As part of the second week of the German Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund outplayed host Freiburg and beat them 3-1 in a meeting that united them. This victory extended Dortmund’s lead to 6 points from two wins, temporarily leading the tournament, while Freiburg suffered their first loss in two meetings.
Fall of Seville to Osasuna
As part of the activities of the first round of the Spanish League, Sevilla fell into a trap, losing to their guest Osasuna with a score of 1-2 in a meeting that brought them together.
Draw between Lille and Nantes.
As part of the second week of the French football league Ligue 1, the Lille club returned from the field of the Nantes club with a valuable draw, with a score of 1: 1 in a meeting that brought them together. This draw temporarily increased Lille’s balance to 4 points and increased Nantes’ balance to two points after two draws.
Lack of Messi among Ballon d’Or nominees
Argentine star Lionel Messi is absent from the list of 30 players nominated for the Ballon d’Or 2022 for the first time in 17 years. France Football has announced the players nominated for the Ballon d’Or 2022 and Messi is missing for the first time since 2005, he is the most awarded Ballon d’Or.
France Football has announced the nominees for the Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper in the world for the 2021-2022 season.
The list of nominees was as follows: Belgian Thibault Courtois from Real Madrid, Slovenian Jan Oblak from Atlético Madrid and Moroccan Yassin Bono from Sevilla.
SmackDown: Gunther defeats Nakamura to retain the Continental title
Gunter and Shinsuke Nakamura will face off on WWE SmackDown for the continental title. The match was tight and Gunther started it hard, but Nakamura came back later and started shooting him back to back. Gunther hit Nakamura with “chops” that reverberated throughout the ring. Nakamura was later defeated by Gunther, but the latter managed to hold his own and surprised Nakamura with a “dropkick” and “Powerbomb” to win the match and retain the title.
Miscellaneous international and local:
Lebanese club Al-Ansar mourned their former captain, Adnan Al-Haj, who passed away after battling illness. Al-Hajj was part of the team that promoted Al-Ansar to the first division in 1967 after defeating Homenetman Bourj Hammoud.
Villarreal coach Unai Emery has confirmed that he wants to use the services of the Argentine Giovanni Lo Celso, who played in the ranks of the Yellow Submarine on loan in the second half of last season.
Egypt’s under-18 basketball team qualified for the World Cup after beating Angola 67-57 in the semi-finals of the African Championship.
Source: El Iktisad