Month: October 2016

Winston Reid’s 94th-minute goal enabled West Ham to grasp a last-gasp 1-0 win over Premier League basement club Sunderland at the London Stadium on Saturday.
Defeat left Sunderland still searching for their first league win of the season.
But it had appeared the northeast club would at least come away with only their third point of the campaign and a first clean sheet after surviving some early pressure from the Hammers.
But in the fourth minute of added-on time all that changed when New Zealand defender Reid shot through a crowded penalty area to give the Hammers just a second win at their new home following the east London club’s move from Upton Park.
Former Manchester United manager David Moyes had set Sunderland up to defend and they all but invited the Hammers to attack them.
As a result, the hosts created several chances early on, Simone Zaza going close with two headers before playmaker Dimitri Payet curled a shot just wide.
The Frenchman then evaded several Sunderland defenders obnly to be denied by a good save from Black Cats goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
Zaxa then played in Manuel Lanzini but Lamine Kone, covering back, blocked the Italy striker’s effort.
Payet was unlucky not to put the Hammers in front shortly before the half-hour mark when his low shot beat Pickford only to hit the post.
Eventually, Sunderland created chance of their own as former Hammers striker Jermain Defoe gave Adrian his first save of the match.
Zaza, on the stoke of half-time, managed an acrobatic overhead kick following John O’Shea’s half-clearance but the shot flew well wide of Pickford’s goal.
Despite a largely one-sided opening 45 minutes, Sunderland had an excellent chance to break the deadlock early in the second half.
A defensive mix-up left Wahbi Khazri one-one-one with Adrian, but the Spanish keeper was quickly off his line to block.
West Ham continued to have the lion’s share of possession without truly testing Pickford and there was frustration for the home side when Hammers substitute Ashley Fletcher made a mess of a return pass following another fine run by Payet.
But just when a draw looked assured, West Ham snatched all three points.
A later corner was played short by Payet and. having received a return pass, he squared the ball to centre-half Reid who, in one stylish movement, turned on the edge of the box and struck a low shot through a crowd of legs and beyond Pickford.

Clashes and air strikes shook the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday, leaving three civilians dead as heavy fighting resumed after the end of a three-day ceasefire declared by government ally Russia.
The unilateral ceasefire ended without any evacuations by the UN, which had hoped to bring wounded civilians out of the rebel-held east and deliver aid after weeks of government bombardment and a three-month siege.
An AFP correspondent in the east of the city reported fresh air strikes on rebel-held neighbourhoods and the sound of fighting on Sunday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said strikes and artillery fire hit eastern districts after heavy clashes overnight along the front line dividing the city’s government-held west from the east.
The Britain-based Observatory said at least three civilians including a woman and a child were killed in rocket strikes targeting a rebel-held area, warning that with several people wounded the death toll could rise.
Late on Saturday the Observatory reported the first air strikes since Moscow announced a temporary halt in the Syrian army’s Russian-backed offensive to recapture the east of the city.
It said at least three people were wounded in artillery fire on the east, while rebels fired a barrage of rockets and mortar rounds into a government-held neighbourhood.
Government forces and allied fighters, meanwhile, had advanced on the southern outskirts of Aleppo, the Observatory said on Sunday, seizing territory overlooking rebel-held areas.
The ceasefire had been intended to allow civilians and rebels to leave the east.
The army opened eight evacuation corridors, but only a handful of civilians were reported to have crossed through a single passage.
Russian officials and Syrian state media accused rebels of preventing people from leaving and using civilians as “human shields”.
Nearly 500 people have been killed and more then 2,000 wounded since the Syrian army launched an operation to recapture eastern Aleppo on September 22.
The United Nations had hoped to use the “humanitarian pause” to evacuate seriously wounded people and possibly deliver aid.
But a UN official said on Saturday that security guarantees had once again not been received.
No aid has entered Aleppo since July 7 and UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned food rations will run out by the end of the month.
The UN had asked Moscow to consider extending the pause until Monday evening, but there was no indication from Russia that it would.
Russia is a key ally of Syria’s government and began a military intervention in support of President Bashar al-Assad in September last year.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview aired on Saturday that the intervention was meant to “liberate” Syria and keep Assad in power.
“Either Assad is in Damascus, or Al-Nusra is,” he said, referring to Fateh al-Sham’s name before it broke with Al-Qaeda. “There is no third option here.”
Elsewhere, at least two people were wounded on Sunday when a bomb strapped to a motorbike exploded in the northeastern city of Hasakeh, the Observatory said.
The blast in a Kurdish-controlled district is one of a series to have hit the city, most of which were claimed by the Islamic State group.
More than 300,000 people have been killed in Syria and more than half of the country’s population displaced since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti-government protests.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Sunday urged the international community to “do everything” to end the “massacre” in Aleppo and resume efforts to reach a political agreement.
Ayrault also reiterated a demand for a UN Security Council resolution condemning the use of chemical weapons in Syria and “sanctions” against the perpetrators, after UN experts said the army was responsible for a chemical weapons attack in March 2015.
On Saturday, the White House condemned the Syrian regime’s “defiance” of international law after a UN panel attributed a third chemical weapons attack to government forces.
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the Assad regime’s defiance of the longstanding global norm against chemical weapons use,” said US National Security Council spokesman Ned Price.

Xherdan Shaqiri’s marvellous brace moved Stoke City out of the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday after a 2-0 victory away to struggling Hull City.
Switzerland international Shaqiri rifled in a long-range strike on 26 minutes at the KCOM Stadium before converting a second-half free-kick as Stoke registered successive wins for the first time since March.
Mark Hughes’s side extended their unbeaten run to four matches but a fifth consecutive defeat for Hull left the slumping Tigers languishing in the bottom three.
Hull captain Michael Dawson made his first appearance of the season following his recovery from knee ligament damage as Mike Phelan’s men sought to bounce back from a 6-1 trouncing at Bournemouth last weekend.
Shaqiri, who hadn’t scored since the opening game of the season, exhibited wonderful control to bring down a long ball from Bruno Martins Indi inside the first few minutes but the Swiss ultimately sliced wide.
Close-season signing Will Keane went close for Hull with a header, the former Manchester United striker still searching for his first goal since completing his move from Old Trafford in August.
But a moment of individual brilliance from Shaqiri gave Stoke the lead as he picked up the ball on the right wing, jinked inside and unleashed a superb curling strike into the top corner beyond David Marshall.
The Scotland goalkeeper raced off his line to thwart Marko Arnautovic as the visitors looked to increase their advantage, before a crucial tackle from Dawson prevented Wilfried Bony from opening his Stoke account.
Shaqiri punished Hull once more five minutes into the second half after he was fouled by Curtis Davies on the edge of the area, the winger whipping the ensuing free-kick over the wall and into the right-hand corner of Marshall’s goal.
Joe Allen, scorer of five goals in his past four games for club and country, forced Marshall to turn away his crisp strike as Stoke sought to land the knockout blow.
Hull brought on Abel Hernandez and the Uruguayan striker immediately drew a save out of Lee Grant in what represented a rare opportunity for the hosts.
Arnautovic and Ryan Shawcross both tested Marshall again, with Allen then seeing his half-volley tipped around the post after a fine pass from the Austrian.
Hull did find the back of the net seven minutes from the end but Adama Diomande was rightly ruled offside.

With just over two weeks to go before Americans vote for a new president, Hillary Clinton — who has widened her lead over Donald Trump — is stepping up her efforts in key battleground states to consolidate her lead.
The Democratic former secretary of state vying to become America’s first female president leads the Republican real estate mogul among likely voters by 50 percent to 38 percent, according to a national ABC News poll.
That is her highest score since the start of the race to succeed Barack Obama in the White House.
“We are behind,” Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway admitted Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” nevertheless insisting that the race was not over.
At an evening rally in Naples, Florida, the 70-year-old Trump called on his supporters to turn out en masse to “get rid of Crooked Hillary once and for all,” using one of his favorite nicknames for his 68-year-old rival.
“Numbers are looking phenomenal in Florida. Don’t believe the media,” he insisted.
The Sunshine State is a key prize in the presidential race, one of several battleground states that are key for both candidates if they want to win on November 8. Most polls put Trump a few points behind Clinton there.
Conscious that winning the minority vote will help lead her to victory, the 68-year-old Clinton started her day Sunday at a mainly black church in Durham, North Carolina — another of the swing states up for grabs.
Obama won the southern state by a razor-thin margin in 2008, but lost it to Mitt Romney four years later. Team Clinton is pulling out all the stops to put it back in the Democratic win column.
Before a congregation that included Sybrina Fulton — the mother of slain unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin, whose death shocked America in 2012 — Clinton called for awareness of the “systemic racism” seen across the country.
“If we are honest with each other, we know we face the continuing discrimination against African-Americans and in particular young African-Americans,” she said.
“These conversations can be painful for everybody, but we have got to have them.”
She accused her Republican opponent of painting “a bleak picture of our inner cities” and ignoring the successes of black leaders “in every field and every walk of life.”
Clinton will return to North Carolina on Thursday with the woman who has emerged as one of her best campaign weapons — Michelle Obama. It will be their first joint rally for the former and current first ladies.
“The choice in this election really is about what you want, what you believe for yourself and your future,” Clinton told a rally in Charlotte, notably mentioning the need to respect women — an allusion to Trump’s woes over allegations of sexual misconduct.
The new ABC News poll said 69 percent of likely voters disapprove of Trump’s response to questions about his treatment of women, after a series of women alleged he either groped or forcibly kissed them in years past.
Trump has strongly denied those allegations, and on Saturday threatened to sue the “liars” who came forward with claims about his past behavior.
Clinton is leading nationally in both two-way and four-way contests by an average of about six points, according to RealClearPolitics. She is also ahead in most of the crucial battleground states.
The 70-year-old Trump is clinging to an edge — but only a slight one — in traditionally Republican strongholds like Texas, where he has a three-point lead.
Team Clinton is gunning for a landslide win, using its momentum to push ahead in the battle for control of Congress. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives are now in Republican hands, and the Democrats would like to change that.
“We’re not taking anything for granted at all,” campaign manager Robby Mook told “Fox News Sunday.”
“You know, this is not over yet.”
While Clinton has received several major newspaper endorsements, Trump got his first major thumbs-up, from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“Mr Trump represents neither the danger his critics claim nor the magic elixir many of his supporters crave,” the paper wrote, adding he would instead shake up the US capital’s “political elites.”
In Vegas, Obama hit the campaign trail for Clinton and Nevada’s Democratic Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto.
For the president, Democrats have the winning hand.
“You’ve got an ace, and you’ve got a jack,” he said, giving in to the urge to use a blackjack metaphor in Sin City.
“But you’ve got to make sure to turn over the card by voting,” he added.
“The game ends on November 8th!”

Sharapova is not free to compete on the WTA Tour until at least April 2017 despite having a doping ban for banned medication meldonium cut from 24 to 15 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) earlier this month.
The Russian made her return to the court for the first time since receiving the ban for testing positive at the Australian Open in January in a light-hearted exhibition featuring Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe in aid of the Elton John AIDS Foundation in Las Vegas last week.

Newcastle went three points clear at the top of the Championship after an emphatic 3-0 win over Ipswich, while promotion rivals Norwich crashed to a shock 1-0 home defeat on Saturday.
Rafael Benitez’s side scored the fastest goal in the Championship this season when Ayoze Perez struck after just 60 seconds at St James’ Park.
Perez added his second in the 73rd minute before setting up Matt Ritchie’s late strike as the Magpies reeled off a fifth successive victory.
While Newcastle cruised on the road back to the Premier League, Norwich, who were also relegated from the top flight last season, couldn’t find a way past Preston at Carrow Road.
Alex Baptiste’s 75th-minute header secured a fourth win in six games for Preston and Norwich slipped to fourth in the table.
Brighton replaced Norwich in second place after Dale Stephens struck with a fine 25-yard effort midway through the second half in a 1-0 win at Wigan.
Elias Kachunga’s stoppage-time goal gave third-place Huddersfield a 1-0 win over Derby, who suffered their first defeat since boss Steve McClaren returned for a second spell in charge.
Sheffield Wednesday are up to fifth after Gary Hooper’s goal late in the first half was enough to beat QPR 1-0 at Hillsborough.
Bristol City are also in the play-off places after substitute Aaron Wilbraham’s deflected 88th-minute strike sealed a 1-0 win against Blackburn at Ashton Gate.
Jonathan Kodjia’s 80th-minute goal secured a 1-0 win for Aston Villa against Fulham and maintained their improvement under new boss Steve Bruce.
It was the first time Villa had managed back-to-back victories since May 2015.
Kenny Jackett’s first match as Rotherham manager ended in defeat as a late goal from Paul McShane clinched a 1-0 win for Reading at the New York Stadium.
The Royals wasted the chance to take the lead when Garath McCleary’s penalty was saved by Lee Camp, but McShane ensured there was no harm done when he prodded home from close range in the 86th minute.
Kemar Roofe grabbed his first goal for Leeds to earn a 1-0 win at Wolves, who have now gone five matches without a win, while Barnsley ended their miserable form with a surprise 2-0 win at Brentford.
The Tykes had taken just one point from their previous six matches but Adam Armstrong put them in front in the 29th minute before Sam Winnall’s second-half strike sealed the win.

Size 8 recently uploaded an adorable photo to flaunt her baby girl, Ladashabelle, rocking a two piece swimming costume at pool ‘party’ she attended with her cousins.
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Judging from previous photos baby Ladashabelle is also proving to be a fancy style icon at her young age.
Size 8 joins the list of celebrity mum’s i.e Kim Kardashian dressing up their babies in tiny and revealing swimming customes.
 
 
 
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When protesters torched a nearby Dutch-run farm in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, Marc Driessen watched anxiously as smoke billowed above the horizon, fearing his own business would meet the same fate.
“I was really terribly scared because I saw AfricaJuice burning from our farm and we were getting noise from people that most likely our farm would be next,” he told AFP from his flower farm, Maranque, which boasts recently installed solar panels worth 600,000 euros ($650,000).
The farm, some 125 kilometres (77 miles) south of Addis Ababa, is at the heart of the restive Oromia region where anti-government anger erupted into violence after at least 55 people died in a stampede at a religious festival on October 2.
An employee of Maranque was among those killed in the disaster. The stampede was blamed on police who fired tear gas at Oromo demonstrators, who are waging an unprecedented protest movement against the authoritarian Ethiopian government.
After nearly a year of protests demonstrators turned their anger to foreign investors who they blame for occupying land appropriated by the government.
Not long after AfricaJuice, a Dutch fruit farm, went up in flames, hundreds of protesters brandishing sticks, rocks and a few guns gathered in front of Maranque.
It was a group of elders from the nearby village who rushed to the farm on their scooters, who saved the day.
“We put ourselves in front of the protesters and we told them ‘Maranque is our property, do not burn it. Burning this farm will not change the government. You’ll kill us rather than destroying this farm’. And our youngsters backed away,” said community elder Shumi Telila.
More than 800 residents of the village of Alaga Dore work at the farm.
The spike in violence after the stampede, during which government buildings and more than a dozen foreign companies were targeted, prompted authorities to declare a six-month state of emergency for the first time since the fall of communist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991.
“It was like a war,” said Abraham Negussie, an employee at AfricaJuice, describing an attack by thousands of men, some armed with Kalashnikov rifles, according to witnesses.
“Protesters say we don?t want to hurt the people, only to destroy this property completely,” he added.
The attack left a trail of destruction with warehouses destroyed and vehicles and equipment burned.
Outside the farm several tonnes of passion fruit now lie rotting in the sun as they can no longer be processed into juice destined for Europe.
Calm has returned since the strict state of emergency was put in place, with the government reporting over 1,500 people have been arrested.
Large rocks used by protesters as barricades still line the road, which is now patrolled by numerous soldiers.
The unrest began in November in the central Oromia region then spread to Amhara in the north.
Together, the Oromo and Amhara people make up 60 percent of the population. The protesters accuse the country’s leaders, who largely hail from the northern Tigray region, of monopolising power.
International rights groups estimate at least 500 demonstrators have been killed in a bloody crackdown on protests over the past 10 months.
The violence in Ethiopia poses a threat to its reputation as an oasis of relative political stability and its double-digit growth, which make it a magnet for foreign investment.
Driessen, who has been in Ethiopia for 12 years, is convinced that carefully nurtured ties to the local community helped protect his farm, where chrysanthemums, dahlias and lavender grow in greenhouses.
“We built a water line in the village, we put a cement floor in the school, we fixed their electricity generator… we need to do what we can to help the people surrounding us,” he told AFP.
Driessen said he was drawn to the Horn of Africa nation by its low production costs and the ideal climate of the Rift Valley. His company has invested 10 million euros in Ethiopia.
“It will affect new investors dramatically,” he said of the recent violence.

Lyon’s alarming slump in form continued on Saturday as they lost 3-1 at home to Guingamp despite leading scorer Alexandre Lacazette putting them in front at their Parc OL.
Lacazette opened the scoring with his seventh league goal of the campaign from the penalty spot but Guingamp turned the game on its head with two goals in the first seven minutes of the second period from Yannis Salibur and Marcus Coco.
Coco added another to complete the turnaround and condemn Lyon to a fifth defeat in their last six games in all competitions.
Remarkably, it was the first time in 35 years that they had lost a league game at home after leading at half-time.
It was also a fifth loss in 10 Ligue 1 outings for Bruno Genesio’s side, who remain 10 points adrift of leaders Nice before they go to Metz on Sunday. Guingamp are fifth.
Such a poor start to the campaign for Lyon had not been contemplated after their outstanding run towards the end of last season, and the pressure is now very much on Genesio.
“It’s a big blow and hugely disappointing because we’ve lost at home for the second time this season,” lamented Genesio.
“We put in two completely different displays, a first half that was fairly good, and another where we totally lost our way. That’s typical of a team in a difficult situation and one that doubts itself.”
Lyon took the lead in the 37th minute when Lacazette — who missed a penalty in the 1-0 midweek Champions League loss to Juventus — netted from the spot after Maxime Gonalons had been fouled in the area.
It was a first league goal since August for Lacazette.
However, Lyon contributed to their own downfall with some awful defending in the second half.
Guingamp equalised when Jimmy Briand robbed youngster Mouctar Diakhaby in the area and set up Salibur, who fired home.
The Breton side were in front in the 52nd minute as Lyon cheaply gave the ball away in their own half and Briand was again the provider, squaring for Coco, who had an easy finish.
Lyon were denied a penalty when Lacazette went down in the box under a Jordan Ikoko challenge, and substitute Mathieu Valbuena was stretchered off in tears after falling awkwardly only minutes after coming on.
Club president Jean-Michel Aulas later told Canal Plus Sport that Valbuena, capped 52 times by France, had a dislocated shoulder and would require an operation.
The home side’s misery was compounded as Guingamp struck again in the 77th minute, France under-21 international winger Coco dispossessing Rafael before running through to blast a shot past Anthony Lopes.
The final whistle was met by loud jeers from the Lyon support.
Monaco went second after destroying Montpellier 6-2 on Friday, with Radamel Falcao getting the principality club’s first goal from the penalty spot on his return after a month on the sidelines.
Paris Saint-Germain, in third, entertain Marseille in the Classique on Sunday in what will be Rudi Garcia’s first match as coach of the visitors.
Toulouse missed a chance to leapfrog the champions after they were held to a 0-0 draw at Angers, while Poland international Kamil Grosicki scored twice as Rennes defeated Nantes 2-1.
Elsewhere, Portugal’s Euro 2016 hero Eder netted Lille’s second goal in a 2-1 victory over Bastia, Bordeaux were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Nancy and Dijon grabbed a stoppage-time winner to beat Lorient 1-0.

Juan Martin del Potro reached his first ATP final since January 2014 on Saturday with an impressive 6-4, 7-5 win over Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in the Stockholm semi-finals.
The world number 63 from Argentina, who was US Open champion in 2009 before a series of wrist injuries pushed him to the brink of retirement, will face America’s Jack Sock in Sunday’s final.
Sixth-seeded Sock downed German fourth seed Alexander Zverev 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in the other semi-final.
Del Potro, runner-up to Andy Murray in the Olympic final in Rio in August, last played a tour final in Sydney in January 2014 when he beat home favourite Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-1.

Dutch teenager Max Verstappen topped the times ahead of his Red Bull team-mate Australian Daniel Ricciardo in Saturday morning?s disjointed third and final practice ahead of Sunday?s United States Grand Prix.
The Red Bull pair took advantage of Mercedes? reluctance to show their full potential in the closing minutes of the session as Kimi Raikkonen clocked the third best time for Ferrari.
Defending three-time champion Lewis Hamilton was fourth fastest and his Mercedes team-mate and championship leader Nico Rosberg sixth, but both ran late without clocking laps on super-soft tyres.
Verstappen?s best lap in one minute and 36.766 seconds was 0.266 seconds quicker than Ricciardo, both men running on super-softs. Raikkonen was half a second adrift in third.
Hamilton was a further two-tenths slower in fourth place and three-tenths ahead of Rosberg, but on a bright clear day at the Circuit of the Americas there were few clues of true performance given away by the leading teams when they ran their qualifying simulation laps in the final minutes.
Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel was sixth for Ferrari ahead of Renault-bound German compatriot Nico Hulkeberg of Force India, Valtteri Bottas of Williams and the two McLaren-Hondas of Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso.
Hamilton, using a car fitted with a new fuel injection system overnight and revised brake settings, showed his disappointment at being released too late to clock a faster lap.
“That was really poor timing guys,” he said on the team radio. Rosberg, also late out, aborted his best lap.
The session was interrupted by a red flag when Pascal Wehrlein spun off in his Manor car after half an hour and also featured two punctures for Carlos Sainz in his Toro Rosso.
Hamilton’s repaired car was not ready until mid-way through the session -? the mechanics having worked for the entire night bar three hours -? and was soon thrown into action.
“We are now running the engine that was first used on Lewis?s car at Spa, at the Belgian Grand Prix,” said Mercedes technical director Paddy Lowe.
?After running it on Friday, we found that there was a small fault in the fuel system. It?s not a serious problem, but for precautionary reasons we felt we should put a better one in there.
?The people working on the engine were here until 1 am and then another group of people were in at 4 am to do some more work and then the main group were back at six.”
Hamilton used his spare time, while waiting for his car, as an opportunity to show Hollywood actor Christoph Waltz around the Mercedes team garage.
He looked much happier than he was on Friday when he conceded that he had brake problems.
“We made some brake-setting changes which were disastrous,? said Hamilton. ?I was struggling to finish a lap without over-steer, but we?ll fix that and I am sure we?ll get back on the pace.?
Russian Daniil Kvyat, confirmed as remaining with Toro Rosso for another year by team on Saturday morning, wound up 14th fastest, one place ahead of Sainz.

Munster romped to a five-try 38-17 win over Glasgow in the European Cup on Saturday as their Thomond Park fortress paid an emotional tribute to former player and coach Anthony Foley.
Despite playing for more than an hour with 14 men after Keith Earls was red-carded for a tip tackle on Fraser Brown the Irish side were in no mood to ponder defeat, just a day after 42-year-old Foley was buried in nearby Killaloe.
The head coach and former No8 — who captained Munster to their first European Cup title in 2006 — was found dead in his Paris hotel room last Sunday, hours ahead of their European match against Racing 92.
A minute’s silence was impeccably observed before Saturday’s kick-off while fans held up red No8 shirts and placards spelling out “Axel”, the nickname of Foley.
Munster ran in three tries before the break to set up their bonus-point win. Tyler Bleyendaal, Jaco Taute and Simon Zebo all touched down with a penalty try also awarded.
Pat MacArthur and Mark Bennett grabbed tries for Glasgow before Rory Scannell scored the final try for two-time champions Munster.
Just after the final whistle, Munster were joined on the pitch by Foley’s two sons, Tony and Dan, as the 25,000-strong crowd were treated to a stirring rendition of the club’s battle cry, “Stand Up And Fight”.
“The tough things are the small things. You get into the bus to the field, Axel’s seat is there. You get into the changing room, all the little things that remind you,” said Munster’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus.
“Then you get out to the field and the Munster people, the Irish people, do things that are very personal, with so much emotion.”
The result threw Pool 1 wide open. Glasgow opened their campaign last week with an impressive 42-13 win over 2001 and 2002 champions Leicester, who host Dan Carter’s Racing 92 on Sunday.
Defending champions Saracens followed up their impressive 31-23 victory at three-time winners Toulon with a gritty 44-26 bonus-point triumph over Scarlets.
Saracens replaced the Welsh side at the top of Pool 3 thanks to tries from Mako Vunipola, Marcelo Bosch, Chris Wyles (two) and young centre Nick Tompkins, who only found out he was playing at the last moment after skipper Brad Barritt injured his neck.
But both sides suffered injuries ahead of the busy November international period with Saracens’ England lock Maro Itoje picking up a right hand injury while Scarlets Welsh full-back Liam Williams limped off.
Castres, beaten by Leinster last weekend, stunned 2000 champions Northampton in Pool 4 with a five-try, 41-7 rout.
Samoan winger David Smith scored two tries with Antoine Tichit and replacements Alexandre Bias and Antoine Dupont also crossing.
The Saints had opened their campaign with a 16-14 win over Montpellier but on Saturday all they could muster was a late converted try from winger James Wilson.
“We were punished,” admitted Northampton coach Jim Mallinder.
Clermont closed in on the quarter-finals with a second successive bonus-point win in Pool 5.
They defeated Bordeaux-Begles 49-33, outscoring their Top 14 rivals six tries to five.
Clermont swept past Exeter 35-8 in their opening match, but were only 16-14 to the good at the interval on Saturday.
Fiji-born French international winger Noa Nakaitaci scored Clermont’s only try of the first period while Jean-Marcellin Buttin and Jayden Spence crossed for Bordeaux.
But second half scores from Alexandre Lapandry, Wesley Fofana, Sebastien Vahaamahina, David Strettle and Sitaleki Timani sealed victory.
Ulster beat Exeter 19-18 with Charles Piutau scoring the game’s only try for the Irish side.
However, they needed a late Paddy Jackson drop goal to secure victory after Gareth Steenson had nudged Exeter in front with a drop of his own. Steenson also just went wide with another late drop goal attempt.

Sweden’s environment minister on Saturday urged the European Union to ban petrol and diesel-powered vehicles from 2030.
Speaking to the Aftonbladet daily, Isabella Lovin of the Green Party hailed a non-binding resolution adopted by Germany’s upper house of parliament to switch to emission-free cars by 2030.
“It’s a really interesting proposition … In order to achieve it, we will need to implement an EU-wide ban along the same lines,” she said.
“As the environment minister, I do not see any other way than to relegate vehicles powered by fossil fuels to the dustbin of history.”
The Swedish government aims to produce all of its power from renewable energy sources by 2040.

Canada international Scott Arfield’s 90th-minute winner earned Burnley an improbable 2-1 victory over a dominant Everton at Turf Moor on Saturday.
Everton impressed in a 1-1 draw with Manchester City last weekend and were looking to close to within a point of Pep Guardiola’s side in the Premier League table.
But after Yannick Bolasie had cancelled out Sam Vokes’s opener for Burnley, Arfield slid home at the death to lift Burnley three points clear of the relegation zone and prevent Everton breaking into the top four.
It was only a second win in seven league games for Sean Dyche’s Burnley as Ronald Koeman’s Everton registered a fourth successive match without victory.
Koeman made two changes to his starting XI, recalling Ross Barkley and bringing in Kevin Mirallas, who warmed home goalkeeper Tom Heaton’s palms with an early effort following a Bolasie surge.
Barkley was left on the bench for the draw at Manchester City and he signalled his determination to prove his worth to Koeman with a powerful strike that Heaton pushed away.
Everton totally dominated the opening stages, seeing over 70 percent of possession in the first half hour.
But it was Burnley who took the lead, six minutes before half-time, after a blunder by goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.
The Dutch international, who saved two penalties at City, could only palm Arfield’s tame poked shot into the path of Wales striker Vokes, who gleefully tucked the ball into an untended net.
After Heaton had saved comfortably from Barkley, Bolasie equalised just before the hour, pinching the ball from team-mate Lukaku and slamming home his first Everton goal.
Everton had all the momentum and Burnley spent the last half an hour on the ropes, Michael Keane intervening to deny Lukaku and Heaton swatting away a cross from Bolasie as Lukaku closed in.
But with stoppage time approaching, Johann Berg Gudmundsson’s shot came back off the bar and Arfield pounced on the rebound to earn the hosts a smash-and-grab success.

Tracy Kush is not afraid to spills private details about the type of sex life she shared with her ex partner Timmy Tdat. Just like any bitter ex, the rapper now claims that Timmy Tdat’s sex game is not ‘all that’ as many would expect.
The rapper revealed this during a recent interview with where she spilt a few details about how horrible Timmy Tdat sex is.
Her statement shocked most of her fans who were not expecting her to pull such a card just to stay relevant in the entertainment scene. It is a bit surprising that we still living in an age where couples break up and talk smack about their sex life.
Away from that, Tracy Kush and Timmy Tdat broke up about three months ago after she accused him of physically abusing her at a popular club located on Langata road.
 

Lionel Messi shrugged off his recent woes from the penalty spot with a decisive 94th-minute spot-kick to move Barcelona top of La Liga with a pulsating 3-2 win at Valencia on Saturday.
However, the dramatic victory came at a cost for Barca as a tearful Andres Iniesta suffered ligament damage in his right knee that could keep him out for several months.
Messi netted twice and his opener midway through the first half was allowed to stand despite Luis Suarez straying into an offside position.
Valencia hit back with two goals in six second-half minutes through on-loan Barca winger Munir El Haddadi and Rodrigo.
However, Suarez levelled and was then upended inside the area by Aymen Abdennour to allow Messi to hold his nerve and slot past penalty-stopping specialist Diego Alves for all three points.
Victory moves the champions a point clear of Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, who face Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao respectively on Sunday.
He may be one of the finest footballers ever but Messi has struggled from the spot in recent seasons, most notably blazing over as Argentina lost the Copa America final to Chile in June.
“Our best penalty-taker is Leo Messi without any doubt,” Barca boss Luis Enrique said.
Valencia stopper Alves had saved three penalties this season and from Messi in the past, but was beaten low to his right.
“Messi took responsibility in the best moment and it is a glorious feeling for us,” added Enrique.
A bad-tempered encounter spilled over after Messi’s strike, though, as Suarez and Neymar were hit by a plastic bottle thrown by the Valencia fans as Barca celebrated.
“We celebrated as it is normal to celebrate a last-minute winner,” said Enrique.
The game was only 14 minutes old when Iniesta was carried from the field in tears holding his right knee, which buckled under a heavy challenge from Enzo Perez.
Enrique was furious with referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco as Perez avoided even a yellow card, whilst a series of other fouls on Barca players went unpunished.
Barca confirmed Iniesta suffered lateral collateral ligament damage, but said further tests would be carried out to determine the exact extent of the injury.
However, it was Valencia who were up in arms at the officials when Messi opened the scoring on 22 minutes.
The Argentine’s fifth goal in three games since returning from a groin injury sneaked in at Alves’s near post, but the Brazilian goalkeeper had been distracted by the presence of the offside Suarez jumping over Messi’s effort.
“It is lamentable, absolutely lamentable that refereeing decisions prevented Valencia from taking a point or more from this match,” Valencia sporting director Jesus Garcia Pitarch told BeIN Sports Spain.
Valencia turned the game around early in the second half as Dani Parejo’s cut-back was drilled into the bottom corner by El Haddadi against his parent club.
The 21-year-old held his hands up apologetically after finding the net, but there were wild celebrations led by new Valencia boss Cesare Prandelli moments later when Rodrigo swept home Nani’s through ball.
Valencia’s lead lasted just six minutes despite Alves’s best efforts as Suarez pounced to smash home a rebound after Ivan Rakitic’s powerful header had been saved by the Valencia stopper.
Barca swarmed forward in search of a winner, but had to wait until deep into stoppage time when Messi played in Suarez and he was clearly taken out from behind by Abdennour.
Messi stroked home his 14th goal of the season to secure a vital three points in the title race.
Earlier, Espanyol battled back from 3-0 down at half-time to salvage a point and possibly coach Quique Sanchez Flores’s job in a 3-3 draw at home to Eibar.
Granada and Sporting Gijon remain in the relegation zone after a 0-0, whilst Real Sociedad moved into the top half with a comfortable 3-0 win over Alaves.

Bayern Munich broke their Borussia Moenchengladbach jinx on Saturday as Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa netted in a 2-0 home win to put the champions three points clear on Saturday.
First-half goals by Bayern’s Chile and Brazil internationals gave Carlo Ancelotti’s Munich a first win over Gladbach in five German league matches after Borussia claimed home and away league victories in 2015.
After back-to-back draws in the league the win caps a good week for Bayern, who enjoyed a 4-1 romp against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Wednesday.
“The first half was perhaps our best of the whole season,” said Ancelotti.
“The second wasn’t quite so good and I told the players to be careful at the break as the energy wasn’t 100 percent after the PSV game.
“They learnt the lesson from last weekend’s draw with Frankfurt.”
Ancelotti rested Germany forward Thomas Mueller from the starting line-up, but after Robert Lewandowski hit the post early on, Bayern went ahead after 16 minutes when Chile’s Vidal headed home Rafinha’s cross.
Winger Costa’s 31st-minute shot doubled the lead at Munich’s Allianz Arena, while Gladbach’s best chance came when winger Andre Hahn hit the post on 71 minutes.
Hertha Berlin went second with a 2-1 home win over Cologne, who lost their unbeaten record.
Hertha took the lead in the capital when Mitchell Weiser broke clear and his pass found Vedad Ibisevic, who netted his sixth goal in eight league games on 13 minutes.
Cologne’s French striker Anthony Modeste, the league’s top scorer, levelled with his eighth goal in eight games on 65 minutes, but Hertha defender Niklas Stark headed the winner six minutes from time.
7Cologne’s Simon Zoller hit the post in the dying stages, then replacement Artjoms Rudnevs had a goal disallowed and the result leaves their side fourth.
Borussia Dortmund are three Bundesliga games without a win, although they fought back from two goals down to draw 3-3 at Ingolstadt and sit sixth.
Dortmund were 2-0 down as Israel international Almog Cohen and Paraguay’s Dario Lezcano netted for Ingolstadt.
Cohen wriggled free of his marker from a free-kick before Lezcano looped his header into the top corner.
Borussia hit back when Mario Goetze set up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to head home his seventh goal in his seven league games on 59 minutes, only for Lezcano to net Ingolstadt’s third less than 60 seconds later to make it 3-1.
Dortmund dominated the final quarter as Adrian Ramos pulled a goal back on 69 minutes and Christian Pulisic scored the crucial equaliser in stoppage time.
The draw saw Ingolstadt climb off the bottom above Hamburg, who lost 3-0 to Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday.
Bayer Leverkusen slumped to a 3-0 defeat at home to Hoffenheim after playing virtually the entire match with 10 men.
Kevin Volland earned the fastest red card of the season with just six minutes gone for bringing down Kerem Demirbay, who was through on goal.
Demirbay, Sandro Wagner and Swiss midfielder Steven Zuber netted the visitors’ goals.
Bayer coach Roger Schmidt was sent to the stands in the wake of the second goal and faces a lengthy ban for his second dismissal this year.
Ten-man Wolfsburg dropped to 15th after their 3-1 defeat at Darmstadt left them seven games without a win.
Frenchman Valerien Ismael was appointed Wolfsburg’s new head coach on Monday after Dieter Hecking was sacked.
Freiburg were 2-1 winners at home to Augsburg as they claimed a fourth victory in as many matches in front of their own fans.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Saturday asked the UN Security Council to condemn the use of chemical weapons in Syria, and urged that those behind the attacks be placed under sanctions.
“I want… a clear condemnation of these crimes in a resolution from the UN Security Council… that places the perpetrators under sanctions,” Ayrault said.
The minister’s comments came a day after UN experts said in a report that the Syrian army had attacked a village with chemical weapons in 2015. The Islamic State group has also been accused of using mustard gas as a weapon.
“The Syrian army and Daesh have used chemical weapons against civilians on at least three occasions,” Ayrault said, using an Arabic acronym to refer to IS.
“These acts are inhuman and unacceptable,” he said in a statement.
“France will not accept that the use of chemical weapons in Syria, which has now been proven beyond doubt… should remain unpunished,” he said.
“We call on all our partners in the Security Council to assume their responsibility.”
The United States, Britain and France have repeatedly called for sanctions, particularly against the Syrian regime, over the use of chemical weapons in the five-year conflict.
However President Bashar al-Assad’s main backer Russia, a permanent Security Council member, has cast doubt on the UN experts’ findings, claiming that they are not sufficiently conclusive to warrant sanctions.

Needing a two-goal win to move above leaders Arsenal, Liverpool took a 2-0 lead through Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho, but McAuley’s strike left them in second place on goal difference.
Arsenal had earlier been held to a 0-0 draw by Middlesbrough, while fourth-place Tottenham Hotspur played out a goalless stalemate at Bournemouth.
“I’m really pleased with the performance,” Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told Sky Sports.
“It was unbelievably difficult against West Brom. You have to always concentrate. They are so dangerous at set-pieces.
“But I think it would have been kind of a joke if we hadn’t won today. It was unbelievable, how we played.”
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City can reclaim first place by avoiding defeat at home to Southampton on Sunday, when Jose Mourinho makes his return to Chelsea with Manchester United.
Klopp made one change to the Liverpool team held 0-0 by United last Monday, with the fit-again Adam Lallana returning to the starting XI at the expense of Daniel Sturridge.
Roberto Firmino took over from Sturridge up front and played a key role in Liverpool’s neat 20th-minute opener, crossing for Mane to volley home after Coutinho’s dummy had freed Emre Can.
Mane turned provider 15 minutes later after a sliced clearance by visiting goalkeeper Ben Foster, slipping in Coutinho, who cut inside two defenders and scored at the near post.
West Brom centre-back McAuley halved the deficit late on, volleying in from close range at a corner.
Arsenal, 6-0 winners over Ludogorets Razgrad in the Champions League in mid-week, were seeking an eighth successive win in all competitions.
But Middlesbrough came closest to breaking the deadlock in the first half at the Emirates Stadium when Gaston Ramirez curled a 21st-minute free-kick against the post.
Arsenal dominated the second half, but had goalkeeper Petr Cech to thank for ensuring the visitors’ counter-attacks came to nought.
“It is a game where you had a lot of possession, but there were tired legs and you are prone to counter-attacks,” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who was celebrating his 67th birthday.
“You make it difficult for yourself. Seventy-five percent possession, but you could have lost the game. That is modern football.”
Tottenham extended their unbeaten start to the season to nine games — something they last achieved in 1990 — but squandered an opportunity to go top in a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth.
Both teams hit the woodwork in the early stages, Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris diverting Charlie Daniels’s shot onto the bar and Erik Lamela clipping the post from distance.
“We had control, but we didn’t create enough chances to score,” said Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino.
“I think we need to be pleased in the end because it’s one point more, one clean sheet, but it’s true for us to be contenders we should be winning the games like today.”
Champions Leicester City did not need Jamie Vardy as they won 3-1 at home to Crystal Palace to climb to 12th place.
With Vardy starting on the bench after a groin problem, strikers Ahmed Musa and Shinji Okazaki struck either side of half-time at the King Power Stadium.
Christian Fuchs sealed victory in the 79th minute, the Austrian left-back netting from distance with a sensational strike to register his first Leicester goal.
Yohan Cabaye replied five minutes from time for Palace.
“That was our best performance so far this season,” said Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri. “It was the shape and model of last season and we concentrated on doing our job.”
Sixth-place Everton spurned a chance to make ground on the leading sides in a 2-1 defeat at Burnley, who took a 39th-minute lead when goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg’s blunder gifted Sam Vokes a tap-in.
Yannick Bolasie equalised just before the hour with his first Everton goal, but Scott Arfield struck at the death to condemn Ronald Koeman’s men to a fourth league game without victory.
Xherdan Shaqiri scored two stunning goals — the second a free-kick — as Stoke City won 2-0 at Hull City to climb out of the relegation zone at their hosts’ expense.
Sunderland remain rock-bottom after Winston Reid’s goal deep into stoppage time earned misfiring West Ham United a 1-0 win at their London Stadium.
Swansea City stayed second from bottom after Bob Bradley’s first home game as manager concluded in a 0-0 draw with Watford.

Leicester strikers Shinji Okazaki and Ahmed Musa ended lengthy goal droughts as the Premier League champions beat Crystal Palace 3-1 on Saturday.
Claudio Ranieri’s side were on course for their first win in four league matches after Nigeria international Musa claimed his first Leicester goal in his 10th appearance since a pre-season move from CSKA Moscow.
Japan forward Okazaki doubled Leicester’s lead in the second half at the King Power Stadium with his first goal in 14 league appearances.
Austrian defender Christian Fuchs sealed the points in the closing stages with his first goal for the Foxes and Yohan Cabaye’s late reply was no consolation for Palace.
Leicester’s 20th home league game without defeat was the perfect birthday present for Ranieri, who turned 65 on Thursday, and it ensured they avoided making the worst start by reigning English champions since Leeds in 1974.
While Leicester have made a spluttering opening in the Premier League, they have looked more like the team that unexpectedly won the title during a run of three successive Champions League victories.
The latest of those memorable European wins came in midweek against Copenhagen and the positive vibes finally translated to Leicester’s domestic duties.
Okazaki replaced England striker Jamie Vardy, who was left on the bench after struggling for form and fitness of late, and the diminutive Japanese should have put Leicester ahead in the opening moments.
Palace goalkeeper Steve Mandanda kicked a clearance straight to him, but he rushed a weak shot that drifted wide.
Palace came close to a surprise opener when Martin Kelly’s cross picked out Christian Benteke and the former Liverpool striker’s powerful header beat Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, only to hit the crossbar and rebound to safety.
Leicester kept pressing and almost took the lead in fortuitous fashion when Riyad Mahrez’s shot from the edge of the penalty area deflected off Okazaki before flashing narrowly wide.
Palace had gone 13 league matches without a clean sheet and their defence was breached again in the 42nd minute as Musa fired home after Okazaki and Islam Slimani combined to set up the Nigerian forward.
Early in the second half, Danny Simpson’s cross towards Slimani was headed just wide by the Algerian, while Benteke wasn’t far from an equaliser with a header of his own.
Okazaki put Leicester firmly in control in the 63rd minute when he thumped home at the near post after Danny Drinkwater’s cross was only half cleared by Damien Delaney.
Vardy came on for the final 15 minutes, but it was Fuchs who stole the spotlight with a fine volley to make it three in the 80th minute.
Although France midfielder Cabaye netted five minutes later, there was no chance of a late Palace fightback.

The Russian defence ministry on Saturday accused the US-led coalition fighting jihadists in Iraq of committing war cries, a day after an air raid killed 15 women at a shrine near the city of Kirkuk.
“We have observed several times that these deadly strikes… which have all the hallmarks of war crimes, have practically become a daily routine by the international coalition’s warplanes,” ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.
“Far too often, weddings, funeral processions, hospital, police posts and humanitarian convoys are targeted by the coalition,” he added.
The statement came after French President Francois Hollande accused Russia of committing war crimes in Syria, where its warplanes are carrying out air strikes in support of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Moscow on Saturday escalated a row over its attempts to send observers to the US presidential polls, accusing Washington of adopting an “anti-Russian” stance.
Moscow has said that it is trying to send its own observers to various US states to monitor the November 8 vote, but has been refused accreditation so far.
Deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov accused US officials of treating the issue of observers in an “absolutely anti-Russian vein”, speaking to RIA Novosti state news agency.
“If we are deprived of this for political reasons, we will draw our own conclusions,” he warned.
“Our American colleagues shouldn’t count on us simply forgetting this in the future,” he said, accusing them of “unacceptable statements”.
State Department spokesman John Kirby on Friday accused Moscow of a “PR stunt” and denied any federal policy to refuse Russian observers.
He also pointed out that Russia had opted not to join the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observer mission.
The Russian embassy in Washington said Friday that Moscow had sent several applications to local electoral commissions asking to “get acquainted” with the polling process.
Russia received “mostly negative responses including threats that our interest and presence at polling stations could be seen as a criminal act,” it said.
It accused some of the states it approached of coordinating “their negative decision with the federal government”.
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has voiced admiration for President Vladimir Putin and backed rapprochement with Moscow, while Hillary Clinton has said Trump would be Putin’s “puppet”.
Putin has offered what appears to be veiled support for Trump, saying the Kremlin favours those who “publicly state that it is necessary to build a relationship with Russia”.
US officials this month formally accused the Russian government of directing cyber attacks “intended to interfere with the US election process” at American political organisations.

British charities and lawmakers have urged French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to ensure the safety of children in the “Jungle” Calais migrant camp during its demolition set for Monday.
The signatories said in a letter dated Friday they had “very serious worries concerning the security and well-being of unaccompanied minors and vulnerable adults”.
Cazeneuve has pledged that all remaining migrants at the site, currently occupied by around 5,700 people according to official figures, would be given “dignified” shelter after the camp is cleared.
“We fear that the resources currently being deployed and the proposed responses are insufficient to ensure the effective protection of the most vulnerable, notably unaccompanied children,” the letter said.
The signatories, which included Save the Children, the Refugee Council, Safe Passage UK-Citizens UK and the International Rescue Committee UK, said tensions had risen in the camp since its demolition was announced, due to a lack of clear information from the authorities about the future of its inhabitants.
They said a poorly-organised clearance would put already fragile people into an even more precarious situation.
The letter asked for all unaccompanied minors to be found shelter before the demolition begins, for a designated “safe zone” in the camp during the dismantlement and, that everyone eligible to join family in Britain be identified.
They also called for independent rights observers to be present during the demolition.
The signatories included 60 of the 650 MPs, two bishops and several members of parliament’s upper House of Lords, including Paddy Ashdown, the former international high representative for Bosnia.
But at the “Jungle” camp in the northern French port of Calais on Saturday, migrants seemed prepared for the move to various locations around France.
“Monday I take the bus!” declared a smiling Sudanese named Kali, living in a tent marked with graffiti saying “London Hotel”.
“Everyone has had their bags packed for a week already because they told us it could be on the 17th (of October) and since then we’ve been waiting,” said Mohammed, also from Sudan.
The 43-year-old former computer engineer says he’s given up trying to get to Britain, which was the goal of most of the 6,000 to 8,000 migrants in the Calais camp. Some claimed to have family links there and many believed they would have a better chance of finding work.
“Some people don’t want to be forced to move,” Mohammed added.
Volunteers with the British association Care 4 Calais walked from tent to tent to inform the migrants about the plans and give them emergency contact phone numbers.
Police could be seen maintaining a discreet presence near the temporary welcome centre where interviews were to take place for unaccompanied minors hoping to join relatives in the UK.
After 100 youngsters left on Saturday, another 40 were set to leave Calais for Britain on Sunday morning, said Pierre Henry, head of the France Terre d’Asile charity.
Among the Afghans who run food shops in the camp, one owner with the sign “Do not destroy the Jungle” has his doubts about whether the dismantlement will actually happen.
“We’ll see on Monday, I don’t believe it,” he said.
Another Afghan shopkeeper, when asked what he would do after the camp was torn down, just said, “I will go to the next Jungle.”

The International Criminal Court on Saturday asked South Africa and Burundi to reconsider their decisions to withdraw from the troubled institution set up to try the world’s worst crimes.
“Although withdrawing from a treaty is a sovereign act, I regret these decisions and invite South Africa and Burundi to reconsider their positions,” said Sidiki Kaba, president of the assembly of state parties to the ICC founding treaty.
“I urge them to work together with other States in the fight against impunity, which often causes massive violations of human rights,” Kaba said in a statement.
The statement came a day after South Africa dealt a major blow to the court by announcing it would withdraw from the ICC.
The announcement followed a dispute last year when Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir visited the country despite being the subject of an ICC arrest warrant over alleged war crimes.
Earlier this month, Burundi said it would leave the court, while Namibia and Kenya have also raised the possibility.
The ICC, set up in 2002, is often accused of bias against Africa and has also struggled with a lack of cooperation, including from the United States which has signed the court’s treaty but never ratified it.
Kaba said he was concerned that South Africa and Burundi’s decisions would “pave the way” for other African states to leave the court, which is tasked with “prosecuting the most serious crimes that shock the conscience of humanity, namely genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression”.
The ICC on Saturday confirmed South Africa had officially notified the court of its decision to leave, adding that the move had come in the wake of Burundi’s withdrawal process.
The court’s former prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo criticised Burundi and South Africa, accusing them of giving leaders on the continent a free hand “to commit genocide”.
“Burundi and South Africa withdrawing from the ICC shows the Court’s relevance,” said Ocampo, who was the court’s first prosecutor.
“Burundi is leaving the ICC to keep committing crimes against humanity and possible genocide in its territory. Burundi’s president wants free hands to attack civilians.”
He added that former South African president Nelson Mandela had “promoted the establishment of the Court to avoid new massive crimes in Africa. Now under the Zuma leadership South Africa decided to cover up the crimes and abandoned African victims. The world is going backward”.
“The chaos is coming. Genocide in Burundi and a new African war are in motion. South Africa’s move is showing political protection for Burundi,” he said.

The evangelical leading in Rio de Janeiro’s mayoral election denied a magazine report Saturday that he was arrested a quarter century ago for making armed threats in a property dispute.
The report in Veja magazine, accompanied by black and white police photographs of Marcelo Crivella, could embarrass the conservative candidate who is a bishop in the wealthy Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.
According to the report, Crivella led a group of armed men in January 1990 to threaten and force out a family they accused of occupying land in Rio owned by the Universal Church, an international evangelical church founded by Crivella’s uncle.
Police were reportedly called to intervene, leading to a criminal inquiry into Crivella’s actions. The 117-page police report then disappeared from the public domain until now, Veja reported.
The magazine published the front and profile pictures of Crivella apparently taken by the police. He has a board hanging around his neck with identity numbers.
Crivella responded in a video on his Facebook page, saying he was never arrested.
He confirmed that he had gone to a property “which had been invaded and the occupiers would not let us enter. There was commotion.”
“I never touched the people,” he said.
Police were called, he conceded, and everyone was taken to be identified. “That is why there’s the photo you see on the cover (of Veja),” he said.
“There was no (legal) process, nothing, absolutely nothing. In fact, it was I who initiated a case against (the officer) for abuse of authority. I repeat that I was never arrested and there was no case against me,” he said.
Crivella is leading against leftist rival Marcelo Freixo by 46 to 29 percent ahead of the October 30 runoff vote according to the latest poll by Ibope.
Crivella is among the evangelical and conservative candidates benefitting from widespread disgust with the once dominant leftist Workers’ Party, which is reeling amid a major graft scandal.

Europe has made enormous progress on gay rights since the 1990s, but those gains are now being threatened by rising intolerance, according to activists from across the continent.
Campaigners at Europe’s biggest annual conference on LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex) rights, which ended on Saturday, said a conservative backlash was marginalising them and fuelling attacks.
ILGA-Europe, an umbrella organisation for LGBTI groups, was marking its 20th anniversary in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.
It said the movement had achieved things “we would not have dreamed of back in 1996”, with countries passing laws allowing same-sex marriage and letting transsexual people gain legal recognition in their preferred gender.
But conference-goers said hate speech and the scapegoating of LGBTI campaign groups were fuelling a rise in attacks.
Poland’s Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH) said anti-LGBTI attacks there had spiked since the rightwing Law and Justice (PiS) government took power in October 2015 elections.
KPH president A. Chaber said the government had created an atmosphere of fear, sacking public servants with a record of promoting LGBTI rights.
Chaber said the KPH’s office in Warsaw was attacked in the night with bricks and bottles several times early in 2016.
In March, three men tried to force their way into the office in the middle of the day, before standing outside shouting homophobic slogans, Chaber told AFP.
Seventy percent of Poles thought homosexual relations were unacceptable, the independent Warsaw-based CBOS institute found in a 2014 opinion poll, the most recent survey in the country on the topic.
But the March incident was the worst the group had experienced in 15 years of operation, Chaber said.
“When the authorities in a country… say things that incite hate, you don’t only get negative comments on Facebook — at some point it turns into physical violence.”
Phillip Ayoub, an assistant professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia, told AFP: “We’ve seen a lot of successes in Europe. Many of the leaders in LGBTI rights are European countries.
“That said, we do see some backsliding in recent years.”
He said the migrant crisis had sparked a rise in rightwing activism and nationalist rhetoric around protecting traditional values from outside threats.
“LGBTI people fall under the bus with that as well,” he said.
Several activists at the conference said organised activism against LGBTI rights was growing in countries across Europe.
Tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated in Paris this month against a 2013 law legalising same-sex marriage.
Ayoub said populist politicians in Poland, Hungary and other European countries were presenting gay rights as a threat to family values.
“That’s been promoted by key figures around the globe including the Russian state and the Orthodox church,” he said.
As tensions with Brussels spiralled over Ukraine in 2014, some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s supporters took to calling Europe “Gayropa” and promoting Russia as the antithesis of the West.
“Moscow saw it advantageous to define itself as a protector of traditional values in broader geo-politics,” said Ayoub.
“In as much as the world is becoming globalised, the campaigns against LGBT people are becoming globalised as well,” said Brian Sheehan, who co-chairs ILGA-Europe’s executive board.
Ayoub said legislation such as a law in Latvia against “homosexual propaganda” was attempting to remove LGBTI symbols from the public sphere altogether, leading to activists being arrested for things such as waving rainbow flags at demonstrations.
Chaber said Poland’s government had blamed the “homosexual lobby” for inciting pro-democracy street protests this month in order to “make Poland look bad”.
ILGA-Europe’s Executive Director Evelyne Paradis said the LGBTI movement across Europe was making “revolutionary” gains in some areas, but that public figures in some countries were feeling more free to fuel homophobia.
She said LGBTI people “feel less secure and they take less risk. There’s a greater risk in being visible,” she told AFP.
“(LGBTI) people are not accessing governments any more, they’re not part of consultations… they’re being kept out by their national politicians.”

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has said his hard work in training paid off, helping him overcome spin woes to put his side in a strong position in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong Saturday.
Stokes hit 85 runs to steer England to 228-8 in their second innings at stumps on the third day after Bangladeshi spinners reduced them to 62-5 at one stage.
On a pitch that offered spinners on both sides plenty of turn, Stokes appeared to have mastered the wicket with his feisty innings, giving England a sizable 273-run overall lead.
“It?s down to hard work,” Stokes said after the third day’s play.
“All the training that I have done has put me in decent stead for conditions like this.
“Obviously the ball (is) spinning as much as it is. All of us are making sure that our defences are tight.
“We can hit boundaries, but the hardest thing to do is defend when you first come in. Today I thought my defence was pretty tight when I first went in. So the training’s been helping.”
Stokes had a worthy partner in Jonny Bairstow as the duo racked up 127 runs in the sixth wicket to bail out England from a potentially dangerous position.
Bairstow left the pitch for 47 to miss out on a deserving fifty but his innings ensured England stemmed the rot and gradually took control.
“(We were) just looking to rebuild and get some kind of partnership together,” Stokes said.
“It wasn?t a case of scoring at a huge run rate. Just slowly rotate the strike and making sure we are still ticking over, not take too many risks.
“At the same time also making sure that we are switched on to be able to put the bad balls away.
“We knew that if we kept rotating the strike then the fielders around the bat would have to go away to stop the singles.”
Stokes earlier had a three-wicket burst with the ball that helped England dismiss Bangladesh for 248 runs in the first innings and grab a slender 45-run lead.
While spinners from both teams dominated the match, Stokes produced some reverse swing to great effect.
He credited his team-mates with keeping the shine of the ball intact, helping him generate the reverse swing.
“Joe Root and Alastair Cook and the guys who look after the ball for us were on top of making sure that the shiny side stayed shiny and that no moisture got into the rough side,” he said.
“It?s tough to tell the spinners to keep their hands off with the amount of bowling they are doing.
“But they did a really good job and Rooty making sure that he kept the ball in really good order and that did help,” he said.

A few days ago social media was on fire after a video of a man being sodomized went viral.
The video featuring a Tanzanian man, Idd Kambi, who was caught sleeping with Eric Kasila wife, was widely shared on whatsapp raising different reactions from social media users.
Eric Kasila, the man said to have hired a couple of gay men to rape Idd has been jailed for life while another fella, Mr Juma Richard was sentenced for a period of 14 years for forcefully putting his manhood into Mr Kambi’s mouth. Juma Richard is also accused of demanding Sh 1 million from the victim in order for him not to leak the video online.
The accused have also been charged for theft and physically abusing Mr Idd Kambi who is currently receiving treatment for rape and sexual assault.
 
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Italians with selective memories might remember Marcello Lippi as the coach who quit moments after the Azzurri’s first-round elimination, as defending champions, from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
But for connoisseurs of the beautiful game the dapper 68-year-old is the wily tactician who, in 2006, ended Italy’s 24-year wait to be crowned world champions again.
Lippi, named coach of China on Saturday, won’t be expected to work the same magic with a team that is ranked 84th in the world and likely to miss the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
But with one of football’s most impressive CVs, coupled with a mandate that should give him significant control over players and resources, the Italian has the tools to put the underperforming Chinese on the road to success.
He was the first coach to win both the Champions League and World Cup and the first — and only — to win the Champions League in Europe and Asia (AFC).
Respected for his intricate knowledge of tactics and ability to squeeze every last drop from his players, Lippi’s fatherly approach contrasts with his cold and calculated demeanour.
Amid the bombshell of a damaging betting scandal weeks before the 2006 World Cup, Lippi put an arm around the shoulders of his players to steer them, against all odds, to one of the most memorable World Cup finals in recent history.
Few believed Italy’s 2006 squad, which included many players who failed to make an impact at the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004, would succeed under Lippi.
Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said Lippi’s “humility” and “intelligence” was key as he guided the controversy-hit Italians to international football’s greatest prize.
“I’ve not worked with anyone quite like him. He can stimulate the players to such a degree that everyone gives 120 percent,” the Italy and Juventus goalkeeper said prior to the 2006 final.
“He makes every player feel important and treats everybody equally. It is difficult to find all these qualities in a coach.”
A former defender with Sampdoria, with whom he spent the bulk of his 363-game professional career, Lippi achieved his first significant coaching success by steering Napoli to the 1993-1994 UEFA Cup.
It was a huge achievement, given the financial demise of a club still basking in the triumph of the two titles they won in three seasons while under the spell of Diego Maradona.
When such a coaching talent emerges in Italy, Juventus are never usually far behind, and Lippi was appointed during the summer of 1994.
The silver-haired, straight-talking Tuscan helped Italy’s most successful domestic club fill their trophy cabinet over a nine-year period that was interrupted by a comparatively disastrous season at Inter Milan in 1999-2000.
Lippi led Juventus to their second Champions League title (1996), five Serie A titles, one Italian Cup, four Italian Supercups, one European SuperCup and the Intercontinental Cup.
Although he had the likes of Edgar Davids, Zinedine Zidane and Pavel Nedved, he always insisted team unity was key.
“A group of the best players do not necessarily make for the best team,” Lippi would say.
He would later go on to manage Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande to three consecutive league titles between 2012 and 2014, setting him up for the next chapter in the career of one of the world’s greatest coaches.

Angry French police have taken to the streets for five nights in a row — and Parisians have started to cheer them on, reviving scenes last seen following the Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015.
The frustrated officers want reinforcements and stiffer penalties after a string of attacks on law enforcement, as the issue of safety feeds into France’s looming presidential race.
The fifth night on Friday saw people applaud them, recalling the night in January 2015 when some four million people marched through Paris in a show of solidarity against terrorism.
Police wore orange armbands, as they walked along the Rue de Rivoli in Paris lit up by the headlights of cars halted by their demonstration, rallying from City Hall to the Place de la Bastille.
“We’ve had enough!” they shouted, calling for more resources and tougher penalties for those who attack police, 13 days after four of their colleagues were attacked in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris.
Car horns or bicycle bells of support from the public blended into the sound of foghorns and whistles blown by the protesting officers, dressed in their civilian clothes.
Gone midnight, revellers poured out of bars onto the pavements — to raise a glass to the demonstrating police, and cheer them on.
“Bravo!” comes from a window up above. Those protesting looked up and applauded them back.
The opening notes of the Marseillaise struck up from one cafe terrace, and everyone joined in with the French national anthem.
The scenes were reminiscent of the mass march on January 11 last year, a few days after the deadly attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and hostage-taking at a Jewish supermarket.
Nearly four million people took to the streets of Paris to show their defiance in the face of terrorism, and voice support for police and security forces on the frontline in protecting the public.
Twenty-one months later, the list of police complaints is long, covering everything from an ever-increasing workload, bureaucracy, outdated equipment and what is seen as lenient sentencing for violence against officers.
The frustration has been building for some time, fed by long-standing problems of criminality in the country’s rundown suburbs but boosted by the sense of insecurity in France.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Saturday expressed his “support” for the police officers, as the government sought to assuage their anger.
Meanwhile in Evry south of Paris, some 80 police officers and their families protested outside the town hall, demanding “more resources and respect”.
Some of the children at the protest wore a police cap, while others carried banners that read: “I support mum and dad”.
The spark for this week’s demonstrations, organised by the rank-and-file rather than union leaders, was several petrol bombs thrown at officers in a known troublespot outside Paris on October 8.
“The people with us!” and “The people support angry police”, chanted the protesting officers Friday, visibly moved by the demonstrations of support and sympathy for their cause.
The crowds applauded every police van, every blue flashing light and every siren. Motorists rolled down their windows to thank them, some flashing a V for victory sign.
Not everyone agreed: at one point two young men shouted at the police using crude language. They were surrounded by a group of officers and there was a brief altercation, before a policeman took to a megaphone, saying “Keep clam, be professional”.
“I was surprised to see lots of people supporting us… I thought there would be more signs of hostility,” said one 25-year-old officer who declined to give his name. “People have really understood what has been happening. They’ve seen what isn’t working with our public services.”
Arriving at the Place de la Bastille, the protestors stayed together for a short time before dispersing to have a last drink and sing the Marseillaise once more.

An Afghan Taliban delegation has arrived in Pakistan, militant sources said Saturday, raising speculation over efforts to revive peace negotiations days after reports of secret talks with Afghan officials in Qatar.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the delegation from the militants’ political office in Qatar had arrived in Pakistan, but ruled out any chance of peace talks.
“Our delegation has travelled from Qatar to Pakistan to discuss the problem of Afghan refugees and some schools recently closed there,” he told AFP.
“The reports that they are in Pakistan for peace talks is completely untrue.”
Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Islamabad, told AFP he was aware of the Taliban delegation’s visit but gave no further details.
The visit follows reports that the militants have held two secret meetings with Afghan officials since September in Doha, where the Taliban maintain a political office.
A senior American diplomat was also present in the Qatar meetings, but no representatives from Pakistan — the historical backers of the Taliban — were present.
The talks in Qatar were attended by Mullah Abdull Manan Akhund, brother of Taliban founder and long-time leader Mullah Omar who died in 2013, according to Britain’s The Guardian newspaper.
Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, Afghanistan’s intelligence chief, and National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar had also attended one of the Qatar meetings, according to local media.
Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said it was unaware that a Taliban delegation is in Pakistan.
“The Taliban should be banned from travelling to regional countries. But if they have done so to pursue peace, this should be explained,” ministry spokesman Shekib Mustakhni said.
The Taliban have long insisted on the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan as a precondition for peace talks with the government.
Pakistan has hosted several rounds of international talks over the last year to jumpstart peace negotiations, which yielded little progress.
The dialogue process ground to a complete halt when the US killed former Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a drone strike in May.
The insurgency has shown stubborn resilience under new Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, attacking northern Kunduz city for a second time and threatening the capital of the southern opium-rich province of Helmand.

The Court of Cassation also upheld sentences against eight of his codefendants, including seven who received the same prison term and one who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, a judicial official said.
Morsi had been convicted in April 2015 of involvement in deadly clashes outside the presidential palace during his year in power.
His supporters and protesters had clashed after he issued a decree that placed his decisions beyond judicial review, sparking anger that culminated in mass protests against him in June and July 2013.
The military deposed him on July 3 that year, and he has faced several trials since.
His lawyers are appealing a death sentence in one of his trials, on charges of participating in prison breaks and violence against policemen during the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime president Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt’s first freely elected civilian president, Morsi came to power after Mubarak’s overthrow.
Morsi’s lawyer, Abdelmoneim Abdel Maqsud, said none of the defendants attended Saturday’s court session, with only the lawyers present.
Four other codefendants were initially sentenced in absentia and could not appeal the ruling.
Amnesty International denounced the initial trial as a “travesty of justice”.
Morsi was toppled by then army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi following mass street protests.
Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood has been blacklisted and targeted in a crackdown that has killed hundreds of his supporters and jailed thousands.

Iniesta was stretchered from the field in tears after just 14 minutes, but fears he could be sidelined for months were eased by tests upon his return to Barcelona.
“After the first diagnosis carried out at Mestalla, the tests in Barcelona have shown the extent of the injury,” Barca said in a statement.
“The time out is between six and eight weeks.”
Iniesta could now return in time to face Real Madrid in the first El Clasico of the season on December 3.
However, he will miss Barca’s Champions League trips to Manchester City and Celtic next month.
Barca had earlier confirmed Iniesta had injured the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee.
Coach Luis Enrique was incensed when Valencia’s Argentine midfielder Enzo Perez escaped without even a yellow card for the challenge that caused the injury.
“We saw very clearly from the tackle it was an injury, and a serious one,” said Enrique.
“We will see tomorrow, but it will be weeks. There wasn’t even a yellow card.”
Barca’s season has been plagued by injuries so far as Lionel Messi has just returned from nearly a month out, whilst Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba were injured in Wednesday’s 4-0 win over Manchester City.
Messi has returned in fine form, though, as his sixth goal in three games since his comeback deep into stoppage time from the penalty spot moved Barca to the top of La Liga.

I also didn’t know this until I had a sit down with DJ T bone who happens to be the house DJ at Kiza Lounge, Galana Plaza in Kilimani. He has held down the job for a while and he had a myriad of peculiarities and experiences which he was willing to share.
The first thing he was keen on talking about was the women. They tend to come on to you more in a high end club as opposed to a downtown one he highlighted. And he couldn’t figure out why; probably it was because they were more confident and experimental or even lonely. Like in the case of where he works, most women that come through are normally high achievers who are looking to let loose a little after having a hard day at work.
 
They are normally top execs in blue chip companies and according to him; these women really know how to have a good time. And they always tend to want to tag you along if you know what I mean. Now considering he’s in a relationship, this is always a major concern. This is however a problem is if you are taken. If you are single then, then taking home a fine mama every single night is never a problem.
Another thing about playing in a high end club is how everything is always organized and decorum is always observed. Rich people like having fun alright but they like their fun served in some type of way. So as a DJ you must always be ready for a set of demands especially music wise. There are just songs you have to play and there are dire consequences if you don’t.
And most rich people hear none of it so they can even raise concerns with the management if their needs are not meant. “I’m totally used to it by now and I perfectly understand their perspective. If they are spending over 100k in one sitting, then they have a right to control the playlist.” He said. “When I used to be in the CBD, then I could just play what I wanted and nobody ever dared to ask a question” He further emphasized.
One thing he was sure however is that he was never going back to playing in the CBD and one of the reasons is the different perspective playing at Kiza gave him. “Some ambition and drive just grows in you just hanging out with these rich people.”  He said. He also mentioned of a time when he saw a bunch of two guys spend over 300 K in a just couple of hours so comfortably and he just wanted to be those guys. “One day I want to do that while contended that I can afford it” He emphasized.
 
He also mentioned the tips which always came in plenty during his line of duty. He recognizes with Nostalgia of a time he played Pana by Tekno Miles, just when the song had dropped and a bunch of Nigerians came at the DJ booth and each dropped a hundred dollar bill. They were 7 so you can imagine making almost 100K in slightly over 5 minutes.
Most importantly, rich people were not troublesome and rarely are their fights at Kiza. He ended the conversation with a chuckle after all the drama he had to endure in his days at the CBD. “Trust me you play a song which some dudes girlfriend likes and he comes over to the DJ booth to cause fracas and confront you; can you imagine that? He ended our interview.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tottenham Hotspur had to settle for a third successive draw in a hard-fought but goalless encounter with Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.
Overrun by Eddie Howe’s hard-running Bournemouth side in the opening stages, Tottenham battled their way back into the game and were in charge for most of the final hour.
But although both teams hit the woodwork, neither was able to muster enough shots on target to claim that they had deserved all three points.
Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham will be content to have preserved their unbeaten Premier League record, although they spurned an opportunity to supplant leaders Manchester City.
Bournemouth looked as confident early on as would have been expected of a team who had beaten Hull City 6-1 at home in their previous match.
Tottenham, for their part, appeared weary after their mid-week 0-0 draw at Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League and they almost fell behind inside six minutes.
Spurs failed to clear Jack Wilshere’s short corner and Charlie Daniels met Dan Gosling’s cross four yards out, but France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris got his knee in the way and deflected the ball onto the crossbar.
Tottenham tried to settle, but found it difficult as Bournemouth’s energy kept them at full stretch and it was not until the 17th minute that they went close.
Erik Lamela took a pass from Dele Alli and advanced to within 25 yards of goal before sending in a speculative shot that clipped the angle of post and crossbar with goalkeeper Artur Boruc unable to do more than spectate.
That seemed to give Spurs confidence and they began to find their rhythm, Lamela twisting past players and Christian Eriksen finding plenty of space.
In the 27th minute Boruc was forced into action, saving low to his left when Eriksen’s shot flicked off Harry Arter and looked likely to creep in at the near post.
Shortly after, Son Heung-Min set up Danny Rose on the corner of the six-yard area and the England left-back should have done better than hit the ball across goal.
Tottenham’s dominance meant that Bournemouth were struggling to make more chances, a header and a shot from Callum Wilson ?- both off target ?- their only further efforts before the interval.
Spurs’ control of the game continued after the break.
Alli drew a full-length save from Boruc from 20 yards, then Eriksen’s flick in midfield sent Lamela through in a test of speed with two defenders, but he was unable to make quite enough space for a shot.
But if the visitors thought they could relax, Wilson reminded them otherwise with a quick turn and threatening low cross that was cleared only with difficulty.
Tottenham could have been considered fortunate that referee Craig Pawson saw no malice in an altercation between Arter and Moussa Sissoko, who appeared to catch his opponent with his elbow.
Pawson settled for lecturing the pair after players from both sides had joined in a heated confrontation.
The home fans bayed for a penalty when Max Gradel was challenged by Jan Vertonghen, but Pawson waved away less enthusiastic appeals from the Cherries players.
As the two sides went for a winner, there were chances at both ends. First Eriksen had a shot blocked by Adam Smith.
Then Gradel broke away on the left, but Mousa Dembele kept pace with the Bournemouth substitute before closing him down and forcing him wide.
The home side had another chance in added time when Simon Francis, the Bournemouth captain, made himself space on the right with a clever turn and sent a dangerous cross into the area.
But Benik Afobe, having worked himself clear of defenders, could only nod the ball over the bar.

Not satisfied with setting a world record for top tier sides with Saturday’s Australia thrashing, the All Blacks have immediately set their sights on the outright record seven games away.
To achieve that would mean a dramatic showdown with the British and Irish Lions in their third and final Test when they tour New Zealand next year.
The 37-10 win over the Wallabies in Auckland was New Zealand’s 18th straight victory, eclipsing the 17 benchmark set by the 1965-69 All Blacks, and equalled twice since.
The outright record is 24 held by lowly Cyprus, a European Nations Cup division 2B team, in a six-year run up to 2014.
“That’s the next horizon isn’t it,” All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said after the historic six-tries-to-one hiding of Australia crowned New Zealand’s domination of major rugby playing countries.
“You have to win all the games between now and the end of the Lions series so it’s a big challenge.”
The All Blacks have four Tests remaining this year, against Ireland (twice), Italy and France on their northern tour next month before regrouping next year to play the Lions, a combination of the best players in the British Isles.
But while Hansen basked in the glory of collecting another record, after the All Blacks last year became the first side to win back-to-back World Cups, he was unhappy with the bitter reaction from the Wallabies.
Australia coach Michael Cheika refused to congratulate the New Zealanders, instead launching into a tirade about the refereeing and a perceived lack of respect by the All Blacks.
While Hansen tried to talk up the All Blacks’ achievements after their record-breaking victory, he was bombarded by media about Cheika’s refusal to acknowledge their achievement.
“This (press) conference seems to be hijacked by something that’s really got nothing to do with rugby, someone who’s feeling a little bit aggrieved about things,” the New Zealand coach said.
“What’s happened tonight was a really good Test match between two good teams, some great rugby played and it’s a good advert for the game. Seven tries scored and we were lucky to come out on the right side of it.”
Australia were in with a chance to win the Test, commanding the game for at least 50 minutes, but seemed to lose heart after a try to Henry Speight, which would have levelled the scores at 15-15, was disallowed.
Hansen accepted that was the turning point in the game saying “mentally we got a bit of a charge out of that and maybe they felt a bit flat afterwards. But after that we certainly came back”.
The All Blacks led 15-7 with three unconverted tries at the end of the first half in a period where Australia were in charge and when New Zealand had possession they either scored tries or knocked on.
But Hansen still took some satisfaction for how his side remained in front despite being outplayed.
“What we did do was we scrambled for each other and we worked hard for each other and it wasn’t until the second half we really started to come forward and make some dominant hits and get some control of the defensive area and slow down their ruck ball.”
Julian Savea scored twice and set up a try by Dane Coles in the All Blacks late surge while Israel Dagg, Anton Lienert-Brown, and TJ Perenara also touched down with Aaron Cruden landing two conversions and a penalty.
Rory Arnold scored Australia’s only try with Bernard Foley adding a conversion and penalty.

Mercy Keino’s parents, Joseph keino and Christine Keino continue to mourn the death of their daughter a Nairobi university journalism master’s student who was murdered on June 17,2011.
 
 
 
Her lifeless body was found dumped on the left lane of waiyaki way where passerby’s saw it laying 100 meters from St marks church in Westlands in Nairobi.
Her parents have since been seeking help to solve the mystery behind their first born’s death that occurred at a party where governor Kabogo had been invited.
 
 
According to the the governor was recently declared ‘not guilty’  by magistrate Peter Ndigwa who was presiding over the Mercy Keino murder case.
Mercy Keino’s parents nevertheless feel that the governor had a hand in their daughter’s sudden passing. This is after  CCTV footage surfaced showing the late Mercy Keino too intoxicated and literally  ‘running’ away from the governor .
At this point nothing can be done for 55-year old Joseph Keino who wants to find out what happened to his daughter. He has however sworn not to forgive William Kabogo for his daughter’s death.

The jihadist assault on the Iraqi city of Kirkuk is typical of the kind of attacks the Islamic State group is likely to carry out after its “caliphate” falls apart, analysts said.
Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces backed by a 60-nation US-led coalition and other powers are closing in on Mosul, the IS group’s last stronghold in Iraq.
The “caliphate” that IS supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed there in 2014 straddling Iraq and Syria has shrunk steadily, however, and the loss of Mosul could end the group’s days as a land-holding force in Iraq.
With fewer fixed positions and no population to administer, the most violent and ambitious group in modern jihad could revert to the kind of insurgent attacks it used to conduct in its previous incarnations.
“I think it is what is to be expected as IS continues to lose territory, a switch back to traditional terrorism and insurgency,” said David Witty, an analyst and former colonel in the US special forces.
IS has often responded to major offensives against its bastions in Iraq and Syria by opening new fronts to stretch enemy forces, retain the initiative and keep media attention away from its setbacks.
The “inghimasi” raid on Kirkuk, a term used to describe gunmen who usually wear explosive vests or expect to die at the end of their attack, sowed chaos in Kirkuk.
At least five suicide bombers targeted key government buildings, at least six policemen were killed in the ensuing clashes and dozens of residents were wounded.
Besides grabbing headlines, the attack may compel the Kurdish forces — a key component of the six-day-old Mosul offensive — to take another look at their deployment.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced late Friday that he was sending reinforcements to Kirkuk, where a senior interior ministry officer said 46 people, mostly members of the security forces, had already been killed in the clashes.
Patrick Martin, Iraq analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, said some elements of the Kurdish peshmerga may consider pulling some of their resources from the Mosul theatre.
“The PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) have primary responsibility for the defence of Kirkuk and are in particular concerned about long term control of the city and its oil fields,” he said.
One of the Kirkuk attackers captured by Kurdish security forces on Friday claimed Baghdadi ordered the attack to demonstrate the “caliphate” would continue to “remain and expand”.
Those two words were a key slogan of the “state” proclaimed in 2014 and were shouted by militants through mosque loudspeakers as they took over Kirkuk streets on Friday.
Yet the attack on Kirkuk is likely to serve few long-term military goals for IS, a sign it may no longer seek to hold territory and instead focus on spectacular terrorist attacks.
A few fighters remained holed up in Kirkuk buildings Saturday but the initial fear that IS might seek to seize control of the city quickly receded.
“Daesh (IS) do fight to retain territory, but have been more inclined to fall back in recent months,” said Colonel John Dorrian, the US spokesman of the coalition assisting Iraqi forces in the war against IS.
He said the group had lost many of its top leaders in recent months and been stripped of some of its sources of revenue, but he expected the jihadists to fight hard to keep Mosul.
Martin argued IS may have had Mosul in mind when attacking Kirkuk but had most likely already accepted the idea they would lose it.
“The Kirkuk attack was launched in response to ongoing and projected losses in Mosul, but ISIS (IS) has likely shifted its mindset away from physical control of terrain,” he said.
“If ISIS can continue fielding attack capabilities like this in the future then ISIS will continue to pose security threats to the Iraqi security forces and the peshmerga,” he said.
Witty also said the Kirkuk attack was a taste of things to come, since the predicted retaking of Mosul by Iraqi forces could seal the fate of IS’s caliphate, at least its Iraqi side.
“They (IS) will increasingly use terror attacks and go back to more of a pure insurgent and terrorist organisation in Iraq. In many ways, they are harder to fight then,” Witty said.
“When they openly hold cities and terrain, it is much easier for the coalition and Iraqi Security Forces to destroy them than it is when they function as an insurgency.”

Forces loyal to Libya’s unity government on Saturday freed 13 foreigners held by the Islamic State group in its former coastal bastion of Sirte, they said.
Loyalists freed a Turkish and an Egyptian detainee as well as 11 Eritrean women “thought to have been held hostage by Daesh”, they said in a statement, using an Arabic acronym for IS.
Pro-government forces are fighting the last jihadists holed up in Sirte after launching an offensive to retake the city in May.
Libya has been in chaos with rival administrations and militia vying for power of the oil-rich country since the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
IS jihadists overran the former president’s home town of Sirte in June 2015, flying their black flags above public buildings and imprisoning, crucifying or beheading dozens of people.
Forces allied with Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Unity (GNA) began an offensive on May 12 aimed at ousting IS from the city and surrounding areas.
Backed by US air strikes since August 1, they have gradually tightened the noose on the few remaining IS fighters inside the city some 450 kilometres (280 miles) east of the capital.
Pro-government forces on Saturday said they had seized a group of buildings in a northeastern district of Sirte after three days of fighting against IS diehards.
Six pro-GNA fighters were killed in the city on Saturday, the hospital Misrata half way between Tripoli and Sirte said in a statement.
The fighting has left more than 550 GNA fighters dead and 3,000 wounded since the offensive began, but the IS death toll is not known.
The GNA — intended to replace two rival administrations — is the centrepiece of Western hopes to fight jihadism in Libya and halt people trafficking across the Mediterranean that has led to thousands of drownings.
But the parliament in the far east of the country has failed to recognise it, while its rival administration last week dealt the unity government a new blow when it seized some of its key offices in Tripoli.

Svetlana Kuznetsova beat fatigue to retain her Kremlin Cup title on Saturday with a straight-sets win over Daria Gavrilova and claim the last spot in the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore.
Russia’s two-time Grand Slam title winner, ranked ninth in the world but the top seed in Moscow, won 6-2, 6-1 in one hour, 11 minutes to record her third victory over the 22-year-old Australian in as many meetings.
“I felt worn out ahead of the start and had no idea of how I would play today,” Kuznetsova, 31, said.
“Luckily, my desire to play prevailed and I managed to overcome the tiredness. I really wanted to show my best tennis here and I’m happy that everything worked well.”
With her Kremlin Cup win Kuznetsova leap-frogged Johanna Konta of Britain to take the last spot in next week’s WTA Finals.
Moscow-born Gavrilova, who was playing in her first WTA tour final, started in lively fashion, breaking early for a 2-0 lead, but Kuznetsova broke back on three occasions to take the opening set in 43 minutes.
In the second Kuznetsova underlined her supremacy on the hard court of Moscow’s Olympic indoor stadium, claiming the set and the match after three more breaks of serve.
“I played twice a day since Tuesday and was almost exhausted by today,” said Gavrilova, who became an Australian only citizen last year.
“I have always loved playing here. It’s been a very special tournament for me since my childhood, when I came here to watch the matches after tennis practice. And I’m really happy that I played my first career final in Moscow.”
In the men’s section Fabio Fognini largely cruised into the final, beating third-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-1, 7-6 (7/2).
The Italian will on Sunday face the sixth-seeded Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, who saw off the French 36-year-old veteran Stephane Robert 6-3, 7-6 (7/2).

The first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei of Japan, has died aged 77, media reported Saturday.
Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on Thursday at a hospital in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News said, quoting her family.
She completed the first conquest of Mount Everest by a woman in 1975, accomplishing the feat via the southeast ridge route.
She went on to conquer soaring peaks in several continents — Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount McKinley in the United States and the Vinson Massif in Antarctica — heralding the era of women climbers.
Even after reaching the world’s highest peak, the Fukushima native continued climbing mountains at home and abroad.
In an interview with AFP in 2003, she said: “I don’t have the desire to climb Everest again any more. If I had enough time and money to do so, I would rather climb other mountains that I have not attempted before.”
Her last challenge was made in July when she climbed Mount Fuji, central Japan, with high school students, according to NHK.

The immigration office of Kenya has announced that over 25 Nigerians have been arrested in Nairobi area for being in the country illegally.
The Nigerians are said to have no valid documents that allow them to be in East Africa and that most have expired visas.
Said the office in a series of tweets.
 
 
 
It is also reported that most Nigerians living in Kasarani and Roysambu crowd in one room before they decide to rent their own houses in fear of being caught.
The immigration office has however alerted all landlords to ask for valid documents from any foreigners seeking to rent a house in the country.
This comes a few weeks after 17 Nigerians were arrested in Mlolongo area which is located off Mombasa road.

Quinton de Kock scored a century and J.P. Duminy 97 as South Africa tuned up for their historic day-night Test under lights at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
De Kock slammed 122 off 103 balls before retiring against a young Cricket Australia XI ahead of their third day-night Test against Australia at the same venue next month.
Duminy fell just short of a ton, Hashim Amla hit 51 before he retired and Dean Elgar scored 43 in the Proteas’ 415 all out with one ball left on the first day of their two-day tour game.
De Kock, who came into bat at number eight, played down his knock against the inexperienced CA XI bowling attack.
“A warm-up game and a net to me is the same thing,” he said.
“But when it comes game time and focus time then I’d like to contribute to our camp.”
The South Africans are looking to experience playing against the pink ball under lights before their three-Test series against Steve Smith’s Australia in Perth starting November 3.
Among other batsmen, tour captain Faf du Plessis hit eight, opener Stephen Cook scored 5 and Rilee Rossouw eight.
De Kock combined with Duminy for a 167-run stand for the seventh wicket.
“It took some getting used to out there with the pink ball but the wicket was quite nice so it made life a bit easier,” de Kock said.
“It was a new experience and quite nice to be part of it.”
Duminy said the tourists will need some time to adapt “to that difference in colour and in light,” which will take “a few training sessions”.
For the CA XI, spinner Arjun Nair captured two for 82 and Tom O’Donnell chipped in with two for 71.
South Africa have a further two-day practice game on Thursday and Friday in Adelaide before travelling to Perth.

Fellaini joined United from Everton, Moyes’s former club, in a 27.5 million pounds ($33.6 million, 30.9 million euros) move on transfer deadline day.
But the gangly Belgium midfielder became a symbol of United’s struggles under Moyes, who was sacked in April 2014 after just 10 months in the job.
“I don’t blame David,” Giggs wrote in Saturday’s Daily Telegraph. “United had signed players late in the window before. This time was different. It was more of a panic.”
Giggs stepped in as caretaker manager following Moyes’s departure and steered the club to a seventh-place finish in the Premier League.
Giggs said Moyes, now the Sunderland manager, spent his entire United tenure playing catch-up following his appointment as the successor to Alex Ferguson.
“He came in without any of the inside knowledge about how the squad worked: when certain players needed resting, who was right for which game, who needed to be moved on and who needed to be encouraged,” Giggs said.
“Sir Alex (Ferguson) might not necessarily have had a first-choice XI, but he knew exactly what side was needed for each game and would have that planned weeks ahead.
“David did not have that information. He started with a blank sheet of paper and for most of the first season we were chasing our best XI, or the right team for the game in question.”
United finished fourth and fifth under Moyes’s successor, Louis van Gaal, before Jose Mourinho was appointed manager last May.
Giggs, who made a club-record 963 United appearances, worked as Van Gaal’s assistant, but left after the arrival of Mourinho.