Two-time Olympic champion Markis Kido dies of heart attack aged 36

Two-time Olympic champion Markis Kido dies of heart attack aged 36

Indonesian badminton player Markis Kido, an Olympic doubles gold medalist, has died aged 36 following a heart attack, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced in a tweet on Monday. The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) said in a statement that former player Candra Wijaya saw Kido collapse while playing badminton at a sports complex in […]

Scotland, the big little country of rugby

Scotland, the big little country of rugby

On one side 5 million Scots and 25,000 licensees, on the other 67 million French and 250,000 licensees. This arithmetic difference has long regulated trips to Murrayfield, the national stadium in Edinburgh, where the different generations of Blues were used to the Scottish wooden spoon, a trophy reserved for nations losing all their matches in […]

“We are preparing for other packages”

“We are preparing for other packages”

After the packages of Penaud and Taofifenua positive for Covid, the coach of the Blues did not hide his fear that other cases would be detected before the match against the Welsh on Friday evening. After the withdrawals of Damian Penaud and Romain Taofifenua, are you afraid that there will be others before Friday’s match?Fabien […]

Badminton. The French team recruits Fernando Rivas, coach of the 2016 Olympic champion

Badminton.  The French team recruits Fernando Rivas, coach of the 2016 Olympic champion

Choice catch for the French Badminton Federation. She announced on Wednesday that she had recruited the Spaniard Fernando Rivas, coach of the 2016 Olympic champion in singles, Carolina Marin, as senior sports performance manager, two and a half years from the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Dual function The world-renowned technician will always remain the coach […]

France recruits the coach of the 2016 Olympic champion

France recruits the coach of the 2016 Olympic champion

The French Badminton Federation has recruited Spaniard Fernando Rivas, the coach of 2016 Olympic singles champion Carolina Marin, as senior sports performance manager, it announced on Wednesday at two and a half years from the Paris 2024 Games. The world-renowned technician will always remain the coach of Carolina Marin, also three-time world champion (2014, 2015 […]

the Blues without Penaud and Taofifenua, positive for Covid, against Wales

the Blues without Penaud and Taofifenua, positive for Covid, against Wales

Hard blow for the Blues before going to Cardiff with the packages of the Clermont winger and the second line of Lyon, positive for Covid. Haouas returns as a substitute, Lebel joins the group as a finisher. A group amputated by two players to challenge Wales on Friday (9 p.m.) at the Principality Stadium in […]

Australian Michael Cheika future coach of Argentina

Australian Michael Cheika future coach of Argentina

The formalization of the successor of Mario Ledesma, who resigned, will be made in the coming days. Australian Michael Cheika, world rugby globetrotter and former Australia coach, will be appointed coach of the Argentine Pumas in succession to Mario Ledesma, a source told the Argentine Federation on Tuesday. “The decision was difficult, but we understood […]

Rugby, a big victory for France in Scotland

Rugby, a big victory for France in Scotland

The French team largely beat Scotland on Saturday February 26 in the Six Nations Tournament. The victory of the Blues, at the Murrayfield stadium, suffers no dispute with a score of 36-17. It allows them to remain undefeated in the Tournament, before the last two meetings against Wales and then against England. France has thus […]

Golf. Serge Ludot, a life dedicated to small ball and young golfers. Sport

Golf.  Serge Ludot, a life dedicated to small ball and young golfers.  Sport

Serge Ludot, after having worked for twenty years at the Saint-Laurent club and the Brittany League, it’s decided, you are retiring? I did not run in the last elections, a year ago. At 84, you have to be reasonable and I told the president of the League, Jean-Luc Poulain. Jean Perrier took over from the […]