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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUTH AFRICA AND RWANDA SOCCER TEAMS HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE AND TRAINING DAY BEFORE WORLD CUP QUALIFIER MATCH IN MBOMBELA, SOUTH AFRICA SHOWS: MBOMBELA, SOUTH AFRICA (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS – Access All) 1. VARIOUS OF SOUTH AFRICA SOCCER TEAM, "BAFANA BAFANA," STRETCHING  2. SOUTH AFRICA TEAM JOGGING 3. SOUTH AFRICA SOCCER PLAYERS WARMING UP 4. SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM, COACH HUGO BROOS SPEAKING  5. SOUTH AFRICA PLAYERS KICKING BALLS  6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH AFRICA COACH, HUGO BROOS, SAYING:  “We all knew that it should be very tough and difficult against that motivated team of Zimbabwe. And yeah, things happened and we can't change it anymore. But again, we were not the same team anymore after the game. So, we had some work to recover.” 7. SOUTH AFRICA PLAYERS WARMING UP 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH AFRICA COACH, HUGO BROOS, SAYING:  “We are ready to win the game, but we all know that cannot be enough. So let's hope at the other side that the gods are with us and that we see the result everyone hopes Nigeria, and that is that Benin lose the game.” 9. RWANDA SOCCER TEAM JOGGING AROUND CONES 10. RWANDA PLAYERS WALKING IN CIRCLE, GREETING OTHERS 11. RWANDA GOALKEEPERS TRAINING NEXT TO GOAL POST 12. (SOUNDBITE)(English) RWANDA SOCCER CAPTAIN, DJIHAD BIZIMANA, SAYING: “Games, for the national team, it's very important. It's always, you’re playing for something. We are playing for our country, playing for our pride. So for tomorrow, we are going all in and then the results we will see, but we're not coming like, oh, it's finished. It's not finished because it's our country and it's very important for our country.” 13. RWANDA PLAYERS WARMING UP 14. RWANDA NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM HEAD COACH, ADEL AMROUCHE, TALKING TO COLLEAGUE 15. SOUNDBITE (English) RWANDA COACH, ADEL AMROUCHE, SAYING: "We are having this game with other goals, and it's true, we're going to have some changes in the team, to give other players time to play also, because it's a very good game for them to … and also a good opportunity to see some players in the game, like the game of tomorrow with a very good team, that will be a chance for them, but also good for us to have an opinion about these players." 16. RWANDA TEAM HUDDLING IN CIRCLE  STORY: South Africa's national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, will host Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium on Tuesday (October 14), with their hopes of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup hanging in the balance. After a goalless draw against Zimbabwe last Friday and points deductions from a previous fixture against Lesotho, South Africa must secure a win against Rwanda to keep their qualification dreams alive. The team's fate, however, also depends on Nigeria defeating Benin in a concurrent qualifying match. "We are ready to win the game, but we all know that cannot be enough," Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos told reporters. "So let's hope at the other side that the gods are with us and that we see the result everyone hopes Nigeria, and that is that Benin lose the game." Rwanda's squad indicated that their focus for this qualifier extends beyond the result, with an emphasis on giving younger players experience on the international stage. Captain Djihad Bizimana said the match remains significant for the team. "We are playing for our country, playing for our pride," Bizimana said. (Production: Esa Alexander, Catherine Schenck)

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUTH AFRICA AND RWANDA SOCCER TEAMS HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE AND TRAINING DAY BEFORE WORLD CUP QUALIFIER MATCH IN MBOMBELA, SOUTH AFRICA SHOWS: MBOMBELA, SOUTH AFRICA (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS – Access All) 1. VARIOUS OF SOUTH AFRICA SOCCER TEAM, "BAFANA BAFANA," STRETCHING  2. SOUTH AFRICA TEAM JOGGING 3. SOUTH AFRICA SOCCER PLAYERS WARMING UP 4. SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM, COACH HUGO BROOS SPEAKING  5. SOUTH AFRICA PLAYERS KICKING BALLS  6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH AFRICA COACH, HUGO BROOS, SAYING:  “We all knew that it should be very tough and difficult against that motivated team of Zimbabwe. And yeah, things happened and we can't change it anymore. But again, we were not the same team anymore after the game. So, we had some work to recover.” 7. SOUTH AFRICA PLAYERS WARMING UP 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH AFRICA COACH, HUGO BROOS, SAYING:  “We are ready to win the game, but we all know that cannot be enough. So let's hope at the other side that the gods are with us and that we see the result everyone hopes Nigeria, and that is that Benin lose the game.” 9. RWANDA SOCCER TEAM JOGGING AROUND CONES 10. RWANDA PLAYERS WALKING IN CIRCLE, GREETING OTHERS 11. RWANDA GOALKEEPERS TRAINING NEXT TO GOAL POST 12. (SOUNDBITE)(English) RWANDA SOCCER CAPTAIN, DJIHAD BIZIMANA, SAYING: “Games, for the national team, it's very important. It's always, you’re playing for something. We are playing for our country, playing for our pride. So for tomorrow, we are going all in and then the results we will see, but we're not coming like, oh, it's finished. It's not finished because it's our country and it's very important for our country.” 13. RWANDA PLAYERS WARMING UP 14. RWANDA NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM HEAD COACH, ADEL AMROUCHE, TALKING TO COLLEAGUE 15. SOUNDBITE (English) RWANDA COACH, ADEL AMROUCHE, SAYING: "We are having this game with other goals, and it's true, we're going to have some changes in the team, to give other players time to play also, because it's a very good game for them to … and also a good opportunity to see some players in the game, like the game of tomorrow with a very good team, that will be a chance for them, but also good for us to have an opinion about these players." 16. RWANDA TEAM HUDDLING IN CIRCLE  STORY: South Africa's national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, will host Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium on Tuesday (October 14), with their hopes of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup hanging in the balance. After a goalless draw against Zimbabwe last Friday and points deductions from a previous fixture against Lesotho, South Africa must secure a win against Rwanda to keep their qualification dreams alive. The team's fate, however, also depends on Nigeria defeating Benin in a concurrent qualifying match. "We are ready to win the game, but we all know that cannot be enough," Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos told reporters. "So let's hope at the other side that the gods are with us and that we see the result everyone hopes Nigeria, and that is that Benin lose the game." Rwanda's squad indicated that their focus for this qualifier extends beyond the result, with an emphasis on giving younger players experience on the international stage. Captain Djihad Bizimana said the match remains significant for the team. "We are playing for our country, playing for our pride," Bizimana said. (Production: Esa Alexander, Catherine Schenck)

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VIDEO SHOWS: POST TEST-SERIES PRESS CONFERENCE WITH INDIA COACH GAUTAM GAMBHIR. SHOWS: NEW DELHI, INDIA (OCTOBER 14, 2025) (BCCI – Must credit BCCI. No use social media. No monetisation) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING:  "100%. And I've always believed this, that world cricket needs West Indian cricket, that is something that is very important and it was very nice to see them fight. Obviously they're an inexperienced team, and there are a lot of changes that have happened there but the way they fought in the second innings will obviously give them a lot of confidence." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "For me, I think I'm not looking at what's going to happen in the World Test Championship final (in 2027), I think staying in present is very important, and it was important for us to win the series at home, and more importantly I think, we've got a really busy schedule, hopefully we can keep continuing from here. I'm not going to say what I think is going to happen in 2027, that is still long, long way away. So for us, I think staying in the present is important." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "It is tough on players, especially those who play all three formats, but I think the best thing that happened in this series was the way the test guys prepared before the series. Going to play the India A game against Australia it was very, very important and playing XX trophy before the south Africa series is going to be equally important as well. I thought that is something which this group of players have done exceptionally well, they're preparing themselves really well for the test series and that's where you could see the results as well. So for me I think yeah sometimes it's difficult but that is what professionalism is all about." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "I thought that we could have had a better wicket here. I think for me I'm not thinking about, yes we did get the result on Day 5, but again I think wickets need to carry. I think there has to be something for the fast bowlers as well. I know we keep talking about spinners playing an important role, but when you've got probably two quality fast bowlers in your ranks, you still want them to be in the game as well. It is okay if there's not enough but there has to be carry, so as we all saw, I thought the carry wasn't there which was a bit alarming and I think going forward we can get better wickets in test cricket, because all of us have the responsibility of keeping test cricket alive and I think the first and foremost thing to keep test cricket alive is playing on good surfaces." STORY: India opened their home season with a flourish, sweeping West Indies 2-0 on Tuesday (October, 14) and tightening the chase for second place in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings after a first series win for test captain Shubman Gill. Gill impressed in his first series in charge in England where he steered an evolving side to a 2-2 draw despite the test retirements of experienced batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The 754 runs he amassed on that tour suggested the captaincy would not affect the batting of the 26-year-old, who made his fifth test hundred of the year at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. India won the opener in Ahmedabad inside three days and made West Indies follow on in Delhi before coasting to a seven-wicket victory at head coach Gautam Gambhir's home ground on the day he turned 44. Gill now has four wins from seven tests as captain. His men have reduced the gap with Sri Lanka, who are second behind Australia in the WTC standings, ahead of India's two-test home series against reigning world champions South Africa. India will particularly be pleased with Kuldeep Yadav, whose eight wickets in Delhi earned the wily left-arm wrist-spinner the player-of-the-match award. B Sai Sudharsan's scores of 87 and 39 in Delhi also boosted his bid to hold down the crucial number three spot. India made the first two WTC finals but lost on both occasions. "I'm not looking at what's going to happen in the World Test Championship final (in 2027)," coach Gautam Gambhir said. "I think staying in the present is very important, and it was important for us to win the series at home. "More importantly, we've got a very busy schedule. Hopefully, we can continue from here…2027 that is still a long, long away for us." West Indies, crushed 3-0 by Australia in their previous series at home, suffered a second successive clean sweep. Skipper Roston Chase took some satisfaction from their second-innings batting when hundreds by John Campbell and Shai Hope powered them to 390 in a late display of defiance spread across nearly 119 overs. "I think this is the kind of fight that I wanted to see from us, from matches before," Chase said. "This is a stepping stone, a building step for us to go forward and improve as a test playing nation." (Production: Lucy Thomson)

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VIDEO SHOWS: POST TEST-SERIES PRESS CONFERENCE WITH INDIA COACH GAUTAM GAMBHIR. SHOWS: NEW DELHI, INDIA (OCTOBER 14, 2025) (BCCI – Must credit BCCI. No use social media. No monetisation) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING:  "100%. And I've always believed this, that world cricket needs West Indian cricket, that is something that is very important and it was very nice to see them fight. Obviously they're an inexperienced team, and there are a lot of changes that have happened there but the way they fought in the second innings will obviously give them a lot of confidence." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "For me, I think I'm not looking at what's going to happen in the World Test Championship final (in 2027), I think staying in present is very important, and it was important for us to win the series at home, and more importantly I think, we've got a really busy schedule, hopefully we can keep continuing from here. I'm not going to say what I think is going to happen in 2027, that is still long, long way away. So for us, I think staying in the present is important." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "It is tough on players, especially those who play all three formats, but I think the best thing that happened in this series was the way the test guys prepared before the series. Going to play the India A game against Australia it was very, very important and playing XX trophy before the south Africa series is going to be equally important as well. I thought that is something which this group of players have done exceptionally well, they're preparing themselves really well for the test series and that's where you could see the results as well. So for me I think yeah sometimes it's difficult but that is what professionalism is all about." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "I thought that we could have had a better wicket here. I think for me I'm not thinking about, yes we did get the result on Day 5, but again I think wickets need to carry. I think there has to be something for the fast bowlers as well. I know we keep talking about spinners playing an important role, but when you've got probably two quality fast bowlers in your ranks, you still want them to be in the game as well. It is okay if there's not enough but there has to be carry, so as we all saw, I thought the carry wasn't there which was a bit alarming and I think going forward we can get better wickets in test cricket, because all of us have the responsibility of keeping test cricket alive and I think the first and foremost thing to keep test cricket alive is playing on good surfaces." STORY: India opened their home season with a flourish, sweeping West Indies 2-0 on Tuesday (October, 14) and tightening the chase for second place in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings after a first series win for test captain Shubman Gill. Gill impressed in his first series in charge in England where he steered an evolving side to a 2-2 draw despite the test retirements of experienced batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The 754 runs he amassed on that tour suggested the captaincy would not affect the batting of the 26-year-old, who made his fifth test hundred of the year at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. India won the opener in Ahmedabad inside three days and made West Indies follow on in Delhi before coasting to a seven-wicket victory at head coach Gautam Gambhir's home ground on the day he turned 44. Gill now has four wins from seven tests as captain. His men have reduced the gap with Sri Lanka, who are second behind Australia in the WTC standings, ahead of India's two-test home series against reigning world champions South Africa. India will particularly be pleased with Kuldeep Yadav, whose eight wickets in Delhi earned the wily left-arm wrist-spinner the player-of-the-match award. B Sai Sudharsan's scores of 87 and 39 in Delhi also boosted his bid to hold down the crucial number three spot. India made the first two WTC finals but lost on both occasions. "I'm not looking at what's going to happen in the World Test Championship final (in 2027)," coach Gautam Gambhir said. "I think staying in the present is very important, and it was important for us to win the series at home. "More importantly, we've got a very busy schedule. Hopefully, we can continue from here…2027 that is still a long, long away for us." West Indies, crushed 3-0 by Australia in their previous series at home, suffered a second successive clean sweep. Skipper Roston Chase took some satisfaction from their second-innings batting when hundreds by John Campbell and Shai Hope powered them to 390 in a late display of defiance spread across nearly 119 overs. "I think this is the kind of fight that I wanted to see from us, from matches before," Chase said. "This is a stepping stone, a building step for us to go forward and improve as a test playing nation." (Production: Lucy Thomson)

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VIDEO SHOWS: POST TEST-SERIES PRESS CONFERENCE WITH INDIA COACH GAUTAM GAMBHIR. SHOWS: NEW DELHI, INDIA (OCTOBER 14, 2025) (BCCI – Must credit BCCI. No use social media. No monetisation) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING:  "100%. And I've always believed this, that world cricket needs West Indian cricket, that is something that is very important and it was very nice to see them fight. Obviously they're an inexperienced team, and there are a lot of changes that have happened there but the way they fought in the second innings will obviously give them a lot of confidence." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "For me, I think I'm not looking at what's going to happen in the World Test Championship final (in 2027), I think staying in present is very important, and it was important for us to win the series at home, and more importantly I think, we've got a really busy schedule, hopefully we can keep continuing from here. I'm not going to say what I think is going to happen in 2027, that is still long, long way away. So for us, I think staying in the present is important." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "It is tough on players, especially those who play all three formats, but I think the best thing that happened in this series was the way the test guys prepared before the series. Going to play the India A game against Australia it was very, very important and playing XX trophy before the south Africa series is going to be equally important as well. I thought that is something which this group of players have done exceptionally well, they're preparing themselves really well for the test series and that's where you could see the results as well. So for me I think yeah sometimes it's difficult but that is what professionalism is all about." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "I thought that we could have had a better wicket here. I think for me I'm not thinking about, yes we did get the result on Day 5, but again I think wickets need to carry. I think there has to be something for the fast bowlers as well. I know we keep talking about spinners playing an important role, but when you've got probably two quality fast bowlers in your ranks, you still want them to be in the game as well. It is okay if there's not enough but there has to be carry, so as we all saw, I thought the carry wasn't there which was a bit alarming and I think going forward we can get better wickets in test cricket, because all of us have the responsibility of keeping test cricket alive and I think the first and foremost thing to keep test cricket alive is playing on good surfaces." STORY: India opened their home season with a flourish, sweeping West Indies 2-0 on Tuesday (October, 14) and tightening the chase for second place in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings after a first series win for test captain Shubman Gill. Gill impressed in his first series in charge in England where he steered an evolving side to a 2-2 draw despite the test retirements of experienced batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The 754 runs he amassed on that tour suggested the captaincy would not affect the batting of the 26-year-old, who made his fifth test hundred of the year at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. India won the opener in Ahmedabad inside three days and made West Indies follow on in Delhi before coasting to a seven-wicket victory at head coach Gautam Gambhir's home ground on the day he turned 44. Gill now has four wins from seven tests as captain. His men have reduced the gap with Sri Lanka, who are second behind Australia in the WTC standings, ahead of India's two-test home series against reigning world champions South Africa. India will particularly be pleased with Kuldeep Yadav, whose eight wickets in Delhi earned the wily left-arm wrist-spinner the player-of-the-match award. B Sai Sudharsan's scores of 87 and 39 in Delhi also boosted his bid to hold down the crucial number three spot. India made the first two WTC finals but lost on both occasions. "I'm not looking at what's going to happen in the World Test Championship final (in 2027)," coach Gautam Gambhir said. "I think staying in the present is very important, and it was important for us to win the series at home. "More importantly, we've got a very busy schedule. Hopefully, we can continue from here…2027 that is still a long, long away for us." West Indies, crushed 3-0 by Australia in their previous series at home, suffered a second successive clean sweep. Skipper Roston Chase took some satisfaction from their second-innings batting when hundreds by John Campbell and Shai Hope powered them to 390 in a late display of defiance spread across nearly 119 overs. "I think this is the kind of fight that I wanted to see from us, from matches before," Chase said. "This is a stepping stone, a building step for us to go forward and improve as a test playing nation." (Production: Lucy Thomson)

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VIDEO SHOWS: POST TEST-SERIES PRESS CONFERENCE WITH INDIA COACH GAUTAM GAMBHIR. SHOWS: NEW DELHI, INDIA (OCTOBER 14, 2025) (BCCI – Must credit BCCI. No use social media. No monetisation) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING:  "100%. And I've always believed this, that world cricket needs West Indian cricket, that is something that is very important and it was very nice to see them fight. Obviously they're an inexperienced team, and there are a lot of changes that have happened there but the way they fought in the second innings will obviously give them a lot of confidence." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "For me, I think I'm not looking at what's going to happen in the World Test Championship final (in 2027), I think staying in present is very important, and it was important for us to win the series at home, and more importantly I think, we've got a really busy schedule, hopefully we can keep continuing from here. I'm not going to say what I think is going to happen in 2027, that is still long, long way away. So for us, I think staying in the present is important." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "It is tough on players, especially those who play all three formats, but I think the best thing that happened in this series was the way the test guys prepared before the series. Going to play the India A game against Australia it was very, very important and playing XX trophy before the south Africa series is going to be equally important as well. I thought that is something which this group of players have done exceptionally well, they're preparing themselves really well for the test series and that's where you could see the results as well. So for me I think yeah sometimes it's difficult but that is what professionalism is all about." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIA COACH, GAUTAM GAMBHIR, SAYING: "I thought that we could have had a better wicket here. I think for me I'm not thinking about, yes we did get the result on Day 5, but again I think wickets need to carry. I think there has to be something for the fast bowlers as well. I know we keep talking about spinners playing an important role, but when you've got probably two quality fast bowlers in your ranks, you still want them to be in the game as well. It is okay if there's not enough but there has to be carry, so as we all saw, I thought the carry wasn't there which was a bit alarming and I think going forward we can get better wickets in test cricket, because all of us have the responsibility of keeping test cricket alive and I think the first and foremost thing to keep test cricket alive is playing on good surfaces." STORY: India opened their home season with a flourish, sweeping West Indies 2-0 on Tuesday (October, 14) and tightening the chase for second place in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings after a first series win for test captain Shubman Gill. Gill impressed in his first series in charge in England where he steered an evolving side to a 2-2 draw despite the test retirements of experienced batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The 754 runs he amassed on that tour suggested the captaincy would not affect the batting of the 26-year-old, who made his fifth test hundred of the year at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. India won the opener in Ahmedabad inside three days and made West Indies follow on in Delhi before coasting to a seven-wicket victory at head coach Gautam Gambhir's home ground on the day he turned 44. Gill now has four wins from seven tests as captain. His men have reduced the gap with Sri Lanka, who are second behind Australia in the WTC standings, ahead of India's two-test home series against reigning world champions South Africa. India will particularly be pleased with Kuldeep Yadav, whose eight wickets in Delhi earned the wily left-arm wrist-spinner the player-of-the-match award. B Sai Sudharsan's scores of 87 and 39 in Delhi also boosted his bid to hold down the crucial number three spot. India made the first two WTC finals but lost on both occasions. "I'm not looking at what's going to happen in the World Test Championship final (in 2027)," coach Gautam Gambhir said. "I think staying in the present is very important, and it was important for us to win the series at home. "More importantly, we've got a very busy schedule. Hopefully, we can continue from here…2027 that is still a long, long away for us." West Indies, crushed 3-0 by Australia in their previous series at home, suffered a second successive clean sweep. Skipper Roston Chase took some satisfaction from their second-innings batting when hundreds by John Campbell and Shai Hope powered them to 390 in a late display of defiance spread across nearly 119 overs. "I think this is the kind of fight that I wanted to see from us, from matches before," Chase said. "This is a stepping stone, a building step for us to go forward and improve as a test playing nation." (Production: Lucy Thomson)

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VIDEO SHOWS: VARIOUS OF FIFA PRESIDENT GIANNI INFANTINO AT 2025 GAZA PEACE SUMMIT. SHOWS: SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (FIFA – Editorial use only) 1. FIFA PRESIDENT GIANNI INFANTINO ARRIVES AT 2025 PEACE SUMMIT 2. INFANTINO SHAKES HANDS WITH EGYPT PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI 3. INFANTINO POSES FOR PHOTO WITH ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI 4. US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP GREETS INFANTINO 5. TRUMP AND INFANTINO POSE FOR PHOTO 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FIFA PRESIDENT, GIANNI INFANTINO, SAYING:  "Well, football’s role has to be to support, has to be to unite, has to be to give hope in the region. In Gaza, in Palestine, we will, of course, help to rebuild all the football facilities. We will help to bring football back – together with the Palestinian Football Association – in every corner of the country. We will bring balls, we will build pitches, we will bring instructors, we will help organise competitions, we will launch a fund to help rebuild football infrastructure in Palestine. And everyone who wants shall contribute. We ourselves have contributed with mini pitches, with the FIFA Arenas, and we want the whole world to contribute, because football brings hope to children. And it’s very, very important. I realised it here today in my conversations with all the leaders in the world. They all want to contribute. They all see the importance of football to unite, to bring people together – now, this year in the Middle East, next year, of course, in North America, in Canada, in Mexico and in the United States with the FIFA World Cup, which also has the full support, of course, of President Trump, but also of the President of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada. And all together we will welcome the world in North America from the 11th of June to the 19th of July for a month of celebration of humanity, of togetherness, which is what the world needs today." 7. WORLD LEADERS POSE FOR PHOTO BEHIND 'PEACE 2025' SIGN. STORY: FIFA President Gianni Infantino was among more than 20 world leaders to attend the peace summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on Monday (October, 13). The summit, co-chaired by US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, set out to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East.  Speaking at the summit, Gianni Infantino highlighted the role of football in bringing hope to the region.  (Production: Lucy Thomson)

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUTH AFRICA AND RWANDA SOCCER TEAMS HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE AND TRAINING DAY BEFORE WORLD CUP QUALIFIER MATCH IN MBOMBELA, SOUTH AFRICA SHOWS: MBOMBELA, SOUTH AFRICA (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS – Access All) 1. VARIOUS OF SOUTH AFRICA SOCCER TEAM, "BAFANA BAFANA," STRETCHING  2. SOUTH AFRICA TEAM JOGGING 3. SOUTH AFRICA SOCCER PLAYERS WARMING UP 4. SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM, COACH HUGO BROOS TALKING  5. SOUTH AFRICA PLAYERS KICKING BALLS  6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH AFRICA COACH, HUGO BROOS, SAYING:  “We all knew that it should be very tough and difficult against that motivated team of Zimbabwe. And yeah, things happened and we can't change it anymore. But again, we were not the same team anymore after the game. So, we had some work to recover.” 7. SOUTH AFRICA PLAYERS WARMING UP 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH AFRICA COACH, HUGO BROOS, SAYING:  “We are ready to win the game, but we all know that cannot be enough. So let's hope at the other side that the gods are with us and that we see the result everyone hopes Nigeria, and that is that Benin lose the game.” 9. RWANDA SOCCER TEAM JOGGING AROUND CONES 10. RWANDA PLAYERS WALKING IN CIRCLE, GREETING OTHERS 11. (SOUNDBITE)(English) RWANDA SOCCER CAPTAIN, DJIHAD BIZIMANA, SAYING: “Games, for the national team, it's very important. It's always, you’re playing for something. We are playing for our country, playing for our pride. So for tomorrow, we are going all in and then the results we will see, but we're not coming like, oh, it's finished. It's not finished because it's our country and it's very important for our country.” 12. RWANDA PLAYERS WARMING UP 13. RWANDA NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM HEAD COACH, ADEL AMROUCHE, TALKING TO COLLEAGUE 14. SOUNDBITE (English) RWANDA COACH, ADEL AMROUCHE, SAYING: "We are having this game with other goals, and it's true, we're going to have some changes in the team, to give other players time to play also, because it's a very good game for them to … and also a good opportunity to see some players in the game, like the game of tomorrow with a very good team, that will be a chance for them, but also good for us to have an opinion about these players." 15. RWANDA TEAM HUDDLING IN CIRCLE  STORY: South Africa's national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, will host Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium on Tuesday (October 14), with their hopes of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup hanging in the balance. After a goalless draw against Zimbabwe last Friday and points deductions from a previous fixture against Lesotho, South Africa must secure a win against Rwanda to keep their qualification dreams alive. The team's fate, however, also depends on Nigeria defeating Benin in a concurrent qualifying match. "We are ready to win the game, but we all know that cannot be enough," Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos told reporters. "So let's hope at the other side that the gods are with us and that we see the result everyone hopes Nigeria, and that is that Benin lose the game." Rwanda's squad indicated that their focus for this qualifier extends beyond the result, with an emphasis on giving younger players experience on the international stage. Captain Djihad Bizimana said the match remains significant for the team. "We are playing for our country, playing for our pride," Bizimana said. (Production: Esa Alexander, Catherine Schenck)

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VIDEO SHOWS: SECURITY TIGHT IN UDINE AHEAD OF ITALY-ISRAEL MATCH FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIER  SHOWS: UDINE, ITALY (OCTOBER 14, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. EXTERIOR OF HOTEL WHERE ISRAELI TEAM IS STAYING 2.  POLICEMEN SEEN BEHIND FENCES 3. VARIOUS OF EXTERIORS OF THE HOTEL  4. VARIOUS OF SECURITY FORCES AND WATER CANNON DEPLOYED ON THE STREET 5. HELICOPTER HOVERING OVER CITY 6. BOMB DISPOSAL POLICE VEHICLE PARKED ON THE STREET 7. POLICE VEHICLE DRIVING BY 8. VIEW OF UDINE STREET 9. VARIOUS OF SECURITY FORCES DEPLOYED OUTSIDE BLUE ENERGY STADIUM 10. SECURITY AT THE ENTRANCE 11. GUARDIA DI FINANZA POLICE WALKING OUTSIDE THE STADIUM 12. SECURITY MEASURES AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE STADIUM STORY: Security measures were tightened in Northern Italy's Udine on Tuesday (October 14) ahead of the national team's World Cup qualifier match against Israel. Security forces including bomb disposal units were deployed outside the Blue Energy stadium as well as near the hotels where the Israeli team and officials are staying. Italy's ANSA news agency reported that only 9200 fans will attend the match and the stadium will not be full to capacity due to security measures.  A pro-Palestinian march will go ahead later on Tuesday in the city centre against the Israeli team playing in the World Cup qualifiers. The event takes place a day after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire plan came into effect. Israel are third in Group 1 on nine points, Italy are second on 12, meaning a win would be crucial to keep Israel's hope of reaching next year's tournament hosted in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. (Production: Cristiano Corvino, Roberto Minnucci, Oriana Boselli, Clara Schönthaler)

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VIDEO SHOWS: SECURITY TIGHT IN UDINE AHEAD OF ITALY-ISRAEL MATCH FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIER  COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW  SHOWS: UDINE, ITALY (OCTOBER 14, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. EXTERIOR OF HOTEL WHERE ISRAELI TEAM IS STAYING 2.  POLICEMEN SEEN BEHIND FENCES 3. VARIOUS OF EXTERIORS OF THE HOTEL  4. VARIOUS OF SECURITY FORCES AND WATER CANNON DEPLOYED ON THE STREET 5. HELICOPTER HOVERING OVER CITY 6. BOMB DISPOSAL POLICE VEHICLE PARKED ON THE STREET 7. POLICE VEHICLE DRIVING BY 8. VIEW OF UDINE STREET 9. VARIOUS OF SECURITY FORCES DEPLOYED OUTSIDE BLUE ENERGY STADIUM 10. SECURITY AT THE ENTRANCE 11. GUARDIA DI FINANZA POLICE WALKING OUTSIDE THE STADIUM 12. SECURITY MEASURES AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE STADIUM

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