Berlusconi brings Balotelli to Monza | Sport

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Football: Balotelli until the end of the season at Berlusconi’s Monza

sport">10.47 pm: Mario Balotelli has signed a contract until the end of the season with Italian club Monza, which plays in Serie B. The fickle striker underwent a medical examination at the club on Monday, which confirmed that Balotelli had signed until the end of June.

sport">Balotelli played for Brescia in Serie A last season. The 36-time international played for the club until the corona break, where he did not show himself during the football-free months of April and May. When he wanted to train again in June, he was denied entry. Brescia had fired him in the meantime.

sport">Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has owned the Monza football club since 2018. He still knows the attacker from his two short spells with AC Milan. That club sold Berlusconi in 2017 for 740 million euros. At Monza, Balotelli will join former Milan player Kevin Prince Boateng, who signed with the club in September.

Football: DFL fears billion less revenue in Bundesliga

sport">5.13 pm: The Bundesliga expects a drop in turnover of about a billion euros if the spectators have to stay away all season. That is about 20 percent less than the turnover in the last ‘normal’ season 2018-2019, the DFL (Deutsche Fussball Liga) announced.

sport">DFL boss Christian Seifert said it had seen a 6 percent drop last season, about $ 250 million after the season was suspended by the corona pandemic and later played out without an audience.

sport">However, the drop in turnover in the current season will be much stronger, according to Seifert. “The total loss due to the absence of fans will be around 650 million euros compared to the 2018-2019 season,” he said. According to him, there is another loss of 250 million that clubs miss out on the transfer market and there will also be less income from sponsors.

World Cup cyclocross in Ostend continues, but without an audience

sport">4.13 pm: The World Cup cyclocross on January 30 and 31, 2021 in Ostend, Belgium, will continue, but without an audience. The organization of the world title battle announced that it has been given permission to continue with the preparations.

sport">After various consultation moments between the international cycling union UCI, Belgian Cycling, the Flemish government and the City of Ostend, the definitive ‘outlines’ for the 72nd edition of the World Cup have been set, the organization says. There will be an extra financial contribution from both Flanders and Ostend, and the UCI, Belgian Cycling and the organizing committee will provide an allowance.

sport">“We have always believed in it and had examined all the different scenarios,” said organizer Rik Debeaussaert. “We are therefore very proud that all the hard work in recent weeks, months and years has finally led to a decision. Now we only look ahead and count down the days to the spectacle. ”

sport">“The World Cup is the high mass of the season for our Flemish top riders but also for TV-watching Flanders,” declared the Flemish Minister of Sport Ben Weyts.

Football: Red card costs Touré and El Hankouri two matches

sport">3.47 pm: Vitesse and FC Groningen have to do two games without Idrissa Touré and Mo El Hankouri respectively. Both players were sent off with a direct red card last weekend. Six football players from the premier division went to the side with two yellow cards.

sport">The professional football prosecutor made Touré and El Hankouri both a three-game settlement proposal, one of which was conditional. Vitesse and FC Groningen agreed.

sport">German midfielder Touré was sent off on Saturday against PEC Zwolle after more than an hour of play with a 1-0 lead, after standing on the leg of an opponent. With ten men, Vitesse went down in Zwolle (2-1). El Hankouri received a red card for his role in a riot in injury time of FC Groningen’s away match against AZ (1-2). The substitute grabbed Owen Wijndal by the throat.

sport">Adrián Dalmau (FC Utrecht), Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo), Pol Llonch (Willem II), Roy Gelmi (VVV-Venlo), Fredrik Midtsjø and Bruno Martins Indi (AZ) are automatically suspended for one match, because they have two yellow from the field. VVV captain Danny Post also misses his club’s next game, because he received his fifth yellow card of the season against RKC on Saturday.

Volleyball: Success for Grothues in legal conflict with former employer

sport">2.57 pm: Volleyball player Maret Grothues has won the legal battle with the Polish club Chemik Police. Grothues signed a contract with the then champion of Poland in 2017, but resigned a few months later because the club failed to fulfill contractual obligations. The case came to the international sports tribunal CAS and was settled in favor of the captain of Orange. “This decision shows that I was right to stand up for my rights,” says Grothues on the website of the Belgian sports law firm Cresta.

sport">The 32-year-old Grothues, who continued her career in 2018 at the Italian club Casalmaggiore, and Chemik Police first looked in vain for a solution with the European association CEV and the world volleyball association FIVB. It is, Cresta reports, the first time that the CAS has spoken out in an appeal case about a labor dispute handled by the FIVB. Grothues says that the statement must also be a message: “Never give up in these kinds of things. You are safe with a good legal team behind you. ”

sport">Grothues now plays with the Turkish Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor.

Football: Manchester United without Cavani and Martial to Leipzig

sport">2.30 pm: Manchester United are heading to Germany without forwards Edinson Cavani and Anthony Martial for the decisive group match in the Champions League against RB Leipzig. Cavani and Martial were injured on Saturday during the won competition match against West Ham United (1-3). Although according to manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer it is a matter of minor injuries, they have to skip the confrontation with Leipzig.

sport">Brazilian midfielder Fred has been suspended, which may give Donny van de Beek the chance for a starting place again. Goalkeeper David De Gea and left back Luke Shaw return to Solskjaer’s selection after injuries.

sport">In group H, ManUnited, Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain all have 9 points. Two clubs advance to the knockout phase. PSG, last season’s losing finalist, will compete in its own Parc des Princes against the eliminated Basaksehir. Solskjaer has a draw with his team against Leipzig to continue. The English won at the end of October at Old Trafford with no less than 5-0 against the German club.

Juniors on Thursday at the European Championship draw in pot 2

sport">12.37 pm: The Juniors will hear on Thursday which countries it will face in the group stage of the European Championship in Hungary and Slovenia. The team of national coach Erwin van de Looi is in the draw in pot 2, together with Italy, Denmark and Portugal. Pot 1 consists of the strongest countries on paper: defending champions Spain, Germany, France and England.

sport">Because the postponed European Championship for A-countries will also be held this summer, the European Championship for players under 21 has been divided into two parts. The group stage will take place from 24 to 31 March. The numbers 1 and 2 of the four groups will advance to the knockout phase, which will be held from May 31 to June 6. The final is in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana.

sport">The draw will take place at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon and will start at 3 p.m. on Thursday.

Football: Björn Kuipers in Champions League to Madrid

sport">09.48 am: Referee Björn Kuipers will be in charge of the game in the Champions League between Real Madrid and Borussia Mönchengladbach on Wednesday. It is a match from group B, in which the battle is still completely open.

sport">Borussia Mönchengladbach enters the final round with 8 points, Sjachtar Donetsk and Real Madrid have 7 points. Internazionale, the Italian club of Stefan de Vrij, also has a chance of a sequel in the Champions League with 5 points.

sport">The first game between Gladbach and Real, at the end of October in Germany, ended in 2-2. Kuipers will give the first whistle at 9 p.m. in the Estadio Alfredo di Stéfano, the stadium on the training complex that Real Madrid is currently using because the large Estadio Santiago Bernabéu is being renovated.

sport">Serdar Gözübüyük acts as the fourth official at FC Barcelona – Juventus on Tuesday in Camp Nou. The two top clubs are already certain of a place in the knockout phase of the Champions League.

Chess tournament Tata Steel continues despite corona

sport">09.45 am: The Tata Steel Chess chess tournament will take place in January. The management of the steel concern has decided this after consultation with the chess union KNSB, NOC * NSF and the local and regional government. It emerged that a tournament with fourteen grandmasters is possible with due observance of the corona measures. It will be the 83rd edition of the event known as the Wimbledon of Chess.

sport">The organization reports that the Dutch grandmaster Anish Giri will participate in Wijk aan Zee, other names will follow soon. Due to the restrictions surrounding the corona virus, the challenger linked to the tournament will lapse and there are no amateur matches. The trip to another location is also missing.

sport">The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 takes place in De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee, from 15 to 31 January.

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