The Paper's reporter Pu Yaolei
The Chinese men's basketball team is training in the United States. Infographic
In the early morning of August 17, the Chinese men's basketball team originally planned to play a warm-up game with the UC Berkeley men's basketball team, but this game was temporarily cancelled.
It is reported that the reason for the cancellation of the game was a leak on the roof of the stadium, and the Chinese men's basketball team lost an opportunity to conduct a practical test before the World Preliminary Round.
In the tennis arena, Zhang Shuai appeared in the first round of the women's singles of the Cincinnati station in the early morning of the 17th, and defeated the famous Naomi Osaka in two straight sets to advance to the second round.
Du Feng will lead the team to the World Preliminary Round at the end of August. Infographic
The men's basketball warm-up game was cancelled due to venue problems
According to the plan, the Chinese men's basketball team, which is currently training in France, will play a warm-up game in the early morning of August 17 against the UC Berkeley men's basketball team.
But the game ultimately failed to be staged, and according to the UC Berkeley men's basketball team, the reason for the cancellation of the game was a leak on the roof of the stadium.
At present, the Chinese men's basketball team is conducting overseas training in France, actively preparing for the upcoming World Preliminary Tournament, and plans to leave France in mid-to-late August and go to Kazakhstan.
Previously, the Chinese men's basketball team had a warm-up game with the NCAA team university Alabama men's basketball team in the early morning of August 13, and finally the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the University of Alabama men's basketball team 77-89, and Zhou Qi did not appear in the game.
The UC Berkeley men's basketball team is also an NCAA team, ranking 150th out of 358 teams in the league last season and the University of Alabama men's basketball team 32nd.
According to the arrangement, on August 25, the Chinese men's basketball team will play against Kazakhstan in the fourth window of the World Cup qualifiers. On August 29, the Chinese men's basketball team will play against Bahrain.
Zhang Shuai showed good form.
Zhang Shuai defeated Naomi Osaka and gained a good start
In the early morning of the 17th, China Jinhua Zhang Shuai appeared in the first round of women's singles at WTA1000 Cincinnati Station.
Facing four-time Grand Slam champion and former runner-up Naomi Osaka, Zhang Shuai played well, losing two straight sets with a score of 6-4, 7-5, winning the game and successfully advancing to the second round.
In previous encounters, Zhang Shuai was at a disadvantage in 5 matches against Naomi Osaka with 2 wins and 3 losses. In this meeting, Zhang Shuai entered the state quickly, completed the break in the first set of the first set, and finally retained the advantage, taking the first set 6-4.
Naomi Osaka was a little frustrated.
In the second set, Zhang Shuai also took a 3-1 lead in the opening stage. After being chased to a 5-5 draw by his opponent, Zhang Shuai broke again at a critical moment and won 7-5 to successfully break through the first round.
This match is not only the third time in Zhang Shuai's career to beat Naomi Osaka, but also her victory in the Cincinnati singles match after 8 years.
Zhang Shuai, who has made six appearances in Cincinnati for the second time to break through the first round of singles, will compete with Alexandrova for a women's singles round of 16 spot in the second round.
If he can continue to win, Zhang Shuai will refresh his best record in Cincinnati.
In addition, Zhang Shuai has passed the first round in the last three WTA 1000 women's singles tournaments - after beating Naomi Osaka, Zhang Shuai's real-time ranking has also improved to 41st.
Ndiaye's header was scored, which the referee later ruled was a handball, and the goal was invalid.
Shanghai Harbor team 2-0 Shenzhen team
On August 16, there was only one match in the thirteenth round of the Chinese Super League, and Shanghai Harbor and Shenzhen met in a narrow road.
In the end, relying on Ndiaye's goal and Pei Shuai's oolong ball, Shanghai Harbor team defeated the opponent 2-0 and rose to sixth place in the table.
Shanghai Harbor and Shenzhen were ranked ninth and tenth in the standings before the match, and there were some main players on the bench on both sides, with Shanghai Harbor starting with two foreign aides and Shenzhen three foreign aides on the field.
The first half was dull, with few opportunities on either side and few shots on goal.
Pei Shuai's header broke free and pushed into his own door.
Yi Bian fought again, only 20 seconds after the opening, Shanghai Harbor played a coherent match in front of the field, Andiyaye's header broke the goal, but under the prompting of the video assistant referee (VAR), the referee reviewed the video and judged that Ndiaye handball, the goal was invalid.
The deadlock was broken in the 56th minute, with Pei Shuai scoring a header that scored oolong and Shanghai Harbour took a 1-0 lead.
Ndiaye drove straight into the box from the left to score.
In the 72nd minute, Shanghai Harbour extended their lead and Ndiaye scored with his personal ability to break through the shot and rewrite the score to 2:0.
With this victory, Shanghai Harbor temporarily climbed to sixth place in the standings.
The thirteenth round of the 17th will be played in four games, of which the third-ranked Henan Songshan Longmen team to challenge the leader Wuhan Sanzhen team is a focus battle.
Sun Jie pinched Yang Fan's neck, and the latter also slapped his opponent.
Sun Jie and Yang Fan were suspended and fined
On August 15, at the end of the 13th round of the Chinese Super League match between Tianjin Jinmen Tigers and Changchun Yatai, Yang Fan, a player from two clubs, had a physical confrontation with Sun Jie, and the referee on duty both showed a red card penalty order.
Subsequently, on August 16, both players were punished by suspension fines from their respective clubs.
For Sun Jie, Changchun Yatai Club issued an announcement saying: "Sun Jie failed to control his emotions and behavior when the game entered injury time, and had a physical conflict with Yang Fan, the No. 4 player of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, and was shown a red card by the referee on duty. ”
"His behavior seriously violated the Disciplinary Code of the Chinese Football Association and sportsmanship, and caused a great negative impact on the overall image of our club and the Chinese Super League."
Therefore, Yatai decided to order Sun Jie to make an in-depth review of his serious disciplinary behavior in the team, and at the same time stop training and stop playing from now on; In view of his status as captain, he was doubly punished and fined 300,000 yuan.
Yang Fan, another participant in the clashes, was also punished by the Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Club.
Jinmen Tiger issued an announcement that Yang Fan would be suspended from pay, training and competition from now on, and fined him 200,000 yuan, while at the same time making him deeply reflect and make a written inspection.
Sergio Gomez.
Manchester City signed Spanish defender Gomez
On the 16th, Manchester City officially announced that they had signed Spanish defender Sergio Gomez from Anderlecht.
According to Manchester City, the club signed a four-year contract with Gomez. According to transfer expert Romano, Gomez's transfer fee is around 15 million euros.
Gomez, 21, competed in the U17 World Youth Championship in his early years, after which Foden won the Ballon d'Or and Gomez won the Silver Ball. At that time, Gomez was still playing as a winger on the field, and now he has been transformed into a full-back.
Gomez is from the La Masia academy and joined Borussia Dortmund in 2018 before being loaned to Huesca and joining Anderlecht in 2021. Under Kompany, Gomez was named the club's Player of the Year.
At Anderlecht, Gomez was brilliant, scoring 5 goals in 34 league games and creating 11 assists, averaging 1.5 steals, 1.6 interceptions and 1 clearance per game.
His excellent performance, coupled with his experience in Barcelona's youth training, has allowed Gomez to be favored by the current Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. Guardiola did not have the idea of loaning him again, but confirmed that the 21-year-old Gomez will stay in the Manchester City first team for the new season.
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