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5 top tech gifts for the holidaysICEYE expands its Earth Observation capabilities with launch of two SAR satellites for mid-inclination orbit on the Bandwagon-2 mission with SpaceXLOS ANGELES (AP) — Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin needs hip surgery and will be out four to six months, jeopardizing the season for the 32-year-old now dealing with the second major hip injury of his career. Seguin will have a procedure to repair an impingement and the labrum in his left hip, the team said Wednesday. The surgery is planned for Thursday. “Tyler’s been dealing with this, been managing, I guess is the best way to say it, for a while,” general manager Jim Nill said. “And it just got to a point where it’s really this time to have surgery, and it’s a wear-and-tear injury.” The six-time All-Star missed all but three games of the 2020-21 season following a similar surgery on his right hip. Seguin also underwent arthroscopic knee surgery during that absence. Seguin tried to play through hip pain during the playoff bubble in Canada in 2020, when the Stars reached the Stanley Cup Final before losing to Tampa Bay. He played 19 of the first 23 games this season and is third on the team with 20 points (nine goals, 11 assists). The Stars put Seguin on injured reserve after a 3-1 victory over Winnipeg on Sunday. “He’s done a great job with it," defenseman Miro Heiskanen said. "You couldn’t really tell if he’s hurt or not, he was playing so good.” Seguin played 81 games the first season after the surgery on his right hip and didn't miss any of Dallas' playoff games in runs to the Western Conference final each of the past two seasons. After winning the Stanley Cup title with Boston as a rookie in 2010-11, Seguin spent two more seasons with Boston before getting traded to Dallas in 2013. Seguin averaged 34 goals and 43 assists in his first six years with the Stars and signed a $78.8 million, eight-year extension in 2019. Nill said it was too early to know how the Stars, who are currently fourth in the Western Conference, might use the salary cap space that would be available by placing Seguin on long-term injured reserve. By moving Seguin's cap hit of $9.85 million to LTIR, it could allow them to add another standout player before the March 7 trade deadline. “We’re in a good position cap wise, we got some cap room, and we’re good roster wise. So, we’re just going to kind of monitor that as the season goes forward,” Nill said. AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
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Suspended soccer coach Bev Priestman has broken her silence, saying she hopes something positive comes out of the ongoing Canadian drone-spying scandal. “I hope out of a really tough situation, this is a turning point for our game,” she wrote in an Instagram post via her verified account. “There has been a standard and precedent set now, irrespective of gender, tournament or associated revenues that will hopefully clean up our game.” She did not address her role in the affair in the six-paragraph post. Priestman, assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joey Lombardi are all serving one-year FIFA bans for their role in the scandal, which saw the Canada women’s team use a drone to spy on two New Zealand training sessions at the Olympics. Canada Soccer says the three won’t be back in the wake of the recent independent report into the scandal. Lombardi is already gone, having resigned his position after the Olympics. “The findings of the independent investigator reveal that the incident itself was a symptom of a difficult and unacceptable past culture within the national teams,” Canada Soccer chief executive officer and general secretary Kevin Blue and president and board chair Peter Augruso said in a statement when the report was released earlier this month. Canada Soccer continues to investigate the roots of the spying scandal and has initiated a disciplinary process against former men’s and women’s coach John Herdman, currently coach of Toronto FC. The governing body has said it “has initiated a proceeding with respect to Mr. Herdman under its Disciplinary Code.” Herdman did not speak to Sonia Regenbogen, who wrote the report. Priestman signed a new contract in January that runs through the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The 38-year-old Priestman took over the Canadian women on Nov. 1, 2020, and was initially appointed “through the next quadrennial.” She had been working on a rolling contract — until the new deal. “It has and will continue to take some time to process, heal, find the right words and step back into a public setting but I felt I should say something irrespective of ongoing circumstances,” Priestman wrote. In addition to the suspensions, FIFA docked the Canadian women six points in the group stage at the Olympics and fined Canada Soccer 200,000 Swiss francs ($312,815). Despite that, defending champion Canada still managed to make the knockout round before losing a penalty shootout to Germany in the quarterfinals. “I know that amazing group was ready to reach the top again this summer, but in many ways what they did was even more special under such difficult circumstances,” Priestman wrote. She also thanked those who had reached out to her. “You continue to help me through some dark days,” she said. Canadian under-20 coach Cindy Tye has been named interim coach for the sixth-ranked Canadians’ upcoming friendlies in Spain against Iceland and South Korea.
It was the second fatal accident involving a Cybertruck bursting into flames. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here.Wales face a daunting task to halt their historic losing run as they host South Africa in the final match of a dismal Autumn Nations Series on Saturday. It has been a woeful campaign for Warren Gatland’s side thus far to follow a one-win Six Nations and summer defeats by the Springboks and Australia, equalling their worst-ever run of 10 successive Test defeats after being edged out at home by Fiji before setting a new low mark after a sobering 52-20 thrashing by the resurgent Wallabies last weekend. Such a harrowing sequence has deepened the ongoing sense of crisis around Welsh rugby and led to fervent speculation over the future of Gatland, whose second stint in charge at the Principality Stadium is proving to be a disaster. Gatland met with Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) chiefs in the changing room after the demolition by Australia and admitted he would consider his future. The former Lions coach - who offered to step down after a dreadful defeat by Italy in this year’s Six Nations - then said earlier this week that he would resign if it was in the best interests of Welsh rugby, though also insisted that he wanted to carry on in the job as he also dismissed reports of a break clause in his contract following the 2025 Six Nations. Speculation continues that Saturday could represent Gatland’s final match in charge, particularly in the likely event that Wales are on the receiving end of another heavy defeat. Reigning back-to-back world champions South Africa arrive in Cardiff having seen off both England and Scotland in successive weeks, following up their first Rugby Championship triumph since 2019. Wales vs South Africa takes place on Saturday November 23, 2024 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Kick-off is slated for 5:40pm GMT, which is 7:40pm in South Africa. It is the final match of the autumn for both of these teams, with Wales having lost to Fiji and Australia and the Springboks defeated both Scotland and England thus far. TV channel: The game will be shown live in the UK on TNT Sports 2, with coverage beginning at 5:15pm GMT. Fans can also catch the action live via Welsh-language channel S4C, where build-up begins at 5pm GMT. Live stream: TNT Sport subscribers can view the match live online via the Discovery+ app and website, with web coverage also available via S4C. Live blog: You can follow Saturday evening’s contest with Standard Sport’s dedicated live match blog. Wales show four changes to the side thrashed by Australia, with Sam Costelow starting at fly-half over Gareth Anscombe and Rio Dyer brought onto the wing as Blair Murray shifts to full-back in place of Cam Winnett. In the pack, injured lock Adam Beard is replaced by Christ Tshiunza and Aaron Wainright makes way for Taine Plumtree at number eight. Versatile uncapped forward Freddie Thomas - a former England youth international - looks set to make his Test debut off the bench, with Gloucester team-mate Josh Hathaway also earning a promotion. South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus has been forced into a late change on the eve of the game, with Jean Kleyn forced out of the squad through injury and Eben Etzebeth promoted from the bench to start at lock again alongside Franco Mostert. Marco van Staden moves onto the bench. There were seven original changes from the Boks with Erasmus continuing to shuffle his pack and showcase that formidable strength in depth, with brothers Jaden and Jordan Hendrikse partnered together at half-back for the very first time. The rest of the alterations were in the pack, with Mostert coming in for RG Snyman and Thomas du Toit replacing the rested Ox Nche in the front row. Johan Grobbelaar replaces Bongi Mbonambi at hooker and Elrigh Louw lines up in the back row with Pieter-Steph du Toit having returned home with a shoulder issue. Nche had initially been due to start despite a nasty cut to his knee suffered against England, but a change of heart then saw Thomas du Toit switch to loosehead and Wilco Louw start again at tighthead. Kwagga Smith, Lukhanyo Am, Andre Esterhuizen and Makazole Mapimpi have all now left the squad, along with Pieter-Steph du Toit. Wales XV: Murray; Rogers, Llewellyn, B Thomas, Dyer; Costelow, Bevan; G Thomas, Lake (c), Griffin; Rowlands, Tshiunza; Botham, Morgan, Plumtree Replacements: Elias, Smith, Assiratti, F Thomas, Reffell, R Williams, James, Hathaway South Africa XV: Fassi; Kolbe, Kriel, De Allende, Arendse; Jordan Hendrikse, Jaden Hendrikse; T du Toit, J Grobbelaar, W Louw; Etzebeth, Mostert; Kolisi (c), E Louw, Wiese Replacements: Marx, Steenekamp, Koch, Van Staden, Snyman, Hanekom, Reinach, Pollard Free-falling Wales should not look at the recent head-to-head record for any crumb of comfort as they desperately seek a rot-stopping victory on Saturday. South Africa have won six of the last seven matches between the two nations, including three in a row. They last played at Twickenham back in June, when the Springboks ran in five tries and won 41-13 against an experimental Wales team who were shown two yellow cards early on to fall to 13 men. Wales’s only win over South Africa since 2018 came on their 2022 summer tour, when they beat them away for the very first time courtesy of a tense 13-12 victory in Bloemfontein before losing the series decider. Wales wins: 7 South Africa wins: 34 Draws: 1 It’s impossible to make a case for anything other than a dominant South Africa victory this weekend. Wales look to be hitting rock bottom and have a Herculean task ahead not to go a whole calendar year without winning a single Test match for the first time since all the way back in 1937. We fully expect another decisive showing from the Springboks to likely hasten the end of Gatland’s miserable second spell in charge. South Africa to win, by 20 points. Wales to win: 20/1 South Africa to win: 1/40 Draw: 50/1 Odds via Betfair (subject to change).
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