Basketball, NBA: The second-best point haul in Franz Wagner’s still young NBA career did not give the Orlando Magic a surprise success with the Philadelphia 76ers. Despite the Berliner’s 27 points, the Florida team lost 96: 101 on Monday evening and suffered their 18th defeat of the season. “I’m very proud of the way he played out there tonight,” said coach Jamahl Mosley about Franz Wagner, whose brother Moritz Wagner was not used for tactical reasons.
“It’s a change for the time being. At Alba we won a lot more than we lost, and also at Michigan,” said Wagner, who played in successful teams at Alba Berlin in the Bundesliga and at the college in Michigan. “But I think that’s part of it. If you look at the good teams today: Many of them have gone through exactly those phases. I think we just have to take the process with us and learn from mistakes. That’s the only thing we do can.” First of all, Wagner had a better result in the NBA with 28 points. On Monday he was the best thrower of the game and also put five baskets on for teammates. Maxi Kleber also suffered a defeat with the Dallas Mavericks. At 96: 114 at home against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kleber scored 13 points. Without national player Daniel Theis, who did not play again, the Houston Rockets got better and faster and won their third win in a row. The Texans defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 102: 89.
Football, Corona: The new Corona variant Omikron was also detected for the first time in Portugal. The virus was found in 13 players and other members of the first division football club Belenenses SAD, said the general secretary of the health authority, Graça Freitas, on Monday, like the newspaper Public reported. Freitas emphasized that those affected were isolated and not seriously ill. In order to stop the new virus variant from spreading, the health authority ordered stricter quarantine requirements and further tests in these cases.
Even before it became known that these were Omikron cases, a particularly large number of Corona cases at Belenenses had already led to a scandal on Saturday. Because the bottom of the league could only muster six players against city rivals Benfica Lisbon, the game was canceled in the 48th minute when the score was 0: 7. Freitas dismissed a health authority responsibility in approving the lot. She spoke out in favor of having all participants in the game tested by both teams. The Portuguese called on them to take measures such as wearing a mask, ventilating closed rooms and reducing contact outside of their own family seriously. Despite the high vaccination rate in Portugal, the pandemic is not over. No infections with Omikron were initially known from Spain.
Soccer, Neymar: Paris St. Germain will have to do without Neymar for six to eight weeks. The Brazilian sprained his left ankle in the 3-1 win against AS St. Etienne on Sunday and injured his ligaments in the process. The French capital club announced on Monday. Neymar was fouled in the 87th minute in St. Etienne and badly twisted. The attacker then doubled over on the ground and screamed in pain. The 29-year-old had to be carried from the pitch in tears and later left the stadium on crutches. “Unfortunately, these setbacks are part of the life of an athlete,” wrote Neymar on Instagram and promised: “I will come back better and stronger.” Brazil soccer legend Pele wrote: “You will master this challenge” wished a good recovery.
Soccer, 2nd league: Hannover 96 parted ways with coach Jan Zimmermann after only five months. The second division announced this on Monday. “Due to the sporting development, we have come to the point where we had to make a decision free of emotions and weighing all impressions objectively. We have come to the decision that the team needs a new impetus,” said sports director Marcus Mann. A successor is still unknown. The 96ers have been without a win in the 2nd Bundesliga for eight games and fell back to 16th place in the table. With only ten goals scored in the first 15 games of the season, Hanover is the second weakest attack in the league after the bottom of the league, FC Ingolstadt.
basketball: Brose Bamberg has parted ways with head coach Johan Roijakkers after disappointing results in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). The Dutchman’s successor will be Oren Amiel, 49, from Israel at the eighth table. The club did not provide any information about the contract period. “We haven’t seen any progress in the last few weeks, especially defensively, that would have convinced us to leave the downward spiral with four defeats in the last five games,” said managing director Philipp Galewski and emphasized: “We made the decision – especially before against the background of the desired continuity in the head coach position – not made easy. “
The former series champion Bamberg started the season with four consecutive wins, then it broke. Before the international break, it was 80: 100 against Telekom Baskets Bonn at home. Roijakkers took over the post for the 2020/2021 season. Amiel last trained in his homeland, Hapoel Jerusalem. The coach had previously worked for ERA Nymburk / Czech Republic and won four championship titles and three cup wins. Akil Mitchell is also new to Bamberg. The 29-year-old center comes from the Turkish first division club Pinar Karsiyaka and has signed a contract until the end of the season.
Darts: Former world champion Peter Wright, 51, won the dress rehearsal for the Darts World Cup. The Scot won the final at the Players Championship Finals in Minehead (England) against Ryan Searle (England) 11:10 on Sunday evening. With this, the world number two Wright underpinned his role as a co-favorite at the upcoming season highlight. For Wright, who has won the most prize money of all players in calendar year 2021, it was the first victory at the Players Championship Finals and the sixth major title of his career.
The two Germans Gabriel Clemens (Saarwellingen) and Martin Schindler (Strausberg) were eliminated in the second round after their opening wins. So far, four Germans have qualified for the World Cup in London’s Alexandra Palace (from December 15). Clemens, 38, and Schindler, 25, are there as well as Florian Hempel (Cologne / 31) and 16-year-old Fabian Schmutzler (Frankfurt).
2nd league, Bremen: Ole Werner is the new coach of Werder Bremen. The second division soccer team announced this on Sunday. The 33-year-old had trained league competitor Holstein Kiel until September. His predecessor Markus Anfang resigned after investigations by the public prosecutor’s office because of an allegedly forged vaccination certificate. Werner is supposed to lead the training in Bremen for the first time on Monday. He also brings his assistant coach Patrick Kohlmann from Kiel with him. “Ole is a young, exciting and very good coach whose idea of playing football fits in very well with Werder,” Werder’s managing director Frank Baumann was quoted as saying.