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Benetton Rugby: a confirmation on Marco Bortolami’s staff
Benetton Rugby: official renewal of Fabio Ongaro
Fundamental renewal in Benetton Rugby’s coaching staff. The green-and-white franchise has announced the extension of Fabio Ongaro until June 30, 2026. The former rugby player will continue as the Lions’ scrum coach.
Born in Venice on Sept. 23, 1977, Fabio Ongaro began playing rugby in Casale, a team with which he made his A2 debut in 1994. His professional career began with Benetton Rugby, where he played from 1998 to 2006, winning the Scudetto, an Italian Cup and an Italian Super Cup five times. He canò boast of being part of the Club of 100, with 151 appearances packed into the green-and-white jersey. He then embarked on foreign experience by moving to the Saracens with whom he played for four seasons in the English Premiership. When the experience overseas ended, Ongaro è returned to Italy wearing the Aironi jersey from 2010 to 2012.
Fabio Ongaro in his career has been a permanent member of the Italian national team since 2000. Under Kirwan’s management, Ongaro participated in the 2003 Six Nations and the World Cup of the same year playing the role of hooker. Subsequently, Fabio took part in all Six Nations until 2012 and in the World Cup in 2007 and 2011, thus collecting 81 appearances and 25 points in the Azzurri.
In the summer of 2012, after the second year of his contract with Aironi, Fabio è became team manager of Zebre, a position he held until September 2014. From 2014 to 2016 he was part of the Japanese national team staff led by Eddie Jones for two summers, devoting himself to the scrum. Since the summer of 2016 è member of the Benetton Rugby technical leadership, directing the forwards and scrum. In these eight Treviso years he has shown excellent coaching skills and has been one of the important elements of the Lions’ ride through all the victorious stages of recent history.
In 2019 when the green-and-whites reached the Guinness PRO14 Final Series, in 2021 when è the Rainbow Cup was won, in 2023 when the Lions reached the Challenge Cup semifinals, and in 2024 when coach Marco Bortolami’s troop won the URC playoffs for the first time.
“I am happy to extend my contract for two more sports seasons and thank the club for the show of trust. We embarked on this path now 8 years ago, demonstrating steady growth. And it is with this awareness that we look to the future, certain that it will be necessary to continue working to improve and reach higher and higher standards” these are the words of Fabio Ongaro after the official announcement of the extension.
“Satisfied with what we have done over the years, we are happy to confirm Fabio at the helm of our scrum for the next two years. This renewal reflects our confidence in his work and the willà to continue with continuityà on the path of growth undertaken to make this decisive phase of the game one of our strengths” said general manager Antonio Pavanello.
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The bronze medal at the Olympics and the semifinals at Wimbledon have charged her up
This is it. Italy è is ready to start on the road to another possible dream, which is to win the Davis Cup again. The first obstacle è represented by the hostile Argentina (absolutely not to be underestimated). The Azzurri are betting, of course, on world No. 1 Sinner but there’è great confidence also in Musetti who arrived in Malaga in great form.
The blue number 2 è has been the protagonist of a heavenly season. The bronze at the Olympics and the semifinals at Wimbledon have charged him up. Now he è ready to be an absolute protagonist in the Davis Cup: “I arrive with a different maturity at all levels”, his clear words to Gazzetta dello Sport.
“I’m ready to take more responsibility and have a more central, more important part than 12 months ago. There will be a lot of excitement, a lot of adrenaline, and I have a lot of desire to experience the competition”, the commentary of Musetti himself, who arrived in Malaga in excellent physical condition, having had some time to rest after Paris-Bercy.
Clearly, with such a motivated Musetti, è much can be expected from Italy. Sinner è an absolute guarantee but, to make it all the way, the help of all the members of the blue team led by captain Volandri is needed. There’s a strong desire to accomplish another feat and return to celebrate, all together.
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Well Golden State, black crisis for Philadelphia
So many contests in the NBA night. With its back against the wall, Milwaukee finds the strength to fight back and take home a crucial victory in the match with Chicago (122-106 the final). Race dominated by Antetokounmpo who finished with an impressive 41 points on the scoreboard, including 25 in a surreal third period, with also eight assists and nine rebounds.
Thanks to this success, the Bucks record rises to six wins and nine losses. After losing the unbeaten streak to Boston, Cleveland returned to success: 128-100 over New Orleans. Excellent performance by Jerome (29 points). The record of the Cavs è the best in the NBA with 16 wins and only one loss (suffered, precisely, against the Celtics).
Most delicate moment for Philadelphia, which continues to sink. The 76ers also surrendered in Memphis (117-111 the final), collecting their 12th defeat of the season (only two wins). A strong showing by Embiid (35 points and 11 rebounds) wasn’t enough to bring a smile back to the interior of a team in total crisis.
As for the other games, OKC folds Portland (109-99) while Houston gets rid of Indiana (130-113) rather easily. New York wins the challenge with Phoenix (138-122) while Golden State prevails against Atlanta: 120-97 the final for the Warriors with 23 points by Curry. Nice success, finally, of the LA Clippers against Orlando (104-93).
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Ferrari è currently second at -36 from McLaren
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The Las Vegas GP takes the stage. A new opportunity, for Ferrari, to try to get even closer to McLaren, currently leader in the constructors’ standings with 593 points, 36 more than the Cavallino. The circuit would seem to favor the Rossa, although Sainz points out an important detail.
“Ferrari competitive? Looking at the track I would say sì, Ferrari should be competitive or at least should be able to fight but when we see that tire temperatures rise, then I would say no”, the clear words of Sainz reported by Marca.
The Cavallino driver knows that in order to take home the Constructors’ World Championship title, he needs “help” from McLaren: “I think we are close. But at the same time, we also need McLaren to make some mistakes, becauseé, if they don’t make any mistakes from here to the end, in case we have to win all the time and we and they come second in every race, I think McLaren will probably still be able to keep the title”.
Sainz, in addition to trying to win another GP before ending his adventure with the Cavallino, wants to try to help the team win the constructors world championship: “I would like to win the championship for Ferrari this year. And sì, I think it would be a great way to end the season”.
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