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5 days ago
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Real Madrid oppose La Liga's plan to stage Villarreal vs Barcelona match in Miami
Real Madrid have strongly opposed La Liga's plan to stage the Villarreal vs Barcelona match in Miami, calling it a threat to football's integrity. MADRID: Real Madrid said it 'firmly rejects' having a regular-season Spanish league game played in the United States and warned of 'a turning point in the world of football.' Villarreal, in contrast, is promising free travel and tickets for season-ticket holders if its match against Barcelona in Miami is approved in what would be a first for the league. The 17th-round match in La Liga would be played at the Hard Rock Stadium. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Madrid said Tuesday it has taken action to keep the Dec. 20 match from happening in the U.S., claiming it would hurt the 'integrity of the competition' and the 'legitimacy of the results.' More from Football 'The measure, which was taken without prior information or consultation of the clubs participating in the competition, infringes the essential principle of territorial reciprocity, which applies in two-legged league competitions (one match at home and the other at the home of the opposing team), upsetting the competitive balance and giving an undue sporting advantage to the applicant clubs,' Madrid said. The club said the match would set 'an unacceptable precedent that opens the door to exceptions based on non-sporting interests, clearly affecting sporting integrity and risking the adulteration of the competition.' 'If this proposal were to be carried out, its consequences would be so serious that it would be a turning point in the world of football,' Madrid said. The Europe-wide fan group Football Supporters Europe (FSE) said it was 'liaising' with members, soccer stakeholders, affected groups, and partner organizations to 'collectively resist the latest threat to the very nature of football.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'We are following the broader impact on football with the utmost concern,' the group said. 'Moving games from their domestic territories strikes at the heart of the relationship between fans and their teams, breaking vital links between clubs and their communities.' The group also criticized a similar move by the Italian league to play a match abroad. The Italian soccer federation said in July that a plan was in motion to play the Serie A match between AC Milan and Como in the Australian city of Perth in February. Madrid said it has asked FIFA, UEFA and Spain's top sports body to not authorize the game in the U.S. The Spanish soccer federation on Monday approved a request for the match to be played in Miami. UEFA and FIFA now have to approve the request before it can be made official. 'Any modification of this nature must, in any case, have the express and unanimous agreement of all the clubs participating in the competition, as well as strictly respecting the national and international rules governing the organization of official competitions,' Madrid said. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Madrid and Spanish league president Javier Tebas have often been at odds on various issues. The club said UEFA should deny the request to play the game abroad based on the 'criterion established in 2018 that prevents official matches in domestic competitions from being played outside national territory, except in duly justified exceptional circumstances, which are not present here.' Madrid said it asked the country's high sports council 'not to grant the necessary administrative authorization without such unanimous consent.' 'Real Madrid reaffirms its commitment to respect the national and international rules that guarantee the fairness and proper functioning of official competitions, and will defend its compliance with them before all competent bodies,' the club said. Villarreal earlier Tuesday said its season ticket-holders can travel for free and receive free tickets for the match. It said those who don't want to go, or can't go, will get a 20% discount on their season tickets. 'We would be the first (Spanish) team to play a league match abroad,' Villarreal president Fernando Roig told a news conference. 'It would greatly help us expand our brand in a key market like the United States.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Staging a match abroad has long been part of the league's goal to promote soccer and its brand in other countries. It first tried to stage a match in the U.S. in 2018, with a game between Barcelona and Girona, but the idea was dismissed after criticism from players, fans and clubs. Subsequent attempts to play there also failed. The league had offered compensation packages for Girona fans in 2018. It wasn't clear whether it would be Villarreal or the league paying for the travel and tickets for the club's fans this time. The attempts to play in the U.S. are part of the league's long-term partnership with sports and entertainment group Relevent Sports, which is part of Stephen Ross' portfolio of companies including Hard Rock Stadium, the Miami Dolphins, the Formula One's Miami Grand Prix and the Miami Open tennis tournament. Earlier this year, it was announced that New York-based Relevent Sports has exclusive negotiating rights over the global commercial rights to the UEFA men's club competitions for the period 2027-2033. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD FIFA moved last year toward ending decades of soccer tradition by ordering a review of its policy that blocks domestic league games being played in other countries. Some fan groups in Spain and the country's players association on Monday expressed their disapproval of the plan to move the match thousands of kilometers away. It has become routine, though, for U.S. pro sports leagues to stage games in Europe, Asia and South America that help build their brands and fan bases.
Entrepreneur
24-07-2025
- Business
- Entrepreneur
9 Principles That Carried Me From the Sidelines to the Suite
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The thing about building something from nothing, especially when you look, sound or come from a background that doesn't fit the mold, is that you're not just running a business. You're running through walls. I've lived that journey. I grew up in El Paso, a first-generation Mexican-American kid who learned early on that nobody was going to hand me a seat at the table. So I built one. Over the years — starting as a linebacker at Columbia University, breaking into commodities trading, then founding OTC Global Holdings and watching it become the largest independent interdealer brokerage in the world — I had to constantly evolve as a leader. Not in theory, but in survival. These nine principles aren't from a playbook. They're the ones I lived by. Some came naturally. Some I had to learn the hard way. Related: 5 Key Leadership Principles That Drive Real Results 1. Impact over ego I've seen more deals die at the altar because someone needed to be right rather than effective. I've been that guy, too. When we were first building OTC Global Holdings, I clung to a few ideas too tightly (branding decisions, hiring calls, even tech platforms) because they were mine. But ego doesn't scale. Impact does. Today, I tell every founder I mentor: Your pride is not your strategy. Kill your ego before it kills your business. 2. Let the doubters talk In the early days, when I told people I was going to build a global brokerage firm out of Houston, they smiled like I'd just told them I was going to open a taco truck in Paris. I wasn't from New York. I didn't go to Wharton. I didn't look like the rest of the trading world. But here's the truth: Once you stop performing for the crowd and start building for the customer, you free yourself. Let the doubters talk. They're not on your payroll. 3. Find a good wingman No one does this alone. I've been lucky to have business partners and key team members who weren't just smart but who challenged me, complemented my blind spots and shared the same fire. In the early 2000s, when we were still scrappy and cash-conscious, I had a partner who pulled me aside and said, "Javi, you're great at kicking the door open. I'll handle what happens next." That trust saved me from burning out and saved the company from imploding. Find someone who's not a clone of you. Find the one who calls your bluff when you need it. 4. Find a role model I didn't grow up with CEOs in my circle. But I knew how to study them. I read every business bio I could get my hands on, shadowed the veterans in the industry and learned not just what they did but how they thought. Eventually, I stopped copying and started adapting. You don't need a mentor in the traditional sense. You need a blueprint, even if it's borrowed. Related: 7 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became a Leader 5. Live and learn Let me be honest: My first investor pitch was a disaster. I stumbled through the numbers, my hands were shaking, and I accidentally called the investor by the wrong name — twice. I wanted to crawl under the table. But I showed up again the next day. And the next. That's the toll we pay. If you're not willing to look foolish in the beginning, you're not ready to win in the end. 6. Obsession beats talent I wasn't the smartest guy in the room when I started trading. But I was the most obsessed. I was the one reading European market updates at 3:00 a.m. I was the one calling brokers overseas just to ask dumb questions they didn't want to answer. Raw talent is fine, but obsession is what builds empires. If it doesn't keep you up at night or wake you up in the morning, it's probably not your thing. 7. High agency is a superpower Agency means you believe you have control even when the odds are stacked. It's not delusion. It's defiance. When the 2008 financial crisis hit, we had every reason to fold. The markets were frozen, clients were panicking, and we were bleeding. But I looked at my team and said, "Nobody's coming to save us. So we save ourselves." High agency leaders don't wait for perfect conditions. They move anyway. 8. Calendar your priorities Don't tell me what your priorities are. Show me your calendar. I used to say my family was #1 — but I realized we hadn't had a chance to go out for dinner in three months. That hurt. So, I started putting the important stuff in ink. My workouts. My daughters and wife. Thinking time. The calendar doesn't lie. If it's not scheduled, it's not sacred. Related: What Makes a Good Leader? Here's What I've Learned After 20-Plus Years as a CEO. 9. Adapt or die I've reinvented myself a dozen times. Broker. CEO. Investor. Philanthropist. Now, I'm working with new ventures in AI, renewable energy and advising young entrepreneurs who remind me of myself 25 years ago. The world doesn't care how things used to be. It cares how fast you can pivot. I've watched great companies die because their leaders were too nostalgic. I've also seen underdogs rise because they had the guts to throw out what wasn't working. Success isn't a straight line. It's a series of battles — some public, most private. These principles? They're not just ideas. They're the reasons I'm still in the fight. And if you're reading this, so are you.
Time of India
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Days of Our Lives spoilers: Sophia struggles with guilt; can Sarah and Xander survive yet another showdown?
Days of Our Lives spoilers: Days of Our Lives, which first aired in 1965, remains one of the most popular shows on television courtesy its compelling twists and engaging story arcs. In fact, it would not be wrong to say that its characters have become an inseparable part of household conversations for many. The July 7 episode of Days of Our Lives promises to be just as compelling as the ones seen before it. Sophia regrets her recent actions The July 7 episode of Days of Our Lives sees Sophia feel guilty for leaving her infant at a fire station. She also tries to maintain her distance from Javi and Leo as they care for the baby. Moreover, Leo's motivation for assisting Javi is not clear and this adds a sense of mystery to the narrative. Seeing them, Sophia wonders whether she should inform everyone about her connection with the baby or stay mum. Either way, her actions could potentially make things difficult for Javi and Leo at a time when they are entering a crucial phase in life. A post shared by Days of our Lives (@dayspeacock) Meanwhile, Tate and Holly try to organise a special trip. Their bonding and chemistry add a touch of tenderness to the show amid the tensions that form is core. However, not everything goes as planned for them This transforms the planned leisure trip into a tense one. It remains to be seen whether they can resolve these issues and enjoy their time together. Is love in the air for Chad and Cat? We also see Chad and Cat becoming closer. It, however, isn't clear if they are in love or 'just friends'. They haven't been on the best of terms for a while and the latest showdown may just spell the end for them. Elsewhere, Sarah and Xander get into a heated argument, which highlights the inherent instability of their relationship. It's not clear how the argument ends but it's obvious that their misunderstandings are far from resolved.
Pink Villa
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Days of Our Lives May 27 Episode Recap: Did Arianna Lie to Gabi About Her Whereabouts? Find Out
In the May 27 episode of Days of Our Lives, the audience saw Arianna lying to her mother, a conversation about jobs with Javi and Leo, along with Gabi and Javi coming face to face. To fill you in, since Javi no longer works for Gabi, he needs another job. Leo suggests that he be a firefighter since it was his dream. Javi is hesitant to do that because of his previous experience with homophobia. Leo makes sure to tell him that if he experiences that again, he will back Javi up. Gabi worries about Arianna's whereabouts Gabi is in full panic mode since her daughter was out all night ans did not answer her texts. After getting snippy with JJ, she thanks him for helping her, given the fact that they have not been on teh best of terms. As the two have food, Gabi goes to worst-case scenario, JJ suggests another possibility that a boy may be involved in this. Meanwhile, the scene shifts to Ari and Doug being in bed at the Salem Inn. As they get dressed, teh duo decides to see each other again, along with Doug assuring that he does not have a girlfriend. Later, as Gabi rushes into the Square, she asks Ari to spill where she was. Ari lies that she was at a childhood friend's house. Later, Javi joins them, and things take a turn as Gabi apologizes for letting him go. Johnny wants to name his child after John After seeing John's condition at the hospital, at home, Johnny tells Chanel that he wants to name their child after John. Chanel saw this as a good idea for when the day arrives. The couple talks about his job at Titan, with Chanel asking if her beau actually wants to work with Xander. Johnny mentioned that Xander wasn't arrested for attacking Philip. Also, he needs a job so he does not have to depend on DiMera money to provide for his family when they have kids. Chanel then notices that he said kids, plural. He then expresses his thankfulness for supporting him, and both end up expressing their adoration and love for one another.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?)
Like protein-packed hot meals in the frozen wilderness, concrete Yellowjackets answers are pretty tough to come by. More from TVLine Yellowjackets Finally Reveals the Antler Queen and Girl in the Pit in Season 3 Finale - Grade It! The Chi Season 7: Phylicia Rashad and Wendy Raquel Robinson Among Guest Cast A Prayer to Yellowjackets' Forest Spirit: Please Let This Be the Girls' Last Season in the Woods And we wouldn't expect anything less from the intricately woven, possibly supernatural Paramount+ With Showtime series. After all, mystery is at the heart of the drama, which unfolds in two timelines: Exactly what happened after a plane full of high school soccer players crashed in the Canadian Rockies in 1996, and how is that experience still affecting the survivors in their present-day lives? We've pulled together a rundown of the show's biggest questions. Among them, in no particular order: Have we met everyone who made it back to suburban New Jersey after the horrific accident? Is Mari experiencing auditory hallucinations or sensing a portent of death? Where the heck was Javi all that time? Is the Antler Queen who we all think it is? And what about that girl in the pit? Our list goes on… but we're sure that you've got Yellowjackets questions you'd like answered, too, as well as theories to share. So if there's something you don't see outlined below, make like a good citizen detective and shout it out in the comments. Scroll down to see our queries, starting with… As Jackie was freezing to death in the Season 1 finale, she had a dream in which her teammates — including the deceased Laura Lee — welcomed her back into the cabin. In that vision, a man stood at the back of the room and said, 'So glad you're joining us. We've been waiting for you.' In the show's press materials, the character is called simply 'Hunter,' and some fans have theorized that he's the man whom the girls found dead in the cabin earlier in the season, and possibly the same person who previously piloted the small plane that Laura Lee later tried to use to escape. When TVLine asked series creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson about whether the mysterious man will have importance moving forward, they confirmed that he would. 'We definitely know who he is, yeah, and we have a whole thing [planned],' Nickerson added. When Natalie and Travis are out hunting/looking for Javi, she comes across a tree that is surprisingly thawed despite the snow and ice surrounding it. The moss is even a vibrant, summery green! The show clearly wants us to pay attention: Nat stops, looks at the tree for a moment and notes how weird it seems. Some fans have theorized that perhaps the heat that melted everything around the tree is coming from an underground source, potentially a tunnel or bunker akin to the one in which Lottie lit candles during the vision she had when Laura Lee baptized her in Season 1. This leads nicely into our next question… UPDATE: As Coach Ben realized in Episode 8, the base of the tree concealed the entrance to an underground hollow that was warm, and that held (among other things) rope and matches. Javi knew about the cave-like structure, too — sheltering there is likely how he stayed alive during his absence from the cabin — and he was most likely trying to lead Natalie there when she was chased by the rest of the team in Episode 8. … how in the heck did Travis' little brother, Javier, survive in the frigid cold without food or shelter for weeks on end? The younger Martinez was gone for two months after the ill-fated Doomcoming in Season 1, yet he seems healthy and whole — if unwilling/unable to talk — when he's found in Season 2's fourth episode. Might Javi have hidden somewhere warm, like the aforementioned and highly hypothetical tunnels/bunker? After all, just moments before they stumble across him, Van and Tai do notice that the ice in the area seems to be melting. UPDATE: As we noted in the previous slide, based on the events of Episode 8, it appears that Javi was hiding out in the cave under the warm tree. There's a lot to suggest that the masked girl wearing the antlers in the series' very first episode, aka the person who seems to be in charge of the barbaric process of killing and eating another girl, is Lottie. After all, as the series progresses, both her supernatural leanings and her ability to command loyalty have grown by the episode. The present-day timeline also seems to hint at Lottie's queenly status: She was the leader of a cult (OK, OK, 'retreat center') who had antlers hanging on the building she calls home. That said: Plenty can happen between now and then in the flashback timeline, so it's completely possible that another girl can and will assume the spiky crown. All we know for sure is that it isn't Misty, who is shown taking off a different mask at the end of that sequence in the series premiere. UPDATE: The events of the Season 2 finale indicate that Natalie was an Antler Queen — but was she the Antler Queen we see in the series premiere? (Christina Ricci sure thinks so.) UPDATE: Season 3, Episode 6 shows us that Shauna (on Lottie's recommendation) was made Antler Queen after the group dethroned Natalie for mercy-killing Ben. UPDATE: The events of the Season 3 finale reveal that Shauna is the Antler Queen depicted in the series' premiere. Early guesses on this one pointed to Jackie, given that the girl who is chased to her death in the series' premiere is wearing Jackie's gold necklace. But the jewelry has changed hands a few times since then: Jackie put it on a scared Shauna on the plane ('It's basically a good-luck charm. Now, nothing can touch you.' Eep!), and Lottie made sure that Shauna came into possession of it after Jackie died. Given the pit victim's hair and skin color and overall build, we're guessing that maybe Mari winds up impaled at the bottom of the hole? UPDATE: Could the girl in the pit be Hannah, one of the hikers who are introduced in Season 3, Episode 7? In addition to the ladies in the photo above, we also know that Van, Lottie and Travis survived the team's trial in the wilderness, though Travis is no longer with us. A rewatch of the slide show at the high school reunion in the Season 1 finale doesn't shed many clues, but can you really rely on accuracy in a multimedia presentation constructed by someone who starts their speech with, ' defines a reunion as a union that is happening again'? UPDATE: Though we (and everyone else) had been led to believe Mel was dead, in Season 3, Episode 8, we learn that she faked her death (!), changed her name to Kelly and married the daughter of Hannah, the woman the girls killed in the forest (!!). Maybe we've just been reading too much Outlander. But there's a Scottish superstition that says the sound of dripping water in a house portends an imminent death… and that's all we can think about every time Mari is the only one in the cabin who hears that incessant, and as-yet unidentified, sound. UPDATE: In Episode 8, Tai also hears the dripping noise, and then Mari hallucinates blood dripping from the wall where the saw, knives and other sharp instruments are kept. UPDATE: In the Season 3 finale, we learn that Mari is the dark-haired girl chased and killed in the pit in the series' premiere… so maybe the dripping sounds was a portent of death, after all? The symbol that showed up on the blackmail notes (nice touch, Jeff) also appears carved into trees in the Canadian wilderness and is, in fact, the shape in which those carved trees are laid out. But what the heck does it mean? Is it a means of protection, like Lottie guessed? An invocation of evil, as others have wondered? And, uh, what is that shape, exactly? Callie, a teenager, is too young to be the baby that Shauna's carrying in the wilderness. (That kid would be in its mid-20s today.) And it's now a matter of record that the survivors won't chow down on the infant if/when it's born. Phew. So… what becomes of Jeff and Shauna's love child? Might we get to meet the littlest survivor in the present-day storyline someday? UPDATE: In Season 2, Episode 6, Shauna has a stillbirth; her son did not survive. Given that it seems like she delivered the placenta first, it appears that she suffered a placental abruption. Yes, there might be some otherworldly entity insinuating itself into the hearts and minds of the crash survivors, and that entity might be strong enough to maintain a lifelong presence. But when you consider what we know to be true — that these girls are scared and starving, and that some of them had mental health issues long before they boarded that private jet — isn't it just as plausible (if not more so) that circumstance and coincidence are making them think, hear, see and feel things that aren't really there? That said: All of that stuff that happened when Lottie suddenly started speaking French and then smashed her head into the window at the seance? Creepy as hell. UPDATE: The Season 2 finale features this interaction between Shauna and Lottie that we think is rather interesting. Lottie is referring to the wilderness and its sway over the team. SHAUNA: You know there's no 'it,' right? It was just us! LOTTIE: Is there a difference? UPDATE: Season 3, Episode 7 reveals that the scary sound the girls keep hearing in the forest has a very mundane, extremely explainable source: Hordes of mating frogs. Yet another sign that maybe all of the spooky stuff is happening in the girls' heads? The visionary-turned-disgraced cult leader wound up dead at the end of Season 3, Episode 4, but it's not clear who offed her. Shauna thinks Misty. Misty thinks Shauna. Van has her suspicions about Tai. And what might that cryptic comment from Lottie's senile father, about the whole thing being an accident and nothing more, mean? UPDATE: In Season 3, Episode 6, Lottie's former cult — er, retreat center — staffer Lisa tells Misty that she saw Tai with Lottie the day she died. UPDATE: In the following episode, Van straight-up asks Tai if she killed Lottie, and Tai doesn't deny it. (But she also doesn't confess.) But then Walter's DNA test of what's under Lottie's fingernails turns up as a match for Shauna… or maybe also Callie? UPDATE: In Season 3, Episode 8, Mel denies killing Lottie. UPDATE: In the Season 3 finale, Misty confronts Callie about killing Lottie, and the teen confesses. She went to Lottie's apartment building to get back the tape Mel sent. Lottie led her to the stairwell and started talking about how Callie had 'It' from the wilderness inside her, and Callie was so upset, she pushed Lottie down the stairs, ending her life. When Shauna was stalked by an unknown person in Season 3, Episode 2, the episode's juxtaposition of past and present storylines hinted that that person might be Melissa, one of her high school soccer teammates. (Read a full recap.) Later, when her car's brakes failed, Shauna assumed Misty had tampered with them… but she later learned that wear-and-tear was at fault. In Season 3, Episode 4, someone closed the door to a walk-in freezer while Shauna was inside. She eventually was released, but the incident scared her. Are the unsettling moments linked? Is Shauna paranoid? At the moment, we don't know. UPDATE: Season 3, Episode 7 indicates that maybe the daughter of Hannah, one of the trio who encountered the girls in the woods, is behind what's happening to Shauna. UPDATE: In the next episode, Mel observes that Shauna is mentally ill and imagining that there's someone out to get her when, in reality, coincidence and benign occurrences are all that's happened. Best of TVLine The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More 'Missing' Shows, Found! The Latest on Severance, Holey Moley, Poker Face, YOU, Primo, Transplant and 25+ Others Summer TV Calendar: Your Guide to 85+ Season and Series Premieres
