ETO’O FILMED IN ALTERCATION OUTSIDE WORLD CUP GAME

Cameroon federation president and former star Samuel Eto’o was filmed apparently kicking a man to the ground in an altercation outside a World Cup stadium on Tuesday. Eto’o had paused to pose for photos with fans near Stadium 974 after Brazil beat Korea 4-1. Footage circulating on social media showed him then reactingacting to comments by a man holding a camera. The former BarcaB and Inter forward wa as held back by people in his entourage then got clear and appeared to o aim a kick at the man n, who fell backwards t o the South ground. Korea “After match, the Br razilhad I a violent altercation w ith a person who was probably an n Algerian supporter,” Eto’o said d in a statement on Twitter. “I would li ike to apologise for losing my temper r and reacting in a way that does not m atch my personality. I apologi se to the public for this unfortunate incident.”i

The engineer who developed the air conditioning for Qatar’s World Cup stadiums says that a cooling system for an Olympic marathon is possible if the state bids for the Games. Amid reports that Qatar is targeting the 2036 Olympics, Saud Abdulaziz Abdul Ghani, widely known as Dr. Cool, said Qatar has already “proven” its technological capability for the World Cup and can repeat the feat for a new mega event. Doha was a contender for the 2016 and 2020 Olympics and sports officials have said it is studying a new campaign using the World Cup as a launchpad. The infrastructure for the World Cup has been widely hailed, even after fierce summer temperatures forced FIFA to change the dates to winter.