If there was a game that was supposed to sound like a revolt, it was this one. At home, against another poorly ranked, Angers had the opportunity to revive after 12 defeats in a row. But after leading in the score, the Angevins again collapsed on Wednesday evening against Ajaccio. The coup de grace came at the very end of the match, on a goal from El Idrissy (90th + 4).It has now been 13 defeats in a row, a...
Haller in the starting XI for the first time Borussia Dortmund took advantage of the moment and is breathing down series champions FC Bayern Munich again: With the 2-0 (1-0) win at Bayer Leverkusen, BVB celebrated their third win in the third game of 2023 and moved up to three points the Munich approach. Since Bayern have only drawn 1-1 so far this year, Borussia made up for six points on their long-term rivals in an English week and is...
Led by marksman Dominik Szoboszlai, RB Leipzig have continued their winning streak and increased the pressure on leaders Bayern Munich. With the 2:1 (1:0) against the weakened VfB Stuttgart, the cup winner, who has now been unbeaten for 16 games, temporarily moves up to second place in the Bundesliga and is up to one point behind Bayern. In front of around 46,000 fans, Szoboszlai's magic goals in the 25th and 49th minutes provided the highlights in what was at times...
Handball World Cup "World class" by Wolff: DHB team defeats Egypt The DHB team celebrates after beating Egypt. photo © Jan Woitas/dpa The German handball players succeed in the defiant reaction they had hoped for. After the quarter-finals, the DHB selection gets its first win in the unwelcome World Cup placement round. But again it gets dramatic. Due to sheer exhaustion after a feat with a happy ending, some German handball players even lacked the strength to smile. After the...
Between the 24th player in the world (Elena Rybakina) and the 25th (Victoria Azarenka), it was difficult, on paper, to do more balanced than this first women's semi-final on the program this Thursday in Melbourne. In fact, the meeting was indecisive for a set, the first, before the great Kazakhstani finally took the best (7-6, 6-3) against an Azarenka who gradually withered in the 2nd set.The Belarusian, titled in Melbourne in 2012 and 2013, missed the boat in a disjointed...
This time he broke his glass ceiling. On his tenth Grand Slam attempt, Benjamin Bonzi (26, 48th in the world) qualified Thursday for the first time in his career in the third round by defeating Pablo Carreño Busta (15th) in five sets (4-6 , 4-6, 7-6 [7-5]6-1, 7-6 [10-4]) and 4h11 of play. Always formidable on hard, as proven by his two semi-finals at the US Open (2017 and 2021) and his first victory in the Masters 1000 last year...
The Augsburg Panthers' concerns about relegation in the German Ice Hockey League are increasing. The Swabians lost both games at the weekend and are now ten points behind rank 13, which would certainly be enough to stay in the class. On Sunday there was an expected 1:6 home defeat in the derby against the sovereign leaders from Munich. After almost 23 minutes, the Augsburgers were already 1:4 behind.The defeat on Friday at the Eisbären Berlin, who were 13th in the...
The German national handball team also won their second preliminary round match at the World Cup. In the narrow 34:33 win against Serbia on Sunday, the DHB selection knew how to increase against one of the stronger opponents - and can now already plan for the main round. In addition, she should take four points with her, which significantly increases the chances of reaching the quarterfinals.On Sunday, Andreas Wolff was the first German national player to step onto the blue...
It took Kevin McCarthy 15 ballots before he was finally allowed to hold the mallet in his hand. In Germany's history, too, there have been elections in which a majority that was believed to be secure did not come about. Politics is tough business - this phrase is not enough for the recent events in the US House of Representatives. It took Kevin McCarthy 15 ballots before he held the wooden mallet, a kind of speaker's scepter, in his hand....
Seventeenth in Ligue 2 and first relegation team, Rodez Aveyron created a sensation this Saturday at the Stade Louis-II, where they won superbly against the players of Paul Clement, who had fielded a very redesigned with Axel Disasi as the only essential holder. After 37 minutes, ASM had however made the difference thanks to goals from Akliouche (1-0, 23rd), with a nice dry shot from the left, and Ben Yedder, who had passed behind Ouammou on a harmless strike from...
