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Qatari champion Al-Duhail hires former Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:00 GMT

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Three months after being fired by Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain, Christophe Galtier was hired Thursday to coach Qatari champion Al-Duhail.Al-Duhail announced the hiring one day after ending the contract of Hernán Crespo, the former Argentina forward who coached the Doha club to the Qatar Stars League title last season.The club had cited a “deterioration in the team results” under Crespo including a 1-0 home loss to Persepolis of Iran in the Asian Champions League group stage this month.One of Galtier’s first games in charge is against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr, the Saudi Arabian club which leads the group after two rounds. That game is in Riyadh on Oct. 24.Galtier was fired by PSG in July after just one season in charge and winning the French league.He is due to stand trial on Dec. 15 in Nice, France, to face allegations he made racist and anti-Muslim comments when he was coach at the city’s soccer club.Al-Duhail did not state the length of Galtier’s co...

Fechas 3 y 4 de las eliminatorias sudamericanas: previa, calendario y horario de partidos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:00 GMT

(CNN Español) — Las eliminatorias sudamericanas rumbo al Mundial 2026 siguen su curso y ahora llegó el momento de una nueva jornada doble.Con la fecha FIFA de octubre, se juegan dos fechas de las eliminatorias de Sudamérica en menos de una semana. La primera tiene lugar este jueves 12 de octubre y la segunda, el martes 17.Hasta ahora hay tres selecciones que se mantienen invictas luego de sus dos primeros partidos: Brasil y Argentina, que encabezan la clasificación con dos triunfos cada uno, y Colombia, que registra un triunfo y un empate.En el caso del equipo colombiano, su partido de la fecha 3 luce como uno de los más atractivos de ambas jornadas, pues se enfrenta en Barranquilla a Uruguay, que cuenta con uno de los equipos más completos de las eliminatorias, desde jugadores hasta cuerpo técnico.En cuanto a los líderes, Brasil será local ante Venezuela y Argentina recibirá a Paraguay. La gran noticias para la albiceleste en esta jornada es el regreso de Lionel Messi, pues s...

En Israel, “el lugar donde quieres que crezcan tus hijos” se convirtió de repente en frente de batalla

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:00 GMT

(CNN) — La gente de Be’eri a veces solía decir que la razón por la que el kibutz israelí estaba tan cerca de Gaza era porque, de lo contrario, sería demasiado perfecto.“Era una broma, algo que solíamos decir porque Be’eri es muy hermosa. Es el lugar donde quieres que crezcan tus hijos. La puesta de sol es hermosa, los campos son verdes, tiene todo lo que deseas de un lugar de vacaciones”, dijo Lotan Pinyan a CNN este miércoles.La proximidad de Be’eri a Gaza, que está a sólo unos pocos kilómetros de distancia, significa que la comunidad liberal ha sido un objetivo frecuente de los cohetes de Hamas disparados desde el enclave, generalmente interceptados por las defensas israelíes. Los cohetes eran el único inconveniente de este lugar, por lo demás idílico, dirían Pinyan y sus amigos. “Ya no es una broma”, dijo.Temprano el sábado por la mañana, militantes de Hamás irrumpieron en Be’eri y dejaron tras de sí una devastación de escala inimaginable...

Winners announced for 2023 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Once again, the amazing FOX31 and Channel 2 viewers officially sold out of tickets for the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, and the time has come to announce the winners.Each year, viewers like you buy more and more tickets to help support the work being done at St. Jude. This year, 24,000 tickets were sold and $2.4 million was raised. Former St. Jude patient moves to Memphis, gives back On Thursday, the winners for each prize tier were announced. But of course, the grand prize is the 2023 dream home. Here is what the home features.About the 2023 St. Jude Dream HomeThe home is located in the Reunion Subdivision at 16091 E 111th Circle in Commerce City. St. Jude researcher helps raise survival rate to 90% for certain leukemia Details4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, flex space and bonus room totaling an estimated 3,000 square feetThree-car spacious garageFinished basementLuxurious spa bathroom in owner’s suiteGarden levelCovered rear-deck patioHome located directly on the Buffa...

Carlee Russell, who admitted to faking her own kidnapping in Alabama, was found guilty in the hoax and sentenced to a year in jail

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:00 GMT

(CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to faking her own kidnapping, has been found guilty of two misdemeanor charges related to the case, according to CNN affiliates WBMA and WVTM.Russell had pleaded not guilty to one count of false reporting to law enforcement authorities and one count of falsely reporting an incident.A judge found her guilty, and Russell was sentenced to spend a year in jail and pay nearly $18,000 in restitution, according to the reports.Russell’s attorney, Emory Anthony, told CNN affiliate WVTM his client asked for a verdict so they could appeal the case to a circuit court in an effort to avoid jail time.Anthony said Russell does not object to paying restitution, saying, “I think anything is fair when it comes to restitution with the expenses that were done. So we have to say that is fair. Anytime you assert restitution it has to be proven. The amount $17-thousand and some, hours spent, I would think that would be fair.”Anthony said his client ha...

Arrest made after 3 stabbed at Atlanta airport, including police officer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:00 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — A woman was in custody after she allegedly stabbed three people at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, police said.Officers assigned to the airport encountered a woman armed with a knife outside of a security checkpoint walking toward the airport’s south terminal about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, police said in a statement on Facebook.“Officers engaged the female, attempting to talk her into dropping the knife and working to restrict her movement and move travelers from the area,” according to the statement.During the encounter, the woman stabbed another woman and then a police lieutenant as he tried to take her into custody. Another officer tackled and disarmed her before arresting her, police said.Officers later learned the woman had stabbed a man before she entered the facility.“The preliminary investigation indicates the female stabbed the driver of a taxi she was in, as it was pulling up to the airport,” according to the statement. “She then ex...

‘Fucking zero’: Ryanair boss says flight bans have no chance of happening

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:00 GMT

Flight bans have “fucking zero” chance of success, Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary said Thursday.“What’s the likelihood of there being some success of banning flying? Fucking zero,” he told reporters at Airlines for Europe’s annual meeting of airline CEOs.“We’ve had all this bullshit here in Brussels for the last 10 years, whether it’s flight-shaming this, or some other thing that,” he said. France is so far the only country in Europe to introduce a ban on domestic short-haul flights when there’s a decent rail alternative (although in reality it affects very few journeys). But it’s an idea that’s gained traction with ministers in Austria, Belgium and Spain in recent years.But O’Leary reckons that customers in most parts of Europe won’t turn away from air travel, even if prices go up.“Europe is not going to put up with being told ‘you can’t fly.’ We get lectured by the Dutch, the Belgians, the French [and] you have to re-educate them on the geography of Eu...

Bikeless in Berlin: Europe’s cycle backlash has begun

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:00 GMT

This article is part of POLITICO’s Global Policy Lab: Living Cities, a collaborative journalism project exploring the future of cities. Sign up here.BERLIN — Europe’s urban cycling revolution has a flat tire. Across the Continent, popular discontent with efforts to curb cars in cities has brought cycling into the culture wars, with politicians seizing on the issue to proclaim themselves on the side of working-class drivers. In Berlin, the newly elected conservative city government is going further. Since coming into power earlier this year, the governing coalition led by the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has rolled back a host of bike-friendly measures agreed by its left-leaning predecessor, suspending all bike infrastructure projects that “endanger” existing car lanes or parking spaces and putting an ambitious plan to add thousands of kilometers to the city’s cycling network on hold.The conservatives have also rolled back the ...

MBTA workers widened faulty Green Line tracks in early morning operations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:00 GMT

The MBTA resumed running trains on the Green Line Extension at full speed on Tuesday following a string of overnight maintenance efforts that involved physically pushing the tracks apart to restore an appropriate width.MBTA officials announced Wednesday that about a mile’s worth of slow zones had been lifted across the Green Line Extension’s Union Square and Medford branches, just a bit more than two weeks after the sudden revelation that trains were limited to 3 mph because of rails that were too close together.At first, it was unclear what work the agency had performed to allow trains to resume full-speed travel, but an MBTA official told the News Service that crews spent several recent nights widening sections of the rails to address the narrowness problems.The official, who communicated only on background, likened the process to resetting a door hinge. Workers removed screw legs holding down rail tie plates, then repositioned those plates.They then placed a device in...

Can the Chicago Bears end their NFC North and home losing streaks? 12 eye-catching numbers for Sunday’s game vs. the Minnesota Vikings.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:00 GMT

The Chicago Bears are in a refreshing new place, coming off a Week 5 road victory over the Washington Commanders and back home to face the reeling Minnesota Vikings. With the offense suddenly humming and the defense showing signs of improvement, the Bears have an opportunity to push their momentum forward.As Sunday’s kickoff (noon, Fox-32) nears, here are 12 eye-catching facts and figures.922Total yards by the Bears offense over the last two games, their highest two-game output since racking up 950 yards against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins in Weeks 4 and 6 of 2018. The Bears scored 68 points over the last two games, their highest two-game total since scoring 74 in Weeks 16 and 17 of 2020. They averaged 6.9 yards per play the last two weeks.27-531-5Catches, receiving yards and touchdowns for Bears wide receiver DJ Moore over the first five games. That puts him on pace for 92 receptions, 1,805 yards and 17 TDs. The latter two would set single-season franchise re...