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Carlton Football Club • Sydney Swans • Australian Football League

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The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864, in Carlton, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Carlton quickly became a dominant club in early Australian rules football competitions, and was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), winning the inaugural premiership in 1877. In 1896, Carlton joined the breakaway Victorian Football League (since renamed the AFL), and alongside rivals Collingwood, Essendon, and Richmond, is regarded as one of the league's historical "Big Four" clubs, having won sixteen VFL/AFL premierships, equal with Essendon as the most of any AFL club. Carlton's headquarters and training facilities are located in Carlton North at Princes Park, its traditional home ground, and it currently plays its home matches at Docklands Stadium and the Melbourne Cricket ...

STRIKE ACTION IN CAPE TOWN

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  Five killed in South Africa’s Cape Town amid taxi strike Unrest on the outskirts of Cape Town follows an announcement of a weeklong strike by minibus taxi drivers. Five people have been killed in the South African city of Cape Town as a strike by minibus taxi drivers that began last week turned violent, authorities said on Tuesday. The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) announced a one-week provincial shutdown last Thursday after failing to resolve various issues with the local government in Cape Town. The grievances arose after a new municipal law gave local authorities the power to impound vehicles for violations such as driving without a licence or registration plates. Sporadic violence erupted in different parts of the city after police began impounding vehicles last week, as angry protesters torched buses and cars, and pelted the police with stones. Among the dead was a 40-year-old British national who was shot and killed on Thursday, South African Polic...

Australia Cup

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  Australia Cup Football competition Teams View 1+ more Melbourne City FC Adelaide United Football Club Heidelberg United FC Avondale FC

Azam Garh // Utter Pradesh

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Uttar Pradesh ( /ˌʊtər prəˈdɛʃ/ ; [13] Hindustani: [ˈʊtːəɾ pɾəˈdeːʃ] ( listen ), lit. 'North Province') is a state in northern India . With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world – more populous than all but four countries . [14] It was established in 1950 after India had become a republic. It is a successor to the United Provinces , established in 1935 by renaming of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh , in turn established in 1902 from the North-Western Provinces and the Oudh Province . Lucknow serves as the state capital , while Prayagraj being the judicial capital . Uttar Pradesh State Taj Mahal Prem Mandir Sarnath Ahilya Ghat BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary New Yamuna Bridge The state is divided into 18 divisions and 75 districts . On 9 November 2000, a new state, Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand ), was created from Uttar Pradesh's western ...