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Jarell Quansah ruled out of England’s Latvia qualifier
Jarell Quansah will miss England's World Cup qualifier against Latvia due to injury and the defender will return to his club Bayer Leverkusen, the national team said on Saturday. England did not reveal the nature of his injury but the 22-year-old...

Latvia Orders 841 Russians to Leave Over Language and Residency Law Violations
Latvia has instructed 841 Russian citizens to leave the country by Oct. 13, saying they failed to meet new residency conditions that include proving basic Latvian language skills and passing national security checks, according to Politico on Oct....

England without a key player against Latvia
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The England national team has issued an official statement announcing that Jarell Quansah is injured and will miss the match against Latvia in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers next Tuesday. The defender has returned...

Latvia expels more than 800 Russians from the country
Latvian flag. Stock photo: Getty Images The Latvian authorities have informed 841 Russian citizens that they must leave the country by 13 October due to non-compliance with migration legislation. Source: Politico, citing Latvian Office of...

Latvia's trade figures ticked up in August
Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) provisional data show that in August 2025 Latvia had foreign trade turnover of EUR 3.31 billion, and at current prices this was 0.3 % higher than a year ago. The value of exported goods increased by 2.5 %, while...

Latvia demands over 800 Russian citizens leave by mid-October
Latvia has ordered 841 Russian citizens to leave the country by October 13 after they failed to demonstrate their proficiency in the Latvian language and undergo mandatory security checks. Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early...

England star forced to pull out squad ahead of Latvia match as Thomas Tuchel suffers blow
Jarell Quansah has withdrawn from England’s squad after sustaining an injury, forcing him to miss Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier against Latvia. The 22-year-old centre-back has returned to Bayer Leverkusen as a precaution, with medical staff at the...
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England suffer defensive injury blow before Latvia World Cup qualifier as 16-month wait goes on
England are hit with a defensive injury withdrawal ahead of their World Cup 2026 qualifier with Latvia, as a painful 16-month wait is prolonged. England have been hit by a defensive injury withdrawal ahead of their upcoming World Cup 2026...

England defender Quansah injured, out of Latvia World Cup qualifier
JARELL QUANSAH will miss England’s World Cup qualifier against Latvia due to injury and the defender will return to his club Bayer Leverkusen. The national team announced this development on Saturday without revealing the specific nature of his...

England star PULLS OUT of squad for World Cup qualifier vs Latvia as Thomas Tuchel makes decision on replacement
JARELL QUANSAH has left the England camp due to injury. The uncapped centre-back has returned to his club Bayer Leverkusen as a precaution and will miss Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier against Latvia. 1 Jarell Quansah has pulled out of the England...
Injured Quansah to miss England's World Cup qualifier in Latvia
Jarell Quansah will miss England's World Cup qualifier against Latvia due to injury and the defender will return to his club Bayer Leverkusen, the national team said on Saturday. England did not reveal the nature of his injury but the 22-year-old...

Latvia orders more than 800 Russian citizens to leave by mid-October
Around 30,000 Russian citizens were affected by the new rules. While most managed to comply, about 2,600 have voluntarily left Latvia. However, 841 Russian citizens failed to submit the required documents in time. They have now been notified to...

England star PULLS OUT of squad for World Cup qualifier vs Latvia as Thomas Tuchel makes decision on replacement
JARELL QUANSAH has left the England camp due to injury. The uncapped centre-back has returned to his club Bayer Leverkusen as a precaution and will miss Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier against Latvia. 1 Jarell Quansah has pulled out of the England...

Quansah to miss England's Latvia WC qualifier
International Friendly - England Press Conference - St. George's Park, Burton upon Trent, Britain - Oct 6, 2025 England's Jarell Quansah during the press conference Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs Published : 11 Oct 2025, 07:34 PM Updated...

Soccer-Injured Quansah to miss England's World Cup qualifier in Latvia
Soccer Football - International Friendly - England Press Conference - St. George's Park, Burton upon Trent, Britain - October 6, 2025 England's Jarell Quansah during the press conference Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs (Reuters) -Jarell...

Seamus Heaney exhibition opens at Latvian National Library
October 7th saw the opening of a new exhibition at the Latvian National Library on the life and work of the great Irish poet, Seamus Heaney (1939-2013). It is 30 years since Heaney won the Nobel prize for literature and to mark the occasion a...

New car registrations boomed in third quarter in Latvia
Analysis of registrations data performed by AV Automotive Research/AutoTyrimai, based on source data obtained from the vehicle licensing agencies Regitra (Lithuania), CSDD (Latvia) and Transpordiamet (Estonia), reveals that new light-vehicle...

Latvian airspace experiences frequent GPS disturbances
Global Positioning System (GPS) disturbances in Latvian airspace have been recorded 1060 times in nine months of this year, which is 2.6 times more than in the same period last year, representatives of SJSC "Latvijas Gaisa satiksme (Latvian Air...

Latvia's public sector needs some blue sky thinking on cloud computing
Although cloud computing provides opportunities to optimise information and communication technology (ICT) resources, improve security, and reduce costs, previous measures have not ensured a unified and coordinated approach across the entire...

Latvian State Police show off their drone skills
How and how fast to find a person lost in the forest with a drone? How accurately can the drone in a specific place or find a target? This is what the State Police and the National Guard tested in the first-ever drone competition organised by the...