#training-camp

#training-camp

Head coach Jesse Marsch has called 32 players to Canada's last pre-tournament training camp this week in Charlotte, N.C. Junior Hoilett, James Pantemis, Kamal Miller, and Theo Bair are not among them. Their sad fates are already sealed. Six more players will start camp and not make the squad, either. When 26 luckier ones fly to Edmonton on Saturday to continue their preparations for the tournament of their lives, the final cuts will head home.

Heimir Hallgrimsson has called up nine uncapped players for a training camp and friendly in Spain later this month with the chance of senior international debuts for the likes of Jaden Umeh, Millenic Alli and Eiran Cashin.

Having been hit for 1-31 by Derry on Sunday - the highest giveaway of any team in the 80 games played across all four divisions so far - one suspects that defence will be an early priority in the plush surrounds of the Quinta do Lago resort.

Feyenoord will train in Belgium this week instead of their home in Rotterdam so signing Raheem Sterling can work with his new team-mates. England forward Sterling joined Feyenoord last week after leaving Chelsea by mutual consent but he can not train or play in the Netherlands until he is granted a work permit. Manager Robin van Persie says he has moved his side's training to Tubize - which is around 137km from Rotterdam - to allow the 31-year-old to gel with his new team-mates as quickly as possible.

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The West Coast provides the perfect environment for us to prepare for the second half of the season,

ON THE THIRD day of training camp, the Cleveland Cavaliers took a break from the basketball court. It was Oct. 2, a humid, 87-degree afternoon in Bradenton, Florida, where the Cavs were hosting camp at IMG Academy, a multisport facility that coach Kenny Atkinson compared to an Olympic village. Atkinson aimed to create a training camp that focused on more than basketball, breaking up the monotony that can form during a long season.

He doesn't need to complicate the game or think he always has to pass or make a play. He just needs to play the game. He owns a good shot. He has shown us that he can fire a puck; he needs to shoot it and play the game. He doesn't have to overanalyze it or overpass. He just has to go and play.

It's a great feeling because you feel all this energy in the gym here and we've been playing against each other, and now, you get to play somebody new. I think that's very exciting. Guys are trying to position themselves and competing against each other for who starts, who's in the rotation, minutes, and so on. I think that's the healthy competition we want. Now, we get to take it to the next step, which is like a real game.

The decision to sign Nikola Jovic to a contract extension may have only taken one week of training camp to make the Miami Heat seem like absolute geniuses. Of course, that's if you take the word of those in attendance. According to Heat beat writer Brady Hawk, Jovic has looked "extremely good" in camp through the first couple of scrimmages.

Throughout media day and through early training camp the team is making it clear that Ingram is extremely focused this season. After missing 64 games last season which includes every game after he was traded to Toronto, it is encouraging to hear how much work Ingram is putting in on the court. "Brandon and I compete a lot, obviously we're all playing together but it's still competition" said Barrett

You saw it in the skate test - he blew away his group. For a guy his size at his age to be able to be that efficient as a skater is really impressive. For someone that big, that you think is only going to grow into being a big power forward that can skate like that, is very unique.

New York Islanders captain Anders Lee has suffered an upper-body injury that will sideline him between one and two weeks, the team announced on Wednesday. The team was hitting the ice for just their fourth day of training camp when the news of Lee's absence was made known. It suddenly puts the start of the 2025-26 regular season in jeopardy for the 35-year-old veteran winger, who is preparing for his 14th season with the Islanders.

Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland will participate in limited basketball activities during training camp, and is still expected to miss at least the first month of the regular season. Garland had surgery on his injured big toe that hampered him during the playoffs in early June. Cleveland had the best record in the Eastern Conference last season but was eliminated by the Indiana Pacers in five games in the conference semifinals.

I'm not a doctor, so it's hard for me to even tell what's going on with it," Demin said. "So, for me, it's just important to stay present and I'm trying to focus on whatever plan I have from the physicians, right, and whatever timing I have from them.

SAN JOSE San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini practiced with his teammates again on Tuesday after he missed time during training camp last week with what was described as an illness. Celebrini took part in power play drills early in practice, as he formed a unit with fellow forwards Will Smith, Tyler Toffoli, William Eklund and defenseman Sam Dickinson. Another power play unit featured forwards Philipp Kurashev, Alexander Wennberg, Jeff Skinner, Michael Misa and defenseman Dmitry Orlov.