Sportnews: Simon Ammann fails in qualifying for New Year’s jumping

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Ammann fails in qualifying for New Year’s jumping +++ Hamilton is now Sir Lewis

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Ammann fails in the qualification

Simon Ammann is already qualifying for the in Garmisch-Partenkirchen New year jumping the Four Hills Tournament failed. The 39-year-old from Toggenburg only flew 118 meters and landed on rank 52. Dominik Peter (123 meters) and Gregor Deschwanden (128.5 meters), on the other hand, survived the qualification, getting 44th and 31st tomorrow Ryoyu Kobayashi and Antti Aalto but to do with strong opponents.

The Slovenian Anze Lanisek was ahead with a jump of 139 meters Halvor Egner Granerud (143 meters) from Norway and Markus Eisenbichler from Germany the best in the qualification. Tour leader Karl Geiger finished fifth. (pre)

Murray not in Delray Beach

The former world number one Andy Murray took part in the ATP tournament in Delray Beach, with which the season starts next week, has been canceled. He wanted the risk of infection with the corona virus in the run-up to February 8th Australian Open the 33-year-old announced.

Most of the stars will only compete in Australia for the first time. Roger Federer is not yet ready for this after his knee operations. It won’t make its comeback until the end of February at the earliest. (pre / sda)

Hamilton is now Sir Lewis

Lewis Hamilton is a sir now. Queen Elizabeth knighted the almost 36-year-old Briton – at least virtually. The usual celebration was waived due to the corona pandemic. Hamilton stands up a list of 1239 names, which Buckingham Palace published late Wednesday evening. The Englishman became Formula 1 world champion for the seventh time this year and is thus record holder together with Michael Schumacher. (ram / sda)

LeBron James with a unique record

An NBA superstar made another entry in the record books when the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs. LeBron James surpassed on his 36th birthday with his 26 points as the first player in the NBA to break the 10-point mark for the 1000th time in a row. The last time it had not reached this value almost 14 years ago, on January 5, 2007.

The Atlanta Hawks had to admit defeat for the first time in the fourth game of the season. The team with Clint Chapel lost to the Brooklyn Nets 141: 145. The man from Geneva, who missed the first two games due to an Achilles tendon injury, contributed seven points. Capela also got twelve rebounds. (ram / sda)

Real leaves points

Real Madrid could not catch up with city rivals Atlético. Against the midfield team Elche left the «royal» two points. Wound Modric gave the Spanish champions the lead in the first half, but shortly after the break they conceded the equalizer from the point.

Elche – Real Madrid 1: 1 (0: 1)
Tore: 20. Modrid 0: 1, 52. Fidel 1: 1. (abu / sda)

Newcastle a draw despite Liverpool

Newcastle with the strong Fabian Schär is at home against the leader in the 16th round of the Premier League Liverpool came to a goalless draw.

Xherdan Shaqiri came to his first appearance for Liverpool since the beginning of November after a several-week injury break in the final minutes. But the focus was on another Swiss, Schär. In Newcastle’s three-point defense, he played a key role in ensuring that the outsider withstood the defending champion’s attacks. In the 81st minute, Schär prevented the goal from being hit with a break on the goal line Sound Mane.

Newcastle – Liverpool 0:0
Remarks: Newcastle mit Schär. Liverpool mit Shaqiri (ab. 91). (abu / sda)

Atlético Madrid continue on the road to success

Athletic Madrid ended his successful year with a win. The leader of the Spanish championship sat down thanks to a goal of Luis Suarez versus Getafe 1-0 through.

In 2020 Atlético Madrid only had to admit defeat three times in the championship – twice before the lockdown in March and again against Real Madrid a good two weeks ago. As in the past, Diego Simeone’s team’s recipe for success is based on a strong defense. In the 14 games so far this season, she conceded only five goals.

Atlético Madrid – Getafe 1: 0 (1: 0)
Tor: 20. Suarez 1: 0. (abu / sda)

Visp’s first victory after corona cases

The EHC Visp celebrated with a 3-2 win GCK Lions a win for the first time in three weeks. In the middle third, the Valais turned the tide with two power play goals from Dario Burgener and Fabio Haberstich.

Previously, Visp had won for the last time on December 10th and also against a junior team (2: 1 nV against EVZ Academy). On December 19, four team members tested positive for the coronavirus, whereupon two games of the Upper Valais were postponed. However, the entire team did not have to be quarantined. However, Visp lost the first two games after the Corona cases against the bottom of the table Winterthur and Ticino Rockets. (abu / sda)

Another game in the Premier League canceled

In the Premier League took care of that Coronavirus for the second game cancellation within three days. After Manchester City could not compete at Everton on Monday due to corona cases, the London derby also had to between on Wednesday Tottenham and Fulham be moved. Fulham requested the postponement due to new corona cases within the club.

During Christmas week, the 20 Premier League clubs registered the highest number of corona cases since the weekly test series began at the end of August. As the league announced, a total of 18 players or members of the support teams infected with the corona virus were identified in 1479 tests between December 21 and 27. (abu / sda)

Players union calls for mandatory vaccination for stadium visits

The Swiss players’ union Swiss Association of Football Players (SAFP) calls for a corona vaccination for players, stadium employees and fans in order to return to normal in professional football as quickly as possible.

“At least in an initial phase, the SAFP considers these restrictions for viewers to be proportionate,” writes the players’ union in a communiqué. “Viewers who do not want to be vaccinated can watch the games on television until, from a health point of view, approval without vaccination again seems justifiable.”

According to the SAFP, the Super League and Challenge League clubs should Gradually increase audience capacity as soon as the general public has access to the corona vaccination. In Switzerland, shortly before Christmas, the first person was vaccinated against the coronavirus. (pre / sda)

Hischier is out with a leg injury

Nico Hischier will mark the beginning of the immediate pre-season New Jersey Devils miss on New Years Day. The almost 22-year-old from Valais has to take a break due to a leg injury in early December. According to those responsible for the Devils, Hischier’s failure will not last too long. The National Hockey League will start playing on January 13th. (pre / sda)

Van Gerwen on, German darts fairy tale over

The world number 1 Michael van Gerwen stands at the Darts-WM in London in the quarterfinals. The Dutchman fought a high-class duel with the Englishman Joe Cullen, the one threw 180 to the other and awarded two match darts. Van Gerwen was 1: 3 sets back and finally won 4: 3 in the decisive leg of the seventh set. “MvG” now meets Dave Chisnall or Dimitri van den Bergh.

Gabriel Clemens is meanwhile in the round of 16 eliminated. “The German Giant” was the first German ever to get there. Against the Poles Krzysztof Ratajski Clemens got the short straw in a no less dramatic role. Both players gave away numerous match darts in the decisive leg of the decisive set. The number 15 seeded “Polish Eagle” now meets an Englishman thanks to his 4-3 win, the winner of the match between Stephen Bunting and Ryan Searle. (R.A.M)

Kloten alone in a wide hallway

The EHC Kloten leads the Swiss League safely. Before the turn of the year, the lead over the competition is eight or more points for the first time. The Klotener won 13 of the last 15 games. At the 7-0 against the EVZ Academy came goalie Dominic Nyffeler with 28 saves for the fourth shutout in December.

Langenthal left points. It lost 0-2 in Sierre, The brothers Maxime and Arnaud Montandon, both sons of the legendary Gil Montandon, scored the goals for the Valais in the last four minutes. Olten defeated Winterthur after a 1: 3 residue with 4: 3 and celebrated the sixth victory in a row. (ram / sda)

Barça disappoint against Eibar

Without Lionel Messi, who is still on vacation, he came FC Barcelona versus Relegation candidate Eibar not about one 1:1 out. The Catalans had an early opportunity to steer the game in the desired direction. But Martin Braithwaite shot a penalty next to the goal in the 8th minute. (R.A.M)

Kiel wins Champions League

The Handball player from THW Kiel have the Champions League won. In the final in Cologne, the North Germans sat down against FC Barcelona with 33:28 by. The best goalscorer in Kiel was the Swede Niclas Ekberg with eight goals. The German record champions won the Champions League in 2007, 2010 and 2012. (ram / sda)

Geiger wins in Oberstdorf

The native Karl Geiger has the prelude to Four Hills Tournament won in Oberstdorf. He sat 1.8 points ahead of the Poles Kamil Stoch by. The Norwegians ranked behind Marius Lindvik and Halvor Egner Granerud such as Markus Eisenbichler. After a failed first jump, the German improved from rank 27 to final rank 5.

The Swiss couldn’t set a highlight. Gregor Deschwanden At least he made it into the second round, he was 27. The four-time Olympic champion Simon Ammann just missed the decision, he finished 32nd. (ram)