Austrian Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen won the Baku Grand Prix, the eighth round of the 2022 season, as part of the Formula 1 World Championship. And his Mexican teammate Sergio Pérez came in second, once again swapping Ferrari after the duo of Leclerc and Carlos Sainz withdrew. participation, with the brilliant George Russell of Mercedes finishing third.
Saint Germain decides to fire Pochettino
And British newspaper reports showed that the administration of Paris Saint-Germain agreed with the Argentinean Mauricio Pochettino to terminate the contract between them. And the British newspaper The Athletic said in a report that the decision was made at a meeting last week, based on the mutual desire of the two sides.
Friendly victory for Lebanese youth over Jordan
The Lebanese youth team beat their Jordanian counterpart 2-1 in a match held at President Fuad Shehab’s complex in Jounieh as part of the two teams’ preparations for the Asian qualifiers.
Van Riethoven defeated Medvedev and won the Hertgenbosch championship
Dutch young tennis player Tim van Rethoven came up with a big surprise and managed to beat second place Russian Daniil Medvedev in the final of the Men’s Hertgenbosch International Tennis Championship with 250 points in two clean sets, 4-6, 1-6. To win his first professional title, van Riethoven did not win the ATP until this week.
International Miscellaneous:
German club Halle have announced the death of former East Germany captain Bernd Branch at the age of 77 after a long illness. Branch played 72 caps for the GDR and helped win the 1976 Olympic Games as well as a bronze medal in 1972.
– Driver Roger Fegali and co-driver Judy Fegali retained the Volkswagen Polo title in the 37th Spring Rally organized by the Lebanese Automobile and Touring Club in the districts of Keserwan and Jbeil on Sunday with 21 cars. the first round of the Lebanese Rally Championship this year.
– Egyptian Football Association President Gamal Allam has hinted at the sacking of his country’s national team coach Ihab Galal after playing just two rounds in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers scheduled for next year’s Ivory Coast final. Allam said in a televised address: “Two board members of the Federation, Hazem Emam and Mohamed Barakat, have been tasked with reviewing the resumes of foreign coaches to lead the Egyptian national team.”
Source: El Iktisad