The funeral for British teenager Jay Slater, who died whereas on vacation in Tenerife, has been held in Accrington, Lancashire.

As much as 500 mourners attended the funeral service.

A autopsy examination discovered the 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, who died on 17 June, discovered he died of traumatic head accidents, in keeping with a fall from top.

Mr Slater attended the NRG music competition with two buddies earlier than his disappearance, and his final identified location was the Rural de Teno Park within the north of the Canary Island, which was about an 11-hour stroll from his lodging.

He had travelled to an Airbnb in Masca after an evening out, however the two males stated to have rented the property have been later dominated “not related” to the case.

The Spanish Civil Guard stated Mr Slater might have fallen within the steep and inaccessible space the place he was found.

An adolescent who was lacking in Tenerife for over 4 weeks is because of be laid to relaxation on Saturday, along with his household promising that his funeral service will probably be a “celebration” of his life.

Jay Slater, 19, died whereas on vacation after falling from a top within the distant Rural de Teno nationwide park after travelling to the Spanish island with buddies to attend a music competition.

After leaving the vacationer space of Playa de Las Americas in the course of the early hours of 17 June, he travelled to a distant AirBnb within the Masca valley, earlier than trying to trek the 11-hour stroll about to his lodge by the mountainous space.

Effectively-wishers who attend his funeral on August 10 have been requested to put on one thing blue in his reminiscence.

Mr Slater’s family members have additionally requested that, as a substitute of flowers, individuals may donate to LBT World, an abroad disaster assist charity which helped his household by their heartache.

The physique of {the teenager}, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, who died shortly after he final spoke to his buddies at round 8.50am, was returned to the UK final week.

A autopsy examination discovered he died of traumatic head accidents, in line with a fall from top, and that his dying would have been instantaneous.

The “celebration of life service” is to happen at Accrington Cemetery Chapel previous to interment.

Floral tributes will come from the household however “if anybody wish to convey a single rose to put with Jay, they’re greater than welcome”, his relations stated in a press release issued by LBT World.

Mr Slater, an apprentice bricklayer, was additionally remembered in a tribute from his household which outlined the most important occasions and passions of his life.

They acknowledged: “A loving son of Debbie and Warren, a cherished brother of Zak and brother-in-law of Jessica, a treasured grandson of Daybreak, June and the late Dougie, a much-loved nephew of Glen and Katie, an expensive cousin of Maddie and Tillie and a loyal pal to many. Jay will probably be very sadly missed by all those that knew him.”

The household stated: “After Jay left Rhyddings Excessive Faculty he went on to turn out to be an apprentice bricklayer with the PH Construct group, a job he vastly loved.

“On the younger age of 5 Jay began taking part in soccer for Huncoat United FC till the age of 17 and likewise did just a few seasons with the Sunday staff at St Joesph’s too.

“He additionally liked spending time chilling out along with his buddies.

“Jay’s love of music and dance began at a really younger age. He liked attending music festivals and occasions throughout the nation and likewise liked to socialize and meet new individuals.”

Mr Slater attended the NRG music competition with two buddies earlier than his disappearance, earlier than travelling to Masca with two older British males who had rented a property.

Police later stated the 2 males had been “not related” to the case. In his final cellphone name to his pal Lucy Regulation, he stated that he was misplaced, dehydrated, had injured his leg and solely had one per cent cellphone battery.

The Spanish Civil Guard stated Mr Slater may have fallen within the steep and inaccessible space the place he was found.

His disappearance prompted a variety of wild conspiracy theories to seem on-line, which included accusations towards his household over their GoFundMe web page and claims that Mr Slater had been noticed watching the Euro soccer matches.

Nonetheless, after 29 days with searches performed by each police, mountain rescue and newbie searchers, his physique was present in a steep and inaccessible space of the distant park.

Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, might turn out to be the primary US feminine Indigenous governor if Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential choose, Tim Walz, resigns from workplace. Walz can proceed serving because the state’s governor till the November election, but when he and Harris are profitable, Flanagan will take over his gubernatorial duties.

The truth is, a collection of firsts could be triggered ought to the Harris-Walz ticket win: Harris would turn out to be the nation’s first lady, first Black lady and first individual of Indian descent to ascend to the nation’s prime workplace. Flanagan, already the highest-ranking Native lady in a state-level government workplace, would turn out to be Minnesota’s first feminine governor and the primary Indigenous lady to function governor of a US state. And Minnesota’s senate president, Bobby Joe Champion, would turn out to be Minnesota’s first Black lieutenant governor.

Thought of an advocate for kids, working households and Indigenous communities, Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, has had a tenure as lieutenant governor that displays her assist for traditionally marginalized Minnesotans.

In June, Flanagan and Tina Smith, a US senator, introduced the primary worldwide United States Division of Agriculture commerce mission centered on amplifying Indigenous merchandise. Flanagan advocated without cost breakfast and lunch in Minnesota colleges, which Walz signed into regulation in March 2021. And in 2019, Walz signed a invoice, of which Flanagan was a champion, to launch the primary official assembly of the Lacking and Murdered Indigenous Girls Process Power.

“Too usually native girls at greatest are invisible and, at worst, we’re disposable,” Flanagan has mentioned. “That should and that may change.”

Flanagan additionally advocated to determine the nation’s first Lacking and Murdered Indigenous Relations Workplace, which Walz signed into regulation laws in 2021. And final December, Flanagan was voted in as chair of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Affiliation (DLGA), changing into the primary Indigenous lady to steer a celebration committee.

“Our democracy features greatest when it precisely displays the group and seeks to characterize,” Flanagan mentioned on the time. “And so for a really very long time, girls, folks of coloration, Indigenous people weren’t at decision-making tables, and too many choices have been made with out us. I feel if we’re going to have sturdy insurance policies and robust outcomes for communities, girls and Bipoc people must be on the desk.”

Flanagan, a former Minneapolis college board member, a earlier staffer at Better Minneapolis Council of Church buildings’ division of Indian work, and a previous government director of Kids’s Protection Fund-Minnesota, efficiently ran for the state’s home of representatives in 2015. In 2017, she turned a founding member of the state’s first Individuals of Colour and Indigenous Caucus, in response to her official bio.

As a College of Minnesota pupil, Flanagan organized the city Indigenous group for Paul Wellstone’s 2002 US Senate marketing campaign. She graduated from the college that yr with a level in American Indian research and youngster psychology.

Simply two days after Biden bowed out of the 2024 race, Flanagan hosted the primary Native American marketing campaign occasion for the Harris for President marketing campaign.

“Nice Native Voters for Harris occasion in Phoenix! Arizona could determine the election, however one factor is for certain: Native voters will determine Arizona,” Flanagan wrote on X. “In a packed room, I used to be honored to kick off the first-ever surrogate occasion for Harris 2024 within the nation! Let’s go, @KamalaHarris!”

Later she spoke throughout a Native girls and Two Spirit for Harris digital name, which related Indigenous leaders and folks from throughout the nation in rallying behind the Democratic nominee.

“I feel Native voters are going to make the distinction once more,” Flanagan mentioned on the decision. “We’re strategically situated in swing states all throughout the nation, and I do know that when Indian Nation reveals up, we win.”

Billy Joel confirmed his down-to-earth aspect as he hopped on a prepare to Cardiff for his first-ever gig within the Welsh capital. 

The American singer-songwriter, 75, minimize an off-the-cuff determine as he obtained a candy snap with a Nice Western Railway employee on the London Paddington to Cardiff service on Friday. 

Sharing the snap on X, previously referred to as Twitter, Nice Western Railway beamed: ‘It was a pleasure to take the ‘Piano Man’ Billy Joel Uptown to Cardiff at present for his solely gig in Europe. Get able to be rocked Wales!’ 

Nice Western Railway mentioned its ‘not every single day’ followers get to journey on board with the star of the present.

A Nice Western Railway spokesperson instructed the BBC: ‘Once we arrived at Cardiff the followers obtained off the prepare solely to see the star of the present behind them.’ 

The sold-out Principality Stadium live performance is the artist’s solely efficiency in Europe this yr. 

Greater than 70,000 followers headed to the stadium on Friday night, prompting a full metropolis centre street closure. 

And followers weren’t upset because the Piano Man invited his first viewers within the Land of Track to affix in.

Firstly of his efficiency he mentioned to the group: ‘After 55 years, I am lastly enjoying in Wales. I’ve by no means performed right here earlier than.

‘I used to be instructed that the Welsh like to sing, so if you happen to really feel like singing alongside, I do not care if it annoys the man subsequent to you. Sing away, and we will have enjoyable.’

Billy, who is without doubt one of the best-selling artists in US chart historical past, is finest identified for his songs together with Piano Man, Uptown Woman and We Didn’t Begin the Fireplace. 

His gig on the Principality Stadium follows a string of current performances on the venue from different celebrities together with Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, Pink, and the Foo Fighters.

And like a number of the stars to go to the capital earlier than him, Billy added slightly Welsh flavour to his efficiency, as he handled the group to the refrain of Inexperienced Inexperienced Grass of Residence by Tom Jones.

He joked to the viewers: ‘I did not write that one, however I want I did.’

The group additionally obtained extremely concerned in a call-and-response model of What’s New Pussycat? throughout his Tom Jones tribute slightly later within the night. 

Billy confessed: ‘I do not know the phrases’ earlier than laughing and saying ‘I do know the pussycat bit.’ 

The group then participated in a enjoyable singalong to The Lion Sleeps Tonight, earlier than Billy carried out his hit observe The Longest Time. 

The singer additionally welcomed his daughters Della Rose, eight, and Remy Anne, six, onto the stage. 

His daughter Della sweetly shouted out to the group ‘Come on Cardiff’ as Remy sat on her dad’s piano. 

In July, Billy ended his 10-year residency at Madison Sq. Gardens in New York Metropolis with a memorable efficiency. 

The present not solely marked the final of Joel’s 10-year-long residency on the World’s Most Well-known Area but in addition the One hundred and fiftieth-lifetime efficiency, which is a report for any artist on the iconic venue.

It turned out to be a household affair for the singer as his daughters have been introduced out on stage by household good friend Jimmy Fallon to assist unveil a banner honouring him for his history-making present. 

Billy had the honour of sitting behind the piano as his daughter Della belted out vocals and danced, all of the whereas her dad flashed a proud smile on his face.

His different daughter, Remy, obtained an up-close have a look at the efficiency whereas sitting on the tip of her father’s piano, who simply occurred to be dressed identically as her older sister in a vibrant burgundy minidress. 

Billy shares his daughters along with his fourth spouse Alexis Roderick, 42, whom he married in 2015.

He additionally has one other daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, 36, who he shares with ex-wife Christie Brinkley, 70.

The night consisted of Joel belting out hit after hit that included the likes of Stress, Allentown, Solely The Good Die Younger, Piano Man, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, It is Nonetheless Rock And Roll To Me, and Large Shot, amongst many others.

He additionally introduced out Weapons N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose for a canopy of Paul McCartney And Wings’ traditional Dwell And Let Die, in addition to You Could Be Proper. 

The history-making residency started again in January 2014, with Billy enjoying one present a month at MSG.

Through the years he has welcomed stars akin to Sting, John Mellencamp, Elvis Costello, Tony Bennett, Paul Simon and John Fogerty, in addition to current hitmakers akin to John Mayer, Miley Cyrus, Gavin DeGraw and Olivia Rodrigo.

‘Uptown Lady’, ‘Piano Man’, ‘Vienna’, ‘We Didn’t Begin the Hearth’ — Billy Joel has a great deal of actually basic bangers assured to get the gang going. Now, think about the unimaginable vibes when these songs are performed stay by Billy and sung again to him by a crowd of 70,000. Tonight (August 9), Cardiff is being handled to simply that. 

The legendary musician’s gig on the Principality Stadium is his first ever present in Wales’ capital and his solely European present for 2024, following the top of his ten-year residency at New York’s Madison Sq. Gardens. Aren’t the Welsh a fortunate bunch, eh?

If you happen to’re heading to Cardiff for the unique efficiency or eager to get your mits on some last-minute tickets, right here’s all the pieces you must know. 

When is Billy Joel taking part in at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium?

He’ll be taking part in to the Welsh capital tonight (Friday August 9).  

Door instances

The stadium doorways for Billy Joel are set to open at 5pm. 

What time will Billy Joel come on stage?

Followers can anticipate Billy to look at roughly 8pm. The present will final two hours, with the star taking his remaining bow at round 10pm.

Setlist

We will’t assure it, however primarily based on his current string of exhibits within the US, Billy’s setlist might look a bit of one thing like this: 

• Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
• Stress
• The Entertainer
• Zanzibar
• Vienna
• My Life
• Begin Me Up (The Rolling Stones cowl)
• An Harmless Man
• The Downeaster ‘Alexa’
• Do not Ask Me Why
• New York State of Thoughts
• Allentow
• This Is the Time
• Dwell and Let Die (Wings cowl) 
• Freeway to Hell (AC/DC cowl) 
• Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Music)
• Solely the Good Die Younger
• The River of Goals
• Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
• Piano Man
• We Did not Begin the Hearth
• Uptown Lady
• It is Nonetheless Rock and Roll to Me
• Massive Shot
• You Might Be Proper

Help acts

Billy is being supported by Chris Isaak, a US singer best-known for his 1989 single ‘Depraved Sport’. He’s because of take to the stage at round 6.45pm. 

Are there nonetheless tickets accessible? 

Sure! If you happen to head to Ticketmaster, you’ll discover a bunch of last-minute resale and commonplace tickets on sale from £114. 

Seating plan 

Right here’s a map of the stadium tonight, in keeping with Ticketmaster. 

Highway closures

Scott Highway and Park Avenue subsequent to the Principality Stadium shall be shut from 7am on Friday. A full metropolis centre closure will then come into impact from 3pm till midnight. The next roads shall be closed off:

• Duke Avenue

• Fort St

• Excessive Avenue

• St Mary Avenue

• Caroline Avenue

• Wooden Avenue

• Central Sq.

• Westgate Avenue

• Quay Avenue

• Guildhall Place

• Golate

• Park Avenue

• Havelock Avenue

• Scott Highway

• Kingsway from its junction with North Highway to its junction with Duke Avenue

• Cowbridge Highway East from its junction with Cathedral Highway to its junction with Westgate Avenue

• Tudor Avenue from its junction with Clare Highway to its junction with Wooden Avenue

• Plantagenet Avenue and Beauchamp Avenue from their junctions with Despenser Place to their junctions with Tudor Avenue

• Station Terrace and Guildford Avenue from the junction with Newport Highway to the junction with Churchill Manner

• Penarth Highway shall be closed half-hour earlier than the live performance finishes and as much as an hour after the live performance ends

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Peggy Flanagan’s ardour for youngsters and households has outlined her profession in public service. She served on the Minneapolis faculty board, labored as govt director of the Youngsters’s Protection Fund Minnesota, and advocated for teenagers as a state legislator and lieutenant governor.

Now, she could convey that keenness to the governor’s mansion. On Tuesday, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris named Governor Tim Walz as her working mate. If Walz turns into vp, Flanagan will step in as governor. She could be Minnesota’s first feminine governor and first Native American governor — and the primary feminine Native American governor within the nation.

The governor’s communications workplace didn’t reply to Sahan Journal requests to interview Flanagan this week. As second-in-command, she has typically been much less seen than Walz. However her mates and political allies say she has constantly performed a pivotal function in negotiating insurance policies that profit kids and households, whereas bringing neighborhood teams to the desk. They anticipate she would convey that strategy to the governor’s workplace.

“Peggy’s hallmark is at all times coverage that can instantly influence Minnesota households,” mentioned Carin Mrotz, a detailed pal of Flanagan’s and senior adviser within the Minnesota Lawyer Normal’s Workplace.

“Nobody fights tougher than Peggy for teenagers,” mentioned Consultant Jamie Becker-Finn, DFL-Roseville.

Mrotz described Flanagan as an “extraordinarily hard-nosed coverage negotiator” and mentioned she had labored carefully with Walz on many key initiatives.

“Free faculty lunches was very a lot a group effort, and I see Peggy Flanagan’s palms throughout that,” Mrotz mentioned. 

She additionally pointed to Minnesota’s work in recent times to develop a first-in-the-nation state workplace for Lacking and Murdered Indigenous Family.

“That’s them as a group, however I don’t suppose it’s a coincidence that the governor has prioritized these issues,” Mrotz mentioned.

She additionally recounted how when Flanagan was first elected as lieutenant governor, she spearheaded efforts to boost money funds for the Minnesota Household Funding Program (MFIP). In 2019, when Flanagan took workplace, the funds had remained stagnant since 1986 — when Flanagan was in first grade. Flanagan led the hassle to barter a $100 month-to-month enhance to this system.

“Hardworking households who’re nonetheless residing in poverty are experiencing extra money of their pockets, and that’s due to Peggy Flanagan,” Mrotz mentioned.

A ‘younger whippersnapper’

Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, grew up in St. Louis Park, the place she nonetheless lives along with her household. Her father, Marvin Manypenny, was a longtime activist who spoke out in opposition to the lack of White Earth land. When she was a baby, her household relied on public help; she’s spoken incessantly about coming to high school with a different-colored lunch ticket. She beforehand advised Sahan Journal that she felt “invisible in my very own classroom” due to the restricted illustration of Indigenous individuals in St. Louis Park Colleges on the time.

In 2004, Flanagan, then 25, was elected to the Minneapolis faculty board. Javier Morillo, the previous president of Service Staff Worldwide Union Native 26, remembers being impressed with the polish of the “younger whippersnapper” when screening candidates for endorsements. Morillo now considers Flanagan his finest pal, and is godfather to her daughter.

They labored carefully collectively throughout a 2014 marketing campaign to boost the Minnesota minimal wage. At the moment, Minnesota Democrats held a trifecta of the Home, Senate, and governor’s workplace. The state minimal wage was $6.15 for big employers, beneath the federal minimal wage of $7.25. 

Flanagan, then the manager director of Youngsters’s Protection Fund Minnesota, co-chaired the Elevate the Wage Coalition. The coalition aimed to boost the minimal wage to $9.50 an hour by 2016. Morillo recalled that Flanagan led a subgroup to be sure that the brand new minimal wage could be listed to inflation. Although Democrats held a trifecta, this level was controversial amongst some Senate Democrats, Morillo recalled.

At one level, Morillo mentioned, the coalition reached a compromise on minimal wage that will have ignored the inflationary indexes. However Flanagan refused to just accept that concession, Morillo mentioned, at one level bodily blocking a chalkboard that laid out the compromise throughout a coalition assembly. She helped lead a subgroup to verify indexing was a part of the ultimate legislation.

Ultimately, the ultimate invoice included inflationary will increase. Due to these yearly raises, Minnesota’s minimal wage for big employers is now $10.85. 

Flanagan is “achieved, prepared and history-making,” Morillo mentioned.

Preserving incarcerated mothers with infants

Flanagan was elected to the Legislature in 2015 throughout a particular election. The incumbent legislator, Rep. Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley, resigned to observe his household when his spouse took a job in Belgium.

The yr after Flanagan was seated within the Legislature, Becker-Finn, a Leech Lake Ojibwe descendant, joined her. The 2 bonded instantly as the one Ojibwe ladies within the Legislature, Becker-Finn recalled. 

“We have been instantly actually good mates going by means of that collectively,” Becker-Finn mentioned.

Throughout the 2017-2018 legislative session, Republicans held the bulk within the Minnesota Home. Becker-Finn mentioned she and Flanagan, who had completely different areas of experience, typically discovered themselves combing by means of newly launched payments to determine adverse impacts for tribal communities and attempting to clarify them to invoice authors.

In October 2017, Walz, then a member of Congress working for governor, introduced that Flanagan could be his working mate. The gubernatorial election was nonetheless greater than a yr away. Walz introduced Flanagan as his working mate at an unusually early second, in an effort to point out that collectively they might symbolize all of Minnesota — rural white voters like Walz, and voters of shade from city and suburban areas like Flanagan.

From left to proper, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, Consultant Alicia Kozlowski, Senator Mary Kunesh, Consultant Jamie Becker-Finn, and Consultant Heather Keeler pose for a portrait within the Minnesota State Capitol on January 3, 2023. Credit score: Jaida Gray Eagle | Sahan Journal

Becker-Finn launched Flanagan at her first occasion as a candidate for lieutenant governor, on the American Indian Middle in Minneapolis. After Walz and Flanagan received the election, Becker-Finn noticed how Flanagan used her affect to form coverage.

In 2019, Flanagan and Becker-Finn visited the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee, the state’s solely ladies’s jail. Whereas there, they met with incarcerated ladies, guards, social staff and doulas. Becker-Finn mentioned they discovered from these ladies “that we have been nonetheless as a state doing the observe of taking new child infants away from their mothers.”

For Flanagan and Becker-Finn, each moms, the perception hit arduous: “Placing your self within the footwear of these ladies and imagining what that will have been prefer to have your child taken out of your arms at 36 hours outdated,” Becker-Finn mentioned.

Flanagan directed workers on the Division of Corrections to writer a invoice to alter this observe, whereas Becker-Finn led the hassle on the Legislature. At the moment, Minnesota had a politically divided Legislature; the push attracted bipartisan help. 

In 2021, Walz signed the Wholesome Begin Act, which permits ladies who’re pregnant or not too long ago postpartum on the time of their sentencing to serve their time in a midway home or neighborhood various for as much as a yr. Minnesota was believed to be the primary state to implement such a program.

“If I attempted to do this by myself with out Peggy and with out her leveraging the sources that she had as lieutenant governor, I don’t suppose that will have been a factor we have been in a position to get performed as shortly as we did,” Becker-Finn mentioned.

She additionally pointed to Flanagan’s work in pushing the state to codify Minnesota’s relationship with tribal governments into statute.

“Issues like which are trickier than they may appear to get throughout the end line,” she mentioned. “Each the governor and Peggy have visited tribal nations. They’ve truly put within the work.”

Indigenous training

One other focus for Flanagan has been ensuring all Minnesota youngsters have entry to training about Indigenous historical past and up to date information. In 2021, she spoke with Sahan Journal concerning the state’s efforts to supply higher curricular sources to lecturers. Since that point, Minnesota has adopted new social research requirements that additionally require extra training about Indigenous communities.

Flanagan advised Sahan Journal that this initiative got here instantly from tribal leaders, who made it a prime precedence. She mentioned that when she was rising up attending St. Louis Park Colleges, the curriculum didn’t mirror her lived expertise.

“Whenever you don’t see your self mirrored in your lecturers or curriculum, there’s an influence,” she mentioned. “To be actually candid, it made me really feel like I used to be invisible in my very own classroom.”

For Indigenous individuals specifically, lots of whom are only a technology or two away from members of the family being forcibly eliminated to boarding faculties, this erasure can gasoline mistrust within the training system, she mentioned.

However she famous that for her daughter, in the identical faculty system, illustration was beginning to enhance.

“I feel ensuring that our Black, Indigenous, and college students of shade see themselves mirrored of their curriculum, and that it’s taught in a manner that additionally makes them really feel valued, is a recreation changer,” she mentioned.

Governor Flanagan?

So what would a Flanagan governorship appear to be?

It’s early to say. However her mates and political allies stay up for seeing how her strategy to management may change state authorities.

Mrotz mentioned that she anticipated Flanagan to search out extra methods to convey extra voices to the desk in decisionmaking.

“She is any person who’s like, ‘Nicely, then let’s construct an even bigger desk, after which we are able to have extra individuals sitting right here,’” Mrotz mentioned.

Becker-Finn mirrored on the contradictions of being a Native American elected official in a system that was “designed to destroy your individuals.” She mentioned Flanagan may query processes and buildings that weren’t designed to incorporate everybody.

“I feel Peggy received’t be afraid to be open to doing issues in higher methods which are extra reflective of our values and of the truth of what a Minnesotan appears like,” she mentioned. “I simply suppose she’s going to be actually intentional about that.”

The Cayman Motoring Federation (CMF) is happy to report the success of its members within the Jamaica Simulation Racing Affiliation (JSRA) System 4 Championship Collection on iRacing. Commencing in June 2024, this rigorous 6-round collection featured participation from main racers throughout the Caribbean, the Americas, Europe, and the UK. The occasion served as a preparatory competitors for the FIA Motorsports Video games scheduled for October 2024.

Ian Lance Charlery, a outstanding racer from the CMF, demonstrated exceptional talent and willpower, main the championship poles via race 4. Though he was unable to take part in races 5 and 6 attributable to unexpected circumstances, Charlery achieved a decent fifth place general end out of 28 rivals, reflecting his expertise and resilience.

Commenting on his expertise, Charlery acknowledged, “Main the championship via the 4th spherical in opposition to a number of the best drivers within the area was an unimaginable expertise. The competitors is intense, and even small errors are expensive. The JSRA F4 championship affords helpful expertise not only for quick racers but in addition for these new to the game.”

Different CMF member performances included Alessandro Di Felice, who completed eleventh, and Julian Narcisse, who completed fifteenth. The JSRA F4 collection supplied a superb simulator racing expertise for all esports contributors.

Within the workforce standings, Charlery’s workforce completed a powerful 2nd place, whereas one other Cayman workforce secured the eleventh place out of 20 groups. These outcomes spotlight the depth of expertise and aggressive spirit throughout the Cayman Motoring Federation.

The JSRA System 4 Championship Collection has set a excessive customary for digital racing occasions, providing racers a platform to hone their expertise and compete in opposition to prime regional skills. 

The CMF seems ahead to the way forward for Esports and anticipates extra alternatives for its members to excel on the worldwide stage. Notably, Ian Charlery is ready to symbolize the Cayman Islands in Esports F4, whereas Karyll Iton will compete in Esports GT on the upcoming FIA Motorsport Video games.

For extra details about the Cayman Motoring Federation and its upcoming occasions, please contact CMF President Jane Scaletta at data@caymanmotoringfederation.org

About Cayman Motoring Federation:
Affiliated FIA Member, the Cayman Motoring Federation is devoted to selling and growing motorsport actions within the Cayman Islands. By way of varied occasions and academic initiatives, the CMF goals to foster a vibrant, secure, and sustainable motoring neighborhood and supply alternatives for locals to compete at nationwide and worldwide ranges.

 

Erik ten Hag says Manchester United ahead Marcus Rashford is “in superb form” and “very formidable and motivated to have an excellent season,” forward of the Neighborhood Protect in opposition to Manchester Metropolis at Wembley on Saturday.

The United attacker had a season to neglect final time period, scoring seven Premier League objectives and lacking out on a spot in England’s Euros squad. There have been additionally off-field points, with Rashford dropped after internet hosting a birthday celebration hours after United misplaced a Manchester derby after which disciplined for lacking an FA Cup recreation after a visit to Belfast.

Nonetheless, Ten Hag seems to be impressed by Rashford’s form and software throughout pre-season as far as the 26-year-old bids to recapture the shape which delivered him 30 objectives in 2022/23.

“We have seen on the tour he is very energetic, in superb form already and we count on rather a lot, as we count on from the entire staff this season once more,” stated Ten Hag, who laughed off the suggestion there was any difficulty between him and the participant.

“There are such a lot of strategies round Manchester United, this staff. We all know the reality. He is working very laborious [and he is] very formidable and motivated to have an excellent season.”

Ten Hag shall be aiming to make it back-to-back wins over Manchester Metropolis at Wembley when he leads United into the Neighborhood Protect three months on from his facet’s FA Cup win over their neighbours on the nationwide stadium.

The Dutchman feels his facet don’t have anything to show this weekend – however have the power to beat any opponent. It’s their outcomes in opposition to weaker sides which he feels may outline their Premier League efficiency on this coming marketing campaign.

“We are going to problem for the Carabao Cup and FA Cup as nicely,” Ten Hag stated when requested about United’s prospects of a Premier League tilt. “It exhibits we’re aggressive and may beat any opponent. That is what we proved within the final two seasons.

“We beat Liverpool, we beat Manchester Metropolis. Our problem is to deliver consistency in opposition to lower-class groups – [although] I do not suppose there are lower-class groups within the league – to win the factors. Different groups are forward of us in that prospect and there we’ve to maintain up.

“We all know already we will beat Metropolis. It isn’t depending on the outcome on Saturday, it is not going to change that perception.

“The FA Cup is a better event. However nonetheless we wish to win however we confirmed we will beat Metropolis.

“We do not wish to take a threat with gamers and lose gamers for a protracted interval. That is what we’ve to take from final season while you’re in a sample of lacking any gamers with accidents. Gamers must be obtainable.”

Defensive considerations for Man Utd forward of Neighborhood Protect

It could not fairly be a full-blown defensive disaster however Ten Hag and Manchester United have health points of their backline which can trigger the supervisor a dilemma forward of Saturday’s Neighborhood Protect in opposition to Manchester Metropolis.

Talking in his pre-match press convention, Ten Hag stated there was a “query mark” over the health of Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Luke Shaw.

Which means Ten Hag may very well be with out a complete again 4 for the season curtain-raiser and would add to a defensive damage listing which additionally consists of Leny Yoro and Tyrell Malacia.

Ten Hag, then, could have to offer substantial minutes to the likes of Lisandro Martinez and Diogo Dalot who’re but to characteristic for United in pre-season on account of their involvement in worldwide competitions this summer time.

“We take into consideration Lucha to be concerned within the recreation,” Ten Hag stated in regards to the centre-back particularly.

“Maguire was [left out of the pre-season defeat to Liverpool as] a precaution however he’s nonetheless a query mark for Saturday. We now have coaching, we’ve to see whether or not he is match sufficient or to not be obtainable.

“Victor, he performed, but in addition he is a query mark and Wan-Bissaka and Luke Shaw are query marks, we’ve to evaluate them [on Friday].”

On gamers akin to Martinez and Dalot, who missed the US tour, Ten Hag stated: “We put them on low season programmes however all of them have totally different begins within the pre-season within the weeks we had been in USA so particular person to particular person we’ll assess them.”

Jonny Evans – who was unwell in the course of the loss to Liverpool – and Harry Amass will even be in competition to start out at Wembley.

When does the summer time switch window open and shut?

The 2024 summer time switch window formally closes on August 30 at 11pm UK time within the Premier League and 11.30pm in Scotland.

The Premier League has introduced ahead Deadline Day to hyperlink up with the opposite main leagues in Europe. The deadlines had been set following discussions with the leagues in England, Germany, Italy, Spain and France.

Devin Booker is hanging with the large canines on the Paris Olympics. The Phoenix Suns star was noticed taking within the park skateboarding occasions Wednesday alongside skating legend Tony Hawk and unofficial Olympics spokesperson Snoop Dogg.

Booker, as he’s been in France, was busy constructing some reels along with his camcorder.

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Devin Booker. 🏀

What a squad watching skateboarding on the #ParisOlympics collectively. pic.twitter.com/HImJ81Cjxn

— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 7, 2024

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o trio mais ALEATÓRIO do planeta acompanhando o Skate Park

Devin Booker, Snoop Dogg e Tony Hawk pic.twitter.com/333muPqoWe

— NBA LEGENDADA 🇧🇷 (@NBALegendada) August 7, 2024

He’s been taking in different occasions round his personal basketball video games — he scored 18 factors to guide USA Basketball previous Brazil within the quarterfinal spherical on Tuesday.

Booker has watched gymnastics, fencing and likewise popped into the road skateboarding occasions that included a pair of People final week.

He’s been making the rounds with athletes in different sports activities. Booker has posed for photographs with gymnast Suni Lee and Japanese star skateboarder Ginwoo Onodera.

There’s additionally somewhat enterprise and branding work that’s being accomplished in Booker’s distinctive method.

He’s hidden his signature sneakers round France and teased it on social media for followers to search out. Booker additionally revealed an apparently new Nike Blazer collaboration that seems to have a Chevy emblem. Simply guessing right here, but it surely seems to be quite a bit just like the sneakers are paying homage to his darkish inexperienced Seventies Chevy Blazer.

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Devin Booker debuts upcoming Nike Blazer Low collab 👀

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— Sneaker Bar Detroit (@SBDetroit) August 6, 2024

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Henry is a nationwide hero for his enjoying exploits, having helped France win the 1998 World Cup on dwelling soil earlier than occurring to turn out to be their all-time document goalscorer.

Main Les Bleus to a primary Olympic gold in 40 years would have additional immortalised the 46-year-old amongst his compatriots.

In entrance of a passionate 48,000 crowd on the Parc des Princes, France made an encouraging begin when Enzo Millot’s shot squirmed by way of weak fingers from Spain keeper Arnau Tenas.

However Spain’s attacking high quality rapidly clicked into gear to stun the host nation.

Inside seven minutes, that they had equalised when Barcelona’s 21-year-old Fermin Lopez completed off an incisive transfer with a first-time shot which he scuffed however spun into the underside nook.

Spain have been slick, sharp and obtained their rewards once more to take the lead.

Fermin notched his second when he was extra alert than the French defenders, playing when Guillaume Restes went to collect a left-wing cross after which pouncing when it didn’t persist with the French keeper’s gloves.

When Alex Baena casually and exactly clipped in a free-kick for the third, it appeared ominous for France.

Nonetheless, Henry’s aspect rallied in dramatic vogue and retained perception with their stirring second-half show.

The evolving feelings of the house crowd – from pleasure by way of pleasure, despair, and anger – had turned to hope.

France pulled a objective again when Maghnes Akliouche diverted in Michael Olise’s inswinging free-kick, persevering with the surge of momentum and confidence.

With time operating out, although, extra drama produced a gripping finale.

A melee within the field led to referee Ramon Abatti being informed to go to the pitchside monitor and, after a second of theatrical stress, pointed to the penalty spot with Benat Turrientes deemed to have been holding France substitute Arnaud Kalimuendo.

Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta held his nerve to transform with a composed end in stoppage time, sparking extra wild celebrations among the many dwelling followers who collectively caught their breath earlier than additional time began.

Spain, although, appeared they nonetheless had the potential to carve open France with their slick passing – and that is what occurred as Camello turned an unbelievable sport again of their favour together with his double strike.

“There have been a couple of minutes in the course of the first half through which we disappeared,” added Henry. “And we paid a excessive value for that.”