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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ELITE MATCH BETWEEN SHANGHAI SHENHUA AND ULSAN HD  RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: SHANGHAI, CHINA (OCTOBER 1, 2025) (AFC – See restrictions) SHANGHAI SHENHUA (DARK BLUE) V ULSAN HD  1. PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS BEFORE MATCH 2. CROWD FIRST HALF 3. SHANGHAI'S LUIS ASUE INTERCEPTS THE BALL AND RUNS THROUGH, HIS SHOT IS SAVED BY JO HYEON-WOO 4. REPLAY OF SAVE 5. ULSAN'S MATIAS LACAVA HAS HIS SHOT FROM DISTANCE SAVED BY XUE QINGHAO SECOND HALF 6. SHANGHAI'S JOAO TEIXEIRA'S CROSS IS DEFLECTED INTO THE PATH OF ASUE WHO SCORES. 48TH MINUTE SHANGHAI LEAD 1-0 7. SLOW MOTION REPLAYS OF GOAL 8. CROSS IS VOLLEYED IN BY ULSAN'S GUSTAV LUDWIGSON. 62ND MINUTE SCORE LEVEL AT 1-1 9. SLOW MOTION REPLAYS OF GOAL 10. ULSAN'S KO SEUNG-BEOM HITS THE CROSSBAR WITH A VOLLEY 11. JO HYEON-WOO SAVES FROM ASUE 12. REPLAY OF SAVE 13. PLAYERS AT THE END OF THE MATCH STORY: Ulsan HD and Shanghai Shenhua played out a 1-1 draw in their Asian Champions League Elite group phase match on Wednesday (October 1).      Luis Asue gave Leonid Slutsky's Chinese Super League side the lead three minutes into the second half when he swept a first-time strike past Jo Hyeon-woo after Joao Teixeira's deflected cross had looped up into his path.     But 15 minutes later, Ulsan, who defeated Chengdu Rongcheng in their opener in the competition, responded when Gustav Ludwigson steered a side-footed volley into the bottom corner of Xue Winghao's goal.     The first eight finishers in the 12-team league phase in both West and East Asia will advance to the knockout rounds, which begin in March.     The competition's quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played in a centralised venue in Saudi Arabia in late April.  (Production: Andy Ragg)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ELITE MATCH BETWEEN SHANGHAI SHENHUA AND ULSAN HD  FULL SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: SHANGHAI, CHINA (OCTOBER 1, 2025) (AFC – See restrictions) SHANGHAI SHENHUA (DARK BLUE) V ULSAN HD  1. PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS BEFORE MATCH 2. CROWD FIRST HALF 3. SHANGHAI'S LUIS ASUE INTERCEPTS THE BALL AND RUNS THROUGH, HIS SHOT IS SAVED BY JO HYEON-WOO 4. REPLAY OF SAVE 5. ULSAN'S MATIAS LACAVA HAS HIS SHOT FROM DISTANCE SAVED BY XUE QINGHAO SECOND HALF 6. SHANGHAI'S JOAO TEIXEIRA'S CROSS IS DEFLECTED INTO THE PATH OF ASUE WHO SCORES. 48TH MINUTE SHANGHAI LEAD 1-0 7. SLOW MOTION REPLAYS OF GOAL 8. CROSS IS VOLLEYED IN BY ULSAN'S GUSTAV LUDWIGSON. 62ND MINUTE SCORES LEVEL AT 1-1 9. SLOW MOTION REPLAYS OF GOAL 10. ULSAN'S KO SEUNG-BEOM HITS THE CROSSBAR WITH A VOLLEY 11. JO HYEON-WOO SAVES FROM ASUE 12. REPLAY OF SAVE 13. PLAYERS AT THE END OF THE MATCH STORY: TO FOLLOW

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SHANGHAI MASTERS WITH WINS FOR ADRIAN MANNARINO, SEBASTIAN BAEZ, FABIAN MAROZSAN AND MARIN CILIC COMPLETE SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT TO FOLLOW

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SHANGHAI MASTERS WITH WINS FOR ADRIAN MANNARINO, SEBASTIAN BAEZ, ZHIZHEN ZHANG AND MARIN CILIC COMPLETE SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT TO FOLLOW

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM FIFA VICE PRESIDENT VICTOR MONTAGLIANI FULL SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (OCTOBER 1, 2025) (HAYTERS – Access all) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "First and foremost, it's a member of UEFA, and no different than I have to deal with a member in my region for whatever other reason, and by the way, maybe it's not as, you know, in terms of a global headline, but I have, you know, issues in my region with conflict between countries as well. It's just not as front page of your papers, and so I have, you know, I respect that it's a decision by UEFA, it's their member, they have to deal with it, and I respect not only their process, but whatever decision they make, of course." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "If I have to react every time a politician makes a statement, whether it's a president, or senator, or congressman, or even in my country, quite honestly, or even in Mexico, then, you know, I wouldn't be doing my job, because I'd be focussing on what these guys say, so the reality is we're focused on the 16 venues, and making sure that they're ready to go once you guys come over and cover the matches. 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "Yeah, so let me address obviously the kick-off times, lesson learned on some of them and, you know, for those of you who don't come over to watch other games, it's always an issue in our region because, you know, summers are hot in Canada and US, even in Canada by the way, they're hot, not just the US, and so, you know, it's important to learn those things." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "We're in those conversations daily, you know, our media guys with European media, with other world media, in terms of what's best, obviously, what are the stadiums that you can play at three o'clock, like Atlanta, for instance, so that's all in the mix now, you know, obviously what we're trying to do, once with the schedule does come out in terms of the actual schedule after the draw, you know, we're gonna do our best to ensure that all that's taken into consideration. Now, will there be every game that'll be absolutely perfect from a kick-off time, from a TV perspective? I don't know, because there's a lot of games, but I think that's all taken into consideration." STORY: TO FOLLOW

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM FIFA VICE PRESIDENT VICTOR MONTAGLIANI RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 1, 2025) (HAYTERS – Access all) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "First and foremost, it's a member of UEFA, and no different than I have to deal with a member in my region for whatever other reason — and by the way, maybe it's not as, you know, in terms of a global headline, but I have, you know, issues in my region with conflict between countries as well. It's just not as 'front page' of your papers. And so I have, you know, I respect that it's a decision by UEFA. It's their member. They have to deal with it, and I respect not only their process, but whatever decision they make, of course." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "If I have to react every time a politician makes a statement, whether it's a president, or senator, or congressman, or even in my country, quite honestly, or even in Mexico, then, you know, I wouldn't be doing my job, because I'd be focusing on what these guys say. So, the reality is we're focused on the 16 venues and making sure that they're ready to go once you guys come over and cover the matches." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "Yeah, so let me address obviously the kick-off times, lesson learned on some of them and, you know, for those of you who don't come over to watch other games, it's always an issue in our region because, you know, summers are hot in Canada and US, even in Canada by the way, they're hot, not just the US. And so, you know, it's important to learn those things." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "We're in those conversations daily, you know, our media guys with European media, with other world media, in terms of what's best. Obviously, what are the stadiums that you can play at three o'clock, like Atlanta, for instance. So, that's all in the mix now. Obviously, what we're trying to do, once the schedule does come out, in terms of the actual schedule after the draw, you know, we're gonna do our best to ensure that all that's taken into consideration. Now, will there be every game that'll be absolutely perfect from a kick-off time, from a TV perspective? I don't know, because there are a lot of games, but I think that's all taken into consideration." STORY: Israel's continued participation in international football has to be dealt with first and foremost by European governing body UEFA, FIFA Vice-President Victor Montagliani said on Wednesday (October 1).     UEFA was expected to hold an emergency vote this week on whether to suspend Israel from European competition over the war in Gaza.     However, British media reported the continental body had decided to hold off on a proposed vote following the announcement of U.S. President Donald Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in the region.     Israel are third in Group I of the qualifying stage for next year's World Cup in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Amnesty International on Wednesday sent a letter to FIFA and UEFA calling on them to suspend the Israel Football Association.     However, Montagliani, President of the North and Central America and Caribbean soccer federation CONCACAF, said it was down to UEFA to rule on Israel's participation.     "First and foremost, it (Israel) is a member of UEFA, no different than I have to deal with a member of my region for whatever reason… They have to deal with that," Montagliani told reporters at the Leaders sports business conference.     "And I respect not only their process but whatever decision they make."     Montagliani will attend the FIFA Council meeting in Zurich on Thursday, where the issue of Israel's participation is not on the agenda nor is the proposal from South American federation CONMEBOL to expand the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams.     Next year's World Cup from June 11-July 18 will be the biggest ever having already been expanded to 48 teams from 32.     Montagliani insisted that no games would be moved from planned venues despite Trump saying last month that he would consider relocating matches from cities he did not deem safe.     "If I have to react every time a politician makes a statement, whether it's a president or senator or congressman … then I wouldn't be doing my job, because I'd be focusing on what these guys say," the Canadian added.     "So the reality is, we're focused on the 16 venues and making sure that they're ready to go …"     However, Montagliani said the kickoff times in certain venues could be changed after the experience of the Club World Cup hosted in the U.S. earlier this year, where some matches took place in extreme heat and humidity.     "It's always an issue in our region, because summers are hot … even in Canada by the way they're hot, not just the U.S., and so it's important to learn those things," he added.      The full match schedule will be announced after the World Cup draw on December 5 in Washington D.C.      Montagliani said there were daily discussions with global broadcasters and time differences would be taken into account. (Production: Andy Ragg)

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM FIFA VICE PRESIDENT VICTOR MONTAGLIANI FULL SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (OCTOBER 1, 2025) (HAYTERS – Access all) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "First and foremost, it's a member of UEFA, and no different than I have to deal with a member in my region for whatever other reason, and by the way, maybe it's not as, you know, in terms of a global headline, but I have, you know, issues in my region with conflict between countries as well. It's just not as front page of your papers, and so I have, you know, I respect that it's a decision by UEFA, it's their member, they have to deal with it, and I respect not only their process, but whatever decision they make, of course." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "If I have to react every time a politician makes a statement, whether it's a president, or senator, or congressman, or even in my country, quite honestly, or even in Mexico, then, you know, I wouldn't be doing my job, because I'd be focussing on what these guys say, so the reality is we're focused on the 16 venues, and making sure that they're ready to go once you guys come over and cover the matches. 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "Yeah, so let me address obviously the kick-off times, lesson learned on some of them and, you know, for those of you who don't come over to watch other games, it's always an issue in our region because, you know, summers are hot in Canada and US, even in Canada by the way, they're hot, not just the US, and so, you know, it's important to learn those things." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "We're in those conversations daily, you know, our media guys with European media, with other world media, in terms of what's best, obviously, what are the stadiums that you can play at three o'clock, like Atlanta, for instance, so that's all in the mix now, you know, obviously what we're trying to do, once with the schedule does come out in terms of the actual schedule after the draw, you know, we're gonna do our best to ensure that all that's taken into consideration. Now, will there be every game that'll be absolutely perfect from a kick-off time, from a TV perspective? I don't know, because there's a lot of games, but I think that's all taken into consideration." STORY: TO FOLLOW

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM FIFA VICE PRESIDENT VICTOR MONTAGLIANI FULL SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (OCTOBER 1, 2025) (HAYTERS – Access all) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "First and foremost, it's a member of UEFA, and no different than I have to deal with a member in my region for whatever other reason, and by the way, maybe it's not as, you know, in terms of a global headline, but I have, you know, issues in my region with conflict between countries as well. It's just not as front page of your papers, and so I have, you know, I respect that it's a decision by UEFA, it's their member, they have to deal with it, and I respect not only their process, but whatever decision they make, of course." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "If I have to react every time a politician makes a statement, whether it's a president, or senator, or congressman, or even in my country, quite honestly, or even in Mexico, then, you know, I wouldn't be doing my job, because I'd be focussing on what these guys say, so the reality is we're focused on the 16 venues, and making sure that they're ready to go once you guys come over and cover the matches. 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "Yeah, so let me address obviously the kick-off times, lesson learned on some of them and, you know, for those of you who don't come over to watch other games, it's always an issue in our region because, you know, summers are hot in Canada and US, even in Canada by the way, they're hot, not just the US, and so, you know, it's important to learn those things." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "We're in those conversations daily, you know, our media guys with European media, with other world media, in terms of what's best, obviously, what are the stadiums that you can play at three o'clock, like Atlanta, for instance, so that's all in the mix now, you know, obviously what we're trying to do, once with the schedule does come out in terms of the actual schedule after the draw, you know, we're gonna do our best to ensure that all that's taken into consideration. Now, will there be every game that'll be absolutely perfect from a kick-off time, from a TV perspective? I don't know, because there's a lot of games, but I think that's all taken into consideration." STORY: TO FOLLOW

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM FIFA VICE PRESIDENT VICTOR MONTAGLIANI FULL SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (OCTOBER 1, 2025) (HAYTERS – Access all) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "First and foremost, it's a member of UEFA, and no different than I have to deal with a member in my region for whatever other reason, and by the way, maybe it's not as, you know, in terms of a global headline, but I have, you know, issues in my region with conflict between countries as well. It's just not as front page of your papers, and so I have, you know, I respect that it's a decision by UEFA, it's their member, they have to deal with it, and I respect not only their process, but whatever decision they make, of course." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "If I have to react every time a politician makes a statement, whether it's a president, or senator, or congressman, or even in my country, quite honestly, or even in Mexico, then, you know, I wouldn't be doing my job, because I'd be focussing on what these guys say, so the reality is we're focused on the 16 venues, and making sure that they're ready to go once you guys come over and cover the matches. 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "Yeah, so let me address obviously the kick-off times, lesson learned on some of them and, you know, for those of you who don't come over to watch other games, it's always an issue in our region because, you know, summers are hot in Canada and US, even in Canada by the way, they're hot, not just the US, and so, you know, it's important to learn those things." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTOR MONTAGLIANI, FIFA VICE PRESIDENT, SAYING:     "We're in those conversations daily, you know, our media guys with European media, with other world media, in terms of what's best, obviously, what are the stadiums that you can play at three o'clock, like Atlanta, for instance, so that's all in the mix now, you know, obviously what we're trying to do, once with the schedule does come out in terms of the actual schedule after the draw, you know, we're gonna do our best to ensure that all that's taken into consideration. Now, will there be every game that'll be absolutely perfect from a kick-off time, from a TV perspective? I don't know, because there's a lot of games, but I think that's all taken into consideration." STORY: TO FOLLOW

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VIDEO SHOWS: VARIOUS OF PHILADELPHIA 76ERS AND NEW YORK KNICKS TRAINING AHEAD OF THEIR MATCH IN ABU DHABI  SHOWS: ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (OCTOBER 1, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. VIEW OF STADIUM  2. VARIOUS OF PHILADELPHIA 76ERS TEAM DURING TRAINING 3. BALLS GOING INTO NET 4. JARED MCCAIN DURING TRAINING 5. VARIOUS OF TEAM DURING TRAINING 6. BALLS GOING INTO NET 7. JOEL EMBIID CLOSE-UP 8. VARIOUS OF EMBIID TRAINING  9. VARIOUS OF PAUL GEORGE DURING TRAINING 10. 76ERS' COACH NICK NURSE'S CLOSE-UP 11.TYRESE MAXEY DURING TRAINING 12. PAUL GEORGE DURING PRACTICE 13. SIGN READING (English) ABU DHABI GAMES, 2025 14. TYRESE MAXEY INTERACTING  15. VARIOUS OF NICK NURSE INTERACTING  16. CLOSE-UP OF SCREEN OVER BASKETBALL COURT 13. TEAMS GATHERED IN COURT/TEAM CLAPPING 14. VARIOUS OF NEW YORK KICKS COACH MIKE BROWN INTERACTING 15. KNICKS' PLAYERS TRAINING 16. OG ANUNOBY DURING TRAINING 17. KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS DURING TRAINING 14. BALLS GOING INTO NET 16. JOSH HART CLOSE-UP 17. MIKE BROWN COACHING THE PLAYERS  18. MIKAL BRIDGES DURING TRAINING 19. VARIOUS OF MIKE BROWN COACHING THE PLAYERS  20. VARIOUS OF TEAM DURING TRAINING 21. VIEW OF STADIUM  STORY: The Philadelphia 76ers trained in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday (October 1) as they prepare for two preseason games against the New York Knicks. The Sixers, who came to Abu Dhabi following two days of camp at their Camden, New Jersey facility, aim to rebound from a disappointing 24-58 record in the 2024-25 season. The side views the international trip as an opportunity to build team chemistry and strengthen bonds ahead of the regular season. Players including Joel Embiid, Paul George, and Tyrese Maxey were seen training under head coach Nick Nurse, alongside the rest of the roster. The Knicks, meanwhile, bring a star-studded lineup to Abu Dhabi, featuring two-time NBA All-Star Jalen Brunson, five-time All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns, and 2022 NBA All-Defensive first team member Mikal Bridges. Brunson and Bridges previously played in Abu Dhabi as members of the USA Basketball Men's National Team prior to the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, while Towns participated in The NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2023 with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Sixers and Knicks will face off in two preseason games at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, scheduled for Thursday and Saturday.  (Production: Suramya Kaushik)

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