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Just like there are few club com Pet itions Lionel Messi has played in and hasn’t won, there are few individual award s that he has been eligible but not picked up throughout his career. We can now add a new one to the list, the MLS Landon Donovan Most Valuable Player MVP Award , which FC Cincinnati’s Luciano Acosta has received for his performances in 2023. While Acosta, another Argentine playmaker, scored 17 goals and created another 14 to lead his team to the MLS Supporters’ Shield and the Eastern Conference final, Messi’s blistering start to life at Inter Miami tailed off , hampered by injury. Messi unable to replicate Leagues Cup form in MLS The 2022 World Cup-winning captain netted 10 times in his first seven matches as The Herons won the Leagues Cup but he was unable to replicate that form in MLS, despite scoring on his debut against New York Red Bulls on 27 August. One year ago today, Messi saved Argentina's World Cup hopes after scoring against Mexico. He also gave us ...

Writer Salman Rushdie has been awarded a prestigious German prize for his literary work and for his resolve and positive attitude in the face of constant danger BERLIN -- Writer Salman Rushdie has been award ed a prestigious German prize for his literary work and for his resolve and positive attitude in the face of constant danger, the prize organizers said Monday. The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade said the British-American author would receive the award in Frankfurt on Oct. 22. Rushdie's writing “combines narrative vision with constant literary innovation, humor and wisdom,” the jury said. “He describes the force with which violent regimes destroy whole societies, but also the indestructibility of the individual's spirit of resistance.” Last August, Rushdie was stabbed repeatedly while on stage at a literary festival in New York state. “Despite massive physical and psychological consequences that he is still wrestling with, he continues to write — in an imaginativ...

The NBA and the NBPA have agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement , eliminating the possibility of an offseason lockout. Assuming this pact is ratified by both the league governors and the players, it will begin with the 2023-24 season and run for seven years, with a mutual opt-out agreement after the sixth year.  There are a number of changes in the new CBA, and one of the most notable is that, starting next season, players must appear in at least 65 games to be eligible for major awards and honors such as MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and All-NBA Teams.  Load management and player availability (or lack thereof) has been a major point of concern for the league and fans in recent years, and this rule is an attempt to address the issue by incentivizing players to suit up more often. (The fact that most rest days are pre-planned by team medical staffs is a discussion for another day....