RIO DE JANEIRO Adidas Originals Superstar 2 White Wholesale , Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- A ruling on whether Neymar can play in Brazil's opening 2018 World Cup qualifiers will be made by early October, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday.
The Barcelona forward has served two matches of a four-game ban issued after his sending off in Brazil's 1-0 loss to Colombia at this year's Copa America.
The CBF has argued the suspension should only apply during the Copa America, which falls under the jurisdiction of South American football's governing body Conmebol.
Brazil will begin their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign against Chile in Santiago on October 8 before hosting Venezuela in Fortaleza five days later.
"In its appeal to the CAS, the CBF seeks to overturn the decisions taken by the FIFA disciplinary committee and the FIFA appeal committee which ruled that the two remaining match bans should be served during the next official FIFA competition," CAS said in a statement.
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Brazil coach Dunga this week left Neymar out of his 23-man squad for the matches against Chile and Venezuela.
NAIROBI, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A global wildlife conservation organization on Monday lauded agreement reached between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama committing to take swift action to protect elephants.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) CEO Azzedine Downes said the agreement reached on Friday would play a key role in ending the poaching crisis across the globe.
"President Xi has delivered a tremendous victory in the battle to save elephants. China has slammed the door in the face of all those who are profiting from the slaughter of elephants," Downes said in a statement released in Nairobi.
"As the world's largest market for legal and illegal ivory, this ban will save the lives of tens of thousands of elephants," he added.
In May, Chinese authorities crushed 662 kg of confiscated ivory at the Beijing Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.
The destruction enabled the Chinese government to in future step up wildlife conservation with no hideout for illegal wildlife trade including ivory trafficking in China.
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Downes said Beijing's ivory trade ban follows the announcement by President Obama of strict new ivory regulations which will lead to a massive reduction in ivory sales in the U.S., one of the world's top markets for ivory.
They said these regulations are not yet finalized and are still open for public comment through Sept. 28.
The regulations would prohibit the sale of most ivory items across state lines, and would further restrict imports and exports, with some limited exceptions.
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In addition, the two leaders pledged further cooperation to halt the surge of wildlife trafficking that imperils countless species around the world.
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"As a Chinese-American, I am so proud to see China and America, the two global powers taking the leadership role in the fight to save elephants," she added.
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“The way we look at it is: Plan on him not coming back,” Warriors forward Draymond Green said. “No. Mike Brown is our coach. We have the rest of our staff and that’s what we’re rolling with.”
PARIS, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The ban of the burkini -- Muslim swimwear which covers the whole body -- from .