The Attorney General's Office announced that Colombian security forces are investigating the kidnapping of the parents of Colombian footballer Luis Diaz, in the north of the country.
The Public Prosecutor’s post on the “x” platform stated: “The Public Prosecutor’s Office learned of the kidnapping of the parents of the Colombian player, Luis Diaz, in the Barrancas district of La Guajira, and as a result, a specialized team of prosecutors, technical investigation officers, and investigators from the police and the joint army anti-narcotics unit... Kidnapping: Urgent measures are being taken to determine the whereabouts of these people, determine the circumstances and find the perpetrators.”
According to local media, the athlete's parents were kidnapped by gunmen at a gas station.
Luis Fernando Diaz Marulanda is 26 years old, a striker for the English club Liverpool. Before he signed a contract with this team in 2022, he was playing for the Portuguese club Porto.
One is the defeat and on top of that Pakistani players were fined 20 percent of the match fee.
Pakistan players have been fined 20 percent of their match fees by the ICC for slow over-rate during the World Cup match against South Africa.
New Delhi : Pakistan players have been fined 20 percent of their match fees for slow over-rate during the World Cup match against South Africa. South Africa had registered a thrilling victory by one wicket in this match played here on Friday. According to the release of International Cricket Council (ICC), "The team led by Babar Azam had reduced four overs in the stipulated time, after this Match referee Richie Richardson imposed this penalty.
According to Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Staff, players are fined five percent of the match fee for reducing one over in the stipulated time. Babar has admitted his crime and hence in this case There was no need for a formal hearing.
If we talk about the match, with the responsible innings of Aiden Markram and the contribution of the tail batsmen led by Keshav Maharaj, South Africa registered a thrilling one-wicket victory over Pakistan in the ICC ODI World Cup match here on Friday.
Batting first, Pakistan team was out for 270 runs in 46.4 overs. In response, South Africa won by scoring 271 runs for 9 wickets in 47.2 overs. With this win, South Africa has 10 points from six matches and has reached the top of the points table in place of India. This is Pakistan's fourth consecutive defeat and it has only four points in six matches, which has dealt a huge blow to its hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
Markram made the difference between the two teams, because like Pakistan, South Africa's batsmen were also not able to convert their good starts into big scores. Markram scored 91 runs in 93 balls which included seven fours and three sixes. After his dismissal, Maharaj held one end and scored seven unbeaten runs on 21 balls. He also hit the winning four on Mohammad Nawaz.
For Pakistan, Saud Shakeel (52) and Babar (50) scored half-centuries. Apart from them, Shadab Khan contributed 43 runs and Mohammad Rizwan contributed 31 runs. South African wrist spinner Tabrez Shamsi took four wickets for 60 runs. Fast bowlers Marco Janson (3 for 43 runs) and Gerald Coetzee (2 for 42 runs) supported him well.
The world awaits the decisive moment in the “Golden Ball” race between Messi and his rivals
Paris: The eyes of millions of football fans around the world will turn tomorrow, Monday, towards the Chatelet Theater in the French capital, Paris, to watch the ceremony of the new edition of the prestigious “Golden Ball” awards presented by the French magazine “France Football”.
This version of the award attracts great attention from all circles in the world of football, as it witnesses very fierce competition for the most prominent award, which is the Ballon d'Or for the best player in the world.
Frenchman Karim Ben Zima won the award in its last edition in 2022, relying on his great achievement with Spanish Real Madrid in the 2021/2022 season, when he won the Spanish League and Champions League double with the team.
But an achievement greater than this is almost certain to be awarded the award in the current edition, given the historical imprint of Argentine Lionel Messi with his country’s national team, which once again places him at the forefront of candidates to win the prestigious award.
Messi returns to compete strongly for the award in this edition, relying on leading his country to win the 2022 World Cup title in Qatar, 36 years after the team won its second World Cup title in 1986, when the legend Diego Maradona was the crowned star in the team’s ranks.
Messi played a prominent role in the team's victory in the title, and deserved to win the Golden Ball for best player in the 2022 World Cup. He also finished second on the list of top scorers in the same edition with 7 goals.
Only two months after winning the World Cup title, Messi won the “Best” award presented by the International Federation of Football (FIFA) to the best player in the world, for the year 2022.
Messi also won the French League title with his former team Paris Saint-Germain at the end of last season before moving to his current team, Inter Miami, to begin his career with the new team by winning the “League Cup” championship, for which Messi was crowned top scorer in this edition and also won the best award. Player of the same version.
Messi faces strong competition from more than one player for the “France Football” magazine’s Ballon d’Or award, and these players are led by Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, the English Manchester City player, who last season with his team won the historic treble (the English League and Cup and the European Champions League).
During his career towards the podium with this hat-trick in his first season with Manchester City, after moving to him from German Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2022, Haaland achieved many records, especially with regard to the goal component, including scoring 36 goals in the English Premier League in one season.
These achievements were enough to give Haaland the Best Player award in the European Football Association (UEFA) referendum last season.
While Messi is looking forward to strengthening the record he holds for the number of times he has won the Ballon d'Or, and winning the award for the eighth time, Haaland dreams of winning the award for the first time.
While Haaland will be Messi's most prominent competitor for the Ballon d'Or, the list of candidates, which consists of 30 players, includes many other names who have achieved many achievements and left clear marks, but their chances of competing may be less than Messi and Haaland.
Prominent among these names are Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, who reached the final of the 2022 World Cup with his country and was crowned top scorer in the tournament in addition to winning the French League title with Saint-Germain, Belgian Kevin De Bruyne, German Ilkay Gundogan, and Argentine Julian Alvarez, winners of the historic treble with Manchester City last season. And Nigerian Victor Osimhen, who won the Italian League title with Napoli and was crowned top scorer in the tournament in the last edition, and other names.
Tomorrow, the ceremony will also witness the distribution of two other awards: “Kopa” for the best young player, and “Yashin” for the best goalkeeper.
The list of nominees for each of them includes 10 names, and it may be difficult to determine the identity of the winner of each, given the brilliance of many names in each of the two categories.
In the recent period, European stadiums witnessed the brilliance of a new generation of young players, who stole the spotlight from many veteran stars.
Prominent among these young stars on the list are Englishman Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid, Spain), Pedri, Gavi, and Alejandro Balde, Barcelona’s Spanish trio, and Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich).
At the goalkeeper level, Argentine Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa, England), Moroccan Yassine Bono (Seville, Spain, Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia), Cameroonian Andre Onana (Inter Milan, Italy, Manchester United, England), Brazilian Ederson (Manchester City, England), and German Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona, Spain), Belgian Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, Spain), and Frenchman Mike Maignan (AC Milan, Italy).