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Poltava

Posted on October 2, 2023July 2, 2024 by adecolley

From the top of the city’s Rotunda of People’s Friendship, this tribute to soldier can be see from a distance.

Up close, the mural is on the side of an eight-storey block of flats.

It features local lad Serhii Volynskyi, 31, who was one of the defenders of Mariupol, as commander of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade.

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Hasta la Rayista, baby! Rayo Vallecano 2 Barcelona 3

Posted on October 2, 2020July 2, 2024 by adecolley

On a weekend dominated by news that super clubs want to create an elite Snob League, Madrid minnows Rayo provided a glittering riposte.

Teeny-weeny, itsy-bitsy raggedy Rayo battered big boys Barca for 50 minutes before gloriously throwing it all away.

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Garenetska on guitar in the Dakh Daughters show
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Every team has a Statto in it. He’s on the left. Ben Procter on the right, at Langley Manor CC on the first day
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Graffiti on a barricade that was set up in the first week of December
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Germany v Costa Rica, World Cup 2006
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