'Argentina awarded penalty unfairly': Soccer fans demand replay of FIFA World Cup final
Around two lakh fans have handed a petition to FIFA demanding a replay of the 2022 World Cup final, where Argentina won 4-2 on penalties against France.
A MesOpinions user has said that he believes there was an unfair award of Argentina's penalty, adding that French star Kylian Mbappe was also fouled in the lead-up to Di Maria’s goal, reports The Indian Express.
The replay petition written to FIFA reads: “The arbitration was totally sold, there was never a penalty + fault on MBAPPE on the 2nd goal!!!”
Argentina opened the scoring with Lionel Messi's penalty in the 22nd minute in the final on Sunday. The lead was doubled by Angel Di Maria before halftime.
The second half, however, witnessed a twist, as Mbappe struck two back-to-back goals with a gap of a minute, in the 80th and 81st minutes, France thus equaling Argentina.
With the game extending to extra time, the drama continued. Although Messi's goal at the 108th minute gave Argentina the lead again, Mbappe took barely 10 minutes to ensure France again equalled Argentina with a hat trick in the World Cup final.
Messi won the first World Cup of his illustrious career, while it was the third World Cup for Argentina.
Mbappe has won the golden boot, having scored eight goals in the tournament.
Emiliano Martinez, who played a key role in Argentina's win in the penalties in the final and also in the win against Netherlands in the quarterfinal, won the golden glove.
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Padma awardees in Odisha to receive monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16 (PTI): The Odisha government will provide a monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000 to each of the Padma awardees of the state from the current month.
The Odia Language Literature and Culture Department issued a notification to this effect on Thursday.
In view of their outstanding contribution to society in various fields, the state government has decided to provide an honorarium of Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees, the notification said.
All the Padma awardees of the state, who are alive, will receive the honorarium through direct benefit transfer (DBT) mode from January 2025, it said.
The government has asked collectors and culture officers of all districts to submit details of the Padma award winners (who are alive) including the district collector's certificate, bank account details, IFSC code to the Directorate of Odia, Language, Literature and Culture as soon as possible.
In March last year, the previous BJD government had announced a monthly honorarium of Rs 25,000 for the Padma awardees from Odisha. However, it was not implemented yet, an official of the department said.
In November last year, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had decided to provide Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees of the state. Accordingly, the formal notification was published on Thursday, he said.
The Padma Award was introduced in 1954. The award is given to personalities for their outstanding contribution in the fields of arts, education, science, sports, social work, public service, medicine, literature, etc.
As per the Padma Awards website of the Ministry of Home Affairs, till now, the President has conferred Padma awards on 105 eminent personalities from Odisha, which includes 90 Padma Shri, 11 Padma Bhushan and four Padma Vibhushan.
