THE HAGUE Ray Allen Jersey , Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- PSV handed Feyenoord their first defeat of the Eredivisie season, beating the reigning champions and league leaders 1-0 in Eindhoven on Sunday.
After conceding two early goals against Manchester City on Wednesday in the Champions League (4-0 home loss), Feyenoord conceded another early goal on Sunday. Gaston Pereiro netted with his left foot on a cross by Jurgen Locadia in the 2nd minute. The latter could have added a second home goal, but he hit the post. Feyenoord also hit the post with a free-kick by Jens Toornstra.
The visitors had to continue with 10 men after Steven Berghuis got his second booking on the stroke of half time for holding Jorrit Hendrix. He had received his first booking for a rough challenge on the chest of PSV striker Luuk de Jong, who had to leave the pitch injured.
With 10 men, Feyenoord dominated the second half and had major chances through Eric Botteghin Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jersey , Jean-Paul Boetius and Toornstra, with PSV goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet saving the first two and Toornstra missing the third one for an empty goal. Due to these misses, PSV managed to secure their fourth victory of the season.
Earlier on Sunday Ajax drew 1-1 at ADO Den Haag. Joel Veltman headed Ajax in front from a free-kick by Hakim Ziyech and the visitors missed several chances to extend the scoring. ADO bounced back in the second half, after substitute Erik Falkenburg hit the crossbar with a goal by Bjorn Johnsen. Ajax failed to secure a win after Frenkie de Jong and Lasse Schone hit the crossbar.
Also on Sunday, FC Utrecht suffered a surprising 4-0 defeat at FC Twente, and Vitesse drew 1-1 against VVV-Venlo. On Friday Glenn Robinson Jersey , AZ beat Sparta 2-0 in Rotterdam, SC Heerenveen defeated Excelsior 2-1 in Rotterdam on Saturday, NAC Breda and Willem II booked their first win against FC Groningen (2-1) and Roda JC Kerkrade (3-1) respectively and PEC Zwolle beat Heracles Almelo 2-1.
Feyenoord kept the leading position in the Eredivisie on goal difference. The reigning champions are on 12 points from five matches, just like AZ and PSV. SC Heerenveen are on 11 points, followed by Vitesse, Ajax and PEC Zwolle with 10 points.
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CAIRO, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The latest BRICS summit in China achieved a noticeable success and managed to provide a roadmap for boosting cooperation among developing countries, said Egyptian experts.
The ninth summit of the bloc including Brazil, Russia, India Khris Middleton Bucks Jersey , China and South Africa was held on Sept. 3-5 in southeastern Chinese coastal city of Xiamen, with the participation of five developing states, namely, Egypt, Guinea, Mexico Eric Bledsoe Bucks Jersey , Thailand and Tajikistan at the invitation of China to convene for the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries on the sidelines of the event.
A BRICS Business Forum was also held on the sidelines of the summit with the participation of some 1,200 heads and representatives of about 600 companies, business organizations and financial institutions.
"Xiamen's BRICS summit has achieved an unprecedented success, particularly by its concluding declaration that is considered a roadmap for cooperation among all states," said Ali al-Hefni, former Egyptian foreign minister and former ambassador to China.
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The BRICS summit with the 10 participant states is believed to have provided an opportunity for their leaders to elaborate on the economic conditions and challenges of their countries and the joint investments that can be reached among them.
As a developing state and an emerging economy, Egypt participated in the economic platform under the "BRICS Plus" mechanism where Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his accompanying delegation represented the most populous Arab country.
"There is no doubt that Sisi's participation and the talks he held on the sideline of the summit gave him a chance to firstly present Egypt's vision and recommendations to enhance future partnerships among Egypt, the BRICS group and developing states within the framework of South-South cooperation," Hefni commented.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who vowed that China will always firmly support Egypt's efforts to maintain stability and accelerate development and to advance the comprehensive strategic partnership with the Arab country, met Sisi on Tuesday.
"It was a very important opportunity for Egypt to join the BRICS summit for the first time at China's invitation Khris Middleton Youth Jersey , which reflects mutual appreciation between the two countries," said Ahmed Qandil, an expert of Asian affairs and head of the Energy Studies Program at Cairo-based Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.