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Sports News Roundup: Soccer-Costa Rica counting on veterans and World Cup experience in Qatar; Soccer-FIFA pleads with World Cup nations to ‘focus on football’ in Qatar and more | Sports-Games
Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.
Soccer-Costa Rica relying on veterans and World Cup expertise in Qatar
Costa Rica have been the final workforce to qualify for the World Cup however the Central American facet will journey to Qatar hoping to keep away from making a swift exit like they did in Russia 4 years in the past. Taking part in of their sixth World Cup, Costa Rica are not minnows and Luis Fernando Suarez’s squad will probably be anticipated to do extra than simply make up the numbers within the 32-team event.
Soccer-FIFA pleads with World Cup nations to ‘concentrate on soccer’ in Qatar
FIFA have written to World Cup groups urging them to concentrate on soccer in Qatar and never let the game be dragged into ideological or political “battles”. The letter from FIFA president Gianni Infantino and the governing physique’s secretary normal Fatma Samoura follows numerous protests made by World Cup groups, on points starting from LGBTIQ rights to issues over the therapy of migrant employees.
Soccer-Veteran Navas nonetheless Costa Rica’s primary regardless of restricted recreation time
Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas’s preparations for the World Cup have been removed from ultimate with none appearances to date for Paris St Germain this season however the nationwide facet’s captain is the primary identify on coach Luis Fernando Suarez’s teamsheet. Navas has fallen down the pecking order at PSG after the arrival of Gianluigi Donnarumma whereas harm saved him out of the workforce when he was anticipated to take over from the Italy primary within the Champions League.
Beijing marathoners prep for historic race whereas retaining COVID at bay
In simply his working gear, cap and wind-resistant glasses, Beijinger Oscar Wu braced the morning chill to satisfy up with different members of his working membership for coaching forward of a landmark marathon within the Chinese language capital. Over 26,000 runners have registered to run the 42.195-km (26.2-mile) route on Nov. 6, in what could be the primary Beijing marathon in two years after being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19.
Tennis-WTA launches program in bid to extend feminine coaches
The WTA has launched a program to help the progress of feminine coaches into skilled tennis and promote “profession pathways for girls.” None of the present prime 10 gamers within the ladies’s rankings make use of the companies of a feminine coach.
NHL roundup: Bruins prime Rangers for seventh straight win
Trent Frederic scored the tiebreaking aim 6:04 into the third interval because the visiting Boston Bruins continued their early-season surge with a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday evening. The Bruins improved their NHL-best document to 10-1-0 and gained their seventh straight. It’s Boston’s first seven-game profitable streak since profitable eight straight since early within the 2019-20 season and the primary time it opened with 10 wins in 11 video games.
NBA-Kyrie Irving apologizes after suspension, says he is preventing anti-Semitism
Brooklyn Nets star guard Kyrie Irving apologized late on Thursday for selling a movie he mentioned contained “false anti-Semitic statements,” simply hours after his workforce suspended him for not disavowing anti-Semitism. Irving has confronted heavy criticism since posting a hyperlink on Twitter final week to a 2018 commentary and defending the submit over the weekend. The seven-time All-Star has since deleted the Twitter submit.
Rugby-Fiji coach Cotter names three new caps to face Scotland
Fiji coach Vern Cotter is about at hand a debut to 3 gamers of their autumn worldwide towards his former facet Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday, together with 2020 Rugby Sevens Olympic gold medallist Sireli Maqala. Lock Ratu Leone Rotuisolia will earn a primary cap beginning within the second row, whereas utility again Maqala and prop Livai Native are anticipated to get a run from the bench.
Cricket-Little picks up hat-trick for Eire at T20 World Cup
Paceman Josh Little picked up Eire’s second hat-trick in T20 internationals when he grabbed a trio of New Zealand victims on the World Cup on Friday. Left-arm Little had Kane Williamson caught at deep backward sq. leg for 61, then James Neesham lbw for a duck within the nineteenth over at Adelaide Oval.
Baseball-Astros edge Phillies for 3-2 World Collection lead
Houston ace Justin Verlander lastly bought his first World Collection victory and rookie Jeremy Pena delivered two RBIs because the Astros emerged with a gritty 3-2 street victory over the Phillies on Thursday to maneuver one win away from a World Collection championship. After back-to-back wins in Philadelphia, the Astros now maintain a 3-2 lead because the sequence shifts again to Houston for Recreation Six on Saturday.
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Video: International Court of Justice Orders Israel to Stop Its Assault on Rafah
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International Court of Justice Orders Israel to Stop Its Assault on Rafah
The United Nations’ top court at The Hague issued its decision in response to a request from South Africa.
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The State of Israel shall, in conformity with its obligations under the Convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide, and in view of the worsening conditions of life faced by civilians in Rafah governorate, a, by 13 votes to 2, immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in the Rafah governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that would bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.
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American missionaries killed by Haitian gang 'gave everything' for the people there: family
The families of an American missionary couple who were attacked and killed in Haiti alongside the local director of a Christian mission group Thursday are mourning and remembering the departed.
Jude Montis, the local director of Missions in Haiti Inc., and Davy and Natalie Lloyd, a young married couple from the U.S., were fatally shot in the community of Lizon in northern Port-au-Prince after leaving a youth group activity at church. Natalie was the daughter of Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker.
“Thursday evening May 23rd our family experienced a tragedy that has broken our hearts and left Naomi and I grieving so deeply words cannot really express. My daughter and son-in-law Davy and Natalie Lloyd were murdered by gangs in Port Au Prince Haiti,” Baker said in a statement.
They were killed as Port-au-Prince crumbles under the relentless assault of violent gangs that control 80% of the capital city while authorities await the arrival of a police force from Kenya as part of a U.N.-backed deployment aimed at quelling gang violence in the troubled Caribbean country.
AMERICAN MISSIONARY COUPLE KILLED IN HAITI, AGENCY SAYS
Family members said Davy and Natalie joined Missions In Haiti as full-time missionaries after they were wed in 2022. The group’s website says it’s goal is “to see the Gospel of Christ make a difference in the lives of Haiti’s young people.”
“They loved Haiti and loved its people dearly and ultimately gave everything for them. Davy and Natalie reached countless lives in so many ways and we want them to be remembered for who they were, selfless and full of love and devotion to the people of Haiti,” Baker said.
Davy Lloyd’s parents, David and Alicia Lloyd of Oklahoma, founded the organization in 2000 and directed its missionary towards children. David and Alicia Lloyd are full-time missionaries in Haiti.
“Although the entire nation is steeped in poverty, the children suffer the worst,” the Missions In Haiti website states. “Thousands are malnourished, uneducated, and headed for hopeless lives apart from Christ.”
HAITI’S TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL ADOPTS UNPRECEDENTED LEADERSHIP ROTATION AS COUNTRY FACES DEADLY GANG VIOLENCE
Hannah Cornett, Davy’s sister, told The Associated Press that they grew up in Haiti. Davy Lloyd went to the U.S. to attend a Bible college and married Natalie in June 2022. After the wedding, the couple wasted little time moving to Haiti to do humanitarian work.
Cornett said Montis, a Haitian, had worked at Missions in Haiti for 20 years. He left behind two children, ages 2 and 6.
The organization provides housing for 36 children, 18 boys and 18 girls, at its House of Compassion, the website said. “All are destined to stay at House of Compassion until they have finished school and are ready to be on their own.”
Missions In Haiti also opened Good Hope Boys’ Home, which provides a home for 22 boys. The organization also built a church, a bakery and a school with more than 240 students, the website said.
HAITI COUNCIL APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER AS COUNTRY CONTINUES TO FACE DEADLY GANG VIOLENCE
Missions In Haiti said in a Facebook post that Davy Lloyd, 23, and Natalie Lloyd, 21, along with some children, were leaving a youth group gathering at church when gang members in three trucks ambushed them.
Davy Lloyd later called his family to tell them that gang members hit him on the head with the barrel of a gun, forced him upstairs, stole their belongings and left him tied up, Cornett told the Associated Press.
Missions In Haiti recounted that “another gang” went to the scene “to see what was going on and if they could help, so they say.”
“No one understood what they were doing, not sure what took place but one was shot and killed and now this gang went into full attack mode,” the group said.
13 KILLED AS HEAVY RAINS UNLEASH LANDSLIDE IN HAITI
Davy, Natalie and Jude Montis were in the house, communicating what was happening to Missions In Haiti via Starlink satellite internet. As they hid, the gangs began shooting at the house, according to Missions In Haiti.
Missions in Haiti lost contact with the missionaries. Hours later, they posted that Davy, Natalie and Montis were killed in the attack.
Rep. Baker posted on Facebook on Friday that the bodies of Davy and Natalie Lloyd had been recovered and were safely transported to the U.S. Embassy.
A spokeswoman for the Baker family told Fox News Digital that U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., is heading up efforts to secure an airline willing to transport the bodies back to the U.S. The Lloyd/Baker family has obtained a waiver to transport the bodies back to the U.S. without being fully embalmed because there’s currently no service in Haiti that can do that for them.
The spokeswoman said it will be Monday at least before the family has the required permits and the death certificates needed to get the bodies through customs.
A GoFundMe set up by family friends Chris Slinkard and Missouri Republican state Rep. Dirk Deaton has raised over $35,000 as of Saturday morning to assist the Lloyd/Baker family with costs related to bringing Davy and Natalie’s bodies home.
The Associated press contributed to this report.
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Italy pledges millions to support Palestinians at Rome meeting
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa Prime Minister was welcomed by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Saturday.
Italy has pledged millions of euros to support Palestine, during a meeting of Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni and Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Mustafa on Saturday in Rome.
Mustafa is the leader of the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank.
Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Rome would provide new funding of around €35 million for the Palestinian population.
Five million euros will go to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the other 30 million will be allocated to the ‘Food for Gaza’ initiative.
Israel previously accused UNRWA of collaborating with Hamas during the October 7 attack.
However, no evidence to support this claim has been provided, according to aUN report.
At the meeting, Tajani said Italy believes in a two-state solution within the framework of a wider political process leading to peace.
“Unilateral initiatives are not helpful to the solution of the conflict because the main goal is a peace that leads to the creation of a Palestinian State, that recognises Israel and that is recognised,” said Tajani.
First proposed by the UN in 1947, the two-state solution involves creating two separate nations: one for the Jewish people (Israel), and one for Palestinians (Palestine). This would involve dividing the land, with each state having its own government and sovereignty. The goal is to allow both groups to live side by side peacefully and independently.
Italy has already provided two separate aid packages of €20 million to Palestine.
Palestine Authority PM Mustafa will visit Brussels on Sunday to meet European leaders.
Most Palestinians are critical of the Palestinian Authority, viewing it as a quisling government that has failed to address even the basic needs of its population.
A recent study from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research found that nearly 60% of Palestinians want the Palestinian Authority dissolved.
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