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Yahoo
22-05-2025
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Caldentey's Arsenal hoping to break Barca Champions League hegemony
Arsenal's Spanish midfielder Mariona Caldentey will face her former side Barcelona in the Champions League final (JUSTIN TALLIS) Powered by former Barcelona star Mariona Caldentey, Arsenal must upset the odds against the all-conquering Catalan giants on Saturday to prevent them winning a fourth women's Champions League title in five years. Reaching their sixth final in seven years, Barcelona aim to further tighten their grip on the women's game at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon against Renee Slegers' side. Advertisement The Dutch coach replaced Jonas Eidevall in October on an interim basis, made permanent in January as the team's form improved dramatically under her. In the Champions League Arsenal produced a stirring quarter-final second-leg comeback to eliminate Real Madrid and then thrashed record eight-time winners Lyon 4-1 in France to reach the final. While Lyon are the record holders, Barcelona have been Europe's dominant force in the last five years. The Catalans eased into their fifth consecutive final by destroying English domestic treble winners Chelsea 8-2 on aggregate. Barcelona, who won the Champions League in 2021, 2023 and 2024, also sealed a sixth-consecutive Liga F victory and are well-placed to repeat last season's quadruple. Advertisement They boast two-time Ballon d'Or winners Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas as well as an array of other stars, although they have also lost some important players. One of those is winger Mariona Caldentey, a regular for Barcelona over the last decade who went looking for a new adventure. The 29-year-old joined Arsenal in July and has become the team's key player, named the Women's Super League player of the season. "She has given us that next level," said Slegers. "She's a total footballer. She's got everything." Barca winger Caroline Graham Hansen said it will be strange facing the Spaniard. Advertisement "Obviously, she's been missed because she's a very nice person inside the locker room and fantastic player on the pitch," said the Norwegian. "So it's going to be weird to see her on the other side... "(Hopefully) I won't see any goals from her on Saturday." Of course, Caldentey has other plans. "I hope I can score, but I wouldn't celebrate," she told Mundo Deportivo. "I have a lot of respect for Barca for everything they gave me, how they helped me, and I'll always show that respect." While Barcelona have three Champions League trophies in four years, Arsenal have won the competition just once, back when it was the UEFA Women's Cup in 2007. Advertisement This is their first Champions League final since then. - Back to the start - The final is Barcelona's 100th European match, 13 years after their first, also against Arsenal. Back then the Gunners were a far greater force than their opponents and romped to a 7-0 aggregate win over Barcelona in the Champions League round of 32. Kim Little scored in that tie and should feature for Arsenal in the final, along with the only other survivor from that era -- Barca's Putellas. This season it took Barcelona some time to find their best under coach Pere Romeu, after Jonatan Giraldez left at the end of last season for US women's side Washington Spirit. Advertisement The Catalans also had to adapt to a new striker, Poland's Ewa Pajor, who has scored an impressive 43 goals in 45 matches this season. "It's my dream to win this trophy with this team, but we have to be calm, not obsessive about this trophy," Pajor told UEFA. "We have to be prepared, to be focused and I hope we win this trophy like a team, because we have amazing, amazing players, amazing coaches and, yes, we can do it." Barcelona have won their last nine Champions League matches, scoring 44 goals in the process, one shy of Wolfsburg's record 45 in the 2013-14 season. Claudia Pina has stepped up to fill the gap left by Caldentey and scored 10, making her the competition's top scorer, ahead of Arsenal's Alessia Russo and Caldentey on seven. rbs/pi
RNZ News
27-04-2025
- Sport
- RNZ News
Ethiopian Assefa pulls away to win London Marathon
Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa shattered the women's-only world record in winning the 45th London Marathon on Sunday, while Kenyan Sebastian Sawe made a brilliant tactical decision to demolish a stacked men's field en route to victory. The 28-year-old Assefa, silver medallist in the event at last year's Paris Olympics, pulled away from Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya over the final couple of kilometres after the two had set a blistering early pace. She crossed the finish line in two hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds, beating the previous women's-only record of 2:16:16 set last year in London by Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir, and said the blazing London sun helped, with temperatures approaching 20 Celsius by race's end. "Last year, I did have some problems with the cold," said Assefa, who was second in the 2024 London race. "My hamstring tightened up towards the end of the race. This year, the weather suited me really well, and that's why I'm really pleased with the way the race went. Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS "I was second here last year, and to win here this year is very special." Jepkosgei, 31, crossed second in 2:18:44. The sizzling early pace was too much for reigning Olympic marathon champion and 2024 London winner Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, who fell back off the leaders around the halfway mark en route to finishing third in 2:19:00. The 29-year-old Sawe, who made a stunning marathon debut by winning in Valencia in December, pulled away from the lead pack when the others reached for bottles to refuel with about 10 kilometres to go, on his way to crossing in 2:02:27. "So happy, this is my first time to win a major marathon, I was well prepared for this race, and that's why it has become easy for me to win," Sawe said. "It does now give me hope that my marathoning future will be so important to me, and it will be so easy to me." Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda, who shattered the world half-marathon record in February, was second in his marathon debut in 2:03:37, while last year's winner Alexander Mutiso Munyao of Kenya was third in a photo finish with Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands, both crossing in 2:04:20. A world record 56,000 runners were expected to participate in the 42.195-kilometre race that started at Greenwich Park, snaked along the River Thames before finishing on The Mall. - Reuters
Forbes
24-04-2025
- Business
- Forbes
What's Going On With META Stock?
An illustration photograph taken on April 17, shows the Facebook app available to download from the ... More App Store displayed on a phone screen, in a residential property in Guildford, south of London. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) Meta Platforms' stock has declined approximately 13% this year, facing headwinds from potential tariff impacts that could affect the company in two significant ways: Despite this year's setback, Meta has demonstrated remarkable resilience over a longer timeframe, with the stock gaining 56% since early 2022, substantially outperforming the broader Nasdaq index's modest 7% increase. This outperformance can be attributed to several key factors: Meta Platforms has delivered impressive revenue growth of 39%, increasing from $118 billion in 2021 to $165 billion in the trailing twelve months. This robust performance stems from multiple growth drivers: Meta's profitability metrics show substantial improvement, with the net income margin expanding from 33.4% in 2021 to 37.9% currently. This enhanced profitability is complemented by a strategic 9% reduction in shares outstanding, made possible by the company's substantial $122 billion investment in share repurchases. The combination of higher revenues, expanded margins, and fewer outstanding shares has resulted in a 73% increase in earnings per share, rising from $13.77 in 2021 to $23.86 in the most recent period. Despite Meta's impressive financial performance across revenue growth, margin expansion, and earnings improvement, its P/E ratio has declined by 10%. This valuation compression can be attributed to several factors: Given these uncertainties, investors should ask themselves critical questions: Do you want to hold on to your META stock now? Will you panic and sell if it starts dropping further? Holding on to a falling stock is never easy. While META remains fundamentally strong with impressive growth and improving profitability, investors seeking to preserve wealth in volatile markets might consider alternative strategies. Trefis works with Empirical Asset Management—a Boston area wealth manager—whose asset allocation strategies yielded positive returns even during the 2008-09 period when the S&P lost more than 40%. Empirical has incorporated the Trefis HQ Portfolio in this asset allocation framework to provide clients better returns with less risk versus the benchmark index; less of a roller-coaster ride, as evident in HQ Portfolio performance metrics..
Forbes
19-04-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Lyon Move To Within Brink Of Twelfth Women's Champions League Final
Lyon's French striker #11 Kadidiatou Diani jumps into the arms of Lyon's Dutch midfielder #13 ... More Damaris Egurrola as she celebrates scoring the opening goal of the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final first leg football match between Arsenal and Lyon, at the Arsenal Stadium in north London on April 19, 2025. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) Olympique Lyonnais won the first leg of their UEFA Women's Champions League final away to Arsenal to make themselves odds on to reach a record twelfth final. Lyon, the eight-time winners of the women's Champions League, were playing in their 14th semi-final and had not lost at this stage since 2009, the year before the competition was rebranded from the UEFA Women's Cup. Before the game, Lyon midfielder Lindsey Heaps had questioned whether Arsenal, or any club, could contain their formidable front three of Kadidiatou Diani, Melchie Dumornay and Tabitha Chawinga. With captain Wendie Renard not fully fit after a foot injury, she was named as a substitute on a formidable Lyon bench. Also not included in the starting line-up was the competition's record goalscorer, Ada Hegerberg, the club's leading goalscorer, Éugenie Le Sommer, two of the leading assist-makers in the Champions League, Amel Majri and Dzsenifer Marozsán and another German Olympic Gold Medalist, Sara Däbritz, illustrating the depth of their squad. Lyon fired an early warning shot when Daniëlle van de Donk should have scored following up after Zinsberger parried a fierce drive from Selma Bacha. However, of Lyon's famed front three, it was Diani who shone in the first half, repeatedly attacking Arsenal down the flank. In the 17th minute, Diani raced down the right wing before arrowing in a cross-shot past Manuela Zinsberger. The assistant referee initially waved her flag to signal for offside but after a length VAR check, Romanian referee Alina Pesu awarded a goal after EmiIy Fox was adjudged to have played Diani onside. It was Diani's 27th goal in the UEFA Women's Champions League and her 15th in the competition in just two seasons at Lyon. The big screen displays the news of a VAR (Video Assistant Referee) check for the first goal during ... More the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final first leg football match between Arsenal and Lyon, at the Arsenal Stadium in north London on April 19, 2025. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) Arsenal had their fair share of possession but struggled to create clear chances. Midway through the first half, Beth Mead headed a left wing cross back across goal and Frida Maanum should have done better than glance the ball wide. In contrast, Lyon were a constant threat on the counter attack. Damaris was close to scoring with a header from a corner and Dumornay struck the crossbar with a marvelously-weighted shot from 40 yards out with Zinsberger caught off her line. The English side came close to equalising either side of half-time when first Leah Williamson headed a corner against the crossbar before the break, and then after, it, Caitlin Foord had a shot smothered by Lyon goalkeeper Christiane Endler. Thereafter, Arsenal created some momentum, creating further chances from cross balls. From one, Endler was adjudged to have fouled Williamson by VAR and referee Pesu awarded Arsenal a penalty which Mariona Caldentey converted. The home side's joy was short-lived as Dumornay, described by Heaps earlier this week as one of the best players in the world, restored Lyon's lead. Lyon's Haitian midfielder #06 Melchie Dumornay celebrates after scoring their second goal during the ... More UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final first leg football match between Arsenal and Lyon, at the Arsenal Stadium in north London on April 19, 2025. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) Arsenal are playing in their eighth semi-final of the Champions League, but of the previous seven, they have only progressed to the final once. That was in 2007, the year they became the only English side to win the women's Champions League. It was also the year after their men's team reached the Champions League final, losing 2-1 to FC Barcelona in Paris. This season, both the Arsenal men's and women's teams have reached the last four of their respective Champions League competitions, both eliminating Real Madrid in the quarter-finals with 3-0 victories at the Emirates Stadium. Previously, Chelsea has been, in 2021, the only club to have reached the final of the men's and women's Champions League final in the same season. With Arsenal and FC Barcelona in the semi-finals of both competitions either, or both, could match that feat this year. For Arsenal to reach the final in Lisbon at the end of May, they will now have to replicate their performance on their last visit to Groupama Stadium in September 2022 when they won 5-1 away to Lyon in the group stage of the Champions League. The second leg will be played next Sunday.
Yahoo
15-02-2025
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🔴 LIVE: Arsenal frustrated in first half by Leicester
There are seven Premier League fixtures taking place on Saturday. Keep checking back for updates.A scoreless first half at the King Power Stadium produced little to no goalmouth action to speak of, with Arsenal notably struggling in the absence of four of their main attackers through injury. A Wilfred Ndidi header on the stroke of half-time which narrowly missed the far post was as close as either side came to breaking the deadlock. Liverpool v Wolves Tottenham v Manchester United 📸 JUSTIN TALLIS - AFP or licensors
