7 h. ago Mystery of 'cartel leader' found dead in woods after smuggling 324 kilos of cocaine

Former Serbian football prodigy Živko Bakić, who swapped the pitch for a life of crime as an alleged Balkan drug cartel boss, was found brutally gunned down in a wooded area

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13 h. ago Tents pitched indoors for warmth and makeshift radiators: Ukrainians are freezing to death | Janine di Giovanni

As a war correspondent I’ve seen this strategy used before. Putin is weaponising the savage eastern European winterIn the winter of 1993, during the siege of Sarajevo, people burned books and furniture to keep warm. Water froze in pipes. Electricity vanished for the duration of the war. Children slept in coats and hats, their breath visible in dark rooms. Cold itself became a weapon of war.I remember, when I was reporting from the Bosnian capital, seeing doctors operating by candlelight or wearing camping headlamps. I remember old people chopping wood in the park in the centre of the city until there were no trees left, then dragging it home on sledges. I remember the ground being too frozen to bury the many dead on the football pitch, which later became a cemetery. I remember a terrible, frozen day when I went to an old people’s home near a frontline and counted dead body after dead body, all frozen in their sleep. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago At least 11 dead in mass shooting at Mexican football pitch: Gunman opens fire after match in latest gangland massacre

Members of the Mexican National Guard were stationed where the attack took place on January 25 during a football match in the city of Salamanca, Guanajuato state, western Mexico.

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21 h. ago Gunmen storm football pitch and open fire killing 11 people in horror attack

At least 11 people have been killed and 12 others injured after gunmen stormed a football pitch in and opened fire

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21 h. ago At least 11 dead after four gunmen open fire at packed football ground in Mexico as victims ‘bleed to death’ on pitch

ELEVEN people have been killed and at least a dozen more injured after gunmen opened fire at a football ground in Mexico. Around four men travelling in pick-up trucks are thought to be behind the massacre in Salamanca, Mexico. Witnesses told local press victims bled to death as they waited for ambulances to arrive. The...

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22 h. ago Mexico horror as gunmen shoot 11 people dead after storming football pitch

At least 11 people have died and 12 others injured after gunmen opened fire at a football pitch in central Mexico - it comes as part of a part of a 'crime wave' plaguing the city

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23 h. ago At least 11 killed as gunmen open fire at soccer field in central Mexico

A woman and a child were among those wounded in the ‘regrettable and cowardly’ attack

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49 h. ago World's largest aircraft with cheeky nickname won't need a runway to land

The £60 million Airlander 10 mega airship is the size of a football pitch and can carry up to 100 passengers. It doesn't need a runway and can land on grass, gravel, sand or even water

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3 d. ago Assassins disguised as police officers storm football pitch in Ecuador before executing three gang rivals

The distressing clip showed nine men playing a game of football when five hitmen dressed as cops emerged onto the pitch at around 9:30pm on January 7.

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3 d. ago Gunmen dressed as police storm football match and shoot down player

A casual match descended into chaos when five masked men, all dressed in police clothes, unexpectedly stormed onto an artificial football pitch.

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5 d. ago Barnes seals easy win against PSV but Newcastle face wait over Guimarães

There are many ways to self-destruct on a football pitch but PSV Eindhoven chose one of the more obvious methods.In opting to play out slowly from the back against high-pressing opponents possessing forwards blessed with the speed and skill of Yoane Wissa and Anthony Gordon, Peter Bosz’s team were always likely to come undone. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Lewis Ferguson haunted by unwanted Celtic record as Rangers daft family avoid awkward trip to Bologna

The Scotland star could be unleashed against the Hoops on Thursday night and has a score to settle

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5 d. ago Rangers left in Scottish Cup limbo as SFA probe shock claims Stranraer fielded ineligible player during Queen’s Park win

THE SFA are probing shock claims Stranraer fielded an ineligible player during their dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Queen's Park last night. The hero on the night was goalkeeper Lyndon Tas, who had an inspired debut then saved a spot kick from the Spiders' Carlo Pignatiello as the Stair Park men won 6-5 on penalties...

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5 d. ago Gunmen storm football pitch and shoot three players dead in narcos 'settling of scores'

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES Armed gunmen stormed a football pitch and opened fire, shooting three players dead in what appears to be a narcos-related 'settling of scores'

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6 d. ago Palestinian refugees’ West Bank football pitch saved after Uefa president lobbies Israel

Ceferin, as well as Fifa, intervened with the Israeli FAAida facility was set to be removed by security forcesA football pitch used by refugees in the occupied West Bank has been saved from demolition after an intervention by the president of Uefa, Aleksander Ceferin.A decision to stop plans to remove the pitch in the Aida refugee camp outside Bethlehem was taken by Israeli security forces on Tuesday after an international campaign for its preservation. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘I was bullied in school for being different. At 16, I hit a crashing point’: the awkward kid who became the world’s strongest man

As a boy, Tom Stoltman was diagnosed with autism and bullied at school. When he became depressed in his teens, his older brother, a bodybuilder, suggested a trip to the gymTom Stoltman was a skinny kid: 90kg, 6ft 8in, with glasses and sticking‑out teeth. Diagnosed with autism as a young child, he felt he didn’t fit in. “I was really shy,” he says. “I got bullied in school for being different.” Back then, the boy from Invergordon didn’t like what he saw in the mirror. He lived in baggy hoodies. “Hood up. That was my comfort.” He loved football but “I used to look at people on the pitch and think, ‘He’s tinier than me, but he’s pushing me off the ball.’”By 16 he’d hit a “crashing point”. He went from football-obsessed to playing Xbox all day. He’d skip meals in favour of sweets. “Sometimes it was four or five, six bags.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Senegal win AFCON after football's most dramatic final: Morocco star misses late penalty that sparked walk

Senegal have won the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) with their 1-0 defeat of hosts Morocco after a dramatic final which saw head coach Pape Thiaw direct his players off the pitch in protest.

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8 d. ago AFCON final descends into CHAOS as Senegal boss calls his team off the pitch after controversial late penalty is awarded to Morocco by VAR

Senegal head coach Pape Thiaw directed his players off the pitch and back onto the bench in apparent protest over a late penalty awarded to Morocco in the dying minutes of the AFCON final. 

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8 d. ago AFCON final stadium cost £200m and sparked outrage after four tournament games

A stadium selected to host the Africa Cup of Nations final proved to be controversial during the tournament as Senegal and Morocco prepare to battle for the trophy this weekend

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8 d. ago AFCON final stadium cost £200m to build and caused outrage after just four games

A stadium chosen to host the Africa Cup of Nations final proved to be controversial

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