ReutersA Brazil team playing in the Copa America at home on the back of a seven-game winning streak would normally be hot favourites to triumph but this is no ordinary year and no ordinary Copa.\nBrazil's run of form is impressive – they are the only team in South America to have won six of their 2022 World Cup qualifiers and have done so by keeping clean sheets in five of them – but it comes amid turbulence off the field.\nThe players took the unusual step of publicly criticising the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) on Wednesday, barely a week after Brazil stepped in to host the tournament in place of Argentina, who pulled out after a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"2021 Skoda Octavia Launched In India At Rs 25.99 Lakh, To Rival Hyundai Elantra","slug":"2021-skoda-octavia-launched-in-india-at-rs-25-99-lakh-to-rival-hyundai-elantra","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-10 14:31:04.296409","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The Octavia is longer than its predecessor by 19mm, gets sharper and sleeker styling, and has a Superb-inspired rear.\nWill rival the Hyundai Elantra and other similarly priced SUVs like Jeep Compass and Citroen C5 Aircross.\nSkoda has launched the fourth-generation Octavia in India at prices starting from Rs 25.99 lakh (ex-showroom).\nVariant Price (ex-showroom) Style Rs 25.99 lakh Laurin and Klement Rs 28.99 lakhFirst up, we’ll look at changes on the outside.\nThe 2021 Skoda Octavia will come in five body shades: Brilliant Silver, Maple Brown, Candy White, Lava Blue, and Magic Black.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Autonomous vehicles and transport tech visionary joins Cranfield University","slug":"autonomous-vehicles-and-transport-tech-visionary-joins-cranfield-university","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-10 14:31:04.220004","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"9 June, 2021 - 23:48 By Tony QuestedCranfield University has appointed Professor Mark Westwood as Head of the Centre of Aeronautics.\nProf. Westwood is a leading innovative thinker in autonomous vehicles and transport technologies.\nThe Centre for Aeronautics at Cranfield University is one of the world’s largest centres for postgraduate education and research in aircraft design, aerodynamics, advanced modelling and simulation tools and methods.\nProf. Westwood said: “I’m thrilled to be joining Cranfield University, an institution I have worked with for many years on some fantastic research projects.\nCranfield, with its proud heritage, is at the forefront of driving technologies that can help deliver a Net Zero future.”Prof. Iain Gray, Director of Aerospace at Cranfield University, said: “Mark is a leading innovative thinker in autonomous vehicles and transport technologies.
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