Abkhazia Institute for Social and Economic Research

Beaten by 10-man Poland in their first game, Brazil looked to have rebounded in style going up 3-0 within an hour against Korea Republic. But the Koreans gave their huge pockets of supporters in Montreal's cavernous Olympic Stadium a thrilling show as they scored twice in the last seven minutes to set up a barnstorming final stretch.

The FIFA U-20 World Cup hosts might have been celebrating Canada Day but Chile paid no heed to the spirit of celebration on the national holiday as they opened up their Group A campaign with handsome 3-0 victory. Elsewhere, Japan outclassed Scotland, Jordan held Zambia, Uruguay were pegged back by a resurgent Spain and Nigeria squeezed past Costa Rica amid a hectic schedule across the country.

Some of the biggest names in sport and entertainment were in the Royal Box on Centre Court this afternoon to watch Amelie Mauresmo beat Mara Santangelo 6-1, 6-2, continuing the informal tradition at Wimbledon where sporting stars are invited on Middle Saturday.

With his jet-black hair, tattoos and facial piercings, Janko "Tipsy" Tipsarevic may look a little different from the average Wimbledon contender but, after his Centre Court victory over fifth seed Fernando Gonzalez, he is fast becoming a huge crowd favourite.

On June 27 Mr. Vasili Rukhadze from the Abkhazia Institute for Social and Economic Research (AISER) met with the representatives of New Jersey based Turkish TV channel EBRU TV. The meeting took place at the TV Corporation's New Jersey headquarters.