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Brazil turned to Carlo Ancelotti hoping the Italian coaching great could end their long wait to win another World Cup, but his mission ended in a painful defeat to Norway on Sunday as the Selecao's woes at the tournament went on.Two Erling Haaland goals decided the last-16 clash at the MetLife Stadium in Norway's favour after Bruno Guimaraes had an early penalty saved.Neymar's successful late spot-kick was just a consolation, as the once mighty Brazilians – who had just 34 percent possession – slumped to their earliest World Cup exit since 1990.The ex-Real Madrid and AC Milan coach was appointed in May last year and recently signed a contract extension to stay until 2030.He may have been realistic enough to know winning this year's World Cup was a big ask, but going out so soon is an enormous disappointment. Despite that, he insisted he would stay.’A defeat is the start of a new adventure. Now we need to keep working hard and keep improving,’ he said.’This is football. This is sport. You just have to deal with it. We will use this as fuel going forward.’The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) had been courting Ancelotti for two years before getting their man.The Selecao were in a dire state after their quarter-final exit on penalties to Croatia at the 2022 World Cup.Coach Tite departed, and Fernando Diniz took over for the start of qualifying for this World Cup, but lasted just six games.In came Dorival Junior, but the veteran oversaw a quarter-final exit at the 2024 Copa America before being dismissed in March last year.Ancelotti saw Brazil over the line, although they finished fifth in the 10-team South American qualifying group, 10 points behind first-placed Argentina.The hope, expectation even, was that they would still compete strongly here.Instead they continued a now long-standing trend – since last winning the World Cup in 2002, they have lost every time they have faced European opposition in the knockout stages.At the last five World Cups before this, Brazil lost four times in the quarter-finals and reached the semis once – when they suffered a traumatising 7-1 defeat to Germany as hosts in 2014. Endrick to step up? Sunday's defeat suggests they are going backwards, despite the leadership shown at this year's tournament by Vinicius Junior, the Real Madrid forward who turns 26 next week.’Being knocked out of a World Cup is always a huge blow,’ he said. ‘But now we have to move on, there's not much we can do.’That means eventually turning their attention towards the next Copa America in 2028, before they can build to the 2030 World Cup.By the time that comes around, the nation of the great Pele will have gone 28 years without lifting the trophy.Ancelotti has had an incredible managerial career at club level in Europe, winning the Champions League five times. But his relationship with the World Cup has been less happy.As a player, he missed Italy's victorious 1982 World Cup campaign through injury. He played in 1990, when Italy hosted but lost in the semi-finals to Argentina.Then came 1994 and the shootout loss to Brazil in the final in the USA, with a 35-year-old Ancelotti serving as Arrigo Sacchi's assistant.This time he insisted his team had given a good account of themselves, as they eased through the group stage and fought back to beat Japan in the last 32.’I don't think we have had a spectacular World Cup but we had a good one,’ he said.His decision to include Neymar was a gamble, with the 34-year-old not having played for his country since 2023 because of injuries.It didn't pay off – he made only two substitute appearances and announced his international retirement after the Norway loss.This was an ageing squad, with 10 players in their thirties. ‘We need fresh talent, top-class players who can play in the national team of the future,’ added Ancelotti.Endrick, the 19-year-old Real Madrid starlet, could lead the next generation.’The history of the Brazilian national team has been marked by great achievements, but also by moments that have strengthened us going forward,’ said a CBF statement.’Today we say goodbye to the World Cup, but we do sure that we will come back stronger.’ Source link
US agencies have seized over 600 drones near FIFA World Cup venues since the start of the tournament on June 11, the Transportation Security Administration said on Monday.On match days, all aircraft operations, including drones, are prohibited within a radius of three nautical miles and up to 3,000 feet above ground level around the stadiums unless specifically authorized by air traffic controllers. The FBI said the drones have been seized from restricted airspace across all 11 US host cities. Source link
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US police announced on Thursday that two people were killed and others injured in a shooting in Salt Lake City, Utah.A police spokesman said an initial report indicated the incident occurred in a parking lot. “There was some sort of altercation, and that’s when shots were fired,” police spokesman Glen Mills told reporters. They reported that at least two of the eight victims died from their injuries, while three of the survivors remain in critical condition, while the condition of the rest remained unknown.Police added that they have launched a large-scale search for the suspects. Gun violence is one of the most pressing security and social crises in the US. The country experiences high rates of violent gun crime, along with frequent mass shootings, leaving deep human, economic, and psychological scars. Source link
Israeli occupation continues violations against Palestinians in West Bank, Occupied Jerusalem
The Israeli occupation forces continued their violations against the Palestinian people in various areas of the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem. Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday evening detained a Palestinian citizen after he was injured in a colonists’ assault in the town of as-Samu‘, south of Hebron, the Palestinian news agency (WAFA) quoted local sources as saying. Sources told WAFA that armed colonists stormed an area east of as-Samu‘ and assaulted residents, causing injuries to one man. Shortly afterward, Israeli forces stormed the area and detained him.Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at residents to secure the colonists’ assault. In the Wadi al-Jawaya community in Masafer Yatta, Israeli forces, accompanied by colonists wearing military-style clothing, stormed the eastern part of the community and raided the homes, searching them and ransacking their contents. The raid coincides with an escalation in colonists’ assaults against residents east of the community, including releasing their livestock into farmers’ fields and carrying out provocative tours around residents’ homes. Israeli occupation forces also stormed the Wadi al-Nar area in Adh Dhahiriya, where they detained several citizens, farmers, and orchard owners while they were working on rehabilitating privately owned water springs. Moreover, a Palestinian minor was injured by live fire on Wednesday during an Israeli army incursion into the town of Beita and the village of Odala, south of Nablus. Ambulance crews transported the 17-year-old boy who sustained a live-fire injury to the abdomen during the Israeli forces’ incursion into Beita. The Israeli occupation forces also raided Sanur village, south of Jenin, storming shops and homes in several neighborhoods. They also entered the town of Meithalun, raided a house and arrested a young man. The occupation army vehicles were deployed in several areas of the village. East of Ramallah, Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Deir Dibwan, entering from both its eastern and western entrances, while foot patrols were deployed in the town center. The forces fired live rounds, toxic tear gas, and stun grenades to intimidate residents and disperse them from the streets, before arresting a child from the town. On the other hand, The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem issued a demolition notice for part of Al-Aqsa School and Kindergartens in the Sa’diyah neighborhood in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Governorate said in a statement on Wednesday that the occupation municipality granted the school administration a one-week deadline to demolish the upper section, which spans 35 square meters, warning that it would carry out the demolition itself if the order is not implemented. Cities, towns, and refugee camps across the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem witness daily raids and incursions by Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by confrontations, arrests, and the firing of live and rubber-coated bullets, as well as toxic tear gas, at Palestinians Source link
Honda HRC’s Adrien Van Beveren in action during stage 4 of the Dakar Rally in Alula, Saudi Arabia.…
