Cristiano Ronaldo misses return to Manchester United training due to family reasons, according to reports.
Forward Cristiano Ronaldo missed a return to Manchester United training on Monday (July 4) due to family reasons, media reported.
Ronaldo reportedly told the Premier League club that he wants to leave in the close season because of his desire to play in the Champions League, according to The Times newspaper on Saturday.
Speculation has been rife about Ronaldo’s future at United following a trophy-less campaign and their failure to qualify for the Champions League last season, although incoming manager Erik ten Hag has said the Portuguese international is part of his plans.
The report added that the 37-year-old believes that he can play at the elite level for another “three of four years”.
Ronaldo re-signed for United from Juventus in August 2021 and was one of the few bright sparks for Ralf Rangnick’s team last season, netting 24 times in all competitions.
The former Real Madrid attacker, who still has a year left on his contract at Old Trafford, has been linked in recent days with a move to Chelsea and Bayern Munich.
The Thai women’s national volleyball team have qualified for the final round of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League for the first time, despite losing their last league game on Sunday.
The Thais were humbled in straights sets 25-20, 25-14, 25-14 by Italy in the the third week of the league at Armeets Arena in Sofia, Bulgaria. Matches in the first week were held in Turkey, the second week in the Philippines and the third week in Bulgaria.
Thailand pipped Germany to a spot in the final round after the US beat the Germans 3-1. Germany’s defeat helped Thailand finish eighth in the 16-team round-robin league with 15 points from five wins and seven losses, winning 22 sets and losing 25.
Thailand will take on hosts Turkey on July 13 at Ankara Arena in Ankara, Turkey.
Turkey finished seventh in the league but get the top seeding as the host nation.
The winner of the Thailand-Turkey match will face Italy or China in the semifinal.
The FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League has been held three times since 2018.
Thailand has never reached the final round as they finished 15th in 2018, 12th in 2019, and 16th in 2021.
Semi-automated offside technology will be used at this year’s World Cup, promising decisions that are more accurate and a lot quicker, world soccer’s governing body FIFA said on Friday.
In what can be considered an extraordinary development in the officiating of the game, technology will be able to resolve contentious offside calls with a speed and accuracy unimaginable less than a decade ago.
Using cameras strategically positioned around the stadiums, and a chip in the match ball, FIFA said the technology will go a long way to cutting down on continuous Video Assistant Referee (VAR) decisions on marginal offside calls and reduce the time needed to check.
“We have been working on a more consistent use of VAR, in particular concerning the line of intervention,” said Pierluigi Collina, chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee, at a news briefing.
“We are aware that sometimes the length of checks or reviews is too long, in particular, concerning offside.”
The solution, FIFA unveiled, is the so-called SAOT, which will bring a futuristic, space age feel to the game, with spectators able to see some of the 3D animation when the VAR decisions are explained on a stadium’s giant screen.
The technology has already been tested at two tournaments over the last seven months and had been expected to be approved for the World Cup in Qatar from Nov. 21-Dec. 18. It will be used at all the venues at the tournament.
Soccer Football – General views of the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium – Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar, March 30, 2022. General view inside the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, a venue for the 2022 Qatar World Cup REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
It uses 12 dedicated tracking cameras mounted under the roof of a stadium to track the ball and up to 29 data points of each individual player, 50 times per second, calculating their exact position on the pitch. The 29 collected data points include all limbs and extremities relevant for making offside calls.
All this information will ensure the VAR makes a much better informed decision, Collina added.
“The testing has been a major success and we are very confident that in Qatar we will have a very valuable support tool to help referees and assistant referees make the best and most correct decision on the field of play,” he said.
“Someone called it ‘robot offside’; it’s not. The referees and the assistant referees are still responsible for the decision on the field of play.”
By combining the limb and ball-tracking data, and applying artificial intelligence, the new technology provides an automated offside alert to the video match officials inside the video operation room whenever the ball is received by an attacker in an offside position.
Before informing the on-field referee, the video match officials will validate the proposed decision by manually checking the automatically selected kick point and the automatically created offside line, which is based on the calculated positions of the players’ limbs.
“This process happens within a few seconds and means that offside decisions can be made faster and more accurately,” said FIFA, which has used universities in Boston, Melbourne and Zurich to help build the technology.
“More tests will be conducted in the coming months to fine-tune the system before a global standard is implemented to ensure that the new technology can be used in the world of football,” the statement said.
Thailand is set to hold an “Air Sea Land Southern International Sports Tourism Festival” this year in a bid to stimulate the economy of seven provinces in the South.
Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn said on Friday that 177 million baht has been allocated for the project, which is expected to generate more than 10-fold in revenue.
The festival will be held in the southern provinces of Songkhla, Satun, Phatthalung, Krabi, Phang Nga, Phuket and Surat Thani.
The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), which contributed the bulk of the budget, has been coordinating with its arm in each province to ensure the competition is held in line with international standards.
SAT governor Kongsak Yodmanee said competitions will be held in air, land and sea sports, such as surfing, jet-skiing, beach versions of teqball, football and volleyball, as well as the martial art pencak silat, triathlon, adventure racing, e-sports and motocross among others.
SAT will also be holding the Air Sea Land Expo in all seven provinces to showcase local products, services, cuisine, beverages and traditions to help generate revenue and stimulate the economy. The event will be promoted by the Tourism Authority Thailand.
As of press time, no date for the event had been set.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah on Friday (July 1) signed a long-term contract extension, putting an end to a lengthy saga about his future at the Premier League club.
The Egypt international has signed an extension until 2025, with the deal coming after strike partner and Senegal forward Sadio Mane left to join German Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich on a three-year deal last month.
“I feel great and (I am) excited to win trophies with the club. It’s a happy day for everyone,” Salah said in a statement on the club website.
“It takes a little bit of time, I think, to renew, but now everything is done so we just need to focus on what’s next.
“I think you can see in the last five or six years the team was always going (upwards). Last season we were close to winning four, but unfortunately in the last week of the season we lost two trophies.”
Salah scored 23 league goals for Liverpool last season to share the Premier League golden boot with Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min.
He was named the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year and also took the top honour from the Football Writers’ Association.
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The 30-year-old scored 31 goals in all competitions for Liverpool and helped them capture the League Cup and FA Cup. They were beaten 1-0 by Real Madrid in the Champions League final in May.
Salah, who joined the Merseyside outfit from Italian side AS Roma in 2017 and has scored 156 goals in 254 appearances, would have been available to leave them on a free transfer at the end of next season.
He is now expected to lead a new-look front line for Juergen Klopp’s side in the absence of Mane and Divock Origi — who left the club — with Uruguayan forward Darwin Nunez having joined in the close season.
“My message (to the fans) is the players in the team want to give our best next season to try to win all the trophies,” Salah added. “As usual, you stay behind us and give us a big push and I’m sure we are going to win trophies again (together).”
The Thai women’s national volleyball team triumphed over South Korea 3-0 in the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League on Wednesday in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Thailand won against South Korea 25-11, 25-22, 25-17 in the third week of the competition.
Of the total score, 14 came courtesy Thai volleyball player Chatchu-on Moksri.
Thailand has now gained a score of 15 from five victories and four loses.
The team remained 14th in world rankings, while South Korea fell to 19th, according to the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.
In order to get a berth in the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris, Thailand must make it into the top 12.
The Thai team will lock horns with the Dominican Republic on Thursday at 5.30pm.
Manchester United legend Teddy Sheringham and Liverpool legend John Arne Riise took part in football clinics to develop the skills, technique and experience of Thai children and youths aged 14 to 18, so they will know how to play football correctly with professional standards.
The activity was held in four provinces in four regions of Thailand — Chiang Mai, Udon Thani, Chanthaburi, and Phuket — on Friday and Saturday (June 24-25).
The exhibition match between Manchester United and Liverpool will be held on July 12 at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok.
Phayahong Ayothayafightgym arrived back in Thailand on Monday after becoming the first female Thai boxer to win the K-1 championship.
She was welcomed home from Japan by a crowd of Thai boxing fans, who came to congratulate her for making history.
Crying tears of joy, the Buri Ram boxer said she was thrilled to win the title and become the first female Thai K-1 champion. She also thanked Thai boxing fans for their support.
She added she was ready to defend her title in Japan, as the K-1 championship organiser was lining up a fight for her at the end of the year.
Phayahong won the K-1 Women’s Atomweight title (45kg) on Saturday after beating Mio Tsumura in the semi-final and Miyuu Sugawara in the final.
She is Thailand’s first female K-1 champion. The three other Thais who have won Thai K-1 championship titles are all male, namely Buakaw Banchamek, Kaew Weerasakreck and Kongnapa Weerasakreck.
Phayahong’s real name is Chanthakan Manobal. She is the cousin of K-pop singer Lalisa Manobal, better known as Lisa Blackpink. She is currently studying in the Faculty of Education at Kasetsart University.
Tickets starting from 2,000 baht will go on sale on July 8 for the Moto GP race in Thailand. The “OR Thailand Grand Prix 2022” will be held at Chang International Circuit, Buri Ram province on October 2.
The Facebook Page “Chang Circuit Buriram” posted on Monday that tickets will be separated into four categories:
Grand stand: 4,000 baht; can see all 12 turns of the circuit
Quartararo Stand: 3,000 baht; get souvenirs with an authentic autograph from Fabio Quartararo
Chantra Stand: 3,000 baht; get souvenirs with an authentic autograph from Somkiat Chantra
Side Stand: 2,000 baht
The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) has said tickets will first go on sale from 1.30pm to 2.35pm on the 25th floor of the Chalermphrakiet Building at the SAT in Bangkok.
After that, tickets will go on sale at 7-Eleven stores or via allticket.com from 3pm.
Soccer Football – General views of the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium – Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar, March 30, 2022. General view inside the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, a venue for the 2022 Qatar World Cup REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
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