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NAVI won another important trophy: the esports team won IEM Rio 2024.

On October 13, in the final of the Counter-Strike 2 tournament, the Ukrainian esports organization Natus Vincere defeated the German team MOUZ 3-1 and won the title of champions. With this victory, the team also secured participation in one of the most prestigious tournaments next year – IEM Katowice 2025.

The IEM Rio final was held in the BO5 format – up to three wins. In the first two games, NAVI showed that they were very determined, winning with the scores of 13:11 and 13:2. On the third map, MOUZ managed to beat the opponent with a 7-round lead, but the next map was the final one – NAVI won with a score of 13:11. Two players of Born to Win also received the important award of the most valuable player: Justinas jL Leskavicius became the MVP according to ESL, and Mihai iM Ivan received a medal from the largest CS2 publication – HLTV.

This is the fourth trophy won at the highest level tournaments in a year, and the very first in the team's history to be won in Rio. Despite an extremely busy competition schedule, NAVI has proven time and time again that they are the number 1 team in the world. I am proud that our team glorifies the name of Ukraine with its high-profile victories! There are two more important tournaments ahead: BLAST World Final and Perfect World Shanghai Major, so it's too early to relax. In the meantime, we are celebrating our victory at the IEM Rio

– said Maksym Krippa, owner of the esports organization NAVI.

Intel Extreme Masters is a significant tournament regularly held by the German ESL organizer. This time, it was held at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

16 teams competed for a prize pool of USD 250 000 and qualification for IEM Katowice 2025.

We would like to remind you that this year, NAVI has already become the champions of PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024, Esports World Cup and ESL Pro League Season 20.

Tottenham welcome Manchester United in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals in an all-Premier League last eight.

In the other ties Crystal Palace will travel to the Emirates to take on Arsenal while Newcastle and Southampton will play at home against Brentford and Liverpool respectively.

Carabao Cup last-16 round-up

Timo Werner’s first goal in 18 matches and Pape Sarr’s curler saw Tottenham knock Manchester City out of the Carabao Cup with a 2-1 win.

Werner set Spurs on course for victory when he rifled home in the fifth minute, which was followed by Sarr’s stunner midway through the first half.

City responded with a Matheus Nunes goal on the stroke of half-time but Tottenham held on to reach the quarter-finals.

Interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Manchester United roared to an entertaining 5-2 victory against Leicester as the post-Erik ten Hag era began with a bang.

United are in talks to hire Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim but appear to be safe in hands should negotiations drag on.

Casemiro opened the scoring with a superb long-range strike and Alejandro Garnacho grabbed another before Bilal El Khannouss pulled one back for Leicester.

READ MORE: What if Casemiro’s demise at Manchester United was all Ten Hag’s fault?

United hit back through a deflected Bruno Fernandes free-kick and Casemiro’s second of the night.

Conor Coady cut the lead in first-half stoppage time, but Fernandes coolly scored his second on an evening when fan favourite Van Nistelrooy’s name frequently filled the air.

A quickfire first-half double saw Newcastle earn revenge over Chelsea with a 2-0 win.

Three days on from their Premier League defeat to the Blues at Stamford Bridge, Newcastle scored twice in the space of three minutes when Alexander Isak pounced on a mistake at the back to net the opener.

They quickly doubled their lead when Joe Willock’s deflected header was turned in to his own net by Axel Disasi.

Cody Gakpo claimed a stunning second-half double as holders Liverpool progressed with a 3-2 win at Brighton.

Simon Adingra poked home on the rebound 10 minutes from time to halve the deficit before Luis Diaz quickly restored the two-goal cushion for Arne Slot’s side, prior to Tariq Lamptey’s deflected consolation.

Ethan Nwaneri grabbed the spotlight with a fine strike as Arsenal eased through with a 3-0 win over Preston.

The 17-year-old bent in a shot to double Arsenal’s lead after Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring with his first goal of the season and Kai Havertz came off the bench to add a third.

Crystal Palace are in the last eight for the first time in 14 years after they beat Aston Villa 2-1.

Eberechi Eze and Daichi Kamada scored the goals either side of Jhon Duran’s leveller.

Liubov Zhyltsova-Lysenko, 67, from Kyiv, won the World Chess Championship for visually impaired women in India. She scored the maximum 9 points out of 9 possible, winning her 12th world title.

Liubov Zhiltsova-Lysenko, 67, from Kyiv, won the World Chess Championship among visually impaired women in India, winning her 12th world title, the Ministry of Youth and Sports reported on Monday, UNN reports.

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"Ukrainian chess player is a 12-time world champion! Lyubov Zhiltsova-Lysenko from Kyiv won the IBCA World Women Chess Championship 2024, which took place in the Indian city of Bengaluru," the statement reads.

The 67-year-old athlete, as indicated, scored 9 points out of 9 possible and for the 12th time in her career became the strongest on the planet in this type of competition.

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In 1996, the Ukrainian chess player received the title of FIDE Women International Master (WIM).

Ruben Amorim is set to become the new Manchester United manager and ‘several Sporting players questioned the coach about the decision’, including Viktor Gyokeres.

Amorim is on the verge of taking over at Old Trafford after Erik ten Hag was sacked on Monday with the Red Devils informing Sporting Lisbon that they are ready to pay the manager’s £8.3m release clause.

They want to have him in place ahead of the clash with Chelsea but that may not be possible unless there is a breakthrough in discussions, with other sticking points involving his backroom staff also needing to be resolved.

He’s reportedly already made his thoughts on the current United squad clear to the board, with four who ‘don’t interest him’ surplus to requirements and set to be made available for transfer in January, while he has his eye on a Sporting quartet to replace them.

Amorim was asked after Sporting’s 3-1 win over Nacional on Tuesday about his supposedly imminent move to United.

Amorim said: “We have to wait a little bit to explain everything I need to explain, then it will be very clear.

“It is my decision. I will tell everything so we have to wait. I don’t know [how long this period will be].”

Amorim was also asked whether he will be at Old Trafford on Sunday to take charge of United’s clash against Chelsea.

He replied: “I will be here in Lisbon.” When Sky Sports reporter Gary Cotterill followed up with “definitely?”, Amorim laughed: “I don’t know,” before making a swift exit out of the press room.

Amorim’s decision to leave mid-season hasn’t gone down well with some of the Sporting players, according to Portuguese outlet O Jogo, who name Gyokeres and Morten Hjulmand as two particularly frustrated stars after they turned down summer proposals in order to continue to play under Amorim at Sporting.

The report states:

‘The news of Rúben Amorim’s departure to Manchester United did not fall well within the Sporting squad, even before the game with Nacional, and several players questioned the coach about the decision to leave the team in the middle of the project.

‘As the coach admitted at the post-game Imprena conference, he had to take “an elephant out of the room” in the morning training, also saying that the players no longer even paid attention to the game’s lecture, taking into account the noise that surrounds them.

‘Now, O Jogo knows that some players of the squad were not satisfied with the news of the interest of the red devils, namely athletes with more market, as is the case of Gyokeres and Hjulmand, who had proposals to leave in the summer transfer window, but who were “enticed” to stay at Sporting due to the double championship project and continuity of Rúben Amorim. Now, this scenario falls to the ground.

‘The Swedish striker himself admitted at the end of the game against Nacional that he “will not wear himself out” with the theme of the exit, while Rúben Amorim is still on the bench. “He’s here and that’s what I’m focused on, let’s see what will happen. He’s still here, so I won’t wear myself out,” he told SportTV.’

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It’s not clear just how angry Gyokeres is with Amorim, though it may be a factor should United want to sign the Sweden international, as a report claims.

The striker is one of the hottest properties in European football right now, leading the way in the 2024 goalscoring stakes, and while his relationship with Amorim would ordinarily be seen as a positive for United, and probably still would be, the Portuguese manager’s decision to walk away having persuaded Gyokeres to stay may throw a spanner in the works for the Red Devils.

Ukraine's U-19 national team lost to England U-18 in the bronze medal match at the tournament in Marbella. It was a preparatory tournament for the Euro 2025 qualifiers, where Ukraine will play against Kazakhstan, Slovenia, and the Netherlands.

Ukraine's U-19 national team lost the bronze medal match to England at a friendly tournament in Spain.

Writes UNN with a link to the press service of the Ukrainian Football Association.

Ukraine's U-19 national team lost in the match for 3rd place to England U-18, in a friendly tournament in Marbella, on the eve of the qualifying round for Euro 2025.

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Four teams took part in the tournament. They played according to the Olympic system – knockout rounds. The Ukrainian national team lost to the Netherlands 0:1 in the semifinals.

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Already in November, Dmytro Mykhailenko's charges will play Kazakhstan, Slovenia and the Netherlands in the fight for a ticket to the Euro. Then two national teams will go on.

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