Players liable for £2.8m in legal fees to brain injury case defendant…

• Costs partly due to delays caused by previous solicitors

• Case still ‘in crisis’, fees need to be settled this month

Claimants in the ongoing legal action over brain injuries in rugby have been left on the hook for £2.8m in legal fees owed to the defendants, the majority of which will have to be settled by the end of October if the case is going to continue in anything like its current form. milkshakeslot.lat

The costs are a direct consequence of the delays that the court decided were caused by what the judge, Senior Master Cook, described in court on Friday as the “contradictory and misguided approach” of Rylands Garth, the solicitors firm who had been representing the players until earlier this year.

Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss reported to Truist Park on Thursday determined to avoid asking ace starter Chris Sale if he'd be available for relief duty only two days after making a start in the National League Wild Card Series opener. "I didn’t want to put him in that position because I knew that even if he was hanging, he would tell me yes," Weiss said. "So I was not going to bring it up." Weiss didn't have to worry. Sale was not going to make Weiss ask. "Literally, as soon as I stepped in my office this afternoon, he was sitting in the chair across from my desk, and he looked at me, and he said, ‘I feel amazing.’ That's what he said. I said, ‘Well, let’s talk.’" That talk led to Sale recording the final four outs of the Braves' clinching 6-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night. Sale, the starter in Atlanta’s 5-3 win in Tuesday’s series opener, struck out Bryce Harper to end the eighth and closed out the win in the ninth by striking out Bryan De La Cruz and pinch-hitter Otto Kemp. "I was hoping he only had to go one, but he had to get to four outs," Weiss said. "But what a warrior, man. This guy, I’ve run out of superlatives for Chris Sale. Been talking about him all year. He’s one of the best I’ve ever been around. When you take everything into consideration; teammate, competitor, performer, work ethic, all those things, he’s as good as I’ve ever been around." Weiss said the discussion with Sale in his office did not include any mention of how pitching in relief on Thursday night could affect the left-hander's availability for a possible start on Sunday in Game 2 of the NL Division Series at the Los Angeles Dodgers. Even without the work in relief to close the Wild Card Series, four days' rest would be less than Sale was often given in the regular season, when he was 14-9 with a 2.16 ERA. Sale, 37, often was given extra rest and that helped him stay strong and record 200 strikeouts in 162 2/3 innings. When asked if Sale was an option for Sunday's game, Weiss said, "I don't know. I have no idea. We weren't even worried about that. We haven't even talked about that. We didn't look past tonight." The Braves had Sale and Tyler Mahle start the first two games against the Phillies. Mahle allowed only one run in seven innings in Wednesday's 4-3 loss in 10 innings despite suffering an abdominal pull during his pregame warmup. Weiss was concerned Mahle wouldn't be able to make the start and said Mahle felt better Thursday though still felt some discomfort. Reliever Ray Kerr allowed only one hit in 3 1/3 scoreless innings in the opener on Thursday night and likely will be part of the Braves' plans against the Dodgers. Kerr's strong performance against the Phillies was an important boost for the Braves' depleted rotation. "I was feeding off the crowd from the first pitch of the game," Kerr said. "They motivated me to keep going, throw even harder, throw even more. Every time I threw a strike, they were yelling, so I have to give it up to the fans." Left-hander Martin Perez would have been part of the postseason rotation before landing on the 15-day injured list on Sept. 24 with lower back inflammation. The Braves also have lost starting pitchers Spencer Schwellenbach, Spencer Strider, Reynaldo Lopez and Hurston Waldrep this season. Weiss said "There’s nobody on the planet that had us" in the postseason when the injuries included such projected frontline starters as Schwellenbach and Strider. "Nobody had us making the playoffs," Weiss said. "These guys have overcome so much. ... It’s guys like Ray Kerr and everybody else that step up and perform when the stakes are highest. It’s such a great group." Right-hander Bryce Elder threw off the mound on the Braves' workout on Monday before the start of the Wild Card Series and could be close to returning from the injured list after having surgery on his right knee on Sept. 7. Other possible options include AJ Smith-Shawver and JR Ritchie. Following games Saturday and Sunday in Los Angeles, the best-of-five division series shifts to Atlanta on Tuesday and Wednesday, if necessary. A fifth game, if necessary, would be played in Los Angeles.

Former Manchester City manager and current Italy coach Roberto Mancini says he is unconcerned about being implicated in the financial rule-breaking scandal engulfing the English club, which on Friday said it was appealing the verdict. In his latest comments on the issue, Mancini said: "It’s not a problem that concerns me" — despite appearing to acknowledge last weekend before a Nations League match in Turkey that he had "a double contract" as City coach from 2009-13. Among the raft of charges that City has faced is an alleged failure to provide accurate details for player and manager payments between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons. In 2018, German magazine Der Spiegel published evidence showing Mancini doubled his base salary of 1.45 million pounds (now $1.9 million) for advising a club in Abu Dhabi. City has been accused of potentially avoiding paying about 12 million pounds ($16 million) in income tax and national insurance in relation to Mancini's salary, The Telegraph reported this week. Mancini was asked if he was worried about the case ahead of Italy's match in France on Friday. "No. I already spoke it about the other night. It’s not something that concerns me. It’s City’s problem, unfortunately," Mancini said late Thursday at the Stade de France. "It’s not a problem that concerns me," Mancini added, repeating himself. "Look, really. I already said it the other day in Turkey." In Turkey, Mancini said that "Manchester City is not guilty and the fact of having a double contract isn’t my problem but theirs, probably." Mancini led City to its first titles after Abu Dhabi’s ruling family had bought the club in 2008, winning the FA Cup in 2011 and in 2011-12 coaching the team to its first Premier League title in a half century. He was fired days after a shocking loss to Wigan in the FA Cup final in 2013. City has protested its innocence throughout the long-running case, which reached a milestone Tuesday when the Premier League published a verdict saying the club was "guilty of all charges related to serious breaches" of the competition’s financial rules from 2009-18. Reporting by The Associated Press.

Malin Hoelsveen var sterkes på 1500 meter gateløp under Runfest i Sandnes fredag. Vilde Våge Henriksen tok andreplassen, mens Wilma Anna Bekkemoen Torbiörnsson tok tredjeplassen.
– Hun er kanskje mer en 800 meter løper og hun fikk vist sluttspurtegenskapene sin her, sier NRK-ekspert Ådne Andersen om Hoelsveen.
Henriksen dro lenge på feltet før Hoelsveen rykker fra på slutten.
– Det var veldig gøy. Det var veldig lureløp så det var ingen som ville dra, og det er ikke så rart i den vinden her. Det ble en rask avslutning, så det er gøy, sier Hoelsveen til NRK etter løpet og legger til:
– Jeg fikk litt dårlig samvittighet for at hun måtte dra hele løpet, så da gikk jeg fram og dro litt. Det er greit å bytte litt på. Det er jo motvind så det er absolutt ingen fordel å ligge foran.
Senere i kveld skal Jakob og Filip Ingebrigtsen løpe samme distanse. Det kan du se på NRK 2 eller i NRK TV.