When she was still a teenager, Naomi Osaka seemed like she was going to take on the world and mark an era in tennis. The 18-year-old girl who shocked the planet in the 2018 US Open final by beating her idolized Serena Williams in two sets, one of the best tennis players in history, seeks to return to the racket elite this year after conquering four greats—Australian Open in 2019 and 2021 and US Open 2018 and 2020—, going through depression and becoming a mother last July. At 26 years old, the former world number one (right now she is 197th), 1.80 meters tall and pure power from the baseline ..read more

NBA Playoffs – playoffs – working day 8 Boston Celtics Miami Heat The Miami Heat are willing to sell their elimination very dearly. Overcoming the injury of their star, Jimmy Butler, they surprised this Wednesday at the TD Garden in Boston against a somewhat indolent Celtics (101-111). They did it thanks to a festival of triples. The Miami team had never made as many shots from the three-point line in a playoff game. Thanks to that, they equal a victory in the first round tie and thereby nullify the Celtics’ home field advantage. Miami’s team hit 23 shots from beyond the three-point line ..read more

Talking to Vincent Pérez about fencing is almost like talking to Dutreval de Dijon or Jaime Astarloa, not to mention D’Artagnan. No wonder he has played numerous swordsmen and has fought—and very well—in many films. Pérez (Lausanne, Switzerland, 59 years old) has been in Barcelona as a guest of the BCN Film Fest to present matter of honora film centered on a French fencing master from the late 19th century and which he directed, reserving the role of the villain of the story, a cuirassier colonel brutally skilled with the sword and saber. The film (Perez’s fourth as a director and which will ..read more

Xavi Hernández and Joan Laporta, coach and president of FC Barcelona, ​​are appearing this Thursday at a joint press conference at the Joan Gamper Sports City. Both are explaining the reasons that have led to the coach’s continuity next season, despite the fact that he announced on January 27 that he would say goodbye to the club once the current campaign ended. Last night, in a meeting at Laporta’s house with commitment: fulfill his contract until 2025. For the club, this situation alleviates a concern. Without money there was no coach on the market that guaranteed better results than Xavi ..read more

María Villar (Madrid, 1991), better known as María Escarmiento, became the black sheep of the Operación Triunfo (OT) edition in 2018. After completing her musical studies in New York, Escarmiento tried her luck in the academy, where she stood out above the rest of the candidates for a personality so authentic that it led him to be in the news on more than one occasion, by changing the lyrics of a Mecano song or by not wanting to go to Eurovision. Regarding this, the artist admits in the video that she heads this article: “I would have done it out of shame, I don’t sing well under pressure. “I ..read more

TikTok has decided to suspend Lite, its app that paid to watch videos or recommend users and that it had launched as a test in Spain and France. This Monday the European Commission threatened to block it if TikTok did not provide guarantees that minors would not access it or it would become addictive. The decision does not have immediate effect among those who had already downloaded it and registered in the rewards service: for a few more days it will be active and they will be able to redeem the money for a month. The suspension is currently for 60 days, but TikTok does not rule out that it ..read more

What if there was no crossroads? When adolescence arrives, four out of five girls stop playing basketball (or any team sport). She detected it the Basket Girlz project, promoted by Endesa and the FEB, with the study carried out by the former international base and psychologist of leading elite athletes Mar Rovira. An abandonment that does not occur to the same extent in boys. Another gap. The majority cause they cited, with almost 60%, was what the research defined as “time management.” Translated: the difficulty in combining studies with training or matches. So, the question is repeated: Wha ..read more

The accusations of the Collective of Public Officials Clean Hands regarding Begoña Gómezwife of the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, have unleashed a real dust storm. The union led by the former National Front politician, Miguel Bernard, demanded the summons as investigated of the ‘first lady’ of Moncloa for alleged commission of crimes of influence peddling and corruption in the private sector – accusations on which this Thursday the organization has backed down, stating that they could have arisen from ” fake news.” The PSOE leader issued a letter to the public announcing that he ..read more

I have a friend worried about the possible repetition of Real Madrid – Barcelona from the last matchday, undoubtedly a remote possibility, but a possibility, after all. Actually, that friend is me. And, yes, my blind trust in Joan Laporta’s accusing finger leads me to believe that Barça could be right in their claim and that justice would end up forcing the duel to be repeated. Why and for what? These are questions for which I do not have an answer: the first, because it would imply extensive knowledge about laws (I am not yet on that screen) and, the second, because I do not fully understand ..read more

“I weigh 101 kilos and I have no fat,” says Saúl Craviotto. The flag bearer of the Spanish delegation in the next Paris Games does not justify himself by the battery of fresh cheese sandwiches that he has just tasted, but rather explains the management of his diet. “I have to rationalize it and understand what fuel my body needs,” he warns. “If I have to do explosive strength work, coordination and a lot of power, what the muscle will need is more protein; and if you are going to do a half marathon, maybe you need more carbohydrates. But I live it without great obsessions. In the end it’s abo ..read more