Basketball
Eleventh degree for America
In the 19th edition of the Women’s World Basketball Championship, the team from the United States won the title for the fourth time in a row and the eleventh time overall. In the final, the Americans defeated the Chinese team 83:61 (43:33) in front of 16,000 spectators in Sydney. Australia secured the bronze medal with a 95:65 (51:43) win over Canada. Germany did not qualify for the World Cup. Only in 1967 (GDR) and 1998 was Germany selected for the Women’s World Cup in basketball. Olympic silver medalist Shiori Yasuma led USC Freiburg to its first German championship last season as a playmaker, having already lost in the group stage of the twelve-team tournament.
Both teams of course
Table tennis
Both teams of course
The German men’s table tennis national team avoided an early exit at the Team World Championships in Chengdu. A day after a surprise 3-1 defeat against India, national coach Jörg Roskoff’s side won 3-1 in a very tough group game against France on Monday and now have a good chance of making it back to the round of 16. European singles champion Dang Qiu (Borussia Düsseldorf) won his two matches against French brothers Felix Lebrun (3:1) and Alexis Lebrun (3:0) in Chengdu. The German women’s team has already qualified for the round of 16. They also won their third group game against the Czech Republic 3-0 and are now group winners in the knockout stages, which begin on Wednesday.
Have to go to class
Football
Have to go to class
Second division soccer team 1. FC Nürnberg parted ways with coach Robert Klaus after an alarming drop in performance. Klaus took over as “club” coach in the summer of 2020, having previously been an assistant coach at RB Leipzig. “We regret this decision, but it is inevitable. Robert has worked well here for more than two seasons. However, the development in the last few weeks has not been satisfactory,” announced sporting director Dieter Hecking. The day after 0: 3 in Karlsruher SC. Until further notice, two assistant coaches, Ersen Burladan and Frank Steinmetz, will oversee the team.
Big question mark
Volleyball
Big question mark
German volleyball players start the intermediate round of the World Cup with a big question mark. How much is the team really? National coach Vital Heinen certainly doesn’t know that. “Let’s see if we can go ahead there,” said the Belgian before his side’s intermediate round opener against Turkey this Tuesday (7pm). Germany is in last place out of 8 teams before the intermediate round starts. This is followed by matches against Thailand (Wednesday/3pm), Dominican Republic (Friday/7pm) and Poland (Saturday/8.30pm) in Lodz. The four best teams from the two intermediate round groups advance to the quarterfinals.
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