Belgian Nafissatou Thiam, three-time reigning Olympic heptathlon champion, announced on Monday that she would skip the European Championships, scheduled for August 10 to 16 in Birmingham. She suffers from a chronic hamstring injury.
GeneralWithout forcing, Reynald Pedros' Ivory Coast successfully entered the women's CAN this Monday, easily beating Burkina Faso (4-1) in Casablanca. The Ivorians took the lead in group B ahead of Tanzania, who got the better of South Africa (2-1).
GeneralSo impassive and introverted, Nikola Jokic (31 years old) does not always show his true personality on the NBA floor. The Serb, who loves horse racing, shows another face that is much less modest during his horses' races, where the pivot can sometimes get into all his states.
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GeneralLast November, after Manchester City's 3-2 victory over Leeds, Daniel Farke accused Gianluigi Donnarumma of faking an injury to "bend the rules" and buy time for his team. Eight months later, English football could see another change to its rules after the highest national authorities decided to test a measure aimed at putting an end to these “fake injuries” of goalkeepers and the time-outs that accompany them.