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Germany plans to fast-track deportations of failed asylumseekers The German Interior Ministry on Sunday confirmed plans tofacilitate and accelerate deportations of failed asylum-seekersalong with those who should have their asylum requests processed in another EU country under the so-called Dublin rules. One of the measures submitted to state authorities is bolstering asylum-seekersʼ night-time reporting requirements.

Another would implement a chip system to record when asylum-seekers pick up their mail to ensure they have received a deportation order. Such systems are already in use in the states of Hesse and Lower Saxony.

Others include securing "no-name bookings" on flights so that a seat can still be used by a potential deportee if the original failed asylum-seeker is unable to make the flight. It provides authorities with more flexibility to use reserved seats on flights, according to the ministry.

German economy minister moots tax cuts amid slowing economy Germany needs to introduce tax cuts and other measures to secure long-term economic growth, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said in an interview on Sunday.

"We need clarity about relief for employees and the economy, such as the step-bystep reduction in the solidarity surcharge for everyone, less bureaucracy and more innovation," he told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. Employees in Germany currently pay the solidarity surcharge as an additional tax to fund reunification projects in states in the former East Germany. Altmaier also said the government wants to ensure that contributions to social security donʼt go beyond 40 percent of a personʼs gross salary. Ministers are also pushing for corporations to face a lower tax burden.

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Emmanuel Macron calls for unified Europe in Bundestag address His visit came on Germanyʼs annual war remembrance day

In a speech to Germanyʼs parliament, French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a new Franco-German alliance to equip Europe for future challenges.

French President Emmanuel Macron told German lawmakers on Sunday that it was up to France and Germany to build a modern, efficient, democratic Europe fit for the future.

In a speech to the Bundestag to mark Germanyʼs Day of Mourning for those killed in war, Macron said that Germany and France had overcome 200 years of "merciless wars" to make a "lasting peace" and "cement a bedrock of cooperation in all fields."

Acknowledging that Europe faces multiple challenges from climate change to migration, the French leader said only the two neighborsʼ partnership, as part of a unified, more sovereign Europe, could help the world avoid sliding into chaos. "Europe, and within it the FrancoGerman alliance, have the obligation ... to guide it on the road to peace," he added. Urging Europe to take more responsibility for its defense and security, Macron said the continent must not "become a plaything of great powers ... and must not accept a subordinate role in world politics."

Macron then paid tribute to Germanyʼs post-World War II record,

saying that "no other country has scrutinized its history with so much sincerity and tried to learn its lessons. You decided to never stop trying to overcome ancient quarrels and to work tirelessly for peace." The French presidentʼs speech was one of a series of events in Berlin on Sunday to mark the Day of Mourning. Earlier, alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President FrankWalter Steinmeier, Macron took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the cityʼs Neue Wache memorial to remember those killed in war. He also addressed a youth peace conference featuring young delegates from 48 countries in Europe. Germanyʼs commemorations come a week after thecentenary anniversary of the World War I armistice, which saw poignant ceremonies in Paris and London.

Later, Macron held talks with Merkel covering a new round of European Union reforms. Germany and France agreed on Friday on a proposal for a common budget for eurozone member states within the EUʼs overall budget, according to a document seen by the German dpa news agency.

APEC leaders fail to agree on joint statement amid US-China tensions The 21 nations at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Port Moresby were unable to bridge their differences on trade and come up with a final communique on Sunday.

It was the first time leaders had failed to make a joint declaration in the forumʼs 29-year history. Instead, chair Papua New Guinea said it would issue a formal closing statement in the coming days.

The two-day summit highlightedgrowing divisions between the US and China as they compete for greater influence in the South Pacific region.

"The entire world is worried" about tensions between China and the US, PNG Prime Minister Peter OʼNeill told reporters as the summit closed.

Protester killed in French ʼyellowvestʼ road blockades A motorist hit and killed a protester in southeastern France during Saturdayʼs nationwide demonstrations against rising fuel prices, Franceʼs interior minister said. More than 400 people were injured, 14 of them seriously, while police made over 150 arrests.

The "yellow-vest" movement called for activists wearing high-visibility jackets to block motorway exits, fuel depots and roundabouts in hundreds of events planned across France.

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Amnesty accuses Turkey of ʼturning blind eyeʼ to abuses in Afrin Human rights organization Amnesty International accused Turkey on Thursday of allowing Syrian armed groups to commit a wide range of violations against civilians in Afrin. Turkish forces aided by allied rebelscaptured the northern Syrian townin March from the US-backed Kurdish Peopleʼs Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara considers a terrorist group.According to Amnestyʼs research, scores of displaced residents have since returned to their homes, only to be subjected to rights abuses. Read more:Turkeyʼs military offensive against Kurdish-held Afrin: What you need to know Amnesty interviewed 32 people, both current and former Afrin residents, between May and July 2018, who said: Residents in Afrin are enduring "arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, confiscation of property and looting."Most of the abuses were "at the hands of Syrian groups that have been equipped and armed by Turkey."Some of the rebel groups and Turkish armed forces had "taken over schools, disrupting the education for thousands of children."

Outcry in Uganda over compulsory HIV test 19-year-old Methia Nalukwago, a student at Makerere University in the capital Kampala, is excited by the proposal to have all students undergo compulsory HIV/AIDS testing. Some students, she says, have been living in denial.

"Our friends, we study with them but you look at someone and you are like, ʼare you sure you are not sick or something like that?ʼ Of course you never come out to tell them but you feel it deep down inside you, this person must be sick because of the symptoms that show," Nalukwago told DW. "Compulsory testing for HIV will help us know our HIV status and where we stand."

Studies conducted by the Ugandan AIDS Commission show lack of sufficient information among the youth is contributing to an increase of HIV. Jane Were, the head teacher of Forest Hill College in Mukono district located 21 kilometers (13 miles) east of Kampala, said they are grappling with HIV in schools. She said the situation has been made worse by parents who mislead their children on what they are actually suffering from. "We have situations where parents lie to students about these [anti-retroviral] drugs. There are parents who tell children they have other ailments other than HIV," 2

Ousting me risks delaying Brexit British Prime Minister Theresa May:

The British PM has said she would not let removal talks distract her from a critical week of negotiations. Some MPs from her own party seek to oust her after seeing the details of the contentious draft Brexit deal.

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday told her critics that removing her from office would not make Brexit negotiations easier and warned that toppling her would risk delaying Britainʼs exit from the European Union. May has been facing a serious challenge to her leadership since sheunveiled a draft divorce dealwith the EU on Wednesday. Several ministers, including her Brexit minister, have resigned and some lawmakers from her own party have submitted letters to trigger a noconfidence vote against her. "These

German politician targeted by haters over climate refugees A member of the Green Youths has received an onslaught of online hate, including rape and death threats, after she publicly put her support behind extending citizenship to asylum seekers fleeing disasters of climate change. Earlier this month, comments made by 24-yearold Ricarda Lang (above), a spokeswoman for the political organization, were published in a number of German regional newspapers and online outlets, including ZDF, and Die Welt. "The EU should offer the citizens of island states that are threatened by climate change European citizenship and enable them to migrate with dignity," Lang told German media. In the 24 hours that

next seven days are going to be critical, they are about the future of this country," May told British broadcaster Sky News, referring to the number of days left before an emergency EU summit to discuss the deal on November 25. "I am not going to be distracted from the important job.

"A change of leadership at this point isnʼt going to make the negotiations any easier," she added. "What it will do is mean that there is a risk that actually we delay the negotiations and that is a risk that Brexit gets delayed or frustrated." followed, Lang saidhate messagesflooded her Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Email. "People threatened my life and commented on my body, and said how they wanted to kill or rape me," she told DW. "The first day was really hard because I kind of felt like I was alone, standing in front of this huge wall of hate."

Refugees in Italy get their hands dirty with own farm Every morning Dembo Cisse, a sturdily-built 21-year old from Guinea, waits for the car to pick him up. He and two others, who live in the same apartment that belongs to Italyʼs privatized migrant reception system, get in the vehicle. The old family car

Germanyʼs family reunification policy can leave young adults in limbo It sounds desperate, but Riham abo Staiti says she would rather die than turn 18. The 17-year-old only leaves her darkened accommodations when absolutely necessary. She lives here in a 30-square-meter (323-square-foot) portable housing unit with her father and three siblings in the Nahr alBared Refugee Camp in northern Lebanon. Yet, one important person is missing: "I just want to be with my mother," Riham says. She only speaks with her mother, who lives in a suburb of Karlsruhe, Germany, on her mobile phone. Her fear is constant when the two talk each day: "I am terrified of being left here on my own," says Riham. She has been waiting for the day she can join her mother for more than three years now. She is in a race against time, for she will likely be barred from family reunification as soon as she turns 18.

then heads from Oleggio, a small town in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, to an agricultural field nearby.

But Dembo and his companions are not off to work in the food supply chain, dominated by large-scale distributors who require ever lower prices and therefore cheap labor — which many of their fellow Africans provide for lack of better options. Read more: Italy tells refugees: Donʼt risk the journey The carʼs driver is Raffaele DʼAcunto, known as Lello, the areaʼs first organic farmer, now retired, who decided to set up a small-scale agricultural company to make organic produce and sell it on the local market.

Lello, Dembo and four others from Mali, Senegal and Nigeria — the youngest of whom is just 19 — are to become equal partners in the budding business they have aptly named Zappa Arcobaleno, Italian for Rainbow Hoe. The company is currently caught up in the bureaucratic process awaiting official registration.

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Hungaryʼs Viktor Orban finally welcomes a ʼrefugeeʼ By giving refuge to former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, Orban is making a mockery of his governmentʼs position.

More importantly, heʼs ridiculing everything the EU stands for, writes Boris Georgievski.

First, the good news: After years of hard-line opposition on immigration and his refusal to accept refugees, Viktor Orban has finally given up. He not only allowed a "refugee" into Hungary, but was very likely personally involved in organizing Nikola Gruevskiʼs travel arrangements to Hungary and ushering him through border control without valid documents. Oh, and he also brushed aside his own asylum law by allowing Gruevski to submit his application in Budapest instead of at the border tran-

Police identify source of deadly Novichok nerve agent in UK deaths British police announced Friday that they found a bottle containing the Novichok nerve agent in the home of one of the victims of a nerve agent poisoning in Wiltshire last month.

"On Wednesday, 11 July, a small bottle was recovered during searches of Charlie Rowleyʼs house in Amesbury," police said in a statement. The statement said scientists from Porton Down defense laboratory confirmed the bottle contained the Novichok nerve agent, the same poison used against Sergei Skripal and his daughter earlier this year. "Further scientific tests will be carried out to try and establish whether it is from the same batch that contaminated Sergei and Yulia Skripal in March," the force said, adding that a link to the Skripals remained "a main line of enquiry for police." Dawn Sturgess died in a hospitalon Sunday after exposure to the nerve agent. Her partner, Rowley, isstill in critical condition, but has regained consciousness. The Foreign Office said on Friday it had invited independent technical experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons early next week "to independently confirm the identity of the nerve agent."

sit zone. Now, the bad news: Itʼs only one refugee, and he is not fleeing poverty or war like the hundreds of thousands of people who have not been allowed to enter Hungary over the past three years. Gruevski is fleeing from justice. The former Macedonian prime minister ruled the country for over 10 years, amassed a healthy personal fortune and managed to turn the whole Western community against him. But thanks to his authoritarian style of governing, he also made friends.

Greeks recall 1973 student defiance of junta

Some 12,000 mostly young protesters ended Saturdayʼs march at the embassy of the United States, which many Greeks accuse of having backed the nationʼs seven-year military dictatorship that began in 1967.

Wreaths and carnations were first laid at Athensʼ Technical University or Polytechnic, where 45 years ago the military regime crushed the student uprising — centered on the

campus — resulting in dozens of deaths. That crackdown is generally considered to have broken the juntaʼs grip on power and helped the restoration of democracy in 1974. Saturdayʼs march, overseen by 6,000 police, also saw protesters frustrated over Greeceʼseight-year debt crisis throw plastic bottles and coffee cups at governing Syriza party members outside the embassy.

Opel reported to have manipulated diesel car exhaust emissions According to a media report, automaker Opel is being investigated for manipulating vehicle emissions on about 60,000 cars worldwide. It is the first time the company has been named since Dieselgate broke in 2015.

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Germany attempts ʼfacesavingʼ 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.

T-Mobile reports cybersecurity incident T-Mobile US and its unit Metro PCS told customers that cybersecurity staff found and shut down unauthorized access to certain information on August 20 and immediately reported the matter to authorities.

The company added that no financial data, social security numbers or passwords were compromised during the attackon its networks, admitting, though, that other personal information like names, email IDs, phone numbers as well as account numbers or account types (postpaid or prepaid) may have been exposed. T-Mobile said that about 3 percent of its 77 million customers could have been affected (roughly 2 million people potentially affected).

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Israelʼs Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to call fresh elections amid growing pressure The Israeli prime minister said it would be "irresponsible" to call for fresh elections after his defense minister resigned. But he faces an uphill battle in securing support from his governmentʼs coalition partners.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday remained defiant in the face of growing pressure to call fresh elections, saying it would be "irresponsible" to do so at such a critical juncture. Netanyahu is under pressure to call fresh electionsafterhis defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman of the Yisrael Beitenu party, resignedover a controversial ceasefire deal duringone of the worst escalations of violencebetween Israel and Islamist militants in Gaza. Before his Sunday speech, Netanyahu met with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, who leads the center-right

No breakthrough in China-US trade talks Chinaʼs Ministry of Commerce said on Friday that it had held "constructive meetings" with US officialsafter talks resumed between the countries over their ongoing trade spat. Nonetheless, with no major breakthrough yet in sight, the resumption of talks did not prevent an additional $16 billion (€13.83 billion) of tariffs being levied by the US and China on each otherʼs goods, starting from Thursday. Read more: US-China trade spat: Clash of the titans, part 2 Talks took place on Wednesday and Thursday aimed at defusing the escalating conflict, which has now seen both countries slap $50 billion in tariffs on the otherʼs products, with more expected to follow. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that the officials on both sides have vowed to "keep in contact" in the future. High-tech will suffer, says ChinaMeanwhile, a prominent Chinese state planner said on Friday that US tariffs onhigh-tech Chinese technology would have an impact on the tech sectors in both countries.

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Kalashnikov unveils new electric car

Kalashnikov,a company moreknown for its AK-47 machine gunsthan its electric vehicles, unveiled its new electric car on Thursday.

The powder-blue prototype, dubbed the CV-1, was unveiled by the Russian arms maker at a defense expo outside of Moscow. Kalashnikov Concern told Russian media that the technology within its "electric supercar" will rival that of Elon Muskʼs Tesla. "This technology will allow us to stand in line with the worldʼs electric car manufacturers, like Tesla, and compete with them," a spokesperson told Sputnik. According to the company, the vehicle can travel 350 kilometers (217 miles) on a single charge. The carʼs retro look was inspired by a Soviet hatchback model developed in the 1970s, the "Izh-Kombi," Kalashnikov said in a statement on its website. The CV-1ʼs light blue color, large grill, retro door handles and boxy frame have received mixed reviews from Russians. On social media, some described the car as "cyberpunk" while others referred to it as the "Izh-Zombie."

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Kulanu party, which holds 10 seats in parliament.The finance ministerʼs office said the meeting ended "without results" and that Netanyahu and Kahlon "agreed to meet later in the week."Netanyahuʼs coalition government holds a one-seat majority after former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigned and took his right-wing Yisrael Beitenu party with him.Netanyahu is seeking to solidify his support from other rightof-center parties in his coalition to continue governing, including Education Minister Naftali Bennett of the Jewish Home party.

Contentious gas drilling starts in Cyprus amid Turkish threats

With deposits in Europe dwindling and efforts to reduce reliance on Russia, an untapped gas field off the island of Cyprus has gained attention. But political tension in the region may frustrate the controversial drill.

The race to exploit huge gas reserves in the Mediterranean is on. But for now, the hunt for the fuel looks more likely to inflame regional tensions.

Competing ownership claims to untapped fields fringing the island of Cyprus have sparked a war of words and military moves between countrieswith high stakes in the lucrative energy bonanza. Tensions have heightened, and fears of a showdown loom, as American energy giant Exxon Mobil begins boring down the seabed of the Mediterranean island this weekend. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already called for the drilling at Block 10 — southwest of Cyprus — to be scrapped, billing the United States energy giant and other companies from Qatar and the United Kingdom, assisting in the project, "pirates" and "bandits of the sea."

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ESA hands over service module to NASA Orion spacecraft:

Can autonomous cars have a moral conscience?

A study by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published in the journal Naturetriggered an animated debate both on social media and also within DWʼs science team here in Bonn. Five of our editors and authors give their personal viewpoints about the study and its impacts on us all. In this debate over"Moral Machines,"the question of who a driverless car hits and who it avoids isnʼt as interesting to me as how do we decide who is saved within the car? I once heard that an analysis of traffic accidents showed that the only drivers who save the person in their passenger seats are mothers swerving to save their children — not a spouse, not a friend, not even a father. This is, of course, not our morals at play, but our instincts.

A central module for Americaʼs new Orion spacecraft comes from Europe and was manufactured in Germany. Itʼs a major step in transatlantic cooperation in space exploration.

TheOrion spacecraftis NASAʼs most important manned spaceflight project for the coming decades. For the first time since the end of the shuttle flights there will once again be a spaceship with which western space agencies can make themselves independent of the Russian Soyuz capsules. Orion is set to take off in 2020 — initially unmanned — and circumnavigate the moon several times. The project is called "Exploration Mission 1." Later, the space-

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craft, also known as the "MultiPurpose Crew Vehicle" (MPCV), will fly to themoon orbital station Deep Space Gatewayand probably evento Mars. Orion thus differs significantly from the smaller space transporters, such as the Dragon 2 from Space-X or the Boeing CST-100 Starliner. These two spaceships, built by private companies on behalf of NASA, will bring astronauts to the International Space Station as early as next year.

Big prizes are bad for science "People want heroes," is how a topranking German astrophysicist, Karsten Danzmann, put it in 2017 when I asked him how he felt about that yearʼs Nobel Prize in Physics.

The prize was awarded to just three out of thousands who had all helped scientists at the LIGO detectors in the US spot gravitational waves for the first time. "The impact of the prize on society is much larger," said Danzmann, "if you live with this shortcoming." And it was a shortcoming with which he was willing to live. In another world, Danzmann

may have himself been one of the winners — heʼs been integral to global research on gravitational waves. But Nobel Prizes only ever go to a maximum of three people, and the committee landed on Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne. "You find a victim and say, okay, thatʼs the person," said Danzmann. "And they have to sacrifice themselves for a year and bear the burden of the media hype for a good cause." So "itʼs all good," isnʼt it?

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A new exhibition celebrates 100 years of Budapest’s Gellért Hotel A recreated Baroque-style guest room, photos of the building taken during World War II and Communist-era posters reflect the history of Budapest’s most legendary hotel, the Gellért. A new exhibition at the Museum of Commerce & Catering celebrates the centenary of this institution which opened on 24 September 1918. Attached to the hotel is Budapest’s Art Nouveau Gellért Baths, whose outdoor wave pool, also illustrated at the museum, was the first of its kind in the world. Tucked away in the cobblestoned district of Óbuda, the former residence of Hungarian writer Gyula Krúdy is now home to a charming museum. Here, permanent displays include old-fashioned shop interiors illustrating the history of commerce and catering. This same building also hosts relevant seasonal exhibitions, such as the recently opened Gellért 100 to commemorate the centenary of the Gellért Hotel, a splendid Art Nouveau landmark towering above the Buda riverfront. Opened during the turmoil of World War I, during its long history, the Gellért has accommodated the likes of former US president Richard Nixon and the Dalai Lama. They both enjoyed the hotel’s fine facilities that are now brought to life through historic objects and images currently on show at the museum.

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FIFA president attempting to sell entire FIFA rights

FIFA President Gianni Infantino is planning to completely sell all of the sporting federationʼs major rights to a consortium with links to Saudi Arabia, two German media outlets reported on Friday. A joint investigation between daily Süddeutsche Zeitungand public broadcasterWDRfound Infantino had been lying about the intentions of aplanned $25 billion (€22.5 billion) deal. The deal was supposedly meant to deliver two new tournament formats to the new investors, but would also hand over complete rights to the Football World Cup, satellite and network transmissions, archives, movies and videos, video games and merchandising.

Justin Rose reclaims world number one spot with win in Turkey

Englandʼs Justin Rose has reclaimed his world number one ranking after winning the Turkish Open. Rose, 38, beat Li Haotong, of China, in a play-off - after both finished on 17 under par for his 19th career win as he returned to the top of the rankings. He initially got there in September,holding the position for a week before American Brooks Koepka replaced him. This is the first time that Rose has defended a tour title, after winning in Belek in 2017. Rose, a former US Open winner, posted a final round of 68, three under par, to finish tied with Chinaʼs Li on the Regnum Caya course, before the 23-year-old bogeyed the extra hole in the play-off.

Li had led by three shots heading into the last day.

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Aleksandar Kolarovʼs free kick stunner secures Serbia win over Costa Rica

Relegated Germany face tough task against flying Dutch

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.

Nations League:

Germany have already been relegated from Nations League group A1, but there is plenty at stake when they face an in-form Netherlands on Monday. Joachim Löw has hinted that Thomas Müller could start and win his 100th cap.

Germanyʼs fate may have already been sealed on Friday night, when the Netherlandsʼ slick 2-0 win over world champions Franceensured Germanyʼs relegation from the top group, but their game against Ronald Koemanʼs side in Gelsenkirchen is by no means a dead rubber. Whilerelegation to Group B may not be the worst thingfor a Germany team going through something of an identitycrisis under Löw, Mondayʼs game against the Netherlands is an important one for Germany, who could be punished with a difficult qualifying group for the 2020 European Cham-

pionship if results donʼt go their way.

The Nations League is not an easy concept to get to grips with, but along with the four group winners in League A, the six next-best teams will be seeded for Decemberʼs tengroup draw, meaning two sides miss out. With Iceland already out of contention, Germany must better Polandʼs result against Portugal, who have already sealed their place as one of the final four of the Nations League. Failure to do so could see them drawn against a European heavyweight in Euro 2020 qualifying.

ATP Finals: Zverev upsets Federer to book final debut Alexander Zverev clinched a straight sets win over Roger Federer to reach the final of the ATP Finals. Enjoying a career-best season, the 21-year-old could become the first German winner since Boris Becker.

Third seed Zverev won 7-5, 7-6 (5), breaking late in the first set and exchanging breaks in the second before coming out on top in a back-and-forth tie break to become the first German player since Boris Becker - 22 years ago - to reach the final of tennisʼ

showpiece event. Federer, 37, was seeking a record-extending seventh title, but despite regular chants of "Letʼs Go Roger, Letʼs Go” from the partisan crowd, the 20-time Grand Slam winner was unable to cope with the pressure created by Zverevʼs power and precision at the O2 Arena.

Leading the charge of the new generation against the old guard, the 21year-old has flattered to deceive on the gameʼs biggest stages but is now just one win away from the biggest title of his career.