British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the Tuesday decision of six English clubs to withdraw from the hotly contested European Super League (ESL), saying that the UK must continue to protect the "cherished national game". "I welcome last night’s announcement. This is the right result for football fans, clubs, and communities across the country," Johnson wrote on Twitter. The prime minister earlier said that his government was taking every opportunity to ensure that the ESL project does not go ahead. He then reportedly told his officials on Tuesday that some kind of a "legislative bomb" in the form of a new law could be dropped to prevent the Super League from materialising. “The Prime Minister confirmed the Government will not stand by while a small handful of owners create a closed shop," Johnson's spokesperson later announced, adding that the government was "exploring every possibility" to make sure the ESL proposal is halted. © REUTERS / JOHN SIBLEY … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson Welcomes English Football Clubs’ Withdrawal From European Super League
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Việt Nam prepare for World Cup qualifiers and AFC Cup 2020
In order to help Vietnam prepare for the World Cup and AFF Cup qualifiers, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has met with the National Coach Council to draw up a plan. Vietnam team will gather for training in early September. Photo thethao247.vn It means Vietnam will gather together for a week of training in early September. Following the conclusion of the camp, the team will meet again at the end of September to play a friendly match, before heading for an away tie to Malaysia on October 13 in the World Cup qualifiers. After the tie against Malaysia, the national team will have 17 days during November in which to prepare for the remaining two matches of Group G, with games against Indonesia on November 12, followed by a clash with the United Arab Emirates on November 17. After that, Vietnam will then prepare for the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020, a competition which is scheduled to run from November 23 to December 31. VNS … [Read more...] about Việt Nam prepare for World Cup qualifiers and AFC Cup 2020
COVID-19: At least 100 fake coronavirus test certificates are used by UK arrivals every day, it is revealed
Border officials are forced to take travellers' COVID test paperwork at "face value" and just accept results are negative - because they are often written in a foreign language, it has been revealed. Lucy Moreton, professional officer for the Immigration Services Union (ISU), said travellers' documents in anything other than English often simply had to be "taken on trust". Live COVID updates from UK and around world She said officers did spot around 100 fake COVID-19 certificates a day, but that there was no way of knowing how many more evaded detection. And in her evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus she also warned there was "little to no evidence" on how well incoming travellers to the UK were complying with quarantine. Advertisement More from Covid-19 COVID-19: UK reports another 22 coronavirus deaths - as 350,000 more people have second vaccine dose COVID-19: Nightclub to reopen doors … [Read more...] about COVID-19: At least 100 fake coronavirus test certificates are used by UK arrivals every day, it is revealed
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Invading my own country has been one of the most surreal experiences of playing Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, and the variety of languages included in the game makes it one of the most thought-provoking. Assassin’s Creed is an award-winning historical action game series known for putting players in the middle of transformative events in history. Valhalla is set during the Viking invasions of Britain, during which the main character, Eivor, and their brother Sigurd embark on a quest to conquer a new land. They travel by boat from their native country Norway to a place that is home to new Viking settlers, eager to forge their own legacy of glory. This gave me an outsider's perspective of my own country, eavesdropping on everyday conversations in busy settlements and deciphering the origin of war cries on mountainsides. I was interested in the variety of languages and dialects used in the game—which takes place in Norway, England, and beyond. Assassin’s Creed developer Ubisoft … [Read more...] about A Linguistic Guide to
Long and hard battle to clear worker dorms of Covid-19
Construction worker Ajith Kumar, 24, who resides in Singapore's largest foreign worker dormitory, says conditions have changed in recent months. His 8m by 6m room at Sungei Tengah Lodge (STL), which he shares with 11 others, is cleaner, with cleaning supplies provided. He uses an app on his mobile phone to scan a QR code near the room's entrance, to report his location to the authorities twice daily. He hopes to be back at work soon, after a lapse of four months. These are just a few changes among many made in the battle against Covid-19 in the dorms since early April, when the first dorms were gazetted as isolation areas. FOUR-MONTH BATTLE Yesterday, Singapore finished testing all 323,000 workers in dorms for Covid-19. A "massive undertaking", as Education Minister Lawrence Wong, co-chair of the multi-ministry virus task force, said in a Facebook post. And as of Monday, some nine in 10 of these workers - or 273,000 - have recovered or been tested to be free … [Read more...] about Long and hard battle to clear worker dorms of Covid-19