marți, 31 mai 2016

Portuguese press points to Nuno Espirito Santo as the new Porto coach

The signing of Nuno Espirito Santo as the new coach of Porto is considered complete in Portugal , where it is expected that the recruitment of that coach outside Valencia and Rio Ave is officially announced in the coming hours .

The news is advanced today cover the three sports newspapers across the country, and just a day after the club made ​​public the termination of the contract so far coach Jose Peseiro .

If confirmed, Nuno return to the team his 42 years in which more years passed during his time as a goalkeeper (five seasons) and he left in 2010 to retire and start his coaching career.

After two seasons as goalkeeper coach, Panathinaikos took the reins of modest Rio Ave, where he achieved a surprising and valuable sixth place in his first year and which sneaked into the finals of the Cup of the League and Cup of Portugal in the second.

These credentials earned him to anchor in Valencia in the summer of 2014, a club of the most demanding in the note which met in his first season in classifying the team for the Champions League.

In his second season, however, the performance was not as expected and decided to disassociate in late November last year.

lusos media recall the close link with Nuno Espirito Santo agent Jorge Mendes and speculate that the representative will reinforce its weight in Porto thanks to this move

Curry: "We have to be proud of the achievements and go for more"

The star guard of the Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry, became once again the great center of attention of another historic victory achieved current NBA champions by winning 96-88 to Oklamoha City Thunder in the seventh game of the finals of the Western Conference and said everyone should be proud.

"We achieved is to feel proud and how hard it has been achieve," said Curry at the end of the match with a contribution of 36 points, including seven three-pointers that left him with new mark in the history of the playoffs by finishing the series with 32 baskets from outside the perimeter. "It's not time for brands but what made the team."

Curry shattered once again to the defense of the Thunder, but more importantly, they always came in the decisive moments of the game and when the team needed him most.

"Without the help of all had not been possible to achieve victory nor the mission to be back in the NBA Finals that was our goal since we started training camp," said Curry. "Hence from now we look to the future with the mind focused on getting more wins."

Which will need to Cleveland Cavaliers, rivals last season in the NBA Finals, when they begin the series starting next Thursday at the same stage of the ORACLE Arena.

"We are ready to fight against the Cavaliers, a great team that we respect as the rest, but we'll be ready to fight to win the title of champions", she said Curry. "Now we have a rest day to forget what lived before the Thunder and then return to the fight."

Guard Klay Thompson, who also asserted his encestadora inspiration from outside the perimeter by contributing 21 points, including six triples, two days after setting new brand of triples in a playoff game to encestar 11 in the sixth was held in Oklahoma City and the Warriors won 101-108 at home, highlighted the wrestler character of the team.

"We have shown the kind of character we have as a team and proved it all season," said Thompson. "We never gave up nor we are winners and that was the key."

While the power forward Draymond Green, who had 11 points, nine rebounds and four assists, acknowledged that throughout the season were prepared to live situations limit that touched them to the Thunder.

"No one in the team had doubts that we could overcome the situation," said Green. "The fans have seen before nine teams have 1-3 record down in a tie, there are not many, but never anyone with mark of 73 wins in the season, so our response did honor that achievement," he said Green.

Meanwhile the Warriors coach Steve Kerr admitted he had qualified for very little, but highlighted the work of the whole team and especially the Curry showed again the kind of player and leader who is in the field when you have pressure.

The big losers were the Thunder, although forward Kevin Durant met with 27 points, but did the rest of the companions nor rookie coach Billy Donovan, when the team fell apart in the third period did not find the reacting way.

"It hurts losing, especially after having had a 3-1 in our favor," Durant said after the game. "We started very well again, but then again they found the pace of the shots from outside the perimeter and there arose problems."

Durant, who is a free agent this summer, said it was not the time to discuss his future because neither had thought.

"What if I have very clear is that I am super proud of my teammates and what we achieved this season as a team," said Durant. "We were near the big win, but did not because in front there was also a team who are champions league."

While Donovan, who turned 51, said his team struggled and was always in the game, but in the end a big rival who are also the league champions prevailed.

"Last season we won a league title, then beat the mark of victories (73), and there was talk before the playoffs start diesen that was against the best team in NBA history" praised Donovan. "We were at the gates to eliminate so I feel very proud of what has been achieved".

Donovan said his team played great defense, but in the decisive moments, the figure of Curry with triple completely changed the history of the party.

"The credit they deserve for responding as they did when things were more difficult must it give them," he added.

Adebayo Akinfenwa, getting bigger day

AFC Wimbledon promoted to League One, the English third division, after winning 2-0 Plymouth Argyle in the playoffs and had a familiar hero: "The Beast" Adebayo Akinfenwa .

The front of 1.80 meters, and over 100 kilos was already famous after making a hard time early last year Liverpool finally ended up winning 2-1.

This afternoon went back into the hearts of the fans after sealing the result that gave the promotion to your computer criminal in the eyes of 57,956 fans gathered at Wembley occurred, the second largest attendance in the history of playoffs League Two. How it held? Running toward the grandstand Wimbledon with a shirt that read "Beast Mode" (Beast Mode) .

But the Nigerian show reached its comic point after finishing the game when he said he had just left without work: " It 's a great feeling. There is no better way out; I threw the penalty in the final minutes, I scored and played in third division. I can go. I is releasing " she said Brown as he hugged Neal Ardley, technical director of the club.

But it was not there, 34 he sent a clear message to all the coaches and managers who want to have his vast talent: "Now that I'm unemployed I can call. Whatsapp send a message. They said it was too heavy to play football. Now what can you say? " .

547,000 tickets for the Olympics and Paralympics

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro today announced it has purchased 547,000 tickets for the Olympics and Paralympics for gifts to officials and public school students.

Ticket will entail an expenditure of 5 million reals (1.4 billion dollars) of public money, as announced responsible for the Mayor at a press conference.

Specifically, the municipal entity acquired about 47,000 tickets for the Olympic Games and Paralympic 500,000, to be held in the Brazilian city the months of August and September.

Recipients of tickets will be 137,000 civil servants, 392,000 schoolchildren, who will be required to have good grades, and 18,000 poor.

The Brazilian Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons said the idea of ​​distributing tickets is a measure which is intended to "engage once the population in the Games."

Ticket sales the Olympics are going slower than expected by the organization.

According to the latest balance of the organizing committee, has sold about 67% of the 6 million tickets for the Olympic Games and about a third of which have been offered for the Paralympics.

Vitoria turns with the rise Deportivo Alaves


Thousands of followers Deportivo Alaves today have crowded the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca Vitoria to celebrate the return of his team to the First Division.

The alavesista hobby has been the star hosting this evening has offered his team Vitoria.

At 20:10 hours, the bus albiazul team has entered the Virgen Blanca Square with players like Einar Galilea, Facundo Guichon and above the coach Raul Garcia celebrating the rise.

It is the steps of the Church of San Miguel waited for the squad, the coaching staff and the management of local authorities.

After the greetings of General Deputy of Alava, Ramiro Gonzalez, the mayor of Vitoria, Gorka Urtaran, President of the General Meetings of Alava, Pedro Elosegi, and the Bishop of Vitoria, Juan Carlos Elizalde, the staff has been honored with aurresku of honor.

Then the captains Manu Garcia, Jagoba Beobide , Sergio Mora and Sergio Pelegrin have made ​​a wreath to the Virgen Blanca in the Church of San Miguel.

Following completion of the tradition, players and coaching staff have been directed from the balcony of San Miguel to the thousands of fans who have come to celebrate with them the return of "The Glorious" to the elite national football 10 years later .

Keylor Navas will miss the Copa America

Finally Keylor Navas will not be in the Copa America this summer because of an Achilles tendinitis in his left foot. Coach Oscar Ramirez confirmed low past the keeper.

"This injury's been dragging on the World Cup in Brazil. He told me that he was very excited to come to the Copa America, but unfortunately the effort this season finale is happening invoice. We will not be able to count on him" said the coach of Costa Rica .

The goalkeeper of Real Madrid could not play last season's Concacaf Gold Cup for the same ailment. Ramirez has called in place to Danny Carvajal.