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Football: FC Emmen can still have Bernadou against Ajax
sport">3:52 PM Lucas Bernadou can play in the home match of his club FC Emmen against Ajax on Saturday evening.
sport">The 20-year-old French midfielder received a red card in the 1-0 away game against AZ on Sunday when he stood on the foot of Jonas Svensson.
sport">The professional football prosecutor dismissed the red card on Monday after viewing the images, which means that Bernadou is not suspended.
Football: Pardew to work as technical director CSKA Sofia
sport">3:20 PM Alan Pardew has found a new job after his short-lived adventure as trainer of ADO Den Haag. The 59-year-old Briton starts working as technical director of CSKA Sofia from Bulgaria.
sport">His employment in the Netherlands was only the first adventure outside the Netherlands. Before that, Pardew was the home trainer of West Ham United, Southampton and Newcastle United, among others.
sport">CKSA Sofia is third in the Bulgarian league, with 5 points less than leader Loedogorets. In addition, Pardew’s new club played one more match.
Handball: Orange starts EC in Danish city Kolding
sport">2:16 PM The Dutch handball players start the European Championship next week in the Danish city of Kolding. More than a week before the start of the tournament, this port city on the Jutland peninsula has been established as the second playing location, next to Herning. Denmark would organize the European Championship together with Norway, but by order of the health authorities and politicians, the Norwegians withdrew last week due to the tightened corona rules.
sport">The European handball federation EHF therefore had to search for an alternative together with Denmark. They decided to play the tournament entirely on Danish soil. On Monday, the government in Denmark gave the green light for this.
sport">The Dutch handball players would initially start the tournament in the Norwegian city of Trondheim, but the Orange now goes to Kolding. The world champion will start the European Championship next Friday against Serbia.
Football: Tottenham Hotspur has lost more than 70 million euros
sport">12:54 pm Tottenham Hotspur suffered a loss of £ 63.9 million in the past financial year, converted to EUR 71.7 million. Playing football in empty stadiums, due to the corona virus, is the main cause of the negative result.
sport">The London football club’s turnover was £ 402.4 million at the end of June, up from £ 460.7 million the previous year. Television and media revenues fell from £ 149.9 million last year to £ 95.2 million this year. Tottenham’s net debt increased from £ 534.3 million to £ 604.6 million.
sport">“We are currently in one of the most challenging times ever,” said Chairman Daniel Levy. “The impact of the pandemic on our earnings is significant and could not have come at a worse time as we have just built a £ 1.2 billion stadium funded with club resources and long-term debt.”
sport">Levy also said the loss could reach £ 150 million next year if stadiums remain empty this entire season.
Athletics: Cheptegei one of five contenders for title athlete of the year
sport">12.27 pm: Joshua Cheptegei is one of the five contenders for the title of Male Athlete of the Year. The Ugandan set a world record in the 10,000 meters on the track in October, while he already set the world record in the 5000 meters in Monaco in September, also on the track.
sport">Cheptegei also holds the world records in the 5 kilometers and 15 kilometers on the road and he is the reigning world champion in the 10,000 meters.
sport">American shot putter Ryan Crouser, Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis, German javelin thrower Johannes Vetter and Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm are the other four nominees.
sport">World Athletics will announce who will be awarded the title on December 5. In 2018 and 2019, the prize went to Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge.
Handball: Handball player Groot ends her career after this season
sport">11.59 am: Handball player Nycke Groot ends her career after the current season. The 32-year-old Groot has announced this on the website of her club Odense.
sport">“After many years of handballing at the highest level, I am physically and mentally exhausted,” says Groot. “If you want to play at the highest level, you have to have a spare and I feel that the batteries are almost empty. So it’s time to stop. I look forward to ending the season in Odense and will do everything I can to finish with a title. ”
sport">Groot won silver at the World Cup 2015 and European Championship 2016 and bronze at the World Cup 2017 and European Championship 2018 with Orange. She was missing during the World Cup last year, where the Netherlands became world champion. At the beginning of 2019, she put an end to her international career.
sport">Last month, Groot surprisingly belonged to the pre-selection of Orange for this year’s European Championship. However, she was not among the final roster that was announced in early November.
sport">“Of course we respect and support the decision that Nycke has made,” said Ulrik Kirkely, Odense’s coach. “Nycke is a fantastic and talented handball player with a great career behind her. She has meant an incredible amount and still means a lot to Odense Handball, both on and off the field. ”
sport">Dione Housheer, Tess Wester and Lois Abbingh are also under contract with Odense.
sport">Before her time in Denmark, Groot was successful with the Hungarian Gyori, where she won the Champions League twice. Before that she played abroad for the Danish clubs Holstebro and Midtjylland.
Football: Russian referee Karasjov leads Ajax against Midtjylland
sport">11.27 am: Referee Sergej Karasjov will lead Ajax’s home game against FC Midtjylland in the Champions League on Wednesday. The Russian will receive assistance in the Johan Cruijff ArenA from linesmen Igor Demesjko and Maksim Gavrilin. Vitali Mesjkov is the video referee on duty.
sport">Karasjov also led Ajax in the spring of 2017 during a home game with Schalke 04 (2-0) in the quarter finals of the Europa League. Three weeks ago Ajax won the away match against FC Midtjylland with 1-2 and can assure itself of European football after the winter break during the return against the Danes.
sport">Ajax also holds good papers for a place in the eighth final of the Champions League with a second victory over Midtjylland. Halfway through the group stage, Liverpool is the leader of the group with 9 points, followed by Ajax (4 points), Atalanta (4 points) and Midtjylland (0 points).
sport">Liverpool can already secure a place in the last sixteen clubs in the Champions League on Wednesday during the home game with Atalanta.
Football: FIFA suspends African Football Association boss for 5 years
sport">11.25 am: The president of the African Football Association has been suspended by FIFA for 5 years. Ahmad Ahmad is said to have been guilty of corruption, according to the World Football Association. Ahmad had been president of the African Federation since March 2017 and wanted to be re-elected next spring.
sport">FIFA writes in a statement that the independent ethics committee found Ahmad guilty of offering and accepting gifts and embezzling funds.
sport">Ahmad may not hold a position in the football world for 5 years, both nationally and internationally. The football driver must also pay a fine of 200,000 Swiss francs (converted almost 185,000 euros).
Cycling: Astana continues longer with Sánchez and brothers Izagirre
sport">11.05 am: Astana – Premier Tech has extended the contract of Spanish champions Luis León Sánchez (36). The Kazakh team extended the commitments of no fewer than seven riders, including those of the Spaniards Gorka and Ion Izagirre, until 2021.
sport">“I am happy to continue with the team. I feel very comfortable here, because it is a trusted team with a professional environment. I also know my role within the team, but I still get my chances to show myself, ”said Sánchez.
sport">“I’ve been in the team for years, but my motivation and ambitions remain the same. With my experience, I think I can take the young drivers by the hand, but also help our GC leaders get the best possible results. After a difficult 2020 season, I am looking forward to 2021. Hopefully it will be a normal cycling season again for us. ”
sport">Sánchez won twice the Clásica San Sebastián (in 2010 and 2012), four stages and the overall victory in Paris-Nice (2009), the Tour Down Under (2005), four stages in the Tour and gold at the European Games in Baku ( 2015). In August he became the Spanish road champion for the first time.
sport">Italians Manuele Boaro and Davide Martinelli, Colombian Rodrigo Contreras and Dane Jonas Gregaard will also continue with Astana for a year longer.
Cyclocross: Netherlands with small selection to first World Cup cyclocross
sport">10.05 am: The Netherlands is participating with a relatively small group in the first cyclo-cross World Cup competition of the new season, next weekend in Tabor in the Czech Republic. National coach Gerben de Knegt selected six men (Lars van der Haar, Corné van Kessel, David van der Poel, Stan Godrie, Maik van der Heijden and Gosse van der Meer) and nine women (Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, Annemarie Worst, Lucinda Brand, Yara Kastelijn, Inge van der Heijden, Shirin van Anrooij, Denise Betsema, Puck Pieterse and Sophie de Boer).
sport">“The health situation in the Czech Republic has only allowed competitive sport again since last week and we therefore advise athletes to limit their movements outside the competition area as much as possible. At the moment only professionals are allowed to practice their sport in our country, which is why we only delegate cyclocross riders for the elite categories ”, says De Knegt.
sport">The cyclo-cross World Cup has been thinned out due to the corona virus and currently consists of five competitions. After Tabor, Namur (December 20), Dendermonde (December 27), Hulst (January 3) and Overijse (January 24) follow.
Basketball: NBA Champion LA Lakers brings in ‘best reserve’
sport">08.30 amLos Angeles Lakers has strengthened itself with American basketball player Montrezl Harrell, who was named ‘Sixth Man’ of the year last season. That is the prize for the best player who enters the field from the couch. Harrell has played for the other Los Angeles club, the Clippers, for the past three years.
sport">The 26-year-old center reached a so-called double-double (twice in double digits) eleven times last season in games in which he started on the bench. LA Clippers finished second behind the Lakers in the regular season. In the second round of the playoffs, Denver Nuggets proved too strong.
sport">The Lakers, led by LeBron James, took their seventeenth NBA title. The LA club recently strengthened itself with the German Dennis Schröder, who finished second behind Harrell in the election of ‘Sixth Man’. According to American media, the Lakers are about to also bring in 35-year-old Spaniard Marc Gasol. His older brother Pau previously played with the Lakers and then took two titles. Marc Gasol became champion of the NBA with Toronto Raptors last year.
Football: Kuipers and Makkelie to France in Champions League
sport">07.51 am: Dutch referees Björn Kuipers and Danny Makkelie both whistle a match in the Champions League in France on Tuesday. Kuipers is in charge of the game between Stade Rennes and Chelsea, which starts at 6.55 pm in Roazhon Park. Makkelie gives the first whistle at 9 p.m. in the Parc des Princes at the match Paris Saint-Germain – RB Leipzig.
sport">PSG and Leipzig faced each other in the semi-finals of the Champions League last season. The French champion defeated the German club in Lisbon 3-0 and reached the final, in which Bayern Munich was too strong (0-1).
sport">The star team from the French capital has started the group stage poorly, with two defeats and only one victory. Three weeks ago, PSG lost 2-1 in Germany to Leipzig, which has 6 points and therefore leads the group together with Manchester United.
sport">Chelsea, the club of former Ajax player Hakim Ziyech, among others, already has 7 points in group E. Rennes only took 1 point. At the beginning of this month, Chelsea won 3-0 against the French team at Stamford Bridge.
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