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n88bet Fruit Cultivation Global Market Report 2024: A Comprehensive Overview and ProjectionsDylan Watts has reached the stage of his career where he is comfortable with a weight of expectation. The honour of being voted the best player in the country by his peers was due reward for the best season of the 27-year-old’s career, even though the loss of the league crown to Shelbourne will add a bitter-sweet element to the memories. Still, the chance to break new ground in Europe offers significant consolation for a player who is a poster boy for choosing the top end of the League of Ireland over the lower echelons of the English game. Coming home has allowed Watts to deliver on his potential and learn to love the sport again, with the winner of the PFA Ireland’s main award acknowledging life as a professional in England didn’t suit him. He wasn’t cut out for his teenage stint at Leicester on a number of levels. “I was over there by myself,” says Watts, who arrived at Leicester just after their shock Premier League success in 2016 off the back of two seasons at UCD. “I probably didn’t expect it to be as intense as it was. I found it difficult to switch off ever from football because all I was thinking about was football. I found it really difficult if I’m being honest, just everything about the lifestyle, the amount of training. There was a reason that it was particularly rigorous for Watts (above). “I was years behind physically,” he explains, referring to his 19-year-old self. “Obviously, I’d back myself technically, but over there, physically, I was so far behind. I went over at 60 kilos. I weigh 70 now. That type of stuff is not talked about. “I had really tough off-season programmes where I was never really even resting, I was trying to get ready to go back over there physically better and stuff like that.” He did learn a lot from the experience, but Watts found his life balance was better at home. A loan move to Bohemians preceded a permanent switch to Tallaght, where he has picked up four league titles. Watts has always been rated but would accept that consistency has been an issue, with other team-mates grabbing the limelight. He has become the leading man this year, but the cruel irony from his perspective is that it coincided with the title sequence being broken by Shelbourne’s shock success. Watts scored the winning goals in Rovers’ final three games of the season and is honest enough to admit he did not anticipate Damien Duff’s side doing the business in Derry. “I really believed that if we beat Waterford that night, we’d be champions,” he says. “I’d been up to Derry a lot of times, it’s a really difficult place to go and that was my thinking going into the game. “I knew there were obviously other outcomes, but I just tried to get my frame of mind to be that if we won the game, we would be champions. But you can’t rely on other teams obviously to help you out. Shels absolutely deserved to win the league.” Watts says Rovers are hurting and the number one aim in 2025 will be ro regain the title, but there’s exciting and important work to do in the intervening period, starting with tomorrow’s trip to Austria. The Hoops face Rapid Vienna in a meeting of two unbeaten sides. A return of seven points from nine which was kicked off by his late equaliser against APOEL Nicosia means Rovers are highly likely to be involved in February’s knockout play-off round. Another point would remove any doubt and there’s also a seeding position to play for. The glamour of facing Chelsea on December 19 will function as motivation during a period when Rovers players are usually on holiday. Stephen Bradley gave his squad a mini break after the league disappointment. Watts went to New York for four days but didn’t want to switch off too much. These European opportunities play to his strengths. “It’s hard to put a finger on it, I think it’s the way other teams let you have a bit more of the ball,” he added. “Yes, if you lose it, they’re going to be at you, but I’ve enjoyed the amount of space in these games. It’s more technical. “I love these games. It’s the build-up, the away games, travelling to the hotel. There’s nervous energy because there’s so much waiting around and it’s just a really different feeling, the song, the walk-out, everything is set up differently. It’s just the best feeling as a footballer, to play in these games. If you play in League One, it’s not possible to play in Europe. They’re games that you don’t want to let go to waste.” At this stage of his life, the full focus on football is no longer a burden.

Bishop Kukah describes Buhari, Tinubu, other Nigerian leaders as “accidentalIt’s looking more and more likely the Vikings will be without veteran cornerback Stephon Gilmore for a second straight game. He hasn’t played since suffering a hamstring injury against the Arizona Cardinals a couple of weeks ago. ADVERTISEMENT Though he has an extra 24 hours to prepare this week with the Vikings set to host the Chicago Bears on Monday night at U.S. Bank Stadium, the fact that Gilmore still hasn’t practiced in any capacity isn’t a good sign. After not participating in the walkthrough on Thursday afternoon at TCO Performance Center, Gilmore was listed as a non participant in practice on Friday afternoon. It would make sense for the Vikings to be cautious with Gilmore considering how important he’s been to the secondary this season. They want to make sure he’s back at 100 percent for the playoffs. In the absence of Gilmore, veteran cornerback Fabian Moreau has logged more playing time. There also has been more responsibility placed on fellow cornerbacks Byron Murphy Jr. and Shaq Griffin, with safety Josh Metellus also mixing in at nickel. ADVERTISEMENT Jones at full strength It appears that edge rusher Pat Jones II is getting closer to making his return given that he was listed as a full participant in practice on Friday afternoon. He has been working through a knee injury and missed last Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons. Having Jones back would be a major boost for the Vikings on defense, as he has found a role as a situational pass rusher. He has a career high 7.0 sacks this season while showcasing the ability to apply pressure off the edge or up the middle. Bynum honored by NFLPA In response to his philanthropy near and far, safety Cam Bynum has been named the NFLPA Community MVP for Week 15. Not only has Bynum regularly used his platform in the NFL to help with natural disaster relief in the Philippines, he has continued to spread joy in and around the Twin Cities through charitable events hosted by his Bynum Faith Foundation. ADVERTISEMENT The NFLPA will donate $10,000 to his foundation or charity of choice. In turn, Bynum will take part in a special visit to a local school, children’s hospital, or community center. The recognition also makes Bynum eligible for the Alan Page Community Award, the NFLPA’s highest player honor, which includes an additional $100,000 donation to the winner’s charities. Briefly The rest of the injury report was good news for the Vikings as running back Aaron Jones (back), tight end Josh Oliver (wrist/ankle), and edge rusher Andrew Van Ginkel (hip) were all listed as full participants. ADVERTISEMENT ______________________________________________________ This story was written by one of our partner news agencies. Forum Communications Company uses content from agencies such as Reuters, Kaiser Health News, Tribune News Service and others to provide a wider range of news to our readers. Learn more about the news services FCC uses here .

Rico Carty, who won the 1970 NL batting title when he hit a major league-best .366 for the Atlanta Braves, has died. He was 85. Major League Baseball , the players' association and the Braves paid tribute to Carty on social media on Sunday. No further details on Carty's death were provided. “Carty was one of the first groundbreaking Latino stars in the major leagues, and he established himself as a hero to millions in his native Dominican Republic, his hometown of San Pedro de Macoris, and the city of Atlanta, where he was a beloved fan favorite,” the players' association said in its statement . The Braves said Carty left an indelible mark on the organization. “While his on-field accomplishments will never be forgotten, his unforgettable smile and generous nature will be sorely missed,” the team said in its statement. Carty made his big league debut with the Braves in September 1963. He batted .330 with 22 homers and 88 RBIs in his first full season in 1964, finishing second to Dick Allen in voting for NL Rookie of the Year. The Braves moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta after the 1965 season, and Carty got the franchise's first hit in its new home on April 12, 1966, against Pittsburgh. Carty had his best year in 1970, batting .366 with 25 homers and a career-best 101 RBIs. He started the All-Star Game after he was elected as a write-in candidate, joining Willie Mays and Hank Aaron in the NL outfield. Carty batted .299 with 204 homers and 890 RBIs over 15 years in the majors, also playing for Cleveland, Toronto, Oakland, Texas and the Chicago Cubs. He retired after the 1979 season. AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLBThe Chief Comvener of the Alternative Movement, a political pressure group, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has praised Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Abdulkadir Muhammad, for his outstanding leadership and commitment to good governance of the state. The Ogun State gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Otunba Segun Showunmi, commended the governor while interacting with a selected group of journalists in Bauchi on Friday, shortly after having a town hall meeting with stakeholders under his Alternative Movement. The governor was commended for delivering real dividends of democracy to the people of Bauchi State even beyond his campaign promises but in line with democracy and democratic government. He said, “Let me tell you, I never expected what I have seen on the ground in terms of developmental projects since I came in. The man had done massive development for the good of the people of the state.” Segun Showunmi added that, “I have known the governor of this state for a long time because I’m a PDP man from the beginning. And he knows me; I’ve never visited the state with the eye of searching for any value like that.” According to him, “But since we started this alternative movement, I’ve started looking at all of them from the eye of value. And, you know what I see, I cannot even imagine that Governor Bala Mohammed has done such phenomenal work here.” “I went to his conference room, where he has his Executive Council meeting, yesterday. They just showed me just to look like a tourist reload. I was so excited. Ah, ah, in this Nigeria, no such in any Governor’s Office in this country. I went to some of the roads; I saw locations where, for more than 40 years since 1976, nobody has done anything.” He stressed that “Nigerians need to know what he is doing; these are the kind of people we need to lead the country. He is not a one-sided person; I have seen roads in areas described as Christian-dominated.” He added, “I appreciate him for what he is doing; he has taken it upon himself to replicate what the late Abubakar Tafawa Balewa did for the entire nation. He is really doing great.” The politician added that “I was at the Palace of the Emir of Bauchi to pay homage; I was just looking at him as he was speaking. I’m not a government person, but he spoke well about the governor.” “He said he had carried the traditional institution along. He said, Remember the last time you came to my palace; it was not like this; he has renovated all our palaces. He takes our opinion in governance, and he’s doing well here,” he added. According to him, That was not what I went for, but that is really why we came—to find leaders among us, who we will hear that are good. And then we begin to look at them, and I’m sure it will be the same all over. Nobody should look down on us.” READ MORE FROM: NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

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