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Swiss coach Vladimir Petkovic has urged his side to “make history”. However, Romania will be no pushover as they put up a strong performance against favourites and hosts, France. The match was level for most of the 90 minutes, before Dimitri Payet’s sensational goal in the 89th minute robbed Romania of a deserving point. Switzerland won 1-0 in their opening Group A match against Albania. The Swiss kicked off Euro 2016 against neighbors, Albania, and opened the scoring inside 5 minutes, through Fabian Schar....

Fun Facts4,000 - The Stade Bollaert-Delelis has a maximum capacity of 41,229; that’s about 4,000 more than the population of Lens!1974 - In the year 1974, a new stand was added that changed the stadium from an oval to a square8 - The French national team have played 8 matches there - they’re unbeaten in all!1 - In 2007, it was the setting for a scene in France’s all-time highest performer at the box office, “Bienvenue Chez Les C’chtis”....

The injured spectator, who has been identified as 49-year-old Corine Remande in French press, was hospitalized after being hit on the head by an errant drive from Brooks Koepka on the sixth hole at Le Golf National last Friday. She’s reportedly said she is considering legal action after doctors told her she lost vision in her eye. The European Tour said in a statement on Tuesday: “We have been in communication with the family involved, starting with the immediate on-course treatment and thereafter to provide support, helping with the logistics of repatriation, including providing a transfer for the family from Paris to Lyon....

The ex-West Ham man wears the armband for his side and will sit just behind sole striker Valere Germain in a 4-2-3-1 line-up. He is joined by Lucas Ocampos and Florian Thauvin in Marseille’s creative axis, while former Bayern man Luiz Gustavo starts at centre-back tasked with keeping Griezmann under wraps. Griezmann, meanwhile, is joined by Diego Costa up front for the Colchoneros in a two-man attack. There is also a place for Angel Correa, while Sime Vrsaljko starts on the right side of defence and Lucas Hernandez plays on the left....

The Netherlands XI are perched atop the Group B points table of the European Cricket Championship 2021 with eight points to their name. They are followed by Austria, who have garnered six points to date. Hungary and Romania are placed third and fourth respectively in the Group B standings. While the former have a fifty percent record, the latter have registered just a solitary win thus far. Portugal bring up the rear of the Group B points table of the European Cricket Championship 2021....

At the end of Day 3, Belgium sit at the top of the table with 10 points in the ongoing European Cricket Championship 2022. They have won five out of their six games and also have a healthy net run rate of +1.931. Luxembourg are right after the Belgian side with eight points to their name. They have won four out of their six games and will look to get back to winning ways after losing their last fixture....

The current trouble began where, since 1789, trouble often has begun in modern politics, in France. There voters rebelled against the hint of a whiff of the austerity required to comply with the “convergence criteria” of the “stability pact” that followed from the Maastricht agreement. (Public resistance to the drive for European unification expresses, in part, wholesome suspicion of a political agenda expressed in freshly minted jargon.) French voters gave a victory in parliamentary elections to Socialists who want the criteria relaxed....

Recently, leaders of each side in the current large-scale EVE Online war have begun planning a ceasefire for the holidays, according to Kotaku. In a re-enactment of the 1914 Christmas ceasefire during World War One, both sides seem to have agreed to halt any offensive attacks and give their members a break from the constant warfare, that way they can focus on their families. RELATED: EVE Online Players Are Starting a Huge War...

Jackson and Brown shouldn’t have to keep going through that, even if (or when) the Browns team they put together does go 0-for-2016. WEEK 13 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread They shouldn’t have to remind everybody that they weren’t hired to win this season, even if that’s now looking literal. There shouldn’t even be a discussion about whether Jackson is coaching for his job, or whether Brown and the rest of the new front office had one year to clean up a decades-long mess....

But he’s not going to be starting for the West when it takes the court Feb. 14 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Teammate Stephen Curry, along with Russell Westbrook, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard, will take the court, meaning Green will come off the bench. MORE: Meet the starters | All-Star Game jersey history But it isn’t Bryant’s fault that Green is not a starter. Over the past week, Mavericks center Zaza Pachulia jumped ahead of Green in the voting, meaning Bryant stole Pachulia’s spot, not Green’s....

In fact, the graduate transfer from Notre Dame won’t even be the Seminoles’ backup when fall practice starts. MORE: Where does FSU rank among teams since 2000? | All-ACC Team Junior Sean Maguire is listed on the team’s depth chart (via CFT) as Jameis Winston’s successor in Tallahassee this fall. Redshirt freshman J.J. Cosentino is the current backup. The Seminoles open the season Sept. 5 against Texas State, so there’s some time for Golson to win the job....

The Big Lead is reporting the Hall of Fame tight end and Super Bowl-winning coach Mike Ditka has been removed from the cast of “Sunday NFL Countdown” and will be replaced by free-agent quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. Hasselbeck, an 18-year NFL veteran, will be part of Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown. MORE: The 10 worst free-agent-signings of 2015 | Did Ditka fart on Cris Carter? The three-time Pro Bowler spent the past three seasons as a member of the Colts....

Ethiopian distance star Haile Gebrselassie won his third consecutive Vienna half marathon on Sunday, timing one hour one minute and 14 seconds. Gebrselassie, a double Olympic 10,000 metres champion who turns 40 next week, took control of the race at the midway point. After crossing the line ahead of Kenya’s Hosea Kipkemboi (1hr02.21) and Ethiopian Mekuant Ayenew (1hr02.21) he reflected: “It was a magnificent festival, with a golden public who didn’t stop encouraging me....

Both of these situations challenge the future of Europe’s clean energy transition. And now, European policymakers must balance their long-term commitment to “net-zero emissions” with the short-term pressures to slow down rising energy prices. “Europe is making a dramatic change in its energy strategy following the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” said Joseph Majkut, director of the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies....

Pros • Alexa is built-in, so Genie has much the same skillset as Echo Dot and will work with any Alexa-compatible devices • Cheaper than Echo Dot – significantly so if you plan to buy multiple devices • Enhanced audio quality and volume over Echo Dot, but still just a 2W speaker • Will be compatible with all future Eufy smart home hardware Cons • Does not support Bluetooth • Does not currently support Alexa calls and messaging (said to be coming later)...

Participant teams wrap their star players in cotton wool to ensure optimum fitness and peak performance levels during the course of the tournament in order to have the best possible chance for European glory. While most countries will be taking all of their stars to the Euros, a few nations have left some of their players behind. As the teams prepare for the championships at their respective training bases, a few players who could have made huge difference to their countries hopes will be watching from home instead....

Armando Sadiku’s first-half header, his country’s first ever goal at a major tournament, sealed the historic victory. Gianni De Biasi’s men held on in the second half amid heavy Romania pressure, and subsequently gave themselves a genuine chance of qualifying for the knockout stages. Albania have three points, which may well be enough to see them through as one of the best third-placed teams, should other results go their way over the matchdays to come....

Staying true to history, England once again failed to win their first group game at the Euros, leading the worry lines to once again crease the heads of English fans, almost silently muttering under their breaths, “Here we go again!”, foreseeing another doomed showing. The English media and many observers have also been quick to pick up on this trail, keen on pointing out how and where Roy Hodgson’s team let their advantage slip....