Celtic's coach jumps to Dan Petrescu's defense: "It's right! UEFA throws shit on our work" Celtic coach Neil Lennon (48) believes UEFA should give them one seat in the UCL group of champions in some countries. The British technician thus joins the Hagi-Petrescu duet, and even gives it to the "Bursuc". At his last press conference, Lennon said things like: "If you finish in fourth place in some countries you get a direct place in groups, that's unfair! It's not easy to win a title regardless of the country. on our work. Juventus, Bayern, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid have dominated the football landscape in their countries for a while. We are in the same situation. Why should we be treated differently? We fight a crazy year, then we become champions and we wake up that we have to be on the plane every two days. Dan Petrescu has every right to complain about it. When you are a champion you should not play four qualifying tours to get into the groups! I saw a duel between PSV and Basel at this stage of the preliminaries ... Frankly, it would compete with any other group match. It was fantastic level. We must play eight additional matches to reach the groups. This is a quarter of the extra season. It will be seen in matches in the domestic competition. It's difficult to balance your Scottish and European matches , "Lennon said. Celtic entered the UCL preliminaries in the second round, where he fought the Kalju Estonians. In the tournament, the Scots won 5-0. In the third round, Celtic will win with the winner between CFR Cluj and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Continue on https://m.prosport.ro/fotbal-extern/liga-campionilor/antrenorul-lui-celtic-sare-in-apararea-lui-dan-petrescu-are-dreptate-uefa-arunca-rahat-pe-munca-noastra-18252785

VIDEO International press reviews for the 106th Tour de France "Huge, bold, brilliant" - Bernal and the "Tour of Superlatives" The international press pays tribute to the new tour triumphant Egan Bernal and prophesizes a new era for cycling. The joy is not only with the Colombian, but also with the "return of the good, old tour", which was a tour of the "superlatives" this year. Egan Bernal "New dawn in cycling": Egan Bernal triumphs in Paris and puts Colombia and all of South America on the world map of cycling. Getty Images COLOMBIA El Universal: "It's not a fiction, it's not a dream." Egan Bernal, a modest Colombian of only 22 years, has done what was impossible for our country: he has finally won the coveted Tour de France, the most important stage race in the world 106-year-old challenge made for true athletes of cycling, Bernal, who was also called the 'child prodigy', overcame tough trials of heat, cold and rain - the tour is just for high-flyers, that's why the whole of Colombia is moved; Patriotism seized, and not a few Colombians have burst into tears. " El Heraldo: "Huge, brave, brilliant, decisive, determined, modest, talented, sensitive, transparent, good son, good brother, good fiancé, good grandson, good Colombian, disciplined, dreamer, good-natured, good, in capital letters and much more is the great Egan Bernal, who, with his unflappable spirit, pedaled like a titan and gave Colombia a historic triumph. " The pictures for the tour: fan-spectacle, bathing fun and weather chaos El País: "The dream of the humble cyclist from Zipaquirá has finally come true, not only because he has just won the Tour de France, but also because his name will shine forever in the history of sport in Colombia and the world (...) Bernal has brought Colombia's name in cycling to the top, and thanks to his great heroism, all eyes are now turned to this land of coffee. " GREAT BRITAIN The Guardian: "One year ago, when Egan Bernal was able to keep up with Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas at the Tour de France and left behind many big names in the mountains, the (then) 21-year-old Colombian immediately became a future tour A remarkable series of lucky events has made him the star of the country's first Tour de France winner overnight, as well as the likely leader of the world's most successful cycling team - Ineos - for years to come. " FRANCE Le Parisien: "The Colombian madness has reached the Champs-Elysées, the Australian sprint victory by Caleb Ewan (...) has eclipsed the frenetic songs of Egan Bernal's followers for a brief moment, but from the summit of Val Thorens to the The most beautiful avenue in the world has all been welded together by the trance of a yellow-robed people, who for the first time crowned one of their own on the tour. " The sunset in Paris brings a new dawn for cycling. "LA REPUBBLICA" Libération: "Since the sport - unfortunately - makes a little local patriotic, we would have been happy if a Frenchman had won the Tour de France, but in the end it does not matter: the essence is that the pleasure of the race is there, and You did not have to be a cyclist to share it, (...) the competition was a lasting event, the Tour de France, overshadowed last year by the World Cup and France's victory , was the superlative this year. " ITALY La Repubblica: "The sunset in Paris brings a new dawn for cycling, with Colombia and South America for the first time: it's the 14th on the world map of the Tour de France, and it's such a day for the draftsman Egan Bernal where it is inevitable to rewind the tape. " SWITZERLAND View: "Big day for the best Veloprofis in the world: They reach the finish line in late Sunday evening in Paris after three weeks fighting over 3480 kilometers and an even bigger day for Colombia, because this year's Tour de France brings out a historic winner: Egan Bernal wins the tour as the first South American, Colombia ranks among the victor nations thanks to him as the 14th country. " AUSTRIA Kleine Zeitung: "Eddy Merckx is thrilled, Bernard Hinault prophesizes a new era: For the greatest of cycling is already clear that this little climber Egan Bernal will eventually join their elite circle at the Tour de France or the five-star Champions will even overtake. " CZECH REPUBLIC Lidove noviny: "Did the weather affect the most famous cycling race in the world, or did climate change decide on the winner?" The obstacles that accompanied the crucial stage were almost apocalyptic (...) with storm, hail, snow avalanches and mud. (...) But for the sport it is certainly better, if the influence of the weather is speculated, than if from year to year the influence of the doping is discussed and winning titles have to be withdrawn with hindsight seen a good old Tour de France this year. " compiled by the dpa Continue on https://www.kicker.de/754361/artikel/riesig-kuehn-brillant---bernal-und-die-tour-der-superlative

TOKYO OPEN GOLD PHOTO A fifth FIVB World Tour gold medal for Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa (left) and Agatha Bednarczuk of Brazil after winning the 2019 Tokyo Open title on Sunday. Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2019 - After losing two of their first three matches in pool play at the $300,000 Tokyo Open, Brazilians Agatha Bednarczuk and Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa rebounded with four-straight wins highlighted by their gold medal victory here Sunday evening over Americans Alix Klineman and April Ross. Seeded fourth in the FIVB World Tour, Agatha and Duda secured their fifth international gold medal together with a 2-0 (21-19, 21-18) win in 42 minutes over the top-seeded Klineman and Ross to collect the $20,000 first-place prize and 800 qualifying points for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. “After losing twice in the pool, we had to do something,” said the 36-year-old Agatha. “We had good discussions with our coaches, and we came back and played smarter. You saw the worst of us early, and the best of us in the last four matches. This is a big win for us as we are battling the other good teams in Brazil for a spot in Tokyo 2020.” In the Brazilians' last four matches, Agatha and Duda outscored their opposition by 52 points with an average set score of 21-15. The gold medal was Agatha and Duda’s second this season with the first being on June 2 in the Czech Republic at the Ostrava Open. Sunday’s win also evened the series between the two teams at 3-3 with Agatha and Duda winning the last two matches with the Americans, including a quarterfinal victory on June 1 in the Czech Republic event. For placing second, Klineman and Ross split $16,000 and earned 720 Tokyo Olympic qualifying points. The Brazil versus United States women’s finale was the 101st between the two countries as the Tokyo Open marked the 412th World Tour event since the start of FIVB-sanctioned events for the gender in August 1992. The Americans lead the title series 55-46 with Klineman and Ross' win the last meeting between the two countries two weeks ago in Switzerland when the pair defeated Maria Antonelli and Carolina Salgado in the Gstaad finale. In the women's bronze medal match, 12th-seeded Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson of Canada posted a 2-0 (21-19, 21-11) win in 39 minutes over 18th-seeded Karla Borger/Julia Sude of Germany to collect the $10,000 third-place prize. It was the second win this season for the Canadians over Borger and Sude, who received $8,000 for finishing fourth. Continue on https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/agatha--duda-net-tokyo-open-gold?id=87006

The gleaning for the Germany Grand Prix Vettel is right: what a race! Failures like never before this year, a driver with astonishing top speed, four safety car and two virtual safety car phases, a brand diversity in the top 10 like no other race in 2019 and almost the end of Nico Hulkenbergs rabenschwarzer series without podium visit - probably for a long time last Germany Grand Prix at Hockenheim was not only because of Sebastian Vettel's wild hunt from place 20 to 2 a super race full of special features. PHOTO Robert Kubica Got the first points since his Coemback: Robert Kubica. picture alliance Robert Kubica: The keen Pole, who returned to Formula One after nine years despite his severe injury to his right hand, claimed his first World Cup point after the comeback. On the track twelfth, he benefited from the subsequent exclusion of the two Alfa Romeo, in which irregularities on the clutch had been discovered. At the same time, this was also the first championship total for Williams, a team that was considered almost unbeatable in its best time and had 16 World Championship titles (9 for the designers, 7 for the drivers). Mercedes engine: The example of Williams can be understood, which has a small share in the result of the engine. Tailings Williams uses identical engines as the superior Mercedes team. Differences of sometimes more than three seconds per lap between the two racing teams are largely due to aerodynamic reasons. This is also the reason why new aeronautics from 2021 should ensure that the difference between individual cars then hardly more than two, three tenths per round should amount. Ferrari debacle: Similarly bad as the Ferrari starting positions 10 and 20 was the Scuderia last in Austin 2015. At that time drove Sebastian Vettel from 13th place to 3 forward, while Kimi Räikkönen retired after finishing 18th at the start with a driving error. The Ferrari combination of Räikkönen (18th) and Fernando Alonso (16th) was also disgraced in training for the British Grand Prix 2014. Mercedes minus: Two championship points for Mercedes take after the outstanding first ten races of the season almost miserable. And even those were only possible by the subsequent disqualification of both Alfa Romeo. The weakest team result of the season so far was for the Silver of the Austrian GP with 25 points after the places 3 (Valtteri Bottas) and 5 (Lewis Hamilton). A "zero" was last in Austria in 2018 by the technical failure of both silver arrows. Points variety: For the first time this season, eight manufacturers shared the points, only Renault and Alfa Romeo went out empty. With only five brands in the top 10 - this is the absolute minimum with two starters per team - the Austrian Grand Prix stands out at the bottom. Fast-forward action: Although there were even more overtaking maneuvers in the races in Bahrain (54) and Azerbaijan (50) than in Hockenheim. Nevertheless, in addition to the weather, the 49 successful overtaking events ensured the most entertaining race of the year so far. Pit-lane stress: The 78 pit stops required by changing weather conditions are a lone spike in the 2019 season. Most visits to the team garage were previously held in Shanghai and Barcelona (37 each). PHOTO 19 slowed laps and seven failures Charles Leclerc One of seven failures: Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc. picture alliance Safety Car: For the first time this year, the safety car had to move out more than once in a race. Bernd Mayländer led the field four times in the Mercedes-AMG GT R, in addition to twice the crowd was slowed down by the virtual safety car. To this year so far a total of 23 safety car laps at seven Grand Prix now came in one fell swoop 19 slowed laps in a single race. Without safety car ran the races in Melbourne, Montreal and Spielberg. Failure rate: Seven drivers (Perez, Ricciardo, Norris, Leclerc, Hulkenberg, Bottas, Gasly) did not see the checkered flag. Four failures (in Bahrain and Azerbaijan) have been the highest value so far. By the way, at the end of June, there was not a single race in Austria, an absolute rarity. Only nine times in 1008 races since 1950, all drivers were scored, first in 1961 at the GP of the Netherlands in Zandvoort and then only 44 years later again at the Italian GP in Monza. Honda Speed: Fastest driver of Hockenheim 2019 was the Frenchman Pierre Gasly. With a top speed of 344.9 km / h, the Red Bull Honda pilot was measured before he retired after a lapses three laps before the end. Unusually, his distance to the others is unusual: Only with seven km / h less followed Alexander Albon by the sister team Toro Rosso Honda. CONTINUE ON https://www.kicker.de/754373/artikel/vettel-hat-recht_was-fuer-ein-rennen

BACK TO FIVB NORWEGIANS MOL & SORUM COLLECT NINTH FIVB GOLD MEDAL PHOTO A ninth FIVB World Tour gold medal for Anders Mol (left) and Christian Sorum of Norway after winning the men's Tokyo Open Sunday Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2019 - Although this gold medal is not the one they covet the most in the Japanese capital, Anders Mol and Christian Sorum are still elated to top another international podium as the young Norwegians collected their sixth FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour title this season and ninth overall here Sunday at the $300,000 Tokyo Open. Seeded first in the dress rehearsal event for next year's Tokyo Olympic Games where the Norwegians rank as one of the favourites to win the 2020 gold medal, Mol and Sorum posted a 2-0 (21-17, 21-18) win in 38 minutes over 15th-seeded qualifiers Nils Ehlers and Lars Fluggen to capture the $20,000 first-place prize. While Sunday’s meeting was the first World Tour match between the two teams, it marked the second FIVB gold medal match between the two countries. On July 4, 2010 on Norwegian home sand, Germans David Klemperer/Eric Koreng defeated Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr for the international beach volleyball crown in Stavanger. With Sunday's finale being the 442nd men's World Tour gold medal match, it marked the 71st time that two European teams competed in the title contest since the start of international play in 1987. Mol and Sorum are now 3-0 in those all-European men's finales. In winning Sunday, the 22-year-old Mol and 23-year-old Sorum became the fastest European men's or women's team to win nine FIVB gold medals as the Tokyo Open was the Norwegian's 26th World Tour start together. The German women's team of Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst won their ninth title in their 38th FIVB appearance with Latvians Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins securing No. 9 in their 46th World Tour appearance. For the 25-year-old Ehlers and 29-year-old Fluggen, who had to win a qualifying match in Wednesday to earn a berth in the Tokyo Open main Draw, the Germans’ split $16,000 for placing second to secure their best finish together on the FIVB World Tour. In the bronze medal match, ninth-seeded Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands defeated fifth-seeded Alison Cerutti/Alvaro Filho of Brazil 2-0 (21-12, 21-17) in 43 minutes. The Dutch split $10,000 for third-place and Alison and Alvaro shared $8,000. In improving their FIVB record to 2-0 over the Brazilians, Brouwer and Meeuwsen ensured an all-European FIVB World Tour podium for the 41st time. With a World Tour men's event also being played in Italy this weekend where teams from Austria, Russia and South Africa in the semifinals, the FIVB circuit will stage three events this coming week highlighted by the double gender Beach Major Series stop in Austria starting Tuesday in Vienna. Continue on https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/norwegians-mol--sorum-collect-ninth-fivb?id=87005

Nora Mork and Crina Pintea, first training at CSM Bucharest. The Norwegian, excited to play alongside Cristina Neagu CSM Bucharest missed last season title and qualification in Final Four CPC Champions League and began preparations for the new season with a new coach, Swedish Tomas Ryde , who will prepare in parallel national Romania , and many new players. These include Nora Mork and Crina Pintea . Norwegian right-hander Nora Mork , withfour titles in the Champions League, includingthree with Gyor, felt the need for a new challenge and chose CSM Bucharest, where she hopes to make a redoubtable couple with left-handed Cristina Neagu, the best player. of the world in 2018. '' I came to Bucharest because I felt the need for a change in my career. I think this is a fantastic place, I liked it when I played here as an opponent and I said why not. We have many new players, some have been injured and will return, but I think we have a very strong team. I think the Final Four is possible and if we get in shape, we will be very good. I do not know the girls yet, I am the only Norwegian. I have played against them so many times, so it will be interesting on a personal level. I am glad that I will play with Cristina Neagu, the best player in the world, so it will be interesting, I think we will get along well. On paper I think we are among the best teams in Europe, no doubt, but we will see in the Champions League, in the championship at what level we will be", said Nora Mork, before the first training with CSM Bucharest. Scandinavian, world champion and triple European champion with Norway, believes he still has to recover until he reaches full capacity, especially in terms of speed: '' I feel good, this training period is fine for me. I think I'm at 98% and I have to reach 100%, and the speed could be better. But I'm happy to take part in the preparations, to start with a new team, so I feel good and I'm ready . '' The Norwegian champion added that he likes big cities and he feels good in Bucharest: '' I like big cities, the world, because you have lots of places to go, drink coffee, eat, so I'm impatient . '' Crina Pintea won last season's Champions League with Gyor Pivot Crina Pintea , European champion with Gyor, is looking forward to making his debut for "Tigers". '' We have been here for a few days, we feel good together. We have already started communicating, talking. We are now several players in Romania and we are glad for this. I don't want to talk about last season, especially now, at first. We are only doing the first training, we cannot talk about qualifications in the Final Four. We'll see what it will be. It is important to be healthy, to train and feel good together, '' said Crina Pintea, who left Gyor and will wear the shirt of CSM Bucharest in the next two years. Before the first practice with Tomas Ryde, Crina Pintea avoided talking about goals and qualifying in the Champions League Final Four: '' It's too early, the idea is to train well, be strong, play well together. Gyor has a long way to go, and I think we'll have some answers by then. It always takes patience and time. We will see how quickly we can perceive certain things, we must come from each one, we can hurry things a little and feel with each other. Everyone in her soul and inside knows what she wants and I think we all want very much. We wish each other the most, but in the course we will see what it will be like. Because it is a very long road and you have seen that things can change from day to day." Continue on https://m.digisport.ro/handbal/nora-mork-si-crina-pintea-primul-antrenament-la-csm-bucuresti-norvegianca-incantata-ca-va-juca-alaturi-de-cristina-neagu-691359

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