Definitely ended the Spalletti era, the Italian national soccer team currently finds itself without a technical commissioner. Claudio Ranieri&#8217s rejection has certainly displaced the Federcalcio, which, as confirmed by President Gabriele Gravina on the sidelines of the signing of the Figc-Guardia di Finanza memorandum of understanding, will use all possible time to find a new name.

“There is no news regarding the role of technical commissioner of the national team – said the number one of the Federcalcio -. We are studying every possibility, we have a few’ days and we want to use them all. It is not only a question of names, we also want to understand if those who will come can bring a new project”.

Gravina also returned to talk about the sporting divorce with Luciano Spalletti: “Football is a world also made up of feelings, with Luciano the relationship has always been splendid and in these days it has also strengthened– he said -. I am bitter about how it went, a bond linked to everyday life had to be broken”.

Luciano Spalletti left the national team after the 2-0 success against Moldova on Monday night. In his place, the first choice was Claudio Ranieri, who, however, declined, preferring to concentrate on his managerial work at Roma. The track linked to Stefano Pioli also seems to have been wiped out, the new favorite seems to be Gennaro Gattuso, fresh from his experience at Hajduk in Croatia.

A little more than three weeks before the start of the Tour de France, Remco Evenepoel launches an important signal in the race that is traditionally used to prepare for the Grande Boucle, the Tour of the Dauphiné. In the 17.4-kilometer time trial starting in Charmes-sur-Rhône and finishing in Saint-Péray, the Soudal Quick-Step rider won with a time of 20’50”, ahead of 21″ Jonas Vingegaard and 37″ Matteo Jorgenson (both from Team Visma-Lease a Bike), but above all giving 49″ gap to Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), who was a bit in the shade compared to expectations.

With his success in Wednesday’s time trial, Evenepoel also took the yellow jersey of leader of the classification, ousting Ivan Romeo of Movistar, who instead slipped to third place at 9″ (Florian Lipowitz of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, 4″ from Evenepoel, moved up to second). Vingegaard is fifth in the overall standings at 16″ from the Belgian, Pogacar is eighth at 38″ behind.

World time trial champion in 2023 and 2024, as well as Olympic champion in both the road and time trial, Remco Evenepoel has his sights set firmly on the Tour de France 2025, knowing he can improve on his third-place finish in last year&#8217s edition. For him, the first real goal could be a time trial, that of Caen (stage 5 of the 2025 Tour), which includes a 33-kilometer circuit suited to his characteristics.

In any case, Pogacar remains the number one favorite to win the Grande Boucle: the Slovenian, who literally cannibalized the season in 2024, leaving rivals few races among the most important ones, has already won UAE Tour, Strade Bianche, Tour of Flanders, Fleche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège this year. At the Tour de France he is aiming for his fourth overall success after those in the 2020, 2021 and 2024 editions: he also boasts two second places, in 2022 and 2023, behind Jonas Vingegaard in both cases.

E’everything is ready, at the Virtus Segafredo Arena in Bologna, for game-1 of the scudetto final that will decree the champion club d’Italia 2024-2025 as far as men&#8217s basketball is concerned: the hosts Virtus Bologna, after beating Reyer Venezia and Olimpia Milano, will face Germani Brescia, which instead eliminated Trieste and Trapani Shark.

So was Dusko Ivanovic, on the eve of the first two-ball of the series, which will be played at the best of five games with Virtus hosting the first two matches and the’possible fifth match: “We are playing a final against one of the best teams in the league – explained the Montenegrin coach -: this year Brescia has played really well and especially right now they are in great shape”.

“They are a fast team, with experienced players and many capable of scoring – added Ivanovic, in his first final in the Italian championship -. They play with great discipline and in attack they always find many different solutions. We first must continue to believe in ourselves, as well as raise the level of our defense”.

Virtus Bologna is seeking this year scudetto number 17 in its history, the first since 2021. This season’s is the fifth consecutive Scudetto final. For Germani Brescia, on the other hand, it is an absolute debut in the series that awards the Italian title: the biancoblù boast, in terms of palmarès, two Amateur championships, won in 2011 and 2016, as well as the 2023 Coppa Italia, won in the final against Virtus itself.