European Football Championship – Goretzka threatens to fail against France – Sport

Football, EM: Midfielder Leon Goretzka is likely to miss the German national soccer team’s start to the European Championship against France on June 15. “He will probably not be eligible for the first game,” said national coach Joachim Loew on Sunday. Goretzka (Bayern Munich) had “no match practice for four or five weeks” after tearing a muscle fiber in his thigh, emphasized Löw. “He will grow in a little and work his way into it. At the moment he is absent from the headquarters.” Goretzka missed the final training before the EM dress rehearsal against Latvia (Monday, 8.45 p.m. / RTL). Tactical considerations also depend on the 26-year-old’s recovery. If all the players in the well-filled midfield are available to Löw during the tournament, Joshua Kimmich could switch to the right wing.

Tennis, French Open: Disappointed about the missed opportunity, but also impressed by Roger Federer: Dominik Koepfer classified the narrow third-round defeat against the Swiss Grand Slam record champion as an instructive experience. “Roger is Roger, it’s unbelievable what he’s still doing at 39 years of age,” said Koepfer after his 6: 7 (5: 7), 7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 7 (4: 7), 5: 7 defeat, which was only confirmed after midnight on Sunday: “He still plays very good tennis and it is unbelievable how fit he still is. He put in more balls in the crucial situations.” Koepfer, 27-year-old German number three, missed his first round of 16 at the French Open because he showed nerves at the end of the first set and especially in the third round. “The result is of course disappointing, but I’m happy with the way I fought,” said the professional from Furtwangen.

Basketball, NBA: The Brooklyn Nets took the lead in the highly anticipated quarter-final series in the play-offs against the Milwaukee Bucks. But the Nets paid dearly for the 115: 107 success in their own hall in the duel between two hot title candidates with a renewed injury to top star James Harden. Harden dropped out after less than a minute with a lesion on his thigh. The same injury had put the 31-year-old out of action in the closing stages of the regular season. Against the Bucks, however, the other two thirds of the trio could be relied on: Kevin Durant (29 points, 10 rebounds) and Kyrie Irving (25 points, 8 assists) shone, and veteran Blake Griffin (18 points, 14 rebounds) also delivered his best so far Played since moving to the Nets in March. 34 points from two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo were also not enough for the Bucks. Game two takes place on Tuesday night.