The President of the Italian Football Federation, Gabriele Gravina, revealed that the reason behind the decision to refuse to submit a joint bid with Egypt and Saudi Arabia to host the 2030 World Cup is the deterioration of relations with Egypt.
Italian-Egyptian relations deteriorated, following the death of the young Italian student and researcher Giulio Regeni in the capital, Cairo, in 2016.
Football Italia quoted Gabriele Gravina as saying: “We realize that the joint file with Egypt and Saudi Arabia could have succeeded, but we rejected the proposal to host the 2030 World Cup, due to international problems related to the Regeni case, in addition to a difference in some of our values.” ".
Gabriele Gravina added that Italy cannot pretend that nothing happened.
It is noteworthy that the Italian student Giulio Regeni (28 years old), who was kidnapped by unknown assailants in January 2016 in Egypt, where he was conducting research to obtain a doctorate degree at the University of Cambridge, his body was found dumped, naked and bearing signs of severe torture, on the highway near Cairo. The killing of the Italian citizen caused tension in diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Shanghai will host Formula E for the first time in 2024
Jakarta - The city of Shanghai in China will officially host the Formula E electric car racing event for the first time in May 2024.
"It will be an honor for Formula E to hold its first race in Shanghai next May," said Formula CEO E Jeff Dodds in an official statement received on Friday.
The Shanghai International Circuit will welcome world racers with a double-header which will take place on May 25 and 26 next year.
Formula E's first race in China was held in Beijing in September 2014. Since then, China has hosted seven races of the eco-friendly car, including in Sanya and Hong Kong, with the last in March 2019. “We will mark ten years as a
sport motorbike that continues to break boundaries, including holding it in Shanghai, considering that China is a global leader in the development and adoption of electric vehicles," said Dodds.
Agreeing, ERT Team Leader Alex Hui said that his party was enthusiastic about the next season, where they will race at home.
“As a Chinese team that has been part of the Formula E World Championship since its inception, we are very excited to compete in our home race,” said Hui.
“Everyone in the team is already working hard for the new season and I know our drivers Dan Ticktum and Sérgio Sette Câmara are committed to doing their best for the local fans. "They are already in the simulator to train on the challenging Shanghai circuit," he added.
Meanwhile, the tenth season of Formula E will start in Mexico City on January 13. Before starting the championship season, the racers carried out trials at the Valencia circuit, Spain on October 23-27.
Apart from that, Jakarta is not included in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship calendar for the upcoming season because it coincides with the 2024 General Election period.
According to Formula E's official statement, in October, Jakarta was removed from the tenth season's race calendar because it was a race that was planned to be held. on June 8 2024 at the Ancol E-Prix International Circuit, this collides with the 2024 Election period.
An unprecedented French mobilization to secure the 2024 Paris Olympics
The French army plans to contribute 15,000 soldiers to the massive security operation to secure the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, according to what an army general involved in the preparations revealed.
Christophe Abad, the military governor of Paris who works as a military advisor to the French capital's police chief, said Thursday that the bulk of the military force, approximately 10,000 soldiers, will be deployed in the Paris region.
As for the sky, the army plans to deploy Reaper reconnaissance drones and AWACS aircraft to monitor the airspace, according to the Associated Press.
It also plans to deploy fighter jets, air refueling planes, helicopters that can carry snipers, and equipment to disable drones.
It is noteworthy that the security operation during the Olympic Games, scheduled from July 26 to August 11, is considered unprecedented in terms of its size for France.
Announcing the number of athletes who have fled Ukraine since February 2022
The Ukrainian news.liga website published a document highlighting the number of Ukrainian athletes who have fled their country since the start of the Russian military operation on February 24, 2022.
The report, citing the Ukrainian Ministry of Sports and Youth, stated that 309 athletes and coaches did not return to the country after the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.
According to the publication, the number of athletes and coaches who fled (247 athletes and coaches from Olympic sports and 49 athletes and 13 coaches from non-Olympic sports) constitutes 3.41% of all athletes who left Ukraine to represent the country in international competitions and training camps.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Sports threatens those who do not return within the specified time frame with expulsion from the national team and deprivation of their titles.
On November 14, the leader of the Ukrainian fishing team, Daniil Lyasov, announced that team member Artur Bilan had abandoned the team after competing in the World Championship in Italy.
Ukrainian Shakhtar team player Alexander Rasputko also fled to Russia at the beginning of last October, and it was reported that the 19-year-old athlete disappeared after a match in the UEFA Youth Champions League in Belgium.