A man was killed when Josep Martinez, the goalkeeper for Inter Milan, collided with his electric wheelchair with a car.
Police in the province of Como reported that the wheelchair appeared to have veered into the vehicle’s path.
Authorities are looking into the circumstances surrounding the accident going forward.
Italian police reported to Reuters that Inter goalkeeper Josep Martinez struck a man who was using an electric wheelchair while cycling along a road in the province of Como.
Before the ambulance arrived, Martinez stopped his car to assist the victim, who had already died.
A press conference was postponed for Tuesday to discuss Wednesday’s Serie A encounter with Fiorentina.
The incident has received no comment from the club.
Since joining Inter from Genoa in 2024, Martinez has been their second-choice goalkeeper.
Bassey Otu, the governor of Cross River State, described the state’s budget as a “Budget of Inclusive Growth,” referring to it as the “Budget of Inclusive Growth” that the state legislature will be hearing from the state legislature in 2026.
Governor Otu cited the proposal as a “sacred social contract between government and the governed” as it aims to consolidate the gains of his administration’s People First agenda.
He claims that extensive consultations with citizens, civil society organizations, private sector stakeholders, NGOs, and citizens led to the creation of the 2026 budget.
He made a policy switch, moving from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the Human Development Index (HDI), promising to concentrate on improving rural communities’ access to electricity, healthcare, and education.
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The governor made it known that the Cross River Social Investment Programme (CRSIP) would be run in a non-political, multi-sectoral manner to empower the elderly, women, youth, and other vulnerable groups.
A 17 percent increase over the proposed budget of 2025 results in a 519.6 billion (67%) allocation to capital expenditure, while a 260.96 billion (33%) is designated for recurrent spending. The economic sector receives 421 billion dollars, 163 billion for social services, 164 billion for general administration, 28 billion for law and justice, and 33.6 billion for regional development.
Following improved revenue inflows and prudent resource management, Governor Otu noted that the “Budget of Sustainable Growth” for 2025 was revised from 538 billion to 642 billion. He claimed that the adjustment provided funding for crucial initiatives like maternal and child health initiatives like road repairs and rural electrification.
The governor cited the success of the People First policy, which helped Cross River rank first nationwide in routine immunization coverage at 95%, underlining the year’s performance. He cited completed and ongoing projects, including the Yahe–Ebo–Wanakom–Wanikade Road and the Esuk Utan–Depot dual carriageway.
Otu also mentioned improvements to healthcare and power, including the completion of the Ikom General Hospital and the installation of solar streetlights in rural areas. He added that the state’s nursing schools are now fully accredited.
The governor disclosed that negotiations are raging for the Bakassi Deep Seaport while the governor provided updates on the infrastructure.
In terms of governance, Otu announced the full implementation of the national minimum wage, the expansion of fiber optic connectivity across MDAs, and the partial approval of retirees’ gratuities. He also confirmed that Certificates of Occupancy have been issued again, and that the state’s land administration system has been reworked.
Israel’s nearly daily-lethal strikes on Lebanon have been called into question by President Joseph Aoun and American envoy Morgan Ortagus at a meeting in Beirut.
Israel has repeatedly bombarded Lebanon in a flagrant violation of the November 2024 ceasefire, which aimed to end the country’s a year of hostilities that turned into months of full-fledged war with Hezbollah, with impunity. More than 20 people have been killed in Lebanon as a result of Israeli strikes alone in October, according to the country’s Ministry of Public Health.
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Aoun had insisted to Ortagus on the necessity of “activating the work of the Cessation of Hostilities Monitoring Committee,” especially with regard to halting the ongoing Israeli violations, in a statement released by the presidency on Tuesday.
The implementation of the truce is supervised by a five-member committee made up of France and the United States. Ortagus is scheduled to attend this week’s committee meeting.
Aoun added that “the need exists to allow southerners to return to their homes and repair damaged ones, especially as winter approaches.”
Excavators and bulldozers have been targeted by Israeli strikes in recent weeks. According to Lebanoni officials, these strikes are intended to stop any reconstruction efforts in the south of the conflict. Without providing any proof, Israel claims to be attacking Hezbollah.
The UN human rights office announced on Tuesday that it had verified the Israeli forces’ killing of 111 civilians since the Lebanon ceasefire.
Israeli troops were ordered to leave southern Lebanon in accordance with the ceasefire agreement last year, and Hezbollah was ordered to retreat north of the Litani River and destroy any military installations there.
Only the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers are authorized to station in the south of the nation, according to the agreement.
An Israeli attack that hit UN peacekeeping personnel in southern Lebanon on Sunday was condemned by France and the UN.
According to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric, the attack on UNIFIL troops, which included an Israeli drone dropping a grenade in the vicinity of a patrol and a tank opening fire on peacekeepers close to the border town of Kfar Kila, was “very, very dangerous.”
In contrast to the ceasefire, Israel has been launching nearly daily attacks in southern Lebanon, occupying five positions, and still holding onto the position five times.
The Lebanese government has begun disarming Hezbollah, who have declared they will not lay down arms as the country’s main resistance to Israeli attacks and occupation in the south, under the pressure of the US.
Israel has maintained troops in five strategic border locations despite the truce’s terms.
With the most recent ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Israel’s attacks in the Middle East haven’t stopped.
The American star was even more aware of the potential risks of training courses when she resumed skiing a few weeks after her harrowing crash last year.
In a giant slalom race at the World Cup, Shiffrin suffered severe injuries to her abdominal muscles and a puncture wound to her abdomen. The two-time Olympian knew that competing in training could also be a risky.
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Not more, perhaps.
In a recent interview, Shiffrin said, “When I came back from injury, I was aware of the fencing on the side, a hole in the course, and where the trees were.”
The only way to train is to practice, which is the only way to do it, according to the statement, “We frequently train in conditions where the variables are just too many to control, and you have to decide occasionally: Is this unreasonably dangerous, or is this within a reasonable level of danger that we need to train, we need to practice, and this is how we can do it.”
Similar experiences were shared by French skier Alexis Pinturault.
The 2021 men’s overall World Cup champion said, “We are training in many places where it’s not really safe, yes, that’s 100% sure.”
When World Cup racer Matteo Franzoso died following a crash in preseason training in Chile, the ongoing safety debates in Alpine skiing came into sharp focus in September, less than five months before the Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy.
The 25-year-old Italian slammed into a wooden fence 6-7 meters (20-23 feet) outside the course after smashing through two layers of safety fencing on a course in La Parva. He succumbed to cranial trauma and subsequent brain swelling two days later.
A talented French skier died after a training crash in April, making Franzoso the third young Italian skier to pass away in less than a year.
Are skiing’s risks life-threatening?
When Shiffrin returned to skiing after suffering an injury, she dealt with persistent post-traumatic stress disorder.
She resumed racing in late February, almost three months after her crash.
You start to overlook some of the risks that are actually life-threatening, according to Shiffrin, “because athletes and coaches and everybody are so used to saying that the sport has an inherent risk.”
I struggled with this because I was so afraid of the risk the entire season. You become paralyzed if you give it too much thought. However, it’s crucial to be able to determine what those risks are and find ways to minimize them as much as possible. It’s inappropriate to say that risk is inherent in the sport and that players should either accept or reject it.
Training courses typically lack the same safety standards as race courses for financial reasons.
Less safety netting is placed along the course to prevent falls when racers crash, and fewer medical staff and equipment, like helicopters for immediate transport to a hospital, are available.
The risk is present every time, according to Sofia Goggia, the 2018 Olympic downhill champion from Italy, who described ski racing as “an extreme sport” and said that because the speed is 80-90km/h [50-56mph] at a high level, it’s like F1 or MotoGP in downhill, super-G, but also giant slalom.
Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria competes in Solden, Austria, in the men’s giant slalom (AP), according to Alessandro Trovati of Austria.
Are teams better off using more nets in preparation for the Winter Olympics?
Courses are safer in races thanks to numerous nets, Goggia claims. However, she did point out that adding more nets won’t solve the training course problems.
Before skiers can descend steeply in the early morning hours when there is overnight snowfall, safety netting should be removed, the slope cleaned of fresh snow, and the netting removed.
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and the local organisers are clear about how to handle this on a race day, but who is in charge during a preseason training camp?
For Goggia, it would be wrong to criticize only the team coaches because they cannot be held accountable “because a coach only teaches you how to ski.”
She recalls Franzoso’s accident in September, when three teams from Austria, Switzerland, and Italy were practicing there.
Goggia said, “I don’t believe they didn’t realize the danger.” However, there must be a completely different organization if you want to make the training slope the equivalent of the World Cup slope. We can do more, of course. But ultimately, who accomplishes it? Who wants to make a million euros of investments?
Will ski safety issues be resolved with specialized training courses?
The Italian Winter Sports Federation requested that FIS establish dedicated training facilities with safety netting similar to those used for World Cup races in countries like Chile, Argentina, and New Zealand following the tragic Franzoso accident.
FIS President Johan Eliasch stated that the organization was working to “prevent as much as possible horrible accidents happen” just before the World Cup season-opening races in Austria last weekend.
FIS collaborated with local organizers and national federations to improve safety, including setting up a race calendar that allows skiers to rest more, having more medical personnel on the ground, and using more netting to better prepare the course’s snow surface.
When training runs at speed, ensure that the safety standards are the same as they would be on the big race day, Eliasch said.
However, Austria’s women’s team coach Roland Assinger said that might be too ambitious.
Assinger, a former World Cup downhiller, said, “A risk will always remain, but we coaches try to minimize it.”
The world’s safest training program, “Copper Mountain,” is located in Colorado, USA, with countless B nets and A netting from top to bottom. Because it’s financially impossible to invest those millions, South America also has a lot of B nets, but not at the same level.
Prior to Franzoso’s passing, the Austrian federation began shipping additional safety nets to their overseas training camps.
Was it sufficient? It was a first step, Ski Austria’s general secretary Christian Scherer said. However, the national federations must work together.
Scherer argued that ski resorts in the area should be in charge of organizing safer training programs.
Who pays for the Olympic and FIS upgrades to winter sports safety?
That is the inquiry. According to Eliasch, FIS has distributed “nearly 100 million]euros, $117 billion]” to its member federations over the past four years, “so that they have the resources.”
Eliasch added that Austria and Switzerland, two of the world’s leaders, “have so much money” that they could put more money into training course security.
This can be challenging for a smaller [federation]. We do intervene and provide, Eliasch said.
Former world champion in downhill and super-G, Austrian speed specialist Vincent Kriechmayr hoped “that the big federations would cooperate and coordinate a little bit better in areas where all nations train.”
Assinger referred to some locations that FIS believes should support in-season training camps as “certainly a good idea.”
An airplane that crashed on Tuesday while traveling to the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kwale, Kenya, is visible in surveillance footage. The aviation disaster involved the pilot and ten tourists traveling together. Unknown is the cause of the collision.
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Chelsea are in desperate need of hamstring replacement Liam Delap.
Sunderland, the Blues’ surprise team, defeated the Blues 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, manager Enzo Maresca blaming “a lack of creativity” and his side’s “not the best” crossing.
Delap has missed 10 games since picking up the injury in the 2-0 win over Fulham in August, but his forwards are struggling for goals and assists against Chelsea’s lowly Wolves on Wednesday (19:45 GMT).
Delap to relieve Joao Pedro of his pressure
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Delap was wanted by Manchester United, Newcastle United, and Everton, but Chelsea decided against signing him from Ipswich Town for £30 million.
However, Joao Pedro, an England Under-21s player, was in the middle of the $ 55 million signing’s hierarchy for the summer’s Club World Cup, and for good reason.
Chelsea’s first American championship victory came down to Joao Pedro scoring three goals in three appearances. In his first four Premier League games since moving from Brighton, the Brazil striker added two more goals and three assists.
Joao Pedro hasn’t scored in any of his previous seven games, though, which is more recent. Maresca claimed to be one of three players currently required to be “protected,” along with midfielders Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez.
Maresca responded to a question from BBC Sport regarding Joao Pedro’s form-recording performance, saying: “For sure, the physical part is crucial. It’s challenging to compete when you’re not 100%, especially in this league.
Wider issues with Chelsea’s attack
Beyond Joao Pedro’s goalless run and their strikers, Chelsea has other problems.
Cole Palmer, a forward, has only played two games this season and is not expected to start playing until December due to a groin injury.
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, a winger who moved from Borussia Dortmund for a fee that eventually reached £52 million, has 10 goals and one assist. A 40 million man from Manchester United, Alfonso Garnacho, forced an own goal against Benfica and has scored one goal in seven games.
Estevao Willian, 18, has entertained since moving from Palmeiras for a fee that has increased to £51 million, but he has only two goals and one assist in the same academy as academy forward Tyrique George.
One goal each were scored by Brighton loanee Facundo Buonanotte and Marc Guiu.
Marc Cucurella, who had seven goals from left-back last year, has not found the net so far this campaign. In his previous two games, winger Pedro Neto scored just once in his first ten games, but he has now added one goal and two assists.
No forward has more than two goals after 13 games, with Fernandez and Caicedo Chelsea’s top scorers with four.
Maresca questioned whether having a lack of natural goal scorers necessitates a shared responsibility. “Yes, absolutely, yes. We repeatedly stated that in order to achieve the top six, seven, eight, nine, and ten goals, we must start with the front five players first.
Will the number nine curse of Chelsea be lifted?
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Some Chelsea fans think Delap took the number nine shirt in the summer, but some people think that’s a curse. Since 2023, players who have worn it since 2006 have struggled for goals, including:
With nine on their backs, legendary strikers like Peter Osgood and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink excelled while some would argue Abraham broke the curse with his record.
When Delap was questioned about the curse, he was unmoved. At the Club World Cup, he said, “I don’t believe in curses.
