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The twenty-year-old Czech hockey player Petr Sikora, who is beginning his career overseas at the Washington farm team, has impressed with his performances, including a fight with the captain of the Providence Bruins, which has garnered attention and admiration from fans and the media. #PetrSikora #NHL #AHL (translated)

The energy ministers of the Visegrad countries and Dan Jorgensen, the EU energy commissioner, will meet in Bratislava on Monday to discuss measures to reduce energy prices, improve energy security, and the directions of European energy policy after 2030, announced István Kapitány, the Minister of Economic Development and Energy, on Facebook. #energia #gazdaság #V4 (translated)

I was a captain in Afghanistan and we used to go to the headquarters in Kabul, where there were 50 flags. It was a beautiful sight: 50 different countries supporting the NATO alliance and the ISAF mission. Besides that, maybe five of them contributed to the operations. By the end of the mission, only one or two countries were actually involved in combat operations. We even joked that the ISAF patch (International Security Assistance Force) meant "I Saw Americans Fighting" – Hegseth said. #Pentagon #Afganistan #NATO (translated)

I believe that Kimmich will come under a lot of pressure and that the captaincy question will eventually resolve itself because others will play. Hamann: "I believe that Kimmich will come under a lot of pressure and that the captaincy question will eventually resolve itself because others will play." #Kimmich #DFB #Fußball (translated)

Vláďa Foltán shared a statement from a man he called the best defense minister in the history of the USA. He stated that he served as a captain in Afghanistan and at the headquarters in Kabul, he saw 50 flags of countries involved in the NATO alliance mission and the ISAF mission. However, according to him, only about five countries were actually contributing to the mission, and by the end of combat operations, only one or two were involved. He added that soldiers jokingly interpreted the acronym ISAF as a claim that they saw Americans fighting. Foltán then ironically wrote that such an approach was a "superb way" to secure support from allies in the future, and he doubted that they would eagerly get involved again with such a grateful and loyal partner. https://t.co/JBjoHcewQQ #NATO #Afghánistán #vojenskáhistorie (translated)

We are not satisfied with the point. Our ambition is to win every game. We need to talk about the problems with the ball. Captain David Nemeth: "We are not satisfied with the point. Our ambition is to win every game. We need to talk about the problems with the ball." #FCStPauli #Zweitliga #Aufstieg (translated)

Jakub Balcerzak wrote that Ran Takahashi was set to debut in the TAURON League as a member of Bogdanka LUK Lublin. He described the 25-year-old Japanese player as someone who combined recognition among fans and collaboration with major brands with the ambition for further sports development. According to the author, the transfer to Lublin was not merely a marketing move: the club had tried to acquire the player earlier, and this year’s discussions were the third attempt. Balcerzak stated that Takahashi only now believed he was ready to play in Poland, and the prospect of playing alongside Wilfredo Leon was an important argument for him. According to Balcerzak, Takahashi started as a libero, and he became interested in volleyball thanks to his older brother Rui. He gained wider attention as an outside hitter when, in his last year of school, he led Higashiyama to the Japanese high school championship, after which he began studying at Nippon Sport Science University. Philippe Blain called him up for VNL 2021, despite his limited experience in senior volleyball, and he subsequently made it to the squad for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. In his national team debut, he achieved, according to data cited by the author, 50% attacking efficiency, 35% attack effectiveness, and 80% positive reception. Balcerzak wrote that after the 2021 national team season, Takahashi, at Blain's urging, went to Italy. In December 2021, he joined Padwa, and later moved to Monza, with which he reached the LegaVolley finals and the Challenge Cup semifinals in 2024. In the 2024 league season, he recorded 49% attacking efficiency, 35% attack effectiveness, and 53% positive reception. After three years in Italy, he returned to Japan after the 2024 national team season, which — as the author described — was hampered by ankle injuries and a defeat at the Olympic Games. According to Balcerzak, Takahashi became the face of the SV League project, and in the first season he won a double gold crown and almost all individual awards. After his second season in Japan, he chose Lublin, wanting to find himself in a new environment before the Los Angeles Olympics. The author stated that in the 2026 national team season, the player was among the top five volleyball players, recording 53% attacking efficiency, 39% attack effectiveness, and 53% positive reception. He also quoted coach Stéphane Antiga’s opinion, who described Takahashi as a “complete outside hitter,” and pointed out that the player particularly valued defense, precision, and mentality. #TAURONLiga #Siatkówka #RanTakahashi #Debiut (translated)

Today we will probably leave it and will address it in the coming days. "Today we will probably leave it and will address it in the coming days. If it is as the referee described, it's already happened several times. Before the season, we had several meetings and advice from the experienced that this must not happen again. It could have cost us a title in the past. If it was really such a breakdown, that is bad and unforgivable," said the team captain Tomáš Holeš. #SlaviaPraha #červenákarta #fotbal (translated)