Top News Stories –
Xavi departs from Barcelona by winning the Champions League again –
After playing his last game at the Nu Camp last month Xavi Hernandez played his 397th and final game for Barcelona in the Champions League Final. Barcelona beat Juventus 3-0 to secure a treble of victories following the La Liga and Copa del Rey successes. It is the fourth time Xavi has one the Champions League Title and was celebrated by his club in a tweet. See List of the Day
Xavi Hernández
Frankie Dettori wins Epsom Derby on favourite Golden Horn –
Frankie Dettori capped his renaissance with a thrilling victory on favourite Golden Horn to win the 236th running of the Derby at Epsom. Dettori produced an ice-cool ride on the 13-8 favourite to beat his John Gosden-trained stablemate Jack Hobbs by three-and-a-half lengths, with Storm The Stars third. The 44-year-old jockey punched the air as he passed the line and did a trademark flying dismount in the winner’s enclosure. “It was unbelievable. The horse was brilliant,” said Dettori, riding for the first time in the race since returning from a six-month drugs ban two years ago. [BBC]
Frakie Dettori
Video of the Day –
IKE INTERVIEWS GOD from Eli Shapiro on Vimeo.
List of the Day –
Xavi Hernandez honours
Barcelona
- La Liga (8): 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15
- Copa del Rey (3): 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15
- Supercopa de España (6): 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
- UEFA Champions League (4): 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15
- UEFA Super Cup (2): 2009, 2011
- FIFA Club World Cup (2): 2009, 2011
International
- FIFA World Cup: 2010
- UEFA European Football Championship (2): 2008, 2012
- Summer Olympics Silver Medal: 2000
- FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Medal: 2013
- FIFA World Youth Championship: 1999
Individual
- World Soccer Player of the Year: 2010
- Euro 2008 Player of the Tournament: 2008
- UEFA Best Player in Europe Award Second place: 2011
- FIFA Ballon d’Or Third place: 2010, 2011
- Ballon d’Or Bronze Award: 2009
- FIFA World Player of the Year Third place: 2009
- Onze de Bronze: 2011
- UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match: 2009
- UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year: 2008–09
- IFFHS World’s Best Playmaker: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 1999
- La Liga Spanish Player of the Year: 2005
- La Liga Player of the Year: 2nd place 2010, 3rd place 2011
- La Liga Midfielder of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011.
- FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2010[73]
- Euro Team of the Tournament: 2008, 2012
- FIFA/FIFPro World XI: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- ESM Team of the Year: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12
- FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 2011
- FIFA Club World Cup Bronze Ball: 2009
Top Twitter Trends –
Other News Stories –
- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Saudi Arabia shoots down a Scud missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen according to Saudi State media. (Reuters)
- At least four Saudi Arabian Army soldiers and dozens of rebels are killed in fighting near the border, according to Saudi government. They[who?] capture the District and kill ten police officers. (AFP via France 24), (Al-Hazeera via Yahoo! Maktoob)
- War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
- The Taliban launches a major offensive in the Yamgan District of Badakhshan Province with hundreds of militants involved. (AP)
- War in Donbass
- The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko claims that his forces have repelled an attack on the town of Marinka and captured 12 rebels including one Russian. (BBC)
- Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
- For the second time this week, a rocket fired from Gaza lands in Israel. There were no immediate reports of injuries, or claims of responsibility.(Times of Israel)
- Disasters and accidents
- Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing
- The death toll from the sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing rises to 396 with 46 unaccounted for. (CCTV via Twitter)
- Eleven bodies have been recovered from Mount Kinabalu and 8 people remain missing following yesterday’s Sabah earthquake. (Straits Times)
- Lightning strikes at the Rock am Ring rock festival held at the Mendig Air Base in Germany, injuring 33 people. (AP via News24)
- Ships from the British and German navies are dispatched to rescue thousands of migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea. (CNN)
- Health
- 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak in South Korea
- The number of confirmed MERS cases in South Korea rises by 9 to 50. (AFP via Straits Times)
- International relations
- Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi travels to Bangladesh for the signing of an agreement that dissolves all 162 enclaves in the border region between the two nations and allows thousands of people living in the territories to choose their nationality. (Al-Jazeera)
- Reuters reports that an Egyptian court has overturned a ruling that Hamas is a terrorist organisation. (Reuters)
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- The President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir swears in a new Cabinet after having been sworn in for a five-year term earlier in the week. (al-Arabiya)
- Sports
- Association football
- Italian side Juventus FC and Spanish side FC Barcelona play in the final of the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin with Barcelona winning their fifth European championship 3-1. (ESPN), (The Guardian)
- The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup gets underway in Canada with the Canadians beating China 1-0 in the first match. (BBC)
- Horse racing
- The 236th running of the Epsom Derby is held at Epsom Downs Racecourse in England with Golden Horn ridden by Frankie Dettori winning and stablemate “Jack Hobbs” coming second. (BBC), (The Telegraph)]
- The 2015 Belmont Stakes is held at Belmont Park with American Pharoah becoming the first horse in 37 years to win the Triple Crown.(Bloomberg)
- 2015 French Open – Women’s Singles
- In tennis, number one seed Serena Williams of the US meets number 13 seed Lucie Šafářová of Czech Republic in the women’s singles final of the 2015 French Open. Williams wins her 20th Grand Slam title winning 6-3, 6-7, 6-2. (The Guardian)
News from Wikipedia – please support this valuable resource
