the Frenchman Maxime Montaggioni won the gold
Published on : 11/03/2022 – 10:09 French snowboarder Maxime Montaggioni won gold in banked slalom (UL category) on Friday March 11 at the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. On the Genting snow park, the 32-year-old from Nice beat the Chinese Ji Lijia and Zhu Yonggang. Former taekwondo specialist, born without a right forearm, Maxime Montaggioni […]
agreement reached between MLB and players to start the season
The North American Baseball League (MLB) has reached a tentative agreement with the players’ union on a new collective bargaining agreement, paving the way for a regular season start on April 7, US media reported Thursday. If ratified, the deal will end weeks of long deadlocked negotiations between the two sides, which culminated in 99 […]
work on the Aubervilliers training pool suspended again
Published on : 09/03/2022 – 14:39 The Paris Administrative Court of Appeal ordered Wednesday, March 9 the judgment ” without delay » work on the training pool in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis) for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, almost a month after having invalidated the local urban plan allowing the partial destruction of allotment gardens. “ The […]
China and Canada celebrate
Published on : 09/03/2022 – 14:47 Thanks in particular to the title of its veteran Brian Mckeever in the cross-country sprint, Canada took second place on Wednesday March 9 in the Paralympic medal table in Beijing. Canada, with 16 medals including seven titles, overtakes Ukraine (19, including 6 gold) and remains behind China (31, 10 […]
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 […]
out of form, Peter Sagan is not at the start of the 3rd stage of Tirreno-Adriatico
Published on : 09/03/2022 – 15:40 The Slovak Peter Sagan, who arrived in Tirreno-Adriatico in poor shape due to a fever last week, gave up the start of the 3rd stage on Wednesday March 9, the organizers of the Italian race announced. Winter recruit of the French team TotalEnergies, the triple world champion (2015, 2016 […]
The Belgian Wout van Aert takes power over Paris-Nice
Published on : 09/03/2022 – 16:23 The Belgian Wout van Aert won the 4th stage of Paris-Nice, a 13.4 kilometer time trial run on Wednesday March 9 in Montluçon, ahead of two of his teammates from the Jumbo formation, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic and the Australian Rohan Dennis. Van Aert took on the leader’s yellow […]
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 […]
Frenchman Benjamin Daviet in gold
Published on : 09/03/2022 – 11:40 French skier Benjamin Daviet, from Haute-Savoie, won gold in cross-country sprint skiing (standing category) on Wednesday March 9 at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, bringing a sixth medal to France. On the sunny slopes of the Nordic site of Zhangjiakou, the native of Annecy beat the German Marco Maier […]
Mads Pedersen wins the sprint of the 3rd stage of Paris-Nice
Published on : 08/03/2022 – 16:12 Dane Mads Pedersen won the 3rd stage of Paris-Nice in the sprint on Tuesday March 8 at Dun-le-Palestel in Creuse, on the eve of the time trial. Frenchman Christophe Laporte retained the leader’s yellow jersey despite an apparent minor fall in the final hectometres. In an uphill sprint, Pedersen […]