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Morocco still without Mazraoui and Ziyech
13:20: The Moroccan football team will try to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar at the end of this year without Noussair Mazraoui and Hakim Ziyech. The right back of Ajax and the attacking midfielder of Chelsea are missing from the selection that national coach Vahid Halilhodzic presented for the two duels with Congo.
NEC defender Souffian El Karouani and attacker Zakaria Aboukhlal of AZ also received no invitation. At the beginning of this year, they were part of the Moroccan selection at the African Cup tournament. Morocco lost in the quarterfinals against Egypt.
Congo and Morocco will meet next Friday (March 25) in Kinshasa, four days later the return is in Casablanca. The stake is a ticket to the World Cup.
Moroccan federation president Fouzi Lekjaa recently said Mazraoui and Ziyech would be included in the preliminary roster of Halilhodzic, who both clashed with last year. However, via social media, Mazraoui (24) and Ziyech (28) immediately announced that they did not feel anything about a return to the national team as long as the conflict with the national coach has not been resolved. They have been at odds with Halilhodzic for months. The 69-year-old Bosnian did not think Ziyech’s behavior suited his selection and, among other things, blamed Mazraoui for having unsubscribed too easily with an injury.
Sofyan Amrabat (former player of FC Utrecht and Feyenoord) is in the selection for the diptych with Congo. Other well-known names in the group are Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain), Yassine Bounou, Youssef En-Nesyri and Munir El Haddadi (all Sevilla). Amsterdam-born Tarik Tissoudali, attacker of AA Gent, also received a call. Tissoudali (28) previously played for SC Cambuur, VVV-Venlo and De Graafschap.
Oliver Naesen also has to pass for Milan-Sanremo
11.28 am: Belgian cyclist Oliver Naesen is missing on Saturday in Milan-Sanremo, the spring classic in which he finished second in 2019. The rider of AG2R-Citroën is ill and has withdrawn. Three years ago, Naesen was beaten in the sprint in Sanremo by Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe, who is also not there.
The 31-year-old Belgian finished fourth in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad last month. He got off last week in Paris-Nice during the penultimate stage. Many riders left the French stage race due to illness.
Last year Naesen finished in 21st place in Milan-Sanremo. His compatriot Jasper Stuyven won then. The Italian classic covers 293 kilometers on Saturday.
Skier Shiffrin wins world cup for fourth time
11.20 am: American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has won the World Cup for the fourth time. 27-year-old Shiffrin secured the overall victory in the overall World Cup standings by finishing second at the super-G in Courchevel. With two World Cup races to go, she has an unbridgeable lead of 236 points over Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova.
Shiffrin had to leave the win on the super-G to Ragnhild Mowinckel. The Norwegian was 0.05 seconds ahead of the American on the French track. Michelle Gisin from Switzerland, the Beijing Olympic champion in the combination, finished third at 0.13.
Shiffrin conquered the big crystal ball as the winner of the World Cup earlier in 2017, 2018 and 2019. She experienced disappointing Winter Games in China last month. Shiffrin competed in six parts, but finished all off the podium.
Bayern Munich without injured defender Sule for the time being
10.58 am: Bayern Munich cannot have Niklas Sule at their disposal for the time being. The defender sustained an injury to his right thigh during training on Wednesday, reports the German record champion.
Sule has been a fixture at Bayern this season. He participated in 24 league matches. It is not clear exactly how long Sule cannot play.
Bayern Munich saw the lead on pursuer Borussia Dortmund fall to 4 points on Wednesday. There are still eight rounds left in the Bundesliga. Bayern continues the competition on Saturday with a home game against Union Berlin. Bayern are also in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Hockey association wants Klein Nagelvoort as new chairman
10.50 am: Erik Klein Nagelvoort is the intended new chairman of the Dutch hockey association KNHB. The board has nominated the 56-year-old former federal referee to succeed Erik Cornelissen, who will step down later this year.
Nagelvoort refereed hockey matches from 1988 to 2006, also at an international level. He was also a member of the national arbitration committee and member of the national federal arbitration committee at the KNHB. Klein Nagelvoort also has board experience, from 2011 to 2016 he was chairman of MHC De Reigers from Hoofddorp.
Cornelissen has been chairman of the hockey association since 2014. It is the intention that Klein Nagelvoort will succeed him during the general meeting in November.
Los Angeles Lakers basketball problems continue
08.04 am: The Los Angeles Lakers have lost again in the NBA. The record champion went down 124-104 at the Minnesota Timberwolves.
For LA Lakers, it marked the eleventh loss in a row in an away game. The team of star player LeBron James has lost no fewer than sixteen of the last 21 matches. LA Lakers are now ninth in the Western Conference, which would be just enough to qualify for the playoffs.
“My patience is being tested more than in previous years simply because of the way we play,” said a disappointed James, who was the most accurate player on his team at 19 points.
San Antonio Spurs took advantage of the Lakers’ defeat thanks to a 122-120 win over Oklahoma City Thunder. The Spurs are currently 11th in the Western Conference, just behind the Lakers.