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BJK Cup semi-finals: Great Britain v Slovakia

Venue: Palacio de Deportes, Malaga Date: Tuesday, 19 November Time: 11:00 GMT

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Hordes of foreign visitors climbing aboard a travel coach is a familiar sight in the Costa de Sol.

This was a unique early morning excursion to Fuengirola, however, for the start of Nadal's farewell show.

With the media room at the Palacio de Deportes too small to accommodate the journalists wanting to speak to Nadal, hundreds of reporters and photographers were instead asked to go to the five-star Higueron Hotel in the hills overlooking the tourist resort.

Inside a vast conference hall, journalists were reminded it was the team news conference for Spain - not solely the Nadal show.

Inevitably almost all the questions - in both the English and Spanish parts - were for Nadal.

Nadal's answers included the importance of saying farewell at home, the thought process leading up to his retirement announcement and that he assumed Roger Federer would be "too busy" to turn up in Malaga.

Federer and Nadal famously held hands and cried when the Swiss star retired at the Laver Cup in 2022.

You would expect a similar outpouring from Nadal - with or without Federer - whenever Spain says 'Gracias Rafa' this week.

Aaron Wainwright insists the Wales squad are fully behind head coach Warren Gatland despite their record losing run.

The number eight, a try-scorer against Australia, has been one of the few shining lights for Wales throughout a so-far winless 2024.

Wales have a last chance to halt their run of 11 losses - against South Africa on Saturday - and avoid a first calendar year without a win since 1937.

While few will give Warren Gatland's side much hope against the double world champions, Wainwright said it is the perfect opportunity to prove the Wales camp is still unified.

"We're 100% all still together. It's the players who are out there on the pitch, so we have to step up," said Wainwright.

"As players, we need to really put our mark down going into next week.

"We've got ourselves into this, so we are the ones that are going to have to get ourselves out of it."

Mens 15s Player of the Year

Caelan Doris (Ireland)

Eben Etzebeth (South Africa)

Pieter-Steph du Toit (South Africa)

Cheslin Kolbe (South Africa)

Womens 15s Player of the Year

Pauline Bourdon Sansus (France)

Ellie Kildunne (England)

Alex Matthews (England)

Alex Tessier (Canada)

Mens 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (South Africa)

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (England)

Jamie Osborne (Ireland)

Wallace Sititi (New Zealand)

Womens 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year

Caitlyn Halse (Australia)

Maddie Feaunati (England)

Erin King (Ireland)

Hannah King (New Zealand)

Mens 15s Try of the Year

James Lowe (Ireland v England, Six Nations, 10 March)

Lorenzo Pani (Italy v Wales, Six Nations, 17 March)

Nolann Le Garrec (France v England, Six Nations, 17 March)

Akaki Tabutsadze (Georgia v Australia, 20 July)

Womens 15s Try of the Year

Alyssa D'Inca (Italy v Scotland, Womens Six Nations, 20 April)

Georgia Ponsonby (New Zealand v Australia, Pacific Four Series, 25 May)

Maya Stewart (Australia v Wales, WXV, 28 September)

Marine Menager (France v Canada, WXV, 29 September)

Mens Sevens Player of the Year

Antoine Dupont (France)

Aaron Grandidier Nkanang (France)

Terry Kennedy (Ireland)

Womens Sevens Player of the Year

Michaela Blyde (New Zealand)

Maddison Levi (Australia)

Jorja Miller (New Zealand)

Whether Gatland will be in charge for the opening Six Nations match against France in Paris on 31 January, or even for the Springboks next weekend, remains to be seen.

Even he admitted he was unsure and there was an air of resignation, mixed with occasional bouts of defiance, about Gatland in his interviews after the Australia defeat.

The New Zealander said he would accept his departure if it was for the benefit of Welsh rugby and he revealed he had spoken with Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) chair Richard Collier-Keywood and executive director of rugby Nigel Walker in the Principality Stadium changing rooms following this latest humiliation.

Gatland's statistics for his second stint as Wales head coach are shocking. He has overseen six wins and 17 losses from 23 Tests since replacing Wayne Pivac in December 2022.

Four of those victories came in last year's World Cup when Gatland led Wales to the quarter-finals before defeat against Argentina.

His side have not won a Test match since. They finished bottom of the Six Nations for the first time in 21 years, lost at home to Italy and Fiji and slipped to a World Rugby ranking low of 11th.

Gatland was always in danger of damaging his legacy when returning to a job for which he was generally revered after his first stint in charge, one that yielded Grand Slams and World Cup semi-finals.

Now pondering whether he should stay or go, Gatland posed the question who could come in and replace him, as he highlighted Welsh rugby's flaws.

There is no evidence public opinion is completely against Gatland, with the counter-argument asking what more could he do with the youthful players at his disposal following the retirement of so many of Wales' experienced "golden generation".

This squad, led by an impressive captain in Dewi Lake, is full of young men proud to play for their country - but they are currently lightweight and novices on the international stage.

So what would replacing Gatland achieve and would a new face improve things?

Gatland's critics will immediately put forward a long list of candidates, naming Michael Cheika, Steve Tandy, Shaun Edwards, Brad Mooar, Tony Brown, Franco Smith and Pat Lam as alternative options and there will be others.

Whether any of those individuals would improve the flagging fortunes of Welsh rugby is up for debate.

The PWHL is taking women's pro hockey to places from Raleigh, North Carolina, to the Pacific Northwest in releasing its nine-date schedule of neutral-site games Monday.

Billed as the "Takeover Tour," the six-team league selected six U.S. cities -- Raleigh, Buffalo, Detroit, St. Louis, Denver and Seattle -- and Canadian stops in Vancouver and Quebec City, with one site yet to be announced. The announcement comes as the PWHL prepares to open its second season on Nov. 30, and with the league launching plans to expand by as many as two teams by 2025-26.

"Bringing PWHL games to fans across both countries is a natural next step as we continue building our audience," said Amy Scheer, PWHL senior vice president of business operations. "The PWHL 'Takeover Tour' lets us showcase our game and exceptional athletes across a wider North American footprint -- an exciting moment for our players and an important move for our business as we consider expansion."

The league is also exploring the opportunity to hold neutral-site games in Europe after this season.

The PWHL is returning to Detroit, with defending champion Minnesota playing New York on March 16. Last year, Detroit drew a crowd of 13,736 in hosting one of the league's two neutral-site games -- with the other played in Pittsburgh.

Buffalo made the list and will play host to Boston's game vs. New York on Feb. 23.

This marks the return of women's pro hockey to Buffalo after losing the Beauts, who in 2015 were founding members of the four-team National Women's Hockey League. The NWHL eventually became the Premier Hockey Federation, which folded after it was bought out in June 2023 in paving the way to establish the PWHL.

With the exception of Quebec City, the other seven announced neutral-site games will be played at the homes of each city's NHL franchise. Quebec City has an NHL-ready arena, the Videotron Centre, and has already began making a pitch to land a PWHL expansion franchise.

Each of the PWHL's six teams will play at least two neutral-site games as part of the league's schedule, which expanded from 24 games per team last season to 30 this year.

The neutral-site schedule opens with Montreal playing Boston in Seattle on Jan. 5, followed by Montreal playing Toronto in Vancouver three days later.

The schedule is rounded out with Montreal playing Minnesota in Denver on Jan. 12 and Ottawa and Montreal will play in Quebec City on Jan. 19, in a game previously announced. Ottawa will play Minnesota in Raleigh on March 7 and against Boston in St. Louis on March 29.

As the New York Rangers and Igor Shesterkin's camp negotiate for a new contract, the goalie doesn't want to talk about what's at stake -- though everyone else around the league does. According to sources, Shesterkin declined an eight-year, $88 million offer at the start of the season, which would have made him the highest paid goalie in NHL history.

"He's special," Detroit Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said on Oct. 14, when Shesterkin stopped 31 shots in a 4-1 win. "I can see why he turned down the 88 [million dollars]. Good agent."

Five nights later, Shesterkin was even better, turning away 34 of 35 shots against the high-powered Toronto Maple Leafs.

"You can see why he's going to be the highest-paid goalie in the league," Toronto's veteran goalie, Anthony Stolarz, said after the game. "Hats off to him."

Even after Shesterkin allowed four goals through two periods against the rival Washington Capitals on Oct. 29, his opponents were feeling stymied. Said Capitals assistant Scott Allen ahead of the third period: "You see why he's asking for $13 million, or whatever it is by now."

The entire league seems to agree that Shesterkin, 28, is among its top goalies and deserves to be paid as such. But how much should a goalie make in today's NHL? That might be one of the toughest questions to answer in the league.

JEREMY SWAYMAN AND the Boston Bruins ended a summerlong standoff when he signed an eight-year, $66 million contract ($8.25 million in average annual value) ahead of the season opener. Shortly after, the Dallas Stars' Jake Oettinger signed an identical deal. They both match what the New York Islanders and Ilya Sorokin agreed to in 2023, and are roughly around what the NHL's current save percentage leader Connor Hellebuyck ($8.5 million AAV) signed for in 2023 on a seven-year deal.

Starting next season, eight goalies will make at least $7 million. By contrast, 107 skaters will be at or above that mark -- with 11 making at least $11 million.

"I think we're in a decent place, [goalies] are now making great money, but it's also not superstar money," one starting goaltender said. "It just shows you how the league views our position. GMs don't want to make goalies the highest-paid players, but I think lots of guys could make a good argument."

Star forwards play roughly a third of the game. Star defensemen, at best, skate for half. Their performance can vary based on linemates, matchups and a variety of other nuances. A goaltender is in net (practically) the entire 60 minutes, alone in the crease. But even as it is the most isolated position, front office executives say goaltending is the hardest to evaluate -- and therefore compensate.

"Agents want to do apples to oranges comparisons when it comes to goaltenders," one front office executive said. "We have comps for top centers. Comps for top-four defensemen. Comps for goaltenders are way more complicated."

Carolina GM Eric Tulsky, who comes from an analytics background, explained how slim the margins are.

"A lot of what makes goaltending hard is that a guy who stops 92% of shots is one of the best goalies in the world," Tulsky said. "A guy who stops 91% is kind of average. And the difference between those is not very big. You watch a guy face 500 or 1,000 shots, and he might stop 91 or 92% by chance. It takes a lot of time to know for sure that this is a guy that is going to stop 91 or 92% day after day."

The core argument for not giving goalie superstar contracts tend to center around this uncertainty, posed by one front office executive: "How many mega goalie contracts age well?"

Plus, there's proof of concept that it's not always necessary to have one goalie on a big contract.

The Florida Panthers just won a Stanley Cup with the league's highest-paid active goaltender, Sergei Bobrovsky ($10 million cap hit). Florida spends more on goaltending than any other team. Backup Spencer Knight makes $4.5 million while Florida boasts the league's only "Goaltending Excellence Department" -- which includes four coaches/executives dedicated to the position.

But over the past 10 years, there have also been two Stanley Cup winners with starting goaltenders making the league minimum (Jordan Binnington in 2018, Matt Murray in 2016) while the Golden Knights won in 2023 with Adin Hill earning just $2.175 million, which represented less than 3% of their salary cap.

The theme? "There's not one right way to do it," Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson said. "I don't think there's a hard and fast way anyone thinks about spending on goaltending. It probably just depends on what you have on your team."

IN SURVEYING 12 high-ranking team executives about philosophies in paying goaltending, a common theme emerged, summed up by one GM: "The value of a goaltender is based on how your team is built, rather than his talent."

One front office executive believed that "if you put Andrei Vasilevskiy on 10 different teams, you'd have 10 different save percentages."

Most executives deferred to team construction. One GM cited Vegas as a team that was strong down the middle and had an excellent defensive core. "They can get away with average goaltending," he said.

But poor goaltending can derail a team quickly. "Your 5-on-5 game might be good," Predators GM Barry Trotz said. "But if you have weak goaltending, that doesn't allow you to go on any streaks."

The biggest issue for most front offices is projection on goalie development. It's why a team like Philadelphia, looking for its goaltender of the future, is hedging its bets. The Flyers are carrying three goalies aged 22-27, and drafted another two in 2023.

"I think people have the idea that goalies peak really late," one GM said. "I'm not sure I believe that. I don't think it takes time for the goalie to develop; I think it takes time for teams to say, 'Wait, this goalie is really good.'"

By then, the goalie might be past his physical prime, hence the risks of a long-term deal. One front office executive who just signed a goalie to a max term said he's confident, based on that goalie's pedigree and work ethic, that years 1-5 will go great. After that, the team might need security to cover for potential decline.

Those in the goaltending union often claim their position is both misunderstood and scapegoated. Some agents said in conversation with front office executives, they've heard phrases such as "goaltending is a crapshoot," or "I don't understand goaltending."

"Confidence in a goalie from management can be fleeting," one high-profile goalie agent said. "There's not a ton of patience. If the season isn't going well, pressure is on the goalie right away."

Ray Petkau, who represents Hellebuyck and several other goalies, said he believes goaltending can be misunderstood by some in the analytics community. For example, several front office executives cited Goals Saved Above Expected as a go-to stat for evaluation. Petkau said that one doesn't tell the whole story.

"If a goal is deflected by an opposing player 2 feet in front of the net, it's assigned X amount of value. But if a shot is deflected off the goalie's defenseman, that's not considered the same way by some of the groups providing public analytics information. Some say it averages out over time, but they don't take into account that some teams have more defensemen who have a habit of blocking off their stick."

Petkau prefers performance when facing high-danger chances as a stronger stat for evaluation, but that too has variables that can't be controlled by the goalie. He also said goalies' strengths should mesh with a team's needs. For example, if a goalie isn't great with rush chances, he shouldn't go to a team that allows a lot.

THE CLIMATE ISN'T going to get any easier for goalies. League average save percentage has dipped in each of the past nine seasons, and we're trending for the lowest number (.901) since 2005-06. Tulsky sees a trend of offensive creativity, specifically with more East-West movement and an increase in backdoor plays.

"The game's getting faster, people are getting stronger, and so it all happens that much quicker," Tulsky said. "When you're in a position where your job is to react, that makes it much harder."

Another leaguewide trend: there are now fewer Shesterkins -- obvious No. 1 workhorses -- and more incidents of goaltending by committee.

From 2010-2019, the league averaged 20.4 goalies per season who started at least 50 games. Over the past three seasons, that number is now 14.3.

Consider the New Jersey Devils, who needed an upgrade in net for this season. GM Tom Fitzgerald determined it was best to get a combination of goaltenders making less than $8 million versus having one make $8 million and another at the league minimum. The Devils' new tandem is Jacob Markstrom and Jake Allen, both acquired via trade, with their former teams retaining salary.

"Other goalies we looked at, some were going to be free agents," Fitzgerald said. "You just don't know what they were going to be priced at with the cap going up."

Cost certainty is huge in today's NHL, where everyone knows the salary cap is going up after several stagnant years -- but nobody knows exactly by how much and how quickly.

That's what makes contracts in general difficult right now. Many agents are focused on percentage of the cap. The three highest players this season, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid, are in the 15-16% range. According to sources, the argument by Shesterkin's camp is that he is the team's most important player, so he should be the top-paid player on the team. Currently, that's winger Artemi Panarin at $11.64 million.

The Rangers, in contrast, need to account for future contracts (winger Alexis Lafreniere just resigned at a $7.45 million annual cap hit, and defenseman K'Andre Miller is due). New York can also offer something no other team can: an eighth year. That means if Shesterkin hit the open market, other teams would have to ante up the AAV to match New York's total value.

Only Vasilevskiy and Bobrovsky have come close to the record $10.5 million AAV Carey Price earned on an eight-year deal, which kicked in during the 2018-19 season, when Price was 31. Price played only two full seasons on the deal. He has been on long-term injured reserve for most of the past three seasons.

Since there are only so many goalie jobs, there are fewer opportunities to reset the market. Hellebuyck could have in 2024, but instead took less to stay in Winnipeg, a place where he felt comfortable and a team he believed could win with.

That's why the entire league -- and specifically the goaltending union -- is waiting for resolution on Shesterkin. He could help shape the future of the position -- resetting the market for the next generation.

One week after announcing her intent to represent the United States and not the Netherlands, 17-year-old midfielder Lily Yohannes headlines a 24-player USWNT roster for upcoming road matches against England and the Dutch.

The 2024 Olympic gold medal-winning Americans will round out the year against England on Nov. 30 at Wembley Stadium in London, followed by a meeting with the Netherlands in The Hague three days later.

They will be without all three starting forwards from the Olympics -- Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith and Mallory Swanson -- due to "nagging injuries that need rest," U.S. Soccer said in a press release.

Smith limped off the field at a recent NWSL playoff game after appearing to reaggravate an ankle injury that has bothered her since the Olympics, while Rodman will compete for the NWSL Championship with the Washington Spirit on Saturday.

USWNT head coach Emma Hayes has called up goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce and forward Ally Sentnor for the first time. Sentnor captained the U.S. team that recently finished third at the U20 World Cup, and she was a standout rookie in the NWSL for Utah Royals FC. Tullis-Joyce, who just turned 28 years old, assumed the starting goalkeeper role at Manchester United this season after the departure of England international Mary Earps.

Hayes has now given 11 players their first senior call-ups since officially starting the job in late May. All seven players who earned their first caps in October are back on the roster for these high-profile road friendlies. Fourteen players have 20 caps or fewer, continuing Hayes' search for depth and the next generation of talent ahead of the 2027 World Cup.

"In terms of our schedule, this is the end of a wonderful year, but we're still at the beginning of our process of building towards qualifying for the next World Cup," Hayes said in a statement. "So, this trip will be about testing ourselves against two world class teams with opportunities to develop our roster. We will continue to build relationships on and off the field and I'm really excited to work with this group as we continue to set the stage for 2025."

Fifteen of the 22 members of the 2024 Olympic team were named to this roster. In addition to the absences at forward, midfielder Croix Bethune and goalkeeper Jane Campbell are injured. Full-back Crystal Dunn has been an excused absence from club and international duty for over two months.

Casey Murphy, the team's backup goalkeeper at the Olympics, is healthy but absent from the roster. Tullis-Joyce and Mandy Haught will back up No. 1 Alyssa Naeher in this camp. Haught made her debut in October after replacing Campbell midway through training camp.

Yohannes returns to the USWNT for her third training camp. She scored 10 minutes into her debut in June against South Korea. She grew up in Virginia before her family moved to the Netherlands when she was 10 years old when her father accepted a job in Amsterdam. Yohannes signed with Dutch power Ajax at 15 years old in 2023. Later that year, as a 16-year-old, she became the youngest player in UEFA Champions League history to start a group-stage match.

Dutch coach Andries Jonker publicly courted Yohannes, who previously said that she was looking into obtaining Dutch citizenship. Yohannes thanked both federations for their patience in the process when she announced her decision.

"The U.S. is my homeland, my birthplace, and where my extended family resides," Yohannes said in a statement. "These strong connections have driven me to honor my roots and proudly commit to U.S. soccer. I am excited and eager to continue putting in the work and earn my place on the U.S. Women's National Team."

Twenty-three of 24 players will suit up for each match, which serve as the final two before a mid-January "Futures Camp" in Los Angeles meant to identify new players who haven't yet earned call-ups.

U.S. Women's National Team Roster by Position (Club; Caps/Goals):

GOALKEEPERS (3): Mandy Haught (Utah Royals FC; 1), Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United, ENG; 0), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars; 113)

DEFENDERS (9): Tierna Davidson (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 64/3), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC, ENG; 60/1), Eva Gaetino (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA; 1/0), Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave FC; 42/2), Casey Krueger (Washington Spirit; 59/0), Alyssa Malonson (Bay FC; 1/0), Jenna Nighswonger (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 17/2), Emily Sams (Orlando Pride; 2/0), Emily Sonnett (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 101/2)

MIDFIELDERS (6): Korbin Albert (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA; 20/1), Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC; 26/1), Hal Hershfelt (Washington Spirit; 2/0), Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyon, FRA; 159/36), Rose Lavelle (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 108/24), Lily Yohannes (Ajax, NED; 1/1)

FORWARDS (6): Yazmeen Ryan (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 2/0), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville FC; 2/1), Ally Sentnor (Utah Royals FC; 0/0), Jaedyn Shaw (San Diego Wave FC; 19/8), Alyssa Thompson (Angel City FC; 11/1), Lynn Williams (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 73/20)

Paul Pogba is determined to continue his career in one of Europe's top five leagues after terminating his contract with Juventus last week, sources have told ESPN.

The 31-year-old can return to training in January next year before his ban for taking a prohibited substance fully expires in March after the Court for Arbitration for Sport (CAS) shortened its length to 18 months from the initial four years.

Sources told ESPN that Pogba would prefer to play in one of his home continent's established leagues in order to give himself a better chance of reclaiming his place in Didier Deschamps' France setup.

The sources added that several clubs have been in contact with the players' entourage over a potential move, though there is nothing concrete yet.

He is training in Miami in the U.S. at the moment to ensure his fitness levels are at the required level by Jan. 1, 2025.

Asked by ESPN last month about his potential next club, the World Cup winner remained tight-lipped, saying: "My main focus right now is just to get myself ready. I keep training and everything. Get ready for being able to join a team in January."

Pogba has not played since Sept. 3, 2023, after he tested positive for DHEA -- a banned substance that raises levels of testosterone -- following Juventus' Serie A game against Udinese in August of that year.

Pogba told ESPN after the CAS judgment that he had considered retiring in the immediate aftermath of the initial four-year punishment.

He was the most expensive football player in history when he joined Manchester United from Juventus for a fee of 105 million ($113 million) in 2016.

Pogba starred in France's World Cup triumph in 2018 and returned to Juventus as a free agent in 2022, but injuries limited him to just eight Serie A appearances in his second spell at the club before his ban last year.

Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Australia and Chelsea forward Sam Kerr and United States international midfielder Kristie Mewis are set to become parents, with the pair sharing that West Ham's Mewis is pregnant in a heart-warming Instagram post.

The pair posted a collage of black-and-white photos, holding up an image of the ultrasound scan and pointing to Mewis' bump. "Mewis-Kerr baby coming 2025!" the post read.

The pair have been together since 2021 and got engaged last year.

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Prolific goalscorer Kerr missed the entire 2024 calendar year after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in January during a preseason training camp in Morocco. In June, she signed a contract extension with Chelsea through to 2026.

Kerr registered 99 goals in 128 matches before her injury. She is also Australia's all-time top scorer with 69 goals.

Mewis left NY/NJ Gotham FC after winning the NWSL Championship last season to join West Ham in January 2024. However, the 33-year-old has suffered a string of minor injuries and illnesses, resulting in only three appearances last term.

Mewis was subbed on during West Ham's opening game against Manchester United but failed to appear on a team sheet since.

Fans had speculated whether the USWNT midfielder was preparing for retirement after being absent from training photos before her pregnancy was confirmed.