Press Trust of India France’s national football coach Didier Deschamps has warned his players of Honduras’ aggressive style of playing ahead of the FIFA World Cup Group E clash at the Estádio Beira-Rio here Sunday.
Deschamps also praised the Honduras players saying they possess good individual skills. Honduras are ranked 31st in the world, reports EFE.
The 45-year-old also hailed his striker Karim Benzema and his playing style.
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Australia successfully defended their hockey World Cup title, which they had won four years ago in New Delhi, drubbing the Netherlands 6-1 in the final at the Kyocera Stadium here Sunday.
While Australia and Netherlands took gold and silver, Argentina clinched their maiden medal at the event by winning the bronze after beating England 2-0 in the 3rd-4th position playoff.
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An estimated 135,000 Cambodian migrant workers have deported or fled from Thailand since early this month after the new military government rounded up illegal migrant labourers, an official said Sunday.
“As of Sunday night, Thai authorities have sent about 135,000 Cambodian workers back to Cambodia,” Kousoum Saroeuth, governor of Banteay Meanchey province told Xinhua.
The Cambodia-Thailand International Border Checkpoint is located in Banteay Meanchey.
He said some 25,000 workers were sent back to Cambodia Sunday.
Colombian striker Carlos Bacca believes that Spain’s aim to win against Chile is hard but not impossible after they were humiliated with a 1-5 defeat at the hands of the Netherlands in a World Cup Group B game Friday.
The 27-year-old Seville forward said that Spain have an uneasy mission of winning the last two matches of the group against Chile and Australia but added that it won’t be impossible as they are the defending World Champions, reports EFE.
Bacca said that Netherlands are a great team and hence they were able to achieve that kind of a victory.
Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho Sunday said his side’s Brazilian midfielder Ramires is not for sale while referring to Real Madrid’s bid to transfer him.
“Ramires is staying at Chelsea. He’s not for sale. I have an excellent friendship with important people within Real Madrid and they know that Ramires is going to stay at Chelsea,” said Mourinho, reports EFE.
Mourinho also went on to say that he is not interested in signing any of Real Madrid players.
“They also know that I am not interested in any of Real Madrid players. That is the end of the matter,” he concluded.
England captain Steven Gerrard lamented his side’s 1-2 loss to Italy in a Group D match of the World Cup, saying that it was hugely disappointing.
“We knew how Italy were going to play. They never surprised us really but it’s disappointing because we put so much into it and we’ve come away with nothing,” the 34-year-old midfielder said Saturday, reports EFE.
Keeping in mind Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas’ recent ‘poor performance’, the Spanish club is seeking to transfer Benfica’s Slovakian Jan Oblak.
The contract of the 21-year-old keeper includes a penalty clause worth 20 million euros, according to a report in Portuguese daily Abola. Oblak, who joined the Portuguese club in 2013, has played 27 matches for the club’s first team, reports EFE.
Casillas, along with the entire Spanish squad, was hugely criticised after their 1-5 loss to the Netherlands in their opening World Cup Group B game Friday.
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A 49-year-old jeweller was shot at by two bike-borne assailants here Sunday when he resisted their attempt to snatch his bag containing jewellery and cash, police said.
The incident took place at around 3 p.m. in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area. A bullet pierced the left side of Sanjay Garg’s chest, police said.
“The robbers tried to snatch Garg’s bag. When he resisted, they fired at him. The robbers failed to snatch the bag, containing some jewellery and cash, and fled from the spot,” said a police official.
The Indian women’s hockey team registered their fifth successive win over Malaysia by defeating them 2-0 here Sunday.
Filled with confidence and showing excellent skills, India’s Ritushah Arya opened the account in the 12th minute to take the lead. Just before halftime, Vandana Kataria pierced in another goal to extend the lead.
However, both teams saw a dry run in the second half and failed to score.
Mahindra Racing rider Miguel Oliveira added to his points score at the Moto3 Catalan Grand Prix with a fighting 12th place finish while teammate Arthur Sissis ended 18th, just three places away from points.
Meanwhile, Honda’s Alex Marquez won the second race of his Moto3 career by coming out first in the 22-lap GP at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Interestingly, his elder brother won the MotoGP race later in the day.
Telugu actress-producer Lakshmi Manchu has welcomed a baby girl through surrogacy. “It’s one of the best moments of my life,” tweeted her father and actor Manchu Mohan Babu.
Lakshmi, her husband Andy Srinivasan and the entire Manchu family are extremely delighted with the news.
“God has been kind. @LakshmiManchu my darling daughter has been blessed with a baby girl through surrogacy. One of the best moments of my life (sic),” posted Mohan Babu on his Twitter page Sunday.
With visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi being a strict vegetarian, the Bhutanese government and the hotel he is staying in here are serving more vegetarian dishes as well as some Gujarati dishes.
Modi, who arrived here earlier Sunday to a warm welcome, is staying at the Taj Tashi.
Around 50 rooms have been booked in the luxury hotel in Thimphu for Modi and the accompanying Indian delegates.
Salman Khan seems to be in awe of his co-star and Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandez and says that she has the calibre to attain the same status in filmdom that 1970s glamour girl Zeenat Aman did.
Superstar Salman will be seen with Jacqueline in his forthcoming film “Kick”, which is producer Sajid Nadiadwala’s first directorial venture.
“There is one actress whom I love a lot and that is Zeenat Aman and I feel Jacqueline is the one who will reach that stardom,” he told reporters Sunday at the trailer launch of “Kick”.
Union Minister of State Gen. (Retd) V.K. Singh plans setting up a 24X7 public grievance helpline in his parliamentary constituency – Ghaziabad, the minister announced Sunday.
“The problems would be referred to a committee that would include members from political, social and professional background, to forward the grievances with its recommendations,” he said in a press conference here.
The minister said he would form seven to eight such committees.
The New Delhi Municipal Council is daily generating 16 MW of electricity from solid waste and supplying it to 8,000 households in the city as part of its effort to ease the acute power crisis the national capital is grappling with.
The civic body is generating power using solid waste as fuel at a ‘Waste To Energy’ plant on NDMC land in Okhla.
This plant generates 16 MW of electricity per day which is being used by 8,000 households, NDMC chairperson Jalaj Shrivastava said Sunday.
Expressing concern over political violence in West Bengal, the BJP Sunday attacked the Trinamool Congress government over the issue and said it will apprise Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the “lawlessness” in the state.
Reacting strongly, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the party which leads the central government, of provocation and threatened to adopt a “tit for tat” approach.
Two people were held Sunday and 1.4 kg gold worth over Rs.40 lakh seized from them at Bagdogra airport in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, customs officials said.
Indian nationals Mohammad Khurshid and Ahmed Zahir were detained by custom officials after they alighted from a Bangkok-bound Druk Air flight.
“Upon search, gold biscuits weighing 1.4 kilo were seized from them,” a custom official said.
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Marriage has not impacted Vidya Balan’s choice of roles because the actress has found a solid support system in her husband Siddharth Roy Kapur.
There were rumours that Vidya and Siddharth, who is managing director of The Walt Disney Company India, have hit the rock bottom, but the “Parineeta” actress seems to have clamped down on the speculations by showering praise on her spouse.
“Siddarth is very supportive because he knows my work and he doesn’t interfere in my work. The best thing about him is that he has accepted me the way I am and it’s a big thing,” said Vidya.
An Indian expatriate died after he fell from an under-construction building in the UAE, media reported Sunday.
The unnamed Indian construction worker, 30, fell from a highrise, while carrying construction material in Al Majaz area in Sharjah Friday, Khaleej Times reported.
He was rushed to Al Kuwaiti Hospital in Sharjah, where he was pronounced dead.
Police were inspecting whether the prescribed safety measures were followed by the company.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel offered her best wishes to the national football team led by coach Joachim Loew ahead of their FIFA World Cup opener against Portugal Monday.
Merkel wished the team before heading to Brazil to attend the match in Salvador and meet Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, reports EFE.
Merkel said in a video message that the team will have the “support and sympathy” of millions of citizens ahead of their Group G clash at the Arena Fonte Nova.
Palestine termed the arrests of 80 Palestinians from the West Bank Sunday by Israel over the kidnapping of the three teenagers, who have been missing since Thursday evening, as a violation of international laws.
According to the officials, the 80 Palestinians, included top Hamas and Legislative Council members, were arrested in and around Hebron and across the West Bank in a joint military, police and Shin Bet operation, Xinhua reported.
“The arrest campaign is unjustified and an act of collective punishment,” the Palestinian official said.
At least four insurgents and two policemen were killed in an exchange of fire in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province Sunday, police said.
Rahmatullah Atrafi, the deputy provincial police chief, said four insurgents and two policemen were killed in the exchange of fire. No civilians were injured in the incident.
The militants tried to disrupt the presidential election process, he said.
Bollywood celebrities like Karan Johar, Sonakshi Sinha, Bipasha Basu and Ajay Devgn wish the best man in their lives on Father’s Day Sunday.
Here’s what they tweeted:
Karan Johar: Fathers and sons rarely speak but always feel and always hurt… speak up and your father can be a mother to you… #HappyFathersDay.
Sanjay Gupta: Fun afternoon at home with my kids. Perfect Father’s Day.
Sonakshi Sinha: Happpy fathers day and a biggg virtual hug to my popsy @ShatruganSinha all the way from akluj!! Miss you!!
Bipasha Basu: Happy Father’s Day to the best man ever! Our Papa!
Singer Miley Cyrus has again stripped down for her fans. In her latest selfie, she is seen topless.
The 21-year-old posted the revealing selfie June 14. Cyrus appears topless while sporting white and black-trimmed panties. The bangs of her platinum blonde pixie cut are styled straight up, reports eonline.com.
The photo, taken with what appears to be an iPhone, is partially censored in its original form – her exposed breast is covered by a graphic.
“#preshoweralfalfaselfielife,” she said on her Instagram page.
American robot manufacturing company iRobot Corporation has signed an agreement with the Brazilian government to provide 30 robots, worth 5.3 million euros, which will take part in the FIFA World Cup security plan.
Deputy head of the security and defence department of the company Tim Treiner said these robots have many security characteristics. They can take dangerous tasks such as defusing bombs or scanning areas suspected of hosting explosives, reports EFE.