23

Jun

World Cup: VAR – For or Against?

NBC: For the first time ever at the FIFA World Cup, video-assisted refereeing is being used to help make tough calls that could change the momentum of a match. So should…

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21

Jun

Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing – Thursday 21st June 2018

Good morning, A rather eventful 24 hours which were dominated by the issue of immigration around the globe. We try to to summarise the eventful day in our Morning Brief. …

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21

Jun

World Cup Round Up – Day 7

Portugal 1 Morocco 0 Cristiano Ronaldo was the star man for Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ for the second match running, scoring the winner against Morocco at the…

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20

Jun

Prince Louis to be christened on 9th July

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s 8-week-old son will be christened on Monday, July 9, Kensington Palace confirmed on Wednesday. “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are pleased to announce that the christening…

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19

Jun

World Cup Round Up (6th Day)

The Fifa World Cup entered its sixth day. Here's what happened thanks to FIFA.Com Colombia 1 - Japan 2  Match report in sign language thanks to FIFA.com In catching Colombia…

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18

Jun

World Cup Round Up Day 5

Sweden 1 Korea Republic 0 Following an absence of 12 long years, Sweden marked their return to the World Cup in style in the opening match of Group F. The…

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18

Jun

South Korea’s coach made players wear different numbered shirts to confuse opponents

BBC: South Korea's coach says he made his players wear different numbered shirts in recent friendlies to confuse opponents who he says cannot tell them apart. Only Tottenham forward Son Heung-min…

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18

Jun

Mexico fans cheers trigger seismic report

New York Times Late Sunday morning, seismic sensors in Mexico City detected what was reported to be a small earthquake. But it was triggered in an “artificial manner,” according to…

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18

Jun

How much one can trust the Russian media reports on the Moscow incident?

The Independent (UK): Russian police have published a video interrogation of a taxi driver who drove into pedestrians in central Moscow on Saturday. In it, he claims he got his pedals mixed up and…

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17

Jun

Corporate Dispatch Sunday’s Morning Briefing

Good morning, Our Sunday Morning Brief takes you around the globe. Wishing you a good day. Thanks for joining. Jesmond Saliba Managing Editor   Amongst various stories, the Maltese stories…

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16

Jun

World Cup Round Up Day 3

Today's calendar reserver four matches which saw the debut of France and Argentina, amongst the favourites to proceed in the knock-out stage and the debut of Iceland in a World…

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16

Jun

Saturday’s Morning Briefing – 16th June 2018

Good morning, Here's our morning briefing of the most salient news in the last hours as reported around the world. Have a good day. The Malta Independent reports that Italy’s…

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14

Jun

Let the games begin – World Cup kicks off!

Photos Source : FIFA.com

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14

Jun

Don’t have sex with men from ‘different race’ during World Cup, warns Russian politician

The Guardian: Russian women should avoid sex with non-white foreign men during the football World Cup because they could become single mothers to mixed-race children, a senior lawmaker in Moscow…

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14

Jun

Thursday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Here's a our morning briefing for today. The Maltese newspapers dedicate ample coverage to the Aquarius saga and Malta's position, which you can read further down. In other…

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13

Jun

Hierro appointed Spanish Manager as Lopetegui has been removed a day after it emerged that he had agreed to take over at Real Madrid after the World Cup (UPDATE)

Fernando Hierro will take charge of the Spanish national team for the World Cup in Russia, replacing Julen Lopetegui. Following the announcement on Tuesday that Lopetegui would be taking over…

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13

Jun

Wednesday’s Morning Briefing

Good morning, From Malta to Singapore, via UK;  the Aquarius issue; the diplomatic rifts between Malta, Italy and France (so far), the USA-North Korea summit are some of the things…

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11

Jun

Cristiano Ronaldo makes a boy’s dream come true

The Independent Sports Facebook Page has released a video of Cristiano Ronaldo, who as he was boarding the team coach, on his way to the World Cup's journey was called…

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11

Jun

Monday’s Morning Briefing

Good morning A rather hot day as temperatures are expected to reach the 30 degree mark on the Celsius scale, which at times will feel like 34 degrees. The main…

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10

Jun

Opinion – Why Italia 90 was not beautiful to everyone, but will always be special

Amy Lawrence, a blogger who writes about football for the Guardian and the Observer argues that twenty-five years after Gazza’s tears, Pavarotti, Totò Schillaci, World in Motion and the joy…

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06

Jun

Contrary to Argentinian media reports, Malta won’t play against Argentina

Sources close to the Malta Football Association denied a report on Mundo Albiceleste quoting Fox Sport (Argentina) which said that the Maltese national team was a potential opponent of the Argentinian national team, after the decision…

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08

Apr

Russia 2018 : To be or not to be. That is the question !

Diplomatique.Expert member Charles Camenzuli writes about boycotts in the 88 year history of the World Cup.  2014 was an Olympic year for Russia with Sochi hosting the Winter Olympics. Post…

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