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Israel Out Of Euro 2024 Chase, Ukraine In Dramatic Fightback | Football News
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Israel Out Of Euro 2024 Chase, Ukraine In Dramatic Fightback | Football News

[ad_1] Israel's hopes of reaching the European Championships for the first time against the background of bloody conflict at home were shattered by a 4-1 defeat to Iceland on Thursday while war-torn Ukraine stayed on course for the finals with a last-gasp comeback. Due to the ongoing conflict with Hamas, Israel's tie was switched to Budapest and their hopes of making the finals of any major competition for the first time since the 1970 World Cup enjoyed a confident start. On the half-hour mark, Daniel Leo Gretarsson was punished for bringing down Eran Zahavi.The veteran Israeli striker picked himself up to steer his penalty past Hakon Valdimarsson in the Iceland goal.The lead lasted less than 10 minutes, however, when Genoa's Albert Gudmundsson curled in a free-kick to equalise.Just thre...
Portugal Notch 10th Straight Win, Serbia Qualify For Euro 2024 | Football News
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Portugal Notch 10th Straight Win, Serbia Qualify For Euro 2024 | Football News

[ad_1] Portugal finished their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a 100-percent record by beating Iceland 2-0 on Sunday, after Serbia booked their place at next year's finals in Germany and Romelu Lukaku scored four goals for Belgium. Bruno Fernandes and Ricardo Horta netted the goals for Roberto Martinez's Portugal, with Cristiano Ronaldo not on the scoresheet, to end with 10 wins from 10 matches in Group J. The 2016 winners will be among the favourites for the title in what could be the 38-year-old Ronaldo's last major tournament.Slovakia finished eight points behind Portugal in the second qualifying place after a 2-1 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica.Luxembourg, who will head into the play-offs, were a further five points adrift after closing out an impressive group-stage show...
VAR Drama In Iceland As Cristiano Ronaldo Scores Late Winner To Rescue Portugal. Watch | Football News
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VAR Drama In Iceland As Cristiano Ronaldo Scores Late Winner To Rescue Portugal. Watch | Football News

[ad_1] The decision was overturned and the Portugal captain was mobbed by his team-mates.© AFPOn his record-extending 200th appearance for Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo did the inevitable, scoring late in his side's 1-0 win over Iceland in the Euro 2024 qualifiers at Laugardalsvollur on Wednesday. Despite struggling throughout the game, the 37-year-old score out of nowhere to secure maximum points for Portugal, who remain top of Group J with four wins out of four. However, his record-extending goal on a special night for him was almost ruled out, only for VAR to intervene and give Portugal all three points.Ronaldo repaid coach Roberto Martinez's faith by slotting home from Goncalo Inacio's knock-down in the 89th minute.Inacio was deemed to be offside by the linesman, before the decision wa...
Did You Know: Iceland Has A Tradition To Bake Bread And Boil Eggs In The Ground
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Did You Know: Iceland Has A Tradition To Bake Bread And Boil Eggs In The Ground

[ad_1] Thanks to the rapid expansion of social media, we are now able to know and learn about cultures without actually travelling across the world. There is so much interesting content that we encounter on our social media feeds every single day from the comfort of our own homes. Travel bloggers often share some wonderful snippets of their travel journeys online too. One such travel blogger named Kyana Sue Powers is currently living in Reykjavik, Iceland and she has shared one curious yet interesting fact about cooking in the country. According to an Instagram Reels video by @kyanasue, it is a tradition in Iceland to bake bread and boil eggs with the natural heat from the hot springs. Thus, there is no need for an oven and natural heat makes the ground a makeshift geothermal 'bakery'. T...