Bundesliga, BVB: The move of the English national soccer player Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United is almost perfect. On Thursday, BVB confirmed a “fundamental agreement” between the two clubs. The English top club will pay a “fixed transfer fee of EUR 85.0 million”, according to an ad hoc announcement from the listed club. Including bonus payments, the English record champions are said to pay up to 95 million euros for the 21-year-old flank player. According to reports, Sancho has been awarded a five-year contract with the Old Trafford team. The transfer of Sancho is one of the most expensive in the history of the Bundesliga. Only the French Ousmane Dembele cracked the 100 million mark, who moved from BVB to FC Barcelona in 2017 for 105 million euros (plus bonuses of up to 42 million).
National player Kai Havertz moved from Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea last summer for 80 million euros. However, the fee can be increased even further through bonus payments. Sancho’s contract in Dortmund was still valid until June 30, 2023. In the European Championship finals, however, Sancho has only played six minutes, and England won against Germany in the round of 16 (2-0) without Sancho’s help.
Tennis, Wimbledon: Due to a five-set defeat against the two-time winner Andy Murray, the German tennis professional Oscar Otte was eliminated in the second round at Wimbledon. The 27-year-old from Cologne lost on Wednesday in London on Center Court 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4, 4: 6, 2: 6 against the 34-year-old Scot despite a strong performance. Otte had made his way into the main field of the Grand Slam tournament, which was played on grass, for the first time through qualification. Before that, Dominik Koepfer had moved into the third round for the first time at Wimbledon. The world number 62. defeated Kwon Soon Woo from South Korea after almost four hours of play 6: 3, 6: 7 (8:10), 7: 6 (7: 2), 5: 7, 6: 3. This Thursday, Hamburg’s Alexander Zverev will meet the American Tennys Sandgren. In the women’s category, Angelique Kerber and Andrea Petkovic want to make it through to the last 32. A total of eleven German professionals started the Grand Slam tournament, which was played on grass.
Basketball, NBA: Led by old star Chris Paul, the Phoenix Suns have reached the finals of the North American professional basketball league NBA for the third time in their history. The 36-year-old contributed 41 points to a clear 130: 103 at the Los Angeles Clippers. Thus, the Suns, who have never won the championship, prevailed 4-2 in the final series in the west. The Clippers, highly traded before the season, who had to do without their injured Kawhi Leonard, are still waiting for their first participation in the finals. Phoenix meets the Milwaukee Bucks or the Atlanta Hawks in the Endgame series. In the duel to win the Eastern Conference, the score is 2: 2. “That feels damn good,” said Paul, who is in the finals for the first time: “And that after 16 years of hard work, many operations and heavy defeats.”
Soccer, England: Nuno Espírito Santo is the new head coach of the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. As the English football club announced on Wednesday, the 47-year-old received a two-year contract until June 30, 2023. The Portuguese had left Wolverhampton Wanderers by mutual agreement after four years and succeeded José Mourinho, who was on leave. In between, Ryan Mason acted as interim coach at the Spurs. Santo, who once won the Champions League as a player with FC Porto, previously trained with FC Valencia and FC Porto, among others. “I’m happy and looking forward to starting work. We have no time to lose and we have to start working immediately,” said Santo. Tottenham had finished the past season as seventh in the table.
Cycling, Tour de France: Four days after the mass fall caused by a spectator at the start of the Tour de France in Brittany, the wanted woman was arrested by the local police. The news agency reported AFP on Wednesday with reference to investigators. The suspect is therefore a French woman.
The police had already formulated a call for witnesses on social media on Saturday evening. A preliminary investigation into negligent bodily harm has been initiated, the viewer faces up to three months’ imprisonment and a 15,000 euro fine, plus the fact that she escaped in an accident. In addition, claims for damages could be made against the perpetrator.
Around 45 kilometers from the finish of the first tour stage in Landerneau, a young woman stepped onto the road with her back to the speeding field on Saturday. In her hands she carried a sign that read “Allez Omi-Opi” and laughed and held it up to the motorcycle camera. The German professional Tony Martin at the head of the peloton crashed into the poster at full speed, which triggered a mass fall. At least 30 drivers were killed and a dozen injured.
According to the police, the woman then left the scene of the accident. Based on the inscription on the sign, their origin in the German-speaking area was suspected.
Cycling, Tour de France: Defending champion Tadej Pogacar has won the first individual time trial of the 108th Tour de France with ease and thus underpins his favorite position. The Slovenian needed 32: 00.83 minutes for the 27.2 kilometers from Changé to Laval on Wednesday and relegated the Swiss European Champion Stefan Küng to second place with a clear margin. The yellow jersey is still worn by cross-country world champion Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands), who lost around half a minute to Pogacar.
In his win, Pogacar drove 44 seconds faster than his rival Primoz Roglic, who, however, was still affected by his fall injuries. The British ex-winner Geraint Thomas disappointed with over a minute behind. The four-time time trial world champion Tony Martin did not go to the limit after his crash and was satisfied with a time of 35:34 minutes. On Thursday the tour will continue with the sixth stage over 160.6 kilometers between Tours and Chateauroux. The sprinters could have their say again.