Football, Bundesliga: Offensive talent Mohamed Sankoh is expected to be absent from VfB Stuttgart for the entire season due to his knee injury. The 17-year-old is out nine to twelve months, as the Swabian Bundesliga announced on Tuesday. The first operation last week in Hamburg showed that Sankoh may have to be operated on again. “The attending physicians have confirmed to us that the operation went well and that all structures could be restored as requested,” said VfB sports director Sven Mislintat: “This is an important first step for Mo and at the same time the beginning of a long journey back to the football field . “
New signing Sankoh had suffered the serious injury after his substitution in the 5: 1 against SpVgg Greuther Fürth on the first day of the new Bundesliga season. The VfB called the diagnosis “damage to the capsular ligament apparatus in the left knee joint”. With the shoulder injury of the Austrian international striker Sasa Kalajdzic, who will be absent for months, the problems of the Swabians had worsened. The key player was injured in the 4-0 draw in Leipzig on Friday.
NBA, Basketball: For the first time, two German brothers are playing for the same team in the professional basketball league NBA: National player Moritz Wagner signed a new contract with Orlando Magic on Monday (local time) and is going basketball with his younger brother in Florida. Franz Wagner was drafted in eighth place by the club at the end of July.
Shortly thereafter, Moritz Wagner (24) had agreed on a two-year contract with Magic, according to media reports. The franchise made the deal official only now – without any information on the term. The Berliner landed in Orlando at the end of last season after the Boston Celtics separated from him. It had previously been given to Boston by the Washington Wizards.
For Orlando, “Moe” Wagner played eleven encounters, ten of them as a starter, and averaged eleven points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists. The last time the 2.11 m man was in action at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. With the German national team, the former college player reached the quarter-finals against Slovenia (70:94). Franz Wagner (19) was only drafted as early as Detlef Schrempf. Even Dirk Nowitzki, number nine at the Milwaukee Bucks in 1998, was eclipsed.
Football, transfers: Hertha BSC reacted to the false start in the Bundesliga and signed a striker. On Monday evening, the capital city announced the move of Ishak Belfodil from league rivals TSG 1899 Hoffenheim to Berlin. Belfodil signed an annual contract. The 29-year-old can be used immediately. No information was given about the amount of the transfer fee.
With the signing of the Algerian center forward, who scored 20 goals in 73 Bundesliga games for Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen, the departure of the Brazilian Matheus Cunha to the Spanish champions Atletico Madrid is becoming more and more likely. According to reports from Sky television, the 22-year-old Olympic champion could move to Madrid this week for around 30 million euros.
“I am happy that we were able to win Ishak over. With him we have a proven goalscorer who has a certain amount of experience and has already proven his accuracy in the storm center,” said Hertha’s sporting director, Fredi Bobic, in a club release. “After three years at TSG, I was looking for a new challenge. I’m happy to be with Hertha in Berlin now. I really want to show what I can do here again and help make Hertha play a much more successful season than last “emphasized Belfodil.
Paralympics, flag bearers: London winner Mareike Miller and five-time gold medalist Michael Teuber carry the German flag at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. This was announced by the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) on Monday. The wheelchair basketball player from Hamburg and the cyclist from Munich will lead the 136-strong German team to the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday (1:00 p.m. CEST / ARD).
“It’s a beautiful moment and very special. I’m very happy,” said Miller, captain of the wheelchair basketball team. Teuber spoke of the “icing on the cake” on his career: “There is no greater honor than leading the team. It makes you feel cold.” DBS President Friedhelm Julius Beucher presented both of them as “exceptional athletes”. For the first time, as at the Olympic Games, a duo will carry the flag when the German para-athletes move in – a woman and a man. Like many other teams, the DBS team wants to set an example for equality. In Rio 2016, long jump world record holder Markus Rehm was the German flag bearer.
For athletes spokeswoman Miller (31) it is the third games, after gold in London she won silver with the German wheelchair basketball players in Rio. The 53-year-old Teuber has won five gold and one silver in his five participations on the road and on the track
Soccer, Spain: Real Madrid missed a perfect start to the season after a wild exchange. The team around ex-Bayern professional David Alaba did not get more than 3: 3 (1: 0) despite the halftime lead at UD Levante. Welsh international Gareth Bale gave the Madrilenians an early lead (5th) before Marti Roger (46th) and Jose Campana (57th) turned the game in the second half in favor of the underdogs. Vinicius Junior responded promptly to make it 2-2 (73rd), before Rober Pier brought the Valencia club back into the lead (79th). Again Vinicius Junior (85th) made sure the guests equalized and secured at least one point for Real.
Levante also had to survive the last few minutes with central defender Ruben Vezo as goalkeeper after keeper Aitor had played the ball with his hand 30 meters outside his goal and saw the red card for it (87th). Master Atletico Madrid, however, kept his clean slate. The team of coach Diego Simeone prevailed 1-0 (1-0) against FC Elche. The goal was scored by Argentine striker Angel Correa (39th), who has been responsible for all three Atletico goals this season so far. Atletico found it difficult to create clear opportunities at over 30 degrees. Defender Jose Maria Gimenez dropped the 2-0 shortly after the break (47th), after which the favorite managed the result successfully.
Athletics, 100 meters: Jamaica’s sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah missed the ancient world record over 100 m at the Olympic revenge. The three-time Olympic champion from Tokyo ran the second-best time in history in 10.54 seconds at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene / Oregon on Saturday and was only five hundredths above the record of the legendary American Florence Griffith-Joyner (10.49) from the Year 1988.
“I think the record is within reach because I ran 10.5 and I’ve got so much more in me,” said Thompson-Herah. “I don’t want to be distracted – the celebrations start in October and November, but now I still have a mission to fulfill. ” Behind Thompson-Herah, who won 10.61 in Tokyo, her compatriots Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.73) and Shericka Jackson (10.76) came in second and third, as in the Olympic final.
US whiz kid Sha’Carri Richardson, who ran 10.72 seconds in the run-up to Tokyo, had no chance at the comeback and finished ninth in 11.14 seconds. Richardson missed the Olympics because she tested positive for marijuana.
Bundesliga, Transfer: The Bundesliga soccer club VfL Wolfsburg, which started the season perfectly, has signed national player Luca Waldschmidt. As the wolves announced on Sunday, the 25-year-old will receive a four-year contract. Waldschmidt comes from the Portuguese record champions Benfica Lisbon, both clubs have agreed not to disclose the terms of the transfer. “He’s not only a good fit for our team in terms of sport, but also because of his character. His development is far from over, and we are therefore looking forward to tackling our goals with him,” said VfL Sports Director Marcel Schäfer.
The top scorer of the U21 European Championship 2019 already played in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburger SV and SC Freiburg before venturing to Portugal last year, where he scored nine goals in 27 league games. “I’m very happy to be back in the Bundesliga. I really wanted to. I am convinced of the way the club is going, the philosophy and ambitions of VfL match my ideas one hundred percent,” said the seven-time international.
Volleyball, EM: The German volleyball players celebrated their second victory at the European Championships and are almost certainly in the round of 16. The selection of national coach Felix Koslowski beat host Bulgaria 3: 2 (25:23, 16:25, 25:21, 18:25, 15:10) in the third preliminary round match in Plovdiv. At the beginning there was a 1: 3 against the two-time European champions Poland, then the team won 3: 1 against the Czech Republic.
In group of six B there are two more games, on Tuesday against Greece and on Wednesday against Spain (both 4.30 p.m. / Sport1). Four teams progress in each of the four seasons, Germany is in third place. Koslowski, who had given the quarter-finals as the minimum goal, can again rely on Louisa Lippmann at the European Championship in the team of the German Volleyball Association (DVV). The player had recently taken a break and skipped the Nations League.
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