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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM SAUDI ARABIA HEAD HERVE RENARD AND IRAQ HEAD COACH COACH GRAHAM. RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT  SHOWS: JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (AFC – For editorial use. No resales. No monetisation) 1. SAUDI ARABIA WALKING INTO PRE-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SAUDI ARABIA HEAD COACH, HERVE RENARD, SAYING: "What we did before, it's nothing up to now because if we don't achieve our goal tomorrow you won't remember the game against Indonesia, the game we played in Bahrain so the most important is tomorrow." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SAUDI ARABIA HEAD COACH, HERVE RENARD, SAYING: "This game, it's for me, one of the most important game of my career. I will explain to you after the game." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. SAUDI ARABIA LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE 8. IRAQ SITTING DOWN AT PRE-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE 9. WHITE FLASH 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) IRAQ HEAD COACH, GRAHAM ARNOLD, SAYING WHILE BEING TRANSLATED: "I think the pressure's more on Saudi, not only it's they have in their brain, in their brain two ways to qualify, that is draw or win,  we have one way, that's win, so our full focus is going out and go for it." 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) IRAQ HEAD COACH, GRAHAM ARNOLD, SAYING "Maybe ask the referee to keep the red card in his pocket." 12. WHITE FLASH 13. IRAQ LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE STORY: Herve Renard has called Saudi Arabia's World Cup qualifying clash with Iraq in Jeddah on Tuesday the most important game of his coaching career as they stand on the cusp of a place at next year's finals. The Frenchman, twice a winner of the African Cup of Nations and whose Saudi side beat Argentina at the last World Cup, will lead his team into the clash needing only a draw to secure a berth at a seventh World Cup for the Gulf state. Renard is in his second spell as Saudi coach having returned to replace Roberto Mancini during the previous round of preliminaries to resurrect the team's World Cup hopes after a series of disappointing performances under the Italian. Saudi Arabia lead Group B of the fourth round of Asia's preliminaries on goals scored after the Saudis and Iraq secured wins over Indonesia. The Saudis hold a slim advantage in the standings due to their 3-2 victory over Patrick Kluivert's side, who the Iraqis beat 1-0. The group winners qualify directly for the finals, where they will join Japan, South Korea, Iran, Australia, Uzbekistan and Jordan as Asia's representatives. The United Arab Emirates and Qatar meet in Doha in Group A, also on Tuesday, to determine the other Asian qualifier with the runners-up in the two groups due to meet in November for a spot in an intercontinental playoff. Iraq coach Graham Arnold confirmed talismanic striker Aymen Hussein would be fit after missing the win over Indonesia on Saturday (October 11). Arnold said his team is relaxed ahead all-important clash, emphasising the pressure is on Saudi Arabia. (Production: Lucy Thomson, Michael Church)

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE WITH ENGLAND HEAD COACH THOMAS TUCHEL AHEAD OF WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS AWAY TO LATVIA RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SHOTLIST SHOWS: RIGA, LATVIA (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. ENGLAND HEAD COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 2. TUCHEL DRINKING WATER 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND HEAD COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING: "Very easy with Harry (Kane). He can play. He's fit. We did the right thing. Top in training and ready to go. And I don't see why he shouldn't be able to play 90 minutes. The pause was just a short pause for him. He played all matches before for Bayern Munich. So, I don't see any obstacles there." 4. TUCHEL JOKING WITH PRESS 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND HEAD COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING: "Yeah, I saw that. I saw it even against Andorra at home, even if we couldn't prove it in terms of the result. And maybe people outside expected more than just a 2-0 and underestimated the defensive performance from Andorra a little bit. But I saw it even in this game: the commitment, especially in the defensive work, the commitment in the high press. There was a significant shift in our attitude and in the way we played. Then we had, of course, two very good results, good performances lately, in Serbia and against Wales. And we want to take the next step. Yeah, I feel this. I feel that we are building something and we are going in the right direction. But as always in sports, tomorrow is the most difficult game. Tomorrow, we have to show respect to our opponent, respect the circumstances. It's an away match in a World Cup qualifier and we can with the results from Albania and Serbia, we can qualify tomorrow, and we want to do it with a win. That's extra motivation, of course." 6. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND HEAD COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING: "Believe it or not, my thoughts are not about November right now because it will change a lot if we can fix qualification or not. So, this is where all the energy goes at the moment. When I say I expect a win, I expect, first of all, a performance that makes us the deserved winners. I know good enough that it's never guaranteed to win football matches. Too many things can happen. Luck and being unlucky is such a big part of the game. But we are in the moment where we expect the next good performance, top performance from us, and that should give us all the chances to win." 8. PRESS CONFERENCE 9. TUCHEL LEAVING STORY: England captain Harry Kane is fit and ready to lead his side against Latvia, manager Thomas Tuchel said on Monday (October 13), ahead of a game where his team can seal World Cup qualification. Kane missed Thursday's 3-0 friendly win over Wales having picked up an ankle injury in Bayern Munich's last game, but England's all-time record scorer with 74 goals is back when it really matters. "It's easy with Harry, he can play, he's fit. We did the right thing. He's top in training and ready to go," Tuchel told reporters. "I don't see why he should not be able to play 90 minutes. The pause was just a short pause for him. He played all matches before for Bayern Munich, so I don't see any obstacles there." England top Group K with maximum points after five matches, and after Serbia's 1-0 defeat by Albania on Sunday, a win in Riga on Tuesday would give Tuchel's side an unassailable lead and a place at next year's World Cup. Despite winning all five group games without conceding a goal, England have come in for criticism, especially for their performances against Andorra, labouring to a 1-0 win away and then a 2-0 victory at home. England looked more impressive in their 5-0 hammering of Serbia in their most recent group game, but Tuchel has seen plenty of positives throughout the campaign. "I saw it even against Andorra at home, even if we couldn't prove it in terms of the result," Tuchel said. "Maybe people outside expected more than just the 2-0 and underestimated the defensive performance from Andorra a little bit. "Then we had, of course, two very good results, good performances lately against Serbia and against Wales, and we want to take the next step. "I feel that we are building something and we are going in the right direction, but as always in sports, tomorrow is the most difficult game. Tomorrow we have to show respect to our opponent, respect the circumstances." If England guarantee qualification in Riga, Tuchel will then have two more qualifying games without any pressure, allowing the manager the chance to experiment, but the coach is not thinking that far ahead. "Believe it or not, my thoughts are not about November right now because it will change a lot if we can fix qualification or not," Tuchel said. "At the moment, when I say I expect a win, I expect, first of all, a performance that makes us the deserved winners. "I know well enough that it's never guaranteed to win football matches. Too many things can happen. Luck and being unlucky are such a big part of the game, but we are in the moment where we expect the next good performance." (Production: Janis Laizans, Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE WITH ENGLAND HEAD COACH THOMAS TUCHEL AHEAD OF WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS AWAY TO LATVIA RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SHOTLIST SHOWS: RIGA, LATVIA (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. ENGLAND HEAD COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 2. TUCHEL DRINKING WATER 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND HEAD COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING: "Very easy with Harry (Kane). He can play. He's fit. We did the right thing. Top in training and ready to go. And I don't see why he shouldn't be able to play 90 minutes. The pause was just a short pause for him. He played all matches before for Bayern Munich. So, I don't see any obstacles there." 4. TUCHEL JOKING WITH PRESS 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND HEAD COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING: "Yeah, I saw that. I saw it even against Andorra at home, even if we couldn't prove it in terms of the result. And maybe people outside expected more than just a 2-0 and underestimated the defensive performance from Andorra a little bit. But I saw it even in this game: the commitment, especially in the defensive work, the commitment in the high press. There was a significant shift in our attitude and in the way we played. Then we had, of course, two very good results, good performances lately, in Serbia and against Wales. And we want to take the next step. Yeah, I feel this. I feel that we are building something and we are going in the right direction. But as always in sports, tomorrow is the most difficult game. Tomorrow, we have to show respect to our opponent, respect the circumstances. It's an away match in a World Cup qualifier and we can with the results from Albania and Serbia, we can qualify tomorrow, and we want to do it with a win. That's extra motivation, of course." 6. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND HEAD COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING: "Believe it or not, my thoughts are not about November right now because it will change a lot if we can fix qualification or not. So, this is where all the energy goes at the moment. When I say I expect a win, I expect, first of all, a performance that makes us the deserved winners. I know good enough that it's never guaranteed to win football matches. Too many things can happen. Luck and being unlucky is such a big part of the game. But we are in the moment where we expect the next good performance, top performance from us, and that should give us all the chances to win." 8. PRESS CONFERENCE 9. TUCHEL LEAVING STORY: England captain Harry Kane is fit and ready to lead his side against Latvia, manager Thomas Tuchel said on Monday (October 13), ahead of a game where his team can seal World Cup qualification. Kane missed Thursday's 3-0 friendly win over Wales having picked up an ankle injury in Bayern Munich's last game, but England's all-time record scorer with 74 goals is back when it really matters. "It's easy with Harry, he can play, he's fit. We did the right thing. He's top in training and ready to go," Tuchel told reporters. "I don't see why he should not be able to play 90 minutes. The pause was just a short pause for him. He played all matches before for Bayern Munich, so I don't see any obstacles there." England top Group K with maximum points after five matches, and after Serbia's 1-0 defeat by Albania on Sunday, a win in Riga on Tuesday would give Tuchel's side an unassailable lead and a place at next year's World Cup. Despite winning all five group games without conceding a goal, England have come in for criticism, especially for their performances against Andorra, labouring to a 1-0 win away and then a 2-0 victory at home. England looked more impressive in their 5-0 hammering of Serbia in their most recent group game, but Tuchel has seen plenty of positives throughout the campaign. "I saw it even against Andorra at home, even if we couldn't prove it in terms of the result," Tuchel said. "Maybe people outside expected more than just the 2-0 and underestimated the defensive performance from Andorra a little bit. "Then we had, of course, two very good results, good performances lately against Serbia and against Wales, and we want to take the next step. "I feel that we are building something and we are going in the right direction, but as always in sports, tomorrow is the most difficult game. Tomorrow we have to show respect to our opponent, respect the circumstances." If England guarantee qualification in Riga, Tuchel will then have two more qualifying games without any pressure, allowing the manager the chance to experiment, but the coach is not thinking that far ahead. "Believe it or not, my thoughts are not about November right now because it will change a lot if we can fix qualification or not," Tuchel said. "At the moment, when I say I expect a win, I expect, first of all, a performance that makes us the deserved winners. "I know well enough that it's never guaranteed to win football matches. Too many things can happen. Luck and being unlucky are such a big part of the game, but we are in the moment where we expect the next good performance." (Production: Janis Laizans, Conal Quinn)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM SEATTLE MARINERS AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS IN AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (ALCS) GAME TWO SHOWS: TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (MLB – See script for restrictions) TORONTO BLUE JAYS 3-10 SEATTLE MARINERS TOP FIRST 1. JULIO RODRIGUEZ HAMMERS A THREE-RUN HOMER TO LEFT FIELD, SCORING RANDY AROZARENA AND CAL RALEIGH FOR THE MARINERS TO LEAD 0-3.  2. (SLOW MOTION) VARIOUS REPLAYS OF RODRIGUEZ’S HOME RUN 3. VARIOUS OF RODRIGUEZ CELEBRATING WITH TEAMMATES  BOTTOM FIRST 4. GEORGE SPRINGER SCORES AFTER JOSH NAYLOR MAKES A THROWING ERROR ON A GROUND BALL FROM NATHAN LUKES. 1-3. 5. (SLOW MOTION) VARIOUS REPLAYS OF NAYLOR ERROR 6. ALEJANDRO KIRK LACES A SINGLE TO RIGHT-CENTER THAT DRIVES IN LUKES AND CUTS THE DEFICIT TO 2-3. 7. (SLOW-MOTION) REPLAY OF KIRK HIT  8. CROWD 9. KIRK BOTTOM SECOND 10. LUKES HITS AN RBI SINGLE TO RIGHT-CENTER FIELD, SCORING ERNIE CLEMENT AND TYING THE GAME.  11.(SLOW-MOTION) REPLAY OF LUKES HIT 12. (SLOW-MOTION) REPLAY OF CLEMENT SCORING  13 (SLOW-MOTION) REPLAY OF SPRINGER CELEBRATING TOP THIRD 14. DAULTON VARSHO TRACKS A LINE DRIVE FROM EUGENIO SUAREZ AND DIVES TO MAKE A RUN-SAVING CATCH 15. (SLOW-MOTION) VARIOUS REPLAYS OF VARSHO CATCH TOP FIFTH 16 JORGE POLANCO DRILLS A THREE-RUN HOMER TO RIGHT-CENTER FIELD, SCORING AROZARENA AND RALEIGH TO GIVE MARINERS A 3-6 LEAD.  17. (SLOW-MOTION) VARIOUS REPLAYS OF POLANCO HOME RUN 18. (SLOW-MOTION) REPLAY OF POLANCO REACHING HOME BASE 19. POLANCO CELEBRATING WITH TRIDENT TOP SIXTH 20. J.P. CRAWFORD BLOOPS AN RBI SINGLE INTO SHALLOW LEFT FIELD, SCORING LEO RIVAS TO GIVE MARINERS A 3-7 LEAD.  TOP SEVENTH 21. NAYLOR HITS A TWO RUN HOMER, POLANCO SCORES. MARINERS LEAD 3-9 22. (SLOW MOTION) REPLAY OF NAYLOR HOME RUN 23. (SLOW MOTION) REPLAY OF NAYLOR MAKING IT HOME 24. NAYLOR CELEBRATING WITH TRIDENT 25. CRAWFORD HITS A SACRIFICE FLY TO CENTER FIELD SCORING SUAREZ AND GIVING MARINERS A 3-10 LEAD. BOTTOM NINTH 26. EMERSON HANCOCK GETS SPRINGER TO GROUND INTO A 5-4-3 DOUBLE PLAY WRAPPING UP A 3-10 WIN FOR THE MARINERS. DAVIS SCHNEIDER OUT AT SECOND BASE AS SUAREZ THROWS TO POLANCO. SPRINGER OUT AT FIRST AS POLANCO THROWS TO MILES MASTROBUONI. 27. POLANCO HUGGING CRAWFORD 28. NAYLOR 29. MARINERS CELEBRATING 2-0 SERIES LEAD STORY: Julio Rodiguez and Jorge Polanco hit three-run homers and the Seattle Mariners took a 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series Monday (October 13) with a 10-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Josh Naylor added a two-run blast among his three hits for the Mariners, who will host the next three games of the best-of-seven series starting Wednesday. Seattle scored three in the first against Trey Yesavage (1-1). Randy Arozarena was hit by a pitch, Cal Raleigh walked and Rodriguez slugged a 1-2 splitter to left for his second homer of the postseason. Toronto answered with two in the bottom of the inning against Logan Gilbert. George Springer doubled to left and scored when first baseman Naylor threw wildly to Gilbert, who was covering first on Nathan Lukes's grounder. Alejandro Kirk lined an RBI two-out single to center. Ernie Clement scooped a single to center to open the home second and advanced to third on two groundouts. Springer walked and Lukes lined an RBI single to right to tie the game at 3. Center fielder Daulton Varsho kept the score tied in the third with his diving backhand catch of Eugenio Suarez's two-out liner with two out and runners at the corners. Eduard Bazardo (1-0) replaced Gilbert, who allowed three runs (two earned), five hits and one walk with two strikeouts in three innings. Yesavage was replaced by Louis Varland with none out in the fifth after Arozarena reached second on an infield hit and throwing error and Raleigh was intentionally walked. Polanco drilled a 1-1 fastball to center for his third homer of the postseason. Yesavage was charged with five runs on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts in four-plus innings. Pinch hitter Mitch Garver led off the sixth with a triple off the center-field wall against Mason Fluharty. Pinch runner Leo Rivas scored on J.P. Crawford's bloop single to left. Polanco singled and Naylor, a native of nearby Mississauga, Ontario, hit his first homer of the postseason against Braydon Fisher in the seventh. Yariel Rodriguez took over, walked the bases loaded and was replaced by Chris Bassitt. Crawford lined a sacrifice fly to center. Toronto's Anthony Santander (back tightness) was a late scratch. (Production: Conal Quinn)

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