In "Play Your Spirit: The Brave Souls," players harness the energy of their inner spirits to battle against challengers in a quest for victory. Each card represents a part of their soul, capturing the essence of their dreams, fears, and aspirations. With a mere flick of the hand, players can unleash their soul's power, invoking abilities and casting spells to outwit their opponents.A national championship run could come with a bit of history for Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel. The sixth-year senior is 2nd in FBS history in passing yards, trailing only Case Keenum, and he enters the Rose Bowl only 795 yards shy of the record with as many as three games still to play. The path to a potential record was a long and winding one for Gabriel, who started his career at UCF. Between the NCAA's additional COVID-19 year of eligibility and a season-ending injury that cost him most of 2021, Gabriel is still playing more than five years after debuting at the college level. Oregon is Gabriel's third different stop, or fourth if you count the handful of weeks he spent committed to UCLA before instead choosing to replace Caleb Williams at Oklahoma. That journey might just take Gabriel all the way to the NFL. Here's a look at Gabriel's NFL Draft projection and where he ranks among draft-eligible quarterbacks. SN's PLAYOFF HQ: Live CFP scores | Updated CFP bracket | Full CFP schedule Dillon Gabriel mock draft projection Gabriel impressed at three different stops in his college career and earned a trip to New York as a Heisman finalist this season, but he's not considered a high-end quarterback prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft. Gabriel just barely cracks the latest big board by SN's Vinnie Iyer, ranking No. 100 overall and No. 6 among quarterbacks with Penn State's Drew Allar and LSU's Garrett Nussmeier returning to school. That indicates Gabriel is likely to be selected in April, but he's poised to enter the NFL as a developmental prospect rather than a player a front office is counting on to become a franchise quarterback. "Gabriel has a great blend of experience, accuracy, intangibles, and athleticism, but his size and lack of elite arm strength will only get him initial interest as an intriguing developmental backup," Iyer says. Other big boards place Gabriel a bit lower, as NFL Mock Draft Database's consensus rankings place the Oregon senior at No. 167 overall and No. 9 among QBs when taking dozens of boards into account. While Gabriel isn't expected to be selected high enough for anyone to have a strong sense of where he might land, don't expect quarterback-needy teams like the Giants and Raiders to target him. Instead, teams with established starters or bridge quarterbacks could view Gabriel as a long-term backup option in the middle rounds. MORE: Dan Lanning dismisses NFL coaching rumors NFL Draft QB rankings 2025 Here are the top quarterbacks in the 2025 NFL Draft according to SN's Vinnie Iyer. Rank QB School Overall rank 1 Shedeur Sanders Colorado 8 2 Cam Ward Miami 9 3 Jalen Milroe Alabama 18 4 Quinn Ewers Texas 33 5 Carson Beck Georgia 59 6 Dillon Gabriel Oregon 100 MORE: Updated 2025 NFL mock draft While the big board initially had Allar and Nussmeier ranked ahead of Gabriel, both quarterbacks have announced they are returning to school. That leaves a thin quarterback class behind Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward, but history shows teams won't often reach for quarterbacks they don't see as potential long-term starters. A strong College Football Playoff could impact Gabriel's stock, but he could be headed for a mid-round selection with the chance to be developed into a long-term NFL backup. COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARDS SN 2024 All-America team Player of the Year: Travis Hunter Coach of the Year: Curt CignettiThe Manchester Derby represents more than just a clash of two football clubs; it symbolizes the pride, history, and spirit of the city itself. The rivalry between the red and blue sides of Manchester runs deep, creating an electric atmosphere whenever they face off on the field.
By Kim Hyun-bin The cultural department of the French Embassy, in collaboration with Gen.G Esports, Webedia and the French cultural institute, will host its first-ever Korean boot camp for a French League of Legends professional team from Tuesday to Dec. 10. The event is a unique project facilitated through cooperation with the French Embassy. French League of Legends boot camp poster / Courtesy of Embassy of France in Seoul Team Vitality, the recent champion of the League of Legends La Banque Postale France Cup held in France last month, will embark on an immersive experience in Korea's celebrated esports ecosystem. They will train alongside one of the world's top teams, Gen.G Esports, at the Gen.G Global Academy. This boot camp offers Team Vitality customized training and opportunities to explore esports landmarks and cultural sites in Seoul. "Our partnership with the French Embassy in Korea enables the La Banque Postale France Cup winning team to train with the world's elite players. This experience will extend beyond gaming, providing a unique cultural exchange. The entire journey will be documented and aired on French television in 2025," Bertrand Amar, head of esports at Webedia, said. This boot camp highlights the growth of French esports on the global stage. Prominent teams like Team Vitality and Karmine Corp have driven significant growth in the French esports ecosystem in recent years. "This boot camp symbolizes our vision of a robust and sustainable cooperative relationship between Korea and France. Hosting this event while the second season of the animated series 'Arcane,' inspired by League of Legends and produced by a top French studio, is airing, is particularly meaningful. This coincidence underscores France's international expertise and standing in animation and video games," Pierre Morcos, cultural attaché at the French Embassy, said. The event is sponsored by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the French cultural institute as part of their strategy to promote cultural and creative industries abroad.The year 2025 lies ahead, and addressing climate change is high on the list of priorities for countries across the world as well as the global community at large. The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended in the early morning hours of 24 November 2024; the 30th session (COP30) will convene on 10 November 2025. In between these sessions, much work remains to be done to advance climate action at the national and international level, including on a range of topics that include climate finance, the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), a new round of national commitments, and many more. For many participants and observers, COP29 fell short of expectations. However, the conference still produced several decisions that lay out a roadmap for 2025 and beyond, while other agenda items were postponed until June or November 2025. Arguably the most important decision out of COP29 was the last-minute agreement on a new collective quantified goal on climate finance (NCQG), which sets a goal of “at least USD 300 billion per year by 2035 for developing country Parties for climate action” and calls on all actors “to work together to enable the scaling up of financing to developing country Parties for climate action from all public and private sources to at least USD 1.3 trillion per year by 2035.” The decision text on the NCQG also highlights the importance of reforming the multilateral financial architecture as well as the need to remove barriers faced by developing countries, such as Sri Lanka, for financing their climate action. For example, these barriers could include high costs of capital, limited fiscal space, unsustainable debt levels, high transaction costs, and conditionalities for accessing climate finance. In the same decision, Parties at COP29 launched the “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T,” which aims to scale up climate finance in line with the ambitions outlined above—through grants, concessional and non-debt-creating instruments, or measures to create fiscal space—throughout the year and until COP30. Other agenda items which made progress include the Global Goal on Adaptation, which will see further technical and political work through 2025 to adopt a set of indicators at COP30; loss and damage, which has seen pledges for the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage; and Article 6, where the framework for carbon trading has been further operationalised. In between now and COP30, there are many other milestone events, workshops, gatherings, and activities that aim to advance climate action across the different workstreams and agenda items. This includes the negotiations at the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB62) in June; several high-level summits and ministerial meetings (for example, the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial or the Petersberg Climate Dialogue); other relevant events across the United Nations system (such as the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly); and a range of regional gatherings, mandated workshops, and the meetings of technical bodies. Both developed and developing countries are scheduled to submit their new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in February 2025, informed by the outcomes of the first Global Stocktake which concluded in 2023. For most countries, this is the third iteration of their NDCs after the initial round in 2015/2015 and a second one in 2020. Although the NDCs offer all countries a much-needed opportunity to scale up ambition, developing countries will depend on the provision of finance and other means of implementation to make stronger commitments. COP30 will take place in Belém, the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Pará, which is considered the gateway to the Amazon. Tens of thousands of participants, including many heads of states and ministers, are expected to attend the conference over two weeks in November, and logistical preparations are ongoing. While the new finance goal is decided, much work is left to be done towards operationalising it; and there are other agenda items as well that will be at the centre of attention. On climate finance, the current goals of providing $ 100 billion per year and doubling adaptation finance will come to an end. The COP29 decision on the NCQG outlines a way forward, but developed countries will need to scale up provision of finance to allow for ambitious action, while developing countries need to access and utilise funds in effective and inclusive ways. Furthermore, the global community must work together to reform the international financial architecture in a way to ensure that it is fit for purpose and reflects the needs and priorities of all countries. The Global Goal on Adaptation will be a critical part of the COP30 agenda, as Parties must define a set of indicators for the seven thematic and four dimensional global adaptation targets. These indicators aim to boost adaptation action across the world and track success across different sectors and dimensions, ultimately building long-term resilience in a holistic way that allows for green growth and sustainable development pathways. The multilateral process is only a piece of the complex puzzle of climate action, but it is an important one. COP30 might be a year away, but work must start now to ensure successful outcomes. In addition, action at the national and regional level is vital to convert decisions and global frameworks into actual implementation that reaches the ground and addresses the needs of vulnerable communities, sectors, and countries.
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