BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama highschool soccer participant died Saturday, a day after he was critically injured throughout a recreation.

Morgan Academy quarterback Caden Tellier was damage following a sort out within the third quarter of the varsity’s recreation Friday evening towards Southern Academy in Selma, headmaster Bryan Oliver informed Al.com. Tellier, a 16-year-old junior, suffered a mind harm and was flown to the College of Alabama at Birmingham hospital Friday evening, Oliver mentioned.

Tellier’s household introduced his dying on social media, Al.com reported.

“Our boy, Caden Tellier has met Jesus head to head. We admire your entire prayers, and we covet them for the laborious days forward,” their assertion mentioned. “Everybody who is aware of Caden has recognized kindness, generosity and love, and true to his nature, he’s giving of himself yet another time. Lives have been touched by the way in which he lived and now lives might be saved by way of his passing.”

Oliver confirmed to the information web site that Tellier was an organ donor.

“There are not any phrases to explain how we really feel as a college group and household,” Oliver wrote Saturday evening in a press release on the varsity’s Fb web page. “Caden won’t ever be forgotten for who he was and what he means to Morgan Academy.”

The college is canceling all sports activities actions for the approaching week, together with this Friday’s scheduled soccer recreation at Wilcox Academy, Oliver mentioned.

The warmth from this weekend will carry over to Monday prompting the Nationwide Climate Service to subject an extreme warmth warning, which can go into impact early within the afternoon.

The warning will immediate at 1 p.m. Monday afternoon and is predicted to undergo to eight p.m. Monday night time with temperatures reaching to round 93 levels and warmth indexes pushing increased to round 102 levels. 

This warning consists of southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa and west central Wisconsin.

Temperatures will once more be excessive on Tuesday, reaching tiny the mid-80s, however will start dropping quickly after. Temperatures by the tip of the week are anticipated to be within the excessive 70s.

Zach Wilson jumpstarted a landing drive with a 21-yard scramble and threw a 46-yard TD move to Brandon Johnson because the Denver Broncos wrapped up an ideal preseason with a 38-12 walloping of the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

Jarrett Stidham began for Denver (3-0) and directed a landing drive capped by rookie working again Audric Estime’s 3-yard rating on his solely possession earlier than becoming a member of newly-named starter Bo Nix on the sideline as Wilson obtained his most intensive motion of the summer season.

Wilson, the previous second total draft decide by the Jets in 2021, has 33 profession NFL begins and that have confirmed when he sparked an 11-play, 77-yard landing drive with a powerful scramble from his personal 13 on second-and-20. He completed that drive with a 1-yard landing toss to tight finish Nate Atkins that gave Denver a 14-0 lead.

Wilson’s 1-yard keeper capped an 88-yard drive that made it 24-6 within the third quarter and he discovered Johnson from 46 yards out with 6:22 remaining.

Wilson completed 16 of 25 for 251 yards, two TDs and no interceptions.

Broncos coach Sean Payton would like to maintain all three QBs on his 53-man roster Tuesday, however which may rely on Stidham taking a paycut from his $5 million wage.

Clayton Tune and Desmond Ridder cut up snaps of their last audition to function Kyler Murray’s backup in Arizona (0-3). Tune was 12 of 18 for 119 yards with no touchdowns, an interceptions and a pair of sacks by Jordan Jackson.

Ridder was 10 of 16 for 111 yards in aid of Tune when he went to the medical tent within the closing minutes following a tough hit. Tune went again in and on his first snap threw an interception that linebacker Levelle Bailey returned 96 yards for a landing.

Denver DB Kedron Smith recorded his third takeaway of the preseason when he recovered Tony Jones Jr.’s fumble on the Denver 3. Jones was knocked from the sport with a shoulder harm on the play.

Matt Prater’s 50-yarder as the primary half expired made it 14-3. He tacked on a 24-yarder and Haassan Corridor accounted for Arizona’s solely landing with a 3-yard run within the fourth quarter that made it 24-12. The two-point strive was unsuccessful.

Accidents

Denver DB Damarri Mathis, who began 17 video games during the last two seasons, injured his proper ankle on a sort out on the sport’s second play from scrimmage and was carted off. Broncos LB Durell Nchami left the sport with a pulled hamstring. Cardinals CBs Divaad Wilson (wrist), Elijah Jones (ankle) and Darren Corridor (hip) all obtained damage and Cardinals TE Sage Surratt (ankle) left within the third quarter. O-lineman Christian Jones was carted off within the waning minutes with an unspecified harm.

Up subsequent

Cardinals: Common-season opener Sept. 8 at Buffalo.

Seahawks: Common-season opener Sept. 8 at Seattle.

By ARNIE STAPLETON

Malik Willis threw two fourth-quarter landing passes to Bryce Oliver, the second on a late fourth down, to elevate the Tennessee Titans previous the host New Orleans Saints 30-27 on Sunday within the preseason finale for each groups. Competing for the backup job behind Derek Carr, Saints rookie Spencer Rattler threw a TD go and led 4 scoring drives totaling 24 factors. Rattler was 7-of-13 passing for 105 yards, together with a 21-yard rating to Equanimeous St. Brown, capping a 70-yard drive within the second quarter. No. 1 QB Will Levis began for the Titans (3-0) and completed 7-of-8 passing for 118 yards as he led a pair of scoring drives. Tony Pollard (5 carries, 17 yards) scored on an early 1-yard run earlier than Tennessee rested its starters. Within the fourth, Rattler led a pair of scoring drives that ended with a pair of TD runs by undrafted rookie Jacob Kibodi, who led the Saints (1-2) with 12 carries and 59 speeding yards. Oliver, who caught a 34-yard TD earlier within the fourth earlier than his 5-yard scoring reception with 1:25 left, completed with a team-high 52 receiving yards on three catches for the Titans. Broncos 38, Cardinals 12 Zach Wilson threw a pair of touchdowns and ran for one more, main host Denver over Arizona as each groups wrapped up their preseason slate. Wilson, who will again up rookie starter Bo Nix, accomplished 16 of 25 passes for 251 yards, together with a 46-yard TD toss to Brandon Johnson and a 1-yard scoring go to Nate Adkins. Wilson scored on a 1-yard scamper to place Denver (3-0) comfortably forward 24-6 late within the third quarter. Clayton Tune, competing with Desmond Ridder to again up starter Kyler Murray for Arizona (0-3), was 12-for-18 passing for 119 yards. Ridder accomplished 10 of 16 throws for 111 yards. Hassan Corridor rushed for 59 yards on 19 carries, together with a 3-yard TD run. Commanders 20, Patriots 10 Washington scored all its factors within the last 26 minutes of the sport to race previous New England in Landover, Md. Drake Maye bought the Patriots (1-2) off to a very good begin by discovering Kevin Harris for an 18-yard landing with 40 seconds left within the first quarter, however New England would solely get a 38-yard area aim from Chad Ryland the remainder of the best way. Maye took over after veteran signal-caller Jacoby Brissett suffered a shoulder damage simply over 2 1/2 minutes into the sport. Michael Wiley rushed for a 9-yard TD and Martavis Bryant caught a 4-yard rating for the Commanders (1-2). Washington’s Hint McSorley accomplished 12 of 21 passes for 125 yards and the landing to Bryant. –Area Degree Media

PARIS (AP) — French performer Barbara Butch carried the Paralympic torch Sunday night in an act of defiance after being focused by hate speech over her look within the opening ceremony of the Olympic Video games.

“I selected to not be afraid to exist within the public area,” Barbara Butch, a preferred DJ and LGBTQ+ icon stated in an interview with broadcaster France Data earlier than strolling onstage with the torch at a musical occasion in Saint-Cloud, a western suburb of Paris. “I do know I signify France in the identical method as anybody else,” she added.

The performer filed a proper authorized criticism alleging on-line abuse after struggling on-line harassment, dying threats and insults following her efficiency within the July 26 Olympics opening present. 5 different artists and performers, together with the ceremony’s creative director, Thomas Jolly, made related complaints after struggling a torrent of abuse.

Butch stated she has acquired “tens of 1000’s of hate messages.” A specialised staff has managed to determine “a whole bunch of people that had despatched … essentially the most violet messages,” she stated.

“Justice will do its job after which we are going to deal with the worldwide degree,” Butch stated.

Butch was amongst almost 1,000 torch bearers – who will carry the Paralympic flame, break up between 12 torches, to 50 cities throughout France within the subsequent few days to focus on communities which might be dedicated to selling inclusion in sport and constructing consciousness of dwelling with disabilities.

Different torch bearers embrace former Paralympians, younger para athletes, volunteers from Paralympic federations, innovators of superior technological help, individuals who dedicate their lives to others with impairments and individuals who work within the non-profit sector to help carers.

The 12 flames will grow to be one once more when the relay ends in central Paris on Wednesday after visiting historic websites alongside the town’s famed boulevards and plazas earlier than lightening the cauldron throughout the three-hour opening ceremony.

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Lando Norris secured his second Components 1 victory with a dominant efficiency on the Dutch Grand Prix to beat Max Verstappen at his house race.

Regardless of dropping the lead into the primary nook, Norris recovered from that to move Verstappen and instantly began to construct a break over the Purple Bull to make sure he had a substantial cushion in hand over the Dutchman – crossing the road with a 22.9-second lead. This ensured that, with the quickest lap, Norris managed to scale back Verstappen’s championship result in 70 factors.

“It feels superb, as soon as once more I would not say an ideal race due to lap 1 once more, however after that it was stunning,” Norris mentioned. “The tempo was very sturdy, the automotive was unbelievable and I might get comfy, push, and move Max.

“I believe from fairly early on, truly, from just about lap 5-6-7, I anticipated Max to start out pushing and get a little bit of a spot, and he by no means did. So from that time, I knew we’re in with a very good combat, however he appeared to only hold dropping off. And my tempo was getting higher.”

The strain had been on Norris to protect the lead into the primary nook, having been unable to take action from pole at each Barcelona and Hungary, however the McLaren driver ended up gathering an excessive amount of wheelspin into the primary nook and misplaced floor to Verstappen into Flip 1.

Verstappen then proceeded to shatter any hopes of a DRS fightback by instantly placing over a second on Norris, which grew to 1.5s over the following few laps to maintain Norris at bay.

Nevertheless, the Purple Bull driver was unable to increase his lead any additional, as Norris gamely held on simply exterior of the DRS margin and Verstappen struggled with turn-in on the slower corners. After the opening 15 laps, Norris then snapped out of his early administration to shut in on Verstappen, though his try with DRS into Flip 1 initially of lap 17 was evaded.

His assault on the next lap was not, nonetheless, and proceeded to collect an enormous quantity of momentum by means of the banked Flip 14 to cruise previous Verstappen down the within.

Quickly after, Norris shook Verstappen off and began to hole his championship rival by a charge of over half a second per lap. Though Verstappen pitted a lap earlier amid their sole stops for recent tyres, Norris retained loads of hole in hand and disappeared down the street in a crushing – and Verstappen-like – show of dominance.

Charles Leclerc accomplished the highest three after shrugging off a prolonged spell of strain from Oscar Piastri, having undercut the Australian and George Russell through the pitstops.

The Monegasque swiftly handled site visitors round him after his cease to make sure he broke freed from Russell and, regardless of Piastri’s finest efforts, Leclerc retained sufficient prime velocity into Flip 1 to maintain Piastri at bay.

Piastri had gone longer into the race to assert a nine-lap offset on the exhausting tyre for the second part; though he caught and handed Russell with relative ease, Leclerc proved a a lot more durable nut to crack.

Carlos Sainz recovered from his Q2 exit to complete fifth with a collection of well-judged overtakes, crucially placing a transfer on Sergio Perez regardless of the Mexican’s sturdy defence to maneuver as much as sixth.

This was set to turn into fifth as he caught Russell, however the Briton pitted for a soft-tyre gamble in direction of the top of the race. This didn’t completely work out, as Russell ran out of time – and, in actuality, lacked the tempo – to catch Perez to lose observe place.

Lewis Hamilton additionally put in a strong restoration drive to gather eighth, after additionally dropping out in Q2 and taking a grid penalty for impeding Perez. Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso accomplished the highest 10, the latter relegating Nico Hulkenberg from the factors.

RATNAGIRI, India (AP) — A whole lot of spectators shout and gesture as vigorous music blares from loudspeakers. A commentator’s breathless voice resonates over the din making an attempt to maintain up with a racing crew of two oxen yoked collectively and a person who seems like he’s being dragged by mud behind the dashing animals.

The horseshoe-shaped observe has solely a flimsy fence separating the motion from the group. The setting is Dervan, a small farming village in Ratnagiri, a district well-known for rising the Alphonso mango, within the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

Lined from head to toe in grey mud, the driving force seems like an apparition. His abilities are examined as he maneuvers the animals round a U-bend. He should maintain onto the reins whereas controlling the oxen’s pace by pulling and twisting their tails. And he wants to attain this whereas being concurrently half-blinded by the mud hitting his face. If he drops the reins, his crew can be disqualified.

One after the other, the groups race across the observe vying for 10 profitable slots. The profitable crew this 12 months — out of greater than 100 — accomplished the 200-meter (yard) -long observe in 21.44 seconds. Seasoned drivers typically compete greater than as soon as a day with totally different oxen.

A village committee holds the annual occasion, referred to as Nagarni Spardha, a centuries-old custom, on the peak of the wet season. The tender muddy floor prevents critical harm to the drivers, who compete in naked ft and with out protecting gear.

Many arrive in autos after bumpy rides over unpaved roads from close by villages. Some oxen have to be stimulated earlier than the competitors by males who pull them with ropes and prod them with sticks. Different oxen are overexcited and have to be managed and soothed.

The oxen, which have names like Bullet, Sundar (that means “stunning”) and Raja (that means “king”), are not used for ploughing the fields however are stored strictly for the competitors. Their horns are brightly painted and their our bodies sprinkled with coloured powder earlier than the race.

Jacoby Brissett, who has been locked in a battle for the New England Patriots’ beginning quarterback job all preseason, injured his proper shoulder in a preseason sport in opposition to the Washington Commanders on Sunday night. The Patriots stated that Brissett was questionable to return. Brissett was injured simply over 2 1/2 minutes into the primary quarter when Commanders defensive finish KJ Henry got here in unblocked off the left edge and planted Brissett’s left shoulder into the turf on a sack. The veteran signal-caller confirmed seen ache on the sphere within the aftermath of the hit, however he stayed within the sport and accomplished a brief cross on the next play earlier than ending his day with an incompletion one play later. No. 3 total decide Drake Maye, who’s pushing for the beginning position in his first NFL season, subbed in for Brissett on New England’s following drive. Brissett, 31, joined the Patriots this offseason after spot obligation with Washington in 2023. Previous to that, he noticed motion in 16 video games (11 begins) for the Cleveland Browns in 2022 and 11 video games (5 begins) for the Miami Dolphins in 2021. Brissett was in Indianapolis from 2017-20, beginning 30 video games for the Colts over that point interval. His profession started with the Patriots in 2016 after being chosen within the third spherical of that 12 months’s draft. In 79 profession video games (48 begins), Brissett has thrown for 10,574 yards and 51 touchdowns to go together with 23 interceptions. –Area Degree Media