Uli Fortes Yverdon is in the cup semifinals. Tenth goal of the season for Nico Hischier. Nicola Spirig misses the start of the season due to a fall in training. And the YB player Christian Fassnacht is again longer. The most important sports news at a glance.
Formula 1: Verstappen unveils the new Red Bull car
Red Bull’s new car.
(sda/dpa) Max Verstappen presented the new racing car for the upcoming Formula 1 season 59 days after winning the world championship. The RB18 was presented online in Milton Keynes, UK on Wednesday. “I’m just looking forward to sitting in the car and driving,” said Verstappen: “I feel good, but a lot is unknown about the new car. That’s why I’m also curious to see how the new car drives.”
Ready to send it ? Bringing in a whole new era of #F1 with our fans ? pic.twitter.com/jtpBptQmCJ
— Oracle Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) February 9, 2022
Due to the rule changes, which are intended to make overtaking easier and thus ensure even more spectacle on the tracks, the look of the new Red Bull has also changed significantly compared to the 2021 model. The simplified front and rear wings as well as the wings over the front wheels are striking. The tires have gotten bigger. Verstappen commented that it would be more difficult to hit the apex in the curves.
Football: Chelsea thanks to Lukaku in the final
(sda) Chelsea have qualified for the Club World Cup final for the second time. The Champions League winners beat Al Hilal Riyadh 1-0 in the semi-finals in Abu Dhabi and will play Palmeiras’ Brazilians for the title on Saturday.
Romelu Lukaku scored the only goal of the game in the 32nd minute. Chelsea clearly dominated the action for an hour and should have been in the lead up to that point. The German Kai Havertz hit the post in the 48th minute. The challenger from Saudi Arabia had his best phase after a good hour with some finishes.
Chelsea lost in the 2012 Club World Cup final to the Corinthians, who, like Palmeiras, are based in São Paulo. It was the last time that the title didn’t go to the European entrant.
Ice hockey: Hischier with the Devils away win with tenth goal of the season
Nico Hischier (left) scores his tenth goal of the season against the Canadiens.
(sda) The New Jersey Devils can still win in the NHL. After the last seven defeats in a row, the team wins away against the Montreal Canadiens 7:1. Captain Nico Hischier made it 3-1 in the 30th minute. The Valaisian has 26 scorer points (ten goals) so far this season.
Nino Niederreiter recorded an assist in Carolina’s 4-3 away loss in Ottawa. The Senators were already leading 4-0 after two periods. On the other hand, the impressive series of Kevin Fiala, who always scored at least one scorer point in twelve games in a row, came to an end. The forward lost 2-0 away to the Winnipeg Jets with the Minnesota Wild winning six games in a row.
After seven losses in a row, the New Jersey Devils win again.
Tennis: Ex-US Open winner del Potro stops
At the ATP tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro celebrates his comeback and farewell at the same time.
(dpa) Before his last service game he burst into tears, after the match point he hung his famous headband on the edge of the net and gave an interview crying. Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro, one of the few tennis professionals to break the Grand Slam dominance of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in recent years, has declared his career over.
In the first round of the ATP tournament in Buenos Aires, the 33-year-old celebrated his comeback and farewell. After a break of almost 1000 days, the 2009 US Open winner returned to the field after countless injuries.
Del Potro lost 1: 6, 3: 6 against his compatriot Federico Delbonis and then said: «I will remember this moment for the rest of my life. I have fulfilled all my dreams in tennis and the most important trophy is the affection of the people. Now I’m reassured because my last game was probably on the pitch and not in a press conference.” When asked if he would compete in the tournament in Rio next week, he said: “No.”
In addition to the US Open title in 2009, his greatest successes also include Olympic bronze in 2012 in London and silver in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. He won the Davis Cup with the Argentine Davis Cup team in 2016.
Soccer: Uli Fortes Yverdon is in the cup semifinals
Yverdon’s match winner Steve Beleck celebrates his goal with a rollover.
(sda) Yverdon beats Lausanne-Sport 1-0 after a fighting performance and is in the semi-finals of the Swiss Cup. Steve Beleck scored the golden goal.
Yverdon has done it again. After the dramatic triumph in the penalty shoot-out against FC Zurich in the round of 16 at the end of October (13:12), the Challenge League club beat the next club in the Super League. Coach Uli Forte’s team, currently in 5th place in the balanced league, showed a committed performance on Tuesday at the start of the cup quarter-finals and put the top-class opponents under pressure. After 22 minutes, Lausanne’s Nassim Zoukit only managed to get by with a foul in the penalty area. Striker Beleck converted the penalty effortlessly and sent goalie Mory Diaw into the wrong corner.
As a result, the Lausanne team tried to react under their new coach Alain Casanova, but they couldn’t hide the fact that they had lost their self-confidence due to the lack of success in the league. Rodrigo Pollero missed several times from a promising position against the strong Kevin Martin in Yverdon’s goal, and the rush in the final minutes went unrewarded.
So while Lausanne-Sport suffers another setback, Yverdon is among the last four in the cup competition for the first time since 2001. At that time, the path even led to the final, in which Servette should have the upper hand (0:3).
Swiss Cup. Quarterfinals. Result from Tuesday: Yverdon – Lausanne Sport 1:0.
Wednesday: Etoile Carouge (PL) – St. Gallen (8 p.m.). Biel (PL) – Lucerne (8.30 p.m.). – Thursday: Thun – Lugano (6.30 p.m.).
The draw for the semi-finals will take place on Thursday after the Thun-Lugano game (to be seen on SRF Info).
Soccer: FCZ fines Gnonto for an Instagram post
Wilfried Gnonto (left), still jubilant in last Saturday’s derby.
currently · As announced by FC Zurich, it has “sanctioned its player Wilfried Gnonto with a sensitive fine”. After the derby victory against the Grasshopper Club, Gnonto briefly published an inappropriate meme in addition to numerous Instagram stories, which was then deleted after ten minutes.
FC Zurich continues to write that its players are obliged to exercise the greatest caution and common sense when using social media channels, and that any kind of inappropriate posts or comments are strictly prohibited.
Triathlon: Nicola Spirig misses the start of the season due to a training fall
Nicholas Spirig.
(sda) Triathlon Olympic champion Nicola Spirig fell on a training bike ride along Lake Zurich on Sunday. The 40-year-old suffered two broken ribs and a broken collarbone. Spirig underwent a successful operation on Tuesday, but will only be able to train to a limited extent in the next six weeks. As a result, the Zurich native will not be able to start the season at the Ironman in Dubai on March 5 as planned.
Soccer: YB player Fassnacht is out again
(sda) The Young Boys again have to do without Christian Fassnacht for a longer period of time. The Swiss international is expected to be out for four to six weeks with a ligament injury to his right ankle.
Fassnacht sustained the injury on Sunday in the championship game in St. Gallen, in which he was involved in the 3: 3 with one goal and two assists in all three Bern goals. The 28-year-old had already missed the end of the first half of the Super League due to a fracture of his temporal bone at the beginning of November.
Ice hockey: Pelletier becomes coach of the Augsburg Panthers
(sda) Serge Pelletier, coach of HC Lugano last season, has found a new job. The 56-year-old Swiss-Canadian will take over the Augsburg Panthers, currently eleventh in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL), until the end of the season. Pelletier had also been traded as his successor at Ajoie after Gary Sheehan’s sacking.
Football: Niklas Süle changes from FC Bayern to Dortmund
Joins Borussia Dortmund in the summer: German international Niklas Süle.
(dpa) Germany international Niklas Süle will move from FC Bayern Munich to Borussia Dortmund on a free transfer this summer. The 26-year-old defender did not extend his contract with the German record champions, which expired after this season.
Süle, whose departure from Bayern has been certain for some time, switched from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim to Munich in the summer of 2017 for around 20 million euros. He was champion with Bayern every season, twice the DFB Cup winner and once a Champions League winner. Süle and the Munich team had not been able to agree on an extension of the expiring contract, mainly due to financial reasons.
Football: Great Britain and Ireland want to apply for the EM 2028
(dpa) The football associations of Great Britain and Ireland have decided against hosting the 2030 World Cup and instead want to concentrate on a joint bid for the 2028 European Championship. The five associations from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland announced this in a joint statement on Monday.
For the EM 2028, which is to be awarded together with the Euro 2032, those interested must register with the European Football Union (Uefa) by March 23. The umbrella organization wants to announce the possible candidates at the beginning of April.