Powered by his sterling FFA Cup semi-final comeback, reinvigorated Sydney FC winger Bernie Ibini is itching to take his game back to the A-League.Ibini played his first competitive minutes in nearly 18 months on Wednesday night, blazing off the bench to score the Sky Blues third goal against Canberra Olympic and seal their first final berth.It was a moment that will live long in the memory of the 24-year-old, who thought he may never have played again had he not returned to Australia for medical treatment following a horrible leg injury in Belgium.Ibinis blistering pace in rushing onto Matt Simons cross betrayed no signs of the broken fibula and torn ligaments that still affected his ankle in July when he re-joined Sydney on loan from Club Brugge.Im over the moon, Ibini told AAP.I couldnt have dreamed for a much better comeback ... but theres room for improvement.The fitness will come with playing games so Im definitely hoping for more minutes.Ibini has been named in coach Graham Arnolds squad to face Wellington on Sunday and could well find himself clocking his first A-League minutes since the Sky Blues 2014-15 grand-final loss.From there, the challenge will be pushing his way back into a starting line-up stacked with attacking talent and already featuring in-form right winger Filip Holosko.However, that thought barely fazes Ibini compared to the injury woes and family tragedy hes already overcome.During the most difficult times, as he endured gruelling rehab in a foreign country so far away from family and friends, the Nigerian-born attacker found resilience thinking of his late father, who died unexpectedly in 2013.Losing my father a couple of years back has made me a strong person, and I think that has helped with everything, Ibini said.I always keep his memory close to me especially when Im going through hard times.I want to do well for my family and friends because I know how much they support me through my football. Jim Dombrowski Jersey . LOUIS -- The New Orleans Saints looked like a team playing out the string. John Kasay Jersey .ca NBA Power Rankings, ahead of the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. https://www.saintsjerseyssale.com/2053f-terron-armstead-jersey-saints.html .ca NHL Power Rankings for the second straight week, ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche. Jared Cook Jersey .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Teddy Bridgewater Jersey . The team said Saturday that Lopez was hurt during its 121-120 overtime loss at Philadelphia on Friday. The Nets said they would issue another update next week after consultation with their doctors. Max Verstappen says he believed a place on the front row of the grid was possible after qualifying third for Sundays Mexican Grand Prix.Just 0.8s separated the top eight drivers in a competitive Q3 session, as Verstappen claimed a spot on the second row, 0.350s adrift of Lewis Hamiltons pole time. The Dutchman was within 0.1s of Nico Rosberg and feels that second place could have been achieved had he been able to string together a perfect lap.I think it was getting better and better, so it is a shame in Q3 we couldnt quite get the lap together otherwise I think P2 was definitely possible, Verstappen said. We are not too far behind and we have a different strategy as well, so it will be interesting. You have to be realistic, some other guys were on soft tyres. We had a good feeling with the car all weekend, it was behaving pretty well.At the United States Grand Prix, Red Bull opted to split its approach, which saw Daniel Ricciardo start on the faaster super-soft tyre with Verstappen on the more durable softs.dddddddddddd In Mexico the team decided on the same strategy as both Verstappen and Ricciardo ran with the super-soft tyre in Q2 and will therefore start the race on Pirellis softest available compound for this weekend.Tyre degradation and tyre warm-up caused complaints throughout practice, while drivers continued to struggle in qualifying, particularly during Q3. Despite greater degradation on the super-soft tyre, Verstappen says he has no worries starting on the compound and targets making up places on the run down to Turn 1.Of course there is more degradation than the soft so it is up to me to make it last as long as we can, but at the start with such a long run to the first corner, if we get a good start then we have opportunities from there onwards. ' ' '