In the quarter-finals of the Asian Basketball Championship, the Lebanese team managed to eliminate their Chinese counterpart 72–69 and faced Jordan in the semi-finals, who in turn beat the Iranian team 91–76.
In an exclusive interview with sports reporter Issa Yassin, Lebanese national basketball team coach Jad Al-Hajj expressed great joy that the Cedar men made it to the Asian Nations Cup semi-finals, eliminating the Chinese team and winning it 72-. 69 in the quarterfinals.
Friendly win for Paris Saint-Germain.
As part of the club friendly competition, the French team Paris Saint-Germain beat the Japanese team Kawasaki Frontale with a score of 2:1 in a match that took place at the Japan Stadium. The match went on with a 0-0 draw for more than half an hour, until Argentine star Lionel Messi started scoring in the 32nd minute and his colleague Arno Calimundo added a second goal in the 58th minute.
Dybala officially signed with Roma
Roma announced on their Twitter account the signing of Argentine star Paulo Dybala. Reports indicate that the 28-year-old has signed a three-year contract with an option for a fourth year, with a salary of 4.5 million euros in addition to 1.5 million euros in incentives.
Al-Sheikh is saddened by the situation with Ronaldo
Turki Al-Sheikh, head of Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Entertainment and owner of Spanish club Almeria, expressed “sadness” at the situation Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo is in due to what he called a “club race”. refuse to sign it. Al-Sheikh wrote on his official Twitter page: “It’s sad to see the end of one of the best players in the world in this way… clubs are rushing to abandon him. Cristiano must save face and terminate the big contract as soon as possible. … the start of his mistakes is his move from Real Madrid.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton missed the first practice session of the French Grand Prix, round 12 of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship. And British newspaper The Sun explained on Wednesday that the reason has to do with current season laws that force each team to run some of the new drivers in some of the Friday test sessions during the season, which is why the Mercedes team decided to make it to the Tour de France, and Hamilton will replace Nick de Vries in share.First practice at Paul Ricard.
International and local miscellaneous:
– It has been reported in some circles that former star Jihad Mahjoub has become the coach of Al-Hikma’s defenders, who hail from Al-Ansar.
Sacramento Kings player Keegan Murray has been named the NBA Summer League Player of the Year in preparation for the start of the new season.
Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez, a former striker for Atlético Madrid and Barcelona, has offered his services to one of Europe’s biggest clubs. According to the Spanish program “El Chiringuito”, Suarez offered his services to Borussia Dortmund at the current summer Mercato.
Source: El Iktisad