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It took 11 minutes for Russia to score the first goal of the 2018 FIFA World Cup to be scored during Thursday’s opening match between Russia and Saudi Arabia.
The host nation got on the scoreboard early with a Yury Gazinsky header, for which the Saudi Arabian goalie simply couldn’t get to it despite a good effort.
It was Gazinsky’s first goal of his international career.
The goal is exactly the start that Russia needed to get the crowd into it at Luznhiki Stadium in Moscow.

Moscow has been busily preparing its facilities to host the 2018 World Cup games. Not only has Moscow been part of this but so have other places around the Russian Federation. However, there is a push on in the Western nations for the officials of six countries (Poland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Australia and Japan) to boycott the event.
That’s fine. Stay home. Russia doesn’t need you here anyway if you don’t want to be here.

From record-breaking budgets to progress on pay parity, 5 ways in which women’s football reached a new level in 2017
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P​rotests against the National Anthem by NFL players have contributed to the organization's loss of one-million viewers compared to 2016. According to OKTC's Clay Travis, the four networks that carry the NFL (CBS, ESPN, Fox,​ and NBC)​ are on pace to lose $500 million this season compared to last year due to the ratings slide. The top reason for the loss is "cord-cutting" which is cancelling subscriptions to multi-channel television services on cable.

Male players will contribute a portion of their commercial earnings to their female counterparts under the agreement, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the world
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A scene from the Hard Hat Riot, March 8, 1970 (source)by Gaius PubliusNo refuge could save the hireling and slaveFrom the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave— "The Stars-Spangled Banner" Bottom line first. The main point of this piece is — we should stop pretending.

To watch America’s structural racism at work, one need look no further than the National Football League (NFL) and its treatment of nonviolent unorthodoxy as expressed by Colin Kaepernick going to one knee during the national anthem in support of the unacceptable thought that black lives should matter as much as anyone else’s. Of course, that’s still a relatively new idea in the United States, dating from 1863 in law and still not fully accepted in much of the country.

Football isn’t particularly known for its progressive thinking, but Ecotricity’s collaboration with Forest Green Rovers could shift the goalposts. Welcome to the most sustainable football club in the world – probably
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Saudi football players were booed by the fans after they ignore the one minute silence.

(MEE) — During a friendly against Australia, the Saudi Arabian football team on Thursday failed to line up and observe a minute’s silence in honour of victims of last weekend’s London Bridge terror attack.

Exercise can undoubtedly help you live better, but what about longer? Are there certain activities that are better than others? Yes, and yes. A study published in the BMJ suggests that exercise can reduce your risk of death from cardiovascular-related issues (think heart disease or stroke), and there are certain activities that may be more beneficial than others. [1]