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Grêmio will host Botafogo at Arena do Grêmio in a Serie A match on Sunday. Grêmio Grêmio is aiming to bounce back after a 2-1 loss to Flamengo in their previous Serie A match. During that game, Grêmio had 58% possession and took 15 shots, with 5 on target. Edenílson scored for Grêmio in the 90th minute. Flamengo had 16 …

Cruzeiro will visit Estádio São Januário on Sunday for their Serie A clash against Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama is looking to bounce back after their recent 2-0 defeat to Palmeiras in Serie A. In that match, Vasco da Gama had 43% possession and 9 shots on goal, with 2 on target. Palmeiras, on the other …

The Serie A match at Ligga Arena on Sunday features hosts Atletico PR against Flamengo. Atletico PR Atletico PR aims to replicate their recent 3-1 victory over Criciuma in Serie A. In that match, they controlled 57% of the possession and had 23 shots, with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Gonzalo Mastriani (23′, 55′) and Tomás Cuello (79′). …

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced on Friday that Israel will not participate in a trilateral framework proposed by France to ease tensions with Lebanon, criticizing Paris for its “hostile policies against Israel.” Gallant expressed his concerns on the social media platform X, stating, “While the State of Israel is fighting the most just war in its history, France has …

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday that Moscow would halt military actions and initiate peace negotiations “immediately” if Ukraine withdraws its forces from four regions and abandons its bid to join NATO. Putin stated, “The moment Kyiv agrees to these terms, begins the troop withdrawal, and formally renounces its NATO membership aspirations, we will instantly, quite literally at that …

Washington reached out to caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Speaker Nabih Berri following Israel’s assassination of senior Hezbollah military commander Taleb Abdallah, according to a Western diplomatic source. The U.S. “emphasized the need for restraint, advising that Hezbollah should avoid any miscalculation in its response to the assassination,” the source told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. This development follows Hezbollah’s extensive …

Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets at Kiryat Shmona and Kfar Szold on Friday, in retaliation for an overnight Israeli strike that killed two women and injured several civilians in southern Lebanon. Sirens blared in northern Israel on Friday morning, with police reporting munitions falling in the Kiryat Shmona area. No immediate casualties were reported. Hezbollah stated it targeted the …

U.S. President Joe Biden has indicated that a cease-fire agreement in Gaza is not imminent, despite broad international support for the American-backed proposal that has yet to gain full acceptance from either Israel or Hamas. At the Group of Seven summit in Italy, Biden confirmed that world leaders had discussed the cease-fire proposal. However, when questioned by reporters about the …