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FOOTBALL MANIA AS NINE PLAYERS WERE SENT OFF IN A MATCH

There was drama in a Brazilian derby match between Vitoria and Bahia as NINE players – six from the home side – were sent off, forcing the game to be abandoned with 11 minutes left on the clock.Denilson opened the scoring for Vitoria after 33 minutes but Vinicius levelled with a penalty four minutes into the second half.He celebrated with a provocative dance in front of the Vitoria supporters, which led to fury from the home players.Punches were thrown from both sides and five men were sent off, three from Bahia and two from Vitoria. Two more players, one from each side, were sent off a couple of minutes later, as tempers frayed and trouble spread to the terraces.With 13 minutes left a fourth Vitoria player was sent off, prompting Bispo to kick the ball away and force the referee into awarding him his second yellow and a match-ending red.The score in the Bahia state championship clash was 1-1 when Bruno Bispo became the ninth player, and the fifth from Vitoria, to be shown the red car...

WHO DISCOVERED AFRICA AND WHEN

Africa was never discovered. It was where humanity arose (so a better question might be who discovered Asia, though the answer is at best some wandering human over 50,000 years ago), and its neighbors always knew it was there.The name is derived from the name Afri, which the Romans applied to a Libyan tribe. It may in turn be derived from a Semitic word for “cave.” At any rate, the Latin for the land of the Afri—Africa—eventually came to be applied to everything south of the Mediterranean.