• England's Harry Kane, centre, and Jude Bellingham during training at St George's Park, Burton Upon Trent, on Saturday, July 10, ahead of the Euro 2020 final against Italy.
    England's Harry Kane, centre, and Jude Bellingham during training at St George's Park, Burton Upon Trent, on Saturday, July 10, ahead of the Euro 2020 final against Italy.
  • England midfielder Jack Grealish at training.
    England midfielder Jack Grealish at training.
  • England attacker Bukayo Saka walks out for training.
    England attacker Bukayo Saka walks out for training.
  • England players - including Kalvin Philllips, second left, and Declan Rice, centre.
    England players - including Kalvin Philllips, second left, and Declan Rice, centre.
  • Front to back: Harry Kane, Kyle Walker and John Stones.
    Front to back: Harry Kane, Kyle Walker and John Stones.
  • England players at St George's Park.
    England players at St George's Park.
  • Kyle Walker, centre, with Harry Kane and Harry Maguire.
    Kyle Walker, centre, with Harry Kane and Harry Maguire.
  • Harry Kane, front left, and Kieran Trippier, front right.
    Harry Kane, front left, and Kieran Trippier, front right.
  • England manager Gareth Southgate with coaches Steve Holland, right, and Graeme Jones.
    England manager Gareth Southgate with coaches Steve Holland, right, and Graeme Jones.
  • England's Tyrone Mings, left, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
    England's Tyrone Mings, left, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
  • Phil Foden, left, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
    Phil Foden, left, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
  • England's Jadon Sancho, right.
    England's Jadon Sancho, right.
  • Marcus Rashford, left, and Jadon Sancho.
    Marcus Rashford, left, and Jadon Sancho.
  • Harry Maguirer runs with the ball during training.
    Harry Maguirer runs with the ball during training.
  • England's Jadon Sancho.
    England's Jadon Sancho.
  • Jack Grealish runs with the ball during training.
    Jack Grealish runs with the ball during training.
  • Jadon Sancho of England.
    Jadon Sancho of England.
  • Raheem Sterling, left, and defender Tyrone Mings, right.
    Raheem Sterling, left, and defender Tyrone Mings, right.
  • Left to right: Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jude Bellingham, Reece James and Raheem Sterling.
    Left to right: Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jude Bellingham, Reece James and Raheem Sterling.
  • Harry Kane, left, and Harry Maguire.
    Harry Kane, left, and Harry Maguire.

Euro 2020: Phil Foden 'a doubt' for final after foot injury, reveals Gareth Southgate


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Phil Foden is a doubt for the Euro 2020 final against Italy after the midfielder sustained a foot injury, England manager Gareth Southgate said.

The Manchester City midfielder has started two matches for England at the European Championships and came off the bench in the semi-final win over Denmark when he made an important impact in the 2-1 extra time victory.

Foden, 21, was absent from England's training session on Saturday as a precaution and Southgate admitted his involvement against Italy at Wembley will come down at a late fitness check.

"He's a doubt," Southgate told the BBC. "We'll have to check again but he's got a fairly minor foot injury.

"But it's just whether it's going to be one that clears up in time for him to be able to take part in the game, so we'll have to assess that again later."

Foden was one of the stars of Manchester City's Premier League title-winning campaign last season and was named the PFA Young Player of the Year.

England will contest their first major final in 55 years - since winning the 1966 World Cup - on Sunday against an Italy side on a 33-match unbeaten run.

Phil Foden during an England training session at St George's Park on Thursday
Phil Foden during an England training session at St George's Park on Thursday
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Indoor cricket in a nutshell
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16 Indoor cricket matches are 16 overs per side
8 There are eight players per team
9 There have been nine Indoor Cricket World Cups for men. Australia have won every one.
5 Five runs are deducted from the score when a wickets falls
4 Batsmen bat in pairs, facing four overs per partnership

Scoring In indoor cricket, runs are scored by way of both physical and bonus runs. Physical runs are scored by both batsmen completing a run from one crease to the other. Bonus runs are scored when the ball hits a net in different zones, but only when at least one physical run is score.

Zones

A Front net, behind the striker and wicketkeeper: 0 runs
B Side nets, between the striker and halfway down the pitch: 1 run
C Side nets between halfway and the bowlers end: 2 runs
D Back net: 4 runs on the bounce, 6 runs on the full

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What is Diwali?

The Hindu festival is at once a celebration of the autumn harvest and the triumph of good over evil, as outlined in the Ramayana.

According to the Sanskrit epic, penned by the sage Valmiki, Diwali marks the time that the exiled king Rama – a mortal with superhuman powers – returned home to the city of Ayodhya with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman, after vanquishing the 10-headed demon Ravana and conquering his kingdom of Lanka. The people of Ayodhya are believed to have lit thousands of earthen lamps to illuminate the city and to guide the royal family home.

In its current iteration, Diwali is celebrated with a puja to welcome the goodness of prosperity Lakshmi (an incarnation of Sita) into the home, which is decorated with diyas (oil lamps) or fairy lights and rangoli designs with coloured powder. Fireworks light up the sky in some parts of the word, and sweetmeats are made (or bought) by most households. It is customary to get new clothes stitched, and visit friends and family to exchange gifts and greetings.  

 

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Ballon d’Or Féminin (Women’s)
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Kopa Trophy (Best player under 21 – Men’s)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona / Spain)

Best Young Women’s Player
Vicky López (Barcelona / Spain)

Yashin Trophy (Best Goalkeeper – Men’s)
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Hannah Hampton (England / Aston Villa and Chelsea)

Men’s Coach of the Year
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Women’s Coach of the Year
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Estimates of the number of deaths caused by the famine range from 400,000 to 1 million, according to a document prepared for the UK House of Lords in 2024.
It has been claimed that the policies of the Ethiopian government, which took control after deposing Emperor Haile Selassie in a military-led revolution in 1974, contributed to the scale of the famine.
Dr Miriam Bradley, senior lecturer in humanitarian studies at the University of Manchester, has argued that, by the early 1980s, “several government policies combined to cause, rather than prevent, a famine which lasted from 1983 to 1985. Mengistu’s government imposed Stalinist-model agricultural policies involving forced collectivisation and villagisation [relocation of communities into planned villages].
The West became aware of the catastrophe through a series of BBC News reports by journalist Michael Buerk in October 1984 describing a “biblical famine” and containing graphic images of thousands of people, including children, facing starvation.

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Bob Geldof, singer with the Irish rock group The Boomtown Rats, formed Band Aid in response to the horrific images shown in the news broadcasts.
With Midge Ure of the band Ultravox, he wrote the hit charity single Do They Know it’s Christmas in December 1984, featuring a string of high-profile musicians.
Following the single’s success, the idea to stage a rock concert evolved.
Live Aid was a series of simultaneous concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, the US, and at various other venues across the world.
The combined event was broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of 1.5 billion.

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Updated: July 11, 2021, 11:44 AM