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“Dream big and respect other people”: the French football star and UEFA ambassador Eric Abidal gives Football for Friendship Young Journalist an exclusive interview
The former French international and two-time winner of the Champions League with FC Barcelona supports the Gazprom International Children’s Social Programme Football for Friendship (F4F) in his capacity as a UEFA ambassador. As part of the Good News Show, he answered the questions of the 15-year-old F4F Young Journalist Irintsoa Rakotomamonjy from Madagascar.
Today, Eric Abidal is a football manager. He told the Young Journalist that the most emotional moment of his career had been his return to his team after an operation following a cancer diagnosis in March 2011. With his children’s cancer charity, which he founded in 2015, he wanted to make a contribution to the fight against this illness. And it was his dream to conquer cancer completely. He added that during the corona pandemic his charity – and also that of his wife – had tried, in spite of the lockdown, to stay in touch with the children it supports, and had visited them in hospital and brought them small gifts.
When Irintsoa told him that boys and girls in the F4F programme played in a team with equal rights, Eric Abidal replied that women’s football had already made enormous progress and was continuing to grow. He was convinced that women are showing the world that they can develop similar abilities to those of men. He predicted that women’s football would have become a global sport in 10 years’ time.
For him, it was very important to experience the emotionality of football on the playing field. But in sport too digitisation was gaining ground. He thought that in 10 years’ time e-sport would be the number one sport. Irintsoa explained that, in the case of F4F, the Championships in 2020 and 2021 were contested in a digital format.
The Young Journalist went on to tell her famous interview partner that the participants in F4F shared the programme’s Nine Values: friendship, equality, fairness, health, peace, devotion, victory, traditions and honour. When asked which value was the most important for him, Eric Abidal said it was friendship. For him, this included a good relationship with everyone, teamwork, and respect for others.
As a successful footballer, his advice to young people who are striving for a career in sport was, above all, to respect other people, their parents, their teachers, their trainers and their friends. And they should have big dreams, which of course they would have to work hard to achieve. To see the interview, please click on the following link: https://youtu.be/GhLvsy_tQbQ.
Following the ZOOM-interview with the Young Journalist from the F4F Press Centre, Eric Abidal held a short football training session with the 13-year-old F4F 2021 participant from Belgium Elias Ali Mohamad. After a short warm-up phase, Abidal showed his young training partner a few tricks and encouraged him to practise them with him. This episode can be viewed by clicking on the following video link: https://youtu.be/bsK04TU0ZV8.
Before Eric Abidal, the UEFA ambassadors Luis Garcia from Spain, Kelly Smith from England and Robert Pirès from France had already taken part in #STADIUMISWHEREIAM and had spoken on the Good News Show with the Young Journalist about Football for Friendship, their life and their career.
As part of #STADIUMISWHEREIAM, the following sports stars also showed what they can do: Anton Pawlinow, two-time freestyle world champion from Russia, Andreas Cetkovic, French freestyle football champion with the S3 Freestyle Crew, and the six-time freestyle world champion Mélody Donchet.
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PG Soft, a world-class digital mobile games company, has unveiled its fantasy-fueled video slot, Dragon’s Treasure Quest. The game is presented within a 5-reel, 3-row frame and features expanding reels and multipliers.Players must track down hidden treasures while navigating through legendary lore to find Wilds and Scatters, represented by a dragon eye and treasure chest respectively.
The Dragon Wild symbol only appears on reels two, three, four and five, and substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter symbol. Four Scatter symbols found anywhere will trigger the Free Spins Feature with 15 free spins – each additional Scatter symbol will trigger two more free spins. It’s possible to retrigger Free Spins.
At the end of every winning free spin, the total win for that spin is multiplied by both the multiplier at the bottom of the reels and the combined multipliers from the multiplier symbols on
the reels. Any multipliers collected during free spins will be accumulated and will remain at the bottom until the end of the Free Spins Feature.
Players can also take advantage of the Expanding Reel Window feature in Dragon’s Treasure Quest. At the start of each spin, all reels begin with three large reel windows. After each cascade, any reel window involved in a winning combination is split into two smaller windows—boosting the number of ways to win with every round.
A final element is the Multiplier symbol which is in play for any spin within the main game. One or more Multiplier symbols with values ranging from x2 to x100 may appear on the reels. At the end of the spin, all multipliers from the Multiplier symbols on the reels will be added together, and the total win for that spin will be multiplied by the total multiplier. The Treasure Chest may randomly add additional Scatter symbols if there are 1, 2 or 3 Scatter symbols present.
PG Soft’s spokesperson commented: “Dragon’s Treasure Quest delivers an action-packed reels adventure packed with exciting moments as players spin through a magical realm. Dragon’s Treasure Quest captures the spirit of heroic quests and the fiery power of dragons, keeping the adrenaline red hot with every spin.”
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GAMOMAT, one of the leading independent German software developers for slot games, has released Roman Legion Flaming Link, the latest addition to join the line-up of its hugely successful Flaming Link series. This imperious 5×3 slot marches players straight to the heart of the Roman Empire, where legionnaires must vie for victory.
Following the popular Roman Legion, one of GAMOMAT’s most iconic titles, Roman Legion Flaming Link is set to conquer players’ hearts thanks to its Flaming Link Hold & Respin feature, which introduces dynamic Multiplier Zones and Fire Orbs. The series launched earlier this year to great fanfare with Ramses Book Flaming Link.
At the heart of the title is the ferocious Flaming Link feature—a classic Hold & Respin mechanic with an added dimension: every feature round randomly selects four Multiplier Zones. Players will always feel part of the action—not only is there a fullscreen bonus, but also smaller milestones that build anticipation along the way.
Five Fire Orbs will ignite the bonus round, where potentially Fire Orbs may appear. At the end of the respins, all activated multipliers are applied to the Fire Orbs within their respective zones. The values of all visible Fire Orbs are then calculated as the final win, which has the potential payout of 12,100x the total bet. No additional bets are needed as the feature is always enabled.
10 free games will start, when three heroic horsemen ride onto the reels. Once the feature is live, any Sticky Wild Legionnaire remain locked in position to enhance the chances of rich returns. A menacing, cinematic score creates an intense and engaging experience where every spin counts.
GAMOMAT is releasing Roman Legion Flaming Link via its Remote Gaming Server, G‑RGS, and through the Bragg HUB.
Check out a preview of the game by following this link: https://vimeo.com/1086691026/3244baae26
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2025 Gaming in Spain Conference once again brought together key stakeholders in Spain’s regulated iGaming industry.
If you were there, thank you for attending – also on behalf of our co-hosts Xavi Muñoz and ECIJA Law Firm!
Willem van Oort, Founder of Gaming in Spain, commented: “We are extremely pleased to have organized another successful Gaming in Spain Conference. All major stakeholders in Spain’s regulated online gambling market were present, as well as several experts from Brazil and other Latin American countries who highlighted the opportunities offered by these transatlantic markets. We almost can’t wait to see everyone again next year!”
In case you missed the event, full video recordings of key sessions are included below.
Mikel Arana, Director General, DGOJ: “Algorithms, advertising & deposit limits: Outlines and obligations”
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