Olympic can only do better

Basketball » First, this good news: Olympic can only do better. Beaten 55-66 on Saturday at the Salle Saint-Léonard by the Germans of Giessen, Petar Aleksic’s proteges will fly to Skopje on Wednesday without much certainty. Skopje, capital of North Macedonia: the city where the Freibourgese must, from Friday, then Sunday if there is victory two days earlier, obtain their ticket for the group stage of the Champions League. Based on what was their last friendly match before the start of serious things, let’s dare to write it: they are far from it.

Brilliant blows

Faced with a team relegated from the Bundesliga to the 2nd division last season but which aspires to regain the heights as quickly as possible, Olympic played what Philippe de Gottrau describes as “the worst