Vuz, the immersive video platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Myco, a Web3 digital streaming service, in a move that aims to reshape the sports and entertainment landscape across the MENA region and beyond.

The collaboration marks the beginning of a long-term alliance aimed at redefining how premium content is delivered, experienced and monetised. The partnership will debut with the Pakistan Super League (PSL), combining Myco’s exclusive streaming rights for the league in the MENA region with Vuz’s cutting-edge immersive video technology to elevate fan engagement.

By integrating Myco’s “Watch & Earn” model—which rewards users for their viewing activity—with Vuz’s immersive virtual experiences, the two platforms promise to deliver a dynamic, interactive way of watching sports. The result is a more rewarding and deeply engaging experience that pushes the boundaries of traditional streaming.

Beyond enhancing viewer enjoyment, the partnership is also focused on creating new monetisation channels, expanding the reach of digital content, and empowering audiences to become active participants in the entertainment economy. Both companies are positioning themselves at the forefront of a digital revolution that aims to turn spectators into stakeholders, reshaping how entertainment is consumed and valued in the region.

NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans men’s and women’s track and field squads captured three top-10 finishes and had athletes qualify for four more finals events on Saturday on day two of the 2025 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships in Houston.

The Privateer men got six points thanks to a third-place finish in the long jump by Christopher Murphy, while pulling in three points on the women’s side after Oxana Bonjorn-Giros finished 7th in the women’s 3000m Steeplechase and Helen Baumgarten’s 8th-place finish in the Heptathlon. 

Madonna Favour, Taj Morris, Baumgarten and Annika Metzger all advanced to finals races on Saturday with standout qualifying performances. Favour will race in the men’s 100m final to go with his 200m qualification from Thursday. Metzger will compete in the women’s 1500m and 800m races, while Morris qualified for the men’s 110m hurdles and Baumgarten in the women’s 100m hurdles. 

Murphy cleared 7.51m in the finals of the long jump competition, taking third place even though he and Northwestern State’s Roy Morris had identical marks. The tiebreaker came on Murphy’s second-best jump, where he cleared 7.48m earlier, besting Morris’ 7.45m in the first round. 

Bonjorn-Giros capped New Orleans’ night with a strong run in the Steeplechase, clocking in with a time of 11:26.09 to earn two points for the Privateers.

Baumgarten set a new personal record in the women’s heptathlon, finishing 8th with 4,657 points, a mark that places her ninth all-time in Privateers history. 

Baumgarten finished 3rd in the long jump with a mark of 5.62m. She hit her best mark on her first try in the javelin, clearing 34.17m and claiming 4th place. After closing the Heptathlon 13th in the 800m at 2:54.95, Baumgarten hit the track again and finished 2nd in her heat and 4th overall in 14.04 seconds to qualify for the women’s 100m hurdles finals, while Olga Skolasinska finished 11th in 14.46 seconds. 

Favour topped the charts in the second heat of the men’s 100m prelims, with his time of 10.40 seconds 2nd-fastest overall in the prelims. Murphy finished 12th in 10.66 seconds, Daryl Bachmann 23rd in 10.86 seconds and Tshilidzi Netshiombo 29th in 11.18 seconds. 

Metzger qualified for Saturday’s women’s 800m finals after finishing second in the race’s opening heat, crossing the line in a time of 2:13.61 which was 5th best overall. 

Morris had the 3rd best time in the opening heat of the men’s 110m and 7th best time overall with a time of 14.53 seconds to advance to Saturday’s final.

Layden Jack finished 10th in the women’s 400m prelims with a time of 55.67 seconds. Darryl George Jr. finished 10th in the men’s 400m with a time of 47.44 seconds, followed by Travian Johnson in 16th in 48.16 seconds and Jameel Williamson in 18th in 48.42 seconds. 

In the field, Christina Davis finished 21st in the women’s shot put with a toss of 10.02m, while Raven Murphy was 25th in the women’s long jump, clearing 5.04m.

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The Privateers will wrap up the 2025 Southland Conference Championships on Saturday at Wendel D. Ley Track & Holloway Field in Houston.

 

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Nina Ndubuisi won No. 17/13 Texas Track and Field’s first-ever SEC track and field title on Friday in record breaking fashion on the second day of the Outdoor Championships. The Longhorn men sit sixth in the standings with 16 points after seven scored events, while the women are seventh with 23 points after eight. 

Ndubuisi claimed the lead and Texas program record on her third attempt that went for 18.74m (61-5.75). She later improved her lead and the new UT record with a personal best throw of 18.91m (62-0.50) on her fourth attempt to claim the SEC title. Her title is the first SEC title, indoor or outdoor/men or women, the Longhorns have won. The throw also took down the late Eileen Vanisi’s 25-year record of 60-0.50 set in 1994. 

Brock Lewis recorded six personal bests in the decathlon to finish fifth overall with a personal best score of 7,259 points. After the first five events, the sophomore was seventh overall, but after a weather delay in the morning, Lewis returned to the track to run the 110-meter hurdles in 14.94. He later threw for 37.59m (123-4) in the discus, cleared a personal best bar of 4.65m (15-3) in pole vault, threw a personal best mark of 49.50m (162-5) in javelin and ran the 1500-meter in 4:36.39. The Boerne, Texas native’s fifth-place finish gave Texas four team points. 

Freshman Meagan Humphries was fifth in the women’s heptathlon scoring a personal best 5,452 points. Her score moved her to No. 4 on the UT All-Time list. Her final three events saw the California native jump for 6.13m (20-1.50) in long jump, record a personal best in javelin with a heave of 32.59m (106-11) and finish the 800-meter in 2:24.19. 

The long jumpers also got points on the board when the men scored seven team points led by Solomon Washington’s fourth-place finish. He equaled his personal best jump of 7.88m (25-10.25) on his last attempt. Kelsey Daniel was seventh with his third-round jump of 7.68m (25-2.50). Aaliyah Foster finished fourth on the women’s side with a mark of 6.17m (20-3) to score five points. 

Logan Patete was the final scorer after finishing sixth in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:54.59. 

Four Longhorns also advanced to Saturday’s finals led by Kendrick Smallwood who posted the fastest qualifying time in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.25. In the women’s 100m hurdles, Akala Garrett qualified for her second final with her time of 13.11. Elizabeth Stockman also advanced to the 1500-meter final with her time of 4:18.86. Kenondra Davis also reached her second final after reaching the 100-meter final with the time of 11.21. It was the second fastest time of the day.

Texas Scorers:

Nina Ndubuisi – Shot Put (1^st) – 10 pts

Aaliyah Foster – Long Jump (4^th) – 5 pts 

Solomon Washington – Long Jump (4^th) – 5 pts 

Eva Jess – 10K – (5^th) – 4 pts 

Brock Lewis – Decathlon – (5^th) – 4 pts 

Meagan Humphries – Heptathlon – (5^th) – 4 pts 

Logan Patete – 3K Steeple – (7^th) – 2 pts 

Isaac Alonso – 10K – (7^th) – 2 pts 

Kelsey Daniel – Long Jump (7^th) – 2 pts 

Audrey MacLean, Emily Rubio and Zoe Wang of the Middlebury women’s track and field squad have qualified for the 2025 NCAA Championship. The top-22 in each event punched their ticket to the event that begins on Thursday, May 22 from.the SPIRE Institute’s Outdoor Track & Field facility in Geneva, Ohio.
 
MACLEAN’S HIGHLIGHTS

• MacLean has picked up where she left off after a stellar rookie campaign, qualifying for the NCAA Championship for the second-consecutive season and fourth overall. She also made the national finals for cross country in each of the last two campaigns.
• The Panther punched her ticket to the Buckeye State in the 3,000 steeplechase and 5,000-meter run. MacLean comes into the championship with the fastest time in Division III for the steeplechase (16:36.94) clocked during the NESCAC Championship and is ranked 12th in the 5,000 at 10:21.15. 
• Her time in the 5,000 is less than 20 seconds from the top performance in the Mideast Region that was clocked by Vassar’s Haley Schoenegge (16:17.29).
• MacLean won the steeplechase at the conference championship and claimed second at the Aztec Invitational that featured competitors from all three NCAA Divisions. 
• In the 5,000, the Panther has finished as the runner-up in three-consecutive meets and comes off her career-best time from the Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza hosted by Williams.
• At last season’s NCAA Championship in South Carolina, MacLean claimed All-American honors with her sixth-place showing in the steeplechase.

RUBIO’S HIGHLIGHTS

• Rubio makes her second-career appearance in the NCAA Championship after claiming 21st place in the heptathlon at the 2023 version as a rookie.
• In the high jump, Rubio sits tied for 19th in the country with a career-best leap of 1.67 meters recorded during the Carla Coffey Invitational. 
• The Panther tallied an All-American nod during the winter championships, placing 12th in the pentathlon.
• Rubio is a four-time USTFCCCA All-Region honoree.

WANG’S HIGHLIGHTS

• Wang makes her initial NCAA postseason appearance.
• The senior comes off a program-record pole vault performance at the MIT Final Qualifier, clearing a height of 3.83m. That mark is fourth regionally and tied for 19th in Division III.
• Wang has claimed top-five finishes in four appearances this spring. 
• The Panther has earned All-NESCAC recognition twice and tallied two all-region honors in the event over her career for Middlebury.

ABOUT THE COMPETITION

• There will be a new champion in the 3,000 steeplechase as Central’s Megan Johnson graduated.
• Calvin’s Sophie Bull is the lone returner who finished in the top five during last year’s championships. The Knight is right behind MacLean, stopping the clock at 10:24.32 during the WashU Distance Carnival on March 27. Keira Rogan of Hamilton (10:27.88), Central’s Peyton Steffen (10:33.21) and Ann Brennan of SUNY Geneseo (10:33.41) sit third, fourth and fifth, respectively.
• Faith Duncan, who won the 5,000 in her rookie campaign, will not return to the field for Wilmington (Ohio). Vassar’s Haley Schoenegge claimed bronze last season and comes into the championship seeded third with a clocking of 16:17.29.
• The reigning high jump champion, Sara Hoskins from Loras, has graduated. Hailey Carolan of Cornell College is the lone returner from the top five a year ago. Allie Wildsmith, who claimed a share of 13th last season for Coast Guard Academy, leads the country with her clearance of 1.78m. 
• Washington University-St. Louis’ Yasmin Ruff returns to the field looking to defend her pole vault title. The senior cleared 4.06m last year and enters the championship leading the country with her showing of 4.17m. Runner-up Gracie Holland sits third in the country after clearing 4.05m at last month’s Meet of Champions hosted by Augustana.

CHAMPIONSHIP INFO

• Location: Geneva, Ohio
• Host Site: SPIRE Institute’s Outdoor Track & Field Facility
• Schedule (Event times are approximate and subject to change)

  • Thursday, May 22

    • 12:30 p.m. – Pole Vault (final)
    • 7:35 p.m. – Steeplechase (opening round)

  • Friday, May 23

    • 11:30 a.m. – High Jump (final)
    • 4:55 p.m. – Steeplechase (final)

  • Saturday, May 24

    • 4:25 p.m. – 5,000 (final)

• Championship Central
• Live Results

The three-day NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship runs from May 22-24 at the SPIRE Institute’s Outdoor Track and Field Facility in Geneva, Ohio.

What distinguishes great water polo from a good water polo? The most skilled play happens beneath the surface. Olympians shave their pubes off so opponents don’t tug them off. Others, having smoothing down their regulation fingernails, bite them before play, creating a sharpness that allows them to scratch under water. 

This is something the menacing Jake (Kayo Martin) tells Ben (Everett Blunck) early on in Charlie Pollinger’s The Plague. The film, premiering as part of Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival—follows Ben’s arrival in 2003 for a summer at the Tom Lerner Water Polo camp. Rather than a central part of the drama, water polo is only the mise-en-scène for a thrillingly controlled tale of social contagion, violence and pubescent masculinity which translates European arthouse sensibility stateside. 

Ben is a slightly awkward boy who has recently moved to the West from Boston is keen to fit in. His teammates, a Greek chorus of 12 and 13 year-old boys  with Jake as their bully-in-chief, play explicit rounds of ‘would you rather’ and reel over phallic humour. Their Beta coach (Joel Edgerton)—Daddy Wags—fails to command too much authority. It’s a confident move from Pollinger to keep Edgerton’s role firmly on the sideline—or poolside—allowing the excellent performances of the child actors to shine both as a collective, sportive body and as matching individuals—Lord of the Flies-style. 

At his first lunch, Ben is quickly given the nickname ‘Soppy’ after he is marked out as being unable to pronounce the ‘t’ in ‘stop’. But the real horror lies on the table beyond. Eli, a less athletic, stranger boy—arguably just daring to be himself—is outcast, leper-like, by his peers for having ‘the plague’, his long-sleeves covering a rash across his torso.