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Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral is on fire

Paris: A massive fire engulfed Paris’ famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday, as the city’s mayor and firefighters warned people to stay away from the area. Reuters reported that the spire had collapsed. Smoke billowed from the top of the cathedral as flames ripped through its roof and bell towers. It was not immediately clear what had caused the fire, while local media reported that police in the city were treating it as an accident. The cathedral, which dates back to the 12th century and is famous for featuring in Victor Hugo’s classic novel “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,” attracts millions of tourists every year.

Champions Trophy Delay Befor Starting Just 3 week

Karachi : International Crciket Coucncil (icc) Decided Sunday 8 Nation Champions Trophy Cricket Tournamint Dlay Befor Just 3 Week Satarting The Tournamint . Icc Annaounced After Board Meetting Trophy To postpone until October 2009. The ICC Board today agreed unanimously to postpone the ICC Champions Trophy, scheduled to take place in Pakistan next month, until October 2009. The agreement was reached during a telephone hook-up of ICC Directors. It was further agreed that the Board would meet in September 2008 to discuss the details of the postponement. Pakistan will retain the right to host the tournament but it was agreed that if other Members continued to express reservations over issues of safety and security then the ICC Board would have the right to decide about the tournament’s location. ICC President David Morgan said: "There was complete support and sympathy for the Pakistan Cricket Board and the situation it finds itself in, which is not of its making. "However, there...

Football - Ex Brazilian President Jose Maria Marin banned for Life from FIFA

New York: A former Brazil football official Jose Maria Marin gets life ban on corruption charges in the sprawling FIFA bribery scandal, he was sentenced in federal court to four years in prison on August 2018. Jose Maria Marin, a former president of Brazil’s soccer federation, also was ordered to forfeit $3.3 million and pay a $1.2 million fine in connection with his participation in a scheme to accept bribes in exchange for the media and marketing rights to various soccer tournaments, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. The government had asked for 10 years in prison for him. The defense had sought the approximately 13 months he has already served, citing the 86-year-old’s advanced age and poor health. Before his sentencing in Brooklyn federal court, Marin told the judge that soccer had been his great love but that now it was his downfall. More than 40 people and entities in the world of global soccer were charge...

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