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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City’s players were booed by their own fans Tuesday after blowing a three-goal lead against Feyenoord in the Champions League to extend their winless run to six games. Jeers rang around the Etihad Stadium after the final whistle of a dramatic 3-3 draw. “They are disappointed. Of course we understand it,” City manager Pep Guardiola said. “They are completely right to express what they feel.” After five-straight losses in all competitions, City looked to be cruising to victory after going three up inside 50 minutes. But Feyenoord mounted an improbable comeback and leveled the game in the 89th to leave the home crowd stunned. While the worst losing streak of Guardiola’s managerial career was brought to an end, his wait for a first win since Oct. 26 goes on. Erling Haaland had scored twice, with Ilkay Gundogan also on target to put City in control. But goals from Anis Hadj Moussa in the 75th, Santiago Gimenez in the 82nd and David Hancko in the 89th turned the game on its head. According to stats supplier Opta, it was the first time in Guardiola's managerial career that his team had failed to win a game after leading 3-0. It said it was the first time City had failed to win from that position since 1989. “We lost a lot of games lately, we are fragile and of course we need a victory," Guardiola said. “The game was good for the confidence, we were playing a good level, but the first time something happened we had problems.” A win would have moved City up to fifth in the Champions League standings , but the draw left it 15th with three games remaining in the first phase of the competition. The top eight teams advance to the round of 16, while teams ranked ninth to 24th go into a playoff. City’s players, including Bernardo Silva, Josko Gvardiol and Haaland looked visibly frustrated as they left the field to cheers from the delirious traveling Dutch fans in the away section of the stadium. “If you are 3-0 up at home you can never give it away like this. It is what it is at the moment. The only thing we can do is fight back and stay strong,” City defender Nathan Ake said. City plays Premier League leader Liverpool on Sunday — defeat would leave it 11 points adrift of its title rival. “We will learn for the future. It has been and will be a tough season for us and we have to accept it," said Guardiola, who had a cut on his nose during the game. He said it had been caused when he scratched it with his fingernail. James Robson is at https://twitter.com/jamesalanrobson AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Any Texas or Texas A&M player has heard the lore of the rivalry between the two schools, a grudge match that dates to 1894. But for more than a decade — two generations of college football players — that's all it has been: Ghostly memories of great games and great plays made by heroes of the distant past. That changes this week when one of college football's great rivalries is reborn. Third-ranked Texas (10-1, 6-1) and No. 20 Texas A&M (8-3, 5-2) meet Saturday night for the first time since 2011, with a berth in the Southeastern Conference championship game on the line . “Guys that have been in my position and bleed burnt orange, they have not gotten to play this game,” said Texas fourth-year junior safety Michael Taaffe, who grew up in Austin. “Remember them when you step on Kyle Field.” For Aggies fans, who have carried the misery of Texas' 27-25 win in 2011, getting the Longhorns back in front of a frenzied crowd in College Station is a chance for some serious payback. “I was born and raised an Aggie, so I’ve been dreaming about playing in this game my whole life,” Texas A&M offensive lineman Trey Zuhn III said. Zuhn played high school football in Colorado, but his parents and grandparents attended A&M. At SEC media days back in August, Zuhn said his family would turn Texas gear upside down in stores. He keeps a picture of a longhorn in his room, hanging upside down, of course. “It should be the most amazing atmosphere that I’ve ever experienced,” Zuhn said. "I can’t wait for that, and I feel bad for Texas having to play in that." Texas players said they are ready. “That place is going to be rocking,” Texas senior cornerback Jahdae Barron said. “It's good to go on the road and play in hostile environments.” The Longhorns have overcome big and loud road crowds before. They won at Alabama in 2023. They won at Michigan and Arkansas, another old rival, this year. The Longhorns have won 10 in a row on an opponent’s home field. “When the hate is on us, we love it. We enjoy it,” Taaffe said. But some former Texas players say the current group has faced nothing like what awaits them in College Station. Playing at Texas A&M is more than just noise and a lot of “Horns down” hand signals. The “Aggie War Hymn” fight song calls for Aggies to “Saw varsity’s horns off." Beating Texas is their passion, said former Longhorns All-American offensive lineman Dan Neil, who won at Texas A&M in in 1995. He calls that win one of the best of his career. “I was done showering and getting ready to leave, and their fans were still standing outside the locker room screaming and throwing things,” he said. “The (Texas) players have no idea what they are walking into. They have no clue. No one on that team has walked into that stadium in burnt orange.” The rivalry broke up when Texas A&M left the Big 12 for the SEC in 2012. The Aggies have twice finished tied for second but have otherwise found little success there. Texas is in its first year in the SEC and has smashed its way to the top. Texas is the only SEC team with one loss this late in the season, which would make beating Texas that much sweeter for A&M. “The hype is definitely saying it's a rivalry. History says it's a rivalry, but for us, it's the football game we have this week,” Texas senior center Jake Majors said. “It's important for us to not let the environment, the game, get the best of us. ... I get to go out there and play not only for me and my team, but for the guys who came before me, so that's a true honor to have.” Even though the game hasn't been played since 2011, there has always been an element of the rivalry simmering under the surface, Texas A&M coach Mike Elko said. Elko is in his first year as the Aggies' coach, but he was the Texas A&M defensive coordinator under Jimbo Fisher from 2018-2021. “Even though it hasn’t been played, it just doesn’t feel like it’s ever really left the fabric. I really don’t think it’s as removed from the psyche as maybe it feels,” Elko said. “I think our kids are very much aware of what this is all about.” Rieken reported from College Station, Texas. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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NoneLetter: Both sides are suffering from the genocideOvercoming some controversy, No. 7-ranked nationally (On3.com) Bradley Central turned its toughest challenge so far this season into another runaway win, knocking off fellow 2024 TSSAA State Tournament participant Lincoln County Saturday afternoon in the Bearette Thanksgiving Challenge, at Jim Smiddy Arena. Breaking open a four-point difference in the opening minute of the second half, "Papa Bear" Jason Reuter's squad went on a 24-2, seven-minute hot streak to break the game open on their way to a 62-35 blowout. "Lincoln's got a good team, I think returning every starter from last year's state tournament team," commented the veteran Bradley mentor. "We weathered the storm and outscored them by 15 in the third quarter and that was the ball game. "We held them to 18 points in the first half and I told the girls at halftime if we do that again in the second half we're going to win big, and we held them to 17. "We'll take it an move on. We've got one day to prepare to get ready to face a back-to-back state champion and then Cleveland on Friday, over there" he related. Bradley opened the two-day, five team event with an 84-33 blow out of private-school powerhouse Ensworth. Having five state tournament qualifiers in their first half dozen games, the Bearettes (4-0) head to Knoxville Tuesday for a battle of two-time defending state DII-AA champion Knox Catholic (5-1). The Lady Irish opened the campaign with four straight wins before falling to McMinn Central 63-39 Friday in the Farragut Thanksgiving Tournament. Continuing to start the season with an extremely tough schedule, Bradley will travel across town Friday to battle archrival and unbeaten Cleveland (6-0). The Lady Raiders are not only coming off a Class 4A Final Four run last season, but winning the Silverdale Thanksgiving Invitational earlier this week, despite missing a pair of key starters. In Saturday's other two game at the Bearette Thanksgiving Classic, 2024 TSSAA state semifinalist Coffee County came to town for a pair of wins over Ensworth (90-54) and Stewarts Creek (58-28). On Friday, Stewarts Creek (4-3) got past Lincoln County 54-44. After the teams evenly split the game's opening eight points, the Bearettes closed out the first frame with the final dozen markers for a 10-point (16-6) edge. Lincoln County (2-2) fought back to take the second quarter by a 12-9 margin to loser the deficit to single digits (25-17) at the intermission. Abby Bryan, who led all scorers with 19 points, netted a 3-ball and a free throw in the first 57 seconds of the third period, before the hosts flexed their muscles for 20 straight points over the final seven minutes of the period, pushing the difference back to 22 points (45-23). Bryan once again led the girls from Fayetteville in a short rally, netting the first eight points for thee visitors, but Arkansas signee Harmonie Ware countered the run with back-to-back fast break buckets off steals and assists by Walter State-bound Malia Wilcox. Wilcox then sparked 13-3 streak with her second long-range bomb of the day as the Bearette "D" held Lincoln County to just a trio of free throws in the final five minutes. Ware paced Bradley with 17 points, hitting 6-fo-10 shots from the field, plus 4-for-5 at the free throw line, while grabbing a half dozen rebounds. Samford-bound Avary Brewer helped out with a trio of treys in her 13 points, plus she copped three steals and dished a pair of assists. Kennesaw State signee Tatianna Stovall posted a double-double for the victors with 10 points and 11 rebounds, plus she handed out four "dimes," swiped a pair of thefts and "swatted" two Lincoln County shot attempts. Netting just a half dozen points, 2024 Miss Tennessee Basketball finalist Kimora Fields was limited to just 14:33 on playing time after picking up two quick fouls early in the contest. "We have to overcome a little adversity with Kimora getting into foul trouble, but we've practice for that and we did a good job of compensating," assessed Coach Reuter. "It was good to see us face the adversity and still come away with a 27-point win." Along with Bryan's 19, Lincoln County got 10 points from Molly Brown to account for more then 82.6% of its scoring. Another match up of top teams turned into a one-sided affair Friday as Bradley completely dominated private-school powerhouse Ensworth. The Bearettes handed the Lady Tigers, which have played in a dozen state title games since the school's inception in 2002, the worst defeat in program history with an 84-33 mauling. Before the 51-point defeat, Ensworth, which has played in 16 TSSAA DII state tournaments, winning seven and finishing runner-up five times, in 22 seasons, previous worst defeat was to archrival Brentwood Academy, by a 62-25 margin (37) in January of 2015. Bradley set the tone right off the bat with a fastbreak bucket by Class of 2026 top state recruit Fields off an opening tip assist Stovall. The Bearettes quickly added two more fast breaks off steals by Brewer and Ware, forcing the visitors to call a timeout. The brief break didn't slow down Bradley as it roared out to an 18-0 edge before the girls from Nashville finally found the bottom of the bucket on a NBA-range 3-pointer by Jillian Sanderson five minutes into the game. The Bearettes responded with the next 10 points for a 28-3 edge at the first horn, the majority of which came off their eight steals in the period. The onslaught continued with a 17-2 Bearette run to open the second frame to push the advantage to 40 points before the teams traded the final 18 points, with the hosts going into the halftime locker room with a 53-15 edge. Ensworth came out of the intermission to net two of the first three baskets, but by the end of the third frame they difference had grown to 75-25 on a banked in buzzer-beating 3-pointer from the top of the key by Fields. With the "running clock" in affect for the final eight minutes, Bradley added just a point to the lead with a 9-8 period. Fields led the attack, connecting on 10-of-15 shots from the field, including both her long-range attempts, plus went 10-for-14 at the foul line on her way to 32 points. The 6-foot junior also pulled down 11 rebounds for a double-double, plus swiped seven steals, handed out a trio of assists and blocked a pair of shots. Ware went 9-for-10 on two-point attempts and 3-of-5 at the stripe for 21 points to go with four caroms, four thefts and a couple of helps. Stovall tallied 14 markers, seven ricochets, five "dimes" and a pair of steals. Brewer overcame some struggles from the field (4-of-11) to post eight points while grabbing five boards. Senior Love Howard came off the bench for seven points, an assist, a steal and a block. Wilcox copped a half dozen thefts, handed out four assists and snatched a trio of caroms. Although Bradley hit just 4-of-19 (21.1%) from long range, the hosts shot 56% (28-for-50) from inside the arc, plus 16-of-23 (69.6%) free throws. Forcing 33 Ensworth turnovers, the Bearettes turned them into 45 points, while holding the Lady Tigers to just 36 shots, of which they made just 12 (33.3%). The visitors also went to the foul line just seven times, sinking three. The hosts won the backboard battle 37-30 and as well as holding a 48-6 edge in scoring in the paint. The Bearettes also handed out 20 assists on 32 made shots. Bradley did most of its damage Saturday in 28-4 opening period run at Lebanon before increasing the difference by seven points over the final three frames. Ware led the Bearette attack with 15 points, sinking 7-of-10 shots from the field, plus she dished off four helps. Wilcox stepped up with a trio of treys on her way to 11 points, seven steals, six assists, five boards and a blocked shot. Stovall collected 10 markers, a half dozen ricochets, six helps and a couple of steals. While Fields hit just 4-of-7 shots on her way only nine points, she had half dozen rebounds, five thefts and a trio of assists. Brewer aded eight markers and a pair of thefts, while Howard drilled a couple of shots from long range for a half dozen points. Bradley hit half of its 34 shots from inside the arc, plus went 6-for-16 (37.5) beyond it.
A Campbell River resident is celebrating the milestone of becoming Canada’s first-ever student pilot to fly solo in an electric airplane. Catherine Check said she has wanted to be a pilot since she was five years old and decided a few years ago to pursue it as a profession. After gaining experience with conventional airplanes, her instructor at Sealand Flight School offered her the opportunity to test an electric plane. On Dec. 18, with about 10 hours of training experience, the 18-year-old became the country's first-ever student pilot to fly solo in an electric airplane. "The plane is a lot lighter, so you feel more turbulence," Check said. "But at the same time, the technology difference is remarkable." Flying the electric plane felt safer than a conventional plane, Check explained, because she could monitor what's happening with the engine, batteries, and power more confidentially during the 50-minute flight. "It's really safe in my opinion," she said. "Because it's a glider, it's not going to go in a nosedive." Check said the achievement means a lot to her, as she is a female pilot in a male-dominated field. She said she hopes her success will encourage others to consider becoming pilots, especially because the future of air travel is more sustainable. READ ALSO: First commercial electric flight to make history in Campbell River Called a Velis Electro, the electric plane Check flew is ultra-quiet. It produces zero emissions and is expected to be less expensive than conventional training aircraft. According to Sealand Flight School, the flight represents a major milestone in the aviation industry’s pursuit of sustainability. With the backing of Clean BC, BC Hydro, and Transport Canada, Sealand Flight is leading this initiative and takes immense pride in Check's achievement. “After sending students solo in conventional airplanes for over 20 years, it was exciting and rewarding to watch Catherine solo in an electric airplane for the first time,” said Ian Lamont, the company's chief flight instructor. This pioneering initiative serves as a foundation for implementing more commercial zero-emissions aircrafts reads a media release from the flight school. Through the electric airplane training flights, Canada's regulators and industry members are studying and evaluating how aviation can feasibly adopt these emerging technologies, it says.Formula 1 expands grid to add General Motors' Cadillac brand and new American team for 2026 season
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