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VIDEO SHOWS: BARCA SQUAD TRAINING AHEAD OF THEIR LEAGUE GAME, REMARKS BY COACH HANSI FLICK EDITORS PLEASE NOTE, PROFANITY IN SHOTS 4 AND 6 RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: SANT JOAN DESPI, SPAIN (OCTOBER 17, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. FORWARD MARKUS RASHFORD AND MIDFIELDER FRENKIE DE JONG JOGGING 2. FORWARD LAMINE YAMAL ARRIVING TO PITCH 3. BARCELONA COACH, HANSI FLICK, TALKING TO FCB STAFF 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA COACH, HANSI FLICK, SAYING: “Sorry about the word, but this is totally bullshit (eds note: Flick refers to rumours that he was forced to include Lamine Yamal in line-up against PSG).” 5. NEWSCONFERENCE ROOM 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA COACH, HANSI FLICK, SAYING:  "I think we have the whole confidence and they will never ask this. And so, I can say it’s bullshit and I have nothing to hide because this is not true, and if someone told this he is lying. (eds note: Flick refers to rumours that he was forced to include Lamine Yamal in line-up against PSG)” 7. YAMAL TRAINING AND JUGGLING THE BALL 8. YAMAL AND THE REST OF BARCA PLAYERS DURING RONDO DRILL 9. PLAYERS TRAINING 10. YAMAL AND BARCA PLAYERS WARMING UP 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA COACH, HANSI FLICK, SAYING:  “We have not every player ready to play but doesn’t matter. We have players enough and also, it’s a big chance for another players. For the young players or for player who haven’t played so many minutes. So for me it’s the situation and this is normal for us as a coach we have to manage it and I’m not worried about this. We have to fight and I think we will fight tomorrow.”  12. MEDIA 13. GOALKEEPERS WARMING UP 14. ALEJANDRO BALDE AND MIDFIELDER FRENKIE DE JONG DURING RONDO DRILL 15. RONDO DRILL 16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA COACH, HANSI FLICK, SAYING:  “Also they (Girona) have a lot of injuries, a lot of players out, so it’s about starting well in this match. It has to be different than in Sevilla, of course. We began there not in our highest level, this is what I want to see from the players, we want to fight and we have to fight.” 17. NEWSCONFERENCE ROOM 18. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS TRAINING STORY: Barcelona coach Hansi Flick on Friday (October 17) denied reports of internal divisions at the club, dismissing claims that Sporting Director Deco pressured him into starting Lamine Yamal against Paris St Germain despite the winger’s alleged late arrival for training. Ahead of Saturday’s LaLiga clash at home to local rivals Girona, Flick labelled the talk rubbish, asserting his autonomy over team selection and his positive relationship with Deco. "I don’t know where you have got that information from, but at the end, I’m sorry about the choice of words, but it’s totally bullshit, okay?!" Flick told a press conference. Barca, who trail LaLiga leaders Real Madrid by two points, face Girona amid a mounting injury crisis that leaves Flick without eight first-team players, including striker Robert Lewandowski, who suffered a torn thigh muscle with Poland. The Catalans are also missing Dani Olmo, Gavi, Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Raphinha, Joan Garcia and Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Despite the setbacks, Flick remained optimistic, particularly regarding the return of Raphinha ahead of next week’s El Clasico against Real Madrid. Barca enter Saturday's match under pressure having suffered consecutive defeats by PSG at home in the Champions League and a humbling 4-1 loss at Sevilla in LaLiga before the international break. Flick urged his players to show greater commitment and to fight for every ball. (Production: Horaci Garcia, Nina Lopez, Silvio Castellanos, Fernando Kallas)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP'S CENTRAL EUROPEAN RALLY EDITORS NOTE, IT WAS UNCLEAR FROM MATERIAL PROVIDED WHERE EACH SHOT TOOK PLACE AS THE RALLY IS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS SHOWS: OCTOBER 17, 2025) (VARIOUS LOCATIONS – AUSTRIA, GERMANY, CZECH REPUBLIC) (WRC PROMOTER GMBH – see restrictions before use) 1. SCENIC 2. VARIOUS OF ELFYN EVANS OF TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT 3. VARIOUS OF RACE LEADER SEBASTIEN OGIER OF TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT 4. VARIOUS OF KALLE ROVANPERA OF TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT  5. THIERRY NEUVILLE OF HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WRT 6. VARIOUS OF GREGOIRE MUNSTER OF M-SPORT FORD WRT 7. VARIOUS OF JOSHUA MCERLEAN OF M-SPORT FORD WRT 8. BURNING TYRE STORY: Rallying legend Sebastien Ogier led the  Central European Rally after six stages on Friday (October 17), just a couple of seconds ahead of Kalle Rovanpera. Ott Tanak and Elfyn Evans were in third and fourth respectively  The Frenchman, a former eight-time world champion, is leading this year's championship by two points from Evans, with Rovanpera sitting in third. The drivers will clock up nearly 312km on asphalt in 18 notoriously changeable stages across Germany, Austria and Czech Republic over the course of the weekend. (Production: Iain Axon)

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM ISRAEL'S MACCABI TEL AVIV FANS ON DECISION TO BAN THE CLUB'S FANS  FROM ATTENDING A SOCCER MATCH AGAINST ASTON VILLA IN THE UK COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW STORY:

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM ISRAEL'S MACCABI TEL AVIV FANS ON DECISION TO BAN THE CLUB'S FANS  FROM ATTENDING A SOCCER MATCH AGAINST ASTON VILLA IN THE UK COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW STORY:

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATP250 EUROPEAN OPEN QUARTER-FINALS WITH WINS FOR GIOVANNI MPETSHI PERRICARD, FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME AND JIRI LEHECKA RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 17, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/IMG – See restrictions) LORENZO MUSETTI V GIOVANNI MPETSHI PERRICARD FIRST SET 1. MPETSHI PERRICARD BREAKS SERVE WITH A FOREHAND WINNER 2. SET POINT – MPETSHI PERRICARD TAKES SET 6-4 AS MUSETTI GOES WIDE WITH A FOREHAND SECOND SET 3. MATCH POINT – MUSETTI HITS A FOREHAND PAST MPETSHI PERRICARD TO MAKE IT 5-6 IN THE TIEBREAK 4. MATCH POINT – MPETSHI PERRICARD WITH AN OVERHEAD WINNER TO WIN 6-4 7-6(8) 5. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE 6. MPETSHI PERRICARD TAKING APPLAUSE ELIOT SPIZZIRRI V FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME FIRST SET 7. AUGER-ALIASSIME HITS A FOREHAND WINNER 8. SET POINT – AUGER-ALIASSIME TAKES SET 6-2 WITH A DROP VOLLEY SECOND SET 9. SET POINT – AUGER-ALIASSIME SAVES SET POINT AS SPIZZIRRI GOES WIDE WITH A FOREHAND 10. MATCH POINT – AUGER-ALIASSIME ACES TO WIN 6-2 7-6(6)  11. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE 12. AUGER-ALIASSIME TAKING APPLAUSE 13. PHOTO ON BANNER OF AUGER-ALIASSIME HOLDING THE EUROPEAN OPEN TROPHY IN 2022 JIRI LEHECKA V BENJAMIN BONZI FIRST SET 14. BONZI SAVES BREAK POINT WITH A VOLLEY AT THE NET SECOND SET 15. VARIOUS OF BONZI RECEIVING TREATMENT FROM PHYSIO 16. SET POINT – LEHECKA ACES TO TAKE SET 6-1 THIRD SET 17. LEHECKA BREAKS SERVE AS BONZI GOES LONG WITH A FOREHAND 18. VARIOUS OF BONZI RETIRING AT 6(8)-7 6-1 4-1 19. LEHECKA TAKING APPLAUSE STORY: Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard stunned top seed Lorenzo Musetti with a 6-4 7-6(8) win on Friday (October 17) to reach the semi-finals of the European Open.  The 22-year-old dropped just six points behind his first serve (43/49) on his way to securing just his second career win against a top 10 ranked opponent and his first victory in five attempts over current world number six Musetti.  Next up for the big-serving Frenchman is third seed Jiri Lehecka who made the last four of the ATP 250 tournament in Brussels after his opponent Benjamin Bonzi was forced to retire with a leg injury trailing 6(8)-7 6-1 4-1 in the third.  Second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime also advanced on Friday, winning his quarter-final match 6-2 7-6(6) over American qualifier Eliot Spizzirri. The victory sees Auger-Aliassime rise to number nine in the live rankings with the 25-year-old Canadian aiming to return to the season-ending ATP finals for the first time since 2022, the same year he was crowned champion in Brussels.  (Production: Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATP250 NORDIC OPEN QUARTER-FINALS WITH WINS FOR HOLGER RUNE, CASPER RUUD AND UGO HUMBERT RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (OCTOBER 17, 2025) (APT MEDIA/IMG – See restrictions) HOLGER RUNE V TOMAS MARTIN ETCHEVERRY FIRST SET 1. SET POINT – RUNE GOES WIDE WITH A FOREHAND, ETCHEVERRY TAKES TIEBREAK 7-4 SECOND SET 2. RUNE BREAKS SERVE WITH A BACKHAND THIRD SET 3. RUNE RECEIVING TREATMENT FROM PHYSIO ON HIS THIGH  4. RALLY ENDS WITH A RUNE BACKHAND VOLLEY PAST ETCHEVERRY 5. MATCH POINT – RALLY ENDS WITH RUNE HITTING A CROSSCOURT FOREHAND TO WIN 6(4)-7 6-3 6-4 6. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE 7. RUNE CELEBRATING SEBASTIAN KORDA V CASPER RUUD FIRST SET 8. SET POINT – KORDA WITH A FOREHAND WINNER TO EDGE TIEBREAK 7-5 SECOND SET 9. SET POINT – RUUD HITS A FOREHAND WINNER TO TAKE SET 6-4 THIRD SET 10. RUUD GUIDES A FOREHAND WINNER DOWN THE LINE PAST KORDA 11. MATCH POINT – KORDA RETURNS A BACKHAND WIDE, 6(5)-7 6-4 6-4 12. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE 13. CROWD APPLAUDING 14. RUUD TAKING APPLAUSE UGO HUMBERT V LORENZO SONEGO SECOND SET 15. HUMBERT GETS TO A DROP SHOT AND HITS A FOREHAND WINNER THIRD SET 16. HUMBERT HITS A FOREHAND PAST SONEGO TO BREAK SERVE 17. MATCH POINT – SONEGO GOES WIDE WITH A FOREHAND, HUMBERT WINS 6(3)-7 6-0 6-3 18. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE STORY: Top seed Holger Rune battled back from a shaky start on Friday (October 17) to defeat Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4 and secure a spot in the Nordic Open semi-finals in Stockholm. The 22-year-old Dane struggled early on with 19 unforced errors in the first set alone and had to get his left thigh wrapped in the third but leaned on the strength of his serve, hitting 12 aces and winning 83% of first serve points (40/48).  Rune, who lifted his second tour-level title in the Swedish capital in 2022, will face Frenchman Ugo Humbert in the semis after the fourth seed fought back to beat Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego 6-7(3) 6-0 6-3.  Norway's Casper Ruud also had to come from behind to win his quarter-final. The second seed outlasted Sebastian Korda of the United States 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 to book his spot in the last four of the ATP 250 event.  (Production: Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATP250 NORDIC OPEN QUARTER-FINALS WITH WINS FOR HOLGER RUNE, CASPER RUUD AND UGO HUMBERT RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (OCTOBER 17, 2025) (APT MEDIA/IMG – See restrictions) HOLGER RUNE V TOMAS MARTIN ETCHEVERRY FIRST SET 1. SET POINT – RUNE GOES WIDE WITH A FOREHAND, ETCHEVERRY TAKES TIEBREAK 7-4 SECOND SET 2. RUNE BREAKS SERVE WITH A BACKHAND THIRD SET 3. RUNE RECEIVING TREATMENT FROM PHYSIO ON HIS THIGH  4. RALLY ENDS WITH A RUNE BACKHAND VOLLEY PAST ETCHEVERRY 5. MATCH POINT – RALLY ENDS WITH RUNE HITTING A CROSSCOURT FOREHAND TO WIN 6(4)-7 6-3 6-4 6. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE 7. RUNE CELEBRATING SEBASTIAN KORDA V CASPER RUUD FIRST SET 8. SET POINT – KORDA WITH A FOREHAND WINNER TO EDGE TIEBREAK 7-5 SECOND SET 9. SET POINT – RUUD HITS A FOREHAND WINNER TO TAKE SET 6-4 THIRD SET 10. RUUD GUIDES A FOREHAND WINNER DOWN THE LINE PAST KORDA 11. MATCH POINT – KORDA RETURNS A BACKHAND WIDE, 6(5)-7 6-4 6-4 12. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE 13. CROWD APPLAUDING 14. RUUD TAKING APPLAUSE UGO HUMBERT V LORENZO SONEGO SECOND SET 15. HUMBERT GETS TO A DROP SHOT AND HITS A FOREHAND WINNER THIRD SET 16. HUMBERT HITS A FOREHAND PAST SONEGO TO BREAK SERVE 17. MATCH POINT – SONEGO GOES WIDE WITH A FOREHAND, HUMBERT WINS 6(3)-7 6-0 6-3 18. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE STORY: Top seed Holger Rune battled back from a shaky start on Friday (October 17) to defeat Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7 (4) 6-3 6-4 and secure a spot in the Nordic Open semi-finals in Stockholm. The 22-year-old Dane struggled early on with 19 unforced errors in the first set alone and had to get his left thigh wrapped in the third but leaned on the strength of his serve, hitting 12 aces and winning 83% of first serve points (40/48).  Rune, who lifted his second tour-level title in the Swedish capital in 2022, will face fourth seed Frenchman Ugo Humbert in the semis who fought back to beat Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego 6-7 (3) 6-0 6-3.  Norway's Casper Ruud also had to come from behind to win his quarter-final. The second seed outlasted Sebastian Korda of the United States 6(5)-7 6-4 6-4 to book his spot in the last four of the ATP 250 event.  (Production: Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATP250 EUROPEAN OPEN QUARTER-FINALS WITH WINS FOR GIOVANNI MPETSHI PERRICARD, FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME AND JIRI LEHECKA COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 17, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/IMG – See restrictions) LORENZO MUSETTI V GIOVANNI MPETSHI PERRICARD FIRST SET 1. MPETSHI PERRICARD BREAKS SERVE WITH A FOREHAND WINNER 2. SET POINT – MPETSHI PERRICARD TAKES SET 6-4 AS MUSETTI GOES WIDE WITH A FOREHAND SECOND SET 3. MATCH POINT – MUSETTI HITS A FOREHAND PAST MPETSHI PERRICARD TO MAKE IT 5-6 IN THE TIEBREAK 4. MATCH POINT – MPETSHI PERRICARD WITH AN OVERHEAD WINNER TO WIN 6-4 7-6(8) 5. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE 6. MPETSHI PERRICARD TAKING APPLAUSE ELIOT SPIZZIRRI V FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME FIRST SET 7. AUGER-ALIASSIME HITS A FOREHAND WINNER 8. SET POINT – AUGER-ALIASSIME TAKES SET 6-2 DROP VOLLEY SECOND SET 9. SET POINT – AUGER-ALIASSIME SAVES SET POINT AS SPIZZIRRI GOES WIDE WITH A FOREHAND 10. MATCH POINT – AUGER-ALIASSIME ACES TO WIN 6-2 7-6(6)  11. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE 12. AUGER-ALIASSIME TAKING APPLAUSE 13. PHOTO ON BANNER OF AUGER-ALIASSIME HOLDING THE EUROPEAN OPEN TROPHY IN 2022 JIRI LEHECKA V BENJAMIN BONZI FIRST SET 14. BONZI SAVES BREAK POINT WITH A VOLLEY AT THE NET SECOND SET 15. VARIOUS OF BONZI RECEIVING TREATMENT FROM PHYSIO 16. SET POINT – LEHECKA ACES TO TAKE SET 6-1 THIRD SET 17. LEHECKA BREAKS SERVE AS BONZI GOES LONG WITH A FOREHAND 18. VARIOUS OF BONZI RETIRING AT 6(8)-7 6-1 4-1 19. LEHECKA TAKING APPLAUSE STORY: Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard stunned top seed Lorenzo Musetti with a 6-4 7-6(8) win on Friday (October 17) to reach the semi-finals of the European Open.  The 22-year-old dropped just six points behind his first serve (43/49) on his way to securing just his second career win against a top 10 ranked opponent and his first victory in five attempts over current world number six Musetti.  Next up for the big-serving Frenchman is third seed Jiri Lehecka who made the last four of the ATP 250 tournament in Brussels after his opponent Benjamin Bonzi was forced to retire with a leg injury trailing 6(8)-7 6-1 4-1 in the third.  Second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime also advanced on Friday, winning his quarter-final match 6-2 7-6(6) over American qualifier Eliot Spizzirri. The victory sees Auger-Aliassime rise to number nine in the live rankings with the 25-year-old Canadian aiming to return to the season-ending ATP finals for the first time since 2022, the same year he was crowned champion in Brussels.  (Production: Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATP250 EUROPEAN OPEN QUARTER-FINALS WITH WINS FOR GIOVANNI MPETSHI PERRICARD, FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME AND JIRI LEHECKA COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 17, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/IMG – See restrictions) LORENZO MUSETTI V GIOVANNI MPETSHI PERRICARD ELIOT SPIZZIRRI V FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME JIRI LEHECKA V BENJAMIN BONZI STORY: TO FOLLOW (Production: Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATP250 EUROPEAN OPEN QUARTER-FINALS WITH WINS FOR GIOVANNI MPETSHI PERRICARD, FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME AND JIRI LEHECKA COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 17, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/IMG – See restrictions) LORENZO MUSETTI V GIOVANNI MPETSHI PERRICARD ELIOT SPIZZIRRI V FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME JIRI LEHECKA V BENJAMIN BONZI STORY: TO FOLLOW (Production: Conal Quinn)

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