Germany qualified for the final of the World Championship in Tampere (Finland) on Saturday after beating the United States (4-3 aet) in the semis. For the title, the German selection will play Sunday (7:20 p.m.) against Canada, winner of Latvia (4-2) earlier. For Germany, this is a historic date. The last time she finished in … Read more
Le Havre will still have to wait. While a victory against Valenciennes would have definitively validated their accession to L1, Luka Elsner’s players again stumbled (0-2). They were beaten for the second time in a row, after their defeat conceded in Annecy (1-0) last week. Everything was however ready to celebrate and record this rise … Read more
The defeat against Sweden (4-0) on Saturday had already hurt the France team. What then of that of the next day against the United States, in Tampere (Finland), for the sixth and penultimate outing of the Blues in the group stage of the World Cup. The players coached by Philippe Bozon have been corrected (9-0). … Read more
But in a perilous trip to Roudourou, the Grenats did no better than a draw (1-1). The inevitable George Mikautadze had yet scored his 23rd goal of the season, with a flat foot full of composure on a superb collective action (21st). After the break, Guingamp, more enterprising, was finally rewarded for his efforts, with … Read more
Beyond winning, manner was more important than ever. Asvel needed at least 14 points more than Bourges to secure a place in the final, and they did so by winning well this Saturday at Astroballe (93-73). In the last period, the Tango was already too far to come back. But Yvonne Anderson (20 points) and … Read more
It was only a matter of time, and the Angevins did not try to pretend: “We were very lucid about the fact that it was almost over”underlined captain Nabil Bentaleb after the defeat conceded this Sunday in Rennes (4-2) which officially sent the SCO to L2. With 5 rounds to go, the main challenge for … Read more
Didier Digard (coach of Nice, after the 1-0 victory Sunday at Troyes during the 33rd day of Ligue 1): “I’m satisfied even if we concede two chances at the end that we shouldn’t concede. I think that after a somewhat complicated period, where we were eagerly awaited. Succeeding in hitting 29 times on goal is … Read more
This is a heavyweight fight that will be played best of seven rounds. On the one hand, the Boston Celtics, second best franchise of the season in the East and finalists last June against Golden State (4-2 defeat). On the other, the Philadelphia Sixers and their superstar, Joel Embiid (29), easy fallers from Brooklyn in … Read more
Vincent Hognon, coach of Grenoble, after the defeat of his team in Bordeaux (3-0), at the microphone of beIn Sports: “We fell against stronger than us, that’s the reality. I would like to see the second goal again (scored by Zuriko Davitashvili when there were two balls in the area) all the same because it … Read more
Bruno Genesio (Rennes coach, beaten 0-1 in Montpellier on Sunday): “We did some good things in the first half, but we weren’t effective. Then we had the ball, but nothing happened. Strangely, the expulsion of Savanier (53rd) cut our legs. We lacked precision on the crosses. We lacked aggressiveness to cut the trajectories. We missed … Read more