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Lionel Messi called up by Argentina to make farewell appearance in friendly
Argentina will host Benin in October in Buenos Aires
AFA president invites Messi to enjoy ‘deserved farewell’
Lionel Messi has been called up by Argentina to make a farewell appearance in a home friendly in October following his international retirement, the Argentinian football association (AFA) has confirmed. turconews.click
“We invited the best player in the world to play, the icon of our selection, our captain Lionel Andrés Messi, to have a deserved farewell on 6 October, here in Argentina,” the AFA president, Claudio Tapia, said on social media.
Continue reading...England thrash Sri Lanka after Harry Brook rejects rest to blast brilliant century
England captain hits unbeaten 114 off 49 balls in first T20
Sonny Baker claims three wickets in 119-run victory
As he nears the end of a hectic summer Harry Brook was offered the chance to rest rather than play this series and how Sri Lanka must wish Pakistan’s red-ball side had extended him enough to force a lay-off. As it turned out the 27-year-old could hardly have looked fresher as he inspired his side to an overwhelming win over emphatically outclassed opponents, a brilliant century powering them to a 19th victory in just 22 games since he took over the captaincy, secured by the margin of 119 runs.
It was Brook’s second T20 century, making him the third Englishman to score more than one. He cavorted to triple figures off 42 balls of which precisely a third were dispatched to the boundary, six of them beyond it, and ended unbeaten on 114. But as much as his power impressed, using the size of the ground and manipulation of angles to maximum advantage, aided occasionally by the tourists’ imperfection in the field, he also scurried a succession of twos.
Continue reading...Ciganda nach Solheim-Cup-Triumph: „Sie ist eine der Wettbewerbsstärksten, die ich kenne“
Europa hat den Solheim Cup zurückerobert – und Carlota Ciganda war eine der prägenden Figuren dieser Woche. Nach dem Turnier würdigte die Spanierin Kapitänin Anna Nordqvist, die mit diesem Sieg ihren Abschied vom Wettkampfgolf gekrönt hat.
„Das ist Europa"
„Ich bin so glücklich. Ich glaube, wir hatten die ganze Woche über ein großartiges Team", sagte Ciganda nach dem Turnier. Besonders hob sie den Zusammenhalt hervor: Die Rookies hätten maßgeblich zum Erfolg beigetragen, und die Mannschaft sei als Einheit aufgetreten – genau das, wofür Europa beim Solheim Cup stehe.
Duell mit Kupcho als Highlight
Eines der Schlüsselmatchups der Woche war Cigandas Partie gegen die US-Amerikanerin Jennifer Kupcho. Kupcho sei eine echte Kämpferin, betonte Ciganda. Den eigenen Jubel vom Vortag gestand sie mit einem Augenzwinkern ein: „Ich habe gefeiert und habe wahrscheinlich alle Amerikaner gegen mich aufgebracht – aber so bin ich eben, ich kann nicht anders." Dennoch habe sie Kupcho nach dem Match für ihren Auftritt gelobt.
Den Schlüssel zu ihrem Sieg sah Ciganda in einem frühen Vorsprung: „Ich wollte ihr einfach nichts geben, weil ich wusste: Wenn ich früh mit zwei Löchern in Führung gehe, wird es schwer für sie, zurückzukommen." Mit einem Birdie aus dem Bunker auf Loch 13 – beim Stand von 2-up – habe sie die Entscheidung herbeigeführt.
Ciganda kommentierte ihre Puttform trocken: „Ich weiß nicht, was beim Solheim Cup mit mir passiert, aber ich versenke jede Menge Putts. Diese Mentalität muss ich in die normalen Turniere mitnehmen." ("I don't know what happens at Solheim Cup, but I make a lot of putts. I need to take this mentality into the regular tournaments.")
Abschied einer Weggefährtin
Den emotionalen Rahmen der Woche bildete der Abschied von Kapitänin Anna Nordqvist, die ihren Rücktritt vom Wettkampfsport ankündigt hatte. Ciganda, die Nordqvist seit mehr als 20 Jahren kennt – aus gemeinsamen Zeiten im Amateur- und Profi-Golf sowie zahlreichen Solheim-Cup-Einsätzen –, fand tiefe Worte der Bewunderung.
„Sie ist eine der Wettbewerbsstärksten, die ich kenne. Sie war sehr gut vorbereitet, sehr organisiert – sie hatte alles im Kopf, sie hatte einen Spielplan." ("She's one of the most competitive players that I know. She was very prepared, very organized. She had everything in her mind. She had a game plan.") Und weiter: „Ich bin so glücklich, dass alles geklappt hat. Ich könnte nicht glücklicher für sie sein."
Den Sieg habe sie ganz bewusst auch für ihre langjährige Freundin und Kapitänin geholt, machte Ciganda deutlich.
Quelle: ASAP Sports · show_interview.php?id=221706
„Ich bin so glücklich. Ich glaube, wir hatten die ganze Woche über ein großartiges Team" "I'm so happy. I think we had a great team all week." „Ich habe gefeiert und habe wahrscheinlich alle Amerikaner gegen mich aufgebracht – aber so bin ich eben, ich kann nicht anders." "I know I celebrated and I probably pissed off all the Americans, but that's just how I am. I can't help it." „Ich wollte ihr einfach nichts geben, weil ich wusste: Wenn ich früh mit zwei Löchern in Führung gehe, wird es schwer für sie, zurückzukommen." "I was, like, just don't give her anything because I know if I can get a couple up at the beginning, it's going to be tough for her to fight back." „Ich weiß nicht, was beim Solheim Cup mit mir passiert, aber ich versenke jede Menge Putts. Diese Mentalität muss ich in die normalen Turniere mitnehmen." "I don't know what happens at Solheim Cup, but I make a lot of putts. I need to take this mentality into the regular tournaments." „Sie ist eine der Wettbewerbsstärksten, die ich kenne. Sie war sehr gut vorbereitet, sehr organisiert – sie hatte alles im Kopf, sie hatte einen Spielplan." "She's one of the most competitive players that I know. She was very prepared, very organized. She had everything in her mind. She had a game plan." „Ich bin so glücklich, dass alles geklappt hat. Ich könnte nicht glücklicher für sie sein." "I'm so happy that everything worked out and I couldn't be happier for her."
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Ipswich Town v Arsenal: Carabao Cup third round – live
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Allan Castle writes in:
As a British-born Canadian, who has shuttled back and forth over the Atlantic for six decades, when I get back to England I seek out cherished beverages past and present that are unavailable or only sporadically found in Canada: orange squash, ginger beer, Theakston’s Old Peculier, real bitter, etc. What is Carabao? What does it taste like? And, perhaps most important, what are the cultural assumptions British people make about Carabao drinkers? I’m old enough to know that no seemingly benign refreshment decision in the UK is made without social consequences.
With Enciso on the bench, Arsenal will win. It’s too bad for Ipswich’s lack of courage.
Continue reading...Bungie's mantra was "I love playing Destiny. I hate that it’s not better" in the MMO's early years, says former lead
Destiny's Taken King expansion is officially 11 years old, and former Bungie studio vice president Mark Noseworthy marked the occasion by saying what many Destiny players have thought a million times: this game is so good, but it could be so much better.
In a post on Twitter, Noseworthy, who left Bungie in 2024 along with some other senior staff amidst layoffs, describes The Taken King as his personal pinnacle.
"Of all the parts of Destiny I’ve worked on, this remains my personal favorite as a player and the one I’m most proud of," he reflects. "We knew Destiny 1 was so close to great; it was just missing some ingredients and a different preparation. 'I love playing Destiny. I hate that it’s not better' was our mantra while making [The Taken King]."
The early days of Destiny were some of the series' messiest, with players and Bungie both unsure of what the game was meant to be. The Vault of Glass, the first raid, helped crystallize the vision and, frankly, resuscitate the game, but it was The Taken King – a blast of new content, an immeasurably stronger story, added buildcrafting options, and improved progression and endgame pursuits – that really pushed the game over the top. This is what Destiny can be.
The Taken King is still remembered as one of the best expansions in Destiny's history – to some, the best, though I personally put it behind The Witch Queen and, at the top, The Final Shape. (It's no coincidence that most of the best expansions are Hive-themed, as the Hive have the best lore.) It also cemented a pattern that would come to define much of Destiny's life, and a slightly meaner mantra that many players adopted: I hate Destiny, it's my favorite game.
Throughout its life, Destiny has often felt like it's about to turn the corner, with only its finest expansions actually delivering on everything expected or imagined, and avoiding systemic missteps that another expansion would have to fix.
Looking back, a lot of Destiny expansions really were fixers. Destiny 2's Forsaken, for example, was a near shot-for-shot replay of The Taken King: after a troubled launch, Bungie stepped in to correct a bunch of errors. That became my acid test for expansions: how much of this is fixing Destiny, and how much of this is celebrating or expanding it? Is the game great now, or could it be great later?
The final update for Destiny 2, stuck in stasis after Bungie ended active development and began to really prioritize digging Marathon out of its rut, left it in arguably the best place it's ever been, with FOMO removed, loot updated, and many events available. But with the end of development, the game also stopped chasing those new horizons. We'll never turn the corner now.