At seven in the morning, Hansi Flick arrived at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper to welcome the players and start the preseason of what will be his third season in charge of the men’s first team. The day began with the usual medical check-ups.
Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, gave an interview this Sunday to the Swiss television channel Blue Sport where he opened the door to a new expansion of participating teams in the World Cup. The Swiss official assured that it is “a matter that will be examined after this World Cup.” It is worth remembering that in this edition, which is held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the number of national teams was already expanded to 48, 16 more teams than in previous editions.
The Spanish team trained this Sunday without major incidents on the green of the legendary Cotton Bowl in Dallas, which has been the center of operations during the days leading up to the match against Portugal, which also took place in Texas. The agonizing victory against Belgium has left a very good taste in Spain’s ranks, reaching a World Cup semifinal for the second time in history. With France on the horizon as the last obstacle before the final in New York, there is a debate that captures all the attention and it is none other than the role Pedri will have for the match against Mbappé, Dembélé, and company.
Joan Laporta has made a strong entrance at the World Cup. The Barça president landed in Dallas this Sunday, invited by the RFEF to watch the semifinal between Spain and France, stating that he comes “to support the Spanish national team.”
“Y ya lo ves, y ya lo ves, el que no salta es un inglés”. Of all the anthems of the Argentine fans, that was the real hit at Arrowhead, the stadium of the Kansas City Chiefs, before, during, and at the end of the quarterfinal match against Switzerland. It was no less.
With age, dreams tend to be toned down. You start by believing you are Neeskens and end up writing his obituary the day he dies. The practice of journalism is not bad at all, there are worse things and I do not intend to complain, but it is not the same to play in a World Cup as…
For many years he has been the best example of what Luis de la Fuente often boasts about, the good attitude of the substitutes of the Spanish national team that helps foster a good atmosphere. Mikel Oyarzabal (Éibar, 1997) has never shown a bad face for not playing, he has worked in silence, with the discretion that accompanies his figure, until becoming an undisputed key part of Spain’s engine since his goal in the final of the last Eurocup. With a contagious calmness, a shy smile, and utmost professionalism, the Basque speaks to La Vanguardia in the depths of the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
The tragedy has struck the motor competition again, this time in a FIM World Endurance Championship race at the Brno circuit. On the Czech track, where MotoGP raced just three weeks ago, Austrian rider Philipp Steinmayr (32) and Romanian Adrian Rus (43) lost their lives in a brutal accident caused by misfortune.
The victories earned by hard work are valued twice as much, and if they are to win Wimbledon, three times as much. Jannik Sinner knows this well, defeated in Australia, fainted at Roland Garros, and who recovers on the grass of the All England Club. In a final that is for a long time a bombardment, the Italian rises against a tenacious Alexander Zverev to finally prevail 6-7 (9), 7-6 (2), 6-3, and 6-4 in 3 hours and 46 minutes. He is crowned for the second consecutive time at Wimbledon and captures his fifth Grand Slam title.
It all started after a long goal kick by the Norwegian goalkeeper Orjan Nyland. Fox Sports cameras captured how the ball – as seen in the replay – seemed to hit one of the cables supporting the aerial camera at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. It would have been a mere anecdote if it weren’t for the fact that this was the play that led to England’s 1-1 against Norway and sparked the controversy dubbed cable-gate.
