croatia Archives - The Glitters Online https://theglittersonline.com.ng/tag/croatia/ A voice for the people Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:48:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 119911796 Five Killed In Croatia Nursing Home Shooting https://theglittersonline.com.ng/five-killed-in-croatia/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:48:12 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=303018 Five Killed In Croatia Nursing Home Shooting   A gunman opened fire in a nursing home in Croatia on Monday, killing at least five people, state media reported, in a rare instance of gun violence in the Balkan country. State broadcaster HRT said an unidentified gunman entered a nursing home in Daruvar -some 130 kilometres […]

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]]> 303018 Croatia Beat Portugal In Euro 2024 Warm-up Friendly https://theglittersonline.com.ng/croatia-beat-portugal/ Sun, 09 Jun 2024 05:39:01 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=298831 Croatia Beat Portugal In Euro 2024 Warm-up Friendly   Croatia finished their Euro 2024 preparations with an impressive 2-1 friendly win over Portugal on Saturday. Zlatko Dalic’s side beat the Euro 2016 winners in the Lisbon suburb of Oeiras to send Group B rivals Spain and Italy a warning. Roberto Martinez’s Portugal, among the contenders […]

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]]> 298831 World Cup: Croatia Beat Morocco 2-1 To Clinch Bronze https://theglittersonline.com.ng/world-cup-croatia/ Sat, 17 Dec 2022 18:55:17 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=252908 World Cup: Croatia Beat Morocco 2-1 To Clinch Bronze   Croatia’s third top-three finish at the World Cup has a “golden layer”, said boss Zlatko Dalic after his side clinched a play-off victory over history-makers Morocco. Dalic’s side were runners-up to France four years ago and confirmed their status as one of the elite footballing […]

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]]> 252908 Croatia Dump Brazil Out Of World Cup https://theglittersonline.com.ng/croatia-8/ Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:30:54 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=252366 Croatia Dump Brazil Out Of World Cup Tournament favourites Brazil were knocked out of the World Cup on penalties as Croatia kept their nerve to edge through to the semi-finals. Croatia, beaten finalists four years ago, scored with all four of their spot-kicks as Rodrygo – taking his team’s first kick – was denied by […]

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]]> 252366 Croatia Edged Past Japan 3-1 On Penalties https://theglittersonline.com.ng/croatia-7/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:30:36 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=252033 Croatia Edged Past Japan 3-1 On Penalties Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic was the hero, saving three penalties in the shootout, as Croatia edged past Japan with a 3-1 victory to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. After a 1-1 draw at extra time, Livakovic kept out the first two efforts before stopping Maya Yoshida’s kick, then Mario […]

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]]> 252033 Three Killed In Croatia Train Crash https://theglittersonline.com.ng/croatia-6/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:43:39 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=245627 Three Killed In Croatia Train Crash By AFP   At least three people were killed and 11 were injured when a passenger train collided with a stationary freight train in central Croatia, officials said Saturday. The accident occurred at 9:30 pm (1930 GMT) Friday near the central town of Novska, some 100 kilometres (62 miles) southeast […]

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]]> 245627 Croatia’s Population Drops Nearly 10 percent In A Decade https://theglittersonline.com.ng/croatias/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:33:11 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=227845 Croatia’s Population Drops Nearly 10 percent In A Decade By AFP Croatia’s population has shrunk by nearly 10 percent in the last decade due to an exodus fuelled by a flagging economy, the latest census showed Friday. The European Union member is home to just 3.8 million people against 4.2 million a decade ago,  Croatia’s statistics […]

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]]> 227845 Croatia Edge Out Russia To Qualify For 2022 World Cup https://theglittersonline.com.ng/croatia-3/ Sun, 14 Nov 2021 19:23:34 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=223259 Croatia Edge Out Russia To Qualify For 2022 World Cup Croatia secured their place at the 2022 World Cup with a 1-0 win over Russia on Sunday, a late own goal from Fedor Kudryashov swinging the game in their favour after a hard-fought battle in boggy conditions in Split. Finalists at the last World Cup […]

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]]> 223259 World Cup: It’s Croatia Vs France Final https://theglittersonline.com.ng/world-cup/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 05:43:49 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=159280 World Cup: It’s Croatia Vs France Final Croatia Wednesday’s night came from a goal down to beat England in the second semi-final of the FIFA World Cup here in Moscow, Russia. Kieran Trippier had given England hope from a delightful free-kick in the fifth minute of play. But Croatia hit back when Perisic got in […]

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]]> 159280 Croatia Beat Russia, Meets England In Semis https://theglittersonline.com.ng/croatia/ Sun, 08 Jul 2018 05:51:41 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=159113 Croatia Beat Russia, Meets England In Semis Croatia will meet England in the World Cup last four after defeating the host nation Russia 4-3 in a quarterfinal penalty shootout in Sochi. The teams were locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes and remained locked – though at 2-2 – after extra time, before being forced into […]

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