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RTÉ News
5 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Chris Forrester with late winner as St Pat's Athletic edge nine-man Nõmme Kalju in Conference League
St Patrick's Athletic left it late to break down nine-man Nomme Kalju in their UEFA Conference League second qualifying round first leg at Richmond Park. Chris Forrester netted shortly after his introduction on 90 minutes as Conor Carty's shot was parried by goalkeeper Maksim Pavlov, and Forrester danced around him before finishing coolly. It looked set to be a night of frustration for the Saints as they were repelled despite Kalju losing Rommi Siht and Danyl Mashchenko to red cards within five second half minutes. The dam eventually in the final minute of normal time as the deeply cynical Estonians' defensive gameplan was finally undone. The home support were in fine voice long before kick off - though they had to in order to be heard above a PA soundtrack that could be heard from space - and maintained that despite their frustrations. And their patience - and that of goalkeeper Joe Anang - who also got to relax and watch a game of football - was rewarded when the erratic Pavlov failed to hold onto Carty's effort. The Russian goalkeeper had two hairy moments early on, first tipping a Jay McClelland cross over and almost fumbling Simon Power's centre into his own net. That was to be the majority of the first-half entertainment bar Pavlov tipping away a shot by sub Jake Mulraney, on after Zack Elbouzedi was cynically hacked down and had to depart with an arm injury. Mulraney again went close as Pavlov spilled a corner and the ball was cleared to the edge of the box, but it fell onto the roof of the net. The tide appeared to turn as Siht made a mess of a Saints breakaway and received a second yellow card for hacking down Barry Baggley. Power hit the side netting from 20 yards before Kalju's woes were compounded when Mashchenko cynically chopped down Mulraney as he ran in on goal. The visitors changed their initial plan of 11 men behind the ball to nine men behind the ball - or on the ground - but the Athletic's diligence eventually paid off as Forrester capitalised. They had further chances in injury time as subs Aidan Keena and Mulraney both drove narrowly wide but they will travel to Tallinn next Thursday with the most slender of leads. St. Patrick's Athletic: Joe Anang; Tom Grivosti, Jay McClelland, Ryan McLaughlin (Aidan Keena 71), Joseph Redmond; Barry Baggley, Zack Elbouzedi (Jake Mulraney 24), Kian Leavy (Brandon Kavanagh 78), Jamie Lennon (Christopher Forrester 78), Simon Power; Mason Melia (Conor Carty 78). Nomme Kalju : Maksim Pavlov; Danyil Mashchenko, Maksim Podholjuzin (Uku Kõrre 45), Modou Tambedou, Daniil Tarassenkov; Kristjan Kask, Oleksandr Musolitin (Aleksandr Nikolajev 46), Ivans Patrikejevs (Sander Alex Liit 78), Rommi Siht; Nikita Ivanov (Guilherme Henriques da Silva Carvalho 62), Mattias Männilaan.
Irish Examiner
5 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Forrester dramatic late winner gives St Pat's the advantage going into second leg in Estonia
Europa Conference League, second qualifying round, first leg: St Patrick's Athletic 1 (Forrester 90') Kalju 0 As so often in the past, Chris Forrester proved St Patrick's Athletic's talisman once again with a dramatic late winner just as it seemed frustration would be the order of the night by the Camac. With the Nomme Kalju goal under siege as they defended heroically with nine men for over 20 minutes, St Patrick's finally gave themselves something to bring to Estonia next week with a 90th minute goal. A triple 79th minute substitution by manager Stephen Kenny would eventually bring St Patrick's their due reward with all three players contributing. Brandon Kavanagh fed Conor Carty down the inside left channel. And though the striker's drive was parried by goalkeeper Maksim Pavlov, Forrester, St Pat's record European appearance holder, pounced on the loose ball to show clever feet and score from close in. While St Patrick's dominated on the night, and well before Kalju's two dismissals, it remains all to play for in Tallinn in next Thursday's second leg. Kenny made one change from last week's win against Lithuanian side Hegelmann with Zach Elbouzedi replacing Jake Mulraney on the right flank as St Pat's started on the front foot. Pavlov looked far from sure of himself early on, tipping over crosses from Jay McClelland and Barry Baggley while also fortunate that nothing came of having an attempted clearance charged down by Mason Melia. Though St Pat's continued to dominate the ball, it was the 28th minute before they seriously threatened, left-back Modou Tambedou doing well to nick the ball off the toe of Simon Power from Baggley's through ball. If suspect in the air, Pavlov did show pretty competent shot stopping ability with saves from McClelland and substitute Jake Mulraney as St Pat's frustration grew with no tangible reward forthcoming as they trooped off at half-time. Home agitation continued into the second half, Melia just not able to get enough purchase on a downward header from Mulraney's cross to trouble Pavlov. Kalju then mustered their first spell of pressure on the home goal with Tom Grivosti defending well to block a shot from Mattias Mannilaan amid three successive corners for the visitors. Back at the other end, plaintive shouts for a handball were not entertained in a scramble that followed a McClelland header from Baggley's corner. Kalju, having shipped four bookings already, were reduced to 10 men on 64 minutes when Rommi Siht was dismissed for a foul on Kian Leavy, his second yellow card. It got worse numerically for the Estonians four minutes later as Danyl Mashchenko was also sent off for a second yellow card offence for hauling down Mulraney. Minutes later Melia looked set to break the deadlock only to slice his volley wide after Grivosti picked him out in space right in front of goal. With Kalju pinned back in their final third, substitute Aidan Keena worked Pavlov at his near post before Kalju's heroic defending was undone with Forrester's big goal. Pavlov would then prevent further damage with the save of the night in the 93rd minute when turning Kavanagh's drive round a post. St Patrick's Athletic: Anang; McLaughlin (Keena, 70), Redmond, Grivosti, McClelland; Lennon (Forrester, 79), Baggley; Elbouzedi (Mulraney, 24), Leavy (Kavanagh, 79), Power; Melia (Carty, 79). Nõmme Kalju: Pavlov; Tarassenkov, Mashchenko, Podholjuzin (Korre, 45+6), Tambedou; Patrikejevs (Liit, 72), Musolitin (Nikolajiev, h-t), Kask, Siht; Mannilaan, Ivanov (Guilherme, 62). Referee: Ladislav Szikszay (Czechia).
Irish Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
St Pat's leave it late to beat nine-man Kalju in Inchicore
Kalju lost the plot at Richmond Park and yet for 90 long minutes it looked like St Pat's wouldn't get their act together to then their late trio of subs joined forces to deliver a fairytale ending at the death with Chris Forrester pouncing to put Saints in the driving seat heading for Estonia next were physical and aggressive throughout and had two players sent off - both on second yellows - in a crazy four minute spell in the despite peppering their box for the remaining 26 minutes, Stephen Kenny's men were struggling to apply the killer finish for the goal they the net hasn't been a problem in their most recent outings, but had been a major cause for concern before it looked like those issues were resurfacing the build-up, Kenny said a win by any means necessary would suffice. The performance didn't need to be a thing of beauty, once St Pat's got the when Kalju pair Rommi Siht and Danyl Mashchenko walked in the 64th and 68th minutes, St Pat's knew they had no more excuses for making hard work of it needed the 79th minute introduction of Brandon Kavanagh, Conor Carty and Forrester to settle slipped a ball in behind nine-man Kalju's badly stretched defence for Carty and he drew a save from Maksim Pavlow, only for Forrester tucked home the he showed fancy footwork in doing so Park has been a happy hunting ground for the Saints in European competition, winning 13 of their last 23 games here, and they started like the meant men dominated the ball throughout the first half and had their Estonian opponents on the back foot until yet the visitors were more than happy with how the game was panning out at that all their possession, Saints struggled to work Russian goalkeeper Pavlov enough. And that was frustrating considering how shaky he looked under high Pavlov did redeem himself somewhat when getting his body behind a Jay McClelland drive and then thwarting Jake Mulraney at full stretch when the St Pat's winger cut in from the right and unleashed a thumping wasn't long on the pitch at that point, having replaced Zack Elbouzedi midway through the half when the latter suffered a nasty wrist injury after landing awkwardly under a had picked the ball up on his own half and went on a brilliant run at pace down the middle of the a knife through butter, he sliced through poor challenges and held opponents at bay until Mashchenko brought him Ukrainian - later sent off - was booked for the foul just outside the area and St Pat's players quickly signalled to the bench that Elbouzedi was in a bad walked off holding his wrist, with pain etched across his Pat's supporters had been enjoying the early entertainment, but the longer Kalju were holding on, the more frustrated those fans Power's shot from the edge of the area lacked, well, power, and fell kindly at Pavlov's then clipped a ball into Power in the box but Modou Tambedou pinched it off his toes before the winger could had a bit more about them in the second-half, and grew in confidence after watching St Pat's make such hard work of Mattias Mannilaan may well have opened the scoring were it not for an important Tom Grivosti even though Saints were huffing and puffing - 'we're too f*****g nice' was one of the shouts from the crowd - their willingness to keep pushing never once the Kalju pair saw red, St Pat's had clarity of immediately introduced striker Aidan Kenna for fullback Ryan McLaughlin in the hope of driving home that advantage, with the sub joining Mason Melia in Melia fluffed the host's best chance of the game, volleying a deep Grivosti cross wide from close range before Keena smashed a shot from six yards at kept going abegging thereafter, but Saints stalwart Forrester was the difference maker when it mattered in the final throes. As he came into the game, a supporter in the main stand roared at Forrester 'you can change this game' - and he did just that with a precious lead goal in the tie. St Patrick's Athletic: Anang 6; McLaughlin 6 (Keena 70, 6), Redmond 7, Grivosti 7, McClelland 7; Lennon 7 (Forrester 79, 7), Baggley 7; Elbouzedi 6 (Mulraney 24, 6), Leavy 6 (Kavanagh 79, 6), Power 6; Melia 6 (Carty 79, 6). Nõmme Kalju: Pavlov 6; Tarassenkov 6, Mashchenko 6, Podholjuzin 6 (Korre 45, 6), Tambedou 6; Patrikejevs 5 (Liit 72 5), Musolitin 5 (Nikolajev 45, 6_, Kask 6, Siht 6; Mannilaan 6, Ivanov 5 (Guilherme 62, 6). Referee: Ladislav Szikszay (Czechia).
Irish Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
Conference League qualifiers: Chris Forrester finds late winner for St Pat's against nine-man Kalju
Conference League second round qualifiers, first leg: St Patrick's Athletic 1 (Forrester 90) Kalju 0 As he has so often in the past, Chris Forrester proved St Patrick's Athletic 's talisman once again with a dramatic late winner just as it seemed frustration would be the order of the night by the Camac. With the Kalju goal under siege as they defended heroically with nine men for over 20 minutes, St Pat's finally gave themselves something to bring to Estonia next week with a 90th-minute goal. A triple substitution by manager Stephen Kenny in the 79th minute would eventually bring the Dubliners their due reward with all three players contributing. Brandon Kavanagh fed Conor Carty down the inside left channel and though the striker's drive was parried by goalkeeper Maksim Pavlov, Forrester – St Pat's record European appearance holder – pounced on the loose ball to show clever feet and score from close in. READ MORE While St Patrick's dominated on the night, and well before Kalju's two dismissals, it remains all to play for in Tallinn in next Thursday's second leg. Mason Melia reacts to a missed chance for St Pat's. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho Kenny made one change from last week's win against Lithuanian side Hegelmann, with Zach Elbouzedi replacing Jake Mulraney on the right flank as St Pat's started on the front foot. Pavlov looked far from sure of himself early on, tipping over crosses from Jay McClelland and Barry Baggley, while also fortunate that nothing came of having an attempted clearance charged down by Mason Melia. Though St Pat's continued to dominate the ball, it was the 28th minute before they seriously threatened, left-back Modou Tambedou doing well to nick the ball off the toe of Simon Power from Baggley's through ball. If suspect in the air, Pavlov did show pretty competent shot-stopping abilities with saves on McClelland and substitute Jake Mulraney as St Pat's frustration grew with no tangible reward forthcoming by the break. Home agitation continued into the second half, Melia not able to get enough purchase on a downward header from Mulraney's cross to trouble Pavlov. Kalju then mustered their first spell of pressure on the home goal with Tom Grivosti defending well to block a shot from Mattias Mannilaan amid three successive corners for the visitors. Back at the other end, plaintive shouts for a handball were not entertained in a scramble that followed a header from McClelland off Baggley's corner. Referee Ladislav Szikszay shows Kalju's Rommi Siht a red card. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho Kalju, having shipped four bookings already, were reduced to 10 men on 64 minutes when Rommi Siht was dismissed after a foul on Kian Leavy for his second yellow card. It got worse numerically for the Estonians four minutes later as Danyl Mashchenko was also sent off for a second yellow-card offence for hauling down Mulraney. Minutes later Melia looked set to break the deadlock only to slice his volley wide after Grivosti picked him out in space right in front of goal. With Kalju pinned back in their final third, substitute Aidan Keena worked Pavlov at his near post before Kalju's heroic defending was undone with Forrester's big goal. Pavlov would then prevent further damage with the save of the night in the 93rd minute in turning Kavanagh's drive round a post. ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC: Anang; McLaughlin (Keena, 70), Redmond, Grivosti, McClelland; Lennon (Forrester, 79), Baggley; Elbouzedi (Mulraney, 24), Leavy (Kavanagh, 79), Power; Melia (Carty, 79). KALJU: Pavlov; Tarassenkov, Mashchenko, Podholjuzin (Korre, 45+6), Tambedou; Patrikejevs (Liit, 72), Musolitin (Nikolajiev, h-t), Kask, Siht; Mannilaan, Ivanov (Guilherme, 62). Referee: L Szikszay (Czechia).
Campaign ME
17-07-2025
- Business
- Campaign ME
Yango Ads introduces new monetisation tools for mobile app developers
Yango Ads has introduced new monetisation opportunities for mobile app publishers in the region. With enhanced access to global demand, smarter ad formats, and features designed to drive deeper user engagement, the company's latest offering empowers developers to significantly increase in-app revenue and improve ad performance. These advancements are delivered through an updated software development kit (SDK), introducing smarter ad formats and expanded access to global demand. The intention is to help developers earn more without interrupting the user experience. Yango Ads claims the the new interactive formats are already delivering up to 11 per cent higher engagement, while AI-powered video previews have increased click-through rates by up to 4 per cent. 'Developers face increasing challenges to grow revenue while maintaining a seamless user experience,' said Evgenii Pavlov, General Manager at Yango Ads MEA. 'Our latest updates make it easier than ever for developers to access premium ad demand and maximise the value of every user interaction.' Ad Network by Yango Ads also supports integration with over 50 DSPs, including advertisers in high-value markets like the U.S. and South Korea, opening up stronger competition for ad placements and better monetisation opportunities. Additional upgrades to banner and horizontal video layouts are helping developers increase visibility and interaction, generating up to 5 per cent more revenue. The SDK has also been optimised for speed and ease of integration, with a lighter build that reduces app load times and ensures smoother ad rendering. It includes improved banner auto-refresh logic, support for SKAdNetwork attribution on iOS, and adherence to standards for added transparency and compliance. 'These enhancements demonstrate our commitment to providing powerful yet easy-to-integrate tools that deliver meaningful business results,' said Pavlov. The timing of the release aligns with significant growth in the region's app economy. According to Yango Ads, consumers in the UAE will spend over $500m on mobile apps in 2025. MENA advertisers are also expected to increase in-app ad spend by more than 14 per cent year-on-year. With smartphone penetration in the UAE projected to surpass 97 per cent by 2029, mobile-first monetisation strategies are becoming a top priority for app developers and publishers. These enhancements are part of Yango Ads' broader strategy to deliver complete monetisation solutions that combine AI-powered formats, performance marketing, and actionable audience insights. With the MENA mobile advertising market expected to reach $17.36bn by 2029, Yango Ads claims it remains focused on helping developers scale sustainably through smarter advertising technology.
