 to end the controversial talk around the world once and for all." Wilderʼs trainer Jay Deas said earlier he wanted his fighter to take on Fury again before a potential bout with IBF, WBO and WBA champion Anthony Joshua.

Manny Pacquiao v Floyd Mayweather: Rematch a ʼbig possibilityʼ says Filipino Manny Pacquiao says a rematch with Floyd Mayweather is a "big possibility" as he "cannot retire with peace of mind" following his 2015 defeat.

The Philippine greatlost to American Mayweatherin Las Vegas by unanimous points decision, although he has since regained a version of the world title. The two met in Japan at a concert, where they talked about a rematch. "I told him ʼIʼve got the belt and I am a championʼ and he said he would get

my belt," Pacquiao said. The 2015 fight between the two multi-weight world champions was billed as the ʼFight of the Century,ʼ but following a tame defeat, which saw Mayweather add the WBO welterweight title to his WBC and WBA titles, Pacquiao said he had beensuffering with a shoulder injury. "Itʼs different - this time there are no excuses," Pacquiao, 39, told BBC Radio 5 live boxing correspondent Mike Costello. "I cannot retire with peace of mind with that defeat."