Sport Court: Bronze medal for the women’s team at the European Squash Championships in Eindhoven

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Frijns fourth in a Formula E race on the streets of Monaco

16:16: Robin Frijns finished fourth at the Munich E-prix in his electric sports car. The Limburger team ran the entire Formula E race on the famous street circuit for a podium place and earned an extra World Cup point for setting the fastest lap, but the Envision Racing driver stumbled behind the French Jean in the final laps. Vergne who finished third.

The victory in the sixth round of the championship went to Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne (Mercedes), who started from fourth. New Zealander Mitch Evans (Jaguar) finished second. Vandoorne took the lead in the title fight from Vergne.

Reigning world champion Nick de Vries (Mercedes) was unable to participate in the battle in command. De Fries finished in 10th place.

Pole for the Italian Bagnaia at the Spain MotoGP

15:47: Italian motorcyclist Francesco Bagnaia will start from pole position on Sunday at the Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix. The Ducati rider set the fastest qualifying lap at Jerez. Set a record of 1.36.170.

Frenchman Fabio Quartararo set the second best time on his Yamaha and will also start from the front row. Quartararo is the world champion who won the Portuguese Grand Prix last weekend. Spaniard Alex Rins (Suzuki) leads the championship. However, Rins was a poor qualifier and started the race from 14th place.

Bronze medal for the women’s team at the European Squash Championships in Eindhoven

15:30: The Dutch women’s team won a bronze medal at the European Squash Championships in their country. The team of national coach Milo van der Heyden won the battle for third place in France in Eindhoven.

Van der Heyden won the first game with Colin Omard in three games: 13-11, 11-8, 11-6. Tessa Ter Slice then led Orange 2-0 by beating Inora Villard in five games: 11-6, 10-12, 6-11, 11-9 and 11-9. With these two victories, the bronze medal was a reality.

On Friday the Dutch team lost in the semi-finals to England’s favorite teams, who have won forty of the previous 42 editions of the European Team Championship.

Golfer Besling participates in the summit in Catalonia after a good run

13:13: Golfer Will Besling takes part in Catalunya, Spain after a good run. The Dutchman scored -3 on Matchday 3 and is currently in his early 20th century.

36-year-old Besling flew four flies during his third run and only had to score one bandit. He hit the ghost on hole 9, where he was three shots above the court average on Thursday.

Darius van Driel and Lars van Miguel are still making their rounds. Daan Huizing and Joost Luiten did not survive the cut and will not be in Catalonia this weekend.

Axelsen plays his favorite role in the European Badminton Championships

13:13: Danish badminton player Viktor Axelsen played his favorite role at the European Championships in Madrid. Seeded Axelsen defeated compatriot Anders Antonsen in the final 21-17, 21-15. The match lasted 43 minutes. Axelsen is number 1 in the world, Antonsen is third in the world ranking.

In the semifinals, Axelsen was too strong for Israeli Misha Zilberman, who knocked out Mark Kalgo in the third round.

Reigning champion Van Dijk in the final battle of the European Judo Championship

12:58Judoka Sanne van Dijke’s team secured a place in the final of the 70 kg category at the European Judo Championships in Sofia. The current European champion was too strong for the Austrian Michaela Poliris in Eppon’s round of 16. The match lasted just over two minutes.

Van Dijk (26) could face compatriot Hilda Jäger later in the day in the final, who will face Frenchwoman Marie-Yves Jahé in the semifinal.

The Portuguese Almeida leads the Emirati team in the Giro

11:26: Portuguese Joao Almeida will start the Giro d’Italia (6-29 May) as captain of the United Arab Emirates team, Emirates. The cycling team announced the selection of eight riders on Saturday.

23-year-old Almeida finished fourth in the Giro in 2020 and sixth last year, both times on behalf of Dekoninc-Quick Step. The Portuguese has been racing with the United Arab Emirates team Emirates this year and last month gave the team its first success by winning a stage in the Catalunya Grand Prix.

“The preparations have gone very well,” Almeida said. “Since the last race I have been training at high altitude in Sierra Nevada with some of my teammates and we have put together an excellent team”.

Almeida receives with her compatriots, Rui Costa and Ruy Oliveira. Four riders who have already won a stage of the Giro will start with the Italians David Formolo, Diego Ulissi, the Colombian Fernando Gaviria and the Argentine Maximiliano Ricci. The Italian Alessandro Covey completes the team.

Judoka de Wit lost her first game in the European Championship at the 230th world number

10:29: For Judoka Frank de Wit, the European Judo Championships ended after just one match. The number 7 in the world lost in the category up to 81 kilograms in the gold class, the extension, from the Italian Giacomo Gamba, number 230 in the world.

Low Gamba threw De Witt on his side after a minute and a half in the gold score, which marked the end of the match on the spot.

In the women’s category, junior Joan van Lichot lost in the first round to Romanian Florentina Ivanescu in the weight category up to 63 kg. In the same category, Jake Van den Berg won his first match against Anastasia Antipina of Ukraine. In the weight category up to 70 kilograms, European champion Sunny Van Dyck won her first match against Belgian Gabriella Willems. Hilda Jäger defeated Serbian Jovana Boncic in her first game in that category.

The European Judo Championship continues until Sunday.

McNulty arrives at the Tour de Romande for respiratory problems

10:10: American cyclist Brandon McNulty has retired from the Tour de Romande. The 24-year-old driver confirmed that he is not feeling well and having difficulty breathing.

McNulty finished eighth in the overall standings after three stages, 25 seconds behind Jumbo-Visma’s Australian leader Rohan Dennis. McNulty has already been the best three times this season, including the fifth stage of Paris-Nice.

On Saturday the riders will complete the Queen stage of the Tour de Romande. They have five Class I and one Class Two climbs on Swiss roads for the final climb to the Val d’Anniviers ski area.