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Time of India
13-06-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Kodai Senga exits early with hamstring strain, Mets manager says Pete Alonso not responsible
Kodai Senga suffers setback with hamstring strain (AP Photos) Just as the New York Mets were beginning to build momentum, Kodai Senga's health has become a troubling issue once again. The Japanese pitcher, who's been battling physical setbacks for over a year, suffered yet another injury on Thursday — this time a right hamstring strain during a 4–3 win over the Washington Nationals. Kodai Senga's hot 2025 campaign derailed by injury The injury unfolded in the sixth inning, when CJ Abrams hit a ground ball to the right side. Pete Alonso fielded it and tossed a high flip to first, forcing Senga to leap while sprinting to the bag. As Senga came down awkwardly, he immediately clutched his hamstring and collapsed to the turf. It was a gut-wrenching moment, echoing the calf strain that sidelined him last July. After the incident, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza confirmed that Senga would be placed on the 15-day injured list. 'It's hard for me to speculate, but obviously we know he's going to be down,' Mendoza said. 'As soon as he goes down like that, he grabs the hamstring -- we saw it last year, unfortunately. But we've got to wait till tomorrow and see what we're dealing with here.' Despite initial speculation, Mendoza was quick to shut down any notion that Pete Alonso's errant throw caused the injury. Alonso, who's struggled at times with similar throws this season, became the subject of fan frustration following the play. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like No Distractions. Just Solitaire Play Solitaire Download Undo But Mendoza revealed that Senga had actually informed him — via his translator — that he felt something in his hamstring even before leaping to make the catch. Still, Alonso was visibly shaken by the incident. 'I still feel awful, because for me, I'm just trying to make a baseball play, just trying to make a play for my pitcher,' Alonso said. 'I tried to make the best throw that I could, and it just sucks. It sucks to be involved in that. Senga, he's one of our guys here. … Things happen during the season, but I wish it wouldn't have turned out like that.' This injury continues a frustrating trend for Senga, whose 2025 season had only recently started gaining traction after shoulder troubles sidelined him during Spring Training. With an MRI scheduled, the Mets now wait anxiously to determine the severity — and how long they'll be without one of their most promising arms. Also Read: Nationals' bat-retrieving dog Bruce gets major league call-up and fans can't wait for his MLB debut
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ukraine, NATO eye tech trials for intercepting Russia's cabled drones
MILAN — NATO and Ukrainian officials are slated to stage a trial of unmanned aerial vehicle technologies aimed at addressing a dogged threat: Russian first-person-view drones with fiber-optic cables that cannot be brought down with electronic interference. An event organized by the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Center and NATO's Allied Command Transformation will be held on June 20 in Tallinn, Estonia, to demonstrate new countermeasures that have been percolating among defense firms. The envisioned countermeasures are required to have a detection range of at least 500 meters, be able to operate during the day and at night, weigh under 100 kilograms, and not exceed an overall cost of $100,000. FPV drones operating via fiber-optic cables are a new military challenge globally, as they are largely immune to jamming and interception attempts. These cheap and small weapons relay signals through a thin cable, which makes them resistant to eletro-magnetic interference. Drones were a key part of Ukraine's largest long-range attack since the onset of the war carried out on June 1, where the smuggled weapons were used to target and strike Russian warplanes and strategic sites. The appearance of command-wire drones has opened yet another chapter in the cat-and-mouse game of innovations and countermeasures in drone warfare on both sides, said Federico Borsari, resident fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis. 'From a technical standpoint, Russia and Ukraine are now trying to push the limits of the usual tradeoff between range, speed, payload and endurance by introducing more powerful batteries to increase their capabilities and longer fiber-optic spools,' he said. He added that longer cables are useful in carrying out attacks and ambush tactics against enemy logistics where the FPVs lie dormant near roads and are activated by an operator when a convoy passes nearby. Ukrainian troops have so far favored an FPV-tracking tactic by spotting the reflective fibers spooling out behind the drones, which were easiest to find in bright sunlight, and then tracing them back to Russian operators. In one documented instance, one of the drone units of the Ukrainian National Guard Kara Dag Brigade struck a Russian base during the winter months by following a maze of fibre optics back to the hideout. However, as the use of fiber-optic FPVs has exploded, old cables are now littering parts of the battlefield, creating mazes that are almost impossible trace to their launch points. Borsari said Ukraine has also experimented with active countermeasures, including using drone interceptors and quadcopters to destroy FPVs mid-flight or when they are on the ground by dropping small bomblets on them. 'Currently, the best defense relies on a combination of passive and active countermeasures and should also incorporate robust signal intelligence and other forms of intel-gathering techniques to intercept Russian communications and locate their drone teams,' he said.
The Sun
11-06-2025
- Business
- The Sun
What's cooking with Perhebat: Sewing and brewing as soldiers return to civilian life
KLUANG: With her military career 'sewn up' including a stint with the Malaysian Battalion Team (Malbatt) in Lebanon, this tough lady wishes to exchange the gun for needle-and-thread thus continuing the legacy of her seamstress-mother once she returns to civilian life. Senior Warrant Officer (Rtd) P. Maygala, 41, who served in the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) until her retirement last year (2024), said her feminine intuition persuaded her to study business management as a second career in the Transition Training programme, organised by the Ex-Servicemen Affairs Corporation (Perhebat). 'Many people ask me why tailoring and not other fields such as security ... my answer is simply that I am a woman, a mother, so the feminine spirit prevails despite the military discipline. Even before joining the army, I helped my mother at her tailoring shop,' she told Bernama after the Perhebat Certificate presentation here today by Commander of the RMN Reserve Force, First Admiral Azhar Adam. Maygala, who has served for 21 years including joining the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force, thanked the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) and Perhebat. 'Having just graduated and receiving the certificate today, I will join my mother's clothing business in Johor Bahru by the end of the year,' she said. Another Perhebat graduate, Corporal (Rtd) Helmi Mohd Balawi, 43, said he would open a coffee-based cafe armed with the knowledge he gained from Perhebat 'sTransition Training. With his simmering interest in coffee, he wants to have a meaningful life while generating income after retirement. 'I served in the Johor Military Force (JMF) for 26 years, so I have no other skills. That's why I joined the Perhebat's Transition Training so that I can adapt to civilian life,' he said. Meanwhile, First Admiral Azhar said the MAF and Perhebat would increase their cooperation with the private sector to provide more job opportunities. According to him, eight new memorandums of understanding and agreements have been signed by the MAF in 2025 to support human capital development of MAF retirees and veterans to explore new fields. 'Besides teaching business to produce entrepreneurs, we are shifting our focus to the field of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of military assets with specialised training. 'This Transition Training has churned out a total of 3,473 MAF retirees while five JMF retirees have received certificates. A total of 514 personnel and veterans have also been awarded the Malaysian Skills Diploma,' Azhar added.
The Sun
11-06-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Sewing and brewing as soldiers return to civilian life
KLUANG: With her military career 'sewn up' including a stint with the Malaysian Battalion Team (Malbatt) in Lebanon, this tough lady wishes to exchange the gun for needle-and-thread thus continuing the legacy of her seamstress-mother once she returns to civilian life. Senior Warrant Officer (Rtd) P. Maygala, 41, who served in the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) until her retirement last year (2024), said her feminine intuition persuaded her to study business management as a second career in the Transition Training programme, organised by the Ex-Servicemen Affairs Corporation (Perhebat). 'Many people ask me why tailoring and not other fields such as security ... my answer is simply that I am a woman, a mother, so the feminine spirit prevails despite the military discipline. Even before joining the army, I helped my mother at her tailoring shop,' she told Bernama after the Perhebat Certificate presentation here today by Commander of the RMN Reserve Force, First Admiral Azhar Adam. Maygala, who has served for 21 years including joining the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force, thanked the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) and Perhebat. 'Having just graduated and receiving the certificate today, I will join my mother's clothing business in Johor Bahru by the end of the year,' she said. Another Perhebat graduate, Corporal (Rtd) Helmi Mohd Balawi, 43, said he would open a coffee-based cafe armed with the knowledge he gained from Perhebat 'sTransition Training. With his simmering interest in coffee, he wants to have a meaningful life while generating income after retirement. 'I served in the Johor Military Force (JMF) for 26 years, so I have no other skills. That's why I joined the Perhebat's Transition Training so that I can adapt to civilian life,' he said. Meanwhile, First Admiral Azhar said the MAF and Perhebat would increase their cooperation with the private sector to provide more job opportunities. According to him, eight new memorandums of understanding and agreements have been signed by the MAF in 2025 to support human capital development of MAF retirees and veterans to explore new fields. 'Besides teaching business to produce entrepreneurs, we are shifting our focus to the field of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of military assets with specialised training. 'This Transition Training has churned out a total of 3,473 MAF retirees while five JMF retirees have received certificates. A total of 514 personnel and veterans have also been awarded the Malaysian Skills Diploma,' Azhar added.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Rays manager Kevin Cash drops cryptic Shane McClanahan injury update
The post Rays manager Kevin Cash drops cryptic Shane McClanahan injury update appeared first on ClutchPoints. Tampa Bay Rays fans got good news and bad news on Tuesday when it comes to pitcher Shane McClanahan. The lefty starter has been out since spring training with a triceps nerve injury, but threw off a mound at full distance over the weekend for the first time since his injury. That doesn't mean, however, that he is ready to progress with his rehab. 'I don't know, I really don't know,' Rays manager Kevin Cash said, per the Tampa Bay Times, about when McClanahan can take the next step. 'He's not handling not feeling 100 percent well.' McClanahan has not appeared in a Major League game since 2023 when he went on the injured list shortly after the All-Star break. He underwent Tommy John surgery that August and appeared to be on track for a 2025 return before the nerve issue cropped up. Though the two-time All-Star still doesn't have a clear timetable for a return, but the Rays say that structurally, his arm 'couldn't be better.' 'I'm definitely frustrated,'' he said during spring training, per Joey Johnston. 'I've done a really good job of controlling everything I need to control. God's honest truth, man, is I felt great. Felt great all Spring Training. Felt great two innings into that [Saturday] outing, and it's just a freak thing, you know?' 'I've never had a nerve issue in my life before,'' he added. 'And I'm really glad I've never had a nerve issue in my life before. It grabbed and just radiated down. It didn't feel great. As soon as I walked off the mound, I told Cash, 'It's not the elbow. It's not the elbow.' I wanted to give him that reassurance. But, you know, I didn't know what it was.'' The setback meant that the Rays have been without their ace all season. The team is 36-30 coming into Tuesday, good for a tie for second in the American League East behind the New York Yankees. Though McClanahan has only pitched three seasons in the Majors, his body of work is enough to show what he can bring to the Rays if he returns. He has a career 3.02 ERA to go with a 25.8% strikeout rate. His triceps injury is not believed to be related to his Tommy John surgery according to the Rays. Related: Rays' Wander Franco charged for illegal gun possession amid sexual abuse trial
