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BBC News
28-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Neilson eyes new job
Former Heart of Midlothian head coach Robbie Neilson, who has been out of work since being sacked by Tampa Bay Rowdies earlier this year, is willing to explore any opportunities to return to management. (PLZ Soccer)Neilson says he has missed the intensity of Scottish football and is interested in the vacancies at Dundee, Motherwell and Partick Thistle. (Scottish Sun)Hearts have held initial talks after expressing an interest in German midfielder Soufian El-Faouzi, the 22-year-old who has a year left of his contract with Bundesliga 3 club Alemannia Aachen. (Daily Record)Hearts are on the verge of finalising a transfer deal with Tobol for Kazakhstan winger Islam Chesnokov, according to the 25-year-old's agent. (Hearts Standard)Read the rest of Wednesday's gossip.
BBC News
17-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'McInnes wants Shankland and Findlay deals'
Incoming Hearts boss Derek McInnes wants to take Stuart Findlay with him from Kilmarnock, where the 29-year-old centre-half has spent two seasons on loan from Oxford United. (Daily Record), externalAstana have admitted defeat in their attempt to sign Kazakhstan winger Islam Chesnokov from Tobol, with sports director Kaisar Bekenov saying the 25-year-old is "very close" to a transfer to Hearts. (Scottish Sun), externalDerek McInnes will make securing Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland on a new deal his priority when the manager moves from Kilmarnock, with the Scotland striker out of contract this summer. (Daily Record), externalRead Saturday's Scottish Gossip in full.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Hearts in talks with Greek winger Kyziridis'
Hearts are in talks with Zemplin Michalovce winger Alexandros Kyziridis, with the 24-year-old Greek out of contract at the Slovakian club this summer. (Daily Record), externalHearts have held talks with Zemplin Michalovce winger Alexandros Kyziridis and Kazakhstan winger Islam Chesnokov, currently with Tobol, but with Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes due to move to Tynecastle next week, any unsigned deals are likely to be on hold until he assesses the first-team squad. (Edinburgh Evening News), externalRead Thursday's Scottish Gossip in full.
Scotsman
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Islam Chesnokov to Hearts transfer latest as the winger shows what he will bring to Tynecastle
Watch more of our videos on and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now The Kazakhstan internationalist could be in Edinburgh during the summer window Sign up to our Hearts newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Islam Chesnokov is prepared to interrupt his season and join Hearts at the earliest opportunity if a transfer deal is agreed this summer. The Edinburgh club are set to sign the Tobol Kastanay winger on a pre-contract agreement, with paperwork expected to be processed next month. The prospect of a quick transfer in time for next season would then rise considerably, and Hearts are willing to push hard to bring Chesnokov to Tynecastle for the 2025/26 campaign starting. The 25-year-old is currently five games into the 2025 Kazakhstan Premier League campaign with Tobol, who sit third in the table after beating Aktobe 2-0 at the Tobol Arena on Saturday. His contract there is due to expire on 31 October and he is destined to leave his homeland for pastures new in an effort to further his career. Hearts are poised to secure his services on a pre-contract after failing to agree a transfer deal with Tobol in January this year. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad A pre-contract would enable Chesnokov to join Hearts officially on 1 November, but he could not be registered with the Scottish Football Association until the winter transfer window opens on 1 January, 2026. Tynecastle officials and the player want to avoid that scenario. They will work to agree a deal with Tobol to let Chesnokov leave midway through Kazakhstan's domestic campaign and join Hearts during this summer's window. Chesnokov demonstrated what he can bring to Scotland by scoring a fine second goal for Tobol against Aktobe, which was captured on social media by the respected football analyst Tom Irving. It is one of several videos posted by his Irving Analysis account highlighting Chesnokov's ability to attack and score from various angles. A left-footed winger who normally prefers playing on the right flank, Chesnokov is versatile and able to operate anywhere across the front line. He is a Kazakhstan internationalist with 13 caps and two goals for his country so far. Since joining Tobol in 2023, he has now scored 21 goals in 69 appearances and claimed 11 assists. His attacking instincts and pace are commodities badly needed in Gorgie for next season. Hearts intend to do some extensive surgery on their first-team squad during the summer months. They have already secured a new right-back for next season in the shape of 25-year-old Norwegian Christian Borchgrevink, who also agreed a pre-contract deal to move to Edinburgh from Valerenga. His arrival alongside Chesnokov's would give an entirely new look to the right side of the Hearts team. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Other areas of the side are due to be addressed once the transfer window opens as business begins to intensify. Hearts chief executive Andrew McKinlay revealed last week that supporters can expect 'significant change' over the summer. The prospect of Chesnokov's arrival along with Borchgrevink is already exciting fans after a disappointing 2024/25 campaign. Hearts lost the Scottish Cup semi-final against Aberdeen after extra-time on Saturday and are consigned to finishing in the bottom six of the Premiership. A summer rebuild is required to improve standards and ensure the club returns to the top half of the table.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Russia and China are threatening SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation, new report finds
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation is facing threats from Russia and China because it was tapped for military use in Ukraine following Russia's invasion of the nation in 2022, according to a new report evaluating the counterspace capabilities of a dozen countries over the past year. The report, published on Thursday (April 3) by the nonpartisan policy think tank Secure World Foundation (SWF), highlights how humanity's growing reliance on space — especially for national security — has led an increasing number of countries to develop their own counterspace capabilities. The 316-page document assesses the counterspace capabilities of 12 countries including the U.S., Russia, China, India, Australia as well as North Korea and South Korea, based on publicly available information spanning February 2024 through February of this year. "We feel strongly that a more open and public debate on these issues is urgently needed," the report's foreword states. "Our global society and economy are increasingly dependent on space capabilities, and a future conflict in space could have massive, long-term negative repercussions that are felt here on Earth, as everyone on this planet is a user of space data in some form." SpaceX's Starlink uses a massive network of satellites in low Earth orbit to provide high-speed broadband internet. Ukrainian residents began using Starlink in 2022 to maintain internet connectivity after Ukraine's own internet services were disrupted following Russia's invasion. The service also enabled secure communications for the Ukrainian military and government. Starting in May 2024, however, the Ukrainian military began experiencing outages in Starlink connections, with military officials attributing the disruptions to Russia "testing different mechanisms" for its electronic warfare systems seemingly employing new and more advanced technology. The SWF report cites leaked U.S. military documents that suggest a Russian system called Tobol — that was originally designed to protect Russian satellites from jamming — was used to disrupt Starlink commercial satellite signals over Ukrainian territory. Those leaked documents "suggest that Russia has used at least three Tobol installations to try and disrupt Starlink commercial satellite signals over Eastern Ukraine," the report notes. Russia appears to also be developing a newer, more sophisticated system called Kalinka, which is intended to detect and disrupt signals to and from Starlink satellites in order to interfere with Ukrainian drones and military communications, according to the SWF report. Andrei Bezrukov, the director of the Russian Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies, which is developing the Kalinka system, told state media that the so-called "Starlink killer" could also detect communication terminals connected to Starshield, the military version of Starlink that's designed with enhanced security features. Additional reports revealed that Russia had jammed GPS signals in four European countries: France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Luxembourg. There have also been reports that Russia interrupted children's TV channels in these countries to broadcast images of the war in Ukraine. The International Telecommunication Union's Radio Regulations Board has said the interference likely originated from stations in Moscow, Kaliningrad and Pavlovka. "As of February 2025, the Starlink service appears to have been remarkably resistant to further cyber attacks," the report notes. According to the SWF report, China is investing in similar capabilities for potential future armed conflicts with the U.S. In July of last year, researchers from the People's Liberation Army Navy proposed laser-equipped submarines with retractable masts that could surface to target Starlink satellites or other space-based surveillance systems, although the researchers acknowledged that the submarines' limited detection capabilities would require external forces to provide satellite position guidance for accurate targeting. Related Stories: — US Space Force picks Rocket Lab and Stoke Space to compete for national security launches — Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit — Chinese astronauts install debris shields on Tiangong space station during 8.5-hour spacewalk (video) Meanwhile, the U.S. Space Force is testing new satellite jammers called the Remote Modular Terminals, intended to operate remotely and provide counterspace electronic warfare capability, the report notes. "Everyone is jamming," Victoria Samson, the director of Secure World's Washington office and one of the report's primary authors, told Breaking Defense earlier this week. So far, only non-destructive counterspace capabilities are being actively used against satellites in current military operations, the report notes.
