boycott, silence, emotions, Natalie Portman… The story of an embarrassing and unprecedented 68th ceremony
This Monday evening the 68th Ballon d’Or ceremony took place at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Between the boycott of Real Madrid, the boos and the coronation of Rodri, immerse yourself in the story of a… special evening. The Ballon d’Or ceremony is supposed to reconcile us, for a moment, with football tainted by […]
Football: Rodri and Bonmatí awarded Ballon d’Or
The Spanish European champion Rodri has been awarded the Ballon d’Or for his outstanding season. The 28-year-old from Manchester City received the award in the evening at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Rodri won the election, which was shared by the magazine for the first time France Football and the European Football Union Uefa, […]
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,” […]
Real Madrid, Golden Ball for a bad loser and forgotten elegance
MOOD – Between the refusal to go to Paris, a press release and reactions on social networks, Casa Blanca stood out for its lack of class. Little. Rodri is class, intelligence, elegance. A certain idea of football. Monday, Real, it was the opposite. Ballon d’or for the sore loser, flush with the daisies, certainly not […]
LIVE – Ballon d’Or: start of the Top 20 revealed, Rodri favorite ahead of Vinicius for the trophy
18:46 George Weah boot and touch “Any Ballon d’Or winner is a huge player. Either way, it will be a very great player who gets it.declared the 1995 winner, questioned by the L’Equipe channel about the identity of the winner. 18:33 Granit Xhaka 16e The hub of Bayer Leverkusen, the undefeated German champion, the Swiss […]
Champions League: One Europe, one table
In our “Green Space” column, Oliver Fritsch, Christof Siemes, Stephan Reich and Anna Kemper take turns writing about the world of football and the world of football. This article is part of ZEIT am Wochenend, issue 43/2024. Other boys my age were into cars. They collected Matchbox models, raved about pumping pistons, and later polished […]
Women’s Euro 2025 qualifications: of the division in Greece, we will only remember the clean sheet of the Red Flames
Facing the 61st nation in the world, the Red Flames (20th) never managed to find the fault. Tessa Wullaert had however warned in our newspaper on Friday: the Greeks had gathered earlier, enough to work more on the collective. And it worked pretty well. Cornered, the opponents never gave in, offering the Ives Serneels gang […]
Hervé Renard back at the head of the Saudi Arabian team?
Two months after his departure from the French women’s team, the 56-year-old coach would be close to returning to service with a nation he knows by heart. Hervé Renard could soon find himself at the head of a selection, two months after leaving the Blue following the elimination in the quarter-finals of the Paris 2024 […]
«I have to go to a club that does not play UEFA competitions»
Play in the league you play and whatever bench you occupy, Mourinho He will never stop being Mourinho. The Portuguese coach will continue to raise the competitive level of the teams he leads and will not hesitate to shout from the rooftops when he clearly feels disadvantaged. Like this Thursday after Fenerbahçe‘s draw against Manchester […]
Mancini officially thanked by the Saudi federation, which targets Hervé Renard
In conflict with the federation, the Italian coach is no longer at the head of Saudi Arabia. Who could remember his former coach, Hervé Renard. Official breakup. The Saudi Football Federation announced on Thursday that it had terminated the contract of Italian coach Roberto Mancini by mutual consent. The name of the new coach “will […]