The world record holder for the hammer (86.74 m) Yuriy Sedikh died on Tuesday, September 15, at the age of 66. The European Athletics Federation announced it. The greatest hammer thrower in history Considered the greatest hammer thrower in history, Sedikh, who later took Ukrainian nationality, broke the world record six times in his 15-year … Read more
13 minutes. That’s the time it took Cristiano Ronaldo to open the scoring against Young Boys Bern for his Champions League return with Manchester United. Again tenured at the forefront of the attack Red Devils, the Portuguese, well served by Bruno Fernandes, concluded from the inside of the right between the legs of Von Ballmoos. … Read more
Clément Poitrenaud, coach of the three-quarters of Toulouse, was not completely satisfied by the clear success of his team against Toulon (41-10) : – – “Certainly, we score tests in the first period, but zero passes: two balls carried, two interceptions. We weren’t that dominant. We have even been broken three or four times, but … Read more
Maybe, this Saturday, Patrick Arlettaz will have a thought for March 22, 2014. More than seven years in the rearview mirror, the last confrontation between Perpignan and Biarritz in Top 14. The coach of Usap is the only survivor, staff and group of the two clubs combined, from this other era, which had recently seen … Read more
More than 150 medalists from Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, like the handball player Luc Abalo or the judoka Clarisse Agbégnénou, were promoted on Friday and were granted the Legion of Honor or the National Order of Merit. This is a special promotion, traditionally awarded after an Olympic edition, and the list of which was … Read more
Alexander Zverev, 4th in the world and finalist last year, qualified with authority with for the US Open semifinals, by removing 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 6-4 South African Lloyd Harris (46th), Wednesday in New York. The 24-year-old German could then cross paths with Novak Djokovic at Flushing Meadows, if the Serbian No. 1 in the world, … Read more
The arrival of the player at Paris Saint-Germain was one of the media soap operas of the summer, deciphered this evening in Messi, the legend in Paris on C8. This summer, the news had the effect of a bombshell around the world. After twenty-one years at FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi left his heart club to … Read more
The Netherlands demonstrated against Turkey on Tuesday evening in a qualifying match for the 2022 World Cup. The Turks were in a nightmare all evening: after the opening of the scoring on a brilliant combination between Memphis Depay and Klaasen (1e), the two men reversed the roles to double the stake (16e) before Memphis, with … Read more
In the sky of the Parc des Princes, many are the stars to have settled since 2011 and the change of dimension of the club of the capital. Ibrahimovic, Neymar and Mbappé have been, in ten years, the most brilliant of all. But Messi has no equal on the football planet. Three days after the … Read more
More than figures, images and strong emotions will have marked these Games organized in unprecedented conditions. Those of the Paralympic coronations of the Italian fencer “Bebe” Vio or the German jumper Markus Rehm, nicknamed “Blade Jumper”, rejected from the Olympic Games because of his carbon blades of prostheses. As also those of the two Afghan … Read more