Mugello was a shake up, however. The Italian classic was a race to remember for Ducati as they took their first 1-2 at the venue – and it was Lorenzo on the top step for the first time in red. Winning by a sizeable margin, there was a new big threat to Marquez’ mission on the scene, and the Majorcan followed it up with the same, ‘Lorenzo-style’ victory the following race weekend in Barcelona. Marquez was second, however, and did some good damage limitation – with the next race set for the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands. Source link
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How brilliant is Liverpool’s new signing Virgil van Dijk?
Liverpool have made Virgil van Dijk the most expensive defender as he completes an €85m move from Southampton. We profile the rise of the 26-year-old former Groningen and Celtic centre-back with a prowess for spectacular free-kicks who has come up the hard way.PICK YOUR TEAM OF THE YEAR What they say"After years of waiting he made an excellent debut, as if he'd already been playing with the Oranje for a long time. Right footed, he had to play on the left side, but he was excellent in the build-up and made some great passes."Former Ajax defender Sonny Silooy on Van
In profile: New Fenerbahçe coach Dick Advocaat
Date of birth: 27 September 1947 Nationality: Dutch Playing career: Den Haag (twice), Roda, VVV Venlo, Chicago Sting, Sparta Rotterdam, Berchem Sport, Utrecht Coaching career: DSVP, Haarlem, Dordrecht, Netherlands (twice), PSV Eindhoven, Rangers, Borussia Mönchengladbach, United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Zenit St Petersburg, AZ Alkmaar (twice), Belgium, Russia, Serbia, Sunderland, Netherlands (assistant), Fenerbahçe• A combative midfielder, Advocaat's playing career lasted 18 years and included three seasons in the North American Soccer League with Chicago Sting.• Twice served as assis... UEFA.com - News
UEFA Futsal Cup team profile: Ugra Yugorsk
The team from the central Russian city claimed their first league title last summer with victory against former UEFA Futsal Cup winners FC Dynamo to earn a European debut.Their impressive 5-2 defeat of holders Kairat Almaty in their first elite round game was key to their perfect qualification, in which they scored 44 goals. Eder Lima got 13 and leads the way as competition top scorer, just as the Russian international did at UEFA Futsal EURO 2014. Two weeks ago they won their second Russian Futsal Cup 10-2 on aggregate against Sibiryak. Sunday's 7-3 league win at the team they succeeded as champions, Dina Moskva, kept them within a point of FC Dynamo with one regular season match ...
Semi-finalist profile: Real Madrid
Real Madrid avenged their 2014 semi-final defeat against Benfica by eliminating the Portuguese side in the last eight to book their place in their second UEFA Youth League final tournament.With Borja Mayoral, already a member of the senior squad, leading the attack, Santiago Solari's group features a number of players tipped to make the grade at the Santiago Bernabéu.Goalkeeper Luca Zidane is the son of first-team coach Zinédine and, in addition to his excellent shot-stopping abilities, his distribution from the back shows that he has some of his father's adeptness on the ball. Cristian Cedrés has proven himself to be an attacking midfielder with an eye for goal, while Al...
UEFA Futsal EURO team profile: Czech Republic
Being drawn against holders Italy and talented Azerbaijan in Group D is not the easiest prospect for the Czech Republic but they can take heart from their greatest UEFA Futsal EURO performance in 2010.On that occasion, having scraped into the quarter-finals with a last-gasp 6-5 win over hosts Hungary, the Czechs were outsiders against Italy yet prevailed on penalties after a 3-3 draw, thus reaching the semis for only the second time after 2003. Although Spain then beat Tomáš Neumann's side, the Czech Republic promptly overcame Azerbaijan for bronze.The Czechs had reached their first final tournament, under Michal Stříž, at UEFA Futsal EURO 2001 and subsequently have nev...
Ben and Ashley’s The Knot Profile Page
It appears Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has renounced his rambling ways. Earlier this week, news of his engagement to a local physician's assistant named Ashley Harlan became public. We had a hard time believing the news at first, but then we stumbled upon the profile Ashley created for her and Ben's future, unholy matrimony on the popular wedding site The Knot, and it looks pretty legit.