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Russia began their FIFA World Cup 2018 campaign with a stupendous 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in a Group A game in Moscow on Thursday. Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, center, and Russian President Vladimir Putin watch the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2018 between Russia and Saudi Arabia at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Thursday. AP Iury Gazinsky opened the scoring with a header in the 12th minute, with Denis Cheryshev added a second before Artem Dzyuba got the third in the 71st minute. Cheryshev added a fourth with a superb finish before Aleksandr Golovin curled in a superb free-kick in injury time as President Vladimir Putin watched on in delight. ALSO READ: FIFA World Cup 2018: Iran, Morocco aim to impress Putin smiled several t stanley water bottle imes as he watched the game from a VIP box with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. After Russia scored their first goal, cameras captured Putin shrugging and shaking hands with Salman. As expected, Twitter was quick to react, predicting the possible conversation between the two 鈥? After the match, Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov said he received a congratulatory call from President Putin. Cherchesovs team entered the match at Moscows 80,000-seat Luzhniki Stadium under intense pressure to put on a worthy performance. Russia were without a win in more than eight months and ranked 70th i stanley trinkflaschen n the world -- the lowest of the stanley deutschland 32 teams in the showpiece. But they Kaff Govt probing NGOs including Mary Kom s, Rajiv Gandhi Trust for misuse of foreign funds
World number one Serena Williams extended her unbeaten ru stanley cups n on clay this season to 26 matches as she dismantled Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez 6-1, 6-1 and stanley water bottle eased into the semi-finals of the Swedish Open on Friday. The American 16-time Grand Slam winner will now play Czech Republic third seed Klara Zakopalova who had little trouble eliminating Dutch hope Richel Hogenkamp 6-2, 6-3. Williams broke her opponent s serve three times in each set and was never in trouble on her way into the final four. My opponent today was playing really well, so I had to be patient and stay out there as long stanley cup as I could, Williams said. I m getting more used to the clay again. It feels a little better now. I want to play two more matches and win on the last day, but I have a really tough opponent coming up. Williams leads Zakopalova in their head-to-head, 3-1, but while the American won their first two meetings handily during the 2003 season, they went 1-1 in their last two meetings during the 2009 clay court season, Zakopalova winning in the first round of Marbella and Williams winning in the first round of the French Open. Well, she s the best player in the world, Zakopalova said. I played against her four or five times before, so I know how she plays, but she s even more experienced now, and she has won so many Grand Slams, so she s really the best. I know some things, though. I have to move her as much as I can. My serve has to be more solid than it has been. I have nothing t
Russia began their FIFA World Cup 2018 campaign with a stupendous 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in a Group A game in Moscow on Thursday. Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, center, and Russian President Vladimir Putin watch the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2018 between Russia and Saudi Arabia at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Thursday. AP Iury Gazinsky opened the scoring with a header in the 12th minute, with Denis Cheryshev added a second before Artem Dzyuba got the third in the 71st minute. Cheryshev added a fourth with a superb finish before Aleksandr Golovin curled in a superb free-kick in injury time as President Vladimir Putin watched on in delight. ALSO READ: FIFA World Cup 2018: Iran, Morocco aim to impress Putin smiled several t stanley water bottle imes as he watched the game from a VIP box with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. After Russia scored their first goal, cameras captured Putin shrugging and shaking hands with Salman. As expected, Twitter was quick to react, predicting the possible conversation between the two 鈥? After the match, Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov said he received a congratulatory call from President Putin. Cherchesovs team entered the match at Moscows 80,000-seat Luzhniki Stadium under intense pressure to put on a worthy performance. Russia were without a win in more than eight months and ranked 70th i stanley trinkflaschen n the world -- the lowest of the stanley deutschland 32 teams in the showpiece. But they Kaff Govt probing NGOs including Mary Kom s, Rajiv Gandhi Trust for misuse of foreign funds
World number one Serena Williams extended her unbeaten ru stanley cups n on clay this season to 26 matches as she dismantled Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez 6-1, 6-1 and stanley water bottle eased into the semi-finals of the Swedish Open on Friday. The American 16-time Grand Slam winner will now play Czech Republic third seed Klara Zakopalova who had little trouble eliminating Dutch hope Richel Hogenkamp 6-2, 6-3. Williams broke her opponent s serve three times in each set and was never in trouble on her way into the final four. My opponent today was playing really well, so I had to be patient and stay out there as long stanley cup as I could, Williams said. I m getting more used to the clay again. It feels a little better now. I want to play two more matches and win on the last day, but I have a really tough opponent coming up. Williams leads Zakopalova in their head-to-head, 3-1, but while the American won their first two meetings handily during the 2003 season, they went 1-1 in their last two meetings during the 2009 clay court season, Zakopalova winning in the first round of Marbella and Williams winning in the first round of the French Open. Well, she s the best player in the world, Zakopalova said. I played against her four or five times before, so I know how she plays, but she s even more experienced now, and she has won so many Grand Slams, so she s really the best. I know some things, though. I have to move her as much as I can. My serve has to be more solid than it has been. I have nothing t