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.
Biathlon, Sprint: Biathlete Franziska Preuß finished seventh in the first World Cup sprint of the new season in Östersund. The 27-year-old missed once on Sunday and missed the podium by 23.4 seconds after 7.5 kilometers. The home race was won by the flawless Swede Hanna Öberg with 11.3 seconds ahead of the French Anais Chevalier-Bouchet (0 penalties). Third place went to Norwegian Marte Olsbu Röiseland, who had a penalty loop (+ 15.4 seconds).
Denise Herrmann (32), who finished third in the individual at the start on Saturday, had to settle for 25th place (+ 1: 22.4 minutes) after two penalties this time. Herrmann and Preuss, however, cracked the Olympic norm. “A solid race, one mistake was one too many,” said Preuss on ZDF. Herrmann said: “I know that I can do more. But now I am taking the races to get in, I said that from the start. The season is still long.”
Anna Weidel (25) again delivered a good result with ten goals and rank 16. She was the only German who cleared all the windows on the weekend. In terms of running, however, she cannot yet keep up. Vanessa Voigt (38th), Janina Hettich (40th), Vanessa Hinz (60th) and Juliane Frühwirt (93rd) ended up in the field.
Soccer, Italy: In view of the investigation into balance sheet irregularities, Juventus Turin has emphasized that they have acted in accordance with applicable standards. Juventus is cooperating with investigators and the Italian stock exchange regulator, the Italian record champions announced on Sunday night. It is believed to have complied with the laws and regulations that govern the preparation of financial reports.
The financial police searched the club’s offices in Turin and Milan on Friday afternoon on the orders of the public prosecutor’s office. The judiciary accuses the listed association of having made false reports and issued invoices for non-existent transactions. It examines the balance sheets from 2019 to 2021. According to media reports, the investigators have their sights set on investment income from businesses worth hundreds of millions. The “Prism” investigation is also directed against the club bosses. “Juventus Football Club SpA takes note of the opening of an investigation by the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office against the company and some of its current representatives (Andrea Agnelli, Pavel Nedved e Stefano Cerrato),” the club said.
The public prosecutor’s office is examining various transfers of professional players and the services of advisors who were involved in the mediation. The sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport According to the police intercepted conversations about ex-Juve striker Cristiano Ronaldo. With reference to the investigators, it is said to have turned to a confidential letter that related to the contractual relationship of the Portuguese and outstanding salary payments, but was not published by the responsible bodies.
Football, Premier League: The premiere of Ralf Rangnick as team manager of the English record champions Manchester United could be a few days away. According to sid information, it will still take a while for the execution notification, because the preparation of the working papers has taken significantly more time since Brexit. According to this, Rangnick will probably not celebrate his debut on Thursday in the league game against Arsenal.
Rangnick followed the top game against Chelsea on Sunday from his home city of Leipzig, according to information from sid. The 63-year-old has been in agreement with United for a few days and is expected to take over as team manager until the end of the season. Rangnick will then act as an advisor to the Red Devils for two years. The previous team manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had fired Manchester at the beginning of the week.