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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
César Montes keeps the door open for Chivas
With the transfer market open, César Montes spoke about the rumors that put him back in Mexican soccer, including Chivas. "There will always be the opportunity to return, the doors in Mexico are open and every summer there is a possibility. I've been at Lokomotiv for a year and I'm very happy there", he mentioned. Advertisement Montes also referred to Chivas' interest, but limited himself to saying: "we'll see what happens. I don't know, I don't know", with laughter. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. 📸 Hector Vivas - 2024 Getty Images
Metro
6 days ago
- Sport
- Metro
Finland manager 'very sorry' for calling up 51-year-old football player
Outi Saarinen, manager of Finland Women, says she is 'very sorry' for accidentally naming a 51-year-old retired football player in her squad. Saarinen made the blunder ahead of Finland's 1-1 Women's Nations League draw against Serbia on Tuesday – mistakenly selecting Stina Ruuskanen – who won the last of her two Finland caps 29 years ago. The Finland Women boss made a mix-up and was trying to select Nanne Ruuskanen, a 23-year-old current Finland defender with the same surname. Saarinen's error was not spotted before the teamsheet deadline passed, meaning that the younger Ruuskanen become ineligible to face Serbia. Saarinen, via a statement from the Finnish Football Association, said: 'Nanne was, of course, disappointed. 'But [she] took the news very well considering the circumstances. I am very sorry for the mistake.' There is no relation between the two players but the older Ruuskanen laughed off the incident, joking she'd be ready to play 'if the call comes'. 'I'm definitely ready if the call comes!' the 51-year-old told Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat. 'Just yesterday I was playing in a hobby league match… so my game feel is good.' Football fans have poked fun at the incident on social media, comparing it to a scene from British satirical mockumentary comedy film Mike Bassett: England Manager. At one point, Bassett's secretary accidentally calls up to the squad two players called 'Benson and Hedges', aging players in the Third Division. When trying to work out who they are, Bassett realises she has mistaken the brand of cigarettes Benson and Hedges as the names of players. 'Reminds me of @mike__bassett giving caps to Benson & Hedges,' @BingIsBackBaby posted on X. 'Did she call up Benson and Hedges?' @awfulpigeon added on Reddit. Another user, @Zlint, asked: 'Is their coach Mike Bassett?' It's not the first time a football manager has selected the wrong player, with former England boss Fabio Capello previously making the same mistake. More Trending While working as the head coach of Russia's men's team between 2012 and 2015, the Italian called up Lokomotiv Moscow's reserve centre-back Andrey Semenov into a 23-man squad to face Armenia. Capello was actually attempting to pick a 24-year-old defender with the same name who played for Terek Grozny. The wrongly selected player had never even represented the Lokomotiv first team when he received the call up and said: 'I was surprised, to say the least.' Lokomotiv even published an article on their website celebrating the news, but they were forced to change it when the Russian Football Federation corrected the squad list and apologised for the mistake. MORE: Two helicopters collide in devastating mid-air crash in Finland MORE: Satellite images reveal scale of Russian troop build-up along Finland's border
Arab News
24-02-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Russian veteran haunted by ‘terrible' memories of Ukraine front
ISTRA, Russia: In his kitchen in a Russian town near Moscow, Yury stirs his tea and tries to settle into a normal routine after months on the front line in Ukraine. But the memories of a conflict that he says is 'more terrible' than anything shown on Russian television still haunt the 39-year-old school employee. 'My wife says I came back bitter,' says Yury, 39, whose military call sign is 'Lokomotiv' — a reference to his favorite Moscow football club. He also brought back reflexes like scanning the sky for drones or not wearing a seat belt in order to evacuate quickly from the car in case of enemy fire. This last habit has earned him several fines in Istra, 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Moscow, where he lives with his wife and their four-year-old son. When Russia announced partial mobilization in September 2022, Yury, who already had combat experience from the Russian Caucasus, was sure he would be one of the first to be called up. 'But it was my friends without any experience who were mobilized instead. Why them and not me? I felt then that I should go,' he said. 'My friends told me I was an idiot. 'Why do you want to go? You have a family, a child, a good job'.' In October 2023, he signed up with a private paramilitary company as a radio operator in an artillery brigade. The brigade was based in Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine that was captured by Russian forces in May 2023 after one of the bloodiest battles of the offensive launched by Moscow in February 2022. Yury took part in an assault on the town of Chasiv Yar, where Ukraine's troops are still clinging to the outskirts, and on Bogdanivka, which fell to Russia in April 2024. Since returning, Yury is bored with 'daily routine.' On the front line 'there was always something new — you are afraid for the first two weeks and after that it is an adventure,' he said. His wife Albina, 40, said she had made 'a huge fuss' when she found out he was planning to go to Ukraine. 'It was tough. I was afraid of losing him,' she said, sitting on a sofa in their modest apartment. She said his nine-month deployment felt 'like five years.' 'I rushed to my phone every time I received a notification. I was afraid of reading or hearing some bad news. Every morning started with this fear. It was terrible,' she said, crying. 'In reality it was more frightening more terrible than anything they show on television,' Yury said. 'If they showed everything that happens there on television, people might change their mind' about the conflict, he said. In Istra cemetery there are around 30 graves with Russian flags and pictures of men in military uniform who died in Ukraine. The area is known as an 'Alley of Glory,' like similar corners of cemeteries across Russia, where thousands have died on the front. The overall toll is a state secret. Yury points to the grave of a school friend and says in total five of his friends have died on the front. 'The majority die or are injured by shrapnel, from artillery fire or from explosive drones,' he said. 'I think every Russian understands that this war is against the West,' he said, repeating the official rhetoric which portrays the conflict as a wider confrontation initiated by Western countries. Yury said he was skeptical about the outcome of possible truce talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump. 'It would be good if they could agree, if the war ended, but it will not finish immediately,' he said. 'A ceasefire will only make the situation worse. We have to get to the end of this!' he said. 'If it's not over by the New Year, I'll go back.'
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Yahoo
Russian veteran haunted by 'terrible' memories of Ukraine front
In his kitchen in a Russian town near Moscow, Yury stirs his tea and tries to settle into a normal routine after months on the front line in Ukraine. But the memories of a conflict that he says is "more terrible" than anything shown on Russian television still haunt the 39-year-old school employee. "My wife says I came back bitter," says Yury, 39, whose military call sign is "Lokomotiv" -- a reference to his favourite Moscow football club. He also brought back reflexes like scanning the sky for drones or not wearing a seat belt in order to evacuate quickly from the car in case of enemy fire. This last habit has earned him several fines in Istra, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Moscow, where he lives with his wife and their four-year-old son. When Russia announced partial mobilisation in September 2022, Yury, who already had combat experience from the Russian Caucasus, was sure he would be one of the first to be called up. "But it was my friends without any experience who were mobilised instead. Why them and not me? I felt then that I should go," he said. "My friends told me I was an idiot. 'Why do you want to go? You have a family, a child, a good job'." In October 2023, he signed up with a private paramilitary company as a radio operator in an artillery brigade. The brigade was based in Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine that was captured by Russian forces in May 2023 after one of the bloodiest battles of the offensive launched by Moscow in February 2022. Yury took part in an assault on the town of Chasiv Yar, where Ukraine's troops are still clinging to the outskirts, and on Bogdanivka, which fell to Russia in April 2024. - 'A huge fuss' - Since returning, Yury is bored with "daily routine". On the front line "there was always something new -- you are afraid for the first two weeks and after that it is an adventure," he said. His wife Albina, 40, said she had made "a huge fuss" when she found out he was planning to go to Ukraine. "It was tough. I was afraid of losing him," she said, sitting on a sofa in their modest apartment. She said his nine-month deployment felt "like five years". "I rushed to my phone every time I received a notification. I was afraid of reading or hearing some bad news. Every morning started with this fear. It was terrible," she said, crying. "In reality it was more frightening more terrible than anything they show on television," Yury said. "If they showed everything that happens there on television, people might change their mind" about the conflict, he said. - 'Alley of Glory' - In Istra cemetery there are around 30 graves with Russian flags and pictures of men in military uniform who died in Ukraine. The area is known as an "Alley of Glory", like similar corners of cemeteries across Russia, where thousands have died on the front. The overall toll is a state secret. Yury points to the grave of a school friend and says in total five of his friends have died on the front. "The majority die or are injured by shrapnel, from artillery fire or from explosive drones," he said. "I think every Russian understands that this war is against the West," he said, repeating the official rhetoric which portrays the conflict as a wider confrontation initiated by Western countries. Yury said he was sceptical about the outcome of possible truce talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump. "It would be good if they could agree, if the war ended, but it will not finish immediately," he said. "A ceasefire will only make the situation worse. We have to get to the end of this!" he said. "If it's not over by the New Year, I'll go back". bur/cw
