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FIFA expert addresses Qatar referees on managing pressure
Doha: Dr. Jessica Miranda, Head of Psychology at FIFA, addressed Qatar’s elite referees on managing stress and maintaining focus during matches at the Qatar Football Association’s (QFA) pre-season training camp at the InterContinental Hotel Doha on Wednesday.
Dr. Miranda explained how the body and mind respond to competitive pressure and outlined methods to manage stress, improve concentration, support recovery and enhance decision-making during matches.
She also highlighted the importance of balancing psychological, physiological and physical factors to achieve peak performance and remain focused in high-pressure situations. realschule-moosburg.de
Dr. Miranda, who describes Qatar as her second home has previously worked at Aspire Academy for five years, a period she considers a significant professional experience.
Her participation in the Qatari elite referees' camp stems from her extensive experience in international referee training.
She has previously overseen the physiological aspects of referees for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, as well as those for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, and will also be involved with referees for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Fallen French football giants Bordeaux move closer to extinction
Bordeaux: Bordeaux, once one of France's leading football clubs and the team where the country's new head coach Zinedine Zidane made his name, lurched further into trouble on Friday.
After years of crippling financial problems, the spectre of judicial liquidation is looming over the Girondins after the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) rejected their latest appeal against exclusion from the national leagues.
The measure, notified to the club on Friday, according to its vice-president Arnaud De Carli, means the six-time French champions are barred from playing in the fourth tier in the coming season, as they had hoped.
They have instead been relegated to the sixth tier.
Bordeaux have 15 days to file an appeal, but the fourth-tier season starts on August 22.
They were sanctioned for failing to provide the roughly ten million euros ($11.6 million) needed for the 2025-2026 financial year, finance that of 2026-2027 and meet debt payments.
Zidane played for Bordeaux between 1992 and 1996.
Qatar Beach Volleyball team wins silver at West Asia Championship
Beirut: Qatar's men's beach volleyball team, represented by Mohammed Ehab and Mousa Al Khair, won the silver medal after finishing runners-up in the second and final round of the 2026 West Asia Beach Volleyball Championship in Batroun, Lebanon.
The Qatari duo defeated Kuwait 2-0 in the quarterfinals and Lebanon 2-0 in the semifinals before losing the final 2-1 to Lebanon's Jad Abi Karam and Hadi Shbeib, who claimed gold.
The achievement adds to Qatar's growing record of success in beach volleyball at the regional and continental levels.
هيئة البيئة العمانية: لا تأثيرات للتلوث الزيتي على سواحل جزيرة مصيرة حتى الآن
أكدت هيئة البيئة العمانية اليوم عدم وصول أي تأثيرات ناتجة عن التلوث الزيتي إلى سواحل جزيرة مصيرة حتى الآن، فيما يبلغ نطاق الشواطئ المتأثرة بالتلوث في منطقة رأس مدركة بولاية الدقم نحو 12 كيلومترا، وجار التعامل معها ميدانيا.
وأوضحت الهيئة في بيان لها أنه لم ترصد آثار تذكر للتلوث في المواقع الأخرى، وفقا لنتائج الرصد لغاية الآن، مؤكدة عدم وصول أي تأثيرات ناتجة عن التلوث الزيتي إلى سواحل جزيرة مصيرة، التي يقع الجزء الجنوبي منها ضمن النطاق المحتمل تأثره.
وبشأن البقعة الزيتية المتسربة في البحر، تشير بيانات الرصد والنماذج المحدثة إلى أنها لا تزال تتحرك ضمن مسارها المرصود في عرض البحر باتجاه جنوب شرق ولاية مصيرة نحو أعالي البحر، مع استمرار متابعة حركتها وفق المتغيرات البحرية والجوية.
وتواصل هيئة البيئة، بالتنسيق مع الجهات المعنية، أعمال الرصد والاستجابة الميدانية وتقييم المستجدات، واتخاذ الإجراءات اللازمة للحد من الآثار البيئية وحماية البيئة البحرية والساحلية.
وكانت الهيئة قد أعلنت يوم الأربعاء الماضي أن تداعيات حادثة السفينة النفطية كارولين بيزنجي الجانحة بالقرب من جزيرة القبلية بمحافظة ظفار قد تؤدي إلى تأثر شواطئ رأس مدركة بالتلوث الزيتي بنطاق يصل إلى 40 كيلومترا، مع احتمال تأثر الشواطئ الجنوبية لجزيرة مصيرة بنطاق يتراوح بين 10 و20 كيلومترا.
Atletico sign veteran Argentinian defender Romero from Spurs
Madrid: Atletico Madrid signed 2022 World Cup winning centre-back Cristian Romero from Tottenham on Saturday for a fee reported to be 40 million euros ($46 million) including add-ons.
"(Romero) signs for our club until June 30, 2031," said Atletico in a statement.
The Argentina international -- who was also a member of the robust Argentina side that lost in last month's World Cup final to Spain -- is Atletico's fourth signing this summer after Alejandro Grimaldo, Kang-in Lee and Morten Hjulmand.
The 28-year-old said goodbye to Spurs fans on Friday after five years in north London.
He was named man of the match when the club ended a 17-year trophy drought beating Manchester United to win the 2025 Europa League.
Romero, who incurred several suspensions during his 156 appearances for Spurs, acknowledged "the journey wasn't perfect" in his leaving message, but said he was departing with a "heart full of memories" and "enormous pride".
Romero arrives days after compatriot and fellow World Cup winning defender Nahuel Molina left Atletico for Serie A side AS Roma, for a fee reported to be 17 million euros.