Berliner achieves the earliest hat trick in MLS history +++ Suspicion of racism: DFB bans former FC Bayern youth coach for 18 months +++ Bundesliga plans to return the visiting fans from the third day of the game +++ Sports news at a glance.
From “A” for American football to “F” for football to “Z” for decathlon. The world of sport is diverse. Every day there are sometimes more, sometimes less important competitions that are hardly noticed or even go under because of the dominance of a few sports. Wrongly – we think – and at this point we also and above all report on high-class sport apart from king football.
July 18: Berliner scores earliest hat trick in MLS history
The Berlin professional soccer player Hany Mukhtar scored the earliest hat trick in MLS history. The 26-year-old scored three times in one game for the first time in his professional career in SC Nashville’s 5-1 against Chicago Fire on Saturday evening (local time) in the 10th, 13th and 16th minutes. With the first goal, the offensive midfielder benefited from a gross mistake by Bastian Schweinsteiger’s ex-team. He scored goal number two after crossing over several times, the third goal was a directly converted free kick. Nashville ranks fifth in the Eastern Conference and is therefore on the playoff course.
July 17: First corona case in the Olympic Village in Tokyo
One week before the opening of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, there is the first corona case in the athletes’ village. This was confirmed by the organizing committee. OC managing director Toshiro Muto did not want to provide any personal information or nationality. Nor could he say whether the person had been vaccinated. All necessary measures would be taken to protect against spreading so that everyone in the athletes’ village could feel safe, it said.
In addition, there are so far five athletes who have tested positive for the corona virus when they entered Japan. The athletes and their companions are isolated from the population in the athletes’ village and must follow strict rules of conduct and hygiene. The organizers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have repeatedly assured that the games would be “safe” for everyone.
July 14: DFB bans former FC Bayern youth coach for 18 months
The DFB sports court has banned a former youth coach of FC Bayern Munich for 18 months. As the German Football Association announced, the penalty for seven cases of unsportsmanlike conduct was banned from exercising coaching activities. The ban applies from July 1, 2021 up to and including December 31, 2022. “The individual processes are those that run counter to the values and principles of the DFB in a massive way,” said Hans E. Lorenz, Chairman of the DFB Sports court. “Some of them were of a discriminatory nature and contradict the responsibility and role of a youth coach in a considerable way.” The youth coach, whose name was not made public, has approved the judgment. It is said that he has not been a coach for FC Bayern since August 2020. At that time, accusations of racism had become known in the young talent center of the record champions.
July 14: Bundesliga plans to return the visiting fans from the third match day
German professional football is planning the return of visiting fans to the stadiums from the third matchday of the coming season. This was decided by the 36 first and second division clubs at the extraordinary general meeting in Frankfurt. As long as the audience capacity is still subject to legal restrictions, five percent of the tickets per game should be reserved for guest fans. If the restrictions are completely eliminated, the actually intended quota of ten percent will automatically be returned, said the DFL.
Politicians recently gave the green light for spectators to return to the stadium in the 2021/22 season. For the time being there can be a utilization of the capacity of 50 percent, whereby the maximum number is limited to 25,000. A maximum of 20,000 fans are allowed to watch the games in Bavaria.
July 11: MMA star McGregor loses fight after broken bone
Irish martial arts star Conor McGregor was seriously injured while fighting Dustin Poirier. The 32-year-old mixed martial arts fighter broke his shin near the ankle on Saturday (local time) in Las Vegas, according to the UFC organizer.
McGregor twisted his left leg after an exchange of blows and couldn’t continue the fight after the first round. His 32-year-old US opponent won the duel. McGregor injured his leg on one of the kicks at the beginning of the fight and then broke it, Poirier reported.
It was the second loss for McGregor in the third clash between the two fighters. The Irishman had already announced his resignation several times, but made several comebacks and most recently lost to Poirier at the beginning of the year. McGregor should have an operation on Sunday morning (local time).
July 8th: First German victory – Politt wins twelfth stage of the Tour
Nils Politt has the first German victory in the 108. Tour de France celebrated. The Cologne-based team Bora-hansgrohe won the twelfth stage over 159.4 kilometers to Nimes on Thursday as a soloist and was the greatest success of his career. Behind the 27-year-old, the Spaniard Imanol Erviti and the Australian Harry Sweeny sprinted into second and third place. The favorites for the overall victory reached the finish line a long way behind.
A group of 13 drivers, which included Politt and André Greipel, set out shortly after the start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateuax. Since Mark Cavendish’s teammate Julian Alaphilippe was also represented there, the Briton’s team had no interest in the pursuit. As a result, there was no mass sprint, and Cavendish was unable to set the Belgian Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins. On Friday, the 36-year-old has the next chance on the flat stage to Carcassonne.
July 7th: Roger Federer retires at Wimbledon
The eight-time winner Roger Federer was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. One month before his 40th birthday, the Swiss lost 3: 6, 6: 7 (4: 7), 0: 6 against Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz on Wednesday in London. Federer missed his 14th semifinal participation in the Grand Slam tournament, which was played on grass. The long-time number one in the world has played relatively few games this year after two knee operations. Federer couldn’t use his chances against Hurkacz, especially in the second set, and in the end he had no chance.
The world number 18. Hurkacz will meet the Italian Matteo Berrettini or the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliasssime in his first Grand Slam semi-final on Friday. The other semifinals will be contested by the Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic and the Canadian Denis Shapovalov.
July 6th: Angelique Kerber moves into the semi-finals at Wimbledon
Angelique Kerber has moved into the semi-finals of the tennis tournament at Wimbledon for the fourth time. The 2018 winner won 6: 2, 6: 3 against Czech Karolina Muchova in London on Tuesday. The 33-year-old Kerber made the success of this year’s semi-finalist of the Australian Open perfect after 1:15 hours. In the semifinals this Thursday, the Kiel woman will meet the world number one Ashleigh Barty, who defeated her compatriot Ajla Tomljanovic 6: 1, 6: 3. Kerber was also in the semifinals in 2012 and 2016, five years ago she reached the final of the Grand Slam tournament played on grass for the first time.
July 4th: German basketball players return to Olmypia for the first time since 2008
The German basketball players qualified for the Olympics for the first time since 2008. The team of national coach Henrik Rödl won the final of the qualifying tournament in Split on Sunday with 75:64 against Brazil and thus secured the ticket to Tokyo.
July 4th: Verstappen celebrates third victory in a row in Formula 1
Max Verstappen has expanded his Formula 1 championship lead with his fifth win of the season. The Red Bull driver from the Netherlands won the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of Vice World Champion Valtteri Bottas in a Mercedes and Lando Norris in a McLaren. World champion Lewis Hamilton crossed the finish line in fourth place after problems with his Silver Arrow. For the 23-year-old Verstappen it was the third success in a row, and with now four triumphs he is the sole record winner of the race in Spielberg. In the overall standings, after the 15th victory of his career, Verstappen already has 32 points ahead of defending champion Hamilton, who was once again clearly beaten.
Sebastian Vettel experienced another arduous race with a bitter end one day after his 34th birthday. Starting in eleventh, the veteran in the Aston Martin was stuck deep in midfield and retired in 13th after a crash with Kimi Räikkönen on the last lap. As so often, newcomer Mick Schumacher left his Haas colleague Nikita Masepin behind as 18th.
July 1st: Ex-St. Pauli kit manager Claus “Bubu” Bubke died
“Cult kit manager” Claus “Bubu” Bubke from the second division soccer club FC St. Pauli died at the age of 76 after a long and serious illness. This is reported by the “Hamburger Morgenpost” and the “Hamburger Abendblatt”, among others. Bubke had worked for the Kiezkicker for decades and was considered the heart and soul of the club. He was diagnosed with cancer as early as 2012, and only reported in February that there had been a relapse. Bubke leaves nine grown children and deep sorrow at Hamburg’s Millerntor, which has lost a figure of identification with him.
July 1: 85 million euros: Sancho confirmed the move from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United
Football professional Jadon Sancho (21) is about to move from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United. Both clubs informed about the “fundamental agreement” on Wednesday. The English record champions will therefore pay “a fixed transfer fee of 85.0 million euros,” said Borussia’s mandatory announcement to the stock exchange.
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