Deaf Cat 'Psychic' For 2018 FIFA World Cup

Meet Achilles, the Deaf Russian cat predicting this year's soccer World Cup results.

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia -- As football fans rush to calculate the winning probability for each team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Achilles the 'psychic' cat will be using his cat sense to predict the results.

Achilles, a resident of the Hermitage museum in Saint Petersburg, is currently in full training mode, studying the teams heading to Russia to compete in the world's biggest football championship.

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According to his veterinarian Anna Kondratyeva, Achille's deafmess makes him a better prognosticator than other cats because "he's absolutely unbiased, he's Deaf to any comments from the fans so he probably feels with his heart and a special cat sense."

Achilles will only be predicting the games played in Saint Petersburg.

"He will make his predictions the morning of the game. For breakfast, we’ll put two identical bowls in front of him with cat food and a little flag of the countries playing."

So whichever bowl Achilles eats from -- that's the country that will win.

The white cat with blue eyes wasn't chosen at random, he has a history predicting football games.

Last year, he determined the results of the confederation cup matches played in his hometown. He guessed without a single error the winner for each game, including one that ended in a draw said Kondratyeva.

When Achilles isn't training he enjoys kicking balls in the long corridors of the Hermitage museum and posing for pictures outside in the gardens.

SOURCE - Euronews

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Deaf Referee Breaking Barriers With U.S. Soccer

Being Deaf and a referee, you get to help future generations learn the game so they can become top players.

DENVER, CO -- Andrew Kirst has been a referee for 14 years. For the Colorado native, the main obstacle and the questions he gets are always the same: can he prove to coaches and teams that he is capable of his job despite his lack of hearing? The answer to both is a resounding yes.

Andrew Kirst was adopted when he was 15-months-old. Shortly after, his family took him to the doctor for some tests and discovered he was Deaf. Even though he’s been profoundly Deaf his whole life, that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing his goal of becoming one of the best referees in the game.

It all started with an ad in the local newspaper. Living in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2004, U.S. Soccer Grade 7 referee Andrew Kirst saw that a high school game needed a referee. He gave them a call, shared with them his experience and got the gig. With whistle in hand, he hasn’t stopped since then.

“Being a referee, you get to help future generations learn the game so they can become top players,” Kirst said. “Plus, it’s a good work out too and no two games are ever the same so I’ll never be bored.”

Kirst has been a referee for 14 years. For the Colorado native, the main obstacle and the questions he gets are always the same: can he prove to coaches and teams that he is capable of his job despite his lack of hearing? The answer to both is a resounding yes.

“I’ve found ways to find a good balance between not being able to hear and being able to referee,” Kirst shared with ussoccer.com “I’ve been doing it for a while but I still need to prove to coaches and players that I can do this. For example: if there’s a foul, people hear it and they say, that’s a foul – it’s a yellow card. And I say no, it’s just a foul. I can see it. What you hear is not what you see. Sometimes hearing is deceiving and visual is more important.”

Besides proving that his skills are up to par on the field, Kirst breaks the ice before a game starts by making sure coaches know that they are free to talk to him as much as they want to. After all, he won’t be able to hear them.

“I tell them it’s an advantage for them,” Kirst admitted. “It relaxes them, relaxes me and puts us all at ease. It’s a free country so they can talk all they want, I just let the air take care of it.”

With the inaugural 2017 U.S. Soccer Girls’ Winter Showcase currently taking place in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, where 315 games are being played, the opportunities for Kirst to hone his craft are expansive.

Not only is he able to improve by refereeing several games in a day, but he is getting a chance to interact with hundreds of other referees from across the country, all from various grade levels, and learn from them while they all share their passion for the game and their past experiences.

“Making it to the Development Academy Showcase here in Florida is one of my top achievements so far,” Kirst said. “I’ve had a lot of people in my past who have helped me get to this point: people back in Colorado, many of the assessors, the evaluators, the ones who give me the assignments. It’s been a long 14-year journey and it’s something that I’ll continue to go through the rest of my life. It motivates me to wake up in the morning.”

The process to become one of the top referees in the world is not easy, and the journey is long and arduous, but for Kirst, who has already surpassed obstacles just to get to where he is now, there’s really nothing that is going to stop him as he continues his ascension in the USSF referee program.

“I’d like to be one of the top referees, and I feel that I have the ability to do that,” he said. “It’s one of my goals to become a referee that the program would be proud of. The pitch is a beautiful place to be.”

SOURCE - USSoccer

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CAPACCIO-PAESTUM, ITALY -- The town of Capaccio Paestum has been officially designated as the site of the Soccer World Championship for the Deaf from the Italian communties.

In fact, From June 19 to July 2, 2016, the city of Temples hold the third edition of the World ICSD, in synergy with the City of Agropoli in Southern Italy.

The Italian Deaf Sports Federation (FSSI) expressed gratitude and satisfaction to the mayor of Capaccio Paestum, Italo Voza, and to the committeemen of Sport, Franco Sica. The first day of the 3rd World Deaf Football Championship 2016 at the Capaccio Paestum stadium in Italy. English Subtitles and Signed.

Here's the final score of the 3rd World Deaf Football Championship 2016.

Final Women Championship 2016 winner: United States of America. The women's final score: USA 3 - Russia 0.

Final Men Championship 2016 winner: Turkey. The men's final score - Turchia 2 Germania 1.

"This is an important victory for the FSSI and for Italian sportsmen. It is the best way to honour the Italian Flag, said the Federal President, Guido Zanecchia.

"It's great news, a World Championship in Capaccio Paestum is something extraordinary:we will get to work to provide the stadium 'Mario Vecchio of Capaccio Scalo of the artificial grass. In addition to this, we will modernize all the other Municipal sports facilities."

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Paris Terror Attacks: 120 Dead, 8 Attackers Killed

WATCH [CC] - Paris terror attacks, at least 153 killed in gunfire and blasts, French officials say in Paris.

CNN PARIS - On a night when thousands of Paris residents and tourists were reveling and fans were enjoying a soccer match between France and world champion Germany, horror struck in an unprecedented manner.

Terrorists - some with AK 47s, some reportedly with bombs strapped to them - attacked sites throughout the French capital and at the stadium where the soccer match was underway.

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Scores were killed in the coordinated attacks late Friday, leaving a nation in mourning and the world in shock. CNN will update this story as information comes in: [Latest developments, posted at 11:59 p.m. ET]

• Paris Prosecutor spokeswoman Agnès Thibault-Lecuivre said eight extremists are dead after attacks. Seven of them were killed in suicide bombings.

• U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with French President Francois Hollande to offer condolences and assistance in the investigation, the White House said. Earlier, Obama said, "This is an attack not just on Paris, not just on the people on France, but an attack on all humanity and the universal values we share." He called the attacks an "outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians."

• A total of six locations were attacked in and just outside the capital, Paris prosecutor François Molins told reporters Saturday.

“Paris has been hit again by terror tonight,” Deputy Mayor Patrick Klugman said on Twitter.

Paris frappé à nouveau ce soir par la terreur.

— Patrick Klugman (@PKlugman) November 13, 2015

• Five suspected attackers have been "neutralized," said Molins. It was unclear whether that term meant the terrorists were dead.

• A witness tells Radio France that attackers inside the Bataclan concert hall entered firing rifles and shouting "Allah akbar."

• At least 153 people were killed in the Paris and Saint-Denis shootings and bombings, French officials said. Saint-Denis is home to the national stadium where the soccer match was being played.

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• The worst carnage occurred at Bataclan, with at least 112 left dead. A journalist who was at a rock concert there escaped and told CNN: "We lied down on the floor not to get hurt. It was a huge panic.

The terrorists shot at us for 10 to 15 minutes. It was a bloodbath." Julien Pearce didn't hear the attackers speak, but he said one friend who escaped heard them talk about Iraq and Syria. Later, he said the men were speaking French. Two men dressed in black started shooting and after wounded people fell to the floor, the gunmen shot them again, execution-style, he said ... Read The Full Story.

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An Introduction To Coaching Deaf Footballers

An introduction to coaching Deaf footballers.

Welcome to the Introduction to coaching Deaf footballers film. The film has been designed to improve your personal coaching development. It will also increase the participation and enjoyment of Deaf footballers within your club. Or, if you have never worked with Deaf footballers before, it will inspire you to work with all the fantastic Deaf footballers out there who are looking for a club and a coach willing to fuel their passion for football and improve their game.

Within this film you will find:

- Communication and coaching tips
- More than 60 football related British Sign Language phrases to help aid communication between coaches and their players
- How to work with communicators / sign language interpreter
- Information on deaf-specific football competitions

The NDCS Me2 Deaf-Friendly Project aims to remove the barriers to participating that many Deaf young people face. The project opens up the playing and coaching opportunities available to them.

For more information please visit www.ndcs.org.uk/me2 or email me2@ndcs.org.uk

Film produced in partnership with The FA and the Football Foundation.