O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui to win the championship, and Manchester City suffered a controversial penalty
Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan met again in the final.
O'Sullivan won the British Championship eight times
In the early morning of December 4, Beijing time, the final of the 2023 Snooker British Championship was contested, and Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan ushered in the 32nd duel.
In this game, the two sides fought fiercely for 17 rounds, and finally O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 10-7 and won his eighth British Championship championship.
Before the game, O'Sullivan said in an interview: "For me, the most important thing is to prevent others from winning the championship, if I can prevent Ding Junhui, Robertson, Trump or Selby from winning more championships, if I can 'ruin' their careers, it would be great." ”
"I'm the one who came to spoil the party. It doesn't matter to me whether they win or lose, I don't care, I want them to look back and think, 'If it wasn't for Ronnie, I could have won four or five more titles.'" ’”
In the first game, O'Sullivan scored 71 points in a single stroke, and in the second game, Ding Junhui scored 63 points in a single stroke and was reversed by O'Sullivan, and in the third game, O'Sullivan made persistent efforts and scored 91 points, leading Ding Junhui 3-0.
After the break, O'Sullivan won another game, and then Ding Junhui won 3 games in a row to chase a 4-4 draw. After that, the two sides fought fiercely to 7-7.
Under the draw, O'Sullivan won two games in a row and got the match point 9-7. After that, he didn't leave Ding Junhui a chance, and scored 129 points in a single stroke to lock up the victory, and won the British Championship with a total score of 10-7.
The victory came the day before O'Sullivan's 48th birthday, bringing his ranking tournament titles to 40. Although Ding Junhui performed well, he still lost the final of the British Championship for two consecutive years.
Haaland's chance was blown away by the referee.
Manchester City were conceded against Tottenham Hotspur
In the early morning of December 4, Beijing time, the Premier League ended a key battle in this round, and Manchester City drew 3-3 with Tottenham at home. Referee Simon Hooper shaved a one-on-one strike from Manchester City in stoppage time.
In the 6th minute, Son Xingmin broke through at high speed and threw off Doku and scored from a small angle. In the 9th minute, Manchester City won a free kick in front, Alvarez hoisted the ball into the penalty area, and Son Heung-min made an own goal.
In the 31st minute, Manchester City made a series of passes in front, and Foden made it in one fell swoop. In the 69th minute, Tottenham immediately attacked quickly after breaking the ball, and Son Heung-min assisted Lo Celso to score, and the two teams returned to the same running line.
In the 81st minute, Rodri made a steal, Haaland assisted Grealish to score, Manchester City were almost on the verge of victory, and in the 90th minute, Tottenham miraculously equalized, and substitute Kulu forced Ake's header to complete the equaliser.
After a 3-3 draw with Tottenham, City have picked up just one point from three consecutive games, the first time in six years that they have dropped points in three consecutive Premier League games. In the standings, Manchester City are three points behind Arsenal.
Referee Hooper blew out City's chance.
It is worth mentioning that the performance of the referee Hooper caused a huge controversy. At the last moment, Manchester City counterattacked, Haaland retreated to get the ball and was tripped by a Tottenham player, Hooper's first reaction was to attack in a favorable position, did not blow the game, and then Haaland sent a through ball, and Grealish, who quickly hit the front, got a single chance.
According to this plot development, Grealish is likely to be able to help Manchester City beat the opponent, but Hooper suddenly stopped the game on the grounds that Tottenham had fouled Haaland before, which caused extreme dissatisfaction among Manchester City's generals.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola reluctantly said after the game: "Football is like that sometimes. Four goals at Stamford Bridge was a draw, a better performance against Liverpool was also a draw and we couldn't win today either. ”
Trent Alexander-Arnold was a key figure in Liverpool's victory.
Liverpool won 4-3
In the early morning of December 4, Beijing time, a goal battle was staged in the 14th round of the English Premier League, and Liverpool reversed Fulham 4-3 at home, winning 7 consecutive home wins in the league.
In the 20th minute, Alexander-Arnold's right-footed free-kick shot went straight to goal, which was Arnold's sixth free-kick score in the Premier League. Four minutes later, Wilson equalised for Fulham.
In the 38th minute, McAllister blasted a long-range shot into the world and scored his first goal since joining Liverpool, giving Liverpool a 2-1 lead. However, in stoppage time of the half, Fulham equalised again.
The first 35 minutes of the second half were scoreless and the game looked set to end in a draw, before Reed nodded home in the 80th minute to put the visitors ahead. At the moment of crisis, Japanese foreign aid Endo Hang, who came on as a substitute for only 4 minutes, scored a long-range shot in front of the penalty area to help Liverpool equalize.
This is not the end, in the 88th minute, taking advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's clearance, Alexander-Arnold volleyed a brace, and Liverpool achieved a reversal of equalization and overtake in the final period of the game, winning the game 4-3. After the game, Alexander-Arnold received a game-high rating of 8.1.
Lucky to win the win, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp also expressed disbelief, "There have never been four goals like today in a game before, I really feel sorry for Fulham boss Silva, I think when they scored the third goal they must have thought they had won, but this is Anfield. ”
Mbappe scored the crucial goal.
Paris beat Le Havre to take the lead with seven consecutive wins
On December 3, the 14th round of Ligue 1 ended with a key match, Paris Saint-Germain away to Le Havre.
With one man less, Paris Saint-Germain won 2-0 and continued to lead the Ligue 1 standings after winning seven in a row.
In the 10th minute of the game, Le Havre made a long pass from the backfield, and the Paris defender and goalkeeper Donnarumma did not cooperate tacitly.
Soon after, Paris faced a 10-11 situation, but that didn't stop them from taking all three points. In the 23rd minute, Mbappe scored from an inverted triangle pass from Dembele on the right side to give Paris the lead.
With this goal, he also increased his Ligue 1 goal tally to 179, placing him in the top 10 of Ligue 1's all-time goalscorers.
In the 34th minute, Mbappe received a pass from Li Gangren and volleyed into the near corner, but the offside was ruled invalid.
As the game progressed, Paris began to retreat in order to hold on for the three points. In the final stage of the game, with Vitinha's long-range shot, Paris completely killed the suspense of the victory, and the final score was also fixed at 2-0. Paris managed to take away the win away from home.
Felix celebrates the goal.
In La Liga, Barcelona narrowly defeated Atletico Madrid 1-0
On December 4, Beijing time, the 15th round of La Liga staged a key match, Barcelona played Atletico Madrid at home.
In the first half, Lewandowski volleyed wide in the penalty area, and then Felix picked up the goal. In the second half, Raphinha fired a long-range shot at the post and Depay's free-kick hit the crossbar and was coloured, and Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 1-0.
In this game, Portuguese striker Felix, who was on loan from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona, scored the only goal of the game. In addition, according to statistics, he won 7 duels, a game-high, and was fouled 5 times, with a pass success rate of 90.2%.
With his outstanding performance, Felix was voted Man of the Match.
It is worth mentioning that after the goal, Felix did not refuse to celebrate because he was facing his old club, but vented his passion wantonly, he rushed to the sidelines and stepped on the billboard, opening his arms to welcome the cheers of Barcelona fans.
Interestingly, before the game, Atletico Madrid president Cerezzo had said that he would not mind Felix celebrating after scoring against Atletico, and the result was a prophecy.
Zheng Qinwen
Zheng Qinwen re-teamed with the Grand Slam champion coach
On December 3, Zheng Qinwen, the first sister of Chinese tennis, announced on social media that she would re-cooperate with her former coach Pere Ribba.
Zheng Qinwen wrote: "Reunite after a period of separation, ready to embark on a journey together and prepare for next year. Go back to the beginning. ”
Zheng Qinwen and Pere Riba have been working together since 2021, and in the two years of their cooperation, Zheng Qinwen has gone from an unknown young player to the first sister of China's golden flower, breaking through the first round and reaching the final of the tour in each of the four Grand Slams.
After the French Open this year, Zheng Qinwen ended his cooperation with Pere Riba. Since then, Fisset has become Zheng Qinwen's new coach, while Pere Riba has switched to coaching American Gauff.
Both men made breakthroughs in the six months that they parted ways, with Zheng Qinwen winning his first and second tournament titles and reaching the quarterfinals at the US Open, setting a record for his best Grand Slam record. Riba led Gauff to victory at the US Open and was nominated for Coach of the Year.
Before the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Fassett unilaterally defaulted and ended his cooperation with Zheng Qinwen and turned to coach Naomi Osaka. Pere Riba ended a brief collaboration with Gauff before this year's year-end finals, when Riba said that he chose to separate from Gauff for family reasons.
With this re-collaboration, Zheng Qinwen is already a tour champion, and Riba has become a Grand Slam champion coach. After breaking through the bottleneck, the re-collaboration between Zheng Qinwen and Pere Riba is exciting.
The Liaoning men's basketball team continued its winning streak.
The Liaoning men's basketball team won 11 consecutive victories in the CBA
On December 3, in the CBA regular season, the Liaoning men's basketball team challenged Shandong away. The two sides played very close throughout the game, and the suspense remained until the last moment, and finally the Liaoning men's basketball team defeated the Shandong men's basketball team 111-108 and won 11 consecutive victories.
In the first quarter of the game, the Liaoning team started the all-Chinese class, and after more than 5 minutes, foreign aid Fogg came into play, and then he made consecutive foul free throws, and made 7 of 8 free throws in the quarter, leading Liaoning to end the first quarter 33-28.
In the second quarter, the Shandong team felt good and overtook the score to 52-46, and Cong Mingchen of Liaoning hit two three-pointers in a row to stop the bleeding. At halftime, Shandong led 63-62.
In the third quarter, the Liaoning team played a small climax of 7-0 and 6-0 successively, but the Shandong team played steadily and steadily, leading the Liaoning team by two points into the final quarter.
In the final quarter, Shandong played a wave of 7-0, and the Liaoning team responded with a wave of 6-0. In the last 6 minutes, the offense of both sides fell into a trap, and in the last 1 minute and 57 seconds, Zhao Jiwei hit a super long three-point, and the Liaoning team led by 4 points 105-101, and the suspense continued until the last moment.
In the last 16.5 seconds, Zhang Zhenlin made 2 fouls and 1 free throw, and Shandong team Jia Cheng scored quickly under the basket. In 8.7 seconds, Fogg grabbed the rebound and made another foul after hitting one of two free throws, and hit one of two free throws again. In 2.9 seconds, the Shandong team played the ball on the sideline, Gao Shiyan made a mistake in receiving the ball, and the game was decided.
In the whole game, Liaoning team's foreign aid Fogg scored 35 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, and was the biggest contributor to the victory. In addition, Han Dejun contributed 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Zhao Jiwei contributed 15 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals.
Shanghai Jiushi won the game in a thrilling way.
Shanghai Jiushi narrowly defeated Jiangsu Kendia by two points
On the evening of December 3, in the 12th round of the CBA regular season, Shanghai Jiushi team hosted Jiangsu Kendia team.
In the first three quarters, the Shanghai team led by as many as 20 points, but Ma Jianhao scored 17 points in the final quarter, leading the Jiangsu men's basketball team to chase the score frantically, and finally Riley missed the opportunity to kill the three-point shot, and the Shanghai team narrowly defeated the Jiangsu team 101-99.
In the first quarter, the game was extremely stalemate, Wang Zhelin scored 4 points in a row, and Jiangsu foreign aid Kaba scored 6 points in response, and the Shanghai team led by 1 point 26-25. In the second quarter, the Shanghai team opened up the gap with a wave of 7-0 offensive and led by 13 points at halftime 52-39.
In the second half, the Shanghai team continued the hot hand, Wang Zhelin and Li Hongquan teamed up to play a wave of 12-0, the Shanghai team extended the lead to 24 points, and at the end of the third quarter, the Shanghai team led by 20 points 83-63 into the fourth quarter.
It looked as if the game had been killed, but in the final quarter, the Jiangsu team showed tenacious fighting spirit.
Cui Xiaolong, Kaba, Ma Jianhao and others blossomed more, especially Ma Jianhao, who scored 17 points alone in the quarter, and after he hit three three-pointers in a row, the difference was narrowed to only 1 point.
At the last moment, Li Hongquan hit two free throws, Riley made a layup, the two sides still had a two-point gap, and with 3.6 seconds left in the game, the Shanghai team made a service error in the backcourt, but Riley missed a three-point shot, missing the opportunity to kill the game, and the Shanghai men's basketball team was lucky to win the game.
In this game, Wang Zhelin scored 20 points and 8 rebounds, and 6 members of the Jiangsu team scored double-doubles, but in the end they failed to stage a reversal.
Schelle Ho
The World Go Team Championship Xie Erhao won seven consecutive victories
On December 3, the eighth game of the 25th Nongshim Shin Ramen Cup World Go Team Championship was played in Busan, South Korea.
The pioneer of the Chinese team, Xie Erhao, held the white in nine sections, defeated the Japanese team's vice general Yu Zhengqi in 192 hands, and won seven consecutive victories. This result also equaled the previous record of the most consecutive wins held by Chinese chess players Fan Tingyu and Yang Dingxin in this event.
The 25-year-old has been in hot form lately, finishing runner-up in the recent Samsung Cup World Go Masters and eliminating South Korea's No. 1 Shin Jin-jin Kudan on the way to the finals.
In the first and second stages of the World Team Championships, Xie Erhao successively defeated Xu Jiayuan, Bian Xiangyi, Shibano Toramaru, Yuan Shengqin, Yili Liao, Park Tinghuan and other Japanese and Korean chess players, and his momentum was flourishing.
In the game on the 3rd, Yu Zhengqi, who was in charge of black, walked out of the problem hand in the lower right corner in the prelude stage, and the situation was obviously behind after the hard work of the back hand. In the second half of the game, Xie Erhao played steadily and maintained the advantage to the end.
In the match on the 4th, Shin Jinzhen, who is the main player of the South Korean team, will take the stage to attack, which will be the second meeting between him and Xie Erhao in less than two weeks.
This tournament is in the form of a ring, and the players of the three teams of China, Japan and South Korea take turns to play. At present, there is only one member left in the South Korean team and the Japanese team, while the five members of the Chinese team are unscathed.
Wu Lei presented awards to the champion team.
Nike Campus Champions League Boys' High School Division Finale
Recently, the 2023 Nike Campus Champions League and Shanghai Campus Football League League, hosted by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, ushered in the final battle of the men's high school group at the Jing'an Sports Center in Shanghai.
After 90 minutes of fierce duel, Qibao Middle School finally defeated Datong Middle School in the finals with a score of 5-0 and lifted the championship trophy. Shi Yuxiang from the First Affiliated High School of Tongji University and Wang Lihong from Qibao Middle School won the Golden Boot Award for men and women respectively.
Wu Lei came to the scene to watch the game this time, interacted with the young players at close range, and cheered for them. After the game, Wu Lei presented awards to the champion team and celebrated the victory together, while also inspiring the younger generation to continue to pursue their dreams by sharing his own experience on the field.
Nike has been committed to promoting the development of youth football in China for many years, and the Nike Campus Champions League aims to improve the technical and tactical level of participating schools, cultivate campus football culture, and attract more students to pay attention to football and participate in it.
The event was held for the first time in 2019, and the 2023 Nike Campus Champions League and Shanghai Campus Football League League are divided into men's U9 group, U11 group, U13 group, U15 group, high school group, and women's U9 group, U11 group, U13 group, U15 group, and high school group, a total of 10 groups.