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Now that Bayern II have started their winter break, it is a great time to look back at the season so far and evaluate it. In this article, the individual performance of the members of Bayern Munich ’s U-23 squad during the first half of the season will be graded from 1-6, with 1 being the best grade and 6 being the worst grade. This encompasses matchdays 1-22 and ignores participation in the UEFA Youth League for the U-19s. Not every player has played enough minutes to be fairly rated, however. so only players who have contested at least 270 minutes of game time will be evaluated. Without further ado, here are the ratings: Guido Della Rovere: 1- AM/RW, 17 years old, 626 minutes played, 1 goal, 5 assists What a signing Guido Della Rovere has been so far. When Bayern signs an Italian, you know he has to be good. He is one of the two new signings in the squad, with the other of course completely overshadowing the former US Cremonense youth player. But the youngster does not need the hype of a long transfer saga to stand out. Della Rovere has impressed with his silky smooth skills, his vision, his dribbling and his phenomenal understanding of the game. Even a two month injury could do little to slow him down. He is still a very raw talent and he can make some very bad decisions here or there, but that is very understandable. After all, at 17, Della Rovere is one of the youngest players in the team. He is already impressive, but still has so much room to grow. Emirhan Demircan: 2+ LW, 19 years old, 1045 minutes played, 4 goals, 5 assists Emirhan Demircan has had a very curious season. Demircan is a very direct winger, who loves to take on opponents and cause havoc for the opposition. Having graduated from the U-19s in the summer, he immediately found his way into the starting XI and shone as Bayern II started the season superbly, managed to shine as Bayern’s best threat via his solo runs once the team started struggling only to be immediately dropped to the bench once all the fit attackers return. It was not necessarily an unjustified decision-this team is stacked with ridiculous attacking talent- but it was not the kind of reward Demircan’s strong season to date had deserved. Hopefully, the Turkish youth international will be able to battle his way back into starting XI contention for the second half of the season. Younes Aitamer: NR 21 years old, 0 minutes He tore his cruciate ligament in March and has not had the chance to play this season. Michael Scott: 3+ LW, 18 years old, 308 minutes played, 1 goal, 1 assist Got all of your “it’s the guy from the Office” or “it’s the guy from BFW” jokes out of your system? Good. Michael Scott is a genuinely capable young winger, one who is full of skills and tricks and will run his socks off for the team. Unfortunately, as mentioned, this team is filled with fantastic attacking talent and the former Bayer Leverkusen youngster has therefore seen his game time limited. In fact, most of his appearances saw him come off the bench. This grade is more of a reflection of his lack of game time rather than anything else. Nestory Irankunda: 2 CF/RW, 18 years old, 990 minutes played, 4 goals, 4 assists Nestory Irankunda, the star signing of the summer and arguably the headline player of the team, was...fine this season. What is striking is how extreme both his strengths and weaknesses are. As most know, Irankunda’s speed and shot power are genuinely phenomenal. He has shown surprisingly good poaching instincts and movement in the box. Additionally, the Australian demonstrates an impressive amount of strength, at times bodying fully grown adults aside as if they weighed nothing at all. However, his link up play is woefully below par, he has a really poor first touch and he can really drift out of a game completely. For all his talent, the former Adelaide United Star has looked like a foreign object in the team for most of the season, which saw him benched for a solid few games. But do not give up on him, not even a little: Even when he is completely out of sync with the team, his speed, power and shooting allow him to create chances by himself. Besides, he has looked better and more in sync with his teammates in the last few games of the season. This a young player who has had to move to a different continent and adjust to a completely different league, a different team and a new way of living. Irankunda was always going to need time to adjust and, while not all of his weaknesses are born from this adjustment period, those weaknesses will only improve once he has fully bedded in. He’s doing fine. Adin Ličina: 3 RW, 17 years old, 476 minutes played, 1 goal, 1 assist Adin Ličina’s inclusion in the preseason of Bayern Munich’s senior team was a brilliant decision, as the young German and Montenegro dual citizen really shone on the stage provided for him. Unfortunately, the momentum he got from this has been eradicated by injuries, with a combination of a broken finger and illness keeping him out of the majority of Bayern II’s games so far this season. He looked a little lost when he came back, then he had one good game and promptly got hurt again. Hopefully, Ličina will be injury free in the second half of the season and demonstrate what he can really do. Jonah Kusi-Asare: 2- ST, 17 years old, 286 minutes played, 2 goals, 1 assist Jonah Kusi-Asare is another whose season has been blighted by injuries. In fact, ever since he joined Bayern for a mammoth €4 million last January, he has been struck with one unfortunate injury after another. And yet, his immense quality has shined through when he has been fit. Standing at an unbelievable 6’5” at just 17 with a Slenderman-esque body shape, Kusi-Asare seems like a typical target man until he controls the ball with beautiful technique and disappears past you with a quick feint. No person that size should be able to move or dribble like that, yet the former AIK youngster does it with ease. His goal scoring instincts are also razor sharp and he has a brilliant understanding of how to best hold up the ball to service his team, something training with Harry Kane can only help him develop further. Though he has the occasional technical mishap in him, a long run without injuries should allow him to finally showcase his unbelievable, immense talents on a consistent basis and truly shine. Maximilian Wagner: 2 CF/RW/LW, 20 years old, 1045 minutes played, 3 goals, 3 assists Maximilian Wagner is an incredibly flexible player, able to be deployed on either side of the pitch or in the middle. Part of the reason he is so flexible is his incredible understanding of the game, his intelligent link up play and his good technique. It was these qualities that saw him bench Irankunda, which immediately led to some much more fluid attacking performances from the team. However, Wagner did struggle to be truly consequent in the final third. All in all, it has been a good but unspectacular season so far. Samuel Unsöld: 4+ ST, 19 years old, 599 minutes played, 2 goals, 1 assist It is damning that, as his striker competition Kusi-Asare spent most of the season out injured, Samuel Unsöld struggled to get consistent minutes. Instead, Unsöld’s season has been defined by unbelievable, glaring misses. It came to be a pattern that the German youngster would get subbed on, take advantage of tired legs and desperate opponents to get sent on a counter by his teammates, stare down the keeper in a one-on-one goal scoring situation and then embarrassingly fluff his lines. Unsöld is not a bad player, but this has just not been his season so far. Jonathan Asp Jensen: 1++ LW/CAM, 18 years old, 700 minutes played, 4 goals, 6 assists The very best player was saved for last. When Vincent Kompany revealed his roster for Bayern’s pre-season, the most shocking exclusion was arguably Jonathan Asp Jensen, who had excelled in previous years for Bayern’s youth teams. Nevertheless, Asp Jensen reacted to the snub in the best way possible. Those who participated in the senior team’s pre-season were forced to miss games 2-5 for Bayern II, 4 games in which Asp Jensen tallied an incredible 2 goals and 5 assists as Bayern II racked up 19 points from the first 7 games. Unfortunately, an ankle injury soon after ruled him out for the next 2 and a half months, which immediately led to the team dropping off heavily. Once the Dane finally returned, it was as if nothing had happened, as he immediately took charge again and continued his extraordinary performances and scoring 2 goals in his final game of the year. What is striking about Asp Jensen is not just his phenomenal goal contributions tally, but the vast array of qualities he has. He can drop deep in midfield and dictate the play, he can find pockets of space further forward, he can dribble past multiple players at will through his incredible swivels and unbelievable close control and he can find players with the most the most unbelievably creative passes. In multiple aspects, he truly reminds one of Jamal Musiala. But Asp Jensen’s most brilliant aspect, which he has been developing this season, is the amount of responsibility he takes. He is really grabbing games by the scruff of their neck, demanding the ball, always following attacking moves through convincingly, popping up with crucial goal contributions when the team is struggling and leading the team through good times and bad. What a development Asp Jensen has taken this season. If any player deserves a call up to Bayern’s senior team due to their form this season, it is him. Overall rating: 2 As mentioned, this team has an overabundance of incredible attacking quality. A team in the Regionalliga that can justifiably bench Nestory Irankunda despite some injuries is incredibly stacked. So many of the players here have had their seasons so far blighted by injury, but the team still managed to score 50 goals in 21 games. It is unlikely that the same attacking core will remain in the second half of the season, as there are simply too many incredibly good players in the squad, but if these players have even just a little more luck with injuries for the rest of the season, the team’s attacking quality will become even more lethal. Related Bayern Campus Round Up: Dramatic game ends with 97th minute winner, Lennart Karl and Mike Wisdom take center stage Report: Max Eberl plotting next round of talks with camp for Bayern Munich star Jamal Musiala

The Georgia Southern football team was once again in a great position entering last week’s home matchup with Troy. The Eagles were tied for first place in the Eastern division with Marshall, a team they beat earlier this season and controlled their own destiny in making it to the Sun Belt Championship. Three games remaining against teams with losing records in the conference were ahead, and if the Eagles were able to win out, they had a chance to even host the Sun Belt Championship. The Eagles have struggled in post-October football games with a 2-10 record and unfortunately that trend continued as they fell 28-20 to a Troy team that came in 2-7 overall and 1-4 in conference play. The Eagles only committed one turnover, which came late in the game, but really struggled on third down as the defense allowed Troy to go 11-14 and eat up valuable time off the clock, while the Eagles offense only managed to go three for eight on third down. “We really needed to be better on third down,” said coach Clay Helton. “I thought quarterback Matthew Caldwell did a nice job of getting the ball to his playmakers going 11 for 14 and keeping our offense off the field. They did the things that good ball-control offenses do. They didn’t turn the ball over and limited us to just eight drive possessions.” While message boards and social media lit up after the game with frustrated fans, Eagle starting defensive lineman Isaac Walker vented his frustration as well on Instagram. Helton announced Monday that Walker was no longer with the team and would not go into the reasons behind it. “I can confirm he is no longer on the football team,” Helton said. “We are very fortunate here unlike a lot of places that have a lot of attrition. We have 123 players, men who are pulling really hard in the same direction. They want to win a championship and are fighting like heck. Leadership is always tough, you aren’t going to make everyone happy and that’s the price of leadership.” Walker no longer being on the roster comes a week after quarterback Dexter Williams decided to leave the team and enter the transfer portal. Eagle players admit they are as frustrated with losing as the fans are and are trying their best to focus on the game ahead with Coastal Carolina and block the noise the best they can from outside the team. “The way the fans feel is the same way we feel,” said Eagle defensive back Chance Gamble. “We know we are expected to win here at Georgia Southern. I feel like there are plays I didn’t make on third down and I know I need to do a better job of locking in especially in those situations.” “It does hurt to hear negativity out there because we want them to love us like we love them,” said Eagle offensive lineman Bryson Broadway. “I love our fans, I love the interactions with the fans and this environment. This is unlike any other place and special. I think sometimes this brings us together and puts a chip on our shoulder and makes us want to work harder.” The Eagles are currently tied for second place in the East and with JMU and Marshall still yet to play have a good chance at winning the East but will have to win out which starts with a road game at Coastal Carolina Saturday in Conway S.C. The Chanticleers come in with a record of 5-5 overall and are 2-4 in Sun Belt play. Coastal is coming off a 38-24 loss to Marshall on the road and are averaging 30 points per game, but giving up over 31 points per contest. Ethan Vasko leads the Chanticleer offense and has thrown for 1,818 and 11 touchdowns. On the ground Vasko has accounted for 357 yards and four scores. Coastal’s leading rusher is Brayden Bennett with 546 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns. “You can see coach Tim Beck’s fingerprints on this team,” Helton said. “They have always been that spread-option team, but coach Beck is one of the most elite pro-style minds there are. They have kind of blended into that with tremendous balance. They are running the ball but also Vasko is distributing the ball to some electric playmakers. What really scared me is what they did to a really good running team in Marshall in holding them to only 35 yards that really jumped off the page as far as what they did defensively.” The Eagles and Chanticleers are scheduled for a 3:30 kickoff in a game that can seen on ESPN+

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Robert Hinton scored 15 points as Harvard beat New Hampshire 72-62 on Sunday. Hinton shot 5 of 11 from the field and 5 for 7 from the line for the Crimson (3-7). Chandler Pigge scored 14 points while going 6 of 9 from the field and added nine rebounds, five assists, and four steals. Louis Lesmond had 13 points and shot 4 for 7 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line. Anthony McComb III led the Wildcats (2-11) in scoring, finishing with 21 points. Sami Pissis added 16 points and two steals for New Hampshire. Caleb Middleton had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Harvard's next game is Saturday against Furman at home, and New Hampshire visits Stonehill on Sunday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Surat’s garment sector set to grow 20-25% as global brands seek stability away from Bangladesh

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COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — For a pair of lower-level downhill events, this sure had plenty of Olympic medal-capturing and World Cup-winning ski racers. The stage belonged to Lindsey Vonn, the 40-year-old who took another step on her comeback trail Saturday with her first races in nearly six years. Vonn wasn't particularly speedy and finished in the middle of the pack on a cold but sunny day at Copper Mountain. Times and places weren't the mission, though, as much as getting used to the speed again and gaining the necessary points to compete on the World Cup circuit this season. Vonn accomplished both, finishing 24th in the first downhill race of the day and 27th in the second. She posted on social media after the FIS races that she had enough points to enter World Cup events. The timing couldn't be more perfect — the next stop on the women's circuit is Beaver Creek, Colorado, in a week. Vonn, who used to own a home in nearby Vail, hasn't committed to any sort of timetable for a World Cup return. “Today was a solid start and I had a blast being in start with my teammates again!” Vonn wrote on X. “While I’m sure people will speculate and say I’m not in top form because of the results, I disagree. This was training for me. I’m still testing equipment and getting back in the groove.” Lindsey Vonn reacts after her run at a downhill skiing race at Copper Mountain Ski Resort on Saturday in Copper Mountain, Colo. Her competition — a veritable who's who of high-profile ski racers — applauded her efforts. “I don't expect her to come back and win — just that she comes back and she has fun,” said Federica Brignone of Italy, a former overall World Cup champion and three-time Olympic medalist. “She's having fun, and she’s doing what she loves. That’s the best thing that she could do.” In the first race on a frigid morning, Vonn wound up 1.44 seconds behind the winning time of 1 minute, 5.79 seconds posted by Mirjam Puchner of Austria. In her second race through the course later in the morning, Vonn was 1.53 seconds behind Cornelia Huetter of Austria, who finished in 1:05.99. Huetter is the reigning season-long World Cup downhill champion. “It’s really nice to compare with her again, and nice to have her (racing) again,” Huetter said. “For sure, for the skiing World Cup, we have a lot of more attention. It's generally good for all racers because everyone is looking.” Also in the field were Nadia Delago of Italy, who won a bronze medal in downhill at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and Puchner, the Olympic silver winner in super-G in Beijing. In addition, there was Marta Bassino of Italy, a winner of the super-G at the 2023 world championships, and two-time Olympic champion Michelle Gisin of Switzerland. “For me, it was really a training, but it was fun to have a World Cup race level right here,” Gisin said. “It was a crazy race.” Vonn remains a popular figure and took the time after each run to sign autographs for young fans along with posing for photos. Lindsey Vonn competes in a downhill skiing race at Copper Mountain Ski Resort on Saturday in Copper Mountain, Colo. When she left the sport, Vonn had 82 World Cup race victories, which stood as the record for a woman and within reach of the all-time Alpine record of 86 held by Swedish standout Ingemar Stenmark. The women’s mark held by Vonn was surpassed in January 2023 by Mikaela Shiffrin, who now has 99 wins — more than any Alpine ski racer in the history of the sport. Shiffrin is currently sidelined after a crash in a giant slalom event in Killington, Vermont, last weekend. Vonn’s last major race was in February 2019, when she finished third in a downhill during the world championships in Sweden. The three-time Olympic medalist left the circuit still near the top of her game. But all the broken arms and legs, concussions and torn knee ligaments took too big a toll and sent her into retirement. She had a partial knee replacement last April and felt good enough to give racing another shot. “It's very impressive to see all the passion that Lindsey still has,” Gisin said. Also racing Saturday was 45-year-old Sarah Schleper, who once competed for the United States but now represents Mexico. Schleper was the next racer behind Vonn and they got a chance to share a moment between a pair of 40-somethings still racing. “I was like, ‘Give me some tips, Lindsey,’” Schleper said. “She’s like, ‘Oh, it’s a highway tuck, the whole thing.’ Then she’s like, ‘It’s just like the good old days.’" Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, foreground right, dives toward the end zone to score past San Francisco 49ers defensive end Robert Beal Jr. (51) and linebacker Dee Winters during the second half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green goes up for a dunk during the second half of an Emirates NBA cup basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Minneapolis. 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Bukaty) Get local news delivered to your inbox!The winter meetings are over, , and several of the have been on the move. But as teams started to , the biggest issue soon became that there was no franchise-altering player available once Soto was off the market. At least, that was the case until Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker became available. Since arriving in the big leagues in 2019, Tucker has been a force for the Astros and the true definition of a five-tool player. He owns a .274/.353/.516 slash line with 125 home runs and 94 stolen bases, and he’s an elite defender in right field. Tucker was on pace to have the best year of his career last season — with 23 homers in 79 games — before a shin fracture from a foul ball forced him to miss significant time. In recent weeks, it emerged that the Astros were open to moving the star outfielder. On Friday, in exchange for infielder Isaac Paredes, pitcher Hayden Wesneski and third-base prospect Cam Smith. The deal instantly makes Tucker the best player in Chicago. For Houston, Paredes has the ability to play third or first base with pull-side power that should play at Minute Maid Park. Wesneski is a versatile arm with good stuff who pitched in 68 games with 22 starts for the Cubs, with a respectable career 3.93 ERA. But the crown jewel of the trade for the Astros is Smith. The Cubs’ 2024 first-round draft pick was one of the best hitters in college baseball before Chicago took him with the 14th overall pick last year. He performed well during his first year in pro ball, slashing .313/.396/.609 with seven homers and 24 RBI, and finished the year in Double-A. The Astros have won a lot over the past decade, including two World Series titles. The only team that has won more games than Houston since 2015 is the Los Angeles Dodgers. But keeping their winning window open for that long comes at a cost, and it left the Astros’ prospect pool pretty thin. Sources aware of Houston’s thinking told Yahoo Sports that the hope was that a Tucker trade could help replenish the farm system that allowed the Astros to reach the ALCS in seven of the past eight seasons. With such a trade now complete, Paredes slots into the Astros’ infield and lineup immediately, and Wesneski could fill multiple roles for Houston, either in the bullpen or the rotation, depending on how the remainder of their offseason shakes out. And with Smith, who was ranked as the Cubs’ No. 7 prospect by MLB Pipeline, the Astros might’ve acquired their third baseman of the future. The other side of the equation for Houston was that the team’s owner, Jim Crane, doesn’t seem keen on going beyond six years in a contract offer for any player, whether that was Tucker or a free agent such as Alex Bregman, . The addition of Paredes likely makes re-signing Bregman less feasible, but Houston could, in theory, move Paredes to first if they still want to retain their longtime star. What the Cubs have lacked in recent years has been a true, difference-making bat in the middle of their lineup. They haven’t had one since the days of Kris Bryant. Now Tucker provides exactly that — a player who can produce consistently on offense and carry a lineup for weeks at a time. And with other teams in the National League having game-changing players, including Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr., Soto and Francisco Lindor, and the Dodgers’ three MVPs, Chicago now has an answer. The addition of Tucker also immediately makes the Cubs better on defense. With Tucker presumably in right field, Pete Crow-Armstrong in center and Ian Happ in left, you can make the case that the Cubs have one of the best defensive outfields in baseball. What the team will do with outfielders Cody Bellinger and Seiya Suzuki still needs to be figured out, but this deal gives Chicago moveable assets to continue to improve the roster. And in the aftermath of this trade, the Cubs have even more incentive to keep improving. The next step for Chicago will be to land one more starting pitcher; they’ve been active in the free-agent and trade markets for starters. Adding a high-leverage arm or two in the bullpen is also a significant need and would really put a stamp on what is shaping up to be an impactful winter for the Cubs. For the Cubs, the concern with acquiring Tucker has nothing to do with his talent, which at his best puts him among the top 10 players in MLB, and everything to do with his contract situation. The 27-year-old is entering his final season of club control before he’ll hit the free-agent market next winter. With the Yankees and Soto, we just witnessed a cautionary tale about making a move such as this. New York pulled the trigger on a Soto trade to acquire what they hoped would be the final piece of their championship puzzle, and they had great success, getting all the way to the World Series before falling to the Dodgers. Despite all that, Soto decided to leave in free agency and sign with the Mets, . Tucker entering free agency after the 2025 season is almost a certainty, according to sources. After Soto signed his record-breaking deal, players such as Tucker and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who is also set to be a free agent next winter, are even more incentivized to let the free-agent process play out, with potentially a $400 million-500 million payday awaiting them at the end. The Cubs traded for Tucker with full awareness that he might leave in 12 months and sign elsewhere. There is no guarantee that he will stay in Chicago or even that they will have an advantage in free-agent negotiations. In the case of the Yankees, they at least still have a top-five player in Aaron Judge following Soto’s departure, but the Cubs won’t likely have that type of security. The trio of players the Cubs gave up represent a steep price for a one-year rental. But it’s understandable that the price was so high. Tucker is the type of player who can take a team over the top as a contender or — perhaps more aptly in Chicago’s case — take a borderline playoff team and push it into October. With Soto signed, Tucker was the only player available with that kind of ability. But the Cubs need to be certain they have the rest of the pieces in place before Opening Day. Because they’ll likely get only one chance with Tucker on their roster.Langley Cruise-In raises $94,000 for charity at 25th car show

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