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Cameroon is first African team to beat Brazil at World Cup

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December 2, 2022

Cameroon is first African team to beat Brazil at World Cup

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Cameroon coach Rigobert Tune got here full circle on a memorable and bittersweet night time for African soccer.

Jerome Ngom Mbekeli, the one member of Cameroon’s workforce who performs for a Cameroonian membership, made an inspiring run and cross to arrange Vincent Aboubakar’s header and stoppage-time winner in a 1-0 victory to make the Indomitable Lions the primary African nation to beat Brazil at a World Cup.

Regardless of the victory on Friday, Cameroon completed third in its group and was eradicated.

The 24-year-old Ngom Mbekeli was Cameroon’s last substitution, approaching 4 minutes from time. Tune credited his personal former coach, Henri Michel, for giving him a chance in 1994 when he performed for native membership Tonnerre Yaoundé as he was making his World Cup debut.

“You’ll want to belief youth,” Tune stated via a translator. “Henri Michel gave me a chance. He noticed the potential in me. Now I’m the coach and I see potential in my younger gamers.

“I knew (Ngom Mbekeli) was a very good, high quality participant. He simply wanted a chance to indicate that. Hopefully his efficiency can encourage different native gamers.”

Goalkeeper Devis Epassy — thrust into motion after standard starter Andre Onana was despatched house for disciplinary causes after a dispute with Tune earlier than Cameroon’s earlier sport — earned participant of the match honors for a sequence of adverse saves.

“Nobody knew me — even in Cameroon — till I began taking part in for the nationwide workforce a 12 months in the past,” Epassy stated via a translator. “We could be pleased with what we’ve accomplished tonight. We confirmed that we can be a high workforce.”

Each Epassy and Aboubakar play for golf equipment in Saudi Arabia.

With eight objectives in seven video games, the 22-year-old Aboubakar was the highest scorer on the African Cup of Nations in January.

Tune and Samuel Eto’o, Cameroon’s soccer federation president, are instilling a strict self-discipline coverage modeled after the European golf equipment that they as soon as performed for — Tune as a dependable defender and Eto’o as a standout striker.

“That’s the place we let ourselves down previously,” Tune stated. “Maybe we didn’t do every part proper, so we’re specializing in self-discipline.

“The workforce at all times must take precedent over people. While you play for the nationwide workforce you have to do what’s anticipated of you.”

Whereas Brazil had already superior and used largely reserves, Cameroon nonetheless turned the primary workforce to beat the five-time champion within the World Cup group stage since Norway did it on the 1998 match in France — ending an unbeaten run of 17 group matches.

“We understand now that we might have accomplished higher,” Tune stated. “However we’re a younger workforce and at present we’ve seen a younger workforce getting stronger and stronger, and they need to be congratulated on their efficiency.

“It’s an actual disgrace that we’ve to go house now,” Tune added. “However we’re going to preserve working and preserve bettering.”

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Andrew Dampf is at https://twitter.com/AndrewDampf

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Italian state railways plans 1.3 bln euro investment in solar plant

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December 22, 2024

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Italian state railways plans 1.3 bln euro investment in solar plant

Italian state railways Ferrovie dello Stato plans to invest 1.3 billion euros ($1.36 billion) in a photovoltaic plant with an initial 1 gigawatt (GW) capacity that would cover 19% of its energy needs by 2029, the CEO said in a newspaper interview.

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Christmas in Puerto Rico is a 45-day celebration with caroling, festive decorations, family feasts and more

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December 22, 2024

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Christmas in Puerto Rico is a 45-day celebration with caroling, festive decorations, family feasts and more

Christmas, Navidad in Puerto Rico, extends far beyond Dec. 25.

The island proudly proclaims itself as having the “longest holiday season in the world,” according to the website Discover Puerto Rico.

On average, the holiday festivities in Puerto Rico last about 45 days, per the source, commencing right after Thanksgiving, and stretching all the way through mid-January.

The Christmas season in Puerto Rico typically lasts around 45 days. (iStock)

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The holiday season in Puerto Rico is full of rich traditions beloved by families.

One tradition those who visit Puerto Rico will immediately notice during the holiday season is decorations.

In Puerto Rico, decorations are typically put up by Thanksgiving, and kept up until the season concludes in mid-January, with opportune picture moments at every corner.

Parrandas, Christmas caroling, is a holiday staple.

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Carolers choose houses of family and friends to visit, typically starting around 10 p.m., performing aguinaldos (traditional Christmas songs), with not only their voices, but often with instruments as well, according to Discover Puerto Rico.

The group you begin caroling with is likely not the same group you end with.

In Puerto Rico, when carolers visit a house, they’ll often stop inside for conversation, food and drink before moving to the next residence.

Coquito is a popular beverage enjoyed during the holiday season in Puerto Rico. Coconut, vanilla and rum are among the ingredients. (Mayra Beltran/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Usually, the residences of the house visited will join the group for the next house, according to Discover Puerto Rico.

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A night of serenading loved ones can last quite a while, often stretching into the early morning hours of the following day, according to the source.

The biggest day of the holiday season in Puerto Rico actually isn’t Christmas, but instead, the night before.

In Puerto Rico, Dec. 24 is Nochebuena. On that day, loved ones gather for the exchange of gifts, caroling and a large feast.

Many families will also attend a midnight Mass on the day, known as Misa de Gallo.

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After Christmas passes, the festivities go on in Puerto Rico.

Another big event in the holiday lineup is Three Kings Day on Jan. 6, a holiday that “commemorates the visit that the Three Wise Men paid to Jesus after his birth,” according to Discover Puerto Rico.

On the eve of the day, children fill up a shoebox with grass to be left for camels to munch on while the Three Kings leave behind gifts for them, according to PuertoRico.com.

For a particularly festive Three Kings Day, Juana Díaz is the place to go, as it hosts the largest celebration in Puerto Rico for the holiday. In Juana Díaz, there is an annual festival and parade in honor of Three Kings Day that brings together over 25,000 people every year, according to Discover Puerto Rico.

Gifts are primarily exchanged between loved ones on Christmas Eve in Puerto Rico. (iStock)

Then, eight days later is Octavitas, a post-holiday celebration where families get together and celebrate one last time for the season.

The end of the holiday season is marked with the San Sebastián Street Festival.

This festival, spanning over multiple days, takes place in Old San Juan, and is filled with live music, dancing, shopping and parades.

Ashlyn Messier is a writer for Fox News Digital.

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Small plane crashes into Brazil town popular with tourists, killing 10

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December 22, 2024

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Small plane crashes into Brazil town popular with tourists, killing 10

Twin-engine plane crashed in largely residential neighborhood of Gramado shortly after takeoff, authorities say.

A small plane has crashed into a tourist hotspot in southern Brazil, killing all 10 people on board and injuring more than a dozen people on the ground, officials have said.

The twin-engine Piper PA-42-1000 hit the chimney of a home and the second floor of a different house before crashing into a shop in a largely residential neighbourhood of Gramado shortly after takeoff from Canela, Brazil’s Civil Defense agency said on Sunday.

Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite told a news conference that the aircraft’s owner and pilot, Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, was killed along with nine members of his family.

Leite said that 17 people on the ground were injured, 12 of whom were still receiving treatment in hospital.

Galeazzi’s company, Galeazzi & Associados, confirmed that its CEO and Galeazzi’s wife and three daughters had died in the crash.

“Luiz Galeazzi will be forever remembered for his dedication to his family and for his remarkable career as a leader of Galeazzi & Associados,” the company said in a post on LinkedIn.

“In this moment of immense pain, Galeazzi & Associados is deeply grateful for the expressions of solidarity and affection received from friends, colleagues and the community. We also sympathize with all those affected by the accident in the region.”

Gramado, located in the Serra Gaucha mountains, is a popular destination for vacationers, especially during the Christmas season.

The crash comes a little more than a year after Brazil suffered its worst air disaster in nearly two decades when a twin-engine plane crashed in the southeastern city of Vinhedo, killing all 62 people on board.