This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page In order to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the players officials and fans during the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic a joint decision has been taken by the FIVB and the event organisers to cancel the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 5-star event scheduled for 7-12 July in Gstaad and the 4-star event scheduled to be held on 15-19 July in Espinho All changes to the beach volleyball event calendar have been adopted following consistent monitoring of the global situation and in full cooperation with the international and national health and sports authorities including the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).  in light of the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 the FIVB is working with the IOC concerning the adaptation of the beach volleyball qualification system Any changes will be communicated to the stakeholders at a later stage The Beach Volleyball Ranking is currently frozen as of 16 March 2020 until further notice The FIVB extends its deepest sympathies and stands in solidarity with the entire beach volleyball community during these challenging times Quick link:Coronavirus resources and information for the FIVB family The FIVB is the governing body responsible for all forms of Volleyball on a global level Working closely with national federations and private enterprises to develop Volleyball as a popular media and entertainment sport FIVB Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Château Les Tourelles Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 1006 Lausanne Switzerland Phone: +41 213 453 535 Fax: +41 213 453 545 Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative By Communications Manager B.J. Hoeptner Evans ([email protected]) | July 18, 2023 , 11:09 AM (MDT) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 18, 2023) – U.S. men’s beach volleyball won a third straight international gold medal as Theo Brunner/Trevor Crabb took the title at the Pro Beach Tour Espinho Challenge on Sunday in Portugal. Brunner/Crabb had to play in Thursday’s qualifier and won seven of eight matches at the tournament. In the final, they beat Austrians Alexander Horst and Julian Hörl 2-0 (21-16, 21-17). It was the third straight gold for U.S. men’s beach teams after Andy Benesh/Miles Partain won gold at the Elite 16 in Gstaad, Switzerland on July 9 and Evan Cory/Troy Field won the Helsinki Futures event on June 29. It was the first international gold medal for Brunner/Crabb, who united as a team at the start of this season. Before Portugal, the pair finished fifth in challenge tournaments in La Paz, Mexico, Saquarema, Brazil, and Jurmala, Latvia, for their best results. “It feels great,” Crabb told Volleyball World. “For both of us, it had been a while since we had last won an international medal, so we’re going to enjoy this one. It’s been awesome to play here in Espinho.” Heading into the Espinho Challenge, Crabb had won three FIVB World Tour titles in 2018; two with John Mayer and one with Tri Bourne. Brunner had one international victory with Chaim Schalk at a 2021 FIVB World Tour two-star event in Rubavu, Rwanda. “We’ve only been together for six months and we’ve been working so hard,” Brunner told Volleyball World. “We had a nice win last week in Hermosa Beach in similar conditions, with deep sand and some wind. We were a little bit nervous about the qualifier here in Espinho, but we made it through. We’re super happy, but also exhausted.” Bourne/Schalk tied for fifth in Espinho. Taylor Crabb/Taylor Sander and Miles Evans/Chase Budinger tied for ninth. Evan Cory/Troy Field tied for 25th. Tim Brewster/Kyle Friend tied for 33rd. On the women’s side, Megan Kraft/Emily Stockman tied for fifth. Julia Scoles/Betsi Flint tied for ninth. Savvy Simo/Toni Rodriguez and Zana Muno/Deahna Kraft tied for 25th. Brook Bauer/Katie Horton tied for 33rd. Brunner/Crabb’s success in Espinho propelled them 20 spots up the men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking and they are now in number 26, the highest they have ever been as a team. The Espinho gold earned Brunner/Crabb 800 points toward a new total of 3,820 points, making them the second highest placed U.S. men’s duo, after 10th-ranked Benesh/Partain. Brunner/Crabb are now the best-placed American duo in the men’s provisional Olympic ranking in 11th, surpassing previous leaders Schalk/Bourne, who are now 14th. The top two teams U.S. teams in the provisional Olympic rankings as of June 10, 2024, provided they are in the top 17 overall, will qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Among the women, Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes are second in the Olympic rankings and Kristen Nuss/Taryn Kloth are fourth. Scoles/Flint are in 16th. Eight U.S. women’s beach teams and six men’s teams are registered for the Edmonton Challenge event on July 20-23 in Canada. USA Volleyball beach teams are bringing home gold, silver and bronze medals and more cowbells from the Pro Beach Tour Elite 16 event in Gstaad, Switzerland on July 9 USA Volleyball has selected age-group beach national to represent the United States at three different tournaments As soon as the fireworks die down, consider pulling up VolleyballWorld.tv as qualifying at the Pro Beach Tour Elite 16 event in Gstaad, Switzerland begins at 11 p.m. PT on Tuesday night ©2024 United States Volleyball. All Rights Reserved. You have /5 articles left.Sign up for a free account or log in Student interest in legal education has ballooned in recent years the movement for racial justice and a hot job market “All the events that we’ve had—the pandemic the murder of George Floyd—everything has put a spotlight on why law matters,” said Kellye Testy president and chief executive officer of the Law School Admission Council “It’s galvanized in young people a desire to pursue justice and to find a way to contribute and to make a difference positively in the world Law is always seen as a really good pathway for that.” legal education sector is undergoing some of its biggest changes in years Law schools are amending their curricula to include more work experience and consideration for student well-being which administers the Law School Admission Test is developing an undergraduate curriculum that could one day replace the test for some students And a private university in Florida is planning to open its own law school—the first new one in eight years Law schools received especially high numbers of applications in 2021 and volumes remain above historic levels this year the number of law school applicants for the upcoming academic year was down 9.5 percent over last year but it was still 8.3 percent higher than in 2020 Application numbers at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland “We had a huge increase during the fall 2021 cycle which was the most recent incoming class cycle … We had almost a 30 percent increase in applications in one year,” Huang said “This year we’re seeing a little bit of a shrinking of that increase.” a first-year law student at Lewis & Clark She hopes to use her law degree to work on environmental justice “The prospect of going to law school was in the back of my mind when I was in college and studying environmental science and filmmaking,” Komie said I had time off from work and decided that was a good time to take the LSAT.” this year’s first-year law class is the most diverse ever More students of color are taking the LSAT and those who do tend to earn higher scores—perhaps in part because the admission council has focused on making free test prep available for all students The council has partnered with Khan Academy to offer LSAT preparatory courses at no cost and also offers free prep through Law Hub Law schools have received 15.8 percent more applicants from Black and African American students for the upcoming academic year than they did in 2020 The number of Hispanic and Latino applicants has also increased In an effort to further expand access to legal education LSAC announced Wednesday it is working on a pilot program to create a prelaw curriculum for undergraduates that would effectively replace the LSAT for some students would teach students the skills they would typically demonstrate on the LSAT vice president for product development and business intelligence at LSAC “It’s really important to us that law students can come from any undergraduate major; we don’t want them to have to focus on a specific area of study,” Griffith said “The goal is to design the coursework and measurement tools to be complementary to the undergraduate work that the students are doing and not an additional burden for them.” Northeastern University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will pilot the Legal Education Program is especially excited about the academic and social support that the curriculum will provide to prelaw students “Law school can be very challenging—it’s like learning a whole new language Preparing students more formally while they’re undergraduates for law school will really help them succeed in law school more quickly,” Brand said many law schools have begun taking student wellness more seriously in recent years “Legal education is a high-pressure education gotten better at keeping the rigor of the academics but pairing it with a real appreciation for student needs and student development,” Testy said The quality of law education is also improving More institutions have begun pairing legal education with work experience—such as in legal clinics—allowing students to practice what they’re learning in class while assisting people who need legal help a second-year law student at Lewis & Clark participated in a clinic for small businesses this past fall providing business owners with legal services at no cost “I had two clients that were local businesses and that was a really rewarding experience,” Heldt said “I was able to—with a mask on—physically go into the clinic and be with my peers and my supervisor who worked there.” In addition to recent social and political events, a strong job market is driving students to pursue law. A recent report from the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity showed that of all advanced degrees those in law and medicine offered the most lucrative returns More than nine in 10 law programs offer graduates positive median returns and a quarter yield a return on investment of more than $1 million “Law firms and companies that have big internal legal departments—they can’t find enough lawyers right now,” Testy said Jacksonville University in Florida plans to open up a new law school while demand is high The university will welcome its first class next fall senior vice president for economic development and external engagement at Jacksonville The university was chartered to teach law when it was founded by a judge in 1930 but “never got around to that” until now The city’s legal establishment welcomes the addition “We found that not only did the market want us here in Jacksonville the legal profession has been incredibly receptive,” Dee said “As one of the largest cities in the country that didn’t have a law school we were really missing an important element of what I would call the legal ecosystem that cities rely upon to serve the community.” the new law school had received 126 applications for the few dozen openings “We will always ultimately be on the smaller side of law schools,” Dee said “We would be looking for class sizes of 100 to 125.” there was a correction in terms of the volume of people applying and being admitted to law school and so there was a downward trend” in enrollment Dee and other university officials spoke with leaders at some of the law schools that shut down before deciding to open the new law school “You have to have a revenue plan that doesn’t so heavily rely on your tuition revenue to sustain itself—you have to be the right size,” Dee said “And you have to aim for high quality and high outcomes.” When Republicans revealed the legislation last week new provisions requiring faculty to post syllabi and face “produ Fidan Cheikosman asks what it means to find home as an international scholar Xueli Wang offers advice for embracing mentoring as a form of collaboration Learn high-impact ways to re-engage students drive enrollment and support your team’s well-being Subscribe for free to Inside Higher Ed’s newsletters opinion and great new careers in higher education — delivered to your inbox View Newsletters Copyright © 2025 Inside Higher Ed All rights reserved. | Website designed by nclud Australia’s men’s teams have taken a share of fifth place at the Beach Pro Elite16 Beach Pro Tour in Espinho Brazilian fourth seeds George Souto Maior Wanderley and Andre Loyola Stein were too strong for Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher in their quarter-final however the Australian pair still finish the tournament with their best ever Elite16 result Zachery Schubert and Thomas Hodges were defeated in their quarter-final by world number one team Jonatan Hellvig and David Åhman from Sweden however their fifth place finish was their second best result on the Beach Pro Tour Mariafe Artacho del Solar & Taliqua Clancy finished their tournament in 13th on Friday All three teams will line up at the Beach Pro Tour Challenge in Poland later this week with two new women’s pairings playing their first tournament together – Jasmine Fleming & Jana Milutinovic and Stefie Fejes and Georgia Johnson The tournament can be streamed via Volleyball World TV Click here for live scores, schedule and results 🇦🇺 [Q10] Nicolaidis/Carracher d 🇧🇷 [Q7] Vitor Felipe/Renato 2-0 (21-18, 21-15)🇦🇺 [Q11] Hodges/Schubert d 🇫🇷 [Q6] Bassereau/Lyneel 2-0 (21-17, 21-18)🇦🇺 [Q10] Nicolaidis/Carracher d 🇱🇹 [Q15] Stankevicius/Knasas 2-0 (21-16, 21-16)🇦🇺 [Q11] Hodges/Schubert d 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 [Q14] Bello/Bello 2-0 (21-16, 23-21) Thursday 23 May🇦🇺 [15] Hodges/Schubert d 🇮🇹 [7] Cottafava/Nicolai 2:0 (21-16, 22-20)🇧🇷 [3] Carol/Barbara d 🇦🇺 [11] Mariafe/Clancy 2:1 (21-13, 18-21, 15-12)🇦🇺 [14] Nicolaidis/Carracher d 🇩🇪 [6] Ehlers/Wickler 2:0 (21-14, 21-17)🇶🇦 [10] Cherif/Ahmed d 🇦🇺 [15] Hodges/Schubert 2:1 (21-18, 17-21, 15-9) Friday 24 May 🇪🇸 [14] Álvarez/Moreno d 🇦🇺 [11] Mariafe/Clancy 2:1 (16-21, 21-18, 15-11)🇦🇺 [14] Nicolaidis/Carracher d 🇵🇱 [11] Bryl/Łosiak 2:0 (21-18, 22-20)🇦🇺 [15] Hodges/Schubert d 🇨🇿 [2] Perusic/Schweiner 2:0 (21-18, 21-17) 🇦🇺 [11] Mariafe/Clancy d 🇮🇹 [6] Gottardi/Menegatti 2:1 (9-21, 21-16, 18-16)🇦🇺 [14] Nicolaidis/Carracherv d 🇳🇱 [3] Boermans/De Groot 2:0 (21-18-15) Saturday 25 May🇧🇷 [4] George/Andre d 🇦🇺 [14] Nicolaidis/Carracher 2:0 (21-15, 21-13)🇸🇪 [1] Åhman/Hellvig d 🇦🇺 [15] Hodges/Schubert 2:0 (21-17, 21-14) Your email address will not be published. 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Advertise on Cineuropa Logos and Banners by Alfonso Rivera 20/06/2022 - From Gaspar Noé to Pete Webber they will all be at the 18th New Directors New Films Festival to share their experiences and other filmmakers will present their works in progress Espinho, in the north of Portugal and south of Porto, comes alive with a host of filmmakers with the arrival of summer. In addition to the extensive programme of the 18th FEST – New Directors New Films Festival, its industry section, called FEST PRO includes everything from professional meetings to conferences without forgetting pitching of projects (short and feature films) currently underway and others that are in the final stretch (work in progress) with leading international specialists in both fields But one of its most interesting events is undoubtedly the presentation of films currently in development through pitching sessions (which will take place on 24 and 25 June) that will be eligible for various prizes as well as receiving expert advice 22 projects are presented to the Pitching Forum The Feature Gems section is made up of ten fiction documentary and animation films that are in the early stages of development a parent-child drama written - together with Stavros Raptis - and directed by Cypriot Petro Charalambous; Apple Cheeks a script in development by Portuguese filmmaker José Félix Marques Torrado; Bloodless Revolution a historical drama by Portugal's Rui Pedro Sousa currently in pre-production; La batalla de Carmen an LGBTQ+ thriller by Spain's María Sánchez Testón; Lore's Home a tragicomedy being written by Germany's Maria Hengge; Points of View a social film soon to be directed by Italy's Pepi Romagnoli; and Pirica a psychological and anti-war drama by Romania's Cosmin Nicolae The Work in Progress section has the same project requirements as the previous section in terms of genres and duration, but in an advanced stage of development. The European films include Another Day [+see also: film reviewfilm profile] (Albania) a documentary road movie by Eneos Carka; Eight bones (France) African adventures by Valentina Foubert; Go Andrea Settembrini and Gabriele Licchell; and Support (Poland) the Make it Short section selects titles up to 55 minutes in both stages of production a horror short film in post-production by Portuguese director Duarte Pedroso de Lima; Art is Missing in pre-production; Only the Forgotten in New (Germany/Netherlands/Belgium) a hybrid title by Mona Scher; and Sea Salt (Czech Republic/France/Lebanon) 4 Hours - Petro Charalambous (Cyprus/Greece)Production: Petros Charalambous Apple Cheeks - José Félix Marques Torrado (Portugal) Bloodless Revolution - Rui Pedro Sousa (Portugal)Production: Sónia Resende La batalla de Carmen - María Sánchez Testón (Spain) Fidan - Aycil Yeltan (Turkey)Production: Yalçın Akyıldız Lore’s Home - Maria Hengge (Germany/Austria)Production: Maria Hengge Peer through the Sky - Sertac Koyuncu (Turkey)Production: Diler Ercan Points of View - Pepi Romagnoli (Italy/Romania)Production: Michelangelo Pastore Pirica - Cosmin Nicolae (Romania)Production: Velvet Moraru The Night Letters - Tim Coleman (Afghanistan)   Another Day [+see also: film reviewfilm profile] - Eneos Carka (Albania)Production: Joni Shanaj Beyond Patagonia - Kike Colombo and Manuel Fernández Arroyo (Argentina)Production: Manuel Fernández Arroyo Eight Bones - Valentina Foubert (France) Production: Valentina Foubert Gabriele Licchell (Italy/Germany/United Kingdom)Production: Alice Drago Support - Adam Roszkowski (Poland)Production: Adam Roszkowski Alice - Sven Spur (Belgium)Production: Brecht Van Elslande Antenna - Duarte Pedroso de Lima (Portugal)Production: Abel Ribeiro Chaves Art is Missing - George Kontos (Greece)Production: Mina Dreki Only the Forgotten in New – Mona Scher (Germany/Netherlands/Belgium)Production: Manouchka Theuns Sea Salt – Leila Basma (Czech Republic/France/Lebanon)Production: Natália Pavlove Totality - Laura Low (Malaysia)Production: Mary Grace Liew When the Fridge Took My Mom Away - Cris Bringas (Philippines/United States)Production: Cris Bringas Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive more stories like this directly in your inbox Slovakia Slovenia Czech Republic Iceland Finland Croatia Norway Latvia Belgium all country focus Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the most important daily or weekly news on European cinema Festivals / Awards Spain The 21st Play-Doc continues the dialogue between past and present Crossing Europe 2025 Review: Slackers Crossing Europe 2025 Review: Callas, Darling Cannes 2025 Marché du Film The Party’s Over! 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A move to Valour followed, but he rode the bench behind an in-form James Pantemis for the pandemic-shortened Island Games season, and then the golden glove form of Jonathan Sirois the following year he wasn’t getting the minutes or consistency that he needed at this stage of his career – a similar situation to SC Espinho and I definitely needed to get myself out,” reflect the goalkeeper to us back in 2022 “The games I played in that last season with Valour so it was definitely his spot until he lost it and I really didn’t do anything wrong to lose it So that’s kind of how the battle played out.” The Mississauga-born shotstopper will be seeking to get big minutes with United City which marks his third stint in the Philippines He’d spent a year previously with Kaya FC winning the 2015 UFL Cup before travelling to Sweden to play for Bodens BK and He isn’t the only CPL-related athlete to make a splash in regards to the Philippines today, with York United’s Matthew Baldisimo accepting a call-up from the Azkals With United City FC stating that Silva is poised to make a ‘significant contribution’ in the team’s quest for success we imagine the six-foot-one goalkeeper has been brought in as the club’s number one choice View important Copyright © information related to freeware files here The archive espinho.zip has 8 files and directories contained within it This list displays the first 500 files in the package Signing-up for PRO gives you super fast, unrestricted speed to the thousands of MSFS, FSX, P3D & X-Plane downloads which include aircraft, scenery, and more - click here to view the library for free or.. Sign-Up Now PRO membership payments go directly back into the website to pay for hosting It's what also enables us to offer a free download tier Join over 145,000 subscribers of our free dedicated flight simulation newsletter Are you using the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 release Their victory came in the same location as one four years ago in the first year of their partnership on the World Tour which the Australians consider their first big victory as teammates To stand on top of the podium in Espinho again this week the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games bound team had to grind and come from behind to defeat Americans Corinne Quiggle and Sarah Schermerhorn in the three-set (19-21 The victory in Espinho is the first for the Australians on the 2022 Beach Pro Tour following a silver medal at the Kuşadası Challenge in May and a bronze medal at last week’s Gstaad Elite16 Clancy and Artacho del Solar have finished in the top ten in each of the seven events they have played in so far this season and are currently ranked fifth in the FIVB World Rankings “This is our second time in Espinho and our second victory in Espinho We’re very happy that we played a good match against the Americans “Last week we were third in Gstaad and it’s great that we got to win this week,” she said The Australians were on the back foot in the first set with the American pair opening up a seven point lead Despite a comeback to level the score at 18-all the Americans forged forward to claim a 21-19 victory in the first set But it was in the second set that the Australians came out firing and despite some push back from the Americans Clancy and Artacho del Solar were able to claim the win 21-19 The Australians carried the good momentum into the third set and were quickly able to push ahead of their American opponents hitting one straight down into the American court to win 15-12 so we made sure we brought our A-game,” Artacho del Solar said but we stuck together and that’s how we made it,” she said The Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour will feature another Challenge tournament next week when the tour moves to Africa for the first time It will be the final Beach Pro Tour event for the Aussies before they head to England for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games A strategic and comprehensive investment through Commonwealth Games Australia’s (CGA) Green2Gold2Great (G2G2G) Program is enhancing preparation and performance capabilities for Australian athletes ahead of Glasgow 2026 Two-time Commonwealth Games silver medallists Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy will be joined by Olympic debutants Thomas Hodges and Zachery Schubert with the Australian Olympic Volleyball Teams announced on Friday Australia has a strong and proud history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders athletes competing in sport with our athletes creating some of the most iconic moments in sporting history Green2Gold2Great is helping to propel Australia’s athletes towards success Join to receive our 'Greater Together' e-Newsletter filled with all the latest news regarding the Commonwealth Games Australia family Become part of our Commonwealth Games Australia family and get all the latest news on our team members Japan Beach Soccer National Team hold official practice at match venue Espinho Stadium – FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015 the Japan national team moved from the hotel they had stayed at to the designated hotel prepared by the tournament organiser The team had had training for all the past four days but did not have it on the day and instead spent the time for removing fatigue to get prepared for the following day As all the 16 participating teams stay at the same hotel and have meals in the same dining room they will spend the tournament spell facing players and staff members from various nations every day The following day on 7th started with everyone taking a walk around hotel and stretching at open space the Japan squad held an official practice session for an hour at the match venue Espinho Stadium.  The first 30 minutes saw the players working on fundamentals such as passing and shooting drills to get used to the stadium atmosphere and the touch of pitch's sand where they will actually play tournament matches they had an intra-squad scrimmage to check up their tactics they had been working on in the past few days ahead of the opening match against Portugal During the time frame when they did not have training the squad had still image and video shooting session for the tournament use Although such a session was unfamiliar to the players The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015 is scheduled to be broadcast on Fuji TV NEXT and NEXT smart as the Japan national team matches air all live as well as semi-final and final matches of any matchup TABATA Teruki (TOKYO LEQUIOS BS)We had an official practice session today at the Espinho Stadium and I felt again the World Cup is now opening but we are getting used to it and able to play without caring it because it's been a while since we started our training in Portugal.  The mood in the team is good and we had good passing moves in today's intra-squad game We will do what we have done and take advantage of it in an actual match Tomorrow we have the final training session before the opener We will review each player's moves and go out for the match on 9th MAKINO Shinji (LEON FUKUOKA)With the official practice at the stadium I became more aware of the World Cup finally beginning there is nothing we can change dramatically The place where we show off the completion of our work with head coach Marcelo is here the World Cup Because for some players this is their first World Cup I will give enough support as a veteran to let them play in a comfortable manner.  I want to put up the best result ever and go back to Japan we need to brace ourselves up in tomorrow's training and make a good preparation for the important opening match 7 World Cup Appearances: 26 games played for 6-2-18 / 71 goals 9 July - 22:30 (Japan Time)Portugal Beach Soccer National Team  vs More information Qatari beach volleyball players Ahmed Tijan and Julio Cesar celebrate with officials after they became runners up of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Agadir Tournament in Morocco Cherif Younis and Ahmed Tijan qualified for the second round of Espinho four-star stop on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour which is currently held on the beaches of the Portuguese city of Espinho with the participation of 50 teams representing 26 countries In the second round of the tournament the Qatari team will take on Canadian duo Pedlow and Schachter Qatar Qualified for the second round after ranking second in Group F with three points through winning their first match on Saturday 2-0 against Italy's Andreatta and Abbiati and losing the second match 2-0 to Spain's Pablo Herrera Allepuz and Adrian Gavira Collado like Qatar who came second with the score difference Australia finished 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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Soccer Laduma (@soccer_laduma) SA News African News World News The Club House Podcasts & Videos More Premiership Wing-back Tladi, 21, has joined Bochum-born Nakedi Chipu at the third division club on a one-year deal from ABC Motsepe League side Polokwane United."Tladi has joined Chipu at SC Espinho for one year with an option of another year," their agent Bally Smart confirms to snl24.com/kickoff Smart also represents former Bidvest Wits winger Sekgota who was on loan at the former PSL club earlier this year from Vitoria Setubal where he still has two years left in his contract The 23-year-old was meant to return to his parent club after Wits was sold to Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila but his future is now unclear following interest from Chiefs central midfielder (has now joined Stellenbosch FC)Sifiso Hlanti left-back (has now joined Swallows FC)Buhle Mkhwanazi Amakhosi coach Gavin Hunt is known to be an admirer of the player's talents after he became one of his favourites at the Clever Boys during his half-season loan spell. However, Hunt's hands are tied in the transfer market as the Soweto giants are still operating under a two-window FIFA transfer ban, meaning they cannot register any players. Chiefs football manager Bobby Motaung is still awaiting the outcome of their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport before he can make any moves for new players. 10 Freedom Way, Milnerton, Cape Town, 7441, South Africa João Miguel Tavares confessa-se desagregado e Pedro Mexia declara-se sem causa Está reunido o Programa Cujo Nome Estamos Legalmente Impedidos de Dizer Carlos Vaz Marques João Miguel Tavares Ricardo Araújo Pereira Pedro Mexia Está reunido o Programa Cujo Nome Estamos Legalmente Impedidos de Dizer Programa Cujo Nome Estamos Legalmente Impedidos de Dizer Ricardo Araújo Pereira confessa-se penitente João Miguel Tavares declara-se avençado e Pedro Mexia sente-se DU (sem C) Carlos Vaz Marques João Miguel Tavares Ricardo Araújo Pereira Pedro Mexia João Miguel Tavares confessa-se transparente e Ricardo Araújo Pereira Esta semana, João Miguel Tavares confessa-se ansioso, Pedro Mexia declara-se anti-americano e Ricardo Araújo Pereira sente-se com excesso de peso. 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Saúde e Bem-estar Papa Francisco Primeira Liga Reportagem Especial Rita de Sousa Rita Rogado João Tiago Luís Silva SIC Notícias Jogo Aberto Luís Aguilar Pedro Henriques Marco Caneira Energia Miguel Prado Jogo Aberto Religião Christiana Martins Isto É Gozar Com Quem Trabalha SIC BLITZ Internacional Agência Lusa Paulo André Cecílio João Luís Amorim Rita Carmo Local International Off The Pitch Players Abroad South African youngster Nakedi Chipu has signed a professional contract with SC Espinho in Portugal. Chipu came through the youth ranks of Polokwane United Academy in Thohoyandou having initially joined the side for their U14 team The 21-year-old has been offered a professional contract after he impressed the club during his time there last year "We are proud to announce that Nakedi Chipu (21) has signed his first professional contract with SC Espinho in Portugal Nakedi joined Polokwane United Academy when the club was based in Thohoyandou during the 2013-14 season as an U14," confirmed Polokwane United Academy in their statement.  "He progressed all the way through the club structures until making the move to Portugal last year after a very good season in the ABC Motsepe League Despite suffering an injury which kept him out for four months he was still voted in the Sonic Team of the season 2018-19 Nakedi is one of the most gifted players to come from our development and we wish him all the best He is also the second player to sign in Europe after Kgaogelo Sekgota (now on loan at Bidvest Wits from Vitória Setubal) signed with FC Stumbras in March 2017," the club confirmed.