Publishing company Panini's engagement with women's football "stepped up with the release of a sticker collection" for Women's Euro 2017, which will be held in the Netherlands during July and August. It is the "first time the tournament has been backed by an official sticker collection," and follows a "similar offering" for the 2015 Women's World Cup. Panini printed 334 stickers for its Euro 2017 collection featuring players from the 16 teams "along with facts, biographies and a double-page spread on the history of the game" (London GUARDIAN, 6/5).
A "lack of spectators in the ground was the reason given" by Marylebone Cricket Club officials "for not holding a minute's silence for the victims of the London terror attack before the start of play at Lord's" on Sunday. After "some surprise had been expressed" that Lord's had not followed the example of Edgbaston, Headingley and Hove, players and spectators "stood in silence at the end of the lunch break" (LONDON TIMES, 6/5).
Vietnam's northern province of Lào Cai will "team up" with China's southwestern province of Yunnan in hosting an int'l cycling race from July 8-9 (VIETNAM NEWS, 6/5).