Former Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, who guided them to victory at the 2002 World Cup, announced his retirement from management on Sunday.
Scolari, who took over at Brazilian Serie A side Athletico Paranaense in May, made the announcement after they won 3-0 against Botafogo on Sunday in their last clash of the 2022 season, to finish sixth in the standings.
“I’m retiring as a manager. I’m appointing (assistant) Paulo Turra to be the next manager of our team and I’ll be the technical director,” Scolari told Furacao Live.
He managed Brazil on two occasions – from 2001-2002, when he took them to their fifth and most recent world title, and again between 2012 and 2014, winning the 2013 Confederations Cup.
At club level, Scolari won the Copa Libertadores with Gremio back in 1995 and Palmeiras in 1999, as well as the Brazilian Serie A title with both of those sides, in 1996 and 2018, respectively.
He also coached Portugal (2003-2008) and Premier League side Chelsea (2008-2009), among others.
Three people died and two were injured after a shooting at the University of Virginia late Sunday night, according to university President Jim Ryan and campus police.
That University of Virginia Police Department identified the suspect as Christopher Darnell Jones, who is at large and is believed to be armed and dangerous. Ryan said he is a UVA student.
Authorities described Jones as wearing a burgundy jacket or hoodie, blue jeans and red shoes. He may be driving a black SUV with Virginia badges TWX3580.
While law enforcement search for him, people in the area are being asked to take shelter on the spot. If you have any questions, UVA’s emergency hotline is 877-685-4836.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares offered his prayers for the UVA family and community and said his office is helping with the investigation.
“The Attorney General’s Office is working with federal and state law enforcement agencies and is actively investigating the case.” Miyares tweeted. “We will provide more information in due course.”
The two US Senators from Virginia also reacted to the shooting.
US Senator Mark Warner said he was thinking of those affected by the “tragic act of violence” at UVA.
“Please continue to follow all instructions from local law enforcement as they continue to coordinate the search for the perpetrator.” Warner tweeted.
US Senator Tim Kaine tweeted that action was needed to make communities safer.
“Heartbroken to hear about another Virginia community devastated by gun violence,” Kaine wrote. “I am praying for the UVA community and am monitoring the situation closely.”
The UVA Police Department said the search for Christopher Jones is ongoing. People on the UVA site should continue to seek shelter in place.
Igbinedion University Okada, Edo State on Saturday, November 12,2022 names Institution’s Teaching Hospital after Rev. Dr. Chris Oyahkilome as an Honourary Doctorate Degree of Science was conferred on him.
Construction has been halted on the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago after a noose was found at the site.
Lakeside Alliance, a group of Black-owned construction companies behind the project, said they reported the incident to police on Thursday.
They are offering a $100,000 (£85,000) reward to find the perpetrators.
In a statement, the Obama Foundation – the former president’s non-profit organisation – called the incident a “shameless act of cowardice and hate”.
“Our priority is protecting the health and safety of our workforce,” the statement said.
Governor of Illinois JB Pritzker has also condemned the incident, writing on Twitter that “the noose is more than a symbol of racism.”
“It is a heart-stopping reminder of the violence and terror inflicted on black Americans for centuries,” Mr Pritzker said.
The firm behind the project said it was halting construction to provide anti-bias training to staff and workers.
“We have zero tolerance for any form of bias or hate on our worksite,” Lakeside Alliance said in a statement.
The looped rope is synonymous with the extrajudicial hangings, or lynchings, of mainly black people in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Work on the Center began in 2021, with Barack Obama and his wife Michelle attending a ground-breaking event last September.
The $500m (£424.3m) Center is due to open in 2025, and is expected to attract about 750,000 visitors a year.
On its website, the Obama Foundation said the Center “represents a historic opportunity to build a world-class museum and public gathering space that celebrates our nation’s first African American President and First Lady on the South Side of Chicago”.
Its construction has mostly been funded by private donations.
The Aletsch Glacier, also known as Great Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alps, located in the eastern Bernese Alps in the canton of Valais, in the Swiss Federation, and is one of the many glaciers located between the cantons Bern and Valais.
The whole area is considered to be the largest glaciated area in western Eurasia. The length measured in 2011 of the glacier has been 23 km (14 mi), with thickness of 940 meters (3084 feet), and it is retreating.
The Glacier resulted from the accumulation and compaction of snow, generally when the snow and ice accumulation exceeded snow and ice melt. During the last glacial periods, the Aletsch Glacier was much larger than now.
18,000 years ago the lower part of the ridge, between Riederalp and the glacier, was completely covered by ice. Only the summits of the Bettmerhorn, Eggishorn and the Fusshörner were above the glacier.
After an important retreat, the glacier again advanced 11,000 years ago during the last glacial period. The glacier reached the Rhône valley, and its ice the Riederfurka. There are visible moraines in the Aletsch Forest.
The boundaries of the Aletsch Glacier are formed from the Jungfrau and Mönch peaks, which constitute the northern boundary, the Gross Fiescherhorn and Gross Wannenhorn peaks lie on its east side, and the culminating point, the Aletschhorn, which is 4,193 m (13,757 ft) is located on the west side.
Before reaching the maximum flow, three smaller glaciers converge at Concordia Place: from the western mouth flows the Grosser Aletschfirn, which runs along the northern foot of the Aletschhorn and Dreieckhorn, from the northwestern mouth flows the Jungfraufirn, from the northern mouth flows the Ewigschneefäld, where its starting point takes the east flank of the Mönch, and from the east the Grüneggfirn.
Since the last glaciation, the glacier generally retreated. However slight climatic changes happened and, in 1860, the glacier was 3 km longer and the ice level 200 m higher. As for many other glaciers, records show a major longer-term retreat trend. The Aletsch Glacier receded by 100 m (330 ft) between 2005 and 2006.
The are where the glacier is located and the some surrounding valleys are on the UNESCO World Heritage List, which means it is quite popular tourist destination. There is a gondola that can take you to Bettmerhorn and Eggishorn, and the Massa River can be crossed since 2008 by a suspension bridge, thus allowing hikes between the left and the right part of the glacier.
On the Riederfurka, at 2,065 metres between Riederalp and the glacier, is located the historic Villa Cassel, former summer residence of many numerous famous and influential guests from the worlds of politics and finance. The house is now one of the centers of the environmental organization Pro Natura, which hosts a permanent exhibition about the site.
Also, on 18 August 2007, photographer Spencer Tunick used hundreds of naked people in a “living sculpture” on the Aletsch Glacier in a photo shoot which he said was intended to draw attention to global warming and the shrinking of the world’s glaciers.
The temperature was about 10 °C (50 °F) at the time of the photo shoot. The 600 participants on the shrinking glacier said that they had volunteered for Tunick (a collaboration with Greenpeace) to let the world know about the effects of global warming on the melting Swiss glaciers.
Divers looking for World War Two aircraft wreckage off Florida have found debris from the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster.
Newly-released footage filmed in May 2022 shows the moment it was discovered.
Challenger broke apart shortly after take-off. All seven people on board lost their lives.
Bill Nelson, Nasa administrator, said: “This discovery gives us an opportunity to pause once again, to uplift the legacies of the seven pioneers we lost, and to reflect on how this tragedy changed us.”
The first Niger Bridge, linking Onitsha and Asaba, was completed in 1965 and built by the French construction company, Dumez.
The Niger is the third longest river in Africa after the Nile and the Congo. It moves 7,000 Cubic meter per second water at Onitsha, which is more than a hundred times as much as the Thames in London and almost three times as much as the Missouri river before reaching St. Louis.
The Niger also separates Nigeria’s populous southwest from the oil-rich southeast. The current only bridge at Onitsha, a 1960s steel truss structure with two lanes, is overloaded, due in no small part to the fact that it must accommodate flying traders, handcart drivers, cargo-carrying people and the occasional herd of goats in addition to (and between) cars.
In fact, there are already seven major bridges over the Niger in Nigeria alone (not to mention in countries like Niger or Benin).
England manager Gareth Southgate has left out the duo of Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham out of his 26 man World Cup squad.
Southgate’s decision to leave out Roma Striker, Tammy Abraham as well as AC Milan defender, Fikayo Tomori has caused quite a stir.
Tomori, who helped Milan win their first Serie A title in 11 years must be mystified by the decision to leave him out. He was integral to what Milan did last season, often putting up man of the match displays.
His excellent defensive performances have carried on into the new season as he continues to impress under manager, Stefano Poli
Over the last 12 months, it is hard to make a case for any other English defender performing better than Tomori. Many believe the decision to call up the likes of Connor Coady and Eric Dier instead of the former Chelsea man might prove to be a mistake. Eric Dier in particular has been generally underwhelming in recent weeks.
Despite Tomori’s outstanding performances for Milan, it looks like he hasn’t done enough in the eyes of Southgate to make the squad.
Tammy Abraham has also been left out of the England squad. Perhaps less controversially but still a bit of a surprise considering the season he had last year. However he has started the new campaign rather inconsistently. Tammy has only managed 4 goals in 19 appearances this season. The two former Chelsea players have traced to have connections with being Nigerians but they decided to stick with England where they were born and bred.
England World Cup Squad in Full :
Goalkeepers – Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale, Nick Pope.
Defenders – Eric Dier, Connor Coady, John Stones, Kyle Walker, Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire, Kieran Trippier, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ben White.
Midfielders – Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice, Connor Gallagher, Jordan Henderson, Mason Mount, Jude Bellingham, James Maddison.
Forwards – Phil Foden, Harry Kane, Callum Wilson, Raheem Sterling, Bukayo Saka, Jack Grealish, Marcus Rashford.
L-R) 2022 Adron Games Ambassadors, Tijani Babaginda, Chioma Ajunwa, Executive Director, Finance Adron Homes and Properties, Olori Aderonke Emmanuel King, Group Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer, Adron Homes and Properties, Aare (Dr.) Adetola Emmanuel King, Daniel Amokachie and Deji Hasstrup at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Adron Games which held Thursday, November 10 at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos.
Leading Real Estate and Property Development company, Adron Homes and Properties Limited on Thursday, November 10 kicked off the 6thedition of its annual sports games in pomp and pageantry.
Themed ‘The Fit are the best’, the games which are hosted this year at The Yaba College of Technology, Lagos is running for three days, November 10 to 12, 2022.
In his welcome address before declaring the games open, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the real estate company, Aare (Dr.) Adetola Emmanuel King described the games as an annual fitness and bonding initiative by the company which brings many stakeholders together and promotes fitness among the workers, contractors, homeowners and the public.
He said: “Today marks yet another significant milestone in the Fitness and Bonding initiative of Adron Homes; ever in sync with the efforts that promote well- being and progress of our country.
“The 2022 Adron Games is even more pertinent in this period of when there is an increasing global focus on mental health wellbeing, our Adron Games aimed as promotion of physical fitness and indeed mental wellbeing not have come at a better time.
“The importance of Sports is universally upheld. It is the key to building a better future, hence its relevance even within the corporate space cannot be overemphasized. We often take sports and leisure for granted. Yet millions of people around the world do not have access to sports, or are actively denied their right to participate. We all admire the athletes and achievements on display during every global sporting event”.
After unveiling the mascot for this edition, the games were declared open with a colorful parade by all the Regions; Gateway, Northern, Oyo, Capital, Living Fountain, Construction, Eko and Head Office with winners in order of arrangement.
The first game of the day was the football match between Ex Super Eagles Internationals and Adron Contractors which ended in a one-all draw.
During the half time of the match, a contortionist show entertained the audience followed by a tug of war between Abuja and Head Office which got the audience reeling with excitement as Abuja defeated Head office 2 -0 to emerge winner.
Next was a women football match between Oyo and Eko, a keenly contested match that ended 2 – 3 as Eko took their opponents to the cleaners. There was a halftime tug of war show between Ogun and Livingspring with the former winning 2 – 0.
The last game of the day was a men football match between Oyo and Eko which ended 4 – 3 in favor of Oyo. At half time Construction and Mainland slugged it out in the tug of war with Mainland trashing Construction 2 – 0.
The games continue today with other interesting sporting events including aerobics and the Executive Director’s race as well as on Saturday when the games end.
Portugal has released a 26-man squad that will face Super Eagles in a friendly in Lisbon on November 17.
The squad will also feature at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Talismanic captain, Cristiano Ronaldo headlines the squad with key stars like Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Rafael Leao and Joao Felix also included.
Veteran defender, Pepe, Manchester City duo, Ruben Dias and Joao Cancelo are also part of the team. It will be the first ever meeting between Portugal and Nigeria at the senior level.
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro is yet to release his list for the friendly. Portugal will face Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea in Group H at the World Cup. Nigeria failed to qualify for the global soccer fiesta after losing to Ghana in the playoff.
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