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Irish Daily Mirror
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- Irish Daily Mirror
Hallgrimsson will be thrilled with Parrott comments as scoring run continues
Troy Parrott has taken his tally so far this season to seven goals in just four appearances - thanks to his latest brace. The on-fire Ireland striker netted twice for the third game in a row, as AZ Alkmaar secured a 4-1 opening day win in the Eredivisie against Groningen on Sunday. Parrott won and then converted a penalty to give Alkmaar a 2-0 lead with just 18 minutes on the clock, and he rounded off the scoring in the 87th minute with a delightful curler from 16 yards, which sailed into the top right hand corner. READ MORE: Ciara Mageean receives support on Camogie's big day at Croke Park He also had a hand in his side's third, as it was his connection with a corner that was turned into his own net by Stije Resink. Incredibly, Parrott's scoring feats so far this season have seen him net a goal every 42 minutes. He has scored in each of AZ's four games to date, and Sunday was his first 90-minute run-out. He has five goals so far from the Dutch side's three Europa Conference League games - one away to Ilves of Finland and two in the return leg, and another two in last Thursday's 3-0 win against Vaduz of Liechtenstein. Reacting to his latest double, his comments will be music to the ears of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson ahead of Ireland's opening World Cup qualifiers next month at home to Hungary and away to Armenia. The Dubliner spoke of his confidence in front of goal, and reacted to his manager finally handing him a full 90 minutes. 'It was really nice,' he told Dutch TV after the Groningen win. 'In the last few games, I think I've played sixty or seventy minutes. 'But it's something that I've wanted to do, to play more minutes. It gives me an opportunity to do better and score more goals. I'm happy the trainer left me on and it paid off in the end.' As for his second goal, which was teed up by a fine assist from Mateo Chavez, the former Belvedere and Tottenham prospect said: 'It was a great pass from Mateo, I saw some space opening up in front of me, so it's a good finish. 'But I'm feeling really good, I'm feeling really confident in front of goal, so it doesn't come as so much of a surprise, because I'm feeling good right now.' Parrott's minutes and goals in 2025/26 Ilves 4-3 AZ ALKMAAR (73 minutes/1 goal) AZ ALKMAAR 5-0 Ilves (58 minutes/2 goals) AZ ALKMAAR 3-0 Vaduz (76 minutes/2 goals) AZ ALKMAAR 4-1 Groningen (90 minutes/2 goals) Total: 297 minutes/7 goals Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email .
Yahoo
03-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Seattle Kraken's First-Ever Player Leaves NHL, Signs Contract in Finland
Luke Henman signed the first player contract in Seattle Kraken history back in 2021 and now he is heading overseas to play in Finland for the Tampereen Ilves of the Liiga, the top professional hockey league in the country. Henman became the first ever Kraken player when they signed him to a three-year entry-level contract in May 2021. Henman was originally drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes, 96th overall, in 2018, but never signed a deal with them. Henman unfortunately never donned a Kraken jersey in a regular season game. Since signing with the team, he spent his time in the American Hockey League, playing for the Charlotte Checkers (the Kraken's AHL affiliate during their first season), and the Coachella Valley Firebirds. In 221 games, Henman recorded 26 goals and 33 assists. Luke Henman on His Passion for Hockey - Seattle Kraken The Ilves have been the runner-up the Liiga for the past three years, so it will be interesting to see how Henman can fit into this exciting team this upcoming season. Related Former Kraken Defenseman Signs With KHL Team Former Seattle Kraken and Coachella Valley Firebirds defenseman Maxime Lajoie has signed with KHL team Avangard Omsk. Henman featured photo by - Andy Abeyta via Imagn Henman hero photo by - Andy Abeyta via Imagn
Irish Daily Mirror
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
One thing left Troy Parrott frustrated as striker helped AZ Alkmaar to comeback
Troy Parrott described AZ Alkmaar's five-goal hammering of Finnish side Ilves as 'a very good night' - but there was one thing that frustrated the Ireland striker. Parrott has resumed where he left off last season with his Dutch side by finding the net on a regular basis. Having scored 20 goals for Alkmaar last season, in his first term with the Eredivisie club, he already has three goals from just two appearances in the Europa Conference League so far this term. He netted in last week's 4-3 away-leg defeat to Ilves, and he kicked off the comeback on Thursday with the opening two goals, as AZ eased to a 5-0 win and an 8-4 aggregate victory. Parrott's goals came in the 22nd and 26th minutes, and he was substituted 12 minutes into the second-half, at a time when he confident he could wrap up a hat-trick. Asked if that was a source of frustration for him, the 23-year-old former Tottenham prospect replied: 'Yeah, a little bit. 'Look, I want to score as many goals as I can. I feel like the hat-trick was coming, so I was waiting a little bit for it to come. 'But it is what it is, two goals are also good, and we won, we played a great game, we scored a lot of goals.' Reflecting on the performance and result, which has earned AZ a third qualifying round clash with Liechtenstein side FC Vaduz, he said: 'A good night, a very good night. Look, five goals, into the next round, two goals for myself, it's really positive. 'I think defensively we were so, so much better as a team. Last week we gave away four goals, which was really unlike us, so we tightened up defensively and then we let the attacking quality show. 'We know as a team that last week wasn't good enough at all. But football is like this, it doesn't always go the way you want it to. But to bounce back from last week and put things right today, it's a big boost for us.' Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email .
BBC News
31-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
AZ v Ilves
Update: Date: 38' Title: Post Content: Attempt missed. Denso Kasius (AZ) right footed shot from the right side of the box. Update: Date: 36' Title: Goal! Content: Goal! AZ 3, Ilves 0. Ernest Poku (AZ) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner. Update: Date: 35' Title: Post Content: Corner,AZ. Conceded by Anton Popovitch. Update: Date: 32' Title: Post Content: Foul by Denso Kasius (AZ). Update: Date: 32' Title: Post Content: Marius Söderbäck (Ilves) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Update: Date: 30' Title: Post Content: Corner,AZ. Conceded by Otso Virtanen. Update: Date: 30' Title: Post Content: Attempt saved. Kees Smit (AZ) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top right corner by Otso Virtanen (Ilves). Assisted by Mees de Wit. Update: Date: 30' Title: Post Content: Corner,AZ. Conceded by Otso Virtanen. Update: Date: 30' Title: Post Content: Attempt saved. Denso Kasius (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Otso Virtanen (Ilves). Update: Date: 29' Title: Post Content: Corner,AZ. Conceded by Otso Virtanen. Update: Date: 29' Title: Post Content: Attempt saved. Sven Mijnans (AZ) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Otso Virtanen (Ilves). Assisted by Mees de Wit. Update: Date: 26' Title: Goal! Content: Goal! AZ 2, Ilves 0. Troy Parrott (AZ) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mees de Wit. Update: Date: 22' Title: Goal! Content: Goal! AZ 1, Ilves 0. Troy Parrott (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ernest Poku. Update: Date: 21' Title: Post Content: Attempt blocked. Marius Söderbäck (Ilves) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jardell Kanga. Update: Date: 19' Title: Post Content: Foul by Wouter Goes (AZ). Update: Date: 19' Title: Post Content: Marius Söderbäck (Ilves) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Update: Date: 18' Title: Post Content: Corner,AZ. Conceded by Sauli Väisänen. Update: Date: 17' Title: Booking Content: Sven Mijnans (AZ) is shown the yellow card. Update: Date: 17' Title: Booking Content: Sauli Väisänen (Ilves) is shown the yellow card. Update: Date: 13' Title: Post Content: Offside, AZ. Troy Parrott is caught offside.
Time of India
22-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
How Estonia outpaced the rest of Europe at digitalization
This is an AI- generated image used for representational purposes only How long does it take to divorce in your country? In Estonia, the first step of the uncomfortable undertaking can be made in less than a minute — and even without the undesired spouse being present. "It takes 45 seconds to get to the point where it says submit the divorce application," said Luukas Ilves, until last year the Estonian government's chief information officer Ilves told DW that divorce application was the last section of public administration that had yet to be digitized, which means the small Baltic state bordering Russia is probably the first fully digitized country in the world. Even in Estonia, both partners must of course consent to the procedure and be physically present in a meeting with a civil servant who formally ends the marriage. But uptake of the online service is already phenomenal, with about 60 per cent of all divorces in Estonia being initiated via the government's so-called e-divorce platform since its launch last December. "We all expect convenience, simplicity and security from digital services in the private sector. Why should government services be any different?" said Ilves. User-friendliness is key to acceptance Ilves is the author of a recent study titled "The End of Bureaucracy," which he compiled in collaboration with the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation, which is affiliated to Germany's Free Democratic Party. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like This Could Be the Best Time to Trade Gold in 5 Years IC Markets Learn More Undo The report highlights the differences in digitization policy and what Germany can learn from the more advanced Estonia. Currently, about 62 per cent of Germans use digital service in administration, while Estonia has an uptake of over 90 per cent, the report said. Electronic identity verification, for example, is a major issue in the report, as 90 per cent of Estonians use national e-IDs to access government services, compared with less than 10 per cent of Germans. The reason for that is simple, Ilves said. The Estonian software is more user-friendly and provides access to both public and private sector services, including retail banking. Ilves told DW that until a few years ago, Belgium had used an e-ID technology similar to that in Germany. But it performed poorly, with only 10 per cent to 20 per cent of the population using it. But ever since the country's banks and telecommunication operators introduced a user-friendly mobile version that allowed access to both private sector and government services, e-ID uptake has jumped to 80 per cent. Greater acceptance of digital administration services also helps save taxpayers' money, the Ilves report states. The administrative cost of collecting taxes in Estonia, for example, are per capita only one-sixth of those in Germany. Slashing the bureaucratic jungle with OOP Following general elections in February, the new German government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz has established a Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation (BMDS). Its aim is to offer a "comprehensive range of services to provide impetus, initiate cooperation and develop solutions for the public administration of the future." Digital industry representatives like Magdalena Zadara have welcomed the decision. Zadara is chief of staff and strategy at the German Digital Service, a government agency that develops and implements software to digitalize administrative processes. Speaking with DW, she said she was "optimistic" about the new digital ministry because it seeks to digitalize services "end-to-end," thereby cutting short the seemingly endless journeys through German bureaucracy. "If I wanted to come to Germany to work from a country outside the EU, I would have to interact with about five to seven different government agencies to get my diploma approved, and they would maybe even ask for the same data." One solution to the problem she has in mind is Estonia's so-called once-only principle (OOP), meaning that citizens and businesses only need to provide information to public authorities once. That data can then be reused and shared internally by all authorities. OOP is one of the pillars of digital government in Estonia and even codified in law. Another hallmark of Estonia's modern administration is the digital signature, which is widely used to sign documents like employment contracts. Estonian-Russian businessman Kirill Solovjov said he first used the electronic signature when he received a so-called Estonian e-Residency in 2015 — an 11-year-old government-issued digital identity which gives global entrepreneurs remote access to the country's administrative services. "Digital signatures also existed in Russia at the time, but I was never able to go through the verification process. In Estonia, you just get the [e-ID] card, plug it in, and it works — it's magic," he told DW. Jump to the top with a 'Tiger Leap' The Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — regained their independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. The first thing Estonia did at the time was bring the internet and computers to all of its classrooms and libraries under an education program called Tiger Leap. In the year 2000, the country of 1.4 million people made another big leap in digitalization when online tax declarations became available and electronic signatures were recognized as legally equivalent to ink signatures. By 2015, all major public services including health and social services had been fully digitized. Solovjov said his favorite of all the new services is digital prescriptions. Once a doctor prescribes a medicine, he explains, it automatically ends up in the online registry, and can be accessed from any pharmacy in Estonia — and now even from neighboring Finland. "You just pull out your ID card ... the pharmacist sees exactly what has been prescribed and the different options you have. There's no deciphering illegible handwriting that's so common with doctors. It's easy, safe and fast — plus there's no tampering," he said. Reducing Europe's digital dependency Online security is still a major concern for lawmakers in other European countries and the EU Commission in Brussels. This is why the European tech industry has been calling on lawmakers to reduce Europe's reliance on American tech giants such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon. They warned the EU Commission against watering down the bloc's Digital Markets Act as a safeguard against their dominance. Moreover, they are pushing for developing a so-called EuroStack as a European alternative for technological sovereignty because currently 80 per cent of the technology is imported. A "stack" refers to a layered architecture of interrelated technology components — hardware, software, networking protocols, and infrastructure — that together create a full digital platform. The EuroStack would include sovereign artificial intelligence, open-source ecosystems, green supercomputing, data commons and a sovereign cloud. Luukas Ilves is skeptical about the initiative and warns of the high opportunity costs of "reinventing the wheel" in digitalization, especially end-to-end applications. "No country can be autarkic and fully sovereign in the digital world. In Estonia, we never built an end-to-end Estonia stack but very specific applications and protocols on top of the global technology stack," he said.
