The 77th player in the world had a very difficult start this morning, but she will not forget the welcome from the French public.
Au Golf National
Surprised by the very warm welcome from the public from 9am, the French number 2 – Perrine Delacour – who opened the women’s Olympic golf event, struggled with her emotions at the start of the 1st.I had to not cry. There was a lot of emotion and I’m happy with the way I handled it. I’m lucky to have done this start in front of so many people. It’s an indescribable emotion. The Marseillaise in the morning, I was expecting it, but I didn’t think it would be so emotional. I had talked about it a bit with Matthieu (Pavon) and also with my mental trainer. I knew there would be emotions. And I am very emotional. I interacted quite well with the audience. Videos were taken of that moment and it warms the heart. The audience is above us. It’s different from what we usually know. I had prepared for it but when you don’t experience it from the inside, it’s not the same thing. » READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
In the end, a very complicated first round (+7), weighed down in particular by a triple bogey on the 18th. I left a lot of energy at the end of the course with this finish. The course is harder than usual. He beat me today. I lost the battle but I gave the best version of myself“Everything is going well, however, for the French number one Céline Boutier, in the lead after nine holes (-3). The road is still long but the French number one has had an ideal start to the game.
What is the 2024-2025 Champions League schedule? The new tournament format, which now includes 36 teams compared to 32 previously, promises more confrontations from the start of the competition. Find the complete schedule of matches and their results updated in real time in our table below.
During the league phase scheduled between September and December 2024, each club plays eight matches against different opponents, selected based on their UEFA ranking.
Then, the top eight teams in the rankings will advance directly to the round of 16, while teams ranked 9th to 24th will have to go through play-offs in January 2025. These knockout matches will begin in February, with the grand final scheduled for June 2025. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
For French clubs, including PSG, AS Monaco, Lille and Stade Brestois, the challenge will be to stay in the race for direct qualifications and avoid early eliminations.
The final of the competition will take place in Munich on May 31, 2025. We will then know the successor to Real Madrid where Kylian Mbappé now plays.
In American football, the halftime show has long been part of the event. Appearances during the break have not been an issue in football so far – but that will change at the next World Cup.
Anyone who goes to the toilet or refills chips during half-time at the next World Cup final will miss something: As the world football association Fifa announces, from the next World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico there will be a half-time show in the final. What exactly the association is planning is still very vaguely worded in the announcement. FIFA is probably planning a musical performance modeled on the Superbowl in American football: This so-called half time show is probably the biggest stage that musicians have had so far. In recent years, megastars such as Coldplay, Rihanna and Bruno Mars have appeared at halftime.
FIFA wants to organize a halftime show together with an aid organization
Global Citizen acts as co-organizer. The aid organization is committed to combating extreme poverty around the world. “FIFA has made it its mission to promote football in all countries of the world and thereby have a positive influence on society,” explains the controversial FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
Through this partnership, FIFA, together with Global Citizen, will unite the world of sports and entertainment to actively contribute to a better world. “We are committed to a series of joint actions that promote access to the game and encourage fans to advocate for positive change in their local communities,” Infantino continued. However, the association leaves it open exactly how a halftime show during the World Cup final should support Global Citizen or combat poverty in the world. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
“Eventization” of football is met with rejection in Germany
If FIFA presents an act as big as the NFL at the Superbowl, the football halftime show would actually immediately be in the same league as its US counterparts. In the USA, the show is one of the absolute highlights of the football final. It remains to be seen whether such a show will be received so positively by football fans who are more used to a simpler presentation of their sport.
In Europe and especially in Germany, the organized fan scene is extremely critical of the additional commercialization and “eventization” of sport. A resonant example is Helene Fischer’s act before the 2017 DFB Cup final. The artist was booed so mercilessly and loudly during her short appearance that her singing on the television was difficult to understand at times.
Difficult to find two courses as dissimilar as those of Ugo Humbert and Arthur Fils at the ATP 500 in Tokyo, but the rectilinear trajectory of the first will still cross the fractured line of the second, in the final, this Tuesday. Despite losing his first set of the week, Humbert (19th in the world) qualified without too much difficulty by beating Tomas Machac (54th) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. After having fought like a madman to eliminate Taylor Fritz and especially Ben Shelton, Son went through two tie-breaks with forceps to subdue Holger Rune. One wanders, the other suffers, but we will be treated to a happy ending. Even with a seven-hour time difference with France, this is a pleasure that we won’t shy away from.