الدوسري: «نستحق الانتصار» على الأوروغواي

اعتبر قائد السعودية سالم الدوسري أن منتخب بلاده «يستحق الانتصار» على الأوروغواي بعد تعادلهما 1-1.وقال الدوسري في تصريح صحفي «بداية جيدة. نحن كنا نستحق الانتصار. خطوة بخطوة نحو هدفنا حتى نتأهل».
وأقرّ الدوسري (34 عاما) أنه «جئنا من أجل هدف واحد وهو الانتصار. في المباراة المقبلة سنعدّل أخطاءنا ونخطف الثلاث نقاط».
وتلعب السعودية مباراتها الثانية مع إسبانيا التي صُدمت بتعادل سلبي مع الرأس الأخضر ضمن المجموعة الثامنة.
وتابع قائد الهلال «اليوم أظهرنا المملكة العربية السعودية بشخصيتنا وقدّمنا المباراة بالشكل المطلوب لكن لم يحالفنا الحظ».
بدوره، قال قائد المنتخب الأوروغوياني فيديريكو فالفيردي الذي حصل على جائزة أفضل لاعب في المباراة «أعتقد أننا سلّمنا الشوط الأول للخصم ولم نقم بعملنا كما يجب».
وأضاف لاعب ريال مدريد الإسباني «في الشوط الثاني عملنا على الهجوم أكثر، استحوذنا على الكرة وما كان ناقصا هو الهدف الثاني، لكننا بذلنا جهدا كبيرا وضغطنا كثيرا».
وتابع «الفرحة ليست كاملة (بفوزه بجائزة أفضل لاعب) لأننا لم نحقق الفوز. عليّ أن أعمل جاهدا لكي أفوز في المباراة التالية».

Germany national team captain Joshua Kimmich said that the squad’s focus was severely disrupted after coming face-to-face with a venomous reptile at their training base in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, BBC reported.

The snake was later identified as a copperhead, a viper local to North Carolina. cricket-info.homes

"We saw a snake yesterday, we were told it was venomous. If you get bitten, you have to go to the hospital," Kimmich said.

"I don't think you'll die, but it's certainly dangerous. I have the feeling that if you step on a snake like that, it can end badly," the midfielder added.

Date: 23 May 2026 | Location: Pamplona, Spain

Not every race is perfect. And maybe we learn more from the ones that do not go as planned.

I signed up for T100 Spain a couple of weeks before the race, despite having had it on my radar for months. With some family based in the South of France, it was the perfect opportunity to show the people I love how I spend most of my time outside of work. Knowing that I would be sharing this experience with my mother, my biggest supporter, and tonton (great uncle) made the preparation even more special.

But life does not always go as planned. Despite the hard work I had put into the last months of preparation after joining David Hunt and the Sported coaching team under the TriSutto method, I caught a cold two weeks before race day. I took things easier during that time, but I had not fully recovered by the time I was standing on the start line in Pamplona on May 23rd.

Race organisation

I had been genuinely excited about this race for one specific reason: it is the only T100 in the series with no laps on the bike. A point-to-point bike course is rare in the series and immediately appealing. The flip side of that is logistics.

The day before the race, we had to transport the bike to T1 (over 40km from Pamplona). On race morning, athletes and supporters took a bus from the city to the reservoir where the swim would start. The challenge was that we arrived at 9:45 at the race venue with a start midday.

One thing that makes T100 races genuinely special is racing on the same course as the professionals. I am not sure there is another sport in the world where an age grouper and a world-class athlete share the exact same terrain on the same day. That never gets old. But there is a tension in the T100 model between being a great broadcast product and being a great athlete experience and at Pamplona, it showed. A 1pm start time, in full Spanish sun, with no proper shaded waiting area to accommodate all participants, is a decision made for television, not for the people racing.

What struck me most was the pre-race wait itself. We were held in the transition zone, waiting in our wetsuits, frying under the sun: I was already uncomfortable before the race had begun. There is then a long walk downhill from T1 to the water, and the whole start sequence felt rushed, as if they suddenly remembered we needed to get in the water. Thank goodness I had thought to bring a water bottle to stay cool and calm.

Swim: 33:33 | 1:40/100m

The swim was, in a word, wonderful. Cool, clear water in a reservoir with visibility I rarely experience in open water. After the chaos of the pre-race wait in the heat, slipping into that water felt like a reset. I came out of the swim feeling good, which matters more than people sometimes acknowledge. All those kms in the pool alone and in the sea with TriDubai seemed to be paying off.

Out of the water, a steep uphill climb to the bikes. I started running and some of the guys I had passed in the water started running alongside me. I took that as a good sign.

The transition tent was chaotic. Reaching your bag was a fight, and most people were changing on the spot because it was not clear where else to go; nobody wanted to risk losing their wetsuit given we were not returning to the reservoir to collect anything.

Bike: 2:51:22 | 26 km/h | 73km | Elev. Gain +866m

The bike course was scenic in a way that made you momentarily forget how much it hurt. It goes up and down, but mainly up and from early on you saw athletes stopped on the side of the road, waiting for the bus to collect them. That is never a good sign.

I followed my fueling strategy, but I simply was not ready for the fluid demands of that day. The heat was relentless and the climbing made it worse. The volunteers at the aid stations were remarkable, as were the locals who spontaneously sprayed us with water as we rode through their towns. Those small human moments carry you further than you expect.

I arrived at T2 hoping to execute the flying dismount I had been practising. The last few hundred metres were uphill. I walked.

Run: 1:53:00 | 6:40/km

The run was survival. Three laps through Pamplona (uphill, downhill, road, pavement, trail) in front of crowds who were genuinely extraordinary. The atmosphere on the run course was great: athletes encouraging each other, locals cheering, and a general spirit that no one was going to let anyone give up quietly, despite the never-ending heat.

I walked. More than once. I thought about quitting, on the bike and on the run. Both times I came back to the same thought: my mother and my tonton were next to the finish line, waiting. The hardest thing about being a supporter is the waiting. I was not going to make them wait a moment longer than necessary.

Running past the finish line three times before being allowed to cross it is genuinely one of the crueller designs in triathlon. One athlete near me had printed on the back of his trisuit: "We love the pain." At that point I was not sure I agreed but I understood it.

Overall: 5:26:44

This was supposed to be my fastest T100. At 73km, the bike is shorter than other races in the series, and I had expected that to translate into a faster overall time. Instead, it was my slowest and my hardest. Also, without question, the most scenic T100 I had done (Dubai 2025 and Qatar 2025).

T100 races have a format I genuinely enjoy as a swimmer. But the series still has work to do to compete with Ironman on the operational side: the logistics around a point-to-point course need more thought, and the athlete experience before and during transition felt unfinished compared to what the race itself delivered.

What I will remember from this race is not the time. It is the water in that reservoir. The locals with their garden hoses. The athlete who told me to keep moving when I had slowed to a walk. And crossing that finish line knowing that somewhere just past it, the two people who came all that way to watch me were finally able to breathe again.

Thank you for waiting. Love you, mum.

By Eva Graf

سجل المهاجم النرويجي إرلينج هالاند ثنائية قاد بها بلاده للفوز 4-1 على العراق، في مواجهة مثيرة ضمن المجموعة التاسعة بمنافسات كأس العالم لكرة القدم في أول مباراة للعراق بكأس العالم منذ 40 عاما.

جاءت ثنائية هالاند في الدقيقتين 29 و43 قبل وبعد هدف أيمن حسين مهاجم العراق الذي جاء في الدقيقة 39.

وأضافت النرويج هدفين في الشوط الثاني عبر البديل ليو أوستيجارد في الدقيقة 76 قبل أن يكمل حسين مهاجم العراق رباعية النرويج بهدف بالخطأ في مرماه في الوقت بدل الضائع للشوط الثاني.

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Kansas City: Lionel Messi scored a dazzling hat-trick for Argentina on Tuesday to equal Miroslav Klose's all-time record of 16 goals at World Cups as the defending champions swept Algeria aside 3-0.

On a night for the ages in Kansas City, the records kept tumbling for Argentina's miracle man, considered by many to be the greatest footballer of all time.

When the match kicked off at the home of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, Messi became the first player to feature in six World Cup tournaments, in his 200th international match.

And the 38-year-old lit up the occasion with three goals in a clinical display by the reigning world champions.

Messi produced a majestic finish from distance in the 17th minute, sparking a frenzy among his adoring fans, who had turned the match into a virtual home game.

Algeria goalkeeper Luca Zidane, the son of France great Zinedine Zidane, got his hands to the ball, but could not keep it out.

Messi netted again in the second half from close range, gobbling up a rebound to take him just one goal behind the all-time record held by Germany's Klose.

And he completed his first hat-trick at a World Cup with an unstoppable finish in the 76th minute.

The diminutive genius was substituted shortly afterwards, forcing Argentine fans to wait to see their hero have a shot at the outright record.

Messi magic

The Group J match in the open-air stadium started at a frantic pace and both sides had early goals ruled out for offside, including one from Messi.

But Argentina took the lead when Rodrigo De Paul played a beautifully measured through ball which Messi picked up before driving at goal and unleashing a fierce drive from outside the penalty area that curled away from Zidane.

The South American team were largely in control of the match, fluid in attack with their Number 10 pulling the strings.

But as the clock ticked towards half-time Algeria enjoyed a better spell, with Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez forced to parry a shot from Fares Chaibi from a tight angle.

Messi curled another effort over the bar in the early minutes of the second half and Zidane kept out a shot from Lautaro Martinez.

But the crowd did not have to wait long to celebrate another goal from the veteran forward, who plays for MLS side Inter Miami.

Zidane could not handle a sizzling Alexis Mac Allister strike from distance and Messi was there to sweep home in the 60th minute.

Time stood still six minutes later as Messi was through again but this time Zidane pushed the ball over the bar.

But he was not to be denied, completing his hat-trick after being set up by substitute Nico Gonzalez.

Lionel Scaloni's Argentina are seeking to become the first back-to-back winners since Brazil managed the feat in 1962.

Algeria are hoping to reach the knockout round for only the second time, in a group that also includes Austria and Jordan.

Earlier, the roads around the Kansas City Stadium were clogged as tens of thousands of Argentine fans streamed towards ground dressed in blue and white, many with Messi's name on the back of their shirts.

Argentina's all-time top-scorer is just the third man to reach 200 caps after Cristiano Ronaldo and Kuwait's Bader Al-Mutawa.

Ronaldo will equal Messi's record of six World Cup appearances if he plays for Portugal against DR Congo on Wednesday.