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The Malta Independent on Sunday | 29 May 2016 55 Sport Football - UEFA Champions League Madrid sides go to extra time in exciting Champions League final at San Siro The Champions League final sional dancers and 100 people in between Real Madrid and the 9-minute act. Atletico Madrid went to extra Andrea Bocelli sang the Cham- time yesterday at San Siro, with pions League anthem. Real Madrid taking the lead Real Madrid: Keylor Navas, through Sergio Ramos on 15 Dani Carvajal, Pepe, Sergio minutes and with substitute Ramos, Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Yannick Carrasco obtaining the Casemiro, Luka Modric, Gareth equaliser for Atletico eleven Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim minutes from time. Benzema. Subs: Kiko Casilla, Early in the second half Nacho, James Rodriguez, Lucas Atletico missed a glorious Vazquez, Jese, Isco, Danilo. chance to obtain the equaliser Atletico Madrid: Jan Oblak, Fil- when striker Griezmann missed ipe Luis, Diego Godin, Stefan from the penalty spot with his Savic, Juanfran, Gabi, Augusto shot smashing against the cross- Fernandez, Koke, Saul Niguez, bar. Fernando Torres, Antoine Griez- Award-winning singer-song- mann. Subs: Miguel Angel writer Alicia Keys gave a first- Moya, Tiago, Angel Correa, ever live music performance for Lucas Hernandez, Yannick Car- the opening ceremony. rasco, Thomas Partey, Jose There were also more than 300 Maria Gimenez. volunteer performers, 12 profes- Sergio Ramos scores Real’s opener - AP A Cristiano Ronaldo header - Photo Dominic Aquilina San Siro before the kick off - Photo Dominic Aquilina Olympics UN health agency rejects call to postpone Rio Olympics The World Health Organization problems, including a rare syn- alter the international spread of ment of the Zika virus circulating also highlighted the decades- says there is "no public health jus- drome that can be fatal or result Zika virus." in almost 60 countries globally long collaboration between tification" for postponing or can- in temporary paralysis. Several public health academics and 39 in the Americas, there is WHO and the International celing the Rio Summer Olympics The authors also noted that de- have previously warned that no public health justification for Olympic Committee. The experts because of the Zika outbreak in spite increased efforts to wipe out having hundreds of thousands of postponing or cancelling the called it an "overly close" rela- Brazil. the mosquitoes that spread Zika, people travel to the Aug. 5-21 games," it said. "WHO will con- tionship that left the U.N. health The assessment, in a statement the number of infections in Rio games in Brazil will inevitably tinue to monitor the situation and agency unable to be impartial in early yesterday, came a day after de Janeiro have gone up rather lead to the births of more brain- update our advice as necessary." Olympic matters. 150 health experts issued an open than down. damaged babies and speed up It pointed to its existing advice The IOC rejected the idea that letter to the U.N. health agency The experts came from more the virus' global spread. urging pregnant women not to the two organizations were too calling for the games to be de- than two dozen countries in But the Geneva-based U.N. travel to areas with Zika virus close, saying it "does not cur- layed or relocated "in the name of fields including public health, health agency argued that Brazil transmission, among other rec- rently have an MoU (memoran- public health." bioethics and pediatrics, and in- is just one of dozens of countries ommendations. dum of understanding) with the Friday's letter cited recent sci- cluded former White House sci- reporting the transmission of the WHO declared the spread of World Health Organization." The entific evidence that the Zika ence adviser Dr. Philip Rubin. Zika virus by mosquitoes and Zika in the Americas to be a last one, it added, "outlined co- virus causes severe birth defects , WHO, however, said "based on says "people continue to travel global emergency in February. operation between the two or- most notably babies born with current assessment, cancelling or between these countries and ter- The agency's statement Satur- ganizations to promote physical abnormally small heads. In changing the location of the 2016 ritories for a variety of reasons." day made no direct reference to activity to fight strokes, heart at- adults, it can cause neurological Olympics will not significantly "Based on the current assess- the health experts' letter, which tacks, diabetes and obesity.".

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