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National team swimmers Youssef Al Matrooshi and Salem Ghaleb will participate in the World Swimming Championships, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from June 18 to 23. Each swimmer is scheduled to participate in two races during the championship, where Al Matrooshi will compete in the 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly races, and Ghaleb will compete in the 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter butterfly races.
The team’s delegation is headed by Juma Al Balushi, Vice President of the Swimming Federation, who will join the delegation next Thursday.
Al-Matrooshi and most of the championship will be under the leadership of the citizen coach Marwan Hafez Al-Hattawi. Participation in the championship comes as part of the ongoing rehabilitation plan for swimmers, following the successes achieved by the UAE swimming during the past Arab and Gulf participations.
Ghaleb and Al Matrooshi organized a special camp before the tournament. The two swimmers participated in the general category in swimming competitions in the Gulf Games held recently in Kuwait, and won 4 medals, including gold and silver for Al Matrooshi, and silver and bronze for Ghaleb.
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(Archyde.com) – European shares rebounded from initial gains on Tuesday, extending a sell-off for the sixth straight session on concerns regarding aggressive US interest rate hikes and a possible recession.
The European index ended the trading session down 1.3 percent following falling 2.4 percent on Monday to its lowest level in more than three months.
Healthcare and industrial stocks led the decliners in Europe, while banking stocks rebounded 1.1 percent.
Oil and gas stocks also rose as crude prices rose amid concerns regarding tight global supplies.
The benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 index on Wall Street confirmed on Monday that it is in a bear market following plunging more than 20 percent since hitting its record closing level on growing concerns that tight monetary policy by the Federal Reserve might push the world’s largest economy into a recession.
Markets are awaiting the Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday and many are expecting a significant increase in interest rates of 75 basis points in the wake of the strong inflation figures released last week.
(Prepared by Wagdy Al-Alfi for the Arabic Bulletin)
The conspiracy has been racing since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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The opacity around the private life of President Vladimir Putin has given rise to many rumors regarding him. These stories, sometimes eccentric, continue to fascinate the public.
Here are three theories that the web has on the strongman of the Kremlin.
1. Putin the Vampire?
Conspiracy theorists believe Vladimir Putin is a supernatural creature. According to them, the strength of the Russian president does not come from his riding sessions, but from his immortality and his ability to travel in time.
Le Dailymail claims that this theory spread when two photos dating from 1920 and 1941 were circulated on social media.
We can see Russian soldiers who strangely resemble the strongman of the Kremlin. According to Disclose.tv, some Internet users have used these images to show that the 70-year-old president is in fact a supernatural being who has inhabited the Earth for millennia.
Followers of this theory believe that Vlad the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia born in 1431, better known as Dracula, is actually the Russian leader.
Vladimir Poutine would also have lived under the features of Lisa Gherardini, the model of Mona Lisa, according to conspiracists quoted by Buzzfeed.
2. Very sick
The magazine Newsweek claims that Vladimir Putin’s state of health is at the center of many discussions within the American administration.
Some confidential documents reportedly indicate that the Russian president was treated for advanced stage cancer in April. The Kremlin strongman was also reportedly the victim of an assassination attempt in March. These events would make him paranoid and unpredictable.
However, it would be difficult to confirm this information, since Vladimir Putin is very isolated.
Internet users believe that Vladimir Putin is so ill that he would use understudy to replace him at public events. According to RTL, this theory would even be analyzed by the British secret services.
Indeed, a source quoted by the British newspaper The Daily Star said a lookalike would have replaced the president at the Victory Day parade on May 9 in Moscow.
This same source claimed that, if Vladimir Putin were to die, the Kremlin would try to keep it a secret for weeks, if not months.
3. One of the richest men in the world
Vladimir Putin’s personal fortune is the target of much speculation. The magazine Forbes looked into the matter and came up with three theories regarding the source of this wealth.
According to a first theory, Vladimir Putin would have become rich thanks to blackmail.
Le Forbes claims that the Russian president would have the habit of making “agreements” with the main oligarchs of the country. The latter would have to make a choice: give 50% of their fortune to Putin or lose everything by ending up in prison.
Vladimir Putin might have amassed $200 billion this way.
Another theory places the President of the Russian Federation at the head of a mafia-like network. The Russian leader might have, in this way, helped his relatives to get rich by giving them shares in companies. In exchange, he would have received shares or bribes.
Each person close to Vladimir Putin would have between 500 million and 2 billion dollars. According to this hypothesis, the fortune of the strongman of the Kremlin would be valued at 130 billion dollars.
According to the latest theory developed by the Forbes, Vladimir Poutine would not be as rich as one believes it. It would all be window dressing. According to Kremlin statements, Vladimir Putin earned $140,000 in 2020.
Gold Vladimir Poutine would have three cars, a trailer, an apartment of 74 m2 and a garage. He would also have an impressive collection of luxury watches, in addition to a luxurious residence located on the shores of the Black Sea. He also reportedly has several private jets, which he uses as president.
While the last game of the morning was in full swing between Javier Leal – Uri Botello et Miguel Benitez – Pablo Cardona, the talented Belgian Helena Wyckaert honored us with her presence for a moment to comment and answer Mario Cordero’s questions exclusively for Padel Magazine
The current 79th in the world spoke regarding her tournament, her sporting ambitions and her new life in Belgium.
“It was hard to keep up”
“Hello everyone. We will say that it might be better (laughs). We lost but we still fought well. Sometimes we win and sometimes not, that’s how it is.
We bowed to a new pair consisting ofAraceli Martinez and Arantxa Soriano on a score of 6/2 – 2/6 – 6/3. We know them and they play really well. They have a lot of experience. Especially sinceArantxa is left-handed so for me it is true that it is much more complicated. In the second set we played well but it was difficult for us to continue at this pace in the third set..
“Pablo Cardona plays very well”
The Belgian also comments on the performance of Pablo Cardona, who created a sensation with Miguel Benitez.
“Yes I know Pablo Cardona, he is young, very talented and plays really well. I also know his partner very well because he was training at the same club as me before in Madrid. He has more experience than his teammate, and if I’m not mistaken this is their first tournament together. Reaching this stage of the competition for a first association is really good.“
“A padel school in Antwerp”
“I haven’t trained in Spain for a little over a year. I decided to return home to Belgium but before it is true that I lived in Madrid. I stayed there for two years and I can say that I learned almost everything there.
Today I live in Antwerp and I try to train as much as possible in Belgium, but that’s something completely different. As soon as I have time I take a plane and fly to Madrid to train in Spain. I have a padel school in Antwerp, it works well and I have a lot of fun. It’s a whole other life but I’m happy. We are on three sites and my school is called Ter Eiken “
“In our centers we don’t have a Spanish coach, only Belgians, some of whom work full time. However, sometimes my Madrid coach joins us to carry out clinics and training for coaches. This allows us to keep learning more and more.
“The only Belgian on the circuit”
“I am the only Belgian player who plays on the WPT circuit. Then we find some players with a good level who participate in the FIP. But I hope that in the near future we will have more Belgians who will play international competitions because some have the level to play pre-previas.
After that remains complicated for them because they must succeed in freeing up time to be able to carry out this beautiful project. The vast majority of Belgian players have a job, personal obligations, and travel is expensive, it’s not easy.
I was lucky enough to qualify for a draw in Mallorca. In Marbella we played the last round of the previas it was a good tournament.“
“The level is getting stronger and stronger”
I started the WPT 3 years ago and the level was not the same as now. My best ranking was 54 I believe, and now I’m down to 79th. When I was in 54th place I had regarding 500 points and now I have 480 and I’m 79th. The circuit is changing more and more and it’s more complicated for a player to participate today in an international competition because of the points. By this I mean that now a starting pair needs a good number of points in order to enter the tournament.
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