KIEV, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Kiev's Olympic Stadium will host the 2018 UEFA Champions League final, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced on Thursday.
"UEFA has decided to hold the final match of the Champions League 2018 in Kiev. This is great news for all of us, and especially -- for the Ukrainian fans," Poroshenko wrote on his Facebook page.
He has voiced the confidence that the Champions League final match, the first to be staged on the Ukrainian soil, will be held at the highest level.
The 70,050-seat Olympic stadium was the venue for the final match of Euro 2012 soccer championship co-hosted by Ukraine and Poland.
The stadium was built in 1923, but was renovated five times. After its latest reconstruction for the Euro 2012, the arena became a multifunctional venue suitable for hosting not only football matches, but also concerts and track and field competitions.
The 2018 UEFA Champions League final match is slated for May 26, 2018.
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Portugal on Thursday omitted from their Olympic football squad each of the six pre-listed players who took part in the national team's European Championship triumph.
The players left out were Renato Sanchez, Raphael Guerreiro, Andre Gomes, Joao Mario, William Carvalho and Rafa Silva.
The squad was named just four days after Portugal defeated hosts France on penalties to clinch their first ever major title.
Rui Jorge's 17-man list includes seven players who took part in Portugal's Euro under-21 campaign last year, in which they finished runners up.
Among them are Manchester United's Bruno Varela and LIverpool's Tiago Ilori.
The three over-23 players are Porto's Sergio Oliveira, CD Nacional's Salvador Agra and Sporting Lisbon's Andre Martins.
Portugal will play their first match of the Rio Games against Argentina at Rio's Engenhao stadium on August 4.
Portugal squad:
Goalkeepers: Bruno Varela (Vitoria FC), Joel Pereira (Manchester United FC)
Defenders: Edgar Ie (Villarreal CF), Ricardo Esgaio (Sporting), Tiago Ilori (Liverpool FC), Tobias Figueiredo (CD Nacional)
Midfielders: Andre Martins (Sporting), Bruno Fernandes (Udinese Calcio), Fabio Sturgeon (Belenenses), Francisco Ramos (GD Chaves), Sergio Oliveira (FC Porto), Tiago Silva (CD Feirense), Tomas Podstawski (FC Porto)
Forwards: Carlos Mane (Sporting), Goncalo Paciencia (FC Porto), Nuno Santos (Vitoria FC), Salvador Agra (CD Nacional).
by Jon Day
TOKYO
Nike Air Huarache , Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) on Sunday threw its support behind deputy president Katsuya Okada, who is becoming its new leader in a party presidential election.
Sunday marks the second time Okada, 61, has stepped into the party's top seat
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Following a hard-fought victory over former party secretary- general Goshi Hosono in the runoff, Okada managed to win the post, securing 133 points in votes cast by the party lawmakers and members endorsed for national elections, compared to Hosono's 120 points.
Okada as the new DPJ president
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Okada's rise to power in the DPJ comes at a dismal time for the opposition camp, which took a battering in the last month's snap- election as the DPJ failed to stop the LDP winning more than a two- thirds majority, which has led to the ruling coalition now holding sway over both the more powerful lower house and the upper house of Japan's bicameral system of parliament.
Observers and party members alike conceded that the party had been in such a shambles; suffering from increasing infighting, factionalism and ill-discipline
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Thus, it came as no real surprise that the DPJ's former president Banri Kaieda was forced to step down from his post after losing his seat in the Dec. 14 lower house general election.
"The (DPJ) has been in dire straits, there's no secret about that and while the public's hopes for the party were high when they ousted the liberals after a 50-year unbroken rule in 2009
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"But the early day's of the party's leadership and its ' potential' have not been forgotten by the public, and, if it sticks to its original campaign and policy platforms, such as the unpopular consumption tax hike postponement
Air Huarache Red , support for smaller businesses and low income families, the party could see its followers swell," McLellan said.
He went on to say that while the situation was possibly too embryonic at the moment, the possibility exists for the DPJ to bring about the long-talked about realignment of the opposition camp
Air Huarache Black , to create a veritable political opponent that has the teeth to cut down some of the ruling coalition's self-serving policy aims that don't necessarily reflect the needs and wishes of the electorate they're purporting to serve.
"I want to drastically rebuild the party and to transform it into one that can face the Liberal Democratic Party, and take a firm grip on Japanese pol.
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