Mazinho denies the rumors that placed Celta Rafinha

What a mess was formed with Rafinha on social networks! The fuse was lit on Monday when the newspaper El Uncheck said the Celtic would Barcelona to by Rafinha, even alluding to a possible verbal agreement with the Galician club Mazinho , father of footballer and former player olívico whole.

The bomb exploded after the Sport daily, which echoed the information on the cover of its online daily, giving effect to the news statewide and firing rumors out of a Rafinha concentrated with the Brazilian national team to contest the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The ball became so great that Mazinho finished creating a Twitter account to deny this information, although social networks still rely more on rumors that the own 'course' father of the player, which he thought was an account 'fake 'as it had been created at that moment.

Todas las noticias que salen de Rafinha con relación al celta de Vigo,es todo mentira.

— Mazinho (@imazinho) August 1, 2016

Lizzie Armitstead will compete in Rio after winning the appeal to CAS

British cyclist Lizzie Armitstead will compete in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after winning the appeal filed before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for not attending three doping tests in one year.

"I've always been a clean athlete (...) I am very pleased that the TAS has accepted my position after giving detailed information showing my situation," said Armitstead in a statement.

Armitstead faced an automatic suspension, filed July 11, by the UKAD (UK Anti-Doping) by not three controls in one year. Finally, the CAS ruled that the procedures were not followed correctly during a test and annulled the suspension.

The cyclist, 27, won the silver medal in the road race in London 2012 and is a favorite to win gold in the same event in Rio.

Molina: "The team is very strong, focused and determined"

The captain of the Spanish selection of waterpolo, Guillermo Molina, said that "the team is very strong, very focused and determined" ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where his team debut on Saturday August 6 against Italy .

"The sensations are good, we've had these past two weeks, have refined, we have left the workload and we are getting some of the feelings we had in the Olympic qualifiers, which is very important. The team I think is very strong, very focused and very determined, "he said Molina told Europa Press.

The captain, 32, said that in the warm-up games "level results have not been very satisfactory," but the team has extracted "the positive things during individual play," which are those that make you "grow as group".

As for the Olympics, the ceutí said that "it will be very tight" and that "the goal is to play well and aim for medals." He also said that "the favorite is Serbia", but "then there are many factors that influence".

"The keys of the group will be equipment, concentration and determination. The technical Gaby Hernandez knows how are the Games, he has been in two. It has very clear ideas of how we should deal with them and sure to be his key contribution in this regard "said Molina, adding that these Games will be his" last "and therefore the faces with" a special feeling ".

After his debut against Italy, the Spanish team will also be measured in the group stage with the United States, France, Croatia and Montenegro.

Edgardo Bauza Martino replaces the front of the Argentina selection

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced the appointment of Edgardo Bauza as new coach, ending nearly a month of rumors and uncertainty following the resignation of Gerardo Martino.

Confirmation of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) came shortly after the Sao Paulo club he served Bauza announced his departure. "Bauza is the technical director of the selection (...) On Friday comes to Argentina," announced to the press Armando Perez, president of the AFA.

The main objective of the technician will qualify for the World ell albiceleste to Russia 2018, with a team that initially will be without its biggest star Lionel Messi, who quit the national team after losing the final of the Copa America Centenario.

"We must try to convince Messi to be in the selection, but it needs time and should not be rushed," Bauza said late last month when his name sounded like possible coach of Argentina.

Bauza will take the reins of the selection twice world champion after leading the Sao Paulo, with which he advanced to the semifinals of the last edition of the Copa Libertadores, the main club tournament in South America.

"Sao Paulo Edgardo Bauza announces that reported having received and accepted the offer of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) to assume command of the national team, so he will leave office in the Tricolor (...) 'Paton' is farewell to the club after eight months of work ", he had announced the Brazilian club said in a statement.

Argentina is third in the CONMEBOL qualifiers with 11 points, two of Uruguay and Ecuador in qualifying position for Russia 2018 when 12 games remaining to the end of qualifying.

The 'Paton' Bauza, an emblematic goalkeeper Rosario Central in his playing, achieved international recognition after winning the Copa Libertadores with Liga Deportiva Universitaria Ecuador in 2008 and with San Lorenzo de Almagro of Argentina in 2014. None of the two clubs had won the renowned title until the arrival of coach.

"If we look with optimism (the contract with Bauza) is to Russia (...) The first thing we had to solve was the technician," said Perez, who had also had contacts with coaches like Jorge Sampaoli, Ramon Diaz, Miguel Angel Russo and Mauricio Pochettino.

The economic and managerial crisis hitting the AFA, forcing the intervention of FIFA itself with the appointment of Perez at the head of an interim committee almost leaves the South American country unrepresented football team at the Olympic Games begin this week.

With the resignation of Martino, he had to resort to exinternacional Julio Olarticoechea as coach to travel to Brazil, as it was the only coach with the AFA contract.

The new governor will review the accounts of Tokyo 2020

The new governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, said Tuesday it will create a research group to review the ongoing process of organizing the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 and to submit an interim report the situation in September.

"We will review the process to ensure that the budget is adequate to check tenders and public procurement," Koike said today during his first appearance before the media as governor of the capital, broadcast by public broadcaster NHK.

The group will act sponsored under a department of political reform of the metropolis led by Koike itself as part of its strategy to create greater transparency in the city, one of the three pillars on which it based its mandate, along with diversity and security, he said.

"The Olympic and Paralympic Games to be a success," said the new head of government in Tokyo, the first woman in office, which overwhelmingly won elections last Sunday consistory.

To do this, "we need to make public such information as budgets", an aspect in which believes that "the government of Tokyo has very low level."

The Olympic Games to be held in the Japanese capital in four years have been punctuated by a long history of controversy.

The Government of the Metropolitan Area of ​​the capital -under the mandate of Yoichi Masuzoe, who resigned in June by a scandal of improper spending of funds públicos- decided by the organizing committee 2020 Tokyo a year ago discard the original draft of the Olympic stadium after double the cost initially budgeted.

This led to launch a new tender to choose a more sustainable design and delay construction until early 2017, with the consequent delay in its completion for -prevista shortly before the start of the games summer- and the transfer of Rugby World Cup 2019, to be held in this room.

Add to this the problems generated around the Olympic logo, which had to be replaced by accusations of plagiarism, and the ongoing investigation of alleged bribes Tokyo's candidacy adds.

Ion Izaguirre: "Everything looks more with the victory of the Tour"

The Spanish team Movistar cyclist, Ion Izaguirre, said that "everything looks more with the victory of the Tour" in relation to his involvement with the selection of Spain in the Olympics , according to a statement released by its press department.

It was the descent to Morzine, in the final stretch of the penultimate stage of the Tour de France 2016, where Izaguirre distanced itself from the other escapees, the Colombian Jarlinson Pantano and Italian Vincenzo Nibali, for the first and only Spanish victory this edition of the French round.

"I went all right, had legs and I knew wear well drain not get nervous at any time. The legs responded, could crown Joux Plane with the best (Nibali and Pantano) and let them back in the fall," he recalled the guipuzcoano.

Questioned about his involvement in the trial of the upcoming Olympic Games, Izaguirre was cautious: "I want to do it well, no more Making her butt out focused and get out what you have to leave I do not put any goals or top.. 5 or anything, a top 10 would be very satisfied, "he said.

In addition, the Spanish rider said that it suits a "hard time trial and more than fast" to have better options to specialists such as Swiss Fabian mode Cacellara or German Tony Martin.

Finally, Izaguirre highlighted the presence Alejandro Valverde in the Spanish team and said that "abuts" and that the Olympics are his "big goal".