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Greece's northern province of Macedonia was the cradle of Alexander the Great's empire and is a source of intense pride for modern-day Greeks. Photo: AFPPSARADES: Greece and Macedonia on Sunday signed a historic preliminary agreement to rename the...
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Egypt: Inspired By Mo Salah, The Pharaohs Are Looking To Make A Name At The FIFA World Cup
ADMIN posted a blog entry in FDF Online News
Marking their first FIFA World Cup appearance since 1990, Egypt will be eager to make a strong statement in the global football showpiece. Counting on their talisman Mohamed Salah (assuming he's fit for some game time), the north African nation have a great chance of breezing past their opponents in the group stage in a bid to secure their berth in the tournament's knockouts. Drawn in Group A, Egypt will undoubtedly face an uphill battle when they begin their World Cup campaign against Uruguay. But, even if they end up losing their opening game, Egypt should still be able to see off the likes of Russia and Saudi Arabia to qualify for the knockout stages as the second team from their group. History © Reuters The Egypt National Football Team, also known as The Pharaohs, was constituted in 1920 to compete in the Summer Olympics in Belgium. The opening match of the campaign was a loss to Italy. It has been the most successful team in the Africa Cup of Nations, winning it for a total of seven times, with the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations being the most recent one. Their first participation in the tournament was a semi-final against Sudan in 1957. They went on to win the championship that year. Though Egypt is the first African country to qualify for the World Cup, they have never won the championship. They sealed their place in the 2018 World Cup after a 2-1 win over Congo. Both the goals for Egypt were scored by Mohamed Salah, with the second one being a last-minute penalty. The official draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup was held in Moscow and it placed Egypt in Group A with Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, and the hosts Russia. Current Form © Reuters Egypt started off clumsily in the third round of the World Cup Qualifiers losing the first match 1-0 to Uganda. In the second leg played in a week's time, they defeated Uganda 1-0. Then they won 2-1 against Congo, and drew the other with Ghana, before losing 2-1 to Portugal and 0-1 to Greece. The last two draws against Kuwait and Colombia were tied with the scores being 1-1 and 0-0 respectively. Managed by Hector Cuper and captained by Essam El Hadary, the team is yet to play Belgium and Uruguay in the third round of the World Cup Qualifiers. Their squad for the World Cup has been announced. Mohamed Salah has also been included despite his shoulder injury, which he picked up in the Champions League Final in Kiev. The injury might keep him out of play for three weeks and he is likely to miss Egypt's first two games in Group A, but could return for the stage's finale to be played against Saudi Arabia on 25th June. Expectations At The World Cup © Reuters With teams like Uruguay and the hosts Russia in the same group, Egypt is less likely to top the group. It is comparatively a weaker side as it lacks experience in the big tournaments. Still, having Salah by their side and looking at the form which he is currently in, they might get a chance to top their group but will have problems in the further stages of the tournament. Their chances of winning the World Cup are very less but having a squad like this, they are very likely to be amongst the top-ranked teams in the near future. Squad Goalkeepers: Essam El Hadary (Al Taawoun, Saudi Arabia), Mohamed El-Shennawy (Al Ahly), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly), Mohamed Awad (Ismaily); Defenders: Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahly), Saad Samir (Al Ahly), Ayman Ashraf (Al Ahly), Mahmoud Hamdy (Zamalek), Mohamed Abdel-Shafy (Al Fateh, Saudi Arabia) Ahmed Hegazi and Ali Gabr (both West Bromwich Albion, England), Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa, England), Karim Hafez (RC Lens, France), Omar Gaber (Los Angeles FC, USA), Amro Tarek (Orlando City, USA); Midfielders: Tarek Hamed (Zamalek), Mahmoud Abdel Aziz (Zamalek), Shikabala (Al Raed, Saudi Arabia), Abdallah Said (KuPS, Finland), Sam Morsy (Wigan Athletic, England), Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal, England), Kahraba (Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabia), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City, England), Trezeguet (Kasimpasa, Turkey), Amr Warda (Atromitos, Greece); Forwards: Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly), Ahmed Gomaa (Al Masry), Kouka (SC Braga, Portugal), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, England). -
20 Bollywood Movie Posters That Are Copied From Hollywood In The Name Of Inspiration
ADMIN posted a blog entry in FDF Online News
The world of Bollywood is all about inspirations, rip-offs, and blatant copying. Over the last few years, B-town has effortlessly and shamelessly copied the content from global cinema time and again. Be it music, storyline, camera angle or poster, each and everything is just picked from a certain place and replaced with our popular faces. So much for originality, we must say. The booming industry of Bollywood literally owes a lot of its inspiration to the West. Admiring someone's work and getting inspired by it has always been the case but now makers have taken it to a whole new level. Such instances just make us wonder about the condition of Bollywood and for how long we can continue doing things like these. When the poster of 'Ra One' or 'Rowdy Rathore' was launched, we couldn't help but focus on the uncanny resemblance it shared with popular Hollywood flicks. But, for ages now, Bollywood has been copying posters without even considering the need to modify it a bit. Bringing you 20 such movie posters that are just “inspired” from Hollywood! Baahubali 2: The Conclusion © Twitter When the poster of the film was released we indeed loved it until we noticed that it has a striking resemblance to 'xXx: Return of Xander Cage'. If you thought this was the first time, let us tell you 'Baahubali' has found its inspiration from the other side of the world multiple times. © Twitter Remember the poster of Prabhas standing tall on an elephant? Well, that was inspired by Tony Jaa's 'Ong Bak 2' poster. Ghajini © Twitter Yes, the movie was one of the biggest hits when it was released and people couldn't get over the movie. But at the same time, they were also disappointed with the fact that how it looked so much like the poster of 'Hulk'. Ra One © Twitter Well, there was nothing worthy enough to talk about this Shah Rukh Khan movie except that its poster was an exact rip-off of famous Hollywood film 'Batman Begins'. PK © Twitter Aamir Khan's 'PK' created a buzz for a lot of reasons but one of the things was how the poster looked so much like an album cover of a Portuguese musician named Quim Barreiros. The original cover was released in 1973 showed Quim holding an accordion to hide his bare essentials. Ek Villian © Twitter In the case of this Shraddha Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra and Riteish Deshmukh movie, 'Step Up' and 'Face Off' happened. Facepalm! © Twitter Murder 2 © Twitter Yes, you guessed it right; it is a legit copy of 'Anti Christ'. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara © Twitter Well, this movie did give us various friendship goals but at the same time it looked a lot similar to 'Lords of Dogtown'. Kites © Twitter What came first: 'Notebook' or 'Kites'? Ugly Aur Pagli © Twitter Just love the way Indian makers get away with piracy! Murder 3 © Twitter When art is murdered again and again! But brownie points for adding those thorns. Gulaal © Twitter Remember 'The Shield'? Yeah, you know what we are talking about! Rowdy Rathore © Twitter A remake of a Telugu super flick and poster copied from 'The Replacement Killers'. All hail India's originality. Anjaana Anjaani © Twitter Is it just us or do you even see the genius mind who copied this poster from 'An Education'? Hiss © Twitter King Arthur didn't appreciate this for sure! Mausam © Twitter This is how you destroy a classic! Sonam Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor, we love you, but this could have been avoided. Hulchul What fun copying 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding'; isn't it? © Twitter Aitraaz © Twitter An amazing film no doubt; but the poster was copied from 'The Graduate'. Agent Vinod © Twitter So much difference! P.S. To all the copycats, let's try being original for a change. -
PM Mulk seeks report from Interior Ministry over removal of Zulfi Bukhari's name from ECL
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Imran Khan and Zulfi Bukhari. Photo: FileISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk on Wednesday sought a report from the Interior Ministry over the removal of the name of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan?s... -
'We have a deal,' say Greece and Macedonia over name dispute
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
National Macedonian flags flutter in front of the government building. Photo: Reuters ATHENS/SKOPJE (Reuters) - Greece and Macedonia have reached a historic accord to resolve a dispute over the former Yugoslav republic?s name that has troubled... -
PML-N rejects ECP?s decision to name Dr Hasan Askari as caretaker Punjab CM
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Photo: File PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan would now make a decision on the caretaker chief minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the parliamentary committee constituted for the purpose could not finalise a name for the post. According...
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Khosa's name withdrawn after 'reaction' from workers: Mehmoodur Rasheed
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Lahore: Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Mehmoodur Rasheed Wednesday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) withdrew support for Nasir Khosa's candidature for caretaker Punjab chief minister after "severe reaction" from party... -
PPP, PML-N slam PTI for withdrawing Khosa's name for caretaker Punjab CM
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Pakistan Peoples Party's Qamar Zaman Kaira (left) and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz's Marriyum Aurangzeb (right) criticized Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's decision to withdrew support for Nasir Khosa?s candidature for Punjab's caretaker chief... -
Nasir Mahmood Khosa?s name agreed upon for Punjab caretaker CM
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Punjab government and opposition on Monday, May 28, 2018 agreed to appoint Nasir Mahmood Khosa as the province's caretaker chief minister. Photo: Geo News 1LAHORE: The Punjab government and opposition on Monday agreed to appoint Nasir Mahmood... -
Rashid Khan: The Name Sunrisers Hyderabad Fans Aren't Going To Forget Anytime Soon
ADMIN posted a blog entry in FDF Online News
One of the most consistent teams in the tournament this season, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) showcased their rampant form when they became the first franchise to qualify for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 playoffs with 14 league games still left to play. Thus, there was no surprise when they topped the points table with nine wins in 14 matches in the league stage. The three consecutive losses in their last three league games did raise a few eyebrows, but SRH were happy their losing streak had no effect on their title dreams. What actually got their camp concerned and fans worried, was a narrow two-wicket loss to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Qualifier 1 - a game they could've won but eventually lost because they couldn't hold their nerve. As Chennai reached the IPL final for a record seventh time, Hyderabad, for probably the first time this season, looked vulnerable. Even though their top-two finish in the standings had assured them another shot at securing their berth for the summit clash, knowing a loss against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Qualifier 2 would bring a sad end to what has been a brilliant campaign so far, would've been lingering in their minds. Suddenly, their losing streak (extending to 4 games after their loss in Qualifier 1) that SRH fans didn't really care about earlier, now made them look weak against Kolkata's four-game winning run in the final stages of the IPL. BCCI It's needless to say that if Hyderabad wanted to have another crack at Chennai and IPL glory, they would need someone to do certain special things in order to secure a win against Kolkata in the second Qualifier. While SRH eventually saw someone special pulling off something extra special in the tournament's virtual semi-final, it was neither their pragmatic captain Kane Williamson, nor hard-hitting opener Shikhar Dhawan. Rashid Khan is turning out to be the Most Valuable Player in T20 format....across the world. Few will come close.... #IPL #KKRvSRH — Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 25, 2018 The man who single-handedly propelled Hyderabad to only their second IPL final was Rashid 'ALL-ROUNDER' Khan. The 19-year-old Afghan cricketer sizzled in all facets of the game. He hammered 10-ball 34* with the willow, registered impressive figures of 3-19 with the ball and also made a huge impact in the field by taking two catches and collaborating to effect a run-out. After a 56-run opening stand between Shikhar Dhawan (34) and Wriddhiman Saha (35), Hyderabad were dealt with a double blow in the eighth over when Kuldeep Yadav dismissed the former and then sent SRH captain Kane Williamson (3) back in the hut. Three overs later, Saha fell prey to Piyush Chawla as Kolkata tightened the noose on Hyderabad. BCCI With just 113/3 in 15 overs, SRH needed some sort of acceleration but Shakib Al Hasan (28) got run-out and Deepak Hooda (19) was undone by Narine in the consecutive overs. The onus was now on the hard-hitting duo of Yusuf Pathan (3) and Carlos Brathwaite (8), but to no avail. While Brathwaite was run-out in the 18th over, Pathan was dismissed by Shivam Mavi in the 19th. Given the fact that their premier batsmen were all dismissed with just 11 deliveries left in the innings, the Hyderabad fans weren't wrong in wondering if their side could potentially post a competitive total from that stage. While many must've thought otherwise, young Rashid had other plans. The right-hander had already opened his account with a boundary and despite Pathan's dismissal on the first delivery, he clobbered Shivam Mavi for two big sixes in the 19th over. The final over was arguably the one that changed the scenario for SRH. After Bhuvneshwar Kumar scored a boundary and a single on the first two balls, Rashid smashed a four and six before taking a couple and then finishing with a six again. BCCI The last over yielded 24 runs for Hyderabad as Rashid remained unbeaten on 34 runs that came off in just 10 deliveries. The Afghanistan star smashed two fours and four sixes while scoring at a strike rate of 340. Despite being on the backfoot for better part of their innings, Hyderabad - on the back of Rashid's batting prowess - managed to comeback in the contest after posting a competitive total of 174 runs. For a cricketer who has established himself as one of the highly sought after spinners in the cricket world, Rashid's knock didn't just surprise the SRH fans, but it also shocked Kolkata. And, after a cracker of an innings, a high-on-confidence Rashid went on to emulate his success in the field. BCCI Introduced into the attack in the sixth over with KKR going strong at 67/1, Rashid bowled a tight line and varied his length to ensure he conceded just three runs in his first over. Eight deliveries later, Rashid made an impact. But it wasn't his bowling, Rashid had combined with Wriddhiman Saha to effect the run-out of Nitish Rana (22). Rashid claimed his first wicket of the night in his second over when he rattled the stumps of Robin Uthappa (2) who was looking to deploy the reverse sweep against Hyderabad's best bowler. His third over saw him claim another scalp, only this time the victim turning out to be dangerous Chris Lynn (48) who was threatening to take the game away from SRH. BCCI If Lynn's dismissal derailed Kolkata's run-chase, Andre Russell's dismissal, orchestrated by Rashid in his final over, virtually pushed the hosts out of the game. Looking to cut hard, Russell was foxed by Rashid's deceiving googly before sending the ball straight into the hands of Dhawan who rarely drops those. Making the game his own, Rashid's blistering batting display was followed by his breath-taking bowling. He finished his spell of four overs with three scalps to his name that came at an expense of just 19 runs. But, the Hyderabad spinner wasn't done yet. As it turned out, Rashid continued to contribute towards his team's win by taking two catches in the final over of Kolkata's innings. A 10-ball 34, figures of 3-19, a crucial run-out and two catches under pressure; not many can recall such an impressive all-round performance in the history of IPL. It's undoubtedly one of those dream outings that will not only be hard to forget, but also hard to match. -
RAWALPINDI: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Wednesday issued a cyber alert warning of a phishing email being sent using an account carrying the name of the military's public relations wing."A malicious email is sent from...
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This week, the team have been discussing the one thing they can not live without. Some found this a hard question to answer. What is the one thing you cannot live without? A tricky question for some. Could you pick just one thing? Brandon (Senior tech support and development) My family is my saving grace and escape, and even though they're (collectively) the ones typically causing me the most work I wouldn't trade them for anything. Mark H (Tech support) I believe my choice would have to be "good coffee". I can deal with no phone, even deal with no credit card. But no coffee? The horror.... the horror. (2 points for naming the reference). Marc S (Tech Support) For me, no matter how much I like my computer, and look around for my phone before I do so much as make a coffee, it would have to be speakers. Not because I have a decent set of speakers, and don't even have to be my own speakers, but something that can play music. Whether I'm doing tickets, developing, cleaning, driving, sat in my office or sat in a bar, its the one thing I cant do without. Rhett (Cloud Support) The question really has two answers, On the tech side, it would be my iPhone, I can do anything from it you can think of really and my go to device for communication of all sorts. In life in general, that's an easy one, "My children, they are the center of my life, and really all that matters is I have them by my side!" Matt (Senior Developer) The one "thing" means I don't have to say family or kids! So I definitely think it has to be my MacBook Pro. I switched from a traditional desktop set-up earlier in the year and haven't looked back. I like being able to pick up my MacBook and carry on working while out and about. When I'm home, I plug it up to my two external monitors and it performs as well as any desktop. Jennifer (Designer) My iPhone. There is no worse thing than leaving my house without being able to check my chat programs or to be able to play Pokemon Go. Daniel (Senior tech support and development) The nerd in me can't live without alfredapp to automate all the things! ( check out their great forum https://www.alfredforum.com ) And the two hours a day of free time I get, I couldn't be without my son and bike. Stuart (Senior tech support and development) I pretty much couldn't be without my laptop, I use it for everything from Gaming, Films to Work. Is there one thing that you can't be without? Let us know below!