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Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi remains highest-paid MLS player with salary of £18.5m
Lionel Messi remains the highest-paid player in Major League Soccer with an annual base salary of $25m (£18.5m) – more than double that of the North American league’s next-highest earner.
Figures released, external by the MLS Players Association reflect the contract extension that Messi, who turns 39 next month, signed with Inter Miami in October.
The Argentina forward’s base salary has doubled, while overall the deal is worth $28.3m (£20.9m) in guaranteed compensation.
LAFC’s Son Heung-min is the second-highest earner on a base of $10.4m (£7.7m), with $11.2m (£8.3m) guaranteed.
The former Tottenham forward, 33, earns slightly more than Inter Miami’s Rodrigo de Paul and San Diego FC’s Hirving Lozano.
The salaries do not include income from endorsement deals, or Messi’s option to acquire a stake in Inter Miami – co-owned by David Beckham.
Messi joined the Florida franchise in 2023 and has scored 59 goals in 64 regular-season MLS games, helping Miami win the MLS Cup in 2025.
He led the league with 29 goals last season and has been Most Valuable Player in each of the two full MLS seasons he has played so far – 2004 and 2005.
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Derek Chisora predicts Dubois vs Moses Itauma after Wardley KO: “He’s the favourite right now”
Derek Chisora has shared his thoughts on a potential fight between Daniel Dubois and Moses Itauma after ‘Triple D’ claimed a sensational world title win on Saturday.
Dubois had to twice pick himself up off the canvas before earning the round 11 stoppage at the Co-Op Live in Manchester to hand Fabio Wardley a first career defeat, following a brutal Fight of the Year candidate that will live long in the memory of British fight fans.
Despite the arduous nature of Dubois’ win, there is already talk of who his first defence may come against, with 21-year-old phenomenon Moses Itauma being linked, due to the expectation that he will soon be named as the WBO’s mandatory challenger.
Itauma is expected to first fight on August 8 at the O2 Arena, before a US debut at the end of the year, meaning any Dubois vs Itauma showdown would likely take place next year, or even be built up further into the future.
Despite the momentum and hype around the youngster, Chisora told Seconds Out that he would make Dubois the favourite in that fight as things stand, clearly impressed by his performance in Manchester.
“Right now, with the odds, the favourite is Daniel, he is the world champion. So, I think Daniel [will win], but we know Itauma and how he is.”
Alternatively, Itauma may seek to pursue a different route towards world champion status, depending on whether Oleksandr Usyk decides to defend or vacate his titles.
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USMNT’s Miles Robinson says 2026 World Cup would be full-circle moment
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Miles Robinson knows his worth as a center-back, and he’s confident he can make an impact for the United States men’s national team in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Of course, it’s not up to Robinson to decide if he’s worthy enough for this year’s U.S. roster.
That’s the job of USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino, who will lead his first World Cup for the Stars and Stripes. But he knows what Robinson brings to the table, as he was a part of the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup roster last summer.
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Miles Robinson of the United States Men’s National Team poses for a portrait in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 11, 2025. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
Robinson won’t know his fate until May 26, but while he focuses on the present with his FC Cincinnati club during this Major League Soccer season, he’s still thinking about what it could mean to be a part of his first World Cup of his career.
“It would mean so much. I think it’s one of those things where I envisioned myself like when I was seven, watching the World Cup or whatever. I almost like dreamed I could do, but I never really believed it. Then, next thing you know, I’m actually playing for the national team and things like that,” he told Fox News Digital, while highlighting his partnership with Bounty.
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“So, for it to actually happen would be this whole full-circle moment that I’ll make sure I’ll tell other kids that I really just believed in myself and I think that’s the type of thought process that can get people much farther than they really can imagine. It’s just that deep sense of belief within yourself and grounding yourself in love. It can really go a long way.”
Belief in one’s self was tested for Robinson after he suffered a ruptured left Achilles in May 2022 — just one month before potentially participating in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. It was widely expected that he would be a part of former head coach Gregg Berhalter’s roster, but during a game against the Chicago Fire, he suffered the injury that forced him out.
It was a rough time for Robinson, as one might expect. But it also pushed him down a road that forced mental and physical fortitude. Now, he believes that made him a better player, and person, than ever before.
One prepared for this World Cup moment four years later.

Miles Robinson of the United States arrives to take part in a USMNT training session at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground in Marietta, Ga., on March 25, 2026. (John Dorton/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images)
“I think in those tough moments, you learn the most about yourself,” he explained. “I definitely learned a lot about just kind of overcoming struggles, on and off the field. I think it was a tough moment for me, but I grounded myself in gratitude and being so grateful for my friends and family who supported me, and my teammates who wished good things upon me and my leg and things like that.
“Then, I recognized it was me versus me. It’s not about anything else. I just wanted to continue to get better and improve just for me rather than for anything else or anyone else. That’s when I definitely took that next step in my career and my development as a player and as a person.”
Healthy and hungry, Robinson is gunning for that USMNT roster, but he also understands being in the present until May 26. That includes focusing on FC Cincinnati’s game against Inter Miami, the team that bounced them from last year’s MLS Playoffs, on Wednesday night at home.
“Every game’s an opportunity to show yourself, but also to get better and improve. For Miami and Cincinnati, Miami kicked us out of the playoffs last year, so we got that kinda bitter taste in our mouth,”he said. “For us, it’s focusing on how we play, how we press and if we do that, it should be a great game. In the back of our minds, it’s the future, but we’re trying to focus in on the present.”
While Robinson, and the rest of the USMNT hopefuls, focus on the present with their respective clubs, they are also sitting in suspense like the rest of soccer fans in hopes they hear their names called to represent their country in the biggest tournament in the world.
“I’m just grateful to be in this situation, potentially on the roster,” Robinson admitted. “I’m just trying to chip away. I’m healthy. …In general, I’m just grateful and I’m excited for sure because I know this summer’s going to be amazing.”

Miles Robinson of the United States looks for a pass during an international friendly soccer game against Turkey at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Conn., on June 7, 2025. (John Dorton/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF)
CLEANING UP WITH BOUNTY
One way that Robinson can get his mind off the potential USMNT roster is by grilling in his spare time on his Cincinnati deck. It’s a passion of his to whip up some grub for his teammates, friends and family, but the more that come, the more chance of a mess happening.
Robinson partnered with Bounty, the American paper towel brand, to preach about the right way of cleaning messes up, whether it be at home, or tailgating before a match.
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“The biggest mess I probably ever cleaned up, recently I was grilling on my deck and I had a beverage that spilled and there was glass and beverage everywhere,” he revealed. “Gladly, I had Bounty and one sheet swiped it all away. It was all good, honestly.
“Sometimes, have to clean up some mistakes from my teammates and Bounty hooked it up with this sponsorship, so I’m proud to be a part with them because they’re always cleaning up messes as well.”
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2026 PGA Championship expert picks to win, sleepers to watch
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PGA Championship 2026 first round tee times and how to watch on TV
A stacked field will vie for victory at an intriguing PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia in the second men’s major of 2026.
Scottie Scheffler returns as defending champion having won his third major at Quail Hollow last year, and will again be a leading contender alongside Rory McIlroy, looking to back up his Masters success.
Could the Northern Irishman yet have new company in the career grand slam club? Jordan Spieth has shown signs of promise of late and already has the other three majors to his name, and will play alongside McIlroy and Jon Rahm in rounds one and two.
Cameron Young, in sparkling form on the PGA Tour, and Tommy Fleetwood are among those searching for a major breakthrough, meanwhile, as they battle for the Wanamaker Trophy.
Here’s everything you need to know.
PGA Championship first-round tee times
All times BST
Starting on first hole
11:45 Braden Shattuck (US), Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng), Ben Griffin (US)
11:56 Francisco Bide (Arg), Harry Hall (Eng), Ryan Gerard (US)
12:07 John Keefer (US), Rico Hoey (Phi), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)
12:18 Shaun Micheel (US), Michael Brennan (US), Garrick Higgo (SA)
12:29 YE Yang (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Matt McCarty (US)
12:40 Lucas Glover, Tom McKibbin (NI), Stephan Jaeger (Ger)
12:51 Daniel Brown (Eng), Adrien Saddier (Fra), Harris English (US)
13:02 Jacob Bridgeman (US), Bud Cauley (US), Alex Noren (Swe)
13:13 Chris Kirk (US), Max Greyserman (US), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)
13:24 Maverick McNealy (US), Thomas Detry (Bel), Padraig Harrington (Irl)
13:35 Ryan Lenahan (US), Ryan Fox (NZ), Kazuki Higa (Jpn)
13:46 Jared Jones (US), Michael Kim (US), Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn)
13:57 Tyler Collet (US), Kota Kaneko (Jpn), Brandt Snedeker (US)
17:15 Andrew Novak (US), John Parry (Eng), Jordan Gumberg (US)
17:26 Ben Polland (US), Kurt Kitayama (US), Nico Echavarria (Col)
17:37 Akshay Bhatia (US), Ricky Castillo (US), Michael Thorbjornsen (US)
17:48 Luke Donald (Eng), Jesse Droemer (US), Stewart Cink (US)
17:59 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), JJ Spaun (US), Max Homa (US)
18:10 Ben Kern (US), JT Poston (US), Russell Henley (US)
18:21 Adam Scott (Aus), Corey Conners (Can), Daniel Berger (US)
18:32 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Collin Morikawa (US), Shane Lowry (Ire)
18:43 Chris Gotterup (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
18:54 Cameron Young (US), Keegan Bradley (US), Justin Thomas (US)
19:05 Scottie Scheffler (US), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Justin Rose (Eng)
19:16 Zach Haynes (US), Alex Smalley (US), Chandler Blanchet (US)
19:27 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Can), Andy Sullivan (US)
Starting on Hole 10
11:50 Aldrich Potgieter (SA), David Puig (Spa), Denny McCarthy (US)
12:01 William Mouw (US), Chris Gabriele (US), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
12:12 Tom Hoge (US), Bryce Fisher (US), Joaquin Niemann (Chl)
12:23 Keith Mitchell (US), Billy Horschel (US), Ian Holt (US)
12:34 Gary Woodland (US), Jason Day (Aus), Sam Burns (US)
12:45 Wyndham Clark (US), Cameron Smith (Aus), Brian Harman (US)
12:56 Patrick Cantlay (US), Min Woo Lee (Aus), Sahith Theegala (US)
13:07 Si Woo Kim (Kor), Derek Berg (US), Joe Highsmith (US)
13:18 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Rickie Fowler (US)
13:29 Xander Schauffele (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
13:40 Rory McIlroy (NI), Jordan Spieth (US), Jon Rahm (Spa)
13:51 Daniel Hillier (NZ), Ryan Vermeer (US), Max McGreevy (US)
14:02 Paul McClure (US), Mikael Lindberg (Swe), Angel Ayora (Spa)
17:10 Michael Block (US), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den), Dustin Johnson (US)
17:21 Mark Geddes (Eng) (US), Steven Fisk (US), David Lipsky (US)
17:32 Sungjae Im (Kor), Austin Hurt (US), Casey Jarvis (SA)
17:43 Andrew Putnam (US), Michael Kartrude (US), Matt Wallace (Eng)
17:54 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Elvis Smylie (Aus), Davis Riley (US)
18:05 Jason Dufner (US), Haotong Li (Chn), Jimmy Walker (US)
18:16 Nick Taylor (Can), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Jordan Smith (Eng)
18:27 Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Patrick Reed (US), Pierceson Coody (US)
18:38 Brian Campbell (US), Adam Schenk (US), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA)
18:49 Marco Penge (Eng), Sepp Straka (Aut), Patrick Rodgers (US)
19:00 Aaron Rai (Eng), Travis Smyth (Aus), Sami Valimaki (Fin)
19:11 Sam Stevens (US), Jayden Schaper (SA), Garrett Sapp (US)
19:22 Timothy Wiseman (US), Matti Schmid (Ger), Austin Smotherman (US)
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Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the PGA Championship on Sky Sports. Coverage of the first round begins at 12.30pm BST on Thursday 14 May and continues across the weekend, with a live stream available via Sky Go or NOW.
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76ers fire Daryl Morey, whose replacement will have decades of disarray to overcome
That escalated quickly. After the Philadelphia 76ers crashed out of the playoffs like usual — this time getting humiliated in a sweep by the rival Knicks — Joel Embiid wasn’t bashful about what had to happen. He said everyone had to be better — players, coaches, the front office and ownership, too.
Calling out his teammates and the coaching staff was standard stuff. Pointing a giant finger at the front office and ownership was something else entirely. Just a couple of days later, Daryl Morey was fired as president of basketball operations after meeting with owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening. That isn’t to suggest that Embiid was the guy who made this happen. He didn’t. He doesn’t have that kind of juice anymore, if he ever did. It’s merely to underline what an obvious mess the Sixers have become. Again. It was abundantly clear to the seldom-available and extremely expensive center that something had to change. And he wasn’t alone. Plenty of local fans and media were calling for heads to roll. And then Morey got the axe.
76ers parting ways with Daryl Morey while Nick Nurse will reportedly return as coach
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If there’s any surprise here, it’s that coach Nick Nurse got a reprieve. He will retain his job for a fourth season, according to multiple reports. Nurse, who won a championship in Toronto, has been decidedly less successful in Philly. He’s somehow managed to have a worse overall record and less playoff success than his much-criticized predecessor, Doc Rivers.
Leaving the coach in place while firing the general manager and then pushing the old coach on whoever the new GM turns out to be is a pretty unusual and backward way of going about these things, which makes it a perfect maneuver for the always-upside-down Sixers.
Bob Myers tasked with finding Morey’s replacement
Searching for the new front man in Philly will be left to former Warriors president of basketball operations Bob Myers. Myers — who is a two-time NBA Executive of the Year and was the architect of four championships with Golden State — is currently the president of sports for Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, the group that owns the Sixers, as well as the New Jersey Devils, Washington Commanders and Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
Since Myers’ appointment to that position, there’s been unending speculation that it was only a matter of time before Morey was forced out and Myers stepped in. The first part happened. Morey is gone. But it’s hard to believe that Myers would want the second part to come to fruition. It would be easy enough for him to head up the search and then land on the guy staring back at him in the mirror, but why would he want the job?
Right now, he’s getting paid gobs of money to take a broad view of a bunch of franchises. That’s a low-pressure, highly lucrative role. Why give it up to take over a Sixers organization that’s underachieved for decades and is once again in disarray? There’s a reason, after all, that Morey is no longer employed.
In six seasons as the president of basketball operations, Morey’s Sixers went 270-212. They missed the playoffs once, got eliminated in the first round once, and were dispatched in the second round four times. They never made the conference finals, but in that department, Morey failed like everyone before him. The Sixers haven’t made it out of the second round in 25 years. Maybe Morey can start a support group with all the other Philly GMs who couldn’t pull it off either.
If there was a case to be made for letting Morey stick around and try to fix what isn’t working in Philly, it was drafting Tyrese Maxey, Jared McCain and VJ Edgecombe. He took Maxey with the 21st pick in 2022, McCain 16th in 2024 and Edgecombe third last year. Those are some really good selections. Except McCain now plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder, which has turned out to be less good for the Sixers and certainly for Morey’s reputation.
At the trade deadline, Morey said the Sixers were “playing well” and that he was looking to upgrade the team in a win-now move, but “nothing materialized.” Instead, he opted to trade McCain and duck the luxury tax. Morey argued that he was “quite confident we are selling high.” With McCain getting meaningful playoff minutes for the absolutely loaded Thunder, those comments have not aged well. They did not go over well at the time, either.
Morey’s contracts for Embiid, George will hamstring next GM
According to The Athletic, Embiid was pretty heated about the Sixers opting to subtract rather than add in the service of saving ownership some money. The center reportedly “didn’t see eye-to-eye with Morey” and “had to hold himself back from verbally criticizing the front office” after Morey traded McCain to the Thunder and the Sixers once again ducked the luxury tax.
Embiid is not the first Sixers player who fell out with Morey. Ahead of the 2022 trade deadline, Morey acquired James Harden from the Brooklyn Nets. The pair had a good relationship with the Houston Rockets and achieved a measure of relative success, at least reaching the conference finals. None of that happened when they reunited in Philly. When the Sixers declined to offer Harden a long-term deal in the summer of 2023, Harden demanded a trade and then (in)famously went on a scorched-earth campaign that included calling Morey a liar in front of a bunch of confused Chinese children.
That was objectively one of the most hilarious moments of the Morey era. Less funny, the Sixers still owe Brooklyn their top-eight protected first-round pick in 2027 from the Harden trade. That was obviously a mistake that ended badly, but it still wasn’t as big a blunder as giving out monster money to Embiid and Paul George. Embiid has two more seasons remaining on his three-year, $187 million extension. Due to endless injuries, he has missed 150 games over the last three years and has never played more than 68 games in a single season.
Meanwhile, George had a down season last year and missed 25 games after being suspended for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. He also has two more years left on the four-year, $211 million contract that brought him from Los Angeles to Philly. He’ll be 37 in the final year of his deal, while Embiid will be 34 when they’re finally done paying him. They’re two of the worst contracts in the NBA. Unless Myers hires an actual magician to run the front office, it will be impossible to get either of them off the books, which limits the next GM’s options and makes improving an average-at-best team that much harder.
76ers’ season unravels in ugly sweep vs. Knicks, leaving Philly in familiar place
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In fairness to Morey, there was really no choice with the decision to pay Embiid. Everyone knew the health risks, but not giving the face of the franchise the big money extension at the time wasn’t really an option. In further fairness to Morey, ownership signed off on the move, just as they did with the decision to ink George. Ownership also ostensibly instructed Morey to duck the tax several years in a row. And when none of that worked out, ownership kicked Morey to the curb. Tough beat, but that’s the NBA.
This will not surprise you, but ownership is not exactly loved by the Philly faithful. Search “Josh Harris” and “sell the team” on social media and then watch your device immediately overheat from the endless results it returns.
An ownership change, of course, is not happening. In the absence of that, someone pretty high up had to take the fall and it ended up being Morey. As Embiid said, everyone in that organization needs to be better. We’ll see if the next guy can succeed where Morey did not and turn the Sixers into something other than an annual disappointment. On that front, whoever gets the gig will have decades of history working against them.
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One Vikings Rookie Comes With an Unusual Warning
This year’s Vikings draft class is headlined by boom-or-bust prospect Caleb Banks, who has all the size and athleticism in the world but lacks the college production and has significant injury concerns.
After his selection, the franchise adjusted its strategy and picked players who appeared safer. With the second-round pick, the club acquired Cincinnati’s linebacker Jake Golday. An intriguing college player with experience on the edge and as an off-ball linebacker is just the athlete Brian Flores can unlock at the next level.
His role in the new defense remains a mystery. He might just sneak into the lineup as an off-ball linebacker, such as Blake Cashman, but some have likened him to pass-rusher Andrew Van Ginkel and could see him thrive in a hybrid role.
Regardless, Golday, like all rookies, isn’t a sure thing. The draft is a lottery and even prospects that are labeled “generational” can fail.
Golday’s former coach doesn’t foresee him failing, however. Alec Lewis of The Athletic shared an anecdote:
Cort Braswell, the linebackers coach at Cincinnati, said one NFL linebackers coach asked him an interesting question during the draft evaluation process: “If I come back here in five years, and Jake Golday didn’t make it, why would that be?”
Braswell paused.
“That’s a really good question. Nobody has asked that.”
After a few seconds of thought, he said, “If he doesn’t make it, it’s your fault.”
“What do you mean?” the coach responded.
Braswell said, “There’s nothing you can put in front of him that he cannot accomplish.”
Some players land in unfortunate situations. That can’t be said about Golday, though, who was hand-picked by a defensive mastermind for his attacking system. Versatile and smart players generally thrive in the NFL, but Flores can especially unlock their skill sets.
Golday, 22, was a zero-star recruit and headed to Central Arkansas, where he lined up on the edge for a couple of years before moving to linebacker. After his three years playing at a lower level, he transferred to Cincinnati, where he continued his linebacker journey.
In his two seasons in the Big 12, he registered 163 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, and 5 sacks. His athletic profile was one of the best in this year’s draft class, helping him generate second-round interest from the Vikings.
Golday is expected to start out in the linebacker position early in his career.
At the rookie minicamp, head coach Kevin O’Connell said, “We’ve got some thoughts on how the ultimate picture may look, but you want to allow [Jake] — because he’s doing it physically from today on — you want to allow him to get comfortable in a spot before maybe you start throwing multiple things at him.”
The next item on his agenda is to get comfortable with the linebacker duties, while other responsibilities could follow later in his NFL journey. The first-year player is ready to put in the work required for that jump.
The rookie commented, “I’m going to spend as much time as I need in the playbook to make sure I know all the positions so that I can be put at any spot on the field [and] so I don’t have to be taken off the field.”
At linebacker, the Vikings have starters Blake Cashman and Eric Wilson returning for another season, but injury struggles, age and contract duration could open the door for Golday to assume one of the linebacker spots sooner rather than later.
If he isn’t needed in one specific position, he can still be a piece in Flores’ defensive puzzle as a rotational and situational linebacker and rusher. Flores experimented with Wilson on the edge a year ago, which would vacate a linebacker spot.
One thing is clear: The Vikings didn’t draft him to sit on the bench for years to come; he will see playing time early in his career. It’s just a matter of where.
Editor’s Note: Information from PFF, Over The Cap, and Sports Reference helped with this article.
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How a German football club is making refugees feel at home
With just a few hand gestures, Salim Mehdaoui indicates what he wants from the children collected in the gym of an elementary school in Bonn. They gather in the middle of the room and form a circle. Some shift their weight nervously as they look wide-eyed at the coach and wait for their turn.
Salim holds a football under his arm, and after he’s said every child’s name, he starts practice. “The kids are getting used to our rituals. Like the collective greetings and goodbyes,” said the coach to DW. Aside from sports, it’s also about the social togetherness of the participants, Salim emphasized.
The social environment at the club is important, as the participants come from a nearby initial reception facility for refugees.
“This kind of training is important for the kids because while they fled many had the experience of the strongest coming out on top. Often their demeanor can be a bit brutal,” Antje Nekhili told DW.
“Here they’re taught to be considerate again. The children can have good, playful social relations again.”
Nekhili is the refugee housing’s volunteer coordinator and launched the project “Football Connects” with Hertha Bonn in March 2022.
Language barrier proves a challenge
Finally the ball gets rolling, and things get loud in the small gym. Bursts of laughter intermingle with goal celebrations – the delight is as visible as it is contagious.
“It fills me with joy,” said Mehdaoui. “You see that it does the kids good, which really motivates me.”
When the project launched two years ago, the now student had just finished a gap year doing volunteer social work at Hertha Bonn. Salim developed a set of guidelines, as communication in particular challenged him and his colleagues.
“Of course it’s a challenge, as there are language barriers and there are new kids at every training,” Jörg Michael, Hertha Bonn’s vice president, told DW. “The kids come from different countries and often don’t speak a common language.”
According to Michael, this makes it difficult for coaches to reach all the children.
Mehdaoui tackled the problem head on and developed solutions along with responsible parties at the club. Communication – when not in English or French – is practiced nonverbally with small cards that Mehdaoui shows the children.
This means a common language isn’t always necessary, said Nekhili. “This way we can make friends out of what might in other contexts be antagonistic cultures, since they’re playing on the same team.”
The club uses football as common language, which Michael says is understood all over the world.
DFB: ‘An impressive example of selflessness’
“Five minute break,” or a simple stop sign on a card are displayed so the children understand what’s going on. And it works – the project is a roaring success and was recently awarded a prize for integration and tolerance in football by the German Football Association (DFB).
Under the leadership of DFB President Bernd Neuendorf, Hertha Bonn was selected from 134 applicants for the prize. The association called it “an impressive example of selflessness, as it’s not a way to win future club members.” Children move on from the Bonn refugee facility within a couple days or weeks.
Clubs can help with integration
Despite the typically short stays, the kids benefit from the weekly training sessions. In addition to being a welcome distraction from their daily lives in refugee housing, they learn important social skills and are exposed to German culture.
“The training sessions change how the kids behave. If they’ve already been to one, they can then help other children,” said Nekhili. “They support one another and share their knowledge.”
For Jörg Michael, the project demonstrates how important institutions like football clubs can be for integration. “It should be a duty of clubs to be socially engaged,” he said. “That’s why we developed the guidelines and want to show just how simple it can be to offer these trainings.”
After just 60 minutes, today’s session comes to a close, with the children once again circling up and using their last remaining energy to yell “Fussball” – all in one language, and all with a beaming smile.
This article was translated from German
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Rory McIlroy’s PGA practice round cut short due to toe blister
Rory McIlroy’s Tuesday practice round at the second major of the year was cut short due to a nagging blister that’s bothered him for several days.
According to reports on-site at the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa., McIlroy’s session on Tuesday lasted only three holes due to discomfort he felt from a blister on the pinky toe of his right foot.
Reporters following McIlroy Tuesday said he took his shoe off in the third fairway but finished the hole. He took it off again on the 4th tee before hopping in a cart for a ride to the clubhouse.
McIlroy later told Golf Channel’s Kira K. Dixon he soaked his foot on Monday night and ripped the toenail off afterward.
After the final round of the Truist Championship on Sunday, a reporter asked McIlroy if he was limping.
“Yeah, I’ve got a blister on my pinky toe on my right foot, but it’s underneath my nail,” he said Sunday. “So I can’t really get to it or so it’s a little sore, but I’ll be all right.”
McIlroy said he started to feel it on Friday afternoon but joked he couldn’t use it as an excuse for poor play. He added Sunday he wasn’t concerned about it long term: “No, it’s fine. I’ll be OK.”
Earlier Tuesday, when speaking with the media, McIlroy said he likes “the style of golf” Aronimink presents.
“There’s a lot of bunkers. I think it provides quite a nice bit of variety with shorter par-4s, a couple of longer par-4s. The par-3s, there’s three pretty long ones and a shorter one,” he said. “I think in this day and age I’m not sure if it’s going to test all aspects of your bag. Strategy off the tee is pretty nonexistent. It’s basically bash driver down there and then figure it out from there, which I think is a lot of these newer, newly renovated — I think about Oak Hill in 2023, here — when these traditional golf courses take a lot of trees out, it makes strategy not as much of a concern off the tee.
“But the greens are the main focus this week, and I think getting yourself in the right sections of the greens, making sure you leave yourself below the hole for the most part; that’s the key this week,” he continued. “Again, I’ve only played four competitive rounds here. I don’t know the place that well to give you a great answer on what I like about it, but Philadelphia’s a wonderful golfing city, a lot of great golf courses, and this is certainly one of them.”
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Dorofeyev scores in OT as Golden Knights beat Ducks for 3-2 series lead
LAS VEGAS — Pavel Dorofeyev scored his second goal of the game at 4:10 of overtime to give Vegas a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night, moving the Golden Knights a victory away from advancing to the Western Conference final.
Game 6 of the second-round series is Thursday night at Anaheim.
The Golden Knights can reach the conference final for the first time since winning the Stanley Cup in 2023. Anaheim, making its first playoff appearance in eight years, will try force a Game 7 back in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Tomas Hertl had gone 29 games going back to the regular season without a goal, but now has two in two games. He also had the primary assist on Dorofeyev’s power-play goal in the first period. Jack Eichel had two assists, including the primary one on the winner.
Carter Hart stopped 34 shots.
Ducks defenseman Olen Zellweger scored his first career playoff goal from the left circle to tie it at 2 with 3:05 left in regulation. Beckett Sennecke extended his goals streak to four games with a power-play score. Mason McTavish and Cutter Gauthier each has two assists and Lukas Dostal made 29 saves.
Ducks center Ryan Poehling was helped off the ice after being checked hard into the boards by Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb nearly midway through the first period. McNabb received a five-minute major for interference and was sent to the dressing room with a game misconduct, costing the Golden Knights a first-pair blue liner.
The Ducks got a goal off the power play when Sennecke scored off a rebound. Dorofeyev answered after taking the puck from Chris Kreider, shifting to the slot and snapping a shot past Dostal.
Hertl’s rebound goal at 4:48 of the third period nearly stood up before Zellweger took advantage of extended offensive zone time to force extra play.
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Football quiz: Name every club Jose Mourinho has managed
They say you should never go back, but Jose Mourinho is in advanced talks to be Real Madrid’s next head coach, 13 years after his first spell at the Bernabeu.
“The Special One” has managed 10 clubs, including two on more than one occasion. Can you name them all?
Be aware, there’s a leaderboard on this quiz which is affected by the speed of your answers.
Press the Next button after finishing to see where you come.
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