Rodrigo Duterte, the controversial mayor of Davao City, appeared to win the presidential election in the Philippines on Monday night, besting four challengers despite a campaign marred by rape jokes, death threats and various obscenities ... Under Philippine election law, the candidate with the most votes wins even without a clear majority. As of 1 a.m ... Duterte insists his forces only use deadly force when encountering violent resistance....
Russian PresidentVladimir Putin is apparently well admired in his country, but a poll shows he is also respected beyond the boundaries of his own nation, Newsweek reports.Although the Kremlin’s violent foreign policy is noteworthy, Putin ranks as the sixth most-admired man in the world in an annual survey by pollster YouGov – that’s five places higher compared to his 2015 result....
In the Western popular imagination -- particularly the American one -- World War II is a conflict we won ... But that narrative shifts dramatically when you go to Russia, where World War II is called the Great Patriotic War and is remembered in a vastly different light ... It's a grand moment, but few of the world's major leaders will be in attendance ... The World at War, 1939-1945." ... Russia World War II Hitler ....
Pakistani Police have arrested 13 people suspected of burning a girl alive. The arrest was made on Thursday last week. The people arrested belonged to a tribal council in Pakistan. The girl was left unconscious after being drugged. She was kept in a van which was set in fire outside Islamabad... Replug. In Pakistani village, there is anger, but mostly shock, after the brutal "honour killing" of 16-yr-old girl https.//t.co/8vx9QBpDSN....
Claudio Ranieri could one day win the WorldCup for his native Italy, according to Carlo Tavecchio. Italy FootballFederation president Carlo Tavecchio hopes Claudio Ranieri can one day guide the four-time champions to success at the WorldCup... "I hope Ranieri can win a WorldCup with Italy, that would be the best," Tavecchio told reporters on Monday....
Carlo Tavecchio, President of Italian Football Federation, told reporters on Monday that he believed that Leicester City's coach, Claudio Ranieri can get a WorldCup trophy home. Leicester City's triumphant coach Claudio Ranieri could one day win a WorldCup for his native country, Italian Football Federation president Carlo Tavecchio said on Monday....
Igor Akinfeev's international name has been marked by a calamitous error at the 2014 WorldCup, but he remains Russia's best goalkeeper and he is looking to make amends at Euro 2016... The blunder set the tone for a dismal WorldCup for Russia ... Akinfeev did not make the squad for the European Championship finals, but another season at CSKA when they won the league title, RussianCup and UEFAcup cemented his place in the national team....
victory on home soil at the 1966 WorldCup... In the final at Wembley, West Ham United's Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick in a 4-2 extra-time win over West Germany, becoming the first and to date only player to score three times in a WorldCup final ... At the 2014 WorldCup in Brazil, they were eliminated after just two matches ... The 1966 WorldCup triumph ......
'I am very happy to sign for Villarreal, they are a big team and one of the best teams in Spain,' AspireAcademy alumnus Afif said in an interview with the official website of the Qatar 2022FIFAWorldCup organising committee ... 'I dream of playing for Qatar in the WorldCup in 2022.,' continued Afif ... 'Our target in the national team is that we want to play in the WorldCup in Russia in 2018....
The attacking midfielder made his debut in a WorldCup qualifying game against Germany in 2008 at the age of 18 ... He scored three goals at the Euro 2012 but Fabio Capello kept Dzagoev on the substitute's bench for Russia's poor 2014 WorldCup finals where they left Brazil without winning a match ...Hiddink, however, quit after Russia failed to reach the 2010WorldCup finals....
After a run to the quarter-finals at Euro 2012, less than two months after succeeding Fabio Capello as manager, Hodgson presided over a galling group-phase exit at the 2014 WorldCup in Brazil...England performed creditably at Euro 2012, falling to Italy on penalties in the last eight, and qualified for the WorldCup with an unbeaten record....
It gives you recognition and here it comes with the added bonus of getting further into the England reckoning as we look ahead to the WorldCup here in 2019.” ...Cup tournament ... The North v South tournaments will enable players to stake a claim for inclusion in England’s squad for the 2019 WorldCup squad, which takes place on home soil....
(Source...Thumbs Up. Thumbs Down. Goal!. Foul!. Recommend ... On March 29, he was brought on for Trinidad & Tobago in the 71st minute of its 2018 WorldCup Qualifying, fourth-round encounter against visiting St ... Trinidad & Tobago sits atop the Group C table in the fourth round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2018 FIFAWorldCup ... TC ... TC ... What did it feel like to score twice in a WorldCup qualifier? ... It was one of my first WorldCup qualifying games....
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Claudio Goodridge scored three goals and Panama (2W-0D-0L, 6 points) edged closer to a place in the next FIFA Futsal WorldCup with a 10-3 win over Honduras (0-0-2, 0) in the 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship on Monday at BN Arena... The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals and also secure a WorldCup berth....