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The launch of this new subway line is a significant milestone for Beijing's urban sub-center, which is rapidly developing into a vibrant hub of commercial, residential, and cultural activities. By improving transportation access and connectivity in this area, the "Railway + Land" demonstration line will not only facilitate economic growth but also enhance the overall quality of life for residents.Massachusetts middle schooler ‘only two genders’ shirt case gets support from 18 states, free speech groups
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Jordan Mason injury update: 49ers RB joins Christian McCaffrey on IRBD becomes member of Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty"I can be ruthless when I have to be," said Ruben Amorim on Friday afternoon. Manchester United's new head coach was introduced to the press for the first time and made a convincing start to his media duties. Amorim usually has a smile on his face but warned he is not a soft touch. "There is some places to have fun and some places to work hard," he explained. "I’m not like that kind of guy who wants to show he’s the boss. I think they will feel it in the small details, that I can be the smiling one but then when we have a job to do, I will be a different person and they understand that." Although there has been a wide smile on Amorim's face in almost every photo since he touched down in Manchester, his time at Old Trafford won't be all sunshine and rainbows. The winter frost has coincided with his arrival and he must produce results in a busy festive period, but the 39-year-old strongly believes he is the "right man at the right time." ALSO READ: Exciting young defender included in first-team training ALSO READ: Ruben Amorim's first United press conference LIVE Amorim needs to transform the fortunes of a side that sit 13th in the Premier League , so he is bound to encounter challenges along the way but he doesn't lack self confidence. United believe they have hired one the finest young coaches in European football and a club source recently admitted his outstanding communication skills will be a helpful asset. Amorim made a strong impression in his first press conference ahead of facing Ipswich Town this weekend and demonstrated his savvy communication skills. "It’s so much harder to come to a team in the middle of a season because you have to know the players during the games," he said. "You’re talking about no national team periods to work with the players, it’s just games. It depends if you are winning it’s a lot of fun having a lot of games and trying to make some changes tactically and winning games. But if you’re losing, you don’t have the time in training to work on everything you want to work. "I think where you can improve a team is in training. This is the most important aspect. You can get the players to recover and react really fast, but if you don’t make any exercise with that, it’s really hard to do that on video or in recovery trainings. So it’s really hard in this way but we will find ways to try cope with that." Amorim was in great form. Amorim's appointment has generated huge excitement and the feel good factor around the club has returned. United fans are hoping the Portuguese is different from his predecessors, who have all struggled under the shadow of the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson in the last 11 years. "No, not yet. I didn’t have that opportunity," said Amorim when asked if he'd had a chance to meet Ferguson. "It’s hard to copy someone, so I have to be me. Of course I’m not the best person in here to show the history of Manchester United , it should be the club first and also me. "I’m always paying attention to those details and trying to focus our players in the history of the club, not the recent history, so you have to be very demanding. This is a club that has to win. "So we have to show that [history] to our players but it’s a different time. I cannot be the same guy Sir Alex Ferguson was. I need to have a different approach, but I can also be demanding." Amorim vowed to be his own man but has something in common with Ferguson: a trust in young players. Amorim's success at Sporting Lisbon was underpinned by talented players from the Portuguese club's academy and he is expected to use a similar formula at United. "It’s the project of Manchester United," he said. "Nowadays, you need young guys from the academy for everything, to bring that history of the club because they feel the club in a different way. "But also because you have all these rules with financial fair play when a player from our academy is so much different [worth more in FFP] to the players we sell - that we bought and that we sell. So everything is connected, I will try to help all the players and especially the young ones." The last question was about Pep Guardiola . The Manchester City boss has just signed a new two-year contract but was defeated by Amorim in the Champions League earlier in the month, with City suffering a 4-1 defeat to Sporting away from home. "I think it's a problem for everyone here," said Amorim. "But we have so much to do, we can't focus on anyone. We just have to focus on our club, improving our club and not focusing on the other clubs. It's amazing if you can beat that team, it's a good sign, but let's focus on United."
The Fourth China-Latin America Political Parties Forum was successfully held in Beijing on October 15-16, 2021. The forum brought together political leaders, scholars, and experts from China and Latin American countries to discuss ways to promote greater cooperation and contribute to the development of a shared future for China and Latin America. The theme of this year's forum was "Making Greater Contributions to the Building of a China-Latin America Community with a Shared Future."As the festival draws to a close, the excitement and anticipation for the next installment of the "Assetto Corsa" series continue to build. With a legacy of excellence and a commitment to innovation, Kunos Simulazioni shows no signs of slowing down in their quest to deliver the ultimate racing simulator experience to their dedicated fan base.
Chiesa, a versatile and dynamic winger, has been making waves in Serie A with his performances for Juventus. Known for his blistering pace, technical skill, and eye for goal, Chiesa brings a different dimension to Milan's attacking play. His ability to take on defenders one-on-one and create scoring opportunities for his teammates will be crucial in unlocking the Ferencvaros defense.The world according to Jim: • Sad to say, but the evidence is mounting that the traditional bowl game, historically considered an end-of-season reward for all of the toil that college football players put in during the year, might be reaching its expiration date. Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin may have been the loudest voice, willing to call out the current procedure as a “dumb system,” but I’d guarantee he wasn’t and isn’t the only coach complaining about the perfect storm of the early signing period and opening of the transfer portal coming right on the heels of the end of the sport’s regular season and right before the bowls. Or maybe we should just refer to them as “non-playoff games,” as differentiated from those games, beginning this weekend, that really have something at stake. ... • The main impact, of course, is that players intending to transfer – as well as those who are already thinking about their NFL draft status – are more inclined to skip the bowl game. Really, since the choice exists and their futures are at stake here, can you blame them? ... • But the issue really came into stark relief this past week. Marshall, scheduled to face Army in the Independence Bowl – um, actually the “Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl” – pulled out because it ran out of players. Marshall head coach Charles Huff, who was in the final year of his contract, took the Southern Mississippi job, and more than 20 players immediately hit the portal. (For those familiar with the school’s nickname, this was a different sort of Thundering Herd.) Could the Radiance Techologies people, whoever they are, have come up with enough NIL money to convince those players to stay just one more game? We’ll never know. Instead, Louisiana Tech – a 5-7 team during the regular season, but conveniently located an hour’s drive from the game site in Shreveport – took Marshall’s place. ... • This reminds us of the 2021 Holiday Bowl at Petco Park. UCLA was scheduled to play North Carolina State, but a little more than five hours before kickoff the Bruins had to bow out because a COVID-19 outbreak depleted their defensive line. • As it turned out, four other bowl games that year were canceled and two others had to replace teams that pulled out, in the days of the Omicron variant. That was unforeseen, although by then we were deep enough into the pandemic that it shouldn’t have been a total surprise. (And the portal, first instituted in 2018, was just beginning to turn college football into a form of mass free agency.) The date that the portal opens now practically invites bowl opt-outs, so this should be not at all surprising. Indeed, it’s another example of how the leadership void at the top of college sports has turned the whole enterprise, and especially football, into one big squirrel derby. ... • That description, incidentally, came from a football guy: Gene Murphy, the late Cal State Fullerton (and later Fullerton JC) coach who had, shall we say, a distinctive way with the language. The definition of squirrel derby: Utter chaos. ... • Can we blame Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette for this trend? Both skipped bowl games at the end of 2016 to prepare for the NFL draft (and to avoid the risk of an injury that could send them spiraling on draft lists). Stanford’s McCaffrey skipped the Sun Bowl and LSU’s Fournette the Citrus Bowl. It was an outlier then but wouldn’t be for long. ... • So what happens the first time a player on one of the playoff teams decides to opt out? The suspicion here: He certainly wouldn’t be helping his draft status. ... • Along those same lines, would anyone else in the NFL dare take a chance on soon to be former 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell now? As you might expect, after Campbell declined to play in the second half last week against the Rams, and then walked to the locker room during the fourth quarter, the club suspended him for the rest of the regular season and cleared out his locker. Whatever the player’s reasons, if you’re a coach or a personnel guy would you even think of signing someone who walked out on his previous team in such an egregious fashion? Opting out is one thing. Flat out quitting is another. ... • We are now approaching the third anniversary of the schoolyard 3-pointer seen around the world, the half-court (or so) shot that third-grade teacher and former college player Kathleen Fitzpatrick (aka Ms. Fitz) sank, earning her entire class at Holy Trininty School in Georgetown hot chocolate. That clip never gets old. ... • What seems less relevant, NBA fans? The NBA Cup final, or the league’s attempt to reinvent an All-Star Game that has become increasingly unwatchable? ... • Reminder: From the moment the banner celebrating the “in-season tournament” championship went up on the wall at the Arena Formerly Known As Staples Center a year ago, the Lakers lost 11 of their next 15. So when the Milwaukee Bucks talk about using this year’s mini-title as an impetus toward a real one in June, take it for what it’s worth (i.e., not much). ... • If they need a reminder, Darvin Ham – Lakers head coach then, Bucks assistant now – can provide it. Related Articles College Sports | Alexander: Chargers’ playoff hopes dwindle as margin for error shrinks College Sports | Alexander: Melissa Ludtke recalls her battle for access College Sports | Alexander: Golden at-bat? It would only tarnish baseball College Sports | Alexander: Trojans’ season filled with valuable lessons College Sports | Alexander: Kings goalie Erik Portillo can be proud after dazzling NHL debut Ham’s Lakers had the same record through 27 games last season, 15-12, that JJ Redick’s team has at the same point this year. Last year’s team finished 47-35 with a roster full of play-in level players beyond LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and there’s not that much difference in talent level this year. In an interview with Andscape Ham noted, “Anywhere else I’m probably looking at an extension with what I did.” He’s not wrong, and that’s the savage part of Laker Exceptionalism. ... • Their best plan right now? Try to work a couple more of those weeks off for LeBron into the middle of the schedule. The most recent one seemed to have the desired effect. 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Whilethe Davis Cup final readies with Jannik Sinner as the main protagonist, NovakDjokovic’s announcement stole the spotlight: he’s joining forces with AndyMurray as his coach for the 2025 season. Today in our Daily Dose of Social Media ,we review the reactions sparked by this news, which comes just a few monthsafter the retirement of the British former World No. 1. Elsewhere,Djokovic recently visited PSG’s new training facility, while Alexander Zverev and Daria Kasatkina shared updates from their holidays, and Alizé Cornetreflected on her historic argument with Sara Errani 10 years ago whilecongratulating her on the Billie Jean King Cup title. Safin,Azarenka, McEnroe: Social media erupts as Murray becomesDjokovic’s coach in surprising twist Social media eruptedafter Novak Djokovic ’s announcement that he had hired Andy Murray as his coachfor the off-season and the upcoming Australian Open. Just a few months afterthe Brit’s retirement, the Serbian star hopes to reignite his Grand Slam titlechase with one of his greatest rivals now part of his team. The tennis world wasstunned, with some X (formerly Twitter) users calling it one of the mostshocking developments in tennis—or even in sports. Djokovic surprised fans byposting on Instagram that Murray would be his new coach, sharing an emotionalvideo that revisited their rivalry. The post drew comments from several tennisstars, including Alejandro Davidovich Fokina , Fabio Fognini , Marcos Baghdatis, Elena Vesnina , Tomás Martín Etcheverry, Daniela Hantuchová, and others. He never liked retirement anyway. pic.twitter.com/Ga4UlV2kQW However,they were not the only ones to react, as several other colleagues also joinedin the praise. 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I had thisidea in mind for a little while now, but after Italia's victory at the @BJKCuptwo days ago, I thought it was the right time to make myself this little gift ” Cornetposted. “Should I orderone for you @SaraErrani ?” I had this idea in mind for a little while now, but after Italia's victory at the @BJKCup two days ago, I thought it was the right time to make myself this little gift Should I order one for you @SaraErrani ? #whyyousayvamos #legend pic.twitter.com/htpPoCioa2 MadisonKeys and Bjorn Fratangelo's wedding: A celebration with tennis stars WTA starsgather to celebrate Madison Keys and Bjorn Fratangelo’s wedding this Saturday,after being in a relationship since 2017. The American tennis couple announcedin January 2023 that they would get married, and this Saturday, the couple tiedthe knot, with several well-known stars from the WTA tour in attendance. In a photoposted by Desirae Krawczyk, Keys is seen in a white dress alongside her, withher colleagues, former Australian Open runner-up Jennifer Brady , and world No.7 Jessica Pegula . In another Instagram story, doubles French Open champion Taylor Townsend is seen celebrating at the wedding, and Olympic silver medalist Laura Robson also shared pictures of her outfit for the party. I will add to this thread any photos I find from the pre-wedding/wedding. From Laura Robson’s instagram story. pic.twitter.com/wq9tLubdxm Laura Robson is ready for the wedding. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/DGjcXbhfKZ From Taylor Townsend’s instagram story. Aww they all look beautiful. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/b0e4l8uOkF Djokovictours PSG’s new training facilities The recent announcementthat Andy Murray will be Novak Djokovic's new coach grabbed attention today.However, just one day before, the 24-time Grand Slam champion made headlinesduring his visit to Paris, where he met with Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president ofParis Saint-Germain, and toured the new PSG Campus in Poissy. It’s worth notingthat the Qatari sports executive, who was also a tennis player, represented hiscountry in 43 Davis Cup matches between 1992 and 2002 (with a 12-16 record indoubles). PSG invested nearly 300million euros in building the new headquarters and had Djokovic as one of theirspecial guests. The visit also included former club players such as Pauleta andJavier Pastore, as well as the recently retired French basketball player,Nikola Karabatic. Una publicación compartida de Paris Saint-Germain (@psg) Zverev andMelo enjoy vacation in Maldives AlexanderZverev and Marcelo Melo are enjoying their vacation on the beach. The Germandecided to skip the Davis Cup Finals after a busy season and is spending hisdays off with his regular doubles partner, Brazilian specialist Melo, in theMaldives. ‘Sascha’ ended his season just a week ago after being eliminated inthe semifinals of the ATP Finals by Taylor Fritz, closing a remarkable seasonas world No. 2 with a 69-21 record. On theother hand, Melo played his last match of the season at the Paris Masters,teaming up with his friend Zverev, who rarely joins the doubles draw. Now,they’ve teamed up for a fun game of spikeball on a sunny beach in the Maldives. Una publicación compartida de Marcelo Melo (@marcelomelo83) This article first appeared on TennisUpToDate.com and was syndicated with permission.Yesterday was an electrifying day for football fans as two thrilling matches ended in complete victory for both teams. The stage is set for a clash of the titans in the upcoming UEFA Champions League showdown. Real Madrid, the reigning champions, will face off against a formidable opponent, but the burning question remains: can the Spanish giants emerge unscathed from the upcoming challenge?SADO, Japan (AP) — Japan will hold a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines , which were listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the country moved past years of historical disputes with South Korea and reluctantly acknowledged the mines' dark history. At these mines, hundreds of Koreans were forced to labor under abusive and brutal conditions during World War II, historians say. The Japanese government said Sunday’s ceremony will pay tribute to “all workers” who died at the mines, but without spelling out who they are — part of what critics call a persistent policy of whitewashing Japan's history of sexual and labor exploitation before and during the war. The ceremony, which was supposed to further mend their wounds, renewed tensions between the two sides. On Saturday, South Korea's government said it will boycott the memorial service due to unspecified disagreements with Tokyo over the event. There was no immediate response from Japanese officials. Ahead of the ceremony on Sunday, The Associated Press explains the Sado mines, their history and the controversy. The 16th century mines on the island of Sado, about the size of the Pacific island of Guam, off the western coast of Niigata prefecture, operated for nearly 400 years beginning in 1601 and were once the world’s largest gold producer. They closed in 1989. During the Edo period, from 1600 to 1868, the mines supplied gold currency to the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate. Today, the site has been developed as a tourist facility and hiking site where visitors can learn about the changes in mining technology and production methods while looking at the remains of mine shafts and ore dressing facilities. Critics say the Japanese government only highlights the glory of the mines and covers up its use of Korean victims of forced labor and their ordeals. The mines were registered as a cultural heritage site in July after Japan agreed to include an exhibit on the conditions of Korean forced laborers and to hold a memorial service after repeated protests from the South Korean government. At the July meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the Japanese delegate said Tokyo had installed new exhibition material to explain the “severe conditions of (the Korean laborers’) work and to remember their hardship.” Japan also acknowledged that Koreans were made to do more dangerous tasks in the mine shaft, which caused some to die. Those who survived also developed lung diseases and other health problems. Many of them were given meager food rations and nearly no days off and were caught by police if they escaped, historians say. But the Japanese government has refused to admit they were “forced labor.” South Korea had earlier opposed the listing of the site for UNESCO World Heritage on the grounds that the Korean forced laborers used at the mines were missing from the exhibition. South Korea eventually supported the listing after consultations with Japan and Tokyo’s pledge to improve the historical background in the exhibit and to hold a memorial that also includes Koreans. Historians say Japan used hundreds of thousands of Korean laborers, including those forcibly brought from the Korean Peninsula, at Japanese mines and factories to make up for labor shortages because most working-age Japanese men had been sent to battlefronts across Asia and the Pacific. About 1,500 Koreans were forced to work at the Sado mines, according to Yasuto Takeuchi, an expert on Japan’s wartime history, citing wartime Japanese documents. The South Korean government has said it expects Japan to keep its pledge to be truthful to history and to show both sides of the Sado mines. “The controversy surrounding the Sado mines exhibit underscores a deeper problem” of Japan’s failure to face up to its wartime responsibility and its growing “denialism” of its wartime atrocities, Takeuchi said. All workers who died at the Sado mines will be honored. That includes hundreds of Korean laborers who worked there during Japan’s 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean Peninsula. Officials say the ceremony is organized by a group of local Japanese politicians, business owners and other volunteers who campaigned for the Sado mines to win the UNESCO status, but preparations were handled by local government officials, who did not disclose details, including guests and programs, until the last minute. Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced the ceremony on Friday, but he declined to comment on “diplomatic exchanges.” Officials at Sado city and the Foreign Ministry said about 100 people, including officials from Japan’s local and central government, as well as South Korean Foreign Ministry officials and the relatives of Korean wartime laborers, have been invited. Attendants are expected to observe a moment of silence for the victims who died at the mines due to accidents and other causes. The ceremony dredged up long-standing frustrations in South Korea, where the Foreign Ministry said in a statement it was impossible to settle the disagreements between both governments before the planned event on Sunday, without specifying what those disagreements were. The cancelation came a day after Japan said it will send a parliamentary vice minister, Akiko Ikuina, who in 2022 visited Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's 2.5 million war dead including convicted war criminals and is seen by Japan's neighbors as a symbol of its wartime militarism. Some South Koreans had criticized the Seoul government throwing its support behind an event without securing a clear Japanese commitment to highlight the plight of Korean laborers. There were also complaints over South Korea agreeing to pay for the travel expenses of Korean victims’ family members who were invited to attend the ceremony. Critics say Japan’s government has long been reluctant to discuss wartime atrocities. That includes what historians describe as the sexual abuse and enslavement of women across Asia, many of them Koreans who were deceived into providing sex to Japanese soldiers at frontline brothels and euphemistically called “comfort women,” and the Koreans who were mobilized and forced to work in Japan, especially in the final years of World War II. Korean compensation demands for Japanese atrocities during its brutal colonial rule have strained relations between the two Asian neighbors, most recently after a 2018 South Korean Supreme Court ruling ordered Japanese companies to pay damages over their wartime forced labor. Japan’s government has maintained that all wartime compensation issues between the two countries were resolved under the 1965 normalization treaty. Ties between Tokyo and Seoul have improved recently after Washington said their disputes over the historical issues were hampering crucial security cooperation as China’s threat grows in the region. Japan's whitewashing of wartime atrocities has risen since the 2010s, particularly under the past government of revisionist leader Shinzo Abe . For instance, Japan says the terms “sex slavery” and “forced labor” are inaccurate and insists on the use of highly euphemistic terms such as “comfort women” and “civilian workers” instead. South Korea’s conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol announced in March 2023 that his country would use a local corporate fund to compensate forced labor victims without demanding Japanese contributions. Japan’s then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida later expressed sympathy for their suffering during a Seoul visit. Security, business and other ties between the sides have since rapidly resumed. Takeuchi said listing Japan’s modern industrial historical sites as a UNESCO World Heritage is a government push to increase tourism. The government, he said, wants “to commercialize sites like the Sado mines by beautifying and justifying their history for Japan’s convenience.” AP writer Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul, South Korea contributed.
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The launch of this new subway line is a significant milestone for Beijing's urban sub-center, which is rapidly developing into a vibrant hub of commercial, residential, and cultural activities. By improving transportation access and connectivity in this area, the "Railway + Land" demonstration line will not only facilitate economic growth but also enhance the overall quality of life for residents.Massachusetts middle schooler ‘only two genders’ shirt case gets support from 18 states, free speech groups
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Jordan Mason injury update: 49ers RB joins Christian McCaffrey on IRBD becomes member of Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty"I can be ruthless when I have to be," said Ruben Amorim on Friday afternoon. Manchester United's new head coach was introduced to the press for the first time and made a convincing start to his media duties. Amorim usually has a smile on his face but warned he is not a soft touch. "There is some places to have fun and some places to work hard," he explained. "I’m not like that kind of guy who wants to show he’s the boss. I think they will feel it in the small details, that I can be the smiling one but then when we have a job to do, I will be a different person and they understand that." Although there has been a wide smile on Amorim's face in almost every photo since he touched down in Manchester, his time at Old Trafford won't be all sunshine and rainbows. The winter frost has coincided with his arrival and he must produce results in a busy festive period, but the 39-year-old strongly believes he is the "right man at the right time." ALSO READ: Exciting young defender included in first-team training ALSO READ: Ruben Amorim's first United press conference LIVE Amorim needs to transform the fortunes of a side that sit 13th in the Premier League , so he is bound to encounter challenges along the way but he doesn't lack self confidence. United believe they have hired one the finest young coaches in European football and a club source recently admitted his outstanding communication skills will be a helpful asset. Amorim made a strong impression in his first press conference ahead of facing Ipswich Town this weekend and demonstrated his savvy communication skills. "It’s so much harder to come to a team in the middle of a season because you have to know the players during the games," he said. "You’re talking about no national team periods to work with the players, it’s just games. It depends if you are winning it’s a lot of fun having a lot of games and trying to make some changes tactically and winning games. But if you’re losing, you don’t have the time in training to work on everything you want to work. "I think where you can improve a team is in training. This is the most important aspect. You can get the players to recover and react really fast, but if you don’t make any exercise with that, it’s really hard to do that on video or in recovery trainings. So it’s really hard in this way but we will find ways to try cope with that." Amorim was in great form. Amorim's appointment has generated huge excitement and the feel good factor around the club has returned. United fans are hoping the Portuguese is different from his predecessors, who have all struggled under the shadow of the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson in the last 11 years. "No, not yet. I didn’t have that opportunity," said Amorim when asked if he'd had a chance to meet Ferguson. "It’s hard to copy someone, so I have to be me. Of course I’m not the best person in here to show the history of Manchester United , it should be the club first and also me. "I’m always paying attention to those details and trying to focus our players in the history of the club, not the recent history, so you have to be very demanding. This is a club that has to win. "So we have to show that [history] to our players but it’s a different time. I cannot be the same guy Sir Alex Ferguson was. I need to have a different approach, but I can also be demanding." Amorim vowed to be his own man but has something in common with Ferguson: a trust in young players. Amorim's success at Sporting Lisbon was underpinned by talented players from the Portuguese club's academy and he is expected to use a similar formula at United. "It’s the project of Manchester United," he said. "Nowadays, you need young guys from the academy for everything, to bring that history of the club because they feel the club in a different way. "But also because you have all these rules with financial fair play when a player from our academy is so much different [worth more in FFP] to the players we sell - that we bought and that we sell. So everything is connected, I will try to help all the players and especially the young ones." The last question was about Pep Guardiola . The Manchester City boss has just signed a new two-year contract but was defeated by Amorim in the Champions League earlier in the month, with City suffering a 4-1 defeat to Sporting away from home. "I think it's a problem for everyone here," said Amorim. "But we have so much to do, we can't focus on anyone. We just have to focus on our club, improving our club and not focusing on the other clubs. It's amazing if you can beat that team, it's a good sign, but let's focus on United."
The Fourth China-Latin America Political Parties Forum was successfully held in Beijing on October 15-16, 2021. The forum brought together political leaders, scholars, and experts from China and Latin American countries to discuss ways to promote greater cooperation and contribute to the development of a shared future for China and Latin America. The theme of this year's forum was "Making Greater Contributions to the Building of a China-Latin America Community with a Shared Future."As the festival draws to a close, the excitement and anticipation for the next installment of the "Assetto Corsa" series continue to build. With a legacy of excellence and a commitment to innovation, Kunos Simulazioni shows no signs of slowing down in their quest to deliver the ultimate racing simulator experience to their dedicated fan base.
Chiesa, a versatile and dynamic winger, has been making waves in Serie A with his performances for Juventus. Known for his blistering pace, technical skill, and eye for goal, Chiesa brings a different dimension to Milan's attacking play. His ability to take on defenders one-on-one and create scoring opportunities for his teammates will be crucial in unlocking the Ferencvaros defense.The world according to Jim: • Sad to say, but the evidence is mounting that the traditional bowl game, historically considered an end-of-season reward for all of the toil that college football players put in during the year, might be reaching its expiration date. Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin may have been the loudest voice, willing to call out the current procedure as a “dumb system,” but I’d guarantee he wasn’t and isn’t the only coach complaining about the perfect storm of the early signing period and opening of the transfer portal coming right on the heels of the end of the sport’s regular season and right before the bowls. Or maybe we should just refer to them as “non-playoff games,” as differentiated from those games, beginning this weekend, that really have something at stake. ... • The main impact, of course, is that players intending to transfer – as well as those who are already thinking about their NFL draft status – are more inclined to skip the bowl game. Really, since the choice exists and their futures are at stake here, can you blame them? ... • But the issue really came into stark relief this past week. Marshall, scheduled to face Army in the Independence Bowl – um, actually the “Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl” – pulled out because it ran out of players. Marshall head coach Charles Huff, who was in the final year of his contract, took the Southern Mississippi job, and more than 20 players immediately hit the portal. (For those familiar with the school’s nickname, this was a different sort of Thundering Herd.) Could the Radiance Techologies people, whoever they are, have come up with enough NIL money to convince those players to stay just one more game? We’ll never know. Instead, Louisiana Tech – a 5-7 team during the regular season, but conveniently located an hour’s drive from the game site in Shreveport – took Marshall’s place. ... • This reminds us of the 2021 Holiday Bowl at Petco Park. UCLA was scheduled to play North Carolina State, but a little more than five hours before kickoff the Bruins had to bow out because a COVID-19 outbreak depleted their defensive line. • As it turned out, four other bowl games that year were canceled and two others had to replace teams that pulled out, in the days of the Omicron variant. That was unforeseen, although by then we were deep enough into the pandemic that it shouldn’t have been a total surprise. (And the portal, first instituted in 2018, was just beginning to turn college football into a form of mass free agency.) The date that the portal opens now practically invites bowl opt-outs, so this should be not at all surprising. Indeed, it’s another example of how the leadership void at the top of college sports has turned the whole enterprise, and especially football, into one big squirrel derby. ... • That description, incidentally, came from a football guy: Gene Murphy, the late Cal State Fullerton (and later Fullerton JC) coach who had, shall we say, a distinctive way with the language. The definition of squirrel derby: Utter chaos. ... • Can we blame Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette for this trend? Both skipped bowl games at the end of 2016 to prepare for the NFL draft (and to avoid the risk of an injury that could send them spiraling on draft lists). Stanford’s McCaffrey skipped the Sun Bowl and LSU’s Fournette the Citrus Bowl. It was an outlier then but wouldn’t be for long. ... • So what happens the first time a player on one of the playoff teams decides to opt out? The suspicion here: He certainly wouldn’t be helping his draft status. ... • Along those same lines, would anyone else in the NFL dare take a chance on soon to be former 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell now? As you might expect, after Campbell declined to play in the second half last week against the Rams, and then walked to the locker room during the fourth quarter, the club suspended him for the rest of the regular season and cleared out his locker. Whatever the player’s reasons, if you’re a coach or a personnel guy would you even think of signing someone who walked out on his previous team in such an egregious fashion? Opting out is one thing. Flat out quitting is another. ... • We are now approaching the third anniversary of the schoolyard 3-pointer seen around the world, the half-court (or so) shot that third-grade teacher and former college player Kathleen Fitzpatrick (aka Ms. Fitz) sank, earning her entire class at Holy Trininty School in Georgetown hot chocolate. That clip never gets old. ... • What seems less relevant, NBA fans? The NBA Cup final, or the league’s attempt to reinvent an All-Star Game that has become increasingly unwatchable? ... • Reminder: From the moment the banner celebrating the “in-season tournament” championship went up on the wall at the Arena Formerly Known As Staples Center a year ago, the Lakers lost 11 of their next 15. So when the Milwaukee Bucks talk about using this year’s mini-title as an impetus toward a real one in June, take it for what it’s worth (i.e., not much). ... • If they need a reminder, Darvin Ham – Lakers head coach then, Bucks assistant now – can provide it. Related Articles College Sports | Alexander: Chargers’ playoff hopes dwindle as margin for error shrinks College Sports | Alexander: Melissa Ludtke recalls her battle for access College Sports | Alexander: Golden at-bat? It would only tarnish baseball College Sports | Alexander: Trojans’ season filled with valuable lessons College Sports | Alexander: Kings goalie Erik Portillo can be proud after dazzling NHL debut Ham’s Lakers had the same record through 27 games last season, 15-12, that JJ Redick’s team has at the same point this year. Last year’s team finished 47-35 with a roster full of play-in level players beyond LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and there’s not that much difference in talent level this year. In an interview with Andscape Ham noted, “Anywhere else I’m probably looking at an extension with what I did.” He’s not wrong, and that’s the savage part of Laker Exceptionalism. ... • Their best plan right now? Try to work a couple more of those weeks off for LeBron into the middle of the schedule. The most recent one seemed to have the desired effect. The goal has to be to make sure he’s at his best by playoff time, and if that means running afoul of the league’s load management standards, so be it. jalexander@scng.com
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Whilethe Davis Cup final readies with Jannik Sinner as the main protagonist, NovakDjokovic’s announcement stole the spotlight: he’s joining forces with AndyMurray as his coach for the 2025 season. Today in our Daily Dose of Social Media ,we review the reactions sparked by this news, which comes just a few monthsafter the retirement of the British former World No. 1. Elsewhere,Djokovic recently visited PSG’s new training facility, while Alexander Zverev and Daria Kasatkina shared updates from their holidays, and Alizé Cornetreflected on her historic argument with Sara Errani 10 years ago whilecongratulating her on the Billie Jean King Cup title. Safin,Azarenka, McEnroe: Social media erupts as Murray becomesDjokovic’s coach in surprising twist Social media eruptedafter Novak Djokovic ’s announcement that he had hired Andy Murray as his coachfor the off-season and the upcoming Australian Open. Just a few months afterthe Brit’s retirement, the Serbian star hopes to reignite his Grand Slam titlechase with one of his greatest rivals now part of his team. The tennis world wasstunned, with some X (formerly Twitter) users calling it one of the mostshocking developments in tennis—or even in sports. Djokovic surprised fans byposting on Instagram that Murray would be his new coach, sharing an emotionalvideo that revisited their rivalry. The post drew comments from several tennisstars, including Alejandro Davidovich Fokina , Fabio Fognini , Marcos Baghdatis, Elena Vesnina , Tomás Martín Etcheverry, Daniela Hantuchová, and others. He never liked retirement anyway. pic.twitter.com/Ga4UlV2kQW However,they were not the only ones to react, as several other colleagues also joinedin the praise. Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka commented “Prettycool” on X, while Marat Safin praised: “I turned it down. ” On theother hand, figures like Alex Corretja , Brad Gilbert , Patrick McEnroe , and evenJudy Murray, Andy's mother, shared their reactions as well. Check out the restof the notable figures who praised the surprising partnership between two ofthe greatest rivals in sports history. With 36 matches (25-11 in favor ofDjokovic), their rivalry is the fifth-most played in the Open Era. I turned it down. https://t.co/QyZySmtsMR Pretty cool https://t.co/wonoAuyKQE One of the most interesting player/coach relationship of all times https://t.co/CjrrpTPoHK https://t.co/E9PNhQowpn So the ATP Tour really is a movie #djokovicxmurray good move Andy Murray to coach Novak Djokovic HELLO “Why do yousay ‘vamos’?”: Alizé Cornet laughs off memorable argument with Errani AlizéCornet sent her congratulations to Sara Errani after the Italian team won theBillie Jean King Cup title and reminisced about a memorable argument with theItalian several years ago. The former French player greeted the Spanish teamhumorously on social media, wearing a t-shirt as a reminder of the 2013 TorontoOpen dispute with Errani. During thematch, Cornet was celebrating points with the cry of "Vamos," whichgreatly annoyed Errani. Having trained in Valencia for years, Cornet speaksSpanish fluently. "Why do you say 'vamos'? Say 'allez, allez.' You neversay 'vamos,' but today you can't stop saying it?" Errani said to heropponent. The Italian's irritated reaction left Cornet stunned, and with anawkward laugh, she didn't know how to respond. The chair umpire had to step into diffuse the tension from Errani. The34-year-old Frenchwoman recently retired in 2024 after her last participationat the French Open, where she lost in the first round to the 7th seed ZhengQinwen (2-6, 1-6). However, Cornet is still keeping an eye on tennis andcongratulated the Italian team for winning the Billie Jean King Cup, a titleshe herself won in 2019 with France. I had thisidea in mind for a little while now, but after Italia's victory at the @BJKCuptwo days ago, I thought it was the right time to make myself this little gift ” Cornetposted. “Should I orderone for you @SaraErrani ?” I had this idea in mind for a little while now, but after Italia's victory at the @BJKCup two days ago, I thought it was the right time to make myself this little gift Should I order one for you @SaraErrani ? #whyyousayvamos #legend pic.twitter.com/htpPoCioa2 MadisonKeys and Bjorn Fratangelo's wedding: A celebration with tennis stars WTA starsgather to celebrate Madison Keys and Bjorn Fratangelo’s wedding this Saturday,after being in a relationship since 2017. The American tennis couple announcedin January 2023 that they would get married, and this Saturday, the couple tiedthe knot, with several well-known stars from the WTA tour in attendance. In a photoposted by Desirae Krawczyk, Keys is seen in a white dress alongside her, withher colleagues, former Australian Open runner-up Jennifer Brady , and world No.7 Jessica Pegula . In another Instagram story, doubles French Open champion Taylor Townsend is seen celebrating at the wedding, and Olympic silver medalist Laura Robson also shared pictures of her outfit for the party. I will add to this thread any photos I find from the pre-wedding/wedding. From Laura Robson’s instagram story. pic.twitter.com/wq9tLubdxm Laura Robson is ready for the wedding. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/DGjcXbhfKZ From Taylor Townsend’s instagram story. Aww they all look beautiful. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/b0e4l8uOkF Djokovictours PSG’s new training facilities The recent announcementthat Andy Murray will be Novak Djokovic's new coach grabbed attention today.However, just one day before, the 24-time Grand Slam champion made headlinesduring his visit to Paris, where he met with Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president ofParis Saint-Germain, and toured the new PSG Campus in Poissy. It’s worth notingthat the Qatari sports executive, who was also a tennis player, represented hiscountry in 43 Davis Cup matches between 1992 and 2002 (with a 12-16 record indoubles). PSG invested nearly 300million euros in building the new headquarters and had Djokovic as one of theirspecial guests. The visit also included former club players such as Pauleta andJavier Pastore, as well as the recently retired French basketball player,Nikola Karabatic. Una publicación compartida de Paris Saint-Germain (@psg) Zverev andMelo enjoy vacation in Maldives AlexanderZverev and Marcelo Melo are enjoying their vacation on the beach. The Germandecided to skip the Davis Cup Finals after a busy season and is spending hisdays off with his regular doubles partner, Brazilian specialist Melo, in theMaldives. ‘Sascha’ ended his season just a week ago after being eliminated inthe semifinals of the ATP Finals by Taylor Fritz, closing a remarkable seasonas world No. 2 with a 69-21 record. On theother hand, Melo played his last match of the season at the Paris Masters,teaming up with his friend Zverev, who rarely joins the doubles draw. Now,they’ve teamed up for a fun game of spikeball on a sunny beach in the Maldives. Una publicación compartida de Marcelo Melo (@marcelomelo83) This article first appeared on TennisUpToDate.com and was syndicated with permission.Yesterday was an electrifying day for football fans as two thrilling matches ended in complete victory for both teams. The stage is set for a clash of the titans in the upcoming UEFA Champions League showdown. Real Madrid, the reigning champions, will face off against a formidable opponent, but the burning question remains: can the Spanish giants emerge unscathed from the upcoming challenge?SADO, Japan (AP) — Japan will hold a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines , which were listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the country moved past years of historical disputes with South Korea and reluctantly acknowledged the mines' dark history. At these mines, hundreds of Koreans were forced to labor under abusive and brutal conditions during World War II, historians say. The Japanese government said Sunday’s ceremony will pay tribute to “all workers” who died at the mines, but without spelling out who they are — part of what critics call a persistent policy of whitewashing Japan's history of sexual and labor exploitation before and during the war. The ceremony, which was supposed to further mend their wounds, renewed tensions between the two sides. On Saturday, South Korea's government said it will boycott the memorial service due to unspecified disagreements with Tokyo over the event. There was no immediate response from Japanese officials. Ahead of the ceremony on Sunday, The Associated Press explains the Sado mines, their history and the controversy. The 16th century mines on the island of Sado, about the size of the Pacific island of Guam, off the western coast of Niigata prefecture, operated for nearly 400 years beginning in 1601 and were once the world’s largest gold producer. They closed in 1989. During the Edo period, from 1600 to 1868, the mines supplied gold currency to the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate. Today, the site has been developed as a tourist facility and hiking site where visitors can learn about the changes in mining technology and production methods while looking at the remains of mine shafts and ore dressing facilities. Critics say the Japanese government only highlights the glory of the mines and covers up its use of Korean victims of forced labor and their ordeals. The mines were registered as a cultural heritage site in July after Japan agreed to include an exhibit on the conditions of Korean forced laborers and to hold a memorial service after repeated protests from the South Korean government. At the July meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the Japanese delegate said Tokyo had installed new exhibition material to explain the “severe conditions of (the Korean laborers’) work and to remember their hardship.” Japan also acknowledged that Koreans were made to do more dangerous tasks in the mine shaft, which caused some to die. Those who survived also developed lung diseases and other health problems. Many of them were given meager food rations and nearly no days off and were caught by police if they escaped, historians say. But the Japanese government has refused to admit they were “forced labor.” South Korea had earlier opposed the listing of the site for UNESCO World Heritage on the grounds that the Korean forced laborers used at the mines were missing from the exhibition. South Korea eventually supported the listing after consultations with Japan and Tokyo’s pledge to improve the historical background in the exhibit and to hold a memorial that also includes Koreans. Historians say Japan used hundreds of thousands of Korean laborers, including those forcibly brought from the Korean Peninsula, at Japanese mines and factories to make up for labor shortages because most working-age Japanese men had been sent to battlefronts across Asia and the Pacific. About 1,500 Koreans were forced to work at the Sado mines, according to Yasuto Takeuchi, an expert on Japan’s wartime history, citing wartime Japanese documents. The South Korean government has said it expects Japan to keep its pledge to be truthful to history and to show both sides of the Sado mines. “The controversy surrounding the Sado mines exhibit underscores a deeper problem” of Japan’s failure to face up to its wartime responsibility and its growing “denialism” of its wartime atrocities, Takeuchi said. All workers who died at the Sado mines will be honored. That includes hundreds of Korean laborers who worked there during Japan’s 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean Peninsula. Officials say the ceremony is organized by a group of local Japanese politicians, business owners and other volunteers who campaigned for the Sado mines to win the UNESCO status, but preparations were handled by local government officials, who did not disclose details, including guests and programs, until the last minute. Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced the ceremony on Friday, but he declined to comment on “diplomatic exchanges.” Officials at Sado city and the Foreign Ministry said about 100 people, including officials from Japan’s local and central government, as well as South Korean Foreign Ministry officials and the relatives of Korean wartime laborers, have been invited. Attendants are expected to observe a moment of silence for the victims who died at the mines due to accidents and other causes. The ceremony dredged up long-standing frustrations in South Korea, where the Foreign Ministry said in a statement it was impossible to settle the disagreements between both governments before the planned event on Sunday, without specifying what those disagreements were. The cancelation came a day after Japan said it will send a parliamentary vice minister, Akiko Ikuina, who in 2022 visited Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's 2.5 million war dead including convicted war criminals and is seen by Japan's neighbors as a symbol of its wartime militarism. Some South Koreans had criticized the Seoul government throwing its support behind an event without securing a clear Japanese commitment to highlight the plight of Korean laborers. There were also complaints over South Korea agreeing to pay for the travel expenses of Korean victims’ family members who were invited to attend the ceremony. Critics say Japan’s government has long been reluctant to discuss wartime atrocities. That includes what historians describe as the sexual abuse and enslavement of women across Asia, many of them Koreans who were deceived into providing sex to Japanese soldiers at frontline brothels and euphemistically called “comfort women,” and the Koreans who were mobilized and forced to work in Japan, especially in the final years of World War II. Korean compensation demands for Japanese atrocities during its brutal colonial rule have strained relations between the two Asian neighbors, most recently after a 2018 South Korean Supreme Court ruling ordered Japanese companies to pay damages over their wartime forced labor. Japan’s government has maintained that all wartime compensation issues between the two countries were resolved under the 1965 normalization treaty. Ties between Tokyo and Seoul have improved recently after Washington said their disputes over the historical issues were hampering crucial security cooperation as China’s threat grows in the region. Japan's whitewashing of wartime atrocities has risen since the 2010s, particularly under the past government of revisionist leader Shinzo Abe . For instance, Japan says the terms “sex slavery” and “forced labor” are inaccurate and insists on the use of highly euphemistic terms such as “comfort women” and “civilian workers” instead. South Korea’s conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol announced in March 2023 that his country would use a local corporate fund to compensate forced labor victims without demanding Japanese contributions. Japan’s then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida later expressed sympathy for their suffering during a Seoul visit. Security, business and other ties between the sides have since rapidly resumed. Takeuchi said listing Japan’s modern industrial historical sites as a UNESCO World Heritage is a government push to increase tourism. The government, he said, wants “to commercialize sites like the Sado mines by beautifying and justifying their history for Japan’s convenience.” AP writer Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul, South Korea contributed.
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