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San Siro stripped of 2027 UEFA Champions League final hosting rights

UEFA has confirmed that the 2027 Champions League final will no longer be held at the San Siro in Milan, citing concerns over potential renovation works.

Milan’s inability to provide guarantees that the stadium and its surrounding area would not be impacted by refurbishment prompted UEFA to reopen the bidding process for a new venue, with a decision expected in May or June 2025.

“As the Municipality of Milano could not guarantee that the San Siro stadium and its surroundings would not be affected by refurbishment works in the period of the 2027 UEFA Champions League final, it was decided not to assign the final to Milan and to re-open the bidding process to appoint a suitable venue,” a statement from UEFA reads.

AC Milan and Inter Milan, who share the iconic San Siro, recently…


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Chinese-Speaking Hacker Group Targets Human Rights Studies in Middle East

Sep 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Human Rights

Chinese-Speaking Hacker Group

Unnamed government entities in the Middle East and Malaysia are the target of a persistent cyber campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as Tropic Trooper since June 2023.

“Sighting this group’s [Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures] in critical governmental entities in the Middle East, particularly those related to human rights studies, marks a new strategic move for them,” Kaspersky security researcher Sherif Magdy said.

The Russian cybersecurity vendor said it detected the activity in June 2024 upon discovering a new version of the China Chopper web Shell, a tool shared by many Chinese-speaking threat actors for remote access to compromised servers, on a public web server hosting an open-source content management system…


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Football Association of Ireland welcomes award of UEFA EURO 2028 hosting rights

Football Association of Ireland welcomes award of UEFA EURO 2028 hosting rights

World’s Third largest sporting event to boost Irish football and Irish economy

Proposed that Dublin Arena host six games including Round of 16 and Quarter-Final

Irish football to benefit from €6.2m Legacy Fund

Tournament to act as a catalyst for future facility investment

UEFA EURO 2028 Ireland & UK to inspire a future generation of young players

 

The Football Association of Ireland welcomes today’s decision by UEFA to award the UEFA EURO 2028 tournament to Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England.

FAI President Gerry McAnaney, Chief Executive Office Jonathan Hill, Chief Operations Officer David Courell and Ireland Football Youth Ambassador Ade Solanke were in Nyon, Switzerland, when UEFA’s ExCo awarded the 2028 European Championship finals to the joint…


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Morocco, Spain and Portugal secure hosting rights for 2030 FIFA World Cup

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Morocco, Spain, and Portugal have emerged as the official hosts for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, announced by the global soccer governing body FIFA on Wednesday. The joint bid, featuring these three nations, stood as the sole candidate to host the tournament.

Meanwhile, Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will host the opening matches to mark the tournament’s centenary.

This milestone event will mark the first time in the tournament’s history that it will span three continents and include six host countries.

FIFA shared, “The FIFA Council unanimously agreed that the sole candidacy will be the combined bid of Morocco, Portugal, and Spain, which will host the event in 2030 and qualify automatically from the existing slot…


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US events to honor civil rights leader

Many across the U.S. on Monday will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through marches, tributes and volunteering in an effort to improve their communities.

The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is observed each year on the third Monday in January. King, who would have turned 93 on Jan. 15, was a pastor and civil rights leader who dedicated his life to achieving racial equality — a goal he said was inseparable from alleviating poverty and stopping war.

King helped organize rallies and boycotts, including the successful Montgomery bus boycott, and advocated for peaceful protests. King delivered his iconic “I Have a…


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