marți, 2 august 2016

It was not Simeone, Bielsa, Sampaoli, Pochettino nor Diaz: Bauza is chosen

Edgardo Bauza was appointed today new Argentina coach. Diego Simeone , Marcelo Bielsa , Jorge Sampaoli, Mauricio Pochettino , Eduardo Berizzo , Miguel Angel Russo , Ramon Diaz and Marcelo Gallardo are just some of the candidates the Argentine Football Association (AFA) that fell by the wayside.

Bauza, Sao Paulo coach was the first coach who met with Armando Perez, president of the regulatory committee of the AFA. However, it was not the favorite coach Perez.

Normalizador committee chairman tried to talk to Marcelo Bielsa, but the former coach of Athletic Club de Bilbao refused to meet with Perez claiming "not be indicated for technical now."

The manager also expressed on several occasions its willingness to offer the post of coach to coach Atletico Madrid , Diego Simeone, but the 'Cholo' chose to stay ahead of the Spanish team.

On July 28, Perez announced he would travel to Europe to try to talk with Jorge Sampaoli, Sevilla coach Eduardo Berizzo, Celta de Vigo.

"If we agree economically with Sevilla, Sampaoli will be the new coach next week," Perez said at the time. But attempts to convince managers to release Sevilla coach failed.

In addition, Berizzo and Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham and other candidates mentioned by Perez, publicly refused to be considered for the position.

Marcelo Gallardo, coach of River Plate , and Carlos Bianchi also refused to be taken into account.

Those who did were met with Perez Miguel Angel Russo, former coach of Boca Juniors champion of the Libertadores Cup in 2007; Ramon Diaz, exselecionador of Paraguay and won several tournaments with River Plate, and Ricardo Caruso Lombardi , who trained about a dozen, several of them the rise Argentine teams.

After the meeting with Bauza, Russo, Diaz and Lombardi, and the refusal of the other candidates, Perez bent by the 'Paton'.

Bauza won two Argentine league with Central Rosario and a Peruvian Liga with Sporting Cristal . With Liga de Quito Ecuador won two Leagues, one Recopa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores, a tournament which he won with San Lorenzo.

The new coach was appointed by Perez, chairman of the regulatory commission created on July 21 by FIFA and the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) to take charge of the AFA, which is experiencing a serious institutional crisis.

Bauza replace Gerardo 'Tata' Martino, who resigned on July 5, "due to the uncertainty in the appointment of new authorities of the Argentine Football Association and the serious drawbacks for forming the team that represents the country in the next Olympic Games ".

Julio Olarticoechea , sub'20 interim coach, took over the team that will participate in Rio de Janeiro while the AFA was looking for a new coach.

Bauza debut on September 1 in the province of Mendoza (West Argentina ), when the national team receives Uruguay in the seventh round of the South American qualifiers. Five days later he will visit Venezuela , in Merida.

The Albiceleste is third in the standings with eleven points, two of the leaders: Uruguay and Ecuador .

Chile , which ranks last direct the World ranking, has ten points, same amount as Colombia , which is fifth. Brazil and Paraguay, sixth and seventh, respectively, have nine.

France beats Argentina 86-79 and will travel motivated to Olympic Games

The basketball team of Argentina defeated France by 86-79 on Monday and, by winning the friendly tournament Super Four, come in the best way the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The albiceleste team had already secured the first place in the tournament played in the province of Cordoba, central Argentina, beating Croatia and Serbia.

Emanuel Ginobili and Carlos Delfino were the top scorers in Argentina, with 15 points, while Nando Colo, with 20, was the most important of France.

It was the last game of both selected, which will now focus on the Olympics.

In the first round, Serbia beat Croatia 86-77, with partial 16-19; 36-40 and 64-60, and was second in this tournament.

Bojan Bogdanovic , most valuable player game with 18 points and Krunoslav Simon with 14 were the top scorers of the Croatian team while Miroslav Raduljica, with 17, and Bogdan Bogdanovic , 13, stood out in Serbian.

Ecclestone's wife's mother is released after nine days kidnapped

The mother-in-law of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone was released Sunday night after spending nine days in Sao Paulo kidnapped, police sources confirmed today.

Brazil Aparecida Schunck Flosi Palmeira, 67 and mother of Fabiana Flosi, Ecclestone current wife was uninjured, according to a statement from the Ministry of Public Security of Sao Paulo.

According to the authorities, two men were arrested for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping, which took place at the residence of Schunck, in the south of Sao Paulo, although police are looking for the alleged ringleaders of the action.

"There are others involved," noted the delegate of the police Elizabete Ferreira Sato.

After being located, Ecclestone's wife's mother was taken Sunday night to a police station to testify and left her with her daughter Fabiana Flosi.

Benzema, I exonerated Valbuena blackmail by one of the defendants


Mustapha Zouaoui, one of the accused for the alleged blackmail the player Mathieu Valbuena with a video of sexual content, exonerates the best known of the defendants, fellow French international Karim Benzema, and says it was he who got the player of Real Madrid in this issue.

In an interview published by "L'Equipe", although on June 24, Zouaoui, alias 'Sata', gives his version of the scandal that has turned away at least temporarily to Benzema and Valbuena of the French national team and insists that the first he did not want any harm to the second, but quite the opposite.

'Sata', which is now in prison for violating his judicial control after passing and four months in prison between October and February this year by this instruction, tells how he himself revealed to Benzema, at a meeting in Madrid in September 2015 the existence of the video, which had in its possession since March of that year.

According to his account, the player merengue received very seriously that information and was concerned about the effect it could have broadcast that video, did not want or see, for Valbuena - "Mathieu is able to kill himself." -

Zouaoui Benzema then pushed through one of his friends, Karim Zenati, so that the player spoke about this with Valbuena.

That happens in a concentration of the French team in early October when, according to 'Sata, "Benzema made a mistake in the presentation of the facts which earned him his indictment for justice, which was already investigating.

Specifically, instead of explaining that he knew who had the video, he says "I have a friend (referring to Zenati) that can solucionarte that."

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the tournament in Montreal in doubles

In the final match they beat Rumanian Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu with a score of 6: 3, 7: 6.

Also in Canada, another weighty won the best tennis player of the world Novak Djokovic. The Serb won a record, already the 30th, "Masters" in his career. At this time in Toronto. Rival Japanese Kei Nishikori was, seeded number three. In the opening set, Djokovic is expected to impose their game and 6: 3. In the second installment of the Japanese, they say, it rested, but this set was for the first racket of the world. 7: 5.

The decision to allow the Russian national team to participate in the Olympic Games based on justice

Court of Arbitration for Sport tightens with the decision on the claims of our swimmers who seek to be admitted to the Olympic Games in Rio. It's about Nikita Lobintseve and Vladimir Morozov, they were mentioned in the report of the so-called Commission for McLaren, and Yulia Efimova - it had previously been disqualified for using banned substances, but has already served the punishment.

The verdict on the plan had to endure the day before, but is it or not. Sources of news agencies reported that the decision likely will announce today, but a shift timing can be explained by the fact that the arbitration develops a common position on all Russian athletes who were not admitted to the games, but have filed or intend to file an appeal.

Meanwhile, the head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach said that the decision did not remove all of the Russian national team games, as demanded by some countries, based on principles of justice. He said this at the opening of the next IOC Session, which was launched in Brazil in the run-up to the Olympics.

"This decision is based on justice. Justice can not depend on politics. Because of the seriousness of the charges we were not able to comply with the presumption of innocence of the Russian sportsmen. But we can not deprive the athlete of the legitimate right of any person - to prove his innocence, "- Thomas Bach said.