Gundogan joined Barca on a free transfer.
"If I were to leave, there was only one club in the world that I wanted to join, and that was Barca, either Barca or not." When Gundogan wrote such a paragraph, Barca welcomed the first signing of the summer.
On June 26, Barça officially announced that Gundogan joined the team on a free transfer, and the two sides signed until 2025, of which the liquidated damages were 400 million euros.
At the same time, Real Madrid also announced that it officially agreed with veteran Modric to extend his contract, and "Magic Flute" will continue to stay in Real Madrid for one year.
Manchester City thank Gundogan for his contributions over the years.
Barca granted free signing of Manchester City midfielder Gundogan
On the 26th, Barça officially announced that Gundogan joined the team from Manchester City on a free transfer, and the two sides signed a contract until 2025, with a one-year option to renew the contract. According to previous media reports, Gundogan's annual salary at Barça is 9 million euros.
The 32-year-old Gundogan is Manchester City's captain for the 2022-2023 season, winning the Triple Championship, FA Cup and Champions League with the team.
In City's illustrious treble season, Gundogan made 51 appearances, scoring 11 goals and providing seven assists. Gundogan's contract with Manchester City expires this summer, but the German superstar rejected City's contract extension and joined Barca on a free transfer.
It is reported that Gundogan's liquidated damages are 400 million euros.
According to the "World Sports Newspaper", Barca has met with Gundogan's agent at least 5 times to negotiate, and Barca coach Xavi has also called Gundogan many times to explain Barca's team building ideas and future plans to players.
Gundogan wrote in his own letter: "When I was a child, I dreamed of wearing the Barça shirt one day. I'm confident now that I can play at the top for a few more years and I just want to help Barcelona get back to where they should be. ”
Modric will remain at Real Madrid.
Real Madrid officially announced the extension of Modric's contract for one year
On the 26th, Real Madrid officially announced that it had officially reached an agreement with Modric on the renewal of his contract, and the contract between the two parties was extended to June 30, 2024.
Modric, 37, joined Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur in the summer window in 2012 for a transfer fee of 35 million euros, and has been with him for 11 years, winning a total of 5 Champions Leagues, 3 La Liga, 2 Copa del Rey, 4 UEFA Super Cups, 5 Club World Cups, 4 Spanish Super Cups, a total of 23 titles, and won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA Player of the Year in 2018.
On June 30 this year, Modric's contract with Real Madrid will expire. Romano pointed out that Saudi Arabia made one of the highest salary offers in the history of football for Modric, but he rejected the offer with the utmost respect.
There is only one reason, Modric wants to continue playing for his club, Real Madrid, and wants to fight and win here.
Modric has made 488 appearances for Real Madrid, scoring 37 goals and providing 77 assists. Real Madrid have already completed the contract extension of Kroos, which means that the Real Madrid midfield duo will play side by side for another year.
The stay of two veterans also makes Real Madrid's midfield squad exceptionally strong - with Bellingham, Valverde, Chuameni, Camavinga, Kroos and Modric in midfield combinations, Ancelotti will be more comfortable in the formation.
Shang Juncheng was helpless to get out.
The Wimbledon qualifying tournament ends in the first round
Late on the night of the 26th, the first round of the Wimbledon men's singles qualification tournament was contested, and China's Shang Juncheng was reversed after winning the first set, losing 1-2 to the top seed Anardi in the qualifying round, stopping the first round of the qualifier.
In the first set, Shang Juncheng broke the opponent's serve by 4 consecutive points in the 7th game, and in the 9th game, Shang Juncheng broke again and won the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Shang Juncheng broke serve first in the fourth game, and his opponent completed the break in the fifth game. The first 12 games were tied 6-6, and the match went to tie-break - Anardi scored seven consecutive points in the seventh game to win the second set 7-0.
In the tiebreaker, both sides each held their serve in the first 11 games, and in the 12th game, Shang Juncheng was broken in a game where there was no way back, and unfortunately lost the tiebreaker 5-7.
The Chinese women's volleyball team was previously 6-2.
The Chinese women's volleyball team announced the latest list of 14 players
From June 27 to July 2, the third week of the 2023 Women's World Volleyball League will be held in Suwon, South Korea, and the 14-player roster of this tournament is as follows:
Main attack: Li Yingying, Wang Yunwei, Zhonghui, Du Qingqing
Secondary attack: Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Yang Hanyu, Gao Yi
Contact: Gong Xiangyu, Zheng Yixin
Second setter: Diao Linyu, Xu Xiaoting
Free people: Wang Mengjie, Ni Xuanwei
The schedule of the Chinese women's volleyball team at Suwon in South Korea is as follows:
June 28, 18:00 Chinese women's volleyball team VS Serbia women's volleyball team
June 30th 18:00 Chinese Women's Volleyball VS Dominican Women's Volleyball
July 1, 13:00 Chinese women's volleyball team VS South Korea women's volleyball team
July 2, 16:30 Chinese women's volleyball team VS American women's volleyball team
Venbanyama traveled to the Spurs for training.
Venbanyama will not participate in this summer's Men's Basketball World Cup
On the 26th, according to the French media "Team Newspaper", this year's NBA draft champion Wen Banyama decided not to participate in this summer's basketball World Cup, and his next time he wears the French men's basketball jersey needs to wait until the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Previously, Venbanyama was successfully elected as the champion, becoming the third champion in Spurs history after David Robinson and Duncan, and Ventanyama also went to the Spurs to start training.
To this end, the French media newspaper "Team Newspaper" said that Venbanyama has decided not to participate in this year's basketball World Cup, while saying that the decision is "difficult" but "irrevocable".
Venbanyama revealed that this decision was not his decision alone, but a decision made by him after communicating with several executives of the agent team, the medical team and the French national team.
"Whatever choice I make, Spurs will support me," Venbanyama denies, denying that Spurs put pressure on him on the matter, "from a player development perspective, playing the World Cup is not realistic." From a health point of view, playing the World Cup is not prudent enough. ”
"I hope you can understand that I'm frustrated not being able to play in the World Cup, my focus is still on France, I want to win as many titles as possible with France, but I think not playing in the World Cup is a necessary sacrifice."
In the 2019 Basketball World Cup, the French men's basketball team won the bronze medal; At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the French men's basketball team won the silver medal.
John Collins was traded.
The Hawks traded Collins to the Jazz
In the early morning of the 27th, according to US media reports, the Hawks reached a deal with the Jazz, and the Hawks sent John Collins to the Jazz in exchange for Rudy Gay.
The Hawks sent John Collins, got Guy from the Jazz and a future second-round pick.
The Hawks also received a $25.3 million trade exception, the largest in NBA history.
To complete the deal, Guy will execute a $6.4 million player option for next season.
Guy, who is about to turn 37, averaged just 5.2 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in the season that just ended, both career lows, and the Hawks chose to trade to dump Collins' $78 million contract for the next three years.
In the season that just ended, Collins averaged 13.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, the lowest since his rookie season.
Xue Chen.
Xue Chen/Xia Xinyisha won the Asian Championship
On the 26th, the 2023 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship ended in the women's final in Pingtan, China, and the Chinese sand volleyball pair Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi defeated the Thai pair Vorapilachayakon/Tarawati 2-0 to win the championship, with the scores of 21-17 and 21-18.
Another Chinese pair of Aheidan / Wang Jingzhe defeated the Japanese pair Miki Ishii / Akika Mizoe 2-0 to win the third place.
Speaking about the competition, Xue Chen said: "After all, I am the host, and I hope to have a better performance at my doorstep. There are also a lot of strong teams in this competition, and we need to constantly adapt to achieve better results. ”
The 2023 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship is one of the qualifying rounds for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and the Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi duo has participated in 4 competitions and achieved good results on the way to the Paris Olympic Games.
The "Four Famous Schools" volleyball competition of Shanghai High School ended
Recently, the 2023 Shanghai 5th High School "Four Famous Schools" Volleyball Competition ended in the gymnasium of Fudan University Jiangwan Campus.
After 12 matches, Fudan High School defended the men's champion and Shanghai Middle School defended the girls' title.
For these "top students" who usually focus on learning, the schedule of three consecutive matches in one day is not easy. Fudan High School, who successfully defended the men's champions, was stubbornly blocked by Shanghai Middle School in the final match, although the overall strength was above other opponents, and the score between the two sides was clenched for a while.
In this regard, Dai Feiyi, captain of Fudan Affiliated Squadron, said that the opponent played very well, but at the key moment, the whole team encouraged each other, gave each other ideas to their teammates, and finally turned the advantage into a victory.
"I think we played easily than in the last tournament and worked better as a team. Everyone played together, which is a better place than last time. ”
Due to the similarity of strength, the women's competition of this year's "Four Schools Tournament" was particularly fierce, and many matches were played in the final tiebreaker in the three-game two-win format.
Among them, the Shanghai Middle School Girls' Team had a particularly difficult journey to win the championship - the six members of the team played three games without rotation, and in the final game they won 2-1 and beat Fudan High School to win the championship.
Coach Zhuang Weijie especially mentioned the girls' fighting spirit after the game, "Our team is small, but they chase points little by little when they are behind. We usually emphasize this point when training - win or lose first, the key is to bring out the momentum and carry forward the sportsmanship of unity and hard work. ”