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Friday, June 15, 2018 Vol. 12 No. 48
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia opens World Cup with record-breaking 5-0 win over Saudi Arabia By Desert Star Staff An energetic Russia secured the biggest-ever World Cup opening match win in history, as it raced to a spectacular 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia, with rising star Aleksandr Golovin at the heart of the home team’s best moves. In a match-up of two predominantly domestically-
based squads that play on different continents, with opening game jitters to take into account, even the Russian media stuck a cautious tone in advance. But the home side in red immediately opened as the more enterprising group, ratcheting up the tempo against a Saudi Arabia that
By Desert Star Staff WASHINGTON, -American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization, has released its annual Impact Report, detailing major victories and advances made over the past 12 months in furthering its 141-year-old mission of ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals, as well as promoting and nurturing the life-changing, life-saving bonds between animals and people. In just the past year, American Humane programs directly touched the lives of some 1 billion animals around the globe – more than any other humane group of its kind – and won top
honors from leading charity watchdogs for effectiveness, efficiency and transparency. Among the major successes revealed in the report… • The American Humane “No Animals Were Harmed®” program successfully kept some 100,000 animals safe on film and television productions, increasing the number of our safety reps worldwide by 13.2 percent. • The American Humane Conservation program helped protect 250,000 remarkable and endangered animals living in the world’s zoos, aquariums and conservation centers – nearly doubling the number of magnificent
looked vulnerable at the back, though not without technical quality going forward. The first goal arrived after 12 minutes from a neat header by unheralded 28-yearold Yuri Gazinsky, and came from a pinpoint cross from Golovin, the CSKA Moscow midfielder, who has been linked with a host of top English
Premier League clubs. Creative fulcrum Alan Dzagoev, who has often suffered misfortune around big tournaments, had to go off after just 20 minutes with a suspected hamstring injury, to be replaced by Villareal’s Denis Cheryshev. Cheryshev, who himself suffered an injury-plagued
season, doubled Russia’s lead 20 minutes later with a skill that left two Saudi players on the ground, and an emphatic left-foot shot into the roof of the net. The Green Falcons mustered a rally in the second half, but Russia again looked Continues on Page 3
American Humane’s Report Details Global Efforts in Protecting Animals
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