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UAE Moments
6 days ago
- Business
- UAE Moments
♋ Cancer Daily Horoscope for July 24, 2025
Love & Relationships Today is a powerful day for emotional connection, Cancer. If you're in a relationship, your nurturing side will shine—your partner may lean on you for comfort and support. For singles, someone may be drawn to your calm and caring nature. Just be mindful not to overextend yourself emotionally. Finance Your instincts are sharp today, especially when it comes to budgeting and long-term planning. It's a great time to reflect on where your money goes and whether it aligns with your values. Avoid impulsive online purchases—think investments, not indulgences. Career You may feel the urge to retreat, but don't shy away from leadership if it's offered. Your quiet strength and ability to read between the lines can help smooth over team tensions. It's a good day for collaborative efforts and wrapping up tasks you've been procrastinating on. Health & Well-being Your emotional health is closely tied to your physical well-being today. Take a break from overstimulating environments and prioritize rest. A short walk near water or a relaxing bath can do wonders for your mood. Other Influences You may reconnect with an old friend or family member who brings a sense of peace. Trust your gut—it's your greatest guide today.
The Star
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Star
Harimau Malaya to play friendlies against Singapore, Palestine
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian football team are set to play two international friendly matches in September. The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) confirmed that the Harimau Malaya will host Singapore on Sept 4 and Palestine on Sept 8. Both matches will be staged in the nation's capital, giving supporters the opportunity to rally behind their team on home soil. "We're thrilled to have secured two quality fixtures," said national team chief executive officer Rob Friend. "It's a fantastic opportunity to play two exciting matches in front of our fans in Kuala Lumpur. "Singapore brings regional intensity and familiarity, while Palestine offers a different tactical challenge and a top 100 FIFA-ranked opponent. Both matches will provide valuable experience for our squad as we continue building this exciting project." Touching on Malaysia's withdrawal from the CAFA Nations Cup, Friend added: "While the withdrawal from CAFA was a calculated decision, we worked closely with them to help in finding a suitable replacement. "It was important for us to act with integrity and preserve the strong relationships we value within the global football community." Further details regarding kick-off times and ticketing for the two friendly matches will be announced later.
Scottish Sun
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
The Bear's Will Poulter splits from 14 years older model girlfriend and is growing close to stunning Top Boy actress
Over recent years Will has become one of the UK's most sought after actors STAR BREAK-UP The Bear's Will Poulter splits from 14 years older model girlfriend and is growing close to stunning Top Boy actress WILL Poulter has quietly split from his model girlfriend - and has grown close to a stunning actress. The Bear star, 32, called it quits with mum-of-one Bobby T, 45, earlier this year after a whirlwind romance before getting to know Top Boy Saffron Hocking. Advertisement 5 British Actor Will Poulter has reportedly split from his girlfriend Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 The Hollywood star started dating Bobby T last year Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 Will is now reportedly getting close to Top Boy's Saffron Hocking Credit: SWNS 5 Will is well known for starring in The Bear Credit: Disney Will was spotted looking very close with Saffron over a lunch date in London last week after hanging out at Glastonbury festival last month and enjoying Wimbledon together. An insider revealed: 'Will and Bobby had a great time together but at the end of the day they realised it wasn't going to last long term. 'Bobby's main priority will always be her son and she lives in America, which is fine when Will is working there but can be hard work. 'He's known Saffron for a while but they have been spending more time together recently. Advertisement 'They were both hosted by Barbour at Glasto and got on like a house on fire.' They added: 'It's very early days and while they might be telling people they are just friends, the sparks between them are obvious to everyone.' Saffron, 31, is a British actress who has worked on a number of hit shows and is well loved for playing Jaq's sister Lauryn Lawrence on the award winning Top Boy. Will and Saffron are thought to have first met two years ago when they both worked on a Friend of the Earth campaign. Advertisement It was first revealed that the Guardians of the Galaxy star, was dating Bobby, who is 14 years his senior, in January of last year after they reportedly spent Christmas together. The pair previously sparked romance interest in 2022 when they were spotted kissing on the streets of West Hollywood. Will Poulter is terrified of new horror Midsommar - even though he's IN it, he tells Chris Evans Virgin Radio Breakfast Show Bobby, real name Erin Campaneris, made a name for herself by modelling with a string of US agencies including Ford Models, LA models and New York Models. Will first rose to fame in the early 2010s after starring in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Advertisement Since then, he has been seen in several other productions including Dopestick, We're the Millers alongside Jennifer Aniston, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. He also worked with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant. The star has also won multiple awards including the 2014 BAFTA Rising Star Awards, and the 2015 MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Fight. He started off his career in the Son of Rambow at the age of 13. Advertisement Will previously dated Netflix actress Yasmeen Scott between 2018 and 2019 and were spotted holding hands together at red carpet events. Will's rep declined to comment.
Irish Examiner
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Andy Friend: Demise of the sevens programme is a real shame
TWO of the most significant periods of Andy Friend's coaching career are set to collide in his hometown today when the Brumbies host a British & Irish Lions touring party containing three players whose careers he helped to mould during his five-year tenure as Connacht head coach. That Canberra-born wing and former Brumbie Mack Hansen is part of the Lions matchday squad at GIO Stadium and non-playing prop Finlay Bealham is also from the city adds an extra level of excitement while Friend has already seen Bundee Aki earn Test recognition with the famous touring institution during his stint in Galway, on the 2021 tour to South Africa. 'It's just brilliant for them as individuals and I think it's brilliant for Connacht,' Friend says on the eve of the game in a café near his home in the Australian capital. 'And then two of those boys are actually from this hometown. So I think it's outstanding that they're here to play and have a chance to be here in a town that they used to call home. For them to be brave enough to have packed up and gone over to Ireland, and Bundee, credit to them and they're now at the pinnacle, aren't they? 'You'd pinch yourself if you said five years ago that Connacht's going to have three British & Irish Lions. I think we'd had three in the history of the club but now you've got three there in one squad. So I'm just delighted for them, and I think it shows the opportunity that Connacht's provided those boys, but others as well. 'So it's nothing but fond memories of my time at Connacht.' When Friend, now 56, returned to Canberra, he began working with the national women's team, the Walleroos, in a consultancy role. He still coaches their coaches, and through his business, Performance Friend, also works with the USA Eagles men's team, Australian Rowing and offers one-to-one work with individual coaches and business leaders to unlock their potential. He has just completed a six-month stint as head coach of the Brumbies women's programme, returning to the Canberra franchise whose men's team he head coached between 2007 and 2011. His posting before joining Connacht was as Australia's men's sevens head coach and when he is asked what his sense of where Irish rugby is right now, his bewilderment at the IRFU's decision to shelve its men's sevens programme is evident. 'I think there's been a bit of a golden era come through Irish rugby. Joe (Schmidt) was at the forefront of that as a coach. Leinster's been at the forefront of that for probably the last decade and a bit in the way that they've performed on European stages. And then Ireland, they've been up in the top two or three for the last five, six years. There's incredible talent coming through. 'I always look at the Irish system with a lot of envy. To me, it is a team of us. It's controlled by the central body, which I think it has to be. You've got four strong provinces, but the IRFU still have a control on who goes where. You'd like to see a little bit more movement, I reckon. 'I reckon one of the disappointing things which has just happened recently is the demise of the sevens. I think that's actually been something that's really given Ireland another avenue for players to come through and to show their strength. 'With that now dropping off, I think it's a real shame, to be honest with you. I know they're keeping the women's part of the programme, but there's some great players coming through that men's part of the programme. 'You've got national teams going to Olympics and chances of medals and winning medals at World Cups. That's all part of national pride and part of the whole rugby family. I know David Nucifora spent a lot of time, he and Eddie Wigglesworth (former IRFU director of rugby), building that whole programme up. They'll be very disappointed that's now gone. 'I think David Nucifora deserves a lot of credit for Irish rugby, the way it grew and developed under his stewardship. I think he did a brilliant job, as did others in that whole area. Certainly when I left there, Irish rugby was really healthy. The dropping of the sevens is a warning sign that maybe it's not as healthy as everyone thinks it is. We'll wait and see.' Friend is optimistic for direction of travel Connacht are heading in, however. He and his wife Kerri fell in love with Galway and the province during their time there and he thanked chief executive Willie Ruane for allowing him 'to move into the part of my coaching where I think I operate best, which is in the people development and overseeing a programme' as director of rugby. 'I just love the whole ethos of Connacht Rugby, ambition, belief, community. Three words that really mean something to you. 'If you live on the west coast of Ireland, you've got to be pretty hardy. You've got to know how to roll your sleeves up and get stuff done. Find a way is one of the big phrases they used to say and I just love those type of people. 'I connected with them and they connected with me. It was a brilliant way to round out 29 years of pro coaching. So nothing but fond memories coming out of there. A lot of hard work and a lot of really good people. Just a really nice way to wrap things up.' THE arrival this summer of Stuart Lancaster as Connacht's new head coach and the completion of the Sportsground's redevelopment and rebirth as Dexcom Stadium has Friend anticipating more good times ahead. 'Brilliant. I just think it's fantastic. I couldn't be happier for the Connacht faithful. They've been there following that team from around the greyhound track and in the Clan Terrace. Now you've got a stadium and now the players have got a place that they can really call their own. There's no excuses there anymore. 'Now they've got Stuart Lancaster, they've kept Cullie Tucker and Rod Saib has come over from Australia. They've got John Muldoon back there. They've got a great coaching set-up. Billy Millard's gone in there now. Timmy Allnut's still there. They've got some great people there. 'I just really, really hope it all now clicks and they just take off. They're always going to be battling against others because they don't have the finances that others have. But they play a brand of footy that is entertaining to watch and I think makes most people from Connacht pretty proud because they work really, really hard for each other. 'Some of our better games, we didn't win them but we actually played really, really well and pushed some of the big teams. You want to win everything, of course you do, but I think people from Connacht are pretty realistic as well. 'But now they've got a great stadium to go and watch it in. The players have got a good facility to go and train in. So hopefully everything does keep improving.' Friend concedes the Clan Terrace, home of Connacht's most passionate and vociferous supporters, will be missed but added: 'They'll have to put them somewhere. Well, like all things in history, you think back with fondness to that. But then there's always development. So I believe Dexcom now has got, there'll be terraces there and they'll try and mimic it, but it probably won't ever be the same. 'Kerri and I are thinking of going back there in 12 to 18 months just to have a look. 'We've got a real soft spot in our hearts for Connacht and for Galway and to go back and see it all humming would be fantastic. So we'll probably sneak back there in a little bit of time and have a look. And we'll get down to the Crane Bar as well and have a couple of pints down there.'
Glasgow Times
27-06-2025
- Business
- Glasgow Times
Nike warns Trump tariffs could cost it nearly £730m
The group said it was taking action to offset the hit, having recently warned it would raise prices on some trainers and clothing in the US to counter rising tariffs. Nike also said it would reduce supply from China to the US market to bring down costs. It currently makes around 16% of its footwear in China, which is then imported into the US, but is looking to reduce this to a 'high single-digit range' by the end of the current financial year. Bosses at the group said supply in China would be 'reallocated to other countries around the world'. Matt Friend, Nike's chief financial officer, said: 'These tariffs represent a new and meaningful cost headwind.' Mr Trump's tariffs could have a huge effect on the business, Nike chiefs said (AP) He said the cost impact would be about one billion US dollars (£727 million) if tariffs remain at current levels. Mr Friend added: 'We will optimise our sourcing mix and allocate production differently across countries to mitigate the new cost headwind into the United States, despite the current elevated tariffs for Chinese products imported into the United States. 'Manufacturing capacity and capability in China remains important to our global source base.' He also said the group was looking to 'minimise the overall impact to the consumer', although it confirmed it would start pushing through price hikes in the US starting from the autumn. Corporate costs could also be cut under plans to offset the expected cost hit. The comments came as Nike reported its worst quarterly earnings in more than three years, although the out-turn was better than feared on Wall Street, helping its US-listed shares lift overnight on Thursday. Chief executive Elliott Hill, who returned from retirement last year to take the helm, is leading a turnaround at the group. He said the group's results showing a 12% drop in fourth quarter revenues to 11.1 billion dollars (£8.1 billion) were 'not where we want them to be'. 'As we enter a new fiscal year, we are turning the page and the next step is aligning our teams to lead with sport through what we are calling the sport offense,' he said. Mr Friend also said the sales decline 'reflected the largest financial impact' of its revamp, adding 'we expect the headwinds to moderate from here'.
