Franck Ribery is the new player of Fiorentina! What was the reaction of coach Vincenzo Montella Franck Ribery is the new player of Fiorentina - Gazzetta dello Sport has announced that the negotiations between the viola club and the player have ended successfully. What seemed a month ago unbelievable rumor has now become a reality. The first contacts between the footballer and the Serie A group began on July 13, and the Florentine sports director, Daniele Prade, managed to reduce the Frenchman's salary claims, considered too high. Then, Franck Ribery's wife, Wahiba, also given the agreement to move to Italy. Wednesday, the medical visit is scheduled for the new acquisition of Vincenzo Montella's attack. "I am ready to give a meal to the management if I bring a footballer with such a business card," the Fiorentina coach had promised. Franck Ribery, a legend of Bayern Munich Franck Ribery had remained free of contract after he split from Bayer - the 36 - year - old Frenchman did not miss any offers. PSV Eindhoven, where the coach is his former teammate and his friend, Mark van Bommel , Franck was in pole position for his signature. Also, the money from China and the Gulf area seemed tempting at the end of their career. Ribery has 21 trophies won with Bayern Munich, including the 2013 UEFA Champions League, a European Super Cup and 8 Bundesliga championship titles. The football player has passed through 7 clubs since the beginning of his career at Boulougne, including Galatasaray, while coach Gheorghe Hagi. Continue on https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/serie-a/franck-ribery-este-noul-jucator-al-fiorentinei-care-a-fost-reactia-antrenorului-vincenzo-montella-710171

FIVB WORLD TOUR PHOTO The Jurmala Open in Latvia headlines this week's FIVB World Tour schedule with other events in China, Oman and Rwanda. Lausanne, Switzerland, August 19, 2019 - With three weeks of events left on the 2018-2019 international calendar, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour prepares for a busy seven days with tournaments on three continents in four countries. Highlighting the schedule is the men's-only US$75,000 Jurmala Open in Latvia where World Tour veterans and Latvian Olympians Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins will be the featured team after the pair captured a FIVB title this past weekend in Russia by winning their second-straight Moscow Open. While the men begin competing in Latvia on Wednesday, China hosts a $25,000 women's-only event in Zhongwei starting Thursday where the Asian country stages its second event this season. The host nation pair of Jingzhe Wang and Shuhui Wen will be seeking their fifth World Tour gold this season with their string of victories starting at September’s FIVB event in Zhongwei. PHOTO China's Jingzhe Wang (left) and Shuhui Wen (center) being interviewed after their last World Tour win at Qidong at the start of July This week’s schedule also features a $10,000 double-gender event in Rwanda starting Wednesday on Pearl Beach in Rubavu as the African nation hosts its first-ever FIVB World Tour tournament on the shores of Kivu Lake. The last event of the week starts Saturday for a $5,000 men's-only tournament in Salalah as Oman hosts FIVB World Tour competition for the second-straight season after staging a 2017-2018 event in Muscat where local favorites Nouh Al-Jalbubi/Mazin Alhashmi placed fourth in the tournament. In World Tour action this past week, the FIVB played its 42nd and 43rd men’s events and 43rd and 44th women’s tournaments with double-gender European stops in Russia and Belgium. In Moscow, Switzerland’s Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre won their first FIVB World Tour gold together by defeating Talita Antunes/Taiana Lima of Brazil. It was the third World Tour gold medal for Heidrich and the second for Verge-Depre. After failing to qualify for the main draw in their last FIVB event in Austria two weeks ago, Samoilovs and Smedins successfully defended their Moscow title Sunday by defeating Alison Cerutti/Alvaro Filho of Brazil in the finals. It was the 12th FIVB gold medal for Latvian pair as Smedins also netted his 13th World Tour title. Russia - Moscow, August 14-18, $150,000, FIVB women's event No. 418 1. Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, $20,000 2. Talita Antunes/Taiana Lima, Brazil, $16,000 3. Brooke Sweat/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States, $10,000 4. Karla Borger/Julia Sude, Germany, $8,000 Gold - Heidrich/Verge-Depre def. Talita/Taiana, 21-18, 16-21, 15-8 (49) Bronze - Sweat/Walsh Jennings def. Borger/Sude, 24-26, 21-18, 15-10 (54) Russia - Moscow, August 14-18, $150,000, FIVB men's event No. 451 1. Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, $20,000 2. Alison Cerutti/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, $16,000 3. Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler, Germany, $10,000 4. Saymon Barbosa/Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes, Brazil, $8,000 Gold - Samoilovs/Smedins def. Alison/Alvaro, 21-12, 21-16 (32) Bronze - Thole/Wickler won by injury forfeit over Saymon/Guto PHOTO The Moscow men's and women's podium featured Brazilians, Latvians, Swiss, Germans and Americans In Belgium at Knokke-Heist, the Galindo sisters (Andrea and Claudia) became the first Colombian women's or men's team to place on a World Tour podium as the pair captured the FIVB gold medal by defeating Sofia Bisgaard/Cecilie Olsen of Denmark in the finals. In the Knokke-Heist men’s competition, France’s Timothee Platre/Jeremy Silvestre won their first FIVB World Tour title together by defeating Alexey Gusev/Pavel Shustrov of Russia in the gold medal match. It’s the first gold for Platre and the third for Silvestre. Belgium - Knokke-Heist, August 15-18, €5,000, FIVB women's event No. 419 1. Andrea Galindo/Claudia "Gorda" Galindo, Colombia, €1,000 2. Sofia Bisgaard/Cecilie Olsen Denmark, €700 3. Raisa Schoon/Emi van Driel, Netherlands, €500 4. Maud Catry/Els Vandesteene, Belgium, €400 Gold - Galindos def. Bisgaard/Olsen, 21-16, 19-21, 15-10 (48) Bronze - Schoon/van Driel def. Catry/Vandesteene, 21-13, 21-17 (28) Belgium - Knokke-Heist, August 15-18, €5,000, FIVB men's event No. 452 1. Timothee Platre/Jeremy Silvestre, France, €1,000 2. Alexey Gusev/Pavel Shustrov, Russia, €700 3. Mathias Seiser/Maximilian Trummer, Austria, €500 4. Tim Lemmens/Anshel Ver Eecke, Belgium, €400 Gold - Platre/Silvestre def. Gusev/Shustrov, 21-18, 19-21, 17-15 (48) Bronze - Seiser/Trummer def. Lemmens/Ver Eecke, 21-15, 21-13 (29) PHOTO Teams from Denmark, Russia, France, Colombia, Austria and The Netherlands placed on the Knokke-Heist podium Following this week's action, the FIVB's men schedule will have two more events with stops in France (Montpellier, August 27-31) and Norway (Oslo, August 28-September 1). The FIVB World Tour Finals in Rome concludes the 2018-2019 calendar with a $600,000 event in the Italian capital September 4-8. Continue on https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/busy-week-ahead-for-fivb-world-tour?id=88118

The best for the start of the season: Supercup with 100th Derby Flensburg - Kiel The Supercup in handball is a sexy affair anyway. This time the game Flensburg-Handewitt against Kiel has a special background. Champion and championship favorite celebrate anniversary. Anniversary: ​​Flensburg Handewitt and THW Kiel meet in the Supercup for the 100th duel. Anniversary: ​​Flensburg Handewitt and THW Kiel meet in the Supercup for the 100th duel. imago images They are bitter rivals, do not always wish each other the best, but they need each other. The handball Bundesliga SG Flensburg-Handewitt and THW Kiel celebrate on Wednesday (19.30 clock) an anniversary. 100th Nordderby - and in an exceptional setting: Supercup in Düsseldorf. With the duel champion against cup winners the anniversary is seasoned spicy. "100th Derby - this is already a house number," says Frank Bohmann, Managing Director of the Handball Bundesliga (HBL) appreciative. "These are two arch rivals who are good for the League." It's about the first title of the season, plenty of prestige and supremacy. "Both have always benefited from the game, fans are getting closer to their teams, emotions are beating higher and new sponsors are getting attention," says HBL President Uwe Schwenker, who has been with the THW himself for many years. The balance speaks for Kiel Although the Flensburg won the German championship twice last and have left the THW behind, in the internal statistics of both North German top clubs leads Kiel with 59 wins. The Flensburg have won 35 times, five games ended in a draw. "The Derbys are always outstanding, but the number 100 is a highlight, I was certainly at 70 in any capacity and I'm certainly the Derby record holder currently," says Dierk Schmäschke, Managing Director of SG Flensburg-Handewitt. The 61-year-old swears, "Derby is the best in Europe." With the Supercup both teams want to make a position determination one day before the start of the Bundesliga season. "It's certainly a good test, the preparation is over for both, you can make a mark and see where you stand," said Kiel international Patrick Wiencek, describing the significance of the duel. How does the THW present itself under the new coach? Record champion THW is under special observation this season. Reason: Trainer legend Alfred Gislason is gone, his student Filip Jicha has taken command of the three-time Champions League winner. "I think everyone who has experienced a Northern Derby knows what we're talking about here, it's always something special, we've always loved it," says Jicha, who was a German THW seven-time German champion and DHB five times each Cup and the Supercup won. In the preparation of the Kiel have already left the muscles: 33:29 against FC Barcelona, ​​34:30 against Paris St. Germain. Those were only test games, but at least. The yearning for the title is great. "We've been waiting for it for three years, and anyone who has ever seen it knows how beautiful it is, working every day to reach our goal," said Wiencek. Flensburg also sees Kiel ahead The competition sees the THW in the race for the championship cup ahead. That's only right for the Flensburgers. They also push the archrival's role as favorites, wanting to play for as long as possible. "The loser will say the game was not important, the winner is happy about the first title, that's how it is every year," said SG coach Maik Machulla about the Supercup, putting pressure on his colleague. "I'm curious to see what Filip has already changed everything and what has remained." Since 1994 the comparison between champions and cup winners has been held. How could it be otherwise, leads the record champion with nine successes in this competition. The TBV Lemgo and the HSV Hamburg (four each) as well as the Rhein-Neckar Löwen (three) follow. Continue on https://www.kicker.de/755933/artikel/das_beste_zum_saisonstart_supercup_mit_100_derby_flensburg_kiel

Bronx Open: Bernarda Pera upsets Barbora Strycova while Camila Giorgi edges Andrea Petkovic PHOTO Czech Barbora Strycova Barbora Strycova lost in the second round of the Bronx Open as she struggles to build on her Wimbledon run. Barbora Strycova achieved her best grand slam singles result when she reached the Wimbledon semi-finals, but the Czech is finding it tough to build on last month’s unforeseen success. Strycova lost in the first round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, and after a first-round bye at the Bronx Open this week the 33-year-old bowed out in her opening singles match. The third seed – long considered a doubles specialist – was beaten 3-6 6-2 6-1 by American wildcard Bernarda Pera at the WTA International tournament played in the most northerly of New York City’s five boroughs. The venue is a short drive from Flushing Meadows, which stages the US Open next week. Italian Camila Giorgi came through a tough encounter with experienced German Andrea Petkovic, grinding out a 3-6 7-5 7-6 (7-3) success. Fifth seed Katerina Siniakova was on court for just 48 minutes, leading Anastasia Potapova 6-0 3-0 when the Russian qualifier retired. It was one of two retirements with Zhu Lin also departing while trailing 7-6 (7-5) 4-0 to Alize Cornet. Due to injury, Zhu Lin has been forced to retire from her #NYJTLBronxOpen second rounder.@alizecornet moves onto the quarterfinals with a 7-6(5), 4-0ret. scoreline pic.twitter.com/47tihpgxii — WTA (@WTA) August 20, 2019 Continue on https://www.foxsportsasia.com/tennis/wta-tour/1160570/bronx-open-bernarda-pera-upsets-barbora-strycova-while-camila-giorgi-edges-andrea-petkovic/amp/

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