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Inter Miami season a failure without a trophy – Noah Allen

Inter Miami CF defender Noah Allen insists the team enters the MLS Cup playoffs with high expectations, emphasizing that anything less than lifting the trophy would be considered a failure.

“Yeah [it’s a failure for if Inter Miami don’t win MLS Cup]. We have high expectations for ourselves,” Allen said.

“I feel like we have the highest standard in ourselves and we want to win every trophy possible. Yeah, we want to win.”

Inter Miami concluded the MLS regular season in third place on the Eastern Conference table with 65 points, drawing Nashville SC for the best-of-three Round One playoff series.

The Herons will host Nashville on Friday night at Chase Stadium for the first match, and secured home-field advantage for the potential third game due to table placement.

Noah Allen has said anything but a trophy will be failure for Inter Miami. Michael Chisholm/Getty Images

“I’m very excited about the playoffs. I have confidence in my team; we have the best of all time, and well, we’re really excited,” Rodrigo De Paul said.

“But football doesn’t always win the best or the one who deserves it most. We have to keep that percentage of luck as low as possible, and whatever work it takes, give everything we have to do our best so that the playoffs go our way.”

Inter Miami are familiar with their round one opponent, concluding the regular-season campaign with a 5-2 triumph over Nashville on Oct. 18. Now the team will prepare for at least two more games against the same rival.

Lionel Messi, who scored a hat trick against Nashville in the final game to secure the 2025 MLS Golden Boot, missed Tuesday’s training session due to minor back discomfort. However, sources told ESPN that the Argentina forward is expected to return to training on Wednesday ahead of the round one series and play an integral part in the first match at Chase Stadium.

Inter Miami were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in 2024 which has motivated them for this year’s post-season.

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“I feel like we have a good relationship between each other and I feel like we play good football with the ball. We keep a lot of possession and I just feel like we have to have that confidence that we are the best team in the league,” Allen said.

“Yeah, it’s not a sense of urgency. There’s not a panic or anything. It’s more of a motivation, right? And especially the guys that were here last year, I think everyone remembers it.

“And I think it’s been a message around the whole offense that everyone can understand is that it’s difficult, right?

“It’s not traditional, some players may agree, some players may not agree, but we have to do it. We have to win two games.”

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New Japan and Noah venture to Sumo Hall, WrestleDream, FSM 50, and why April 27, 1987 might be the greatest day in wrestling history (78 min.)

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NXT tag team to make Pro Wrestling NOAH debut

NXT tag team Hank Walker & Tank Ledger will experience Japan for the first time when they make their Pro Wrestling NOAH debut this month.

Hank & Tank will be in action at NOAH’s Sunny Voyage 2025 on October 26, taking on Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. The show is being held at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa and will be broadcast live on the Wrestle Universe streaming service.

With both being former college football players, Hank & Tank were put together as a babyface team in NXT starting in 2023. They had a four-month reign with the NXT Tag Team titles earlier this year.

WWE and Pro Wrestling NOAH have a working relationship that has seen NXT wrestlers like Charlie Dempsey, Harlem Lewis, Tavion Heights, and Josh Briggs travel to Japan and get more ring time working in a non-WWE environment. Yoshiki Inamura has also crossed over from NOAH to the NXT roster.

The October 26 NOAH event will be headlined by an eight-man tag match pitting KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Hayata against Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura.

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Brett Berard Sent Down To AHL, Noah Laba Likely To Make Rangers’ Roster

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The New York Rangers have sent Brett Berard down to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League.

This means that for all intents and purposes, Noah Laba will make the Rangers†opening-night roster.

Berard was a standout at training camp for the Rangers last year, and it wasnâ€t long before he made his way up to the NHL.

The 23-year-old forward played 35 games for the Rangers during the 2024-25 campaign. He recorded six goals, four assists, and ten points while averaging 10:43 minutes.

Similar to last year, Berard was one of the last players sent down by the Rangers before the end of training.

Despite not necessarily playing badly, there simply werenâ€t an abundance of spots for Berard to grasp onto, and it appears as if the Rangers†brass felt it was best for him to start the year in the AHL.

Now, Berard will likely play a top-line role in Hartford and will be one of the top offensive threats for the Wolf Pack to open up the 2025-26 season.

You may have been surprised if you heard Laba would have cracked the Rangers†opening-night roster a few weeks ago, but itâ€s not a surprise anymore.

Labaâ€s play was the biggest storyline of training camp and deservingly so as he continued to turn heads around the Rangers organization.

The Rangers selected Laba in the fourth round of the 2022 NHL Draft and he joined the Wolf Pack after signing an entry-level contract with the Blueshirts in March.

Rangers Sign Conor Sheary To A One-Year, Two-Way Contract
Rangers Sign Conor Sheary To A One-Year, Two-Way Contract
The New York Rangers have signed Conor Sheary to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal is worth the league minimum.

The 22-year-old forward played three seasons at Colorado College before signing with the Rangers, and the wide expectation is that he would continue his development path in the AHL.

However, Laba exceeded expectations throughout training camp and the preseason until he made it impossible for the Rangers to send him down.

In six preseason games, Laba tallied two goals, four assists, and six points.

Heâ€ll likely play on New Yorkâ€s third line alongside Conor Sheary and Taylor Raddysh for the Rangers†opening-night game on Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Hiroshi Tanahashi match official for Pro Wrestling NOAH

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On his retirement tour, Hiroshi Tanahashi will be competing at a big event for Pro Wrestling NOAH.

NOAH has confirmed that Tanahashi & Kaito Kiyomiya will be teaming up on October 11, facing off against Naomichi Marufuji & KENOH at Wrestle Odyssey. The match was set up at NJPW Destruction in Kobe when Kiyomiya showed up and invited Tanahashi to team with him.

Tanahashi — one of NJPW’s greatest-ever wrestlers — will conclude his in-ring career at Wrestle Kingdom 20 on January 4, 2026. NJPW has yet to name Tanahashi’s opponent for his retirement match.

Though he’s retiring from the ring, Tanahashi will still be heavily involve in NJPW with his behind-the-scenes role as company president.

NOAH Wrestle Odyssey 2025 is airing live on ABEMA in Japan. The card also includes two NXT wrestlers: Charlie Dempsey & Harlem Lewis. They will be facing Jack Morris & Sasaki Yuruka in a tag bout.

Pro Wrestling NOAH Wrestle Odyssey (Saturday, October 11) —

  • GHC Heavyweight Champion KENTA defends against Masa Kitamiya
  • GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi defends against Eita
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Naomichi Marufuji & KENOH
  • Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Minoru Suzuki
  • GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf defend against Daga & Daiki Odashima
  • Takashi Sugiura & Shun Skywalker vs. Tetsuya Endo & Hayata
  • Jack Morris & Ulka Sasaki vs. Charlie Dempsey & Harlem Lewis
  • Galeno & Harutoki vs. Manabu Soya & Yuto Kikuchi
  • Junta Miyawaki vs. Kai Fujimura

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Pro Wrestling NOAH Announces Departure Of Former 5x GHC Heavyweight Champ Go Shiozaki

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One of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s longest serving performers will be starting a new chapter in their career in the coming days as it has been confirmed by the company that the contract of former five-time GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki has officially expired.

The company took to their X (formerly known as Twitter) account to issue an official statement on the matter.

“Notice of Contract Expiration: Go Shiozaki. Following discussions initiated by Go Shiozaki, it has been decided that his contract with PRO WRESTLING NOAH will not be renewed. As of today, the contract has officially expired. September 30, 2025. CyberFight/PRO WRESTLING NOAH.”

The Executive Vice-President of CyberFight, NOAH legend Naomichi Marufuji, also issued a statement regarding Shiozaki’s exit, though it seems that Marufuji wasn’t too happy about the way things transpired as referenced a gesture he made to Shiozaki in what turned about to be his final match for the company.

“9.23 Korakuen Hall. I think he didn’t understand it either, but I pointed to the NOAH logo in the center of the ring with various meanings in mind. I probably won’t ever put the Noah jersey on his shoulder again. Don’t do things halfway. Live. For now, Bye-Bye.”

Shiozaki arrived at the NOAH dojo back in 2003 and quickly rose through the ranks as a Junior Heavyweight before graduating to the main event scene. He was the first man to hold the GHC Heavyweight Championship following the untimely passing of company founder Mitsuharu Misawa in 2009, and would hold the title for a second time before departing for All Japan Pro Wrestling in 2012. After holding the AJPW Triple Crown Championship, he returned to NOAH in 2015 and became one of the most decorated wrestlers in company history. He would eventually reach five GHC Heavyweight Championship reigns, more than anyone else, as well as holding the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championships on seven different occasions. As for what’s next, Shiozaki is the current ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion, and given how successful he was in NOAH, he won’t be short of offers when he enters the free agency pool.

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Longtime Pro Wrestling NOAH star leaving company

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A longtime Pro Wrestling NOAH star is departing the company.

NOAH announced Tuesday morning that Go Shiozaki, who aside from a few years spent most of his career with the company, will be leaving as of September 30.

“Following discussions initiated by Go Shiozaki, it has been decided that his contract with PRO WRESTLING NOAH will not be renewed. As of today, the contract has officially expired,†the company wrote on social media.

Shiozakiâ€s last match was during the N-1 Victory tour on September 23, where he teamed with Atsushi Kotoge, Kazuyuki Fujita, and Mohammed Yone to defeat Harutoki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Naomichi Marufuji, and Shuhei Taniguchi.

Graduating from the Pro Wrestling NOAH dojo in 2003, Shiozaki has spent most of his career in the company, where he held the GHC Heavyweight title on five different occasions and won the N-1 Victory tournament in 2023. He briefly left the company in 2013 to join All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he held the Triple Crown title once before returning to NOAH in 2015, where he remained up until Tuesday.

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Noah Laba Steals The Show In Rangers’ Preseason Win Over Islanders

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Just as he has done throughout training camp, Noah Laba stole the show in the New York Rangers†3-2 preseason win over the New York Islanders on Monday night, capping the game off with an overtime-winning goal.

Coming into training camp, nobody expected Laba to crack the Rangers†opening-night roster, but here he is, making it extremely difficult for the Rangers to deny him a spot.

Laba has continued to impress Mike Sullivan, and as a result, Sullivan is putting the Laba in positions to thrive and showcase his skills.

Itâ€s safe to say that he hasnâ€t disappointed.

Labaâ€s hard-nosed style of play helps transform him into a reliable two-way forward, which has set him apart from the rest of the young prospects.

Monday nightâ€s preseason game was a big test for Laba, who was going up against some of the Islanders†top veteran players.

The 22-year-old forward showed that he belongs in this NHL environment, as he thrived in this competitive environment.

Laba had no fear when scoring his overtime goal, going straight to the net, a valuable attribute in an impactful NHL forward.

Over the course of training camp and the preseason, Sullivan has grown more and more fond of Labaâ€s offensive game.

“I think Noah has a 200-foot game. I think his offense is evolving,†Sullivan said. “With each game that he plays, you could see more of the playmaking and just his vision, whether it be with the puck or without the puck on the offensive side, just his instincts.â€

Rangers' Lines Combinations, Defensive Pairings And Goaltenders For Preseason Game Against Islanders
Rangers’ Lines Combinations, Defensive Pairings And Goaltenders For Preseason Game Against Islanders
The New York Rangers are set to play in the New York Islanders on Monday in what will be their fourth preseason game.

The Rangers have thrown more challenges onto Labaâ€s shoulders throughout the past few weeks, and that has only helped him grow his confidence.

“From the first game till now, just slowly kind of gaining more and more confidence,†Laba said. “Obviously, that was the first time I kind of played an all-NHL lineup, so definitely a bit nerve-wracking there, but felt like as the game went on, I gained a little more confidence.â€

That third-line center role is up for grabs, and Laba continues to gain momentum in his pursuit of securing the role.

Whether Laba ultimately makes the Rangers†opening-night roster or not, heâ€s put the entire organization on notice, and heâ€ll eventually make his way to The Big Apple.

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NJPW Destruction in Kobe notes: New champions crowned, NOAH, King of Pro Wrestling

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News and notes stemming from Sunday morningâ€s NJPW Destruction in Kobe.

New IWGP Tag Team Champions were crowned at Destruction, with The Knockout Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR) defeating Tomohiro Ishii and Taichi to win the titles for the first time. They pinned Ishii after they hit their finish, the KOB. After the match, Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura came out and confronted the new champions, setting up a potential title match down the road.

Other matches were also set up during the show. After Boltin Oleg defeated Don Fale to retain the NEVER Openweight title, EVIL attacked him and made his claim for the title by laying out Oleg with the Everything is Evil. After the opening bout, DOUKI made it clear he wanted the next shot at Desperadoâ€s IWGP Junior Heavyweight title. The two had a match earlier this year at Wrestle Kingdom, but it ended early after DOUKI suffered an elbow injury early into the match.

In the co-main event, Gabe Kidd defeated Shingo Takagi to retain the IWGP Global Championship. After the match, Yota Tsuji, who was successful against David Finlay in the previous match, came out and challenged Kidd for the title at King of Pro Wrestling on October 13.

Pro Wrestling NOAH stars also appeared to promote the group’s upcoming Wrestle Odyssey event on October 11 at Sumo Hall. After Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Great-O-Khan, Kaito Kiyomiya came out and asked to team with him at the upcoming show, which Tanahashi accepted. Later in the night, NOAHâ€s Eita superkicked Hiromu Takahashi after he successfully retained the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Taiji Ishimori. The two are planned to square off for the title at Sumo Hall.

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Noah Lyles: ‘The future of sprinting is hazy right now. Nobody knows which direction to go in†| World Athletics Championships

Sprint king Noah Lyles sits smiling and calm after the storm that returned him to the throne in Tokyo, reflective even. He has expressed a desire, having now won four successive 200m world titles, to surpass Usain Boltâ€s record with a fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing in 2027.

But the Americanâ€s mind has wandered even further. “I have a strong blueprint of what I want my last year in the sport to look like,†he says. “Iâ€ve looked pretty far into the future.â€

Lyles rules out a tilt for the 2032 Games in Brisbane, when he will be 35, making Los Angeles in 2028 his Olympic swansong. The plan is for a final year “somewhere in between 2028 and 2032â€, racing at three meets in countries heâ€s never been to, “so that I can touch a lot of bucket list thingsâ€.

There will also be a few competitions “close to home†and then one final flourish. “The last race would be at my own track meet, where Iâ€d be able to do any and everything that I want.â€

He laughs at this thought, a glimpse at the glee Lyles exudes when he is in world-beating form. Itâ€s a contrast from his presence in Japan for the Olympics four years ago, when he was managing depression and finished third in the 200m behind winner Canadian Andre De Grasse.

In a celebratory mood in downtown Tokyo, Lyles takes a question about his advancing years in good humour. “Uh oh, Iâ€m getting up there arenâ€t I,†the 28-year-old says, chuckling again. “Last year in Paris was the halfway mark for me, literally turning 26 to 27 in Paris, I was like, ‘OK, Iâ€m on the other half of the hillâ€.â€

He says he thinks about his age regularly, in order to make the most of his time in the sport. “If I really push everything I want out of every year and month and week and day that I have, I donâ€t think Iâ€ll ever regret any of the years.â€

Lyles blitzed the field to win the menâ€s 200m final in Tokyo. Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

This sustained commitment is just about holding the next generation at bay. In the 200m final in Tokyo, Lyles was the second oldest behind only Britainâ€s Zharnel Hughes. The pair are now outliers increasingly swamped by youth.

Twenty-four-year-old Oblique Seville rumbled to 100m gold in Tokyo, and his countryman Kishane Thompson is the same age. Another Jamaican, Bryan Levell, won bronze behind Lyles at 21, and Letsile Tebogo, the 200m Olympic champion, is still just 22.

Then there are those next in line, including Gout Gout. Lyles knows the Australian better than most, having been connected through the Adidas stable, and the American has not been shy about sharing his opinion of the 17-year-old, the youngest to compete in the 200m in Tokyo, but unable to progress past the semi-finals.

Whether the teenager lives up to his potential, the man with eight world championship golds says, is up to him. “Heâ€s obviously so young, very talented, but thereâ€s so many people who have been talented in our sport that unfortunately havenâ€t been able to hit that upper echelon,†Lyles says. “Itâ€s more about, whatâ€s the path heâ€s going to take, whoâ€s the team that heâ€s going to take with him, and how much work are you going to put into not just being athletic, but knowing that youâ€ve got to be a businessperson and youâ€ve got to be it young.â€

Despite Goutâ€s burgeoning profile, his pre-meet exposure for Tokyo was restricted to one media opportunity. The Australian was generous with his time following his elimination, but his light international schedule this year and a patient approach by his coach Di Sheppard and manager James Templeton – as well as Goutâ€s commitment to his final high school exams next month – has frustrated an athletics community hungry for more of the Brisbane teenager.

“Thatâ€s the hardest part about being such a young talent, you have to grow up so much faster than everybody else,†Lyles says. “When people get to come to you and theyâ€re like, ‘hey, we need this of youâ€, unfortunately you donâ€t get to say ‘Iâ€m only a teenagerâ€. Because once you sign the contract, once youâ€re on the track, youâ€re no longer a teenager, youâ€re now a businessman.â€

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Lyles has been cautious with his praise of young Australian Gout Gout. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

That side of the sport comes naturally to Lyles, one of athletics†most powerful marketing forces. He says he does not have to balance his true self with the showman fans recognise, because those personas are one and the same. “Thatâ€s why I have a lot of people who do – and donâ€t – like me,†he says, that laugh erupting again.

But he is serious when talking about what comes next for the sport. “The future of sprinting is hazy right now. There is so much talent, there is so much room for growth and there are so many new personalities coming up, but I feel the way that the sport is right now, nobody knows which direction to go in.â€

He says it is not just about who will emerge as the next great performers on the track, and that the uncertainty extends to “everything involving athleticsâ€. World Athletics has scheduled a new event next year, the Ultimate Championship, to make up for the absence of a global major in 2026, but Lyles has yet to commit to racing there. The Netflix series Sprint, featuring Lyles and other top sprinters, found an audience but it has not replicated Formula Oneâ€s success in cultivating mass appeal through Drive to Survive. There were also high hopes for Michael Johnsonâ€s Grand Slam Track, until it fell into financial ruin.

Lyles, a long-time cheerleader for the sport, says a fear of backlash among athletes and a sometimes-poisonous fan culture is holding the sport back. “Somebody was asking me to give some advice to Letsile [Tebogo] and I was like, ‘to be honest, youâ€ve just got to be yourselfâ€,†he says.

“We want to come out here and be showmen and give our greatest performances, but we also want to be ourselves, and I think that sometimes weâ€re not allowed to be ourselves out of fear of how people will perceive us, knowing that this is just a sport. Itâ€s just a sport, guys, nobodyâ€s dying at the end of the day. Letâ€s enjoy these moments as much as possible.â€

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