Real Madrid boycotts Ballon d’Or: An unprecedented scandal – Sport
Because Real Madrid striker Vinicius was not voted the best player of the past season, Spain’s record champions are sulking – and boycotting the Ballon d’Or gala in Paris. The surprising winner is a Spaniard: European champion Rodri from Manchester City. Nobody can say that Vinicius Júnior, 24, was not warned. “Ballon d’Or in danger,” […]
Bundesliga: Union finds itself again – Sport
Part of the liturgy at 1. FC Union Berlin is to mercilessly whistle at the video referee (VAR) when the players are being read out. His efforts are, to put it mildly, rarely appreciated: “You are destroying our sport!” is what they like to sing Choir, to the tune of an old gospel called “Just […]
Arsenal FC in the Premier League: A team as tense as its coach – Sport
Arsenal‘s anger was once again directed at the referee. This time the fans whistled at Anthony Taylor, who, in their view, mistakenly stopped a challenge in the penalty area in the 90th minute that might have led to the winning goal against Liverpool FC. Striker Gabriel Jesus received a yellow card after the final whistle […]
TSV 1860 Munich at Energie Cottbus: A strange debacle – Sport
The cute park railway runs past the Friendship Stadium just a few meters away, it connects several Cottbus sights, but is going into its winter break next week. That’s why the TSV 1860 Munich supporters were the last away fans of the year to book a trip, and after what happened in the stadium on […]
Stuttgart’s El Bilal Touré: From a newcomer to the stage to an indispensable player for VfB – Sport
The football week didn’t start particularly well for El Bilal Touré. He was able to see it as an honor that coach Sebastian Hoeneß sent him onto the big stage in the second half, right into the Champions League game at Juventus Turin. However, there were two or three pictures there that raised doubts about […]
Formula 1 in Mexico: Again a penalty affects the title fight – Sport
This race, it was clear before the lights went out at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, would have a special place in the history books of Formula 1. Regardless of who would end up on the podium after the 71 laps. For Fernando Alonso it was an anniversary Grand Prix of a dimension that must have […]
Sunday games in the Bundesliga: Götze’s anniversary goal is not enough – Sport
1. FC Union Berlin didn’t let itself be deterred by a goal scored by Mario Götze and remains unbeaten at home in the Bundesliga. The Köpenickers lost points in their own stadium for the first time this season in the 1-1 (0-1) draw against Eintracht Frankfurt, but still improved to fourth place in the table, […]
“Empire State” vs. “California Love” – Sports
It was the denouement of one of the most exciting and intense moments to exist across all sports – on the biggest stage baseball has to offer: World Series, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Yankees. Both clubs had achieved a total of 90,000 individual moments this season, and now the first game of the […]
Munich wins the Bavarian Zitter Derby – Sport
On Friday, Nick Weiler-Babb, who is currently in strong early form, issued a warning down in the winding catacombs of the SAP Gardens: “They play up and down super fast, take a lot of throws. We want to set the tone early.” Weiler-Babb wasn’t referring to the top European team Olympiacos Piraeus; the Munich team […]
Basketball – First defeat of the season for the Wagner brothers in the NBA – Sports
Memphis (dpa) – The <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/nba-nets-dominate-bulls-in-the-top-duel-in-the-east/" title="NBA: Nets dominate Bulls in the top duel in the east”>Orlando Magic suffered their first defeat of the season in the NBA with the world champion brothers Franz and Moritz Wagner. The team from Florida clearly lost 111:124 (43:69) to the Memphis Grizzlies in the North American professional basketball […]