The Spaniard Fernando Rivas, coach of Carolina Marin, in charge of the senior French team
Fernando Rivas, coach of the Spanish Carolina Marin, notably Olympic champion in 2016 and triple world champion (2014, 2015, 2018), is the new manager of the senior French badminton players. The Spaniard was presented this Wednesday morning at Insep, during a press conference devoted to the new organization of performance within the French Badminton Federation. […]
The French men’s team are European indoor archery champions
The French men’s team won the European Indoor Championship in Lasko, Slovenia. Thomas Chirault, 24, Jean-Charles Valladont, 32 and Clément Jacquey, 22, clinched the French’s first indoor European title since 2008, following the 2017 silver medal. Les Bleus beat Belarus 6-0 in the final, with 17 arrows out of 18 in the center (60-57, 60-59, […]
Champions League semi-final return between Orenburg and Yekaterinburg postponed
The semi-final return of the Champions League between the Russian clubs of Orenburg and Ekaterinburg, which was to be played this Friday, has been postponed by the European Federation (ETTU), due to the war in Ukraine. The match must be played outside of Russia, but the impossibility of moving Russian clubs outside the borders makes […]
Tornike Shengelia leaves CSKA Moscow in response to Ukraine invasion
Tornike Shengelia, 30, leaves CSKA Moscow. The Georgian power winger will not complete his second season with the Russian club, which he joined last season on a three-year contract, “to protest against the invasion of Ukraine by Russia”he said on Saturday on Georgian radio. “I do not consider it possible to continue playing for the […]
The Blues attack the World Badminton Championships in Spain
The brothers Toma Junior and Christo Popov, associated in doubles and registered in singles for the first, having preferred to forfeit after their father and coach tested positive for Covid, the Blues will be only eight left in Huelva, Spain, to defend their chances at the Worlds which open this Sunday. From heavy to simple […]
Empty-handed in Tokyo, badminton risks running out of resources
For his third Olympic Games