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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NYON, Switzerland – Monday’s draw paired Arsenal, last year’s runner-up in the second-tier competition, with Greek club Olympiakos.
Manchester United will play against Belgian champion Brugge in the round of 32 of the Europa League.
Brugge dropped into the Europa League after finishing third in its Champions League group, which included Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid. It drew 2-2 at Madrid.
Ajax, which also transferred across from the group stage of the Champions League, was drawn to play Getafe, with the first leg in Spain.
Three seasons ago, Man United beat Ajax in the Europa League final to secure a place in the Champions League.
Other teams switching across as third-place finishers in their Champions League groups include Benfica and Shakhtar Donetsk, who were drawn to play each other.
Inter Milan was paired with Ludogorets Razgrad, and Salzburg will face Eintracht Frankfurt.
Arsenal will play the first leg against Olympiakos in Greece. Record five-time champion Sevilla was paired with Romanian club Cluj, and Roma will play Gent.
The first legs will be played on Feb. 20, with the return games on Feb. 27.
The May 27 final will be in Gdansk, Poland.
Draw Monday for the round of 32 in the Europa League:
First Leg
Feb. 20
Wolverhampton Wanderers (England) vs. Espanyol (Spain)
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) vs. Istanbul Basaksehir (Turkey) Getafe (Spain) vs. Ajax (Netherlands) Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) vs. Porto (Portugal) Copenhagen (Denmark) vs. Celtic (Scotland) APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) vs. Basel (Switzerland) Cluj (Romania) vs. Sevilla (Spain)
Olympiakos (Greece) vs. Arsenal (England)
AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) vs. LASK (Austria)
Brugge (Belgium) vs. Manchester United (England)
Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria) vs. Inter Milan (Italy)
Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) vs. Salzburg (Austria)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) vs. Benfica (Portugal)
Wolfsburg (Germany) vs. Malmo (Sweden)
Roma (Italy) vs. Gent (Belgium)
Rangers (Scotland) vs. Braga (Portugal)
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Second Leg
Feb. 26
Braga (Portugal) vs. Rangers (Scotland)
Feb. 27
Espanyol (Spain) vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (England)
Istanbul Basaksehir (Turkey) vs. Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) Ajax (Netherlands) vs. Getafe (Spain) Porto (Portugal) vs. Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) Celtic (Scotland) vs. Copenhagen (Denmark) Basel (Switzerland) vs. APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) Sevilla (Spain) vs. Cluj (Romania) Arsenal vs. Olympiakos (Greece) LASK (Austria) vs. AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) Manchester United (England) vs. Brugge (Belgium) Inter Milan (Italy) vs. Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria) Salzburg (Austria) vs. Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)
Benfica (Portugal) vs. Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Malmo (Sweden) vs. Wolfsburg (Germany) Gent (Belgium) vs. Roma (Italy)
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
CALIFORNIA - The University of Southern California canceled its main graduation ceremony and dozens more college students were arrested at other campuses nationwide Thursday as protests against the Israel-Hamas war continued to spread.
NEW YORK — The third day of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial concluded Thursday after Trump's lawyers got their first chance to question a witness on the stand.
ATLANTA — As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud.
ATHENS - Voters should see the whole picture when they go to cast their ballot in the European Parliament elections on June 9, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview on Thursday.