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Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Barcelona complain over ex-Real Madrid pundits' Neymar comments
Barcelona complain over ex-Real Madrid pundits' Neymar comments
Barcelona have complained that two ex-Real Madrid players suggested
Neymar deserved to be kicked during commentary of this month's El
Clasico game.
Real substitute Isco was sent off for lashing out at forward Neymar in the 85th minute of his team's
4-0 defeat at the Bernabeu.
Barca claim Manolo Sanchis and Poli Rincon "repeatedly justified the aggression" on Spanish radio.
The club contacted a Spanish government group seeking to end violence in sport.
"FC Barcelona believes these statements to be an incitement to violence and therefore ask for action from the anti-violence commission," the club said in a statement on their website.
Barcelona claim former Real captain Sanchis said: "Neymar is going over the line, he isn't getting [hit] enough."
Ex-Real striker Rincon was accused of saying: "If I am there, I hit him, there should be no doubt that I hit him; me and anyone else."
Spanish authorities have been seeking to crack down on violence and verbal abuse in soccer since a Deportivo La Coruna fan was killed last year in organised fighting before a La Liga game at Atletico Madrid.
Chelsea submit new 60,000-seat stadium plans
Chelsea submit new 60,000-seat stadium plans
Chelsea have submitted a planning application to build a new 60,000-seat stadium at Stamford Bridge.
The application, which involves the demolition of the
41,600-seat stadium and other buildings currently on the site, will be
examined by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
The council have set a deadline for comments on the application of Friday, 8 January 2016.
The club say that the planning process will last beyond the end of the season.
In a statement on their official club website, Chelsea said that the new stadium would see "facilities improved for every area" and offer an "outstanding view" from every seat in an arena "designed to create an exciting atmosphere".
The new stadium involves both excavation works and the construction of new external concourse areas, including the formation of decking platforms over part of the District Line and part of the Southern mainline railway.
Chelsea have played at Stamford Bridge since 1905, and the ground was last redeveloped in the 1990s.
However, its current capacity of about 42,000 is significantly smaller than the stadia of Premier League rivals Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City, whose grounds hold 76,000, 60,000 and 55,000 respectively.
Blues owner Roman Abramovich had initially considered seeking a permanent new home, with the club describing the option of expanding Stamford Bridge as "not feasible or viable" in 2012.
But the club decided to redevelop its current ground because of a lack of suitable sites available in London - having had a bid to build an "iconic" new stadium in Battersea Power Station rejected
Manchester City group sells 13% to Chinese investors
City Football Group (CFG) has sold the stake to CMC (China Media Capital) and investment company Citic Capital.
It comes after six months of talks and is aimed at expanding CFG's interests in the Chinese football industry.
New shares will be issued in CFG in addition to those held by its owner, Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG).
Chinese state visit
CFG is an investment and development company which is privately owned by Sheikh Mansour of the Abu Dhabi royal family. It also includes New York City FC, Melbourne City FC and Yokohama Marinos.The move will offer the chance for Man City and the other group clubs to grow a fan base in East Asia, where there is huge competition between top clubs in Europe, and beyond, to build up supporter numbers.
The ultimate aim is to turn those football fans into customers of club products and services too.
The move follows a visit to Manchester in October by the President of China, Xi Jinping.
Ruigang Li, who founded and chairs both the Chinese firms, will represent their consortium by becoming the seventh CFG board membe
US State Department Spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau
The U.S. State Department said on Monday that the downed Russian
warplane violated Turkish airspace, urging Russia and Turkey to
de-escalate the situation through dialogue.
"The available information, including evidence from Turkey and our own sources, indicates the Russian aircraft violated Turkish airspace," State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau told a daily press briefing. "We also know that the Turks warned the Russian pilots multiple times before the airspace violation, to which the Turks received no response."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree imposing economic sanctions against Turkey on Saturday.
Russia's move came after Turkey shot down a Russia's fighter jet last Tuesday, with the latter claiming that the Russian warplane violated Turkish airspace, which Moscow vehemently denied and insisted the Su-24 fighter jet stayed over Syria during its flight.
"We support Turkey's right to defend its territorial airspace," Trudeau said. However, it is important now for Ankara and Moscow to take measures to de-escalate the tensions.
Earlier on Saturday, Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning, urging Turkish nationals to postpone their visits to Russia unless absolutely necessary.
"We need to encourage dialogue now and we need to de-escalate the situation," Trudeau said.
Putin has warned that the incident would have serious consequences for Moscow-Ankara relations.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday voiced regret over the incident, saying his country was "truly saddened" by the incident and wished it hadn't occurred.
Erdogan had previously proposed a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the climate change summit in Paris on Monday, but was rejected by the Kremlin
"The available information, including evidence from Turkey and our own sources, indicates the Russian aircraft violated Turkish airspace," State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau told a daily press briefing. "We also know that the Turks warned the Russian pilots multiple times before the airspace violation, to which the Turks received no response."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree imposing economic sanctions against Turkey on Saturday.
Russia's move came after Turkey shot down a Russia's fighter jet last Tuesday, with the latter claiming that the Russian warplane violated Turkish airspace, which Moscow vehemently denied and insisted the Su-24 fighter jet stayed over Syria during its flight.
"We support Turkey's right to defend its territorial airspace," Trudeau said. However, it is important now for Ankara and Moscow to take measures to de-escalate the tensions.
Earlier on Saturday, Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning, urging Turkish nationals to postpone their visits to Russia unless absolutely necessary.
"We need to encourage dialogue now and we need to de-escalate the situation," Trudeau said.
Putin has warned that the incident would have serious consequences for Moscow-Ankara relations.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday voiced regret over the incident, saying his country was "truly saddened" by the incident and wished it hadn't occurred.
Erdogan had previously proposed a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the climate change summit in Paris on Monday, but was rejected by the Kremlin
Israel kills suspected Palestinian assailant
Israeli security forces shot dead a suspected Palestinian assailant who
tried to stab a man at a busy intersection near a West Bank settlement
on Tuesday, police said, a location that has seen several incidents
during two months of violence.
A police spokeswoman said the assailant was shot dead as he wielded a knife in the attempted stabbing at Gush Etzion junction and a bystander was lightly hurt from a stray bullet fired by an officer securing the location.
Almost daily Palestinian stabbings, car rammings and shootings have killed 19 Israelis and one U.S. citizen since Oct. 1.
Israeli forces have killed 96 Palestinians, many of whom were carrying out assaults and others in clashes with police and troops. Many of those killed have been teenagers
Palestinian allegations that Israel is trying to alter the religious status quo at a Jerusalem holy site - known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, where al-Aqsa mosque stands, and to Jews as the Temple Mount - have fuelled the violence.
Non-Muslim prayer is banned around al-Aqsa and Israel has said it will not change that. But more visits by Jewish religious activists and ultra-nationalist Israeli politicians to the complex, where two biblical temples once stood, have done little to convince Palestinians
A police spokeswoman said the assailant was shot dead as he wielded a knife in the attempted stabbing at Gush Etzion junction and a bystander was lightly hurt from a stray bullet fired by an officer securing the location.
Almost daily Palestinian stabbings, car rammings and shootings have killed 19 Israelis and one U.S. citizen since Oct. 1.
Israeli forces have killed 96 Palestinians, many of whom were carrying out assaults and others in clashes with police and troops. Many of those killed have been teenagers
Palestinian allegations that Israel is trying to alter the religious status quo at a Jerusalem holy site - known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, where al-Aqsa mosque stands, and to Jews as the Temple Mount - have fuelled the violence.
Non-Muslim prayer is banned around al-Aqsa and Israel has said it will not change that. But more visits by Jewish religious activists and ultra-nationalist Israeli politicians to the complex, where two biblical temples once stood, have done little to convince Palestinians
Pope: Paris Must Save The World From 'SUICIDE'
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| Pope Francis. Photo: Reuters |
The U.N. climate conference in Paris is most
likely humanity's last chance to thwart global environmental disaster,
Pope Francis said on Monday, warning the world was "at the limits of
suicide".
The pope, who wrote a major document on the environment last June, made the comment in an hour-long news conference aboard the plane returning him to Rome at the end of a six-day trip to Africa.
The freewheeling conversations have become a trademark of his papacy and the few times he takes direct questions from journalists.
Francis, who visited Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic, also said the continent was "a martyr of exploitation" by wealthy countries who lust after its natural resources and try to impose Western values instead of concentrating on development.
The pope was asked if the U.N. climate summit in Paris would mark a turnaround in the fight against global warming.
"I am not sure, but I can say to you 'now or never'," he said. "Every year the problems are getting worse. We are at the limits. If I may use a strong word I would say that we are at the limits of suicide."
He spoke of retreating glaciers in Greenland and low-lying countries at risk from rising sea levels.
"I am sure that the (Paris delegates) have goodwill to do something. I hope it turns out this way and I am praying that it will," he said.
World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures, with the United States and China -- the world's biggest carbon emitters -- urging the U.N. climate summit in Paris to mark a decisive turn in the fight against global warming.
The pope's last stop in Africa was the Central African Republic, one of the continent's poorest nations.
He made an unscheduled stop at the country's only paediatric hospital, where doctors told him that they did not have oxygen and that most of the children there were destined to die of malnutrition or malaria.
He delivered medicines donated by a Rome hospital.
"Africa is a victim," he said. "Africa has always been exploited by other powers ... there are some countries that want only the great resources of Africa.
"But they don't think about developing the countries, about creating jobs. Africa is martyr, a martyr of the exploitation of history," he said.
He sidestepped a question about the Church's ban on the use of condoms to stop the spread of HIV-AIDS, saying it was reductive to talk about condoms while African countries were mired in poverty, social injustice, wars and human trafficking.
The pope confirmed that next year he planned to visit Mexico and hoped to be able to visit Armenia.
"But I am old and these trips are heavy," he said.
The pope, who wrote a major document on the environment last June, made the comment in an hour-long news conference aboard the plane returning him to Rome at the end of a six-day trip to Africa.
The freewheeling conversations have become a trademark of his papacy and the few times he takes direct questions from journalists.
Francis, who visited Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic, also said the continent was "a martyr of exploitation" by wealthy countries who lust after its natural resources and try to impose Western values instead of concentrating on development.
The pope was asked if the U.N. climate summit in Paris would mark a turnaround in the fight against global warming.
"I am not sure, but I can say to you 'now or never'," he said. "Every year the problems are getting worse. We are at the limits. If I may use a strong word I would say that we are at the limits of suicide."
He spoke of retreating glaciers in Greenland and low-lying countries at risk from rising sea levels.
"I am sure that the (Paris delegates) have goodwill to do something. I hope it turns out this way and I am praying that it will," he said.
World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures, with the United States and China -- the world's biggest carbon emitters -- urging the U.N. climate summit in Paris to mark a decisive turn in the fight against global warming.
The pope's last stop in Africa was the Central African Republic, one of the continent's poorest nations.
He made an unscheduled stop at the country's only paediatric hospital, where doctors told him that they did not have oxygen and that most of the children there were destined to die of malnutrition or malaria.
He delivered medicines donated by a Rome hospital.
"Africa is a victim," he said. "Africa has always been exploited by other powers ... there are some countries that want only the great resources of Africa.
"But they don't think about developing the countries, about creating jobs. Africa is martyr, a martyr of the exploitation of history," he said.
He sidestepped a question about the Church's ban on the use of condoms to stop the spread of HIV-AIDS, saying it was reductive to talk about condoms while African countries were mired in poverty, social injustice, wars and human trafficking.
The pope confirmed that next year he planned to visit Mexico and hoped to be able to visit Armenia.
"But I am old and these trips are heavy," he said.
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