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ALG : L’AS Monaco, Ghedjemis ne cache pas sa préférence
L’avenir de Farès Ghedjemis semble se préciser. L’attaquant algérien de Frosinone est au cœur d’une bataille entre plusieurs clubs durant ce mercato estival. Selon des rapports médiatiques européens, l’AS Monaco a transmis une nouvelle offre pour s’attacher les services du joueur. Dans le même temps, Besiktas est également passé à l’action et a entamé des discussions avec l’entourage de l’international algérien, en lui proposant un contrat plus avantageux sur le plan financier. milkshakeslot.com
Malgré cette concurrence, Ghedjemis accorde sa priorité à l’équipe monégasque. Le joueur souhaite privilégier une arrivée en Ligue 1 et serait favorable à l’idée de poursuivre sa carrière dans le championnat français. Il ne ferme toutefois pas totalement la porte à une expérience en Turquie, notamment si les négociations avec le club de la Principauté venaient à échouer. D’autres formations, dont les clubs écossais du Celtic et des Rangers, ont également manifesté leur intérêt. Pour l’heure, Monaco apparaît comme la destination la plus probable pour l’attaquant algérien
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All Blacks scrum boss: We’ll hit Boks hard
The All Blacks have improved their scrum ahead of Saturday’s Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry opener, but forwards coach Jason Ryan knows the Springboks present the ultimate test.
The Kiwis were under pressure in their first two tour matches against the Stormers and Sharks before producing a stronger set-piece display against the Vodacom Bulls in Pretoria.
Props Xavier Numia and Tyrel Lomax earned scrum penalties in the first half, while Siale Lauaki and George Bower helped maintain the pressure after coming on off the bench.
RENNIE: All Blacks scrum will stand up to Boks
“We took a step forward [against the Bulls], I really do,” Ryan told All Blacks legend Justin Marshall on Sky Sport.
“We’ve worked really hard in the last two weeks as a pack around our reaction time and maul defence, getting set if we’re going to have a crack in the air, we’ll stay down, and getting a really good platform for our scrum.
“You know, we know, and we will acknowledge this week that they are the best in the world [at scrum time]. The Springboks, they are, and we’ll acknowledge that.
“But we’ll also acknowledge that we should hit this game with some confidence.”
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Ryan also highlighted the breakdown as another area requiring attention after the Bulls victory, with loose forwards Anton Segner and Peter Lakai both making steals.
“Defensively we made some good decisions on when we were going to hunt and when we were going to stay on our feet and go through,” he said.
“On the attacking side of the breakdown, we’re missing a few inside cleans, so we’ve got a little bit of work to do there as we head into next week.”
Photo: Joe Allison/Getty Images
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Kiwi finisher keen to Tonyball with Kolbe
In-form All Blacks winger Josh Moorby is excited for an all-round challenge from the Springboks in the opening battle of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series on the Highveld.
Quizzed by reporters in the build-up to the Ellis Park Test between South Africa and New Zealand, Moorby warned the world champions will test the Kiwis’ defence and attack.
“They’re going to bring line speed and challenge us with ball in hand and test our skills,” the 28-year-old said on Monday. “We know the threat that’s going to pose to our attack.
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“It’s about being patient and calm, trusting our game and our system, and just letting our skill set and the way we want to play do the work.”
Moorby bagged a brace of tries in last week’s win over the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus, after crossing the whitewash against the Stormers in the series opener.
Under Kiwi attack guru Tony Brown, the Boks have balanced their contestable kicking game with a more expansive style, and Moorby is confident of handling either approach.
“They’re good at retaining possession through the high ball and contestable game, but they’ve also got the athletes to throw the ball around and challenge us out wide,” he added. “So, yeah, we can expect a variety of rugby from them.”
RENNIE: All Blacks scrum will stand up to Boks
Moorby, who can also play fullback, returned to the Hurricanes on a two-year deal from Montpellier ahead of their Super Rugby Pacific-winning campaign, in which he scored 17 tries to match the competition’s joint-best tally.
On potentially facing off against Bok speedsters Cheslin Kolbe and Kurt-Lee Arendse, he noted: “We know how fast they are and how explosive they are with their feet.
“They’re some of the world’s greatest wingers, so we know how hard it’s going to be and how prepared we need to be to come up against some high-quality wingers.”
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Moorby reckons the All Blacks’ wins against the Stormers, Sharks and Vodacom Bulls have prepared Dave Rennie’s troops for the Bok showdown.
“It’s been awesome, as a back, watching the forwards go to work and putting in some massive shifts. [The South Africans] trust their set-piece and it’s going to be a big challenge come the first Test.
“I’m really excited and looking forward to getting stuck in.”
Photo: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
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China’s Dota 2 teams are eliminated from TI15, and even worse, they don’t seem to care
For the first time in Dota 2 history, zero Chinese teams have qualified for the top eight of The International, with Xtreme Gaming, Vici Gaming, and Team Resilience exiting TI15 in the group stage. This stings even more, as this year’s iteration is being hosted in Shanghai – their home turf.
And though China’s absence from the playoffs may shock the average Dota 2 fan, anyone who’s been following the professional scene throughout the season can tell you it’s not a surprising result – maybe even expected. The region has been on the decline over the past few years, and it has reached an all-time low in 2026.
The most concerning part in all of this is that I don’t think the players are motivated anymore, and stakeholders in the scene have made questionable decisions, too. It might be time to have some uncomfortable conversations about what used to be the strongest region in Dota 2.
Three strikes, no playoffs
As a Chinese Dota 2 fan myself, let’s not sugarcoat anything here: the country’s performance at TI15 was, frankly, not great.
Xtreme Gaming
Xtreme Gaming was directly invited to TI15, whereas the likes of Team Spirit and TEAM VISION weren’t. They were supposed to be the Chinese representatives securing a strong finish on home soil. But instead, they completely bombed out of the group stage with a 1-4 record.
The worst part is, they lost to Team Spirit, GamerLegion, LGD Gaming (a team with a last-minute stand-in) and Team Resilience. Aside from Spirit, a superteam like Xtreme Gaming should never be losing to teams like GamerLegion and Team Resilience.
They really went from second place last year to bottom three.
Vici Gaming
Xtreme Gaming had already been on the decline throughout the season, so Vici Gaming headed into TI15 as the highest-ranked Chinese team after their top four finish at the Esports World Cup.
However, Vici Gaming went 2-3 and lost in the elimination stage. They were unable to really stand up against the top teams at the event.
Team Resilience
Vici Gaming and Xtreme Gaming were supposed to be the best China had to offer, but I’d argue it ended up being Team Resilience. Many people assumed this group of “Chinese Rejects” claimed the charity slot, with many fans putting them 0-4 in their TI15 predictions. Turns out – they ended up dealing the most damage.
Sure, Team Resilience also went out in the elimination stage, but they left a good impression. They dealt the final blow to eliminate Xtreme Gaming in the 1-3 pool, and even took maps off TEAM VISION, Team Yandex, and Team Spirit, which are three of the top teams in the entire event.
It’s pretty wild that Team Resilience were putting in stronger performances than the two big-money orgs in the region. It should be the other way around.
Nobody’s taking this seriously anymore
Results are one thing, and I don’t want to dig into those as much. What really worries me more is the attitude behind them.
Let’s start with Xtreme Gaming and dig into a little bit of context. Throughout the regular season, we’ve seen Ame rage GG’ing out of games super early, and it wasn’t a one-time thing. Then, their legendary coach Zhang “xiao8” Ning left the team and went home in the middle of a tournament, forcing their assistant coach to take over the drafts. Later on, it was announced that xiao8 was, in fact, out of the team, forcing a coach change right before the biggest event of the year.
Now, we head into TI15 itself. In Game 2 of Xtreme Gaming versus GamerLegion, Ame whipped out carry Io, which in all fairness, is an actual, viable pick. However, some of his decisions are up for question. He Relocated into the enemy base, without buyback, when all of the enemy heroes were missing, and just died for two minutes. This misplay quickly ballooned into his team losing the game shortly after.
I know Ame isn’t the most expressive player out there, but I really find it sad that he doesn’t react to this death at all. There was no face palm, no slight look of regret – it just looks like he doesn’t care.
It’s not just the players, either. After Vici Gaming was eliminated from the tournament by Team Falcons, the team’s owner literally disbanded the roster less than an hour after his boys were sent packing. He couldn’t even wait until the end of the tournament, or even the end of the day – he just up and posted “GG, disbanded” and didn’t elaborate further.
Either the owner is trying to break a world record for the fastest disbandment, or he just seems to have given up on Chinese Dota.
Same players, no new generation
Maybe we can’t really blame the players, and that there’s a simpler explanation: they’re burned out. A lot of players on Xtreme Gaming and Vici Gaming have been carrying the region for close to a decade now.
I mean, Vici Gaming’s Zhang “Faith_bian” Ruida and Zhang “y`” Yiping won China’s last Aegis at TI6, ten whole years ago, and they’re still competing today. Xu “fy” Linsen even unretired himself to play the season with Xtreme Gaming, and he’s been floating around since 2013.
Then, there’s always Ame, who’s really been through it. He lost three TI grand finals, with all three in Game 5. I don’t know about you, but that would’ve made me mentally check out and never want to play Dota 2 again. But, he’s still out there trying to put his region back on the map.
With how the Dota 2 scene is developing, the new gen is taking over. Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov has been wreaking havoc, and the last TI-winning team had the likes of Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak and Ammar “ATF” Al-Assaf as their new blood. But if we take a look at China, they don’t have their own Satanic equivalent – it’s still the same 10 guys getting recycled over and over again.
This is mainly because most zoomers in China are too fixated on Honor of Kings, the mobile MOBA game that is booming in the country. Dota 2 is now seen as an old man’s game there, and I don’t really blame them for it.
Honor of Kings is way more accessible and easier to learn. All you need is a mobile phone to play – you don’t need to buy a gaming PC as a teenager or spend your allowance to play in internet cafés. You’d also have to sink thousands of hours to finally get the hang of Dota 2, but you’d probably only need less than 50 to become a decent HoK player already.
The point is, the people who were supposed to replace Ame, Faith_bian, and fy are probably playing Honor of Kings right now. After these guys eventually hang it up, I just don’t see anyone else good enough to fill their shoes.
So, is Chinese Dota cooked?
With the disappointment at this TI, held in their home country no less, many are already pushing for the “Chinese Dota is dead” narrative, and I’m sort of in agreement. But, I don’t think the region is dying right away.
My stance is that the region isn’t going to die right away. I’m fairly sure some of the guys from the current Xtreme Gaming and Vici Gaming rosters might call it quits for good. But, there should still be enough guys left over to form at least two decent teams. We can mix in some Team Resilience players, maybe grab a Yakult’s Brother or two, and you have something workable at least.
But if you ask me, I do think the scene is going to slowly fizzle out over the next year or two. So if we’re talking functionally, it might be as good as dead unless a miracle happens next season.
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Zambie: le président sortant Hichilema réélu avec 60% des voix, selon la commission électorale
C'est désormais officiel, le Président sortant Hakainde Hichilema est réelu dès le premier tour président de la Zambie avec 60% des voix, a annoncé la commission électorale. Une réélection après être arrivé au pouvoir en 2021. Porteur de réformes fortes durant son premier mandat, notamment dans le secteur économique, Hakainde Hichilema, 64 ans, n'a pas totalement convaincu la population qui attend les répercussions de ces mesures. Les Zambiens lui ont donc massivement fait confiance pour un nouveau mandat, au terme d'un élection marquée par heurts.