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News18
a day ago
- Business
- News18
PM Modi To Embark On Five-Nation Visit From July 2
Last Updated: After concluding his visit to Ghana, the Prime Minister will head to Trinidad and Tobago, a twin-island country in the Caribbean, from July 3 to 4, 2025. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia from July 2 to July 9. Notably, PM Modi's visit to Ghana will be the first to the country by an Indian Prime Minister in three decades. During his visit, PM Modi will hold talks with the President of Ghana to review the strong bilateral partnership and discuss further avenues to enhance it through economic, energy, and defence collaboration, and development cooperation partnership, according to an official statement. This visit will reaffirm the shared commitment of the two countries to deepen bilateral ties and strengthen India's engagement with the ECOWAS [Economic Community of West African States] and the African Union, said the statement. After concluding his visit to Ghana, the Prime Minister will head to Trinidad and Tobago, a twin-island country in the Caribbean, from July 3 to 4, 2025. According to the statement, this will be his first visit to the country as prime minister and the first bilateral prime ministerial-level visit to T&T since 1999. He will hold talks with the president, H.E. Christine Carla Kangaloo, and Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar to discuss strengthening India–T&T ties. He is also expected to address a joint session of the Parliament. In the third leg, at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Argentina, H.E. Mr. Javier Milei, the Prime Minister will visit Argentina from July 4 to 5, 2025. He will hold bilateral talks with President Milei to review cooperation and explore ways to enhance ties in areas such as defence, agriculture, mining, oil and gas, renewable energy, trade, investment, and people-to-people exchanges, said the official statement. On July 5, the PM will visit Brazil to attend the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, followed by a State Visit to Brasília. He will participate in discussions on global issues and is likely to hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines. After that, at the invitation of the President of Namibia, H.E. Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the Prime Minister will pay a State Visit to Namibia on July 9, 2025. This will be his first visit to Namibia and the third prime ministerial visit from India. He will hold bilateral talks with President Nandi-Ndaitwah, pay homage to Namibia's Founding Father, the late Dr. Sam Nujoma. The Prime Minister is also likely to address the Namibian Parliament. PM Modi's Second Five-Nation Tour During His Tenure Notably, this is the second time since 2014 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a five-nation visit. He has previously visited five countries in a single trip only once, in 2016, when he visited the United States, Mexico, Afghanistan, Switzerland, and Qatar. He has also covered four countries during a single tour. The current journey, spanning eight days from July 2 to July 9, also ranks among his longest overseas visits.
San Francisco Chronicle
3 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Matt Freese, having displaced Matt Turner as US goalkeeper, not yet looking toward World Cup
Having displaced Matt Turner as the starting U.S. goalkeeper for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, Matt Freese isn't contemplating starting the Americans' World Cup opener next June. 'It's not at the forefront of my mind,' he said Wednesday. 'What I'm focused on is each new game is another opportunity, and we have a big game coming up this weekend that we're focused on.' Going into Sunday's CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal against Costa Rica, the 26-year-old Freese had started all three group stage matches. 'It's a tournament that provides the opportunity to have this goalkeeper fighting for a position with Matt Turner in the future, but to check that out he needs to play," U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino said after the tournament-opening win over Trinidad and Tobago. 'We already know that Matt Turner can handle the pressure in a Gold Cup and in a World Cup. His quality is not in question. But after a hard year without play, I thought it was important for him to provide leadership from bench, always ready to play.' American goalkeeping hasn't been this worrisome since the 1980s. Tony Meola (1990 and 1994 World Cups), Kasey Keller (1998 and 2006), Brad Friedel (2002) and Tim Howard (2010 and 2014) all gained renown, but Turner and Zack Steffen failed to get regular top tier playing time in Europe after leaving Major League Soccer. Turner who turned 31 Tuesday, became the No. 1 U.S. goalkeeper ahead of the 2022 World Cup and had started 14 consecutive competitive matches for the U.S. and 23 of 24 before the Gold Cup. Freese attended a joint senior/under-23 U.S. training camp in January 2021, then didn't return to the national team until January 2025. He made his U.S. debut in a 2-1 friendly loss to Turkey on June 7, sat while Turner started in a 4-0 exhibition loss to Switzerland three days later and then was in goal for three Gold Cup wins: 5-0 over T&T, 1-0 against Saudi Arabia and 2-1 over Haiti. Freese's mis-hit of a clearing attempt led to Haiti's tying goal. 'Remember, the most important action is the next one,' Pochettino recalled telling him. 'If you think in the last one like that, you're going to do another mistake. This type of accident happened, and it will happen it the future.' A son of a Harvard college and medical school graduate, Freese attended The Episcopal Academy in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, enrolled at Harvard and was second-team All-Ivy as a sophomore in 2018. Freese viewed Howard as a role model. 'The natural raw athleticism that he has is something that I feel a little bit related to,' Freese said. Freese left Harvard to sign a homegrown player contract with Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union that December. He earned his economics degree in 2022 from Harvard, where his father was a graduate of the college and medical school. Among Turner's senior projects were a Theoretical Economic Analysis of Rising Major League Soccer Franchise Valuations and a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Hosting the Olympics. He joined the U.S. Soccer Federation's board of directors in March as an athlete representative. At Philadelphia, Freese appeared in just 13 league matches from 2019-22 as a backup to Andre Blake. He was traded to New York City in January 2023, took over as starting goalkeeper from Luis Barraza that May 31 and has held the job since. His path to become the U.S. starter opened when Columbus' Patrick Schulte injured an oblique during pregame warmups on May 24 and Steffen hurt his right knee during training with the U.S. team on June 3. Turner has had little playing time in the last year, making just three appearances for Crystal Palace, the last in the FA Cup on March 1. 'Every inch, every opportunity needs to be fought for and every opportunity that I've had under this current staff I've earned by my performances within training and the opportunities that I had this past season with Crystal Palace,' Turner said ahead of the Turkey match. Freese, Turner and Chicago's Chris Brady are the remaining goalkeepers in camp. Freese was excited to learn he was starting the first June friendly and then the Gold Cup opener. He said Pochettino told him: 'Just be yourself. That's all you need to do. We're putting you in there for a reason.' 'Mauricio does a really good job relating to the players and having personal conversations that lead to soccer conversations,' Freese said. 'It starts out very friendly and then goes into instruction and his plan for you, so it was kind of a natural conversation, nothing too structured.' 'I don't know about friends or competitors. We're teammates, and that's the important thing here," Freese said. "Whoever's playing will have the other's full support. It's my job to push him in training. It's his job to push me in training and then when game time comes the guy who's playing has the full support of the other.'
Winnipeg Free Press
3 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Matt Freese, having displaced Matt Turner as US goalkeeper, not yet looking toward World Cup
Having displaced Matt Turner as the starting U.S. goalkeeper for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, Matt Freese isn't contemplating starting the Americans' World Cup opener next June. 'It's not at the forefront of my mind,' he said Wednesday. 'What I'm focused on is each new game is another opportunity, and we have a big game coming up this weekend that we're focused on.' Going into Sunday's CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal against Costa Rica, the 26-year-old Freese had started all three group stage matches. 'It's a tournament that provides the opportunity to have this goalkeeper fighting for a position with Matt Turner in the future, but to check that out he needs to play,' U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino said after the tournament-opening win over Trinidad and Tobago. 'We already know that Matt Turner can handle the pressure in a Gold Cup and in a World Cup. His quality is not in question. But after a hard year without play, I thought it was important for him to provide leadership from bench, always ready to play.' American goalkeeping hasn't been this worrisome since the 1980s. Tony Meola (1990 and 1994 World Cups), Kasey Keller (1998 and 2006), Brad Friedel (2002) and Tim Howard (2010 and 2014) all gained renown, but Turner and Zack Steffen failed to get regular top tier playing time in Europe after leaving Major League Soccer. Turner who turned 31 Tuesday, became the No. 1 U.S. goalkeeper ahead of the 2022 World Cup and had started 14 consecutive competitive matches for the U.S. and 23 of 24 before the Gold Cup. Freese attended a joint senior/under-23 U.S. training camp in January 2021, then didn't return to the national team until January 2025. He made his U.S. debut in a 2-1 friendly loss to Turkey on June 7, sat while Turner started in a 4-0 exhibition loss to Switzerland three days later and then was in goal for three Gold Cup wins: 5-0 over T&T, 1-0 against Saudi Arabia and 2-1 over Haiti. Freese's mis-hit of a clearing attempt led to Haiti's tying goal. 'Remember, the most important action is the next one,' Pochettino recalled telling him. 'If you think in the last one like that, you're going to do another mistake. This type of accident happened, and it will happen it the future.' A son of a Harvard college and medical school graduate, Freese attended The Episcopal Academy in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, enrolled at Harvard and was second-team All-Ivy as a sophomore in 2018. Freese viewed Howard as a role model. 'The natural raw athleticism that he has is something that I feel a little bit related to,' Freese said. Freese left Harvard to sign a homegrown player contract with Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union that December. He earned his economics degree in 2022 from Harvard, where his father was a graduate of the college and medical school. Among Turner's senior projects were a Theoretical Economic Analysis of Rising Major League Soccer Franchise Valuations and a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Hosting the Olympics. He joined the U.S. Soccer Federation's board of directors in March as an athlete representative. At Philadelphia, Freese appeared in just 13 league matches from 2019-22 as a backup to Andre Blake. He was traded to New York City in January 2023, took over as starting goalkeeper from Luis Barraza that May 31 and has held the job since. His path to become the U.S. starter opened when Columbus' Patrick Schulte injured an oblique during pregame warmups on May 24 and Steffen hurt his right knee during training with the U.S. team on June 3. Turner has had little playing time in the last year, making just three appearances for Crystal Palace, the last in the FA Cup on March 1. 'Every inch, every opportunity needs to be fought for and every opportunity that I've had under this current staff I've earned by my performances within training and the opportunities that I had this past season with Crystal Palace,' Turner said ahead of the Turkey match. Freese, Turner and Chicago's Chris Brady are the remaining goalkeepers in camp. Freese was excited to learn he was starting the first June friendly and then the Gold Cup opener. He said Pochettino told him: 'Just be yourself. That's all you need to do. We're putting you in there for a reason.' Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. 'Mauricio does a really good job relating to the players and having personal conversations that lead to soccer conversations,' Freese said. 'It starts out very friendly and then goes into instruction and his plan for you, so it was kind of a natural conversation, nothing too structured.' Freese's relationship with Turner could be seen from afar as a rivalry 'I don't know about friends or competitors. We're teammates, and that's the important thing here,' Freese said. 'Whoever's playing will have the other's full support. It's my job to push him in training. It's his job to push me in training and then when game time comes the guy who's playing has the full support of the other.' ___ AP soccer:
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Matt Freese, having displaced Matt Turner as US goalkeeper, not yet looking toward World Cup
Having displaced Matt Turner as the starting U.S. goalkeeper for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, Matt Freese isn't contemplating starting the Americans' World Cup opener next June. HT Image 'It's not at the forefront of my mind,' he said Wednesday. 'What I'm focused on is each new game is another opportunity, and we have a big game coming up this weekend that we're focused on.' Going into Sunday's CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal against Costa Rica, the 26-year-old Freese had started all three group stage matches. 'It's a tournament that provides the opportunity to have this goalkeeper fighting for a position with Matt Turner in the future, but to check that out he needs to play," U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino said after the tournament-opening win over Trinidad and Tobago. 'We already know that Matt Turner can handle the pressure in a Gold Cup and in a World Cup. His quality is not in question. But after a hard year without play, I thought it was important for him to provide leadership from bench, always ready to play.' American goalkeeping hasn't been this worrisome since the 1980s. Tony Meola , Kasey Keller , Brad Friedel and Tim Howard all gained renown, but Turner and Zack Steffen failed to get regular top tier playing time in Europe after leaving Major League Soccer. Turner who turned 31 Tuesday, became the No. 1 U.S. goalkeeper ahead of the 2022 World Cup and had started 14 consecutive competitive matches for the U.S. and 23 of 24 before the Gold Cup. Freese attended a joint senior/under-23 U.S. training camp in January 2021, then didn't return to the national team until January 2025. He made his U.S. debut in a 2-1 friendly loss to Turkey on June 7, sat while Turner started in a 4-0 exhibition loss to Switzerland three days later and then was in goal for three Gold Cup wins: 5-0 over T&T, 1-0 against Saudi Arabia and 2-1 over Haiti. Freese's mis-hit of a clearing attempt led to Haiti's tying goal. 'Remember, the most important action is the next one,' Pochettino recalled telling him. 'If you think in the last one like that, you're going to do another mistake. This type of accident happened, and it will happen it the future.' A son of a Harvard college and medical school graduate, Freese attended The Episcopal Academy in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, enrolled at Harvard and was second-team All-Ivy as a sophomore in 2018. Freese viewed Howard as a role model. 'The natural raw athleticism that he has is something that I feel a little bit related to,' Freese said. Freese left Harvard to sign a homegrown player contract with Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union that December. He earned his economics degree in 2022 from Harvard, where his father was a graduate of the college and medical school. Among Turner's senior projects were a Theoretical Economic Analysis of Rising Major League Soccer Franchise Valuations and a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Hosting the Olympics. He joined the U.S. Soccer Federation's board of directors in March as an athlete representative. At Philadelphia, Freese appeared in just 13 league matches from 2019-22 as a backup to Andre Blake. He was traded to New York City in January 2023, took over as starting goalkeeper from Luis Barraza that May 31 and has held the job since. His path to become the U.S. starter opened when Columbus' Patrick Schulte injured an oblique during pregame warmups on May 24 and Steffen hurt his right knee during training with the U.S. team on June 3. Turner has had little playing time in the last year, making just three appearances for Crystal Palace, the last in the FA Cup on March 1. 'Every inch, every opportunity needs to be fought for and every opportunity that I've had under this current staff I've earned by my performances within training and the opportunities that I had this past season with Crystal Palace,' Turner said ahead of the Turkey match. Freese, Turner and Chicago's Chris Brady are the remaining goalkeepers in camp. Freese was excited to learn he was starting the first June friendly and then the Gold Cup opener. He said Pochettino told him: 'Just be yourself. That's all you need to do. We're putting you in there for a reason.' 'Mauricio does a really good job relating to the players and having personal conversations that lead to soccer conversations,' Freese said. 'It starts out very friendly and then goes into instruction and his plan for you, so it was kind of a natural conversation, nothing too structured.' Freese's relationship with Turner could be seen from afar as a rivalry 'I don't know about friends or competitors. We're teammates, and that's the important thing here," Freese said. "Whoever's playing will have the other's full support. It's my job to push him in training. It's his job to push me in training and then when game time comes the guy who's playing has the full support of the other.' soccer: /hub/soccer This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
NBC Sports
6 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
USMNT 2-1 Haiti: Yanks finish near-perfect group stage
The United States men's national team got a final tune-up for the Gold Cup knockout rounds when Mauricio Pochettino led the team into Arlington for a match-up with Les Grenadiers of Haiti on Sunday. Save for one mistake at the back, the car looks really good following a 2-1 win over Haiti on goals from Malik Tillman and Patrick Agyemang. The Yanks went 3-0-0 against Haiti, Saudi Arabia, and Trinidad & Tobago, and will face learn their quarterfinal opponent later Sunday. For live updates and highlights throughout USMNT vs Haiti, check out PST's live blog coverage below. How to watch USMNT vs Haiti live, stream link and start time Kick off time: 7pm ET, Sunday How to watch: FOX, TUDN Stream online: or the FOX Sports app USMNT vs Haiti live updates, final score: 2-1 Goal scorers: Malik Tillman 10', Louicius Don Deedson 19', Patrick Agyemang 75' Patrick Agyemang goal! USMNT 2-1 Haiti (75th minute) There's the big striker from URI! John Tolkin with a terrific ball from left back and Agyemang times his run about as well as possible (he was nearly offside). Agyemang carries past Placide and passes into the side netting. Solid, solid goal. Calm. Cool. Clutch.@Patrick_agyy delivers the go-ahead goal! Tillman goal but called offside on the field Beautiful trap and finish, but clearly offside. Two near goals for USMNT Malik Tillman has a Haitian clearance go off his arm and over the line. That won't count. Then Luca de la Torre hits a low shot that is saved by Placide. 1-1, 67'. Saudi Arabia draw level with T&T The Saudis move second with four points, two more than Haiti and T&T. Halftime Pretty deservedly 1-1. Agyemang has been dangerous and strong but really should have a goal. Close! De la Torre sweeps an inswinging invitation to Quinn Sullivan, who snaps an acrobatic volley off a defender and the bar. It's out for a corner. Nice from the San Diego and Philadelphia stars of MLS. Placide denies Agyemang He may have been offside but Agyemang is 1v1 with the keeper and is pushed wide for a corner by Placide. John Tolkin's hits an adrenal corner kick way over the sea of foreheads in the 18. Louicius Don Deedson goal — USMNT 1-1 Haiti (19th minute) Tim Ream is under pressure by Louicius and plays a back pass to Matt Freese, who passes it right back to Deedson. The Haitian doesn't miss, and that's all on the keeper who was making his third-straight start in a USMNT shirt. Haiti capitalizes on the giveaway and finds the equalizer! 🇭🇹👀 T&T take lead in other Group D game Dante Sealy's scored from distance and T&T go second on the live table with four points, one more than Saudi Arabia. USMNT score with first push They had nothing almost nothing through nine minutes. That ends in the 10th. Malik Tillman goal — USMNT 1-0 Haiti (10th minute) Patrick Agyemang leads a foray into the box, but his cut back to Brenden Aaronson is sloppy. The Leeds man opts for a cross to the back post, where Malik Tillman and Quinn Sullivan are available. Tillman, one of the stars of the tournament so far, places his header across goalkeeper Johny Placide and inside the far post. 3rd @GoldCup match. 3rd goal for Malik Tillman! Haiti want a penalty Chris Richards thwarts a Nazon dribble and then shoves the Haiti forward inside the 18 for good measure. Nazon makes a meal of it, but Richards can't be throwing his arms like that. Not a penalty but not ideal. VAR quickly says no. Tyler Adams first-minute yellow card The Bournemouth man slides through the back of Duckens Nazon. He's surprised to go into the book but if he eyes a video he'll get it. USMNT team news analyzed It's excellent to see Tyler Adams back in the XI, and his spot next to Luca de la Torre and in front of Chris Richards and Tim Ream should be enough to see things through for Pochettino. It's also notable that Malik Tillman and Chris Richards look to be beyond debate as starters in this tournament, while Diego Luna and Max Arfsten take their first turns outside the XI. Matt Freese gets another look at goalkeeper in what's turning into a nice audition for a World Cup spot. USMNT lineup Freese, Tolkin, Richards, Ream, Freeman, Adams, De la Torre, Aaronson, Tillman, Sullivan, Agyemang Haiti lineup Placide, Arcus, Ade, Metusala, Experience, Louicius, Pierre, Jacques, Providence, Pierrot, Nazon. USMNT vs Haiti preview The Yanks have sealed passage from the group stage with wins over Trinidad and Tobago and Saudi Arabia, and could meet Mexico or Costa Rica in the quarterfinal, and they'll have no way of knowing whether El Tri or Los Ticos are first or second in the Group A prior to kickoff. So a match-up with rivals Mexico could be coming win, lose, or draw against Haiti, as Mexico face Costa Rica later in the evening with El Tri only clear of Los Ticos on one goal worth of differential and Costa Rica ahead on goals by one. Haiti can still reach the knockout rounds with a win over the Yanks plus help from Trinidad and Tobago. The Saudis have three points while the USMNT and T&T each have one. T&T needs a win over the Saudis and a Haiti loss or draw versus the U.S. (or a blowout win over Saudi Arabia that is four goals better than Haiti's win over the USMNT). USMNT team news, focus Haji Wright is dealing with a reported achilles injury of undisclosed severity, though the forward was in attendance at the Saudi Arabia match. Damion Downs also dealt with a late injury after coming off the bench, a contusion that's left him day-to-day according to Fox's Jenny Taft. Tyler Adams and Johnny Cardoso both returned from short injury absences against the Saudis, though whether they'll be fit to start by Sunday is a question mark. Pochettino did not rotate his XI much between the first two games, but he can do what he wants on Sunday which could mean opportunities for John Tolkin, Nathan Harriel, Quinn Sullivan, Paxten Aaronson, and/or Brian White. Haiti team news, focus Les Grenadiers won't have Nantes center back Jean-Kevin Duverne, who was sent off early in their 1-1 draw with Trinidad and Tobago. They will have veteran AEK Athens striker Frantzy Pierrot, who has 32 goals in 40 caps including the lone goal in this tournament. All-time leading scorer Duckens Nazon is also in the squad as is goalkeeper Johny Placide. This is one of the better performing Haiti sides in recent history and it's led by an international management veteran in French manager Sebastien Migne. USMNT vs Haiti prediction This match may end up being trickier than the win over bunkered-in Saudi Arabia, as Haiti need a win. That impetus to attack should hopefully lead to a more appealing spectacle, one that would benefit the USMNT. USMNT 3-1 Haiti.
