Brazil Becomes Most-Goal Scoring Country at FIFA World Cups
It is well known that the Brazil team has a lot of records against their name in its rich football history. The Brazilian team entered the quarter-finals of FIFA World Cup 2018 after they defeated Mexico 2-0 in their pre-quarterfinal match, on Monday. With the win, Brazil registered a new record against their name – scoring most goals in FIFA World Cup history.
Brazil has now scored 228 goals in a total of 108 matches they have played at FIFA World Cup tournaments. The Selecao team went past Germany who held the previous record of scoring 226 goals in their FIFA World Cup history.
In their 108 matches, Brazil has won 73 matches and lost only 17 matches, with 18 matches ending in a draw. Also, the Brazilian team is the only team in football history to have won the FIFA World Cup trophy five times.
As Brazil went past the Mexican challenge in Russia, it also added another feather in its cap. We take a look at the list of teams (in ascending order) in terms of most goals scored in FIFA World Cups, over the years.
With the win against Mexico in their Round of 16 game, Brazil has booked themselves a berth in the quarterfinals of FIFA World Cup 2018. The victory also means that the Brazilian team has qualified for the quarters 7th straight time.
Germany is out of the multi-nation mega-tournament and it serves a perfect opportunity for the Brazilian team to stretch their lead. Stay tuned with us for all the latest updates of 2018 FIFA World Cup!
courtesy : latestly.com
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Indian-origin Catholic priest shot dead in Kansas
Seneca (US), Apr 4 (AP): An Indian-origin Catholic priest was shot and killed by a man who approached him at his parish rectory in the town of Seneca, Kansas, church officials said.
An Oklahoma man is being held on suspicion of the killing.
Officers called to the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca on Thursday afternoon found Arul Carasala with gunshot wounds outside the rectory, the Nemaha County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. The 57-year-old priest was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died.
“I am heartbroken to share the tragic news of the death of Fr. Arul Carasala, who was fatally shot earlier today," Archbishop Joseph Naumann of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas said in a Facebook post on Thursday.
"This senseless act of violence has left us grieving the loss of a beloved priest, leader, and friend.”
Carasala had been the pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca since 2011, according to his profile on the parish website.
Sheriff's deputies and officers with the Seneca Police Department later arrested Gary Hermesch of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Authorities say Hermesch, 66, is being held in the Nemaha County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder.
The Associated Press left a phone message with county prosecutor Brad Lippert seeking additional information.
Authorities have not released a possible motive for the shooting or said whether the suspect and the priest knew each other.
Kris Anderson, the parish's director of religious education, told the AP on Thursday through tears that she knew few details.
“From what we know, an older man walked up to him (Carasala) and shot him three times,” she said.
The priest's death left people in shock in Seneca, a city of about 2,100 where Carasala had been the pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church since 2011, according to his profile on the parish website. He was ordained as a priest in 1994 in his native India and had served in Kansas since 2004. He became a US citizen in 2011.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas said in a Facebook post that there was no ongoing threat to the community, but that he recognised the “pain and shock” the priest's death had brought to the community.
“Fr. Carasala was a devoted and zealous pastor who faithfully served our Archdiocese for over twenty years, including as dean of the Nemaha-Marshall region,” he wrote.
“His love for Christ and His Church was evident in how he ministered to his people with great generosity and care. His parishioners, friends, and brother priests will deeply miss him.”
Seneca is about 60 miles (97 kilometres) north of Topeka, about 90 miles (145 kilometres) northwest of Kansas City and about 300 miles (480 kilometres) north of Tulsa.
