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Now, updated tracking is in, and while the movie is expected to do slightly better over the course of its opening weekend, this would still be a very disappointing result.

According to THR, Marvel Studios' latest MCU adventure will likely open in the $70 million to $80 million range next month, though the trade does not that some research firms have it closer to $90M.

While this wouldn't be a bad haul for a regular studio tentpole, you have to believe Kevin Feige and co. would not be too happy about the 33rd instalment in the franchise failing to clear $80M. For some context, the first Captain Marvel movie took in $153 million when it hit theaters back in 2019.

Right now, pre-sale trends for The Marvels are currently 42% behind Eternals, 69% behind Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and 72% behind Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

If these numbers prove to be accurate, The Marvels could take in as little as $121million -$189 million over the course of its entire domestic run.

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We recently got confirmation that the sequel will indeed be the shortest MCU movie yet, clocking in at just 1 hour and 45 minutes with credits. Another report indicated that it would also be one of the most modestly budgeted MCU films ($130 million), but this was later debunked. The space-set superhero flick's actual budget is closer to $220 million.

Marvel Studios' The Marvels | Official Trailer
"In Marvel Studios’ The Marvels, Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as The Marvels.”

The film also stars Zawe Ashton and Park Seo-joon. Nia DaCosta directs, and Kevin Feige is the producer. Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Mary Livanos and Matthew Jenkins serve as executive producers. The screenplay is by Megan McDonnell, Nia DaCosta, Elissa Karasik and Zeb Wells.

The Marvels will begin its international rollout on November 8, and was recently granted a China release on November 10, day-and-date with North America.

Do you plan on seeing The Marvels in theaters opening weekend? Drop us a comment down below.

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The sequel trilogy has split opinions, with many arguing they were robbed of a satisfying ending to the Skywalker Saga. Of course, the franchise is one that's always suffered from inconsistencies and plot holes, so is the best way to fix that to just start over and retell the story?

Asked by Happy Sad Confused (via SFFGazette.com) whether it would be tough to turn down a Star Wars movie at this stage in his career, he responded, "Now, not so much. For me, doing a ‘Star Wars’ movie is to play with the characters I love. If they said to me they’d reboot 'Star Wars' and actually have Luke Skywalker, Solo and Vader and do your version of it. Everyone would say you’re an idiot to try, but that would excite me."

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"Why are the [‘Star Wars’] characters so hallowed that from 1977 you can’t re-do it for a new audience?" Vaughn asked, comparing the franchise to James Bond, a series which has continuously recast its leads and enlisted new creative teams.

"‘Star Wars’ is the Skywalker family and that’s where I think they’ve gone wrong. They’ve forgot. They’ve done brilliantly in TV but it needs an epic new film. That’s what I would do [i.e. reboot Luke]. Everyone is going to go batshit crazy but let’s bring it on," Vaughn added. "If you want a new generation, make the movie for them. The old generation, hopefully you make it well enough that they enjoy it."

Is it just us or does that actually sound like an idea with potential? Many franchises have been rebooted over the years and seeing what a different filmmaker would do with the story originally told by George Lucas may be fascinating...or disastrous.

Lucasfilm has recast old faces with new actors in some projects (Solo: A Star Wars Story) and digitally de-aged them in others (The Mandalorian). Even if we're not talking about a full-blown reboot that starts with retelling A New Hope, why not let someone like Vaughn recast those familiar leads and tell a new story? It might work better than attempting to make everything tie together, especially when that presents its fair share of restrictions.

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The recent trailer confirmed that Aquaman will join forces with an imprisoned Ocean Master to combat the common threat of Black Manta, and it sounds like their partnership is going to be the main focus of the movie.

“From the start, I pitched that the first film would be a Romancing The Stone-type thing – an action-adventure romantic comedy – while the second would be an outright buddy comedy,” director James Wan tells Empire. “I wanted to do Tango & Cash!”

“Jason plays Arthur larger-than-life; Patrick plays the straight man,” Wan continues. “It’s not unlike what Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones did in Men In Black – like Tommy, Patrick plays it dry, but very funny.”

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"Having failed to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death, will stop at nothing to take Aquaman down once and for all. This time Black Manta is more formidable than ever before, wielding the power of the mythic Black Trident, which unleashes an ancient and malevolent force. To defeat him, Aquaman will turn to his imprisoned brother Orm, the former King of Atlantis, to forge an unlikely alliance. Together, they must set aside their differences in order to protect their kingdom and save Aquaman’s family, and the world, from irreversible destruction.

All returning to the roles they originated, Jason Momoa plays Arthur Curry/Aquaman, no, after w balancing his duties as both the King of Atlantis and a new father; Patrick Wilson is Orm, Aquaman’s half-brother and his nemesis, who must now step into a new role as his brother’s reluctant ally; Amber Heard is Mera, Atlantis’ Queen and mother of the heir to the throne; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is Black Manta, committed more than ever to avenge his father’s death by destroying Aquaman, his family and Atlantis; and Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, a fierce leader and mother with the heart of a warrior. Also reprising their roles are Dolph Lundgren as King Nereus and Randall Park as Dr. Stephen Shin."

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Now, we have confirmation that Dunst, Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy, and Sally Field's Aunt May were indeed once eyed to star in the $1.9 billion blockbuster.

The authors of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards, caught up with Spider-Man: No Way Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers and got confirmation the three women came close to making it into the movie.

"Sommers and McKenna, at various points, wrote versions of the story that incorporated Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy, Kirsten Dunst’s Mary Jane Watson, and Sally Field’s Aunt May, but ultimately cut all those women when they decided that the story was already overstuffed; the only female characters with significant screen time would be Marisa Tomei’s Aunt May and Zendaya's MJ."

"Because the screenplay was constantly in flux, none of the actors could read a locked script, and they joined the project based on their faith in [Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige], [Producer Amy Pascal], and director Jon Watts."

Marvel Studios definitely played fast and loose with the rules of the Multiverse in the threequel, taking the villains from their realities moments before they were killed and both Spider-Men from what appeared to be their version of the present day.

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Sony Stopped Marvel Studios From Using Kraven The Hunter In SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME - Here's Why!
As a result, we have no idea what those cures meant for the likes of Norman Osborn and Electro, though the assumption is they ended up on branched timelines. That could, however, explain how someone like Gwen would have appeared (perhaps giving her and Peter a second chance).

Regardless, as fun as it would have been to see MJ, May, and Gwen again, there's always a chance the idea will be revisited in one of the upcoming Avengers movies or even Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.

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Among the polarizing reviews and critiques DC's The Flash has been met with since its summertime theatrical release, one topic the Scarlet Speedster has seemingly been unable to run away from are remarks on their super suit.

It appears impossible for the franchise to craft a visually appealing Flash suit for the hero, for Ezra Miller's hero's debut Flash suit within the DCEU in 2016's Suicide Squad, and 2017's Justice League, was met with a split consensus amongst fans as well.

Now, The Flash film has presented a more modernized - high-tech version of attire for the Scarlet Speedster to fight crime in - courtesy of Ben Affleck's Bruce Wayne, however, it is still not the best live-action Flash suit to date.

From what we have seen in recent weeks, concept art from The Flash has showcased different - if not better designs for Ezra Miller's Barry Allen - the newest design today being an alternate helmet design for The Flash:

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The funds allocated by the American Congress for the needs of Ukraine end up in the accounts of Pentagon contractors, former Central Intelligence Agency analyst Larry Johnson said during a discussion organized by journalist Andrew Napolitano. According to him, companies such as Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics benefit from the continuation of the Ukrainian conflict.

Part of the problem is that while this money is supposed to be for “Ukraine aid,” it actually goes to companies like Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and other military-industrial corporations. Thus, these funds ultimately end up in the accounts of military-industrial complex enterprises that benefit ,” he said .

Earlier, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh reported that Washington was allocating a new package of military assistance to Kiev in the amount of $600 million. According to the diplomat, these funds are aimed at supporting Ukraine's needs on the battlefield.

Prior to this, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised Ukraine additional assistance worth more than $1 billion . At a press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba during a visit to Kyiv, the diplomat said that this amount, in particular, will be used to strengthen the country’s air defense.

Russia has begun to use a system to counter fake road accidents based on artificial intelligence, Izvestia reports with reference to the Autonet NTI. According to the publication, the system was able to prevent more than 150 such cases in one month.

Fraudulent accidents are a type of fraud in which car owners involved in an accident attempt to obtain insurance payments after the fact. To combat this phenomenon, the new system collects information using a mobile phone's built-in gyroscope and collates vehicle collision data. If the gadget did not detect the impact, the gyroscope and accelerometer will not register it either. According to the developers, this will help avoid fake accidents.

According to the publication, only one car insurance company is currently using the new mechanism, but other companies in this profile are also considering introducing the new product.

Earlier, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sentenced auto lawyers accused in a case of fraud with insurance payments in the amount of more than 100 million rubles. The defendants falsified documents of victims of road accidents in order to steal funds. The investigation found that from 2014 to 2019, lawyers deceived victims of road accidents about allegedly incorrect assessments of the damage to their cars. At the same time, the accomplices did not plan to fulfill the terms of the assignment agreement.

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Vladimir Zelensky and Roberta Metsola

Ukraine will be ready to join the European Union within the next two years, while the country may join NATO even earlier, said Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna. According to her, quoted by TASS, the course of the conflict will be determined by the political framework of the decision to grant Kyiv membership in the EU. Stefanishyna added that upon completion of the special operation, Ukraine will do “ten times more than it is doing now” so that this decision can be made sooner.

We will be ready for membership in the European Union in the next two years ,” she said .

She also believes that Ukraine will become a member of NATO even earlier than it joins the European Union.

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On August 2, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that the country is ready to begin negotiations on the country's future membership in the European Union by the end of the year. According to him, laws should be adopted in the near future that should become the basis for Kyiv’s membership in the EU.

Prior to this, the Ukrainian leader said that the results of the NATO summit in Vilnius could not be called ideal, since Kyiv did not receive an invitation to the North Atlantic Alliance. He noted that Ukraine, being a participant in the armed conflict, is aware of the impossibility of joining NATO at the present time.

FOR THE PAST five years, the YouTuber Bacon_ has been uploading funny video game clips, nearly all of which come from titles made by Bethesda Game Studios. With the release of Starfield this week, Bacon_ has new fodder. “Just trying to get through my shift,” which was posted four days ago, shows a Starfield NPC pounding a mining laser into his colleague’s crotch. “So Starfield is out, and it’s definitely a Bethesda game,” Bacon_commented.

For video games, technical difficulties come with the territory. Yet since the release of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind in 2003, Bethesda—known affectionately, or cruelly, as “Bugthesda”—has developed a reputation for moments of glitchy chaos. No matter how generically predictable it may initially seem, at the core of any Bethesda game lurks an uncontrollable weirdness. If these games were embodied in a character, they would be the skin-stealing alien from Men in Black: a maniac trying to pass themselves off as normal.

The memes Bethesda games generate are, like their extensive mods, inseparable from their identity. Starfield is no different. Bethesda reportedly spent years of the game’s eight-year development testing its gargantuan solar system. Yet, as this video of Todd Howard pronouncements interspersed with Starfield glitches suggests, Bethesda cannot escape its bugs. “This is a 100-dollar game,” one steamer put it as a companion charged full speed into a wall.

And it’s true that Starfield’s systems feel creaky, particularly since we’ve had two years of ridiculously good open-world, RPG-ish games. Yet I can’t hate Starfield. I love that, in 2023, Bethesda is still Bethesda-ing. Because, yes, the bugs sometimes undermine the games, but the weird situations they lead to give them character. It’s their chaotic aura that brings us back to these worlds, decades after launch.

That weirdness is particularly important because Bethesda’s locales often feel generic. The company has now drawn on high fantasy, post-apocalypse, and garden variety sci-fi settings. But about one minute after touching down in New Atlantis, Starfield’s copypasta Apple Store-aping metropolis, my character, William Regal, entered a crowded square. Citizens bounced off each other like balls on a pool table, but a guy in a blue jumpsuit stood out. He was moonwalking, shopping bag and all.

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Most Russian athletes will most likely not be able to take part in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The crisis of the Olympic movement and the need to create alternative competitions were announced by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the President of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics (VFCG) Irina Viner and many others. The Friendship Games are planned to be held in 2024. When and where these competitions will be held, whether they will be able to replace the Olympics - in the NEWS.ru material.

Putin proposed to create a new format
For the first time, the format of the competition, in which all Russian athletes will participate, was seriously discussed in June at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2023 (SPIEF). As part of the Sovereignty in Sports session, Vladimir Putin announced the decision to hold the Friendship Games in 2024.

Then it was noted that a program of competitions with the participation of the strongest athletes in the world was being worked out. It was planned to hold the event every four years for summer and winter sports. The organizer was the Ministry of Sports of Russia.

Two months later, in August 2023, during a meeting with members of the Russian government, Putin suggested that Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko think about payments for athletes comparable to those for the Olympic Games.

“Think, please, consult with the Prime Minister, this is not such a lot of money, but for elite athletes this is still such a serious support,” Putin said, addressing Chernyshenko.

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Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Chernyshenko
“Olympic Movement is Degrading”
At the same meeting with the government, Putin announced the creation of parallel structures in the field of international sports. He stressed that due to the "politicization of international sports structures" there is a "certain degradation".

Irina Viner also stated the same. According to her, the primary task for Russian athletes now is to prepare for the Friendship Games, a new competition that is scheduled to be held in September 2024 in Moscow and Yekaterinburg.

“We should move away from the format of the Olympic Games and create our own alternative competitions due to the fact that the Olympics do not correspond to the idea of ​​Pierre de Coubertin “Faster, Higher, Stronger”, and regardless of politics, as well as participation in the Olympics of a new human formation called ‘transgender’,” said the head of the WFHG Match TV.

She added that the performances of Russians without a flag and an anthem are unacceptable.

“I believe that the Olympic Games have become obsolete. We will develop our own in the fields of BRICS and SCO. Friendship Games will be held next year. The same money will be paid for medals. Our Olympic Games, 137 countries have declared, an alternative appears, ”Viner emphasized.

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Yekaterinburg Arena
What sports will be represented at the Friendship Games
The head of the organizing committee of the Friendship Games, Alexei Sorokin, does not believe that these competitions can replace the Olympics. According to him, world sport lives in new realities that require new formats.

“We feel a request for competitions, where there is no place for discrimination and slogans. There was an association of friendship and Friendship Games. This is not an alternative to international competitions, this is a powerful addition with a significant prize pool. We do not plan to build a new infrastructure, we will be based on excellent facilities that already exist in the country,” Sorokin told TASS.

At these competitions, athletes will compete in 27 sports, including: basketball, boxing, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, beach soccer, sports programming and even acrobatic rock and roll. The Friendship Games will require more than 8 billion rubles. This was reported in the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports.

“5 thousand athletes are expected. The opening and closing ceremonies will be held in Moscow, part of the program in Yekaterinburg,” the committee said .

Will athletes from Ukraine be invited to the Friendship Games?
Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said that Ukrainian athletes would be expected in Russia at the Friendship Games . “We will ensure the safety of their stay on the territory of Russia, as well as equal competitive rights to participate in the Friendship Games,” Matytsin added .

Whether one of the Ukrainian athletes will come to competitions in Moscow and Yekaterinburg is currently unknown. The head of the organizing committee Alexei Sorokin did not give NEWS.ru an answer to this question.

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Oleg Matytsin
The head of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), Thomas Bach, reacted negatively to the idea of ​​organizing the 2024 Friendship Games. He said that the Russian government was going to hold politicized competitions.

“The Russian government accuses us of not maintaining political neutrality. At the same time, this same government is trying to organize a completely politicized sporting event,” Bach said at the IOC session.

Have the Friendship Games been held before?
For the first and only time, competitions with this name were held in 1984 in the countries of the socialist camp: the USSR, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Cuba, North Korea, Mongolia, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Each of these states boycotted the Los Angeles Olympics, which ended two weeks before the start of the Friendship Games.

As now, the official position then was: "The Friendship Games are not an alternative to the Olympic Games." Competitions were held in all Olympic sports, except for football, as well as in three non-Olympic sports - sambo, table tennis and tennis.

Athletes from more than 50 countries participated in the Druzhba-84 competitions. The victory was won by the USSR national team, having won 126 gold medals.

What games were an alternative to the Olympics
The most famous competition that could replace the Olympics is the Goodwill Games. The idea was that the best athletes in the world could continue to compete against each other in the face of a boycott of the Olympic Games by major sports powers. Goodwill Games appeared thanks to the American billionaire Ted Turner. The motto of the competition was: “From friendship in sports to peace on Earth!”

The first Games were held in Moscow from 5 to 20 July 1986. They were attended by about 3,000 athletes from 79 countries who competed in 18 sports. It was the first competition in 10 years where the best athletes of the USSR and the USA met each other. Six world records were broken during the competition. In particular, world champion and record holder Sergei Bubka set a new world record in pole vault (601 cm).

The boycotts of the Olympic Games were never repeated, but the Goodwill Games became an independent brand and were then held five more times: in 1990 in Seattle, in 1994 in St. Petersburg, in 1998 in New York, in 2000 in Lake Placid (winter) and in 2001 in Brisbane.

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The Spartak players, who defeated Dynamo Moscow in the group stage match of the RPL Path of the Russian Cup with a score of 4: 1, showed an excellent game, former head coach of the Russian national team Boris Ignatiev said in an interview with Gazeta.Ru. According to him, the "red-whites" took advantage of what the opponent allowed them to do.

The team plays as the opponent allows, and Dynamo allowed Spartak to do a lot. The mistakes they made in defense, which led to goals, is an unaffordable luxury. Spartacists skillfully took advantage of all this , - the specialist expressed the opinion.

He noted that the enchanting first half of the Spartak team, who scored their four goals already by the 25th minute of the meeting, turned out to be such because of Dynamo's mistakes. At the same time, the second half went in a different vein: the Red-Whites were building up the defense, and the Dynamo players showed a good game belatedly.

Spartak defeated Dynamo 4-1, Oleksandr Sobolev scored a brace, Anton Zinkovsky and Srjan Babić scored one more goal each. Dynamo answered with a goal by Mumi Ngamale in the second half.

Earlier, the former midfielder of the Moscow "Spartak" Denis Boyarintsev expressed the opinion that the St. Petersburg football club "Zenith" will become the main favorite in the fight for the gold of the Russian Premier League (RPL). The football player predicted the return of the team from St. Petersburg to the first line of the championship standings in five rounds.

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American boxer Kevin Johnson, known for his fights with Mike Tyson, Vitali Klitschko and Tyson Fury, said in an interview with NEWS.ru that a T-shirt with the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin helps him in life. According to him, in it he sleeps, eats and makes love. In this T-shirt, the 43-year-old boxer appeared at the weigh-in before the fight with Russian Mark Petrovsky.

She makes me stronger everywhere, even in bed! But seriously, let me put it this way: Putin is one of the most respected and revered people in the world. And that's how I feel about him. I don't want this joke of mine to sound disrespectful. But I really often wear this T-shirt out of respect for the President of Russia, people take pictures with me when I wear it ,” Johnson said.

Earlier it was reported that Johnson decided to get a Russian passport and took a new name in honor of the Russian president. Now the American's name is Kevin Vladimirovich. According to him, after this step, he feels completely Russian.

On August 18, Johnson lost to Petrovsky by split decision. Johnson has 36 wins (20 by knockout), 21 losses and two draws.

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Tyson Fury will easily defeat Oleksandr Usyk if their fight goes ahead. This opinion was expressed in an interview with NEWS.ru by American boxer Kevin Johnson. He is ready to put money on the Briton.

Who will win? Fury, easy! This is a very easy fight for Fury. Elementary how to open and close the box. Can Usyk win on points? This is impossible. Unreal. I'll bet $1,000 on Fury and bet anyone for money. Fury will win easily, trust me ,” Johnson said.

He added that this fight will take place if the promoters can organize a prize fund of 100 million dollars.

Fury is the champion, Usyk is the champion, they should both be paid very well. There was talk about a budget of $ 80 million, Usyk wanted to divide - 40 by 40, and Fury said: I take 60, and you 20. But Usyk did not agree to this, I can understand him, he is a world champion and also knows his own worth. This fight is possible even tomorrow, but boxers do not arrange fights, promoters arrange them, and they must offer conditions that will suit both athletes , Johnson said.

36-year-old Usyk is the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion, 35-year-old Fury is the owner of the WBC championship belt. The Ukrainian won 21 fights out of 21 in his career (13 by knockout). Fury has one draw with 33 wins, 24 by knockout.

Earlier it was reported that Johnson decided to get a Russian passport and took a new name in honor of the Russian president. Now the American's name is Kevin Vladimirovich. According to him, after this step, he feels completely Russian.

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Each match of Lionel Messi for Inter Miami is attended not only by football fans, but also by many stars of American show business. At one of the games, there was even the son of the King of Great Britain, Prince Harry, with his wife Meghan Markle. Who goes to Leo's matches in the USA , how much tickets cost and how to get to the game from Russia - in the material NEWS.ru.

Who came to the last game of Messi
Stars of American show business go to every match of the Argentinean. At his last game in Los Angeles, you could see a lot of celebrities. The paparazzi photographed Leonardo DiCaprio, who ate ice cream during the match, and Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, who rejoiced at Messi's success on the field (he gave two assists).

The match was also attended by actors Edward Norton and Owen Wilson, pop singer Selena Gomez, rapper Tyga, musical group Rage Against The Machine, Los Angeles Lakers basketball players LeBron James and James Harden, former basketball player Magic Johnson and about 30 other American celebrities .

Leo made his debut as an Inter Miami player in an FC match that took place on July 22, 2023. At that meeting (with the Cruz Azul club), the VIP guests included the entire Beckham family, NBA star LeBron James, one of the greatest tennis players in history, Serena Williams with her husband, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian, Kim Kardashian and many others. Leo talked to everyone personally even before going to the warm-up.

David and Victoria Beckham
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David and Victoria Beckham
How Messi Helped Inter Miami
Despite the fact that Messi is 36 years old and has won all the major football trophies, including the World Cup, he continues to show a quality game. For 11 matches in the club of David Beckham, the Argentinean scored 11 goals and gave five assists.

Inter Miami hasn't lost since Messi's arrival: 10 wins (three of them on penalties) and one draw. This is the best series in the history of the club, which before the arrival of Leo was considered an outsider and was in the penultimate place in the conference standings.

From the point of view of the ex-captain of Los Angeles Galaxy Sasha Kleshtan, the arrival of Messi divided the MLS league (Major Soccer League) into “before” and “after”.

“Messi is the best player of all time. Therefore, it should not be surprising that he began to dominate by moving to the MLS. He has dominated every defense he has ever played. This is a big step for the league, which takes it to a new level, ” LA Times quoted Kleshtan as saying.

He compared Messi's entry into the American League to Beckham's in 2007. Then football in the States became a more popular sport, and now the same thing is happening, only on an even larger scale.

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Lionel Messi
How to get to the match Leo Messi from Russia
To watch the match of Lionel Messi in the MLS from the stands, the Russians need to take several steps: apply for an American visa, buy a plane ticket and a match.

The first one can be problematic. Citizens of Russia can apply for any American visa, including a tourist one, but it will not be issued on the territory of the country. To do this, you will need to go abroad. Most often, Russians submit documents, have an interview at the consulate and receive an American visa in Yerevan, Tbilisi, Belgrade and other cities.

To apply for a visa, you need a passport, a square photo, a consular fee paid by a foreign card in the amount of $ 185 and a completed application form. In the questionnaire, you must specify, in addition to other data about yourself, links to social networks.

If you already have an American visa, then it remains to buy plane tickets. From Russia to Miami can only be reached with transfers. The most convenient way is through Cuba. If your goal is to get to the Inter Miami - New York Red Bulls match on October 1, then you can fly from Vnukovo on September 28 at 9 am with Aeroflot, after 13 hours land at Varadero Airport in Cuba, and after another 23 hours to board an hour-long American Airlines flight to Miami.

The price of a one-way ticket is 66 thousand rubles without luggage. For luggage you will have to pay another 21 thousand. The second option is to fly via Doha for 75,000 Qatar Airlines, where luggage is already included in the price. The transfer in Doha is two hours long, you won’t be able to walk around the city.

Lionel Messi
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Lionel Messi
How much do Messi tickets cost?
The last thing you need to get to a Leo Messi match is football tickets. With the arrival of the Argentine at Inter Miami, their prices have jumped eight times. If before Leo came to Inter's home match it was possible to go for $31 (about three thousand rubles), now prices start at 19 thousand rubles. This is the cheapest ticket available for Inter's match against New York on October 1st. It can be bought on the official website of the club, on Ticketmaster or on marketplaces like Viagogo.

Prices for away matches involving Inter Miami also jumped. On October 4, the Messi club will play in Chicago with the local Chicago Fire club, and the cheapest ticket for this meeting is from 18,500 rubles. The stadium can accommodate 61,000 spectators, not 18, like the Inter arena, but this does not affect the ticket price.

Russian hockey player, New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin told how football prices in the US have changed since Messi's arrival.

“Football ticket prices went up a lot, because before Messi arrived, you could go to any match for $50. Now the same ticket will cost around $400-500. David Beckham did not fail with the signing," Shesterkin said in a video posted on the Cherkas Atlant YouTube channel.

How to watch the Messi match from Russia
Officially, no TV channel broadcasts MLS in Russia, so there are only pirate sites that have all foreign sports TV channels, including ESPN and Sky Sports, which show the American League.

An easier way is to register on the website of one of the bookmakers and watch matches there. The most elementary is to type Inter Miami in the search on VKontakte at the moment the match starts, and there you will definitely find not one, but several live broadcasts of the Leo Messi club game. Including in the official Inter Miami community in VK.

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On August 26, in Wroclaw, Poland, WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will make a voluntary defense of his titles against Briton Daniel Dubois. How dangerous the representative of Great Britain is and what prospects the victory in this confrontation will open up for the native of Crimea - in the material NEWS.ru.

Where to watch the duel between Usyk and Dubois, will the fight be shown in Russia
The meeting of the two boxers will take place on Saturday in Wroclaw, Poland, at the Tarczyński Arena. According to Moscow time, the fight will begin no earlier than midnight, on Sunday night. Russian TV channels will not broadcast this event. The live stream will be available on TNT Sports and ESPN+.

Who is Oleksandr Usyk
36-year-old Oleksandr Usyk is one of the most prominent boxers of our time. He was the champion of the 2012 Olympic Games, the world and European champion as part of the Ukrainian team. In the professional ring, a native of Simferopol became the winner of the World Boxing Super Series, winning four world titles in the first heavyweight (up to 91 kg).

He soon moved up to heavyweight and, after two “warm-up” fights, twice defeated Anthony Joshua by decision, taking away the WBA, IBF and WBO titles from the British Olympic champion. After these victories, the Ukrainian team negotiated for a long time with WBC title holder Tyson Fury, but the parties could not reach an agreement.

Usyk has 20 victories in 20 fights in the professional ring, 13 of them by knockout.


Who is Daniel Dubois
25-year-old Daniel Dubois is a puncher and one of the many British boxers of the new generation, who, however, already had the experience of defeat. In November 2020, he faced compatriot Joe Joyce and was leading on the scorecards at the end of the fight. But the opponent managed to break Dubois's facial bone, and he was forced to withdraw from the fight.

After this failure, Daniel scored four early victories in a row, but these successes are deceptive. Last December, Dubois shared the ring with South African Kevin Lerena, who recently moved up to heavyweight. The representative of Africa knocked down the Brit three times in the first round. After surviving Lerena's spurt, Dubois already finished his opponent in the third round.


What are the predictions for the Usyk-Dubois fight given by experts
The former contender for the world heavyweight title, Dmitry Kudryashov, in an interview with NEWS.ru, left no chance for Dubois to have a positive result in the confrontation with Usyk.

“If you draw an analogy between the Dubois fight with Lerena and Usyk, Alexander looks like a more dangerous boxer than Kevin. The South African could knock down Daniel three times. Usyk can do more. Therefore, my prediction is that before the eighth round, Dubois will end the resistance. Usyk wins by knockout. There is a difference in size, but I'm not even talking about skills. Objectively, Dubois has no chance, ”said Kudryashov.

What will Usyk win over Dubois?
In the short term, Usyk will have the opportunity to face Tyson Fury for the title of undisputed world champion. Boxers could do it in the spring, but their dialogue was unsuccessful. According to Alexander's representatives, Fury constantly put forward new conditions, literally sabotaging the negotiations.

Perhaps the Briton entered into these discussions only for show, and he himself had already decided to fight with the former champion of the Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) Francis Ngannou. Their duel will take place on October 28 in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Ngannou is more recognizable in the world and is not a professional boxer. That is, Tyson wanted to meet a less dangerous opponent for big money.

Officially, Fury's fee was not announced, but he is "side A" and should earn more than the opponent, who was guaranteed $ 8 million. Famous blogger and boxer Jake Paul said that the real amount per fight for Ngannou would be much higher.

Oleksandr Usyk
Photo: IMAGO/Mateusz Porzucek/Global Look Press
Oleksandr Usyk
“Francis will earn an eight-figure fee, not an $8 million fee. For the specials, eight figures, not eight million. And rightly so, ”Paul wrote on the social network.

Since there is not much sports component in the duel with Ngannou and Fury did not put up the title for the fight, the “gypsy king” can fight Usyk this year if he wants. As a last resort, Tyson will release the belt and the WBC will appoint official contenders.

What plans did Usyk announce?
Alexander himself lives not only with championship ambitions in boxing and the desire to deprive the “gypsy king” of the belt. Recently, the Ukrainian said that he plans to be elected to the post of head of state after the end of his sports career.

“I will go down to the first heavy weight, again become the absolute world champion, and then I will run for the presidency of Ukraine,” Usyk said .

Many fellow countrymen supported Alexander's intention, but there were also those who opposed with the comments "Enough experiments with presidents" or "Everyone in our country is striving for power, except for political scientists with the appropriate education." Oleg Saitov, a two-time Olympic boxing champion, also reacted negatively to this intention.

Oleksandr Usyk
Photo: Mateusz Porzucek/Keystone Press Agency
Oleksandr Usyk
“Immediately comes to mind such a proverb: “To hell with change - only to waste time.” The person has no administrative experience. This is a big mistake until he changes the team, learns to manage processes and so on ... The country will sag, which it is already doing due to its incorrectly chosen policy. It will be even worse,” said Saitov in an interview with NEWS.ru.

Full tournament card:

Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine) — Daniel Dubois (Great Britain);
Denis Berinchyk (Ukraine) - Anthony Yigit (Sweden);
Dmitry Mitrofanov (Ukraine) - Khamsa Shiraz (Great Britain);
Daniil Lapin (Ukraine) - Aro Schwartz (Germany);
Rafal Volchetsky (Poland) - Arriasa Roberto (Nicaragua);
Alexander Solomennikov (Ukraine) - Petr Gudel (Poland);
Yaroslav Khartsiz (Ukraine) - Konrad Tchaikovsky (Poland).

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Young baseball players from Russia and China met in Moscow at the RusStar Arena stadium as part of the China and Russia Cup tournament. Friendly matches of the junior teams started on August 25. The competition is timed to coincide with the Year of Russian-Chinese cooperation in the field of physical culture and sports.

The opening of the tournament was attended by Deputy Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Alexei Morozov and Minister-Counselor for Culture of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Russia Mr. Feng Litao, as well as diplomats of the Chinese Embassy in the Russian Federation.

The Cup final will take place on August 27 at 18:00. NEWS.ru collected the brightest moments of the first games of the tournament.

Baseball tournament with the participation of two teams of junior teams of Russia and China at the stadium RusStar Arena
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Olympic champion in ice dancing Roman Kostomarov turned to his fans in Telegram after recently entering the ice during the performance of his wife, figure skater Oksana Domnina. He thanked the subscribers for their attention and support and wished everyone good health.

Hello everyone from Sochi! We wanted to thank you for your support. Thank you very much! We all read, see, feel. Therefore, many thanks for your warm, kind words and wishes. We wish everyone good health. Take care of yourself ,” Kostomarov said.


Earlier it became known that Kostomarov went to the ice rink during Domnina's performance, which was a mini-story about love. A pre-recorded voice of Kostomarov spoke in the arena: “I can see you. I can hear you. I can feel you. I can hug you. I very love you".

Kostomarov thanked the audience for their support, wishing everyone health and happiness. According to the athlete, he “felt and saw” the feelings of the fans, for which he is very grateful. The skater also advised the audience to be more careful about their health.

According to figure skater Ilya Averbukh, he did not expect Kostomarov to agree to go on the ice, but "carefully" suggested this idea to him. Averbukh called Kostomarov's act an indicator of his "tremendous strength."

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On August 26, in Wroclaw, Poland, WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will make a voluntary defense of his titles against Briton Daniel Dubois. How dangerous the representative of Great Britain is and what prospects the victory in this confrontation will open up for the native of Crimea - in the material NEWS.ru.

Where to watch the duel between Usyk and Dubois, will the fight be shown in Russia
The meeting of the two boxers will take place on Saturday in Wroclaw, Poland, at the Tarczyński Arena. According to Moscow time, the fight will begin no earlier than midnight, on Sunday night. Russian TV channels will not broadcast this event. The live stream will be available on TNT Sports and ESPN+.

Who is Oleksandr Usyk
36-year-old Oleksandr Usyk is one of the most prominent boxers of our time. He was the champion of the 2012 Olympic Games, the world and European champion as part of the Ukrainian team. In the professional ring, a native of Simferopol became the winner of the World Boxing Super Series, winning four world titles in the first heavyweight (up to 91 kg).

He soon moved up to heavyweight and, after two “warm-up” fights, twice defeated Anthony Joshua by decision, taking away the WBA, IBF and WBO titles from the British Olympic champion. After these victories, the Ukrainian team negotiated for a long time with WBC title holder Tyson Fury, but the parties could not reach an agreement.

Usyk has 20 victories in 20 fights in the professional ring, 13 of them by knockout.


Who is Daniel Dubois
25-year-old Daniel Dubois is a puncher and one of the many British boxers of the new generation, who, however, already had the experience of defeat. In November 2020, he faced compatriot Joe Joyce and was leading on the scorecards at the end of the fight. But the opponent managed to break Dubois's facial bone, and he was forced to withdraw from the fight.

After this failure, Daniel scored four early victories in a row, but these successes are deceptive. Last December, Dubois shared the ring with South African Kevin Lerena, who recently moved up to heavyweight. The representative of Africa knocked down the Brit three times in the first round. After surviving Lerena's spurt, Dubois already finished his opponent in the third round.


What are the predictions for the Usyk-Dubois fight given by experts
The former contender for the world heavyweight title, Dmitry Kudryashov, in an interview with NEWS.ru, left no chance for Dubois to have a positive result in the confrontation with Usyk.

“If you draw an analogy between the Dubois fight with Lerena and Usyk, Alexander looks like a more dangerous boxer than Kevin. The South African could knock down Daniel three times. Usyk can do more. Therefore, my prediction is that before the eighth round, Dubois will end the resistance. Usyk wins by knockout. There is a difference in size, but I'm not even talking about skills. Objectively, Dubois has no chance, ”said Kudryashov.

What will Usyk win over Dubois?
In the short term, Usyk will have the opportunity to face Tyson Fury for the title of undisputed world champion. Boxers could do it in the spring, but their dialogue was unsuccessful. According to Alexander's representatives, Fury constantly put forward new conditions, literally sabotaging the negotiations.

Perhaps the Briton entered into these discussions only for show, and he himself had already decided to fight with the former champion of the Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) Francis Ngannou. Their duel will take place on October 28 in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Ngannou is more recognizable in the world and is not a professional boxer. That is, Tyson wanted to meet a less dangerous opponent for big money.

Officially, Fury's fee was not announced, but he is "side A" and should earn more than the opponent, who was guaranteed $ 8 million. Famous blogger and boxer Jake Paul said that the real amount per fight for Ngannou would be much higher.

Oleksandr Usyk
Photo: IMAGO/Mateusz Porzucek/Global Look Press
Oleksandr Usyk
“Francis will earn an eight-figure fee, not an $8 million fee. For the specials, eight figures, not eight million. And rightly so, ”Paul wrote on the social network.

Since there is not much sports component in the duel with Ngannou and Fury did not put up the title for the fight, the “gypsy king” can fight Usyk this year if he wants. As a last resort, Tyson will release the belt and the WBC will appoint official contenders.

What plans did Usyk announce?
Alexander himself lives not only with championship ambitions in boxing and the desire to deprive the “gypsy king” of the belt. Recently, the Ukrainian said that he plans to be elected to the post of head of state after the end of his sports career.

“I will go down to the first heavy weight, again become the absolute world champion, and then I will run for the presidency of Ukraine,” Usyk said .

Many fellow countrymen supported Alexander's intention, but there were also those who opposed with the comments "Enough experiments with presidents" or "Everyone in our country is striving for power, except for political scientists with the appropriate education." Oleg Saitov, a two-time Olympic boxing champion, also reacted negatively to this intention.

Oleksandr Usyk
Photo: Mateusz Porzucek/Keystone Press Agency
Oleksandr Usyk
“Immediately comes to mind such a proverb: “To hell with change - only to waste time.” The person has no administrative experience. This is a big mistake until he changes the team, learns to manage processes and so on ... The country will sag, which it is already doing due to its incorrectly chosen policy. It will be even worse,” said Saitov in an interview with NEWS.ru.

Full tournament card:

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Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine) — Daniel Dubois (Great Britain);
Denis Berinchyk (Ukraine) - Anthony Yigit (Sweden);
Dmitry Mitrofanov (Ukraine) - Khamsa Shiraz (Great Britain);
Daniil Lapin (Ukraine) - Aro Schwartz (Germany);
Rafal Volchetsky (Poland) - Arriasa Roberto (Nicaragua);
Alexander Solomennikov (Ukraine) - Petr Gudel (Poland);
Yaroslav Khartsiz (Ukraine) - Konrad Tchaikovsky (Poland).

The World Athletics Championships took place in Budapest, where Russian athletes were not allowed due to sanctions. In the high jump sector, the victory was won by 21-year-old Ukrainian Yaroslava Maguchikh, for whom the gold at the summer world championship was the first in her career. At the award ceremony, the athlete shouted a nationalist slogan. Will she be punished for this? What other scandals are known about Maguchi?

What helped Maguchy win the World Cup
For the last few years, in the women's high jump sector, medals in major international competitions have been played out between three athletes. The winner of this fight was the Russian Maria Lasitskene more often than others - the 30-year-old athlete won everything possible: from the World Championship (2015, 2017, 2019) and the European Championship (2018) to the Olympics (2020) and the overall Diamond League ( 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021).

Lasitskene’s real competitor appeared in 2019, when Ukrainian Yaroslava Maguchikh left the juniors and began performing at the adult level. The 2019 World Championships in Doha (Qatar) was remembered for the confrontation between the then two-time world champion Lasitskene and the rising 18-year-old star of Ukrainian athletics Maguchikh. Both cleared the bar at a height of 2.04 m, but thanks to the number of attempts, the Russian woman won.

From time to time, Elinor Patterson from Australia intervened in the fight between the Russian and Ukrainian. She beat a Ukrainian at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, America, where the Russian team was not allowed in due to sanctions.

There were no big victories for Maguchy before Lasitskene was suspended, except for winning the European Indoor Championships in 2021. Now, at the World Championships in Budapest, the Ukrainian has won the long-awaited gold - the only one to overcome a height of 2.01 m. Patterson and her compatriot Nikola Olislagers stopped at a height of 1.99. Maguchikh tried to jump a personal best of 2.07 m, but it didn’t work out.

Yaroslav Maguchikh
Photo: Marcus Brandt/Global Look Press
Yaroslav Maguchikh
Will Maguchikh be punished for his nationalist slogan?
The 21-year-old Ukrainian athlete took the first major victory in her career rather reservedly. Until she ran up to personal trainer Tatyana Stepanova and she shouted out the well-known nationalist slogan of the Ukrainians. Maguchikh supported the mentor and repeated the slogan at the awards ceremony. The episode was broadcast on television, but was not interrupted by the organizers of the World Championships in Budapest, nor by the leaders of the International Association of Athletics Federations (World Athletics).

Sanctions from World Athletics did not follow, since political slogans are not prohibited at association competitions. But if Maguchikh had done so at the Tokyo Olympics, the International Olympic Committee would probably have punished her.

Yaroslav Maguchikh
Photo: Marcus Brandt/Global Look Press
Yaroslav Maguchikh
Before the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC published guidelines outlining what types of athlete protests would be prohibited at the Games. Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter prohibits athletes from expressing political views during competition.

The new rules come after the US Olympic Committee reprimanded two American athletes for protesting on the medal podium at the Pan American Games in Lima. Fencer Race Imboden knelt and hammer thrower Gwen Berry raised her fist in protest. Both were given a probationary period of 12 months, a period that included the Tokyo Olympics.

In March of this year, the IOC issued recommendations on the admission of Russian athletes to international competitions. In addition to their neutral status and lack of affiliation with the Russian Armed Forces, our athletes were prohibited from demonstrating support for the North Military District in Ukraine in any way - neither at competitions nor on social networks.

What scandals is Maguchy known for?
At the Tokyo Olympics, where Lasitskene won, and Maguchih became third, there was a scandal. A Russian woman and a Ukrainian woman took a common photo with the flags of their countries - while Maria performed under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee due to sanctions. Silver medalist of the Games Australian Nicola McDermot did not take pictures.

After that, Maguchy was criticized at home, and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine even called her in for a conversation.

Lasitskene said that Maguchih disowned her after that incident:

“When Yaroslava Maguchikh and I hugged at the Tokyo Olympics, certain structures in Ukraine later had a conversation with her, and she wrote on her social network “the enemy does not sleep” and so on, and renounced this act and me. Then this situation was discussed for a whole month, and no one stood up - neither other Ukrainian girls, nor Sergei Bubka , no one said that this is an athlete and there is no need to insult her. Everyone was silent, as if what was happening was the norm. ”

Maguchikh later spoke about a message from Lasitskene regarding the special operation. The previously friendly athletes did not have a conversation.

“Already after the World Championships in Eugene, she wrote to me, but, you know, this is after so many of my interviews. She wrote that, of course, she was very worried about us and about this situation. But, you know, it didn’t get any easier. Five months of war have already passed. What kind of conversation can there be? - said Maguchikh.

The Ukrainian woman also said that she no longer had an idol, so she hinted at disappointment in Lasitsken. She was outraged that the Russian woman did not express support for her and did not contact her after the start of the SVO.

Yaroslav Maguchikh
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Yaroslav Maguchikh
The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine has threatened a boycott after reports that the IOC may allow the Russians to the Olympics in Paris. Maguchikh said that “this will be a defeat for Ukraine.”

“In fact, I think boycotting the Olympics is a very weak position. We must do everything to prevent this from happening. But not to participate in the Olympic Games. This is the biggest competition that everyone who hasn't watched is watching. If there are no Ukrainian athletes there, it will be a failure, to be honest,” Maguchikh said .

Read also:

She renounced Russian citizenship: what is Ukrainian saber fencer Kharlan known for?

Ukrainians have lifted the ban on competitions with Russians: what’s the catch?

“I no longer have an idol”: high jumper Maguchikh about Lasitsken


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