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The Ben Hunt effect is already being felt ahead of the 2025 premiership, with his relegating the Dragons to wooden spoon favourites while elevating new club Brisbane. The has opened the Dragons up at $5 to suffer the most losses next season and finish bottom of the ladder. They sit on the last line of betting ($67) to win the competition despite an improved performance under Shane Flanagan this year. Punters believe Hunt's departure – along with – will be too much to overcome despite the Red V luring rep trio to the club. In stark contrast, the Broncos are now the third best-backed side following news of Hunt's return to Brisbane. TAB spokesman Rohan Welsh told : "The Tigers went up as the longest odds to win the premiership but that changed as soon as Ben Hunt was officially signed by Brisbane. "We then pushed the Dragons' price out as a reflection of where we now see them without Hunt. We think they’re going to miss him and Lomax and that it's going to take time for Cook, Gutherson and Holmes to bed in. "There are also concerns over their forward rotation while the signing of Lachlan Ilias has not really shifted things. Those concerns are reflected in the most losses (wooden spoon) market. The Tigers have been (spoon) favourites the last few years but the Dragons currently occupy that spot. There could be a lot of change to the premiership and wooden spoon market after the first month of the competition." The Dragons' first four games are against Canterbury, South Sydney, Melbourne and Parramatta. Both the Dragons and Canberra are above Wests Tigers in wooden spoon betting. Canterbury boss Phil Gould believes the Tigers will finally end their three-year stay at the bottom of the ladder and could push for a first finals appearance since 2011. "Wests Tigers...They have done really well...That’s now a Top 8 NRL roster...That’s my first tip for 2025," Gus tweeted after . Hunt's Brisbane comeback has seen their premiership price shorten to $8, attracting 10 per cent of punters' money. Premiers Penrith (25%) and runners-up Melbourne (35%) are the most fancied, with the fourth-best backed side, just ahead of Cronulla. There is also a fair amount of love for big Sydney clubs Parramatta and the Bulldogs.Pears aren’t indigenous to the greater Philadelphia area. In lieu of a partridge awaits a flock of high-flying Eagles. But for the Pittsburgh Steelers, a trip across the state this weekend represents the first day of a Christmas stretch that could define their season. On Saturday, the Steelers will depart Pittsburgh a-leaping their way into a 12-day span in which there’s not a French hen in sight. Instead awaits three of the NFL’s five highest current betting-odds favorites to win the Super Bowl. Starting with the Philadelphia Eagles (11-2) on Sunday, the Steelers six days later will play at the Baltimore Ravens (8-5) before a home matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs (12-1) on Christmas Day. Will the Steelers respond by well, a-laying an egg? Or will they emerge pipers-piping hot into what could end up a special postseason? This upcoming stretch should show if the Steelers are true championship contenders. “It’s just going to show us how good we can be,” safety DeShon Elliott said after Sunday’s win against the Cleveland Browns improved the Steelers to 10-3. “We’re going to go out here, we’re going to play those games, we’re gonna work our butts off and hopefully go out and be 3-0.” Going 3-0 in this brutal stretch would certainly get the attention of the rest of the league and stamp the Steelers as legitimately Super Bowl worthy — assuming they are not that already after having won seven of their past eight games. But as good as that is, it pales in comparison to the buzzsaw the NFL schedule-makers have mapped out for the Steelers during this holiday stretch. The Eagles have won nine in a row, and the Chiefs (dating to last season) have won 18 of the 19 meaningful games they have played since Christmas Day 2023 — and that includes a win in Super Bowl LVIII in February. To get there, the Chiefs beat the then-No. 1 seed Ravens in the AFC championship game. Baltimore still has hopes to defend its AFC North title and will be playing the Steelers for first place if it beats the lowly New York Giants on Sunday and the Steelers lose the same day in Philadelphia — a place they have not won in almost six decades. “This is a heavyweight matchup, so we have to go back to the drawing board and prepare,” Elliott said. “It’s not a cakewalk, especially the Philadelphia Eagles.” The Steelers’ next three opponents are a combined 31-8. How good are they in aggregate? Not counting games against each other or the Steelers themselves, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Kansas City have combined to lose just five times all season long. “I’s a tough stretch,” receiver Calvin Austin III said, “but at the end of the day it’s a five-star matchup — as (coach Mike Tomlin always says — because we are in it. So we know that when we go out there we’re always going to need a big-time performance because we are going to get the other teams’ best.” When the schedule was released in May, the Steelers’ late-season gauntlet stood out. As if the back-loaded divisional play wasn’t notable enough, the only two games among the Steelers’ final eight that weren’t against AFC North rivals were the Chiefs and Chiefs — two franchises that over the past seven seasons have combined for four Super Bowl wins, six appearances in the big game and only have missed the playoffs once. The Steelers gamely won 10 of their first 13 leading into this sequence, insulating themselves with enough of a cushion that losing two of three — or even potentially getting swept — won’t put much of a dent in their prospects for qualifying for the playoffs. “We want to continue to grow and continue to push in this long stretch,” receiver Van Jefferson said after beating the Browns. “It’s a tough stretch, but at the end of the day you just take it one game at a time in this league. It’s hard to win, so we are going to enjoy this win and just get ready for Philly next week.” Of course, on top of the quality of the opponents, the Steelers must also navigate playing a rare Wednesday game in addition to playing twice consecutively on short rest. According to NBC Sports, before 2024 no NFL team played three games in 11 days in any of the past five seasons. At least the Steelers share this holiday misery with the company of the Chiefs and Ravens (and the AFC contender Houston Texans), who are on the same days’ schedule starting Sunday. The team among that group that navigates it best could find itself best positioned to be a-swimming and a-dancing toward the gold rings awarded to the Super Bowl champion. “Why not test ourselves out before the playoffs and get a feel for ourselves with all the playoff teams we will be playing?” tight end Pat Freiermuth said. “It will be great. “You’ve gotta love it. If we want to win games in the playoffs, we have to start it now. And what an opportunity for us to play three big-time games in (11) days.”
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US President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was nominating staunch loyalist and retired general Keith Kellogg as his Ukraine envoy, charged with ending the two-and-a-half-year Russian invasion. Trump campaigned on a platform of ushering a swift end to the Ukraine war, boasting that he would quickly mediate a ceasefire deal between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. But his critics have warned that the incoming Republican will likely leverage US military aid to pressure Kyiv into an agreement that left it ceding occupied territory permanently or agreeing not to join NATO. “I am very pleased to nominate General Keith Kellogg to serve as Assistant to the President and Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia,” Trump said in a statement on social media. “Keith has led a distinguished Military and Business career, including serving in highly sensitive National Security roles in my first Administration.” A fixture on the cable news circuit, the 80-year-old national security veteran co-wrote an academic paper earlier this year calling for Washington to leverage military aid as a means of pushing for peace talks. Ukraine has received almost $60 billion from Washington for its armed forces since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022, but with the more isolationist Trump taking over the White House, supporters fear the spigot will run dry. “The United States would continue to arm Ukraine and strengthen its defenses to ensure Russia will make no further advances and will not attack again after a cease-fire or peace agreement,” Kellogg’s research paper for the Trumpist America First Policy Institute think tank said. “Future American military aid, however, will require Ukraine to participate in peace talks with Russia.” Kellogg served in several positions during Trump’s first term, including as chief of staff on the White House national security council and national security advisor to then-vice president Mike Pence. – Troop shortages – Kellogg told Voice of America at the Republican convention in July that Ukraine’s options were “quite clear.” “If Ukraine doesn’t want to negotiate, fine, but then accept the fact that you can have enormous losses in your cities and accept the fact that you will have your children killed, accept the fact that you don’t have 130,000 dead, you will have 230,000–250,000,” he said. Trump’s announcement came as the outgoing administration of Democrat Joe Biden was hosting a news conference to urge Ukraine to enlist more recruits by reducing the minimum age of conscription to 18. Facing a much larger enemy with more advanced weapons and with stocks of volunteers dwindling, Ukraine is facing an “existential” recruitment crunch, a senior administration official told reporters. “The simple truth is that Ukraine is not currently mobilizing or training enough soldiers to replace their battlefield losses while keeping pace with Russia’s growing military,” said the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity. He was pressed on what Washington considers an appropriate minimum age and he replied that “we think there’s real value in them considering lowering the recruiting age to 18” — in line with the US benchmark. He added that an additional 160,000 troops would be “on the low end” to fill out Ukraine’s ranks — but “a good start.” The former Soviet republic’s population has fallen by more than a quarter since its mid-1990s peak of 52 million, and authorities are desperate to shield the younger generation — but a US congressional report in June estimated the average Ukrainian soldier is 40. Zelensky signed a decree in April lowering the draft age from 27 to 25 but the move did not alleviate the chronic troop shortages, according to US officials. With 2,400 staff representing 100 different nationalities, AFP covers the world as a leading global news agency. AFP provides fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of the issues affecting our daily lives.
Last month, Microsoft announced that , thanks to a recent ruling, it would allow people buy and play Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android starting in November. But, as we reach the end of the month, it looks like those plans will have to wait a bit. Xbox President Sarah Bond announced on X/Twitter on Wednesday that "a temporary administrative stay recently granted by the courts" has delayed the functionality. Still, Bond added that they're ready to launch with the feature as soon as they have the legal go-ahead. "At Xbox, we want to offer players more choice on how and where they play, including being able to play and buy games directly from the Xbox app," Bond wrote. "I recently shared our ambition to unlock these features first with the Google Play Store on Android devices in the U.S. while other app stores adapt to meet consumer demand." "Due to a temporary administrative stay recently granted by the courts, we are currently unable to launch these features as planned," she continued. "Our team has the functionality built and ready to go live as soon as the court makes a final decision. We are eager to launch and give more choice and flexibility to players." Microsoft announced its plans following a recent decision by a U.S. judge that forces Google to open up its Play Store to competitors for three years . Per the ruling — the latest victory in Epic Games' long-running antitrust battle against Google — Google will have carry third-party Android app stores in the Play Store and grant third-party app stores full access to Google Play's catalogue of apps. Google, however, vowed to appeal the decision in a subsequent blog post . For Microsoft, the ruling meant that, in theory, it would free to sell Xbox games on Android devices and allow them to be streamed as soon as they're purchased from within the same app without having to use Google Play Billing. However, it's currently unclear what this court order will mean for Microsoft's plans beyond just delaying them. The ability to expand purchasing to the Google Play Store was only one of Microsoft's recent moves to grow Xbox's footprint in the mobile space. In May , Bond announced that Microsoft was planning to launch its own mobile game store in July, although that's been delayed. In the wake of Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which owns Candy Crush maker King, the company certainly has more firepower to bring to the mobile landscape. Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she's not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.Creative Biolabs Event Review: Scientist Solution Vendor Event on Cancer TherapyThe Ben Hunt effect is already being felt ahead of the 2025 premiership, with his relegating the Dragons to wooden spoon favourites while elevating new club Brisbane. The has opened the Dragons up at $5 to suffer the most losses next season and finish bottom of the ladder. They sit on the last line of betting ($67) to win the competition despite an improved performance under Shane Flanagan this year. Punters believe Hunt's departure – along with – will be too much to overcome despite the Red V luring rep trio to the club. In stark contrast, the Broncos are now the third best-backed side following news of Hunt's return to Brisbane. TAB spokesman Rohan Welsh told : "The Tigers went up as the longest odds to win the premiership but that changed as soon as Ben Hunt was officially signed by Brisbane. "We then pushed the Dragons' price out as a reflection of where we now see them without Hunt. We think they’re going to miss him and Lomax and that it's going to take time for Cook, Gutherson and Holmes to bed in. "There are also concerns over their forward rotation while the signing of Lachlan Ilias has not really shifted things. Those concerns are reflected in the most losses (wooden spoon) market. The Tigers have been (spoon) favourites the last few years but the Dragons currently occupy that spot. There could be a lot of change to the premiership and wooden spoon market after the first month of the competition." The Dragons' first four games are against Canterbury, South Sydney, Melbourne and Parramatta. Both the Dragons and Canberra are above Wests Tigers in wooden spoon betting. Canterbury boss Phil Gould believes the Tigers will finally end their three-year stay at the bottom of the ladder and could push for a first finals appearance since 2011. "Wests Tigers...They have done really well...That’s now a Top 8 NRL roster...That’s my first tip for 2025," Gus tweeted after . Hunt's Brisbane comeback has seen their premiership price shorten to $8, attracting 10 per cent of punters' money. Premiers Penrith (25%) and runners-up Melbourne (35%) are the most fancied, with the fourth-best backed side, just ahead of Cronulla. There is also a fair amount of love for big Sydney clubs Parramatta and the Bulldogs.
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