Before challenging Liverpool on Tuesday in the Champions League, Real Madrid suffered on Saturday to stay in touch with Barça in La Liga. The success obtained in the last quarter of an hour in Osasuna (0-2) thus allows the men of Carlo Ancelotti to return to five points from their Catalan rival, who host Cadiz this Sunday (9 p.m.). After having stumbled on goalkeeper Sergio Herrera for a long time, Real made the difference thanks to Valverde (0-1, 78th) and...
Bayern Munich's victory in Paris on Tuesday (0-1) only offered Julian Nagelsmann a short respite from consultants in Germany. On Saturday, the behavior of the much criticized 35-year-old coach was notably pointed out by Lothar Matthaüs: “I expect a Bayern coach to control himself. The club must summon him. The reason for this tackle from the former captain of the German selection? From the 8th minute of the Bundesliga match lost by the Bavarians in Mönchengladbach (3-2), Dayot Upamecano was...
The duration of his exclusion from the field was greatly reduced on appeal. An amateur footballer, initially suspended for 25 years for attacking a referee after a match in Gironde, saw his sentence reduced to a four-year suspension, two of which were suspended by an appeal committee. A similar sanction was taken against the man with the whistle for having uttered racist insults, according to the New Aquitaine Football League (LFNA).The facts occurred on October 2 on the sidelines of...
From Javier Caceres, BerlinThe dubious and multi-million dollar payments made by FC Barcelona to one of Spain's highest-ranking referee officials have led to a media outcry on the Iberian Peninsula. "Scandal," yelled the Madrid sports newspaper mark; the competition called ace spoke in her getup of "Barçagate". On Thursday, the Spanish football association RFEF announced that it intends to join any court proceedings as an interested party and, if necessary, as a joint plaintiff. The public prosecutor's office is investigating...
Bundesliga Referee Brych dislikes "swarm of bees" on the pitch Referee Felix Brych complains about negative tendencies in dealings on the pitch. photo © Soeren Stache/dpa Aggressive players or complaining coaches? Germany's referees want to "consistently punish" unsportsmanlike conduct. Referee boss Fröhlich points to a role model function. The German top referee Felix Brych has identified negative tendencies in cooperation on the pitch. "I do think that there are new behaviors on the part of the players who surround the...
What are the commitments in favor of social progress in the world of ocean racing? A badly done regulation, a major economic stake? In the case of Clarisse Crémer, probably a bit of both. The Banque Populaire skipper learned from her sponsor at the end of January that she would not be taking part in the Vendée Globe 2024 as planned. It is of course not a sporting choice: the Parisian became the fastest woman in the history of the...
DFB Cup "We are not the nation's garbage can" – referee Aytekin defends red card against Mainz coach Referee Deniz Aytekin shows Mainz coach Bo Svensson the red card © Torsten Silz / DPA Rare outburst of a Bundesliga referee: Deniz Aytekin threw the Mainz coach Bo Svensson in the DFB Cup game against Bayern Munich from the interior with a red card. And afterwards explained his decision in detail. Referee Deniz Aytekin justified the red card against the coach...
Soccer Referee Brych wants to continue after the age limit of 47 Will continue to whistle: referee Felix Brych. photo © Uli Deck/dpa The lawsuit filed by ex-Bundesliga referee Manuel Gräfe against the DFB is even more explosive: top referee Felix Brych still wants to referee Bundesliga games at the age of 48. Top referee Felix Brych wants to referee in the Bundesliga beyond the age limit of 47, which is common for the DFB. "During the winter training camp...
It is a very severe sanction which was inflicted by the New Aquitaine football league to a 22-year-old member of the Réole club. He will not be able to participate in league matches for twenty-five years, the heaviest sentence before the radiation for life, explains the daily Sud-Ouest. In reaction to racist remarks made on the sidelines of the match on October 2, 2022, the young man struck the referee. The latter was himself expelled from the club for having...
Bundesliga referee Handball as a role model: soccer referee Patrick Ittrich for stricter rules Whistles in the Bundesliga: referee Patrick Ittrich © Soeren Stache / DPA For Bundesliga referee Patrick Ittrich, it is the biggest bad habit in football: the constant lamentation after the referee's controversial decisions. In his eyes, a look at handball could help. Bundesliga referee Patrick Ittrich would like to see a tighter set of rules in football based on the model of handball. Ittrich told the...
