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Caracas, June 3 (Ians) Sampdoria midfielder Tomas Rincon and River Plate striker Salomon Rondon were among 32 players named in Venezuela’s squad on Friday for friendlies against Honduras and Guatemala.

Manager Fernando Batista also included Inter Miami forward Josef Martinez, Girona midfielder Yangel Herrera, Santos playmaker Yeferson Soteldo and Real Valladolid midfielder Darwin Machis, reports Xinhua.

But there was no place for goalkeeper Wuilker Farinez, who is continuing his recovery from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Venezuela will meet Honduras in Washington on June 15 and Guatemala in Connecticut three days later.

Following is the Venezuela squad:

Goalkeepers: Joel Graterol (Panetolikos), Alain Baroja (Caracas), Rafael Romo (Universidad Catolica), Javier Otero (Orlando City).

Midfielders: Tomas Rincon (Sampdoria), Jose Martinez, Cristian Casseres Jr, Daniel Pereira (Austin Fc), Yangel Herrera (Girona Fc), Junior Moreno (Fc Cincinnati), David Martinez (Monagas), Eduard Bello (Mazatlan), Samuel Sosa (Emelec), Jhon Murillo (Atletico San Luis), Jefferson...

Kcet won a leading six awards on Saturday night in a livestream ceremony to bestow the 2022 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards. ABC7 and NBC4 followed with five wins apiece at the show hosted by Spectrum News 1 journalist Giselle Fernández from the Television Academy Plaza in North Hollywood.

The ceremony honored locally produced programs in the categories of Live and Breaking News Coverage, Crime and Social Issues, Culture and History, the Arts, Human Interest, Sports, and the Environment.

KTLA5 won one of the big awards on the night, for Regularly Scheduled Daily Evening Newscast, for its 11 p.m. newscast. NBC4 won for morning newscast while Kvea’s Noticiero Telemundo 52 won for daytime.

Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma presented this year’s Governors Award to Ktla’s Gayle Anderson for her “contributions to television broadcasting in the greater Los Angeles area.”

Here’s the full winners list:

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Local public broadcaster Kcet led all outlets at this year’s Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, with six total, out of 15 nominations. At the ceremony, held Saturday night at the Television Academy’s headquarters in North Hollywood, ABC-owned Kabc and NBC-owned Knbc tied for second place, with five.

This is the sixth year in a row that Kcet won the most, having landed nine last year.

In the key newscast categories, Ktla won the regularly scheduled daily evening newscast (7 p.n. to 12 a.m.), while Knbc’s “Today In LA” was tops for morning newscast and Kvea’s “Noticiero Telemundo 52 A Las 6Pm” was tops for daytime newscast (11 a.m. to 7 p.m.).

Local cable news upstart Spectrum News 1 had landed the most nominations, with 23 nods. Eligibility for this year’s L.A. Area Emmy Awards was between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021. The Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards honor...