Dwayne Johnson is never afraid to lay the smackdown on anyone's candy ass.
That much was made clear when he called out Vin Diesel (although not by name) for the actor's inappropriate and pompous behavior on the set of Fast 8.
Some fans were taken aback by Johnson's harsh words, but they really shouldn't have been.
Previously known as The Rock during his WWE days, Johnson has been at the center of many feuds over the years.
Here's a rundown of the most memorable back-and-forths:
This marks Johnson's first real feud since he became an actor. Those on the set of Fast 8 confirm that Johnson was nothing but professional during filming while Diesel walked around with an arrogant attitude, often showing up late to set. Johnson called him out on it.
2. Ken Shamrock
The Rock and Ken Shamrock debuted in the WWE during the Attitude Era, feuding early on over the Intercontinental belt. Shamrock finally defeated Rock in the 1998 King of the Ring finals.
3. Degeneration X
As a member of the Nation of Domination (as Rocky Maivia), The Rock ousted Faarooq as the leader and began a feud with DX. Triple H and Rock then participated in one of the most brutal ladder matches of all time.
4. The Big Show
The Rock started his feud with Big Show at Royal Rumble 2000 when they were the final two competitors. There was controversy over the ending, which led to these two doing battle against at No Way Out. Eventually, the pay-off was a four way for the title at Wrestlemania.
5. The Undertaker
These two feuded numerous times. It all started when Johnson was exiled from the Corporation and it culminated in 2002 when The Rock beat Undertake and Kurt Angle in a three way at WWE Vengeance.
6. Booker T
Booker T was the WCW Champion when he started using the Book End (Rock Bottom, basically) as his Finishing Move. At Summerslam, The Rock beat Booker after a Rock Bottom to win the WCW Championship. Booker would receive a rematch in a form of a handicap match (teaming with Shane McMahon) at Unforgiven 2001.
7. Chris Jericho
During the infamous WCW invasion, Y2J grew jealous of The Rock. After Jericho won the WCW title, his reign was short-lived after The Rock regained it on an episode of RAW. Jericho brutally attacked The Rock after the match, thereby turning heel. The two would square off many times after that.
8. Kurt Angle
In a match at No Mercy 2000, Angle defeated The Rock after an assist by Rikishi. This was the start of one greatest title reigns in WWE history, with The Rock often trying to take the belt away inside the squared circle.
9. Mankind
The feud between Mankind (Mick Foley) and The Rock began with a double turn in the Deadly Game tournament at Survivor Series 1998. The two eventually went at it for the vacant WWE Championship. Later on, Mankind was kicked out of the Corporation and turned face as Rock turned heel. These two faced off a number of times, culminating in an amazing ladder match.
10. Triple H
This rivalry started way back in 1997. Triple H went by Hunter Hearst Helmsley at the time. The two fought at multiple pay-per-views in 2000. Even to this day, whenever The Rock returns to the WWE, you can expect him to stare down Triple H at some point.
11. Stone Cold Steve Austin
What can we even say about this feud? Its highlight came at Wrestlemania 17, when Austin aligned with Vince McMahon and turned heel. Austin's final match was also a loss to The Rock at a future Wrestlemania.
It was in Michelle Carter's blood to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Carter made history on Friday as the first American to win a gold medal in the women's shot put event, but there's a slightly lesser known story behind this athlete's rise to the podium. In fact, Michelle followed in her father Michael Carter's footsteps to the Summer Games, who took home the silver medal in shot put more than 30 years prior at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
The father-daughter duo is the first ever from Team USA to earn medals at the Olympics, but it's safe to say Michelle's dad will be on medal-shining duty for years to come.
"Of course, I can't wait until I get the medal and I can walk around the house and say 'Daddy, I got you,'" Carter told reporters, perNPR.
The Carter patriarch, who is his coach's daughter, made headlines during his heyday as the only athlete to ever win an Olympic medal and Super Bowl for the San Francsico 49ers within the same year. And if the Carter family could get any more impressive, Michael still holds the national high school record he first set in 1979 for shot put. Michelle also remains unchallenged with her own record, which she set during the 2003 Texas state championship. Congratulations to Michelle and Michael! They certainly have a lot to celebrate.
Gareth Bale proposed to his girlfriend on a
private Mediterranean island loved by Real Madrid teammate Cristiano
Ronaldo. The footballer is said to have paid more than £400,000 to rent
the luxury retreat of Tagomago a five-minute boat ride from Ibiza.Gareth
and his new fiancée Emma Rhys-Jones stayed in a five double-bed villa
on the 98-acre island, which comes with its own 1909-built lighthouse
and is described as the 'perfect private paradise' by its owners. They
were accompanied by their two daughters Alba Violet, four in October,
and new-born Nava Valentina, as well as other family and friends. Bale
celebrated his 27th birthday on the island, which can also be reached by
helicopter. He took to Twitter the day after his birthday party to
announce Emma, his childhood sweetheart, had accepted his marriage
proposal.
Gonzalo Higuain completed his move to
Juventus after the Italian champions reportedly agreed to pay a 94.7m
euros ($104m) buyout clause to wrest the Argentine striker from Napoli
on Tuesday.
In what could become the biggest ever
transfer between Serie A clubs, Higuain’s move to Turin was published on
the ‘transfers’ section of the official Serie A website www.seriea.it.
Napoli had slapped a 94.7m euros buyout clause on Higuain’s contract after he hit a record 36 goals in the league last season.
But after weeks of negotiations,
Juventus finally buckled to capture the 28-year-old striker whom they
believe can make the difference between success and failure in the
Champions League next season.
Reports on Tuesday said Juve CEO Beppe
Marotta had negotiated with Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis to
pay the transfer fee over two instalments.
After leaving the offices of Serie A,
Marotta gave no details when asked by waiting media but confirmed the
move when he said: “We’ve deposited Higuain’s contract (with league
officials). We’ve concluded everything.”
Higuain will be expected to partner
fellow Argentina striker Paulo Dybala, who in his maiden season with
Juventus was their top scorer with 19 league goals, when the club return
from their pre-season tour of Australia.
The transfer of Higuain, who cost Napoli
40m euros when he arrived from Real Madrid in 2013, could now spark a
succession of other, high-profile transfers.
Italian media reports have claimed
Juventus would sign Higuain if they convinced Manchester United to meet
their asking price of 125m euros for star midfielder Paul Pogba.
Napoli, who finished runners-up to
Juventus to secure their place in next season’s Champions League, are
now in the hunt for a top striker with Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi top of
their shopping list.
Higuain’s arrival in Turin, meanwhile, will add fresh impetus to their ambition of winning the Champions League.
Juventus reached the final in 2015 only to be outclassed in a 3-1 defeat in Berlin to Barcelona.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos has
dismissed the judgment of the Federal High Court, which relisted the
case filed by Chris Giwa against the Nigeria Football Federation and its
President, Amaju Pinnick.
The Federal High Court had in a ruling
on October 23 2014, granted Giwa’s request nullifying the result of
the NFF General Assembly in Warri and the subsequent elective congress
that brought in the current NFF board led by Pinnick into office.
However, the Goodluck Jonathan
administration intervened as the country faced an imminent FIFA ban,
leading to the Giwa faction of the NFF to withdraw the case.
But Messrs. Adama Yahaya and Obinna
Ogba, acting on behalf of the Giwa faction, again approached the court
on March 10, 2016 asking it to re-list the case.
On April 8, Justice Musa Kurya, who
heard the relisted case, ordered the recognition of Giwa as the
president of the NFF. He also barred anybody from interfering with the
duties and functions of the NFF board under the leadership of Giwa.
It was the ruling that the Pinnick board appealed.
Justice Joseph Tur, in his judgment on
Monday held that the discontinuation of the cases on October 30, 2014,
which was affirmed by the court stands, adding that the ruling of the
court on April 8 recognising Giwa was null and void.
Justice Tur said that the case had been
discontinued and that in the eyes of the law the plaintiffs were wrong
asking that the case be relisted.
He said in ruling that Giwa be
recognised as the president of the NFF, the court should have taken
into consideration the circumstances of the case giving that it had been
struck out and discontinued by the same court on October 30, 2014.
Justice Tur also faulted the
submissions of the counsel for the respondents Habila Azard, in which
the decision of the court was made based on the undertaking that was
taken prior to the judgment of October 30, 2014 and stated the process
of relisting was not followed.
The appeal court further faulted the
ruling of the federal high court made on the April 8, 2016 and said it
should have considered the circumstances of the case giving that it
struck out and discontinued by the same court on the October, 30 2014.
Tur while allowing the appeal of the
NFF, set aside the ruling of the Federal High Court made on April 8,
2016 and reinstated the ruling made on the October 30, 2014. He
awarded N50,000 cost against the two parties.
Former Nigeria midfielder, Sani Kaita,
has appealed to the Nigeria Football Federation to allow the national
Under-20 team remain together, saying the team should progress to the
Under-23 level.
Nigeria, 2015 champions of the CAF U-20
Africa Cup of Nations, failed to qualify for Zambia 2017 after losing to
Sudan 4-3 at home after they won the first leg 2-1. But they lost out
on away goals rule after the 5-5 aggregate score line.
Kaita, who won a silver with the Flying
Eagles at the 2005 U-20 World Cup, told our correspondent that the team
was unlucky to have lost out of the race, adding that the NFF should
allow the players play more matches together and grow into the Under-23
team.
“It is very painful to see that Nigeria
will not be at another competition next year. The team really tried
because that was the only match they lost in the qualifiers. Playing in
the rain is really tough and playing on an artificial turf could also be
very tricky. They were just unlucky to have lost that match,” he said.
“What I believe they can do is that the
NFF should allow the players remain together because they are the future
of the country’s football. They should be allowed to grow into the
Under-23 even though there is no big competition for that level yet.
“If they are allowed to go, the players
will lose touch of what they know and the opportunity to have them for
the Super Eagles may be lost.”
Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi has been named captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which begins on August 5.
Forty-year-old table tennis star Funke
Oshonaike, who will be making her sixth appearance at the games after
her debut appearance at Atlanta ’96, was named the assistant team
captain.
Mikel, one of the three over-age players
in the national U-23 football team for the games, is making his debut
appearance at the Olympic Games, after he turned down the opportunity to
be part of the football squad – which lost to Argentina in the final –
at the Beijing 2008 Games.
According to a statement by the Media
Assistant to the Minister of Sports, Nneka Anibeze, “Mikel and Oshonaike
were chosen because of their consistency, patriotism and dedication to
national assignments.”
Nigeria’s Chef- de- Mission at the
games, Christian Ohaa, said, “Mikel is a young, patriotic footballer of
international status and we believe he will be a role model to the
up-and-coming athletes while Oshonaike is experienced and is one of the
oldest athletes in the team. We believe that their combined efforts will
bring goodwill to Team Nigeria and project the country’s image
positively to the world.”
Mikel is one of Nigeria’s most decorated
footballers, having won the UEFA Champions League, Europa Cup, English
Premier League, FA Cup at club level with Chelsea and the 2013 Africa
Cup of Nations with the Super Eagles.
Oshonaike won gold in the table tennis
team event at the 2007 All Africa Games before scooping four silver at
the next edition of the games in Maputo.
Meanwhile, Nigerians have reacted over the choice of Mikel as Nigeria’s captain at the games.
“Let’s hope he’s cool-headed enough to
control the team. He’s not too small or too young to be named captain. I
think it’s okay for Mikel since he is not the captain of the football
team. He can focus on the entire team without much load from the
football team,” sports journalist Smarts Ebhodaghe said.
Former Super Eagles defender Abdul Sule
stated, “I think Mikel was chosen because of his track record. He is
playing for a big club like Chelsea and he’s won so many laurels as a
sportsman. Even though this is his first appearance at the Olympics, I
think it’s a good choice.”
Sports journalist Colin Udoh said he
would have preferred either multi-talented athlete, Blessing Okagbare,
or veteran table tennis star Segun Toriola, who will be attending his
seventh Olympics in Rio, to lead the country at the global games.
He tweeted, “Happy for Mikel but I think
it’s a poor decision by @SolomonDalung and Sports Ministry. Segun
Toriola (7th Olympics) is a much better choice. Toriola’s record of
qualifying for seven Olympic Games is peerless and richly epitomises the
Olympic spirit. Plus his leadership/experience
“Outside of Toriola, Blessing Okagbare
also stands out as a better choice. This will be her third Olympics, and
she has global recognition. Both Toriola and Okagbare have the respect
of teammates and the international Olympic community. These are much
better choices in my humble opinion I’m not sure how the decision was
made, especially since this is not a strong Dream Team (football team)
and they could be out by the group phase.”
The football team are expected to
depart for Rio from Atlanta, United States, on Friday while other
athletes including the table tennis team will leave in batches same day.
Despite looking like a deal had been completed on Wednesday night, the Paul Pogba saga continues to roll on.
Since the end of the season, the Frenchman has dominated the
headlines with speculation over his future at Juventus and whether or
not he would actually make the move to Old TraffJournalists have confided in their “sources”, pundits have had their
say and associates of the player have added fuel to the fire with subtle
hints here and there that have left the media guessing.
As a result, it has become one of the most protracted and
convoluted transfer stories in recent times - so much so that it now
begs the question will it even happen?
Although the story has been gathering pace across the last two months
or so, it has well and truly taken off since Euro 2016 drew to an end
in Paris on July 10.
So with United and Jose Mourinho currently out in China, and
murmurings that the deal is reaching its conclusion, take a look through
the gallery above to see how the Paul Pogba story has unravelled over
the past two weeks.
Russia will not receive a blanket ban from Rio 2016 following the country's doping scandal.
The
International Olympic Committee (IOC) will leave it up to individual
sports' governing bodies to decide if Russian competitors are clean and
should be allowed to take part.
The decision follows a report in which Canadian law professor Richard McLaren said Russia operated a state-sponsored doping programme from 2011 to 2015.
The Rio Games start on 5 August.
Competitors from Russia who want to take part in the Games will have to meet strict criteria laid down by the IOC.
Any Russian who has served a doping ban will not be eligible for next month's Olympics. Track and field athletes have already been banned.
IOC
president Thomas Bach said: "We have set the bar to the limit by
establishing a number of very strict criteria which every Russian
athlete will have to fulfil if he or she wants to participate in the
Olympic Games Rio 2016.
"I think in this way, we have balanced on
the one hand, the desire and need for collective responsibility versus
the right to individual justice of every individual athlete."
Analysis - Dan Roan, BBC sports editor
"The
critics will ask how can it be that a rigorous testing programme can at
all be completed in just a few days? The decision by the IOC has been
widely condemned. It's opened up divisions in the Olympic family. Wada,
for example, wanted a total ban; athletes' representatives are at
loggerheads with those who run their sports. "Many will argue, if
not now - when the entire anti-doping programme appears to have been
subverted by a host nation - then when will a total ban ever be issued?
The IOC has come through difficult moments in the past - the Olympic
boycotts of the Cold War years, the Ben Johnson doping scandal, the Salt
Lake City bidding controversy - but there have never been a few days
like these.
"Sadly for the IOC, having been held up as a model of sports governance, that status is now in some jeopardy."
IOC under fire for decision
The
decision not to impose a blanket ban came after a three-hour meeting of
the IOC's executive board, and reaction came quickly.
Russian
Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko described the decision as "objective" but
"very tough", while the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) claimed
the IOC had "refused to take decisive leadership".
UK Sports
Minister Tracey Crouch said: "The scale of the evidence in the McLaren
report arguably pointed to the need for stronger sanctions rather than
leaving it to the international federations at this late stage."
The
28 individual federations now have just 12 days to "carry out an
individual analysis of each competitor's anti-doping record, taking into
account only reliable adequate international tests, and the
specificities of each sport and its rules, in order to ensure a level
playing field".
The International Tennis Federation quickly
confirmed on Sunday that Russia's seven nominated tennis players meet
the IOC requirements, having been subjected to "a rigorous anti-doping
testing programme outside Russia".
Russia's full Olympic team would consist of 387 competitors.
The
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has already
ruled that Russian track and field athletes will not compete at the
Games, a decision which was upheld on Thursday by the Court of
Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
Russia doping crisis in 60 secondsIAAF
president Lord Coe said: "The IAAF team are ready to offer advice to
any International Sports Federations given our experience and what we
have learned over the last eight months."
A number of current and
former athletes have criticised the IOC decision, with former Olympic
swimmer Sharron Davies telling the BBC: "I'm just sad that they've
passed the buck, as they so often do, down to the governing bodies, and I
don't think the governing bodies have the time to be able to do very
much about this.
"I think the only way to send an incredibly strong message to a state-run doping programme is a blanket ban."
World
Anti Doping Agency (Wada) president Sir Craig Reedie said previously
that his organisation, which commissioned the McLaren report, wanted the
IOC to "decline entries for Rio 2016 of all athletes" submitted by the
Russian Olympic and Paralympic committees.
Whistle-blower ruled out of Rio
The IOC also confirmed it will not allow whistleblower Yulia Stepanova to compete as a neutral athlete in Rio.
Stepanova has previously failed a doping test and also did not satisfy the IOC's "ethical requirements".
The
IOC statement added: "The executive board would like to express its
appreciation for Mrs Stepanova's contribution to the fight against
doping and to the integrity of sport."
Bach said the IOC was "expressing its gratitude" to Stepanova by inviting her and her husband to Rio as guests.
Usada
chief Travis Tygart described the decision to exclude Stepanova as
"incomprehensible", adding it will "undoubtedly deter whistleblowers in
the future from coming forward".
How the Russian doping allegations unfolded
December 2014:
A German TV documentary alleges that as many as 99% of Russian athletes
are guilty of doping. Wada announces an independent commission to
investigate the allegations. 9 November 2015: Russia
should be banned from athletics completion and were guilty of
state-sponsored, systemic doping practices, says Wada's independent
commission. 13 November 2015: IAAF provisionally suspends Russia's athletics federation from international competition. 27 June 2016: 67 Russian athletes appeal against their bans from this summer's Rio Olympics to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). 18 July 2016: Wada's
McLaren report claims Russia operated a state-sponsored doping
programme for four years across the "vast majority" of summer and winter
Olympic sports. 21 July 2016: Cas rejects the appeal of Russian athletes who attempted to overturn their suspension from this summer's Olympics.
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Despite the fact that Battleground
looked more like a glorified episode of Monday Night RAW heading into
the event, the show ended up being a pretty good event. There were two
very good wrestling matches on the show as well as some solid storyline
development. It may not have been the most hyped event with the biggest
matches, but it was an enjoyable show. Dean Ambrose vs Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins: ****1/4
Good
match that ended up with the right winner, this was a very good main
event. I thought the ending to the show was interesting, where the focus
became more on the fact that SmackDown had the championship and not
that Ambrose retained. I wouldn't want to be Reigns or Rollins tomorrow
standing in the ring across from an angry Stephanie McMahon.
Reigns returned to WWE
television and was roundly booed by the WWE audience. It seemed like
WWE noticeably muted the audience during his entrance, which is pathetic
that they would silence their own fanbase, but it is almost predictable
at this point. I don't know how many more signs WWE needs to let them
know that Reigns cannot be the top babyface, at least not right now.
Rollins
was a really good in this match, clearly the best worker in the ring
and controlled the match when it seemed like it might by slipping away.
He will be a worthy building block for RAW, but Ambrose ended up proving
that he has the highest ceiling out of anyone in the match. He just has
a certain charisma and attitude in and outside of the ring that allows
him to connect with the audience in a way that nobody else on the roster
currently has. He deserves a lengthy run as the babyface champion.
John Cena, Enzo and Cass vs The Club: ***1/2
A
fun match for what has been a fun rivalry. Cena ended up pinning AJ
clean, which naturally will lead to a big match at SummerSlam. Enzo and
Cass will move onto RAW to feud with Anderson and Gallows, which should
also be fun. The match was a little slow at the beginning, but as with
most muti-man tags, once everything began to break down it ended up
being really entertaining.
I think the real winner of this match
was Enzo Amore. WWE management probably sees a greater future in Cass
and they might be right, but it is hard to argue that Enzo has something
truly special. Few can entertain the crowd like he can on the
microphone, and his scrappy, terrier attitude tells a good story in the
ring. In a promotion that loves the cookie-cutter look, Enzo is just so
obviously different from everyone else on the roster that he immediately
becomes someone to watch in the company. Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens: ****1/4
One of the
better matches WWE has had this year, Zayn and Owens have wrestled each
other so many times that few matchups in WWE can rival their
choreography in the ring. Some guys just get each other more than
others, and it is hard to think that either of these men are going to
find better opponents than one another. Both guys are incredibly
creative in the ring, and despite one terrifying Asai moonsault, the
match was pretty clean considering the degree of difficulty in some of
their exchanges.
Zayn going over is interesting, especially
because I think Owens is the better long term prospect (although Zayn is
by no-means a mid-card talent). It would seem like there was something
to both Zayn and Owens being drafted to RAW, and only a fool would think
that this was truly their last encounter. It would make more sense than
for Owens to lose and then attack Zayn out of jealousy than it would be
for the other way around. Zack Ryder vs Rusev: **1/2
The match was short
but it wasn't bad by any means. As poorly as Ryder has been booked
heading into Battleground, he still possess the charisma and character
to be a sympathetic babyface; and perhaps no other wrestler in the
industry with the exception of Brock Lesnar
is more convincing when they are handing out a beating as Rusev. It was
incredibly unlikely that Ryder would knock off Rusev, but both guys
tried hard and did their best to tell a story in the match and they
managed to do that despite the circumstances. Mojo showing up and
helping Zack doesn't move the needle that much, but if he is going to
run out and look like he just drank 10,000 Red Bulls than he is going to
be capable in that role. The New Day vs The Wyatt Family: ***
Not a bad match at all. The main storyline going into the match was that Xavier Woods greatly feared Bray Wyatt
while the rest of his team were not afraid of them at all. That story
unfolded well tonight with Woods finally facing his fear and going after
Wyatt, albeit it wasn't enough and Wyatt got the pinfall over Woods,
probably setting up a tag team title match at SummerSlam. In addition to
the solid storytelling, it was wrestled at a nice pace and went back
and forth well between all six men in the ring. Darren Young vs The Miz: **1/4
Similar to the Becky/Natalya match in that there was nothing wrong with
it, but it just didn't have the star power to follow Zayn and Owens. I
did think the finish was pretty good. Young is still just getting back
into the company and he isn't ready to be the Intercontinental Champion,
but you also don't want to have him lose in his first PPV match back.
Having Backlund go crazy and then have Young go equally crazy was a nice
touch and it brings everyone to the next stage in the feud. Sasha Banks and Bayley vs Charlotte and Dana Brooke: **1/4
Any doubt that a large percentage of the fanbase doesn't know or care
about NXT was destroyed by the huge pop that Bayley received for being
the mystery partner. The speculation was such that anybody but Bayley
would have been a major disappointment, and WWE delivered by giving the
fans what they want. The match itself was just okay, it was short and it
wasn't always very clean, but if the point of the match was to get
Bayley over and to further the feud between Sasha and Charlotte, then it
cannot be viewed as anything other than a major success. Natalya vs Becky Lynch:**
There was nothing
wrong with this match at all, but it really struggled going on right
after the superb Owens vs Zayn match which took the crowd out of it. Natalya
has potential as a heel, but one of the things that needs to happen is
that she has to get some good promo time and deliver on telling a story
in the ring. Natalya is the longest-tenured woman on the active roster,
and she could sell having a lot of legitimate grievances, but we haven't
seen a lot of that yet. If she can effectively tell a story in that
manner than nobody will be silent during her matches.
There was also The Highlight Reel segment with Chris Jericho
and Randy Orton. Jericho was his typical glib self, and I thought Orton
did pretty well. I don't care that much for Orton pandering towards the
audience; he is at his best when he is out there and laying waste to
people, not all that different than Lesnar. He was a little bit un-Orton
like when he first began talking, but as he began to converse with
Jericho he was much better. Orton is capable of really challenging
Brock, and WWE did a solid job building him here as a legit adversary
for Lesnar.
Looking ahead to SummerSlam, WWE seems to have two big matches locked
in, Cena and Styles and Orton and Lesnar. It will be interesting to see
where they go from here with the WWE Championship, as the top two
contenders for it are on RAW while the champion is on SmackDown. The
title match will likely close SummerSlam, so it has to be pretty big, so
WWE is going to have to come up with something huge to outshine the
other two matches.
