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UNE PREMIÈRE LEÇON

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POGACAR TAPE DU POING On s’interrogeait sur l’état de forme de Tadej Pogacar et on a vu. Le champion du monde a déposé, avec facilité, Jonas Vingegaard dans la côte de Domancy. La victoire finale dans ce Dauphiné quasi dans la poche, il ne pense déjà qu’au Tour de France. 14 Jun 2025 L'Équipe ALEXANDRE ROOS COMBLOUX (HAUTE-SAVOIE) – Cette fois-ci, on l’a vu sourire, accueillir ce nouveau maillot jaune avec légèreté, pas tel un fardeau comme celui qui avait atterri sur ses épaules, par surprise, dès la première étape. Contrairement à celle de Montluçon, la journée d’hier était cerclée de rouge dans l’esprit de Tadej Pogacar. Un premier test en montagne, la possibilité de savoir où il en était après un gros bloc en altitude, au moment d’attaquer sa saison des courses par étapes, mais aussi de connaître la magnitude de la réponse qui lui serait opposée, notamment par Jonas Vingegaard. Après le petit grincement du contre-la-montre mercredi, qu’il avait expliqué par un manque de travail...

Merckx più universale che Cannibale

Gli 80 anni del più grande ciclista di sempre che forse ha finalmente trovato l’erede: Pogacar Il soprannome con cui è conosciuto da sempre non gli è mai piaciuto: “Non mangio le persone” Tante feste lo attendono in tutta Europa. Verrà celebrato anche al Museo del Ghisallo 14 Jun 2025 - Il Foglio Quotidiano DI GIOVANNI BATTISTUZZI Eddy Merckx lo chiamavano “Il Cannibale”. Quel soprannome però a lui non è mai piaciuto perché “un cannibale che fa? Mangia carne, bambini, persone? Io mi limitavo a correre e a vincere ogni volta che potevo”, ha detto a Cosimo Cito di Repubblica qualche tempo fa. E per lui, Eddy Merckx, vincere “ogni volta che potevo” voleva dire vincere molto spesso, perché aveva il talento sopraffino dei migliori, oltre a una determinazione fuori dall’ordinario. Ha vinto tanto, tantissimo, Eddy Merckx, ogni volta che poteva, perché per quello correva: per essere il primo, il migliore, per godersi l’effetto che fa oltrepassare lo striscione d’arrivo prima di tutti gli altri...

Pacers out to maintain ‘killer edge’

Carlisle, team fueled by their underdog status 14 Jun 2025 - The Indianapolis Star Pacers Insider Dustin Dopirak Indianapolis Star USA TODAY NETWORK INDIANAPOLIS – A reporter started to ask Rick Carlisle a question about the Pacers being 3-0 in these playoffs in Game 4s when they’ve taken 2-1 leads in the first three games. The Pacers coach cut it off before he was completely done with the premise, but in a sense it served as the best answer he could give. “Yeah, listen, before you even ask the question, we’re not getting into answering questions about the future or anything like that,” Carlisle said. “I mean, you look at what Oklahoma (City) did the beginning of (Game 3), 16-7, boom, just like that. We have a lead at the end of the third quarter. Boom, all of a sudden, we’re down five going into the fourth. There’s no looking forward. We study some of the things that have happened leading up to this. Beyond that, I’m not talking about anything having to do with series standings or any...

Met camera’s en software op amateurvelden zoeken naar de nieuwe Messi

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14 Jun 2025 - NRC Door Joris Kooiman  Illustratie Bram Petraeus Eyeball, een jong techbedrijf, verzamelt en verkoopt op grote schaal beelden en data van jeugdwedstrijden in Europa en Afrika. Er is veel vraag naar, maar hoe zit het met de privacy? Op 24 juli 2024 speelt Ibrahima Sene met zijn team van voetbalacademie BE Sport uit de Senegalese hoofdstad Dakar tegen stadgenoot Aigle Medina. Supporters zijn er niet op het zonovergoten kunstgrasveld tussen de betonnen woonblokken, laat staan scouts van Europese topclubs. Toch is er een kans dat medewerkers van profclubs en zaakwaarnemers in Europa de verrichtingen van Sene en zijn teamgenoten tot in detail volgen. Dat ze zien dat hij linksback speelt en al weten hoe zwaar en hoe lang hij is, dat hij drie dagen voor het duel met Aigle Medina zijn twaalfde verjaardag vierde. Of hij aanvallend is ingesteld, of juist niet. BE Sport Academy is ‘partnerclub’ van Eyeball, een jong technologiebedrijf met hoofdkantoor in Praag dat met camera’s ...

Het omstreden speeltje van Fifa-baas Gianni Infantino

Het ingrijpend vernieuwde WK voor clubteams, dat dit weekend begint in de VS, is onderdeel van een machtsstrijd tussen de FIFA en de UEFA. 14 Jun 2025 - NRC Joris Kooiman en Steven Verseput AMSTERDAM. Ronald Koeman FIfa-voorzitter Gianni Infantino gebruikt grote woorden, afgelopen dinsdag in een zaaltje in Miami. „We schrijven geschiedenis”, zegt hij, staand naast de gouden trofee voor het WK voor clubs. Daarin is niet alleen twee keer zijn naam gegraveerd, de wereldvoetbalbond claimt in een tekst op de beker ook dat het toernooi het „hoogtepunt” vormt van álle internationale clubcompetities. Een „big bang” in de historie van voetbal, stelt Infantino in Miami. Of het ingrijpend vernieuwde clubwk, dat deze zaterdag begint in de Verenigde Staten, die verwachtingen waarmaakt is de vraag. Anders dan Infantino doet geloven, is er veel scepsis. Spelersvakbonden vinden het onverantwoord dat de FIFA een omvangrijk toernooi van vier weken organiseert in vrijwel de enige periode dat (top)spelers...

Alonso seeks meaning of ‘Madridismo’ in Real time

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PEDRO CASTILLO/REAL MADRID/GETTY IMAGES Xabi Alonso is an interventionist coach, happy to lead by example Tournament offers new coach first chance to measure the task ahead at a toxic club that has become unmoored Jonathan Liew 14 Jun 2025 - THE GUARDIAN / Sport Of course he has been taking part in training. Quite frankly, it would have been deeply and offensively off-brand for Xabi Alonso not to have joined in. Darting around in the roasting heat, physically moving players into his desired positions, pinging pinpoint passes in his classic Predator boots: it was Alonso in his purest essence, and as the new Real Madrid coach oversaw his first sessions at Valdebebas this week it was hard not to feel that on some level nature was healing. As a player Alonso was a difference-maker, a details man, a midfielder who adored the ball and tried to leave nothing to chance. As a coach, the same traits define him. Sessions are high-intensity, fast-paced, but almost always with the ball at feet. He ...

Borrowed culture in a void of indifference: the almost-world Cup

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Mega-bucks tournament, which kicks off tonight, sees Fifa shed its role as overseer and regulator to become the investor-disruptor of every league on the planet CHATGPT simulated the tournament: PSG beat Bayern in final. Do we really need to play it? Barney Ronay 14 Jun 2025 - THE GUARDIAN / Sport Fire up the marching band. Rouse the majorettes from their state of indifference. Put out more flags. Put out some flags. Put out a flag. Er … is anyone actually there? IShowspeed? Can you hear me Pitbull? Welcome to the almost-world Cup, an almost-real almost-event that will perhaps, with a favourable wind, now begin to feel like almost-football. This week Gianni Infantino described Fifa’s regeared tournament as football’s Big Bang, referencing the moment of ignition from which all the matter in the universe was dispersed out of a previously cold and indifferent void. And to be fair, Infantino was half-right. So far we have the void. America, we have been repeatedly told, is ready for this, ...