Lenient sanction for Marco Verratti (PSG), suspended for a firm match after his remarks on arbitration
The Italian midfielder of PSG Marco Verratti will have to serve a suspension of one firm match, accompanied by a suspended match for his remarks on the arbitration of Nantes-PSG (3-1), announced the Professional Football League (LFP ). The suspension of the Italian starting on March 8, he will miss the reception of Bordeaux on […]
Eurocup: Asvel and Bourges qualified for the quarter-finals
Three French clubs are in the quarter-finals of Eurocoupe. In Lublin (Poland), last week, Asvel managed to snatch a draw (66-66) in the dying seconds of their round of 16 first leg. This Wednesday evening, the Lionesses quickly folded the game against the Poles, leading by 13 points at halftime and 29 at the end […]
Victoria Azarenka “devastated” by the war in Ukraine
Victoria Azarenka has not remained silent on the Ukrainian conflict while her country, Belarus, is engaged alongside Russia. The 32-year-old tennis player posted a statement on her social media on Wednesday, saying to herself “devastated by the actions that have taken place in recent days against and in Ukraine”. The double winner of the Australian […]
Russians remain admitted to ATP, WTA and Grand Slam tournaments
Russians and Belarusians will be able to continue to take part in tournaments on the circuit, including those of the Grand Slam, but are excluded from the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup, world tennis authorities announced on Tuesday. Daniil Medvedev, brand new world number one, Andrey Rublev (6th), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (14th) or […]
FIFPro announces the death of two Ukrainian players
Vitalii Sapylo (21) was a great hope for Carpathians Lviv (Ukrainian D2). Dmytro Martynenko (25) had a little more experience, he played for FC Gostomel, where he was the top scorer last season, in the second amateur league of the Kiev region. The two Ukrainian players died during the war raging in their country, invaded […]
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 […]
Rigobert Song new coach of Cameroon
Since the African Cup of Nations, we knew that Toni Conceiçao was on an ejection seat. The Cameroon coach, third in the competition, was widely criticized internally, and in particular by Samuel Eto’o, the president of the Federation. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting had even announced his intention to no longer wear the Lions jersey under his […]
Winner of the WTA tournament in Guadalajara, Sloane Stephens puts an end to four years of failure
Falling to 57th in the world in a WTA ranking of which she was number 3 in July 2018, American Sloane Stephens finally returned to success on Sunday by winning the WTA 250 tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico. It is the seventh trophy of his singles career but the first since Miami in March 2018. In […]
Ligue 1: Reims delays the kick-off of the meeting in Monaco in support of Ukraine
In order to show its solidarity with Ukraine, invaded by Russia, the Stade de Reims decided to enter the field five minutes after Monaco, at the Louis-II stadium, thus delaying the kick-off of the League match. 1 scheduled at 1 p.m. Jean-Pierre Caillot, at the microphone of Prime Video, justified wanting “symbolically show that we […]
Iga Swiatek flies over the WTA 1000 final in Doha
Mobile, determined and precise, Iga Swiatek made short work of Anett Kontaveit on Saturday in the one-sided final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha (6-2, 6-0 in 1h04). The Pole thus put a superb end to an almost perfect week in Qatar, during which only the Swiss Viktorija Golubic (36th WTA) managed to take […]