The good feelings lasted about 53 minutes. In that far-too-brief period of time, we got to see a glimpse of what the 2026-27 Borussia Dortmund squad could do, even without Joey Veerman or Nico Schlotterbeck. But with Konstantinos Karetsas and Giannis Konstantelias, the two signings designed more than anything to reinvigorate the club as a whole, out on the pitch showing what they were made of, we were flying.
Hamburg couldn't get out of their own half, much less touch the Dortmund goal. The Greek kids looked every bit the talented studs that were promised. Karetsas played a perfect combo with Guirassy to set up the Dortmund striker for his and the club's first goal of the season. Then, just before the half, Giannis opened his own account when Maxi Beier played him into the box. He dribbled, found a bit of **** e, and took a shot that took a very fortunate deflection off Sebastiaan Bornauw and into the net. The deflection was so lucky I thought it might be ruled an own goal, but the Bundesliga's website still gives it to Giannis as of writing this.
Aaaaaaaaand that was it for the good feelings. BVB came out into the second half and it took eight minutes for the season to end. Giannis challenged for a ball, tweaked his knee without contact, and had to be subbed off. Niko Kovac subbed on Marcel Sabitzer, but Giannis's absence was noticed immediately. Hamburg controlled the play much better in the second half, and to add to the sour mood, Samuele Inacio received a straight red card towards the end of the match with a late slide-tackle that connected with Albert Grønbæk's shin. Inacio walked off in tears.
So Dortmund held out for the 2-0 win and clean-sheet, but the mood was irrevocably destroyed. We can never have nice things, and when we do they only get briefly teased before they get ripped away. The night is dark and full of terrors.
I'll just say it because we're all already thinking it: I'm very nervous that Giannis tore his ACL. Depending on the severity he could potentially miss the entire season, but even a partial tear would put him out of action for multiple (read: at bare minimum three months). Bottom line, unless it's a miracle and it's only a Grade 1 or something less severe like a meniscus tear (which would still require many weeks' recovery), we're not seeing him back on the pitch any time soon. If I'm Ole Book, I'm trying to find a last second cheap winger on the transfer market.

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1 Gregor Kobel 3 Waldemar Anton 4 Nico Schlotterbeck 5 Ramy Bensebaini 7 Jobe Bellingham 8 Felix Nmecha 9 Serhou Guirassy 14 Maximilian Beier 17 Carney Chukwuemeka 19 Konstantinos Karetsas 20 Marcel Sabitzer 21 Fabio Silva 22 Joane Gadou 23 Emre Can 24 Daniel Svensson 25 Joey Veerman 26 Julian Ryerson 28 Justin Lerma 30 Patrick Drewes 31 Silas Ostrzinski 33 Alexander Meyer 36 Kaua Prates 39 Filippo Mane 40 Samuele Inacio 41 Mathis Albert 44 Enzo dos Santos 45 Giannis Konstantelias 48 Mussa Kaba 49 Luca Reggiani

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Jul. 23—BEMIDJI — Michael Bitzer has been tethered to Bemidji for a long time, even when he didn't know it.
It started in Moorhead's youth hockey program. He took the crease in games at the John S. Glas Fieldhouse.
When the Sanford Center opened in 2010, the Spuds took a trip to Bemidji to watch a game against Colorado College. Two years later, Bitzer backstopped Moorhead to a Section 8AA championship in the same building.
While playing in the United States Hockey League, Bitzer committed to play for Bemidji State. His four-year career from 2014-18 included a Western Collegiate Hockey ***** ociation championship in 2017, along with a top 10 Hobey Baker Award finalist nod.
Now, Bitzer has built a life in Germany. He's preparing to enter his eighth professional season overseas. Still, the invisible string occasionally reels him back to the First City on the Mississippi.

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In September, Google walked away from a $1 billion data center outside Indianapolis, pulling its Franklin Township proposal minutes before the city-county council was set to vote it down.
It wasn't an isolated incident. Communities across the United States have now blocked or delayed more than $130 billion in AI data centers in the first three months of 2026, refusing projects the industry's biggest names **** umed they could build anywhere.
This is the problem Bitzero (Nasdaq: AIBZ) spent the last four years quietly engineering its way around. The company now controls more than a gigawatt of low-cost, clean power capacity across Norway and Finland,, permitted before the backlash started and welcomed by the communities around it.
In May, the company signed a binding letter for a 15-year lease worth roughly $2.6 billion, and on June 9 it began trading on the Nasdaq.
The AI capital being rejected at home has to go somewhere it's allowed to build, and Bitzero has keyed in on the short list where there's cheap, abundant power to drive AI's next wave.

The American power grid is about to fail the most important industry it has ever been asked to support.
In fact…the dominoes in this potentially disastrous scenario have already begun to fall. Large companies that right now depend heavily on the grid are making behind-the-scenes moves that are key to understanding what's about to happen next.
Microsoft just signed a 20-year deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, a facility that has been offline since 2019. Amazon paid $650 million for a single data center campus to co-locate directly with the Susquehanna nuclear station in Pennsylvania. Google signed agreements with Kairos Power for small modular reactors. Meta has issued a request for proposals seeking up to 4 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity.
These are the most valuable companies on earth…and they're committing billions of dollars and waiting years to lock in power. They are not doing that because the grid is working. They are doing it because the grid is breaking.
This is the story Wall Street has not priced in yet. And it explains why a tiny Canadian-listed Bitcoin miner with infrastructure in Norway, Bitzero Holdings (NASDAQ: AIBZ), just signed a binding letter for a 15-year, $2.6 billion lease.

Ralf Rangnick's Austria face Algeria in the crucial Group J fixture. Both teams came into the last round of the group stage with three points as they both beat debutant Jordan and lost to Lionel Messi's Argentina.
A draw would send both to the Round of 32 with Austria getting a second place finish thanks to their superior goal difference. There are a total of eleven Bundesliga stars from the two lineups as the German coach picked eight German-based players in his XI.
Austria XI: Schlager; Posch, Lienhart, Alaba ©, Mwene; Seiwald, Schlager; Schmid, Laimer, Sabitzer; Arnautovic
Algeria XI: Benbot; Belghali, Mandi, Bensebaini, Hadjam; Aouar, Maza, Bentaleb; Mahrez ©, Gouiri, Chaïbi

Algeria and Austria clash this Sunday at the AT&T Stadium of the World Cup. The match will be broadcast live at 03:00 on BBC Two.
In their last match, Algeria prevailed 1-2 against Jordan (World Cup 2026). In their last encounter, Austria were beaten 2-0 by Argentina (World Cup 2026).
Algeria ( vs Jordan 2026-06-23): Luca Zidane, Rafik Belghali, Aïssa Mandi, Ramy Bensebaini, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Hicham Boudaoui, Ibrahim Maza, Ramiz Zerrouki, Riyad Mahrez, Amine Gouiri, Farès Chaïbi
Austria ( vs Argentina 2026-06-22): Alexander Schlager, Stefan Posch, Kevin Danso, David Alaba, Konrad Laimer, Romano Schmid, Xaver Schlager, Nicolas Seiwald, Marcel Sabitzer, Michael Gregoritsch, Paul Wanner

In their first World Cup match for 28 years, the Norwegian national team faced underdogs Iraq. Julian Ryerson started on the right-hand side of defence, as usual. There were slight doubts about the Scandinavians’ chances of winning the match when the Iraqis managed to equalise in the 39th minute following Erling Haaland’s opener (29). Another goal from Haaland (43), along with goals from Leo Østigard (76) and an own goal in stoppage time, sealed Norway’s comfortable 4-1 victory.
Jordan caused the Austrian team more of a headache. With Marcel Sabitzer in the starting line-up for the Red-White-Reds, the match developed into an evenly matched contest. Austria took the lead through Romano Schmid (20), but Jordan equalised early in the second half (50). The turning point came with the introduction of BVB forward Carney Chukwuemeka in the 60th minute. The Austrians subsequently dominated the match and ultimately won 3-1 in the closing stages following a Jordanian own goal (78) and a penalty from Arnautovic in stoppage time.
Global superstar Lionel Messi put on a masterclass, so Dortmund defender Ramy Bensebaini was left empty-handed at the end of the first matchday for Algeria. In the clash in Kansas City between Algeria and Argentina, the best player of the last World Cup scored all three goals for the Albiceleste. Bensebaini, who had recovered in time for the clash with the reigning world champions after a lengthy injury lay-off, played the full 90 minutes in Algeria’s central defence.

Austria kick off their long-awaited World Cup campaign against debutants Jordan at Levi’s Stadium on Wednesday morning.
Head coach Ralf Rangnick has completely revitalised the national side, instilling a high-intensity pressing identity. The Burschen easily topped their UEFA qualification group by winning six of their eight matches.
They look to secure a dominant victory to establish an early advantage in Group J. With a daunting match against group favourites Argentina on the horizon, collecting three points here is essential. Rangnick will demand immediate tactical focus to break down a defensive opposition block.
Rangnick must navigate this opening match without the services of midfielder Christoph Baumgartner. The creative star suffered a severe thigh injury during pre-tournament preparations. In his absence, Marcel Sabitzer will shoulder the primary creative burden in the final third. Dejan Ljubicic joined the squad as a late replacement but will likely begin on the bench.
On a positive note, inspirational captain David Alaba has returned to full training. The defender overcame minor muscle tightness to anchor the backline alongside Philipp Lienhart. Energetic midfielder Konrad Laimer is fully cleared to start at right-back. His red card during the recent friendly against Tunisia does not apply to World Cup matches.

Austria and Jordan clash this Wednesday at the Levi´s Stadium of the World Cup. This will be Jordan's World Cup debut. As for Austria's national team, this will mark their 8th participation in the competition. The match will be broadcast live at 05:00 on BBC One.
In their last fixture, Austria won 1-0 against Tunisia (National Team Friendlies 2026). In their last encounter, Jordan were beaten 2-0 by Colombia (National Team Friendlies 2026).
Austria ( vs Tunisia 2026-06-01): Alexander Schlager, Stefan Posch, Philipp Lienhart, David Alaba, Konrad Laimer, Xaver Schlager, Nicolas Seiwald, Romano Schmid, Michael Gregoritsch, Marcel Sabitzer, Marko Arnautovic
Jordan ( vs Colombia 2026-06-08): Yazeed Abulaila, Ihsan Haddad, Saleem Obaid, Mohannad Abu, Abdallah Nasib, Yazan Al-Arab, Moussa Al-Tamari, Nizar Al-Rashdan, Noor Al-Rawabdeh, Odeh Al Fakhouri, Ali Al Olwan

No fewer than four Borussia players are in the German national team line-up: Waldemar Anton, Maximilian Beier, Nico Schlotterbeck and Felix Nmecha will be competing in Group E. Ramy Bensebaini represents Algeria in Group J, while Carney Chukwuemeka and Marcel Sabitzer are also competing for Austria in Group J. This will see the first-ever Borussia derby in the tournament. Gregor Kobel is between the posts for Switzerland (Group B), Julian Ryerson leads Norway onto the pitch in Group I, and Daniel Svensson kicks off the tournament with Sweden in Group F.
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