The Oppo Reno8 series was launched in China in May and made its global debut last month, and the next market it’s heading to is the Philippines.
Oppo will introduce the Reno8 series in the Philippines on September 1, and while the Chinese brand hasn’t revealed how many Reno8 series smartphones it will launch in the Philippines, it has confirmed that Reno8 is one of the phones launching in the Southeast Asian country .
The Oppo Reno8 is powered by the Dimensity 1300 SoC, runs Android 12-based ColorOS 12.1 out of the box, and has two memory options – 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB. It’s built around a 6.4″ FullHD+ 90Hz AMOLED screen with a punch hole for the 32MP selfie camera and a fingerprint reader underneath for biometric authentication.
Around back, we get a 50MP primary camera, joined by an 8MP ultrawide and a 2MP macro unit. The smartphone packs a 4,500 mAh battery with 80W wired charging and also supports reverse wired charging, allowing you to juice up other devices with Reno8.
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The rest of the highlights of the Oppo Reno8 include a USB-C port, NFC, and 5G support. You can read our Oppo Reno8 detailed written review to learn more about it.
Other smartphones in the Reno8 lineup include the Reno8 Lite, Reno8 Z, and the Reno8 Pro, which is a version of the Reno8 Pro+ sold in China (the Chinese Reno8 Pro has different specs).
You can read our global Reno8 Pro’s review here and head this way to check the detailed specs of the Reno8 Lite, Reno8 Z, and Chinese Reno8 Pro.
San Diego Padres dynamo Fernando Tatis Jr, one of the brightest, freshest stars in all of Major League Baseball, was suspended 80 games on Friday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance and won’t play this season.
MLB said Tatis tested positive for Clostebol, an anabolic steroid. Tatis said he accidentally took a medication to treat ringworm that contained the banned substance.
The penalty imposed by MLB was effective immediately, meaning the All-Star shortstop – who had been out the entire season because of a broken wrist but was expected to return to the playoff contenders next week – cannot play in the majors until next year.
Tatis will miss the remaining 48 regular-season games this year. Any postseason games the Padres play would count toward the 80 that Tatis must sit out, and he’ll serve the rest of the suspension at the start of next season.
“Shocked everybody,” Padres star Manny Machado said after a 10-5 win over Washington.
The 23-year-old Tatis, who signed a $340m, 14-year contract before the 2021 season, became one of the most prominent players ever penalized for performance-enhancing drugs, along with Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez. The penalty will cost Tatis about $2.9m.
MLB said the suspension also will prevent Tatis from playing for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic next March.
“Obviously, everybody’s very disappointed. Somebody that from the organization’s standpoint we invested time and money into,” Padres general manager AJ Preller said at Nationals Park, where San Diego played Washington.
Flashy at the plate and in the field, Tatis was an All-Star last season when he led the National League with 42 home runs. He was set to soon rejoin the Padres to boost a lineup that added star outfielder Juan Soto this month right before the trade deadline.
In a statement released by the players’ union, Tatis said he was “completely devastated” and apologized to Padres management, his teammates, MLB and “and fans everywhere for my mistake”.
“It turns out that I inadvertently took a medication to treat ringworm that contained Clostebol,” he said. “I should have used the resources available to me in order to ensure that no banned substances were in what I took. I failed to do so.”
“I have no excuse for my mistake, and I would never do anything to cheat or disrespect this game I love,” he said.
Tatis added that “after initially appealing the suspension, I have realized that my mistake was the cause of this result, and for that reason I have decided to start serving my suspension immediately. I look forward to rejoining my teammates on the field in 2023.”
Freddy Galvis and Dee Strange-Gordon are among the major leaguers previously suspended for using Clostebol, which can be used for ophthalmological and dermatological use. It is also banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and Olympic gold medal winning cross-country skier Therese Johaug was suspended in 2016 after testing positive for it.
Tatis was a seventh player suspended this year under the major league drug program. Thirty-three have been suspended under the minor league drug program.
Players who test positive for PEDs are ineligible for the postseason that year.
Preller said he found out about the suspension late Friday afternoon. He said he had not yet spoken to Tatis, but he had seen his player’s statement from him.
“Again, that’s his story. I haven’t had a chance to talk to him about it yet. Ultimately that’s his explanation of it, ”Preller said. “I think the biggest thing just from our standpoint, from a baseball standpoint, there’s a drug policy in place. I have failed a drug screen. For whatever reason.”
“Ultimately, he’s suspended and can’t play. That’s the biggest thing. That’s a player’s responsibility to make sure he’s within compliance of that. I wasn’t. Ultimately supportive of that and want to make sure he understands that,” he said.
Fernando Tatis Jr looks out from the dugout prior to a game against the Philadelphia Phillies in June. Photograph: Derrick Tuskan/AP
The son of a former big leaguer, Tatis made his MLB debut in 2019 and quickly became a smash hit on the field and with the fans. He has a career .965 OPS and has played shortstop and in the outfield.
Tatis became one of the biggest MLB players suspended for PEDs since testing penalties with started in 2004, joining Rodriguez (2014 season), Ramirez (50 games in 2009 and 100 games in 2011), Robinson Canó (80 games in 2018 and 2020 season) and Miguel Tejada (105 games in 2013).
Tatis had been on the injured list this season after breaking his left wrist – the accident is believed to have been in December in a motorcycle accident in the Domincan Republic. He had surgery in mid-March.
“I think we’re hoping that from the offseason to now there would be some maturity. Obviously with the news today it’s more of a pattern and something we’ve got to dig a little more into,” Preller said.
“I’m sure he’s very disappointed. At the end of the day, it’s one thing to say. You’ve got to start showing it with your actions,” he said.
Preller added: “I think what we need to get to is a point in time we trust (him). Over the course of the last six or seven months, that’s been something that we haven’t been really able to have there.”
“I think from our standpoint, obviously he’s a great talent, he’s a guy we have a lot of history with and do believe in, but these things only work when there’s trust both ways.”
On 6 August, Tatis began a minor rehabilitation assignment with Double-A San Antonio. He was 2 for 9 with a double and a triple in four games.
The Padres traded for Soto in hopes of making a run deep into October. They figured a roster that included Soto, Tatis and Machado could give them a better chance at the first World Series championship in team history – now, they’ll have to make that try without one of those key pieces.
“Hearing that he’s going to get suspended for 80 games and not be a part of what we’re trying to accomplish here is something you don’t want to hear before a game and don’t want to hear overall. It’s just a terrible thing,” Machado said.
“We were waiting to get him back and for him to be a sparkplug,” he said.
Added manager Bob Melvin: “This is a blow for us. … I’m glad we made the moves we did over the deadline.”
Tatis won’t be able to play in the WBC early next year. Dominican fans had been salivating at the prospect of seeing a bruising lineup that included Tatis, Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Rafael Devers and José Ramírez.
Tatis will forfeit $1,510,989 of his $5m salary this year, covering the final 55 days and 48 games of the season. He will lose approximately $1.39m of his $7m salary for the first 32 games of next season, with the exact number to be determined by how many days he misses.
“There is nowhere else in the world I would rather be than on the field competing with my teammates,” Tatis said.
“I have taken countless drug tests throughout my professional career, including on March 29, 2022, all of which have returned negative results until this test,” he said.
The penalty was announced shortly before the Padres played Washington. San Diego began the day at 63-51 and holding the final of the three NL wild-card spots.
Preller said the team had about 15 minutes to talk about Tatis’ suspension before taking the field.
“We haven’t had (Tatis) for this season, so it’s not like we’ve had him in the lineup and now we won’t,” Preller said. “I think to a man all the guys in that clubhouse believe we can win. They know we can win. Never been about one player.”
Zoom’s automatic update option can help users ensure that they have the latest, safest version of the video conferencing software, which has had multiple privacy and security issues over the years. A Mac security researcher, however, has reported vulnerabilities he found in the tool that attackers could have exploited to gain full control of a victim’s computer at this year’s DefCon. According to Wired, Patrick Wardle presented two vulnerabilities during the conference. I have found the first one in the app’s signature check, which certifies the integrity of the update being installed and examines it to make sure that it’s a new version of Zoom. In other words, it’s in charge of blocking attackers from tricking the automatic update installer into downloading an older and more vulnerable version of the app.
Wardle discovered that attackers could bypass the signature check by naming their malware file a certain way. And once they’re in, they could get root access and control the victim’s Mac. The Verge says Wardle disclosed the bug to Zoom back in December 2021, but the fix it rolled out contained another bug. This second vulnerability could have given attackers a way to circumvent the safeguard Zoom set in place to make sure an update delivers the latest version of the app. Wardle reportedly found that it’s possible to trick a tool that facilitates Zoom’s update distribution into accepting an older version of the video conferencing software.
Zoom already fixed that flaw, as well, but Wardle found yet another vulnerability, which he has also presented at the conference. He discovered that there’s a point in time between the auto-installer’s verification of a software package and the actual installation process that allows an attacker to inject malicious code into the update. A downloaded package meant for installation can apparently retain its original read-write permissions allowing any user to modify it. That means even users without root access could swap its contents with malicious code and gain control of the target computer.
The company told The Verge that it’s now working on a patch for the new vulnerability Wardle has disclosed. Ace Wired notes, though, attackers need to have existing access to a user’s device to be able to exploit these flaws. Even if there’s no immediate danger for most people, Zoom advises users to “keep up to date with the latest version” of the app whenever one comes out.
JK Rowling and Stephen King are among the authors and notable faces voicing their disbelief after Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage in New York state.
The Indian-born British author, 75, whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when the incident occurred, leaving him with an apparent stab wound to the neck.
As he was transported to hospital by helicopter, with his condition unclear, a number of authors took to social media to speak of their shock following the “horrific” incident.
Harry Potter author Rowling, said on Twitter: “Horrifying news.
“Feeling very sick right now. Let him be ok.”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: “Appalled that Sir Salman Rushdie has been stabbed while exercising a right we should never cease to defend.
“Right now my thoughts are with his loved ones. We are all hoping he is okay.”
Renowned American author of horror and fantasy novels King added: “I hope Salman Rushdie is okay.”
Nick Barley, director of Edinburgh International Book Festival, said: “As we open this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, we send love and best wishes to Salman Rushdie.
“Salman visited us last in 2019 and joined us online last year. We are inspired by his courage and are thinking of him at this difficult time.
“This tragedy is a painful reminder of the fragility of things we hold dear and a call to action: we won’t be intimidated by those who would use violence rather than words.
“As a gesture of support and solidarity we are inviting all authors appearing in the adult program to read a sentence from one of Salman’s books at the beginning of their book festival event.”
Journalist and author of Empireland, Sathnam Sanghera, tweeted: “Passage from Midnight’s Children in my last ever exam. Poster of The Moor’s Last Sigh had placed on my (pretentious) student bedroom wall. Quote from Satanic Verses opens Empireland.
“Lots of British Asian writers wouldn’t be writers without him. Pray he’s well.”
TV chef Nigella Lawson wrote: “This is horrific. Am distracted. Please, please let him be ok.”
A number of political figures also shared their shock, as photos emerged from the Associated Press news agency showing Sir Salman lying on his back with a first responder crouched over him.
Sir Salman’s book The Satanic Verses has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims view it as blasphemous, and its publication prompted Iran’s then-leader Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa calling for his execution.
Conservative leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak said on Twitter: “Shocked to hear of the attack on Salman Rushdie in New York.
“A champion of free speech and artistic freedom. He’s in our thoughts tonight.”
Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “Freedom of expression is a value we hold dear and attempts to undermine it must not be tolerated.”
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted: “Shocked to hear that @SalmanRushdie has been stabbed in New York. Freedom of speech is fundamental to all strong democracies. Thoughts with him and his family from him.”
Deputy Labor leader Angela Rayner wrote: “The horrific attack on Salman Rushdie in New York is appalling beyond words. I wish him well at this terrible time.
“This violence is an attack on free speech and can never be the answer. His assailant must be brought swiftly to justice.”
While Shadow foreign secretary, Labour’s David Lammy, said: “This is just horrific. Salman Rushdie is a lion of a man and a hugely talented author.
“Praying he makes a full recovery and his cowardly attacker is brought to justice.”
Daniel Ricciardo has said the opening half of the 2022 Formula 1 season was ‘more fun’ than the same period was a year earlier.
The McLaren driver last year told Speedcafe.com that he was looking forward to reuniting with family and friends after a prolonged forced separation during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ricciardo was unable to see his family in person for more than a year, the timing of which coincided with his arrival at McLaren.
The 2021 campaign was trying one, with victory in the Italian Grand Prix the shining moment by some margin.
With the world more open, and the Formula 1 paddock gradually easing restrictions, Ricciardo has been able to re-engage with his support network both at and away from the track.
“It’s definitely better,” he told Speedcafe.com of 2022 versus a year ago.
“It’s more fun as well. You know, the seasons are a bit of a grind, and not in a negative way, but that they’re just busy.
“I think having family or friends come out to races just makes the weekends, honestly just makes it more enjoyable, kind of just breaks it up as well.
“This year, I’ve had a few mates come out to some races, my folks were out in Silverstone.
“So, you know, it wasn’t a good weekend on paper, but it was certainly nice to have them there, and I think they’ll try to get another one or two this year.”
Formula 1 is currently in the middle of its annual summer break, a two-week shut down during which teams much cease all but (effectively) essential maintenance tasks.
Ricciardo has taken the opportunity to head to the United States, where he has been holidaying with friends in Montana.
Meanwhile, in Europe, his future has been central to discussions as he looks set to exit McLaren at the end of the season, replaced by Oscar Piastri.
Speaking with this publication prior to the summer break, Ricciardo said it was about getting some time away from the sport to enable him to keep some perspective.
That’s a process aided by friends and family, something which was notably absent – or far more difficult – last year.
Already a relaxed figure within the paddock, the opportunity to reconnect has also seen him mellow.
“I think it also puts things into perspective as well, just having mates around and stuff,” I explained.
“I think I’m also trying to get better at kind of leaving what happens on the track at the track.
“Of course, I’ll give myself homework to do and all of that but it’s just not letting a result carry through to that evening, to the next day.
“I think just through maturity and experience, just trying to handle the highs and lows a little bit better,” he added.
So even [during the high periods]making sure I don’t get too high and whatever, and also the lows of course, trying to keep it a bit more level.”
Formula 1 returns from its summer break with the Belgian Grand Prix on August 26-28.
Cassandra Kalpaxis, a lawyer specializing in collaborative divorce, said the rise in divorce coaching was a sign that people want to do things differently and aspire to what Gwyneth Paltrow called “conscious uncoupling” back in 2014.
While Kalpaxis said some coaches do “amazing work”, she “holds concerns about people emerging in the industry who don’t have the necessary qualifications” or who can’t work collaboratively with other professionals.
Kalpaxis runs regular “Detox Your Divorce” retreats for women, though in her legal practice she sees both male and female clients. The retreats include yoga, pilates and sessions on nutrition, sleep and personal finance.
Relationships Australia NSW chief executive Elisabeth Shaw said the rise of coaching was not surprising, given the ramifications of a poor separation.
“In a commercial environment, that could look like a business opportunity,” she said.
Shaw said the plus side of life coaching and counseling being unregulated was that it made it easy for people with aptitude and life experience to mentor others. The downside was that there was no guarantee of quality and in the case of divorce and separation, the clients were vulnerable. Shaw encouraged prospective clients to ask about qualifications.
Mitchell’s divorce coach Carla Da Costa, based in Perth but with online clients around Australia, was certified through the Beautiful You Coaching Academy, which she says is large and well established.
But Da Costa said her main qualification is lived experience, which means she intimately understands the “grief, fear and shame” involved in separation.
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“When I went through my own divorce in 2016, there was nothing like this, so I had to find my own way through this kind of emotional process,” Da Costa said. “I’ve accidentally become the coach I needed five years ago.”
Da Costa said she would refer to psychologists or counselors when clients were trapped in pain and grief, and to lawyers or mediators when they were seeking very practical advice.
Similarly, Melbourne-based Tamir Berkman, who makes himself the Divorce Cowboy, said he became a coach after his own separation.
“Lived experience is becoming more and more of a qualification – even in psychologist circles, the awareness of lived experience is really growing,” Berkman said.
“What I hear from my clients in the field is that men aren’t interested in qualifications – some of them are telling me ‘hey, I’ve got a psychologist, but they’ve been married for 45 years, so they don’ I don’t know where I’m coming from’.”
Berkman is training in equine-assisted learning but is not yet qualified. Meanwhile, he offers what he calls a “walk and talk” that gets men out in the paddock with the horses without calling it therapy. However, most of his business is online over Zoom.
Berkman said he was alarmed by the suicide rates for men, many of whom had experienced family separation. Official statistics show 8.6 people die by suicide every day, and 75 per cent of them are men.
Cristy said she initially used a counsellor, but found a divorce coach could help plan for the future. Credit:Kate Geraghty
This is a concern shared by charity Parents Beyond Breakup, which is seeking funding to make its suicide helplines operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Over the two years from July 2020 to July 2022, the combined number of calls to the charity’s Dads in Distress or Mums in Distress helplines and attendances at peer support groups increased by 110 per cent.
Parents Beyond Breakup chief executive Gillian Hunt said parents going through separation could lose daily access to their children, their social networks, their reputation and ‘purpose’ as a parent, access to their family home, and become financially distressed.
“Each one of these factors alone is a pre-cursor to a potential suicide, yet family breakdown with children is the one life event in which all occur together, sometimes unexpectedly, and there is precious little, if any, support for many of them ,” she said.
Hunt said 85 per cent of clients were men because mothers were more commonly awarded custody in court. Another 10 per cent were women – who often carried additional shame and stigma for not being awarded custody – and 5 per cent were grandparents.
Google has been with a massive $60m fine after it was found the tech giant mislead Australian Android users about how it used their data in order to target them with advertising.
The fine comes as a result of Australia’s consumer watchdog taking the tech giant to court in 2019.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleged that Android phone settings were misleading.
It accused Google of storing the location data of some users even if they had “Location History” turned off.
The Federal Court ordered the tech giant to pay the $60m penalty after it found it had breached Australian consumer laws by misleading some Android owners between January 2017 and December 2018.
The court found that another setting titled “Web & App Activity” also allowed location data to be shared with Google.
The ACCC says its best estimate, based on available data, is that the users of 1.3 million Google accounts in Australia may have viewed a screen found by the court to have breached Australian consumer laws.
Google took remedial steps and had addressed all of the contravening conduct by 20 December 2018, meaning that users were no longer shown the misleading screens, the ACCC said.
ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said the court’s decision sent a strong message to digital platforms and other businesses about using people’s data.
“Personal location data is sensitive and important to some consumers,” she said in a statement.
“Some of the users who saw the representations may have made different choices about the collection, storage and use of their location data if the misleading representations had not been made by Google.”
Ms Cass-Gottlieb said the penalty was the first instance of public enforcement to come from the ACCC’s digital inquiry platforms.
A spokesman for Google confirmed the company had agreed to settle the matter with the ACCC.
“We’ve invested heavily in making location information simple to manage and easy to understand with industry-first tools like auto-delete controls, while significantly minimizing the amount of data stored,” he spokesman said.
“As we’ve demonstrated, we’re committed to making ongoing updates that give users control and transparency, while providing the most helpful products possible.”
These Tower of Fantasy codes will get you free Golden Nucleus and upgrade items, so not having to go out and farm things. There aren’t many codes and they will expire so you don’t want to miss your chance – claim them now before it’s too late and redeem all the rewards on offer.
Coming up below we’ve got all the latest Tower of Fantasy codes, and how to redeem them so you can grab all that free stuff. And, while they do expire, we’ve kept all the old ones listed as well, just in case. So here’s everything you need to know. If you’re still getting used to the game, or looking to start, we can also help you with picking a Tower of Fantasy character and explain how that all works.
Tower of Fantasy codes
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These are the active codes you can redeem right now (last tested on August 12). Note that codes are only available for a limited time, so don’t wait too long!
ILOVETOF – Support Pack containing one Gold Nucleus and five Weapon Batteries II (upgrade material).
TOF666 – Starter’s Welcome Pack containing 8,888 Gold and an SR Relic Shard Box.
TOF888 – Channel Event Pack containing 8,888 Gold, a Black Nucleus, and ten Crispy Grilled Fish dishes.
Tower of Fantasy expired codes
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Some Tower of Fantasy gift codes have already expired. The ones below no longer seem to work. Just to inform you which codes to ignore, we’ll still list them:
ht520
ht666
ht888
huanta520
huanta666
huanta888
YL666
YL777
YL999
How to redeem codes in Tower of Fantasy
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Tower of Fantasy codes can only be redeemed in-game, so there’s no need to go to the website. The code redemption feature is pretty well-hidden though. Start by launching the game, and then do the following:
Click on the reward icon in the upper right corner of the screen (see picture). Hold ALT to move your mouse freely. Note that this icon does not appear in the main menu.
Near the bottom of the screen, click the tab that says ‘rewards’.
On the left side of the screen, there’s a new list with tabs. Click the lowest one, ‘exchange’.
Type or copy the active codes in the bar, then choose ‘confirm’. You will see a pop-up telling you whether the code redemption was successful.
Important: after successfully redeeming a code, exit the menu and click on the mailbox icon in the upper left corner of the screen, just below the mini map. The code rewards are sent to you through the in-game mail system, so don’t forget to claim them!
How to unlock rewards in Tower of Fantasy
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Don’t see a rewards feature? That means you’re still in the game’s tutorial stage. It will take a while before you can redeem codes. In short, after running around with Shirli until you’re around level 5 or 6, complete the main quest that tells you to ‘eliminate the intruding hyenas’, then talk to the nearby Scrapper. This should unlock the rewards feature.
Do you wear fragrance? I wear my husband’s Comme des Garçons 2 Man.
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Any go-to jewellery? I wear a lot of gold chains from my mum and grandma as well as my christening medal, an old Cartier chain and my kid’s handmade jewellery.
Can you remember a favorite outfit from when you were a child? I grew up in France and wore dresses, white socks and Mary Janes like a proper French kid. There was a cherry-print Jacadi dress with a white scalloped collar that I loved because it twirled. I still love garments that move and drape like that.
And your worst fashion mistake? My Gwen Stefani period in the ’90s. I’d wear a mini kilt with belly chain, crop top and over-the-knee socks, like a naughty punk girl. I had a belly piercing and a bit too much make-up. It was sexy, offensive and the opposite of my aesthetic today.
What was your first fashion moment? When I was 17 years old, I was street-cast in Paris and I walked for Martin Margiela for fashion week. It was a whole new world; I came from a family of doctors and engineers, and modeling opened up a future in fashion for me.
French singer Françoise Hardy has a classic, timeless style that’s an inspiration to Ariane.Credit:Getty Images
What’s on your wish list? An Alighieri chunky gold choker.
Is there anything you would never wear? I’d say Crocs but I said that about Birkenstocks and Ugg boots and now I wear them all the time. There’s more chance I’ll never wear stilettos again. I’ve done the New York fashion thing – 10 years of running around in high heels – and my feet are done.
Is there a current trend you like? I don’t follow trends because they’re unsustainable. I buy mindfully; I know my style and my body and what’s missing from my wardrobe.
What shoes do you wear most often? A. Emery or Lucy Folk sandals and Adidas “Stan Smith” sneakers.
Who is your favorite fashion icon? I have so many: Françoise Hardy, Jane Birkin, Lou Doillon, Talitha Getty, Lauren Hutton, Charlotte Rampling. Also all those rock guys with the tight pants and big hair like Jimi Hendrix, Robert Plant and Frank Zappa.
What’s your favorite off-duty, casual Sunday look? I love a matching set – our “Cronos” shirt and shorts, for example. But I live by Bronte Beach in Sydney, so I often spend the weekend in my swimsuit with a kaftan over it.
Ilio Nema was founded by Ariane Leondaridis and Katia Kelso.
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Fremantle expect Rory Lobb to back up against GWS, despite being subbed out of the win over West Coast.
While the Roos are counting the injury toll from a bruising encounter with the Crows.
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FREMANTLE coach Justin Longmuir has defended the club’s decision to sub Rory Lob out of the win over West Coast late, despite then admitting he expects the star to play next weekend.
Lobb has been carrying a shoulder injury for the past few weeks and appeared to aggravate it in a marking contest in the third term.
But the big forward waved away medical staff and played on, despite clearly carrying his right shoulder.
“He’s sore,” Longmuir admitted post-match. “We don’t think it’s too significant. We’re proud of his efforts after he got injured and halved some contests and remained in the game and kept working his way through it.
“(We) expect him to play (against GWS).
“Players have played plenty of times after they’ve been subbed out.
“He was carrying his arm around so he’s got an injury. He’s been carrying it for three weeks so he got a stinger on it and couldn’t go on tonight but we think he’ll be alright.”
Longmuir said he would enjoy the win over West Coast before contemplating having both Lobb and fellow big forward Matt Taberner unavailable for the away clash with GWS.
“I’ll worry about that when I get home,” he laughed.
“It’s not ideal and I’d love Lobby to play next week. We haven’t really crossed that bridge yet.
“When you see a player out there carrying their arm, you want to protect them so that’s why we subbed him out.
“He’s a fast healer. He played the week after he hurt it the first time from memory. So fingers crossed he gets up. He doesn’t let on when he brings injuries into games and he pushes through it really well.
“He’s 205cm and we needed to contest forward of the ball.
“I’m really proud of his efforts to keep competing, sometimes with one arm.”
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The call to sub Lobb out of the contest came with just four minutes remaining when the match was all but won.
“The docs went out and checked him and probably decided that he couldn’t go on anymore,” Longmuir said.
“He battled as well as he could for as long as he could. We needed to get him off for his own welfare from him.”
Lobb’s potential absence could hurt Fremantle’s top four push with Taberner already sidelined. skipper Nat Fyfe is no guarantee to return from his hamstring injury in Round 23 with Longmuir adamant the club would take a cautious approach.
“We don’t need to (bring him straight back), but if he’s fit to play, he’ll put his hand up for selection,” Longmuir said.
“If he’s not declared fit, we’re not going to put him out there and risk him. You injure yourself at this time of year and have a repeat injury to that hammy, then your season’s almost done.”
Longmuir said Fyfe may even go back to the WAFL for a second time this year to build fitness heading into finals.
“If it’s not this week, then we’ve got the bye and a WAFL game in the bye so we’ll look at that,” he said.
ST KILDA‘s Jimmy Webster‘s season is all but over after he injured his hamstring in the loss to Brisbane.
With the Saints now only a mathematical chance of finals, Webster is set for scans in the coming days.
He was subbed out of the loss to Brisbane early and was iced up for the remainder of the clash.
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ADELAIDE forward Shane McAdam is in doubt for this weekend’s Showdown with Port Adelaide.
McAdam was subbed out of the win over North Melbourne with a hamstring complaint.
“Forward Shane McAdam injured his hamstring while leading for the ball in the final quarter and was subbed out of the game,” Crows high performance manager Darren Burgess said.
“He will be assessed in coming days ahead of next week’s Showdown.”
NORTH MELBOURNE are counting the cost of a bruising loss to the Crows, with three players injured and young Paul Curtis now racing to be fit for the final match of the season.
jed anderson suffered concussion and won’t play again this season under the AFL’s protocols.
skipper jack ziebell is also likely done for 2022 after suffering a “significant” shoulder injury.
“It didn’t look great for Ziebs in particular,” coach Leigh Adams said.
“It’s some sort of shoulder injury. I think we all know Jack Ziebell is going to put his body on the line every time.
“I’m not sure if its collarbone or a dislocation but for him to come straight off and get subbed off, it must have been pretty bad. He doesn’t come off unless something is wrong.
“Fingers crossed it’s not too bad but it looks like his season is over.”
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Jaidyn Stephenson will have to prove his fitness to play again this season after coming off with a back injury.
“Stevo’s had a bit of back issues that can come good pretty quick.”
Adams defended the club’s decision to send Anderson back out into the contest, as he was later ruled out with concussion.
“I haven’t seen the vision yet – I’m comfortable our doctors will have made the right decision,” he said.
“I know he came off with the blood rule and I was told at three quarter time he’d gone into the concussion protocols.”
Adams said the club wouldn’t take any risk with young Curtis after he copped a knock to his shoulder.
“This time of year obviously with one game to go, we won’t take any risk with a young kid like that,” he said.
GWS could be without Lachlan Keeffe after he complained of groin soreness in the loss to the Western Bulldogs.
Caretaker coach Mark McVeigh said the club would take precautions with the veteran.
“We’ll assess Keeffey who complained of a bit of groin soreness. We’ll take precautions there,” he said.
Tanner Bruhn won’t play again this season after entering the AFL’s concussion protocols.
“Tanner Bruhn with the HIA so he’ll enter those protocols which is not ideal for him,” McVeigh said.
the WESTERN BULLDOGS admit skipper Marcus Bontempelli is not fully fit but continues to press on.
“I finished the game off alright didn’t he?” coach Luke Beveridge said.
“He’s struggling a little bit with a niggle or two. I had Marcus and Chrissy Bell in my office yesterday talking through, he’s got a bit of an adductor issue going on.
“Both Marcus and Chris were sure he’d get through the game.
“He’s not 100 per cent. I have pushed through a bit of discomfort today.”
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GEELONG Coach Chris Scott has hinted at resting more players for the final round clash against West Coast.
With top spot assured, the Cats do have one injury concern with Rhys Stanley subbed out of the win over the Gold Coast.
“They tell me he’s got a low grade adductor strain,” Scott said.
“Generally when they say low grade it’s a week or two. It will be unlikely he’ll play next week is the feedback I’ve got but they are not too worried beyond that.”
GOLD COAST coach Stuart Dew says he feels for Sam Day after the forward re-injured his knee.
“Suspected that he’s hurt his meniscus that he’s had repaired last year and it was the same mechanism the way he slid and jammed that joint so we’ve got fingers crossed but unfortunately I think Sam might have hurt his knee which is really unfortunate,” Dew said.
Izak Rankin also remains in doubt for Round 23 after injuring his shoulder.
“He hurt that shoulder a few weeks back… clearly awkward landing/hit and he’s stirred that up,” Dew said.
“We’ll just see how that settles.”
WEST COAST could be without both Nic Naitanui and jamine jones for the trip to Geelong.
Jones was subbed out of the loss to the Dockers with a back issue.
“His back just seized up. We weighed up before the game whether to pull him out … He’s had a big year and carried some injuries. He just couldn’t last,” coach Adam Simpson said.
Simpson also admitted Naitanui was playing through the pain.
“He’s playing because the club needs him,” Simpson said.
