The American Olympic basketball champion who plays in Yekaterinburg, Brittney Griner, has been arrested in Russia on narcotics charges. She faces up to ten years in prison. Considered one of the best players in the world, she had played against Bourges, at the Prado in 2020.
Support
As on all basketball courts in France, this weekend, a minute of applause took place on Saturday, before the kick-off of the LFB match between Basket Landes and Bourges in support of the Ukrainian people.
Les Berruyères during the match against Mont-de-Marsan
spies
The staff of Moulon, including its president David Barbosa and its coach Youcef Benghourieb, came to observe, last Wednesday, at the Gesset stadium in Saint-Amand their next opponent in the quarter-finals of the Cher Cup during the meeting ASSA – Bourges Portuguese ( 5-1). They were welcomed by Saint-Amandois President Philippe Gastelet.
Like at home
Paralympic champion, badminton player Lucas Mazur was in Bourges on Saturday. A city he knows well for having been a resident of Creps. With his club Salbris, he beat Bourges in National 2.
Lucas Mazur in the Salbris jersey.
Boars
The complicated playing area of the Louis-Dugauguez stadium in Sedan made the Castelroussins footballers (National) plague on Friday. Berri chief recruiter Julien Cordonnier spoke of “shame” and asked to “respect football and the players” on his Instagram account. He concluded his message as follows: “The Boars are in the fields, not on the ground”…
An international Paris-Vierzon?
If the Paris-Châlette-Vierzon cycling race will be held on September 24, the CCV, the organizing club, is already preparing the event. Thus, he has already received the application of a Norwegian team who would like to join the peloton.
Suitcases loaded
This Wednesday, the Tango had to load their luggage to go to Mont-de-Marsan, where they will face Basket Landes tomorrow in the quarter-final first leg of the Eurocup. The day after the match, Friday, they will fly to Lille. Where they will play, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, their semi-final of the Coupe de France on Sunday. They therefore do not pass through the Berry between the two.
Supporter
Bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics last summer with the France team, Valériane Vukosavljevic has put her career on hold this season due to pregnancy. Mom for a few weeks, the former Tango (who achieved the double cup-championship in 2018 with the TBB) was, with her daughter, on the bench of Basket Landes, Saturday, during the Women’s League clash against Bourges. Insufficient support for the Mons team, beaten by the Berruyères (68-72).
Valériane Vukosavljevic.
Zerdouk
Deputy to Amir Abdou since 2017 at the head of the Comoros football team, Younes Zerdouk has been appointed chief coach. The 48-year-old Franco-Moroccan played in Bourges during his playing career, defending the colors of FCB.
Injured referee
Saturday, the kick-off of the meeting between Vierzon and Saran, in National 3 football, was delayed by a quarter of an hour. The reason ? The injury of the referee, Nicolas Schroeyers, before the meeting. He was replaced by his assistant Yves Donfouet Djifo.
Gueye leaves with the ball
Former Bourges Foot player, Daouda Gueye now plays for Olympique de Marseille where he is part of the reserve team, in National 2. On Saturday, he distinguished himself against Jura Sud where other former Berruyers play that are Moura, Sidibé, or Ebongue. The Senegalese striker thus offered himself a hat-trick which allowed the Olympians to win (3-0). And as tradition dictates, after such a performance, he was allowed to return home with the match ball. Nice.
Daouda Gueye.
Gourmand
Orléans had put on a big show during the Federal 2 rugby derby against Bourges on Saturday evening. The spectators at the Marcel-Garcin stadium were treated to paella and the party continued late in the VIP area, judging by the strobe lights reflecting off the stadium car park. Because, in the end, it was Bourges who paid the bill: 34-17.
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