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The game was not as the scorecard suggests. India were in the driver’s seat during the first 30 minutes of the game, but Ghanaian players soon claimed the dominance and showed their true form as they displayed some relentless attacking football throughout the next 60 minutes. However, the Indian players fought till the end and were denied only by the physicality of Ghana which helped them establish their dictating presence on the pitch....

This year’s edition will be the first tournament hosted in the Middle East and the first to be held at the end of the calendar year, in November and December. Eight stadiums will host the event across five cities in Qatar: Lusail, Al Khor, Al Rayyan, Al Wakrah and Doha. The World Cup draw was conducted on April 1 where the complete group stage schedule, including times and dates was set....

With 32 countries being involved in the tournament, Qatar will be expecting thousands to arrive in the Middle Eastern country. While getting to Qatar is not much of a logistical nightmare, there could be a few issues for supporters once they arrive in the country, as well as varying degrees of financial burden while staying in the state. The World Cup was moved to the winter for this tournament after it was awarded to Qatar due to the searing heat of their summer as daily temperatures from June to September exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit)....

There are just four days until the FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar, and Portugal are one of the stronger teams in the tournament. Fernando Santos has an impressive squad at his disposal, including the likes of Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, and Ruben Dias. The journey to the World Cup final is a long one, and the Portuguese will begin their campaign in Group H with their opener against Ghana on 24 November....

Colbert is a soldier in a growing army of lawyers, doctors and otherwise ordinary citizens who are taking on the sprawling and powerful junk-food industry. They’re charging that somewhere along the line, America’s long romance with fast food, soda and junk has morphed into an abusive relationship. And they’ve set out to change the finger-lickin’ eating habits that have made obesity, particularly in children, a national concern. On the front lines of this grass-roots movement are suburban moms fighting to get healthier fare in cafeterias and lawmakers around the country who are trying to pass laws to limit the junk food sold in schools....

Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov won the pairs gold at the World Team Trophy here Saturday after cementing their overnight lead with victory in the free programme. To the classical strains of Bach, the Russians performed a routine earning 136.06 points, making for a gold-winning score of 210.47, far ahead of Canadian pair Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, who had to settle for silver with 121.21 in the free program for a 191....

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, announced on Thursday she plans to bring forth legislation to formally enshrine Roe v. Wade, the landmark case protecting a woman’s right to choose, into law. The project would be led by Representative Judy Chu, also a California Democrat, and would prevent Texas from enforcing its regulations. The bill will almost certainly pass the Democrat-controlled house, given the issue’s widespread acceptance as a feature of the party’s platform....

NEWSWEEK: What do you hope to accomplish with this year’s festival? Thierry Frémaux: It’s difficult to become the most important festival in the world, but it’s even harder to remain so. My first challenge was to find and keep the pulse of cinema: to include the new wave of animation and documentary filmmaking, to welcome movies from countries with an emerging film culture and to bring Hollywood back to Cannes....

Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees passed new agreements 56 percent to 44 percent among 36 local unions. When brought to the popular vote, 50.3 percent of members voted yes to the agreements, with 49.7 percent voting no. Approximately 45,000 members of the IATSE members voted in the election from November 12 to 14. “From start to finish, from preparation to ratification, this has been a democratic process to win the very best contracts,” said IATSE International President Matthew Loeb in a statement....

On Tuesday, October 4, Angelina Jolie, 47, filed a complaint against her ex-husband, 58, revealing new details about the flight that ultimately led to their split. According to a court filing first obtained by The New York Times, Jolie alleged, “Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face,” and “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her,” during the family’s private flight from Paris to Los Angeles in September 2016....

RELATED: Final Fantasy: Every Main Party From Worst To Best, Ranked Several of the series’ mainline installments feature optional party members, who players can go out of their way to recruit in order to give themselves a little extra firepower. With the high cost of voicing characters and the shift towards more narrative-driven gameplay, optional party members aren’t really a thing in modern Final Fantasy games, but there are still plenty of memorable ones in some of the older titles....

RELATED: Final Fantasy 14: 5 Things It Does Better Than ESO (& 5 Things ESO Does Better) It can be daunting getting into a pre-established MMO, especially one with the prestige of the Final Fantasy franchise. Check out why now may be the best time to sign up as a Warrior of Light in Eorzea, and why you might want to wait. 10 Start Playing: New Patch Content Now is absolutely the perfect time to start playing as a whole host of new content is about to drop with the release of Patch 5....

The Weapon Design Contest in Final Fantasy 14 gives players the opportunity to share their creativity with the rest of the community. The best concepts win several in-game items as prizes, with the grand prize winners having their ideas implemented into the game as actual weapons at a later date. RELATED: Final Fantasy 14’s Housing Lottery Glitch Crisis is Over The entries must fit a specific design template provided by Final Fantasy 14 on the contest’s announcement page....

RELATED: Best PS4 And PS5 Games With The Best Drop-In, Drop-Out Multiplayer What are Grand Companies (asks the disembodied voice)? Grand Companies operate as the three major guilds within the world and players must align themselves to one or the other. There is no company that is objectively the best to join, with each one being a viable option that is dependent on how a player chooses to navigate throughout the game....

One of the major differences in how seasonal events in Final Fantasy 14 are handled compared to most MMOs, is that the events evolve alongside the game and follow their own, separate, standalone storyline. This year, it will be up to players to help Lisette de Valentione and her postmoogle associates in spreading the messages of ardor and affection to all corners of Eorzea. RELATED: The Best Easter Events in Video Games...

Without any major spoilers, Pandaemonium: Asphodelos sees players delve into an ancient prison-like facility, confronting warped defenses and wild monstrosities along the way. Players have already cleared the story mode encounters for these battles when they were added a couple of weeks ago, so raiders could focus on the differences in the Savage versions of the encounters added in FF14’s Patch 6.05. RELATED: Final Fantasy 14 Players Are Begging Square Enix To Cancel Its NFT Plans...

For the first time in the history of the Final Fantasy franchise, players can now play as male Viera in Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker. With only small glimpses shown with the initial reveal, Square Enix has finally been able to showcase just how the players will be able to customize their own male Vieras. RELATED: Final Fantasy 14 is Getting a Cookbook The character creation system for male Viera was demonstrated during the recent Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker benchmark reveal....

When Final Fantasy 15 entered development, Kingdom Hearts lead Tetsuya Nomura was its director, having come up with the concept and the scenario. However, over the course of the game’s troubled development, Tabata became his co-director and eventually took over the role outright. Tabata expressed his desire to see the game on the PC in this week’s edition of Weekly Famitsu. “I’d like to release the game on PC as a technical attempt,” said the director, according to a report from Gematsu....

The Arsenal ace played a key role as they prepared for their midweek meeting with Atletico Madrid by dismantling West Ham 4-1 at home. Meanwhile, Chelsea star Victor Moses has received similar recognition following his excellent display against Southampton. In Italy, Kalidou Koulibaly was the unlikely scorer of a vital goal in the Serie A title race as his last-minute winner for Napoli against Juventus has narrowed the gap to just one point at the top of the standings....

On Thursday, EA released the first 20 names in their list of top 100 players with the likes of Van Dijk, Mahrez and Sterling all included between 81 and 100. Read: FIFA 19 ratings: 81-100 players released, with Alisson and Van Dijk making the list And now, EA Sports have unveiled names from 61 to 80 as fans anticipate the FIFA 19 game, with the game set to be released in a few days....