joi, 4 august 2016

Australian delegation was robbed during the fire Friday

The Olympic delegation of Australia reported today have been robbed last Friday while he was outside the building where it is housed by a small fire that forced to evacuate, according to media reports local.

"An official laptop cycling team and some shirts, which were on the fifth floor were carried. It happened during the fire and just communicate what happened to the organization," said the adviser to the Australian Olympic Committee, Mike Tancred, the Globoesporte website.

This theft would be the last chapter so far in a long list of disagreements between the delegation of the southern country and the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee since they arrived in the Olympic village last Sunday, when it officially opened its doors.

Upon arrival at the set of buildings built to accommodate the various international delegations, Australians reported having detected up to 200 problems in your building, such as loose cables or problems with health.

As a result, the Australian delegation refused to take their apartments and preferred to accommodate athletes in hotels close while the Organizing Committee resolved failures.

The controversy was fueled by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, who said then that would put kangaroos in the Australian building for athletes feel at home.

This controversy was overcome Thursday when the Organizing Committee, which hired 630 technicians to solve the problems reported, said to have completed all repairs and apartments impeccably delivered the more than 200 delegations.

However, last Friday, there was a cloud of smoke in your building as a result of a bad unlit cigarette, forcing entire delegation to vacate the building.

In a press conference held yesterday at the Olympic Park, the head of the delegation, Kitty Chiller, he reported that during the fire alarms were disconnected because of reforms that were being made in some adjacent buildings.

Chiller also said he protested to the Organizing Committee by the presence of garbage and by the fact that someone had smoked in the Olympic Village, where it is forbidden, and requested that steps be taken to prevent these circumstances could trigger new problems the future.

Six players of Real Madrid do gym work

Real Madrid , after his arrival last night in New York, began working with a view to the last pre - season friendly match will play on tour in the United States , against Bayern of Munich.

Sergio Ramos , Frenchman Karim Benzema , Croatian Lucas Modrid, Isco , Colombian James Rodriguez, Marcos Llorente, did aerobic and strength work in the gym JW Marriott Essex House New York, where he is staying and is concentrated Real Madrid.

The six players seek tuning for the official start of the new season the team will next August 9 when he faces Sevilla in the Super Cup in Trondheim ( Norway ).

Ramos, Modric and James, who later joined the team after serving their respective commitments with their national teams in the European Championship and the Copa America Centenario, have not yet played any minute in the previous two friendly matches already completed the Merengues .

French coach of Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane, confirmed before the game that the team played against Chelsea and won 3-2, it was "important" that both Ramos and James Modrid and they had minute meeting Wednesday that will play against Bayern Munich at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.

Benzema could not play against Chelsea when he felt discomfort in his right hip and Zidane admitted he is concerned about the evolution of the player because they need minutes into the game if you then want to have him for the match against the new Sevilla who runs coach Argentine Jorge Sampaoli.

Benzema has been working with the physios team face his recovery and hope within the technical picture of the team is that it can be ready for the match against Bayern Munich, who now heads the Italian Carlo Ancelotti.

However, Zidane was also clear in his statements by pointing out that it was very "important" Benzeama had minutes before the German team otherwise participating in the Super Cup would be very questionable.

Sevilla confirm for five years Wissam Ben Yedder

Sevilla has confirmed the hiring of French striker Wissam Ben Yedder after the player passed a medical on Monday.

The 25 - year attacker arrives from Toulouse French and has signed with the Andalusian club for the next five seasons.

Ben Yadder, which came free in 2010 at Toulouse and last year scored 23 goals in 41 games (17 of them in Ligue 1), will be one of the men in charge of making forget Kevin Gameiro , who went to Atletico Madrid this summer.

Luciano Vietto is the other reinforcement on the offensive plane got Jorge Sampaoli for his new team, which also without Ciro Immobile . The Italian striker left for Lazio.

Valencia made official the signing of Martin Montoya for four seasons

Valencia CF has made ​​it official that it has reached an agreement with the side Martin Montoya for four seasons and will be presented tomorrow Tuesday as new Valencia player.

The defense of 26 years comes to Valencia from FC Barcelona and has been international Sub-16, Sub-17 selection that was European champion in 2008, U-19 and U-21, with which he was also champion Europe in 2013.

In his record at club level include three league titles, one Champions League Cups and two Super Cups Spain, obtained title with FC Barcelona.

Last season, Montoya played on loan at Inter in the Italian Serie A and the Real Betis , with whom he played thirteen games.

The defender is the third signing of Valencia for next season, after the Portuguese international striker Nani and midfielder Alvaro Medrán. The Mestalla club works on hiring at least a central defender and a midfielder.

marți, 2 august 2016

Athletes complain about the lack of Pokémon in the Olympic Village

Several Olympic athletes have complained via social networks absence of Pokémon in the Olympic Village Rio de Janeiro 2016. Fever video game Nintendo seems to have invaded the Olympic Games .

The canoeist French Matthieu Peche hung a picture of your mobile where could not find any pokémon , so did the British Joe Clarke .





Besides the footballer Zealand Anna Green expressed disappointment as follows: "I would run around the Olympic village hunting Pokémon . I can not get on the phone. Nothing happens, but it would have been fun. "

Barcelona rescinds Alex Song

Barcelona and Alex Song have reached an agreement for the termination of the contract between both parties, as it announced Monday the Catalan club on its official website.

Cameroonian midfielder, who in the last two years on loan at West Ham in the Premier League , will play from next season on Rubin Kazan coaching the Spanish coach Javi Gracia. The Russians have already announced the hiring of exfutbolista Arsenal .

Song, who played only 65 games with Barca shirt since arriving in the 2012-13 season (he scored a goal against Zaragoza ), was signed in 2012 a contract for five years with the Catalan club, so he split the Camp It nou a year earlier than planned.

With the African player, and there are five outs Barcelona this summer : Marc Bartra (Borussia Dortmund), Sandro Ramirez (Málaga), Adriano (Besiktas) and Dani Alves ( Juventus ) also left the culé institution.