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Gigi Datome categorical about the role of Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna

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Gigi Datome doesn’t mince words

Gigi Datome, during an interview to the ‘Corriere dello Sport’, spoke among other things about the role of Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna in the Italian basketball scene, responding to those who see in the “duopoly” of meneghini and felsinei a negative element for basketball in the Bel Paese.

“Let us try to think about our basketball without Milan and Bologna – said the now former basketball player, responding with a provocation -: would it be a better championship? In my opinion, high-level formations ennoble the championships”.

“Try to take away Olympiacos and Panathinakos from Greek basketball, Partizan and Red Star from Serbian basketball; or Barcelona and Real Madrid from Spain,” Datome added: they would all become other leagues. Moreover, given that to compete with Milan and Bologna the challenge has to be big, I think the other clubs are also pushed to aim upward. Just look at what Tortona has done, or Sassari, which è always competitive, and Venice. In short, in the end Armani and Segafredo by necessity raise the level of clubs”.

Datome, born in 1987, ended his career at the recent World Championships, in which he finished eighth with the national team led by Gianmarco Pozzecco. At the club level, as a professional, he has worn the undershirts of Mens Sana Siena, Scafati, Virtus Roma, Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics in the NBA (for him also some G-League appearances with the Grand Rapids Drive), Fenerbahce and Olimpia Milano. In the senior national team he has made 203 appearances.

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US Open, Alexander Zverev also out: Jannik Sinner thanks.

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All-U.S. semifinal at US Open

Another big man exits the tournament. After the various Alcaraz and Djokovic, Zverev è is also no longer in the running at the US Open. The German è was beaten by Fritz in four sets (7-6 (2) 3-6 6-4 7-6), at the end of a match that è lasted almost three and a half hours. A defeat that leaves a lot of bitterness in Zverev’s mouth. The German was aiming to reach at least the final.

A feat for the American who, dragged by the home crowd, won the first semifinal of a Slam event. After winning the first set on tie-break, Fritz suffered the return of Zverev, who took home the second partial with a peremptory 6-3. The momentum seemed to be in the German’s hands but Fritz escaped on 3-0. Zverev recovers but gives up at the più beautiful. Spectacular fourth set. Zverev tries everything but, once again, the tie-break costs him dearly. He loses it 7-3 and says goodbye to the tournament.

Dreams big for Fritz who, in the semifinals, will face the other American Tiafoe who, in the quarterfinals, wins the match with Dimitrov, forced to retire in the fourth set due to a physical problem: 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 4-1 the partials in favor of Tiafoe.

The United States dreams, after 21 years (Roddick, 2003), of an American winning the U.S. Open. In the meantime, it enjoys Sinner who, thanks to Zverev &egrave’s knockout; increasingly serene in his comfortable position as world No. 1.

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Thiago Motta dusts off Arthur for Champions.

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Juventus, the list

Juventus has also released the Uefa list for the 2024/25 Champions League and specifically there are 28 players chosen by Thiago Motta: 22 on List A and 6 on List B.

The surprise name è that of Arthur, considered until yesterday out of the Bianconeri project, which remains for all intents and purposes Filip Kostic, cut and looking for accommodation abroad.

The complete list:

LIST A

1 PERIN
3 BREMER
4 GATTI
5 LOCATELLI
6 DANILO
7 CONCEICAO
8 KOOPMEINERS
9 VLAHOVIC
11 NICO GONZALEZ
14 MILIK
15 KALULU
16 MCKENNIE
17 ADZIC
18 ARTHUR

19 THURAM
21 BEANS
22 WEAH
23 PINSOGLIO
26 DOUGLAS LUIZ
27 CAMBIASO
29 DI GREGORIO
32 CABAL

LIST B

10 YILDIZ
36 ANGHELE’
37 SAVONA
38 DAFFARA
40 ROUHI
51 MBANGULA

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Milan, no Champions League for Luka Jovic

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Milan, the list

No Champions for Luka Jovic, who is not part of the list handed to Uefa regarding the players who can be fielded in the Champions League group stage.

In fact, Fonseca chose the men for the eight scheduled matches with Real Madrid, Liverpool, Brugge, Bayer Leverkusen, Red Star, Dinamo Zagreb, Girona and Slovan Bratislava, leaving the Serbian out.

LIST A

2 Davide Calabria

4 Ismael Bennacer

7 Alvaro Morata

8 Rubén Loftus-Cheek

10 Rafael Leao

11 Christian Pulisic

14 Tijjani Reijnders

16 Mike Maignan

17 Noah Okafor

19 Theo Hernandez

21 Samuel Chukwueze

22 Emerson Royal

23 Fikayo Tomori

24 Alessandro Florenzi

28 Malick Thiaw

29 Youssouf Fofana

31 Strahinja Pavlovic

42 Filippo Terracciano

46 Matteo Gabbia

57 Marco Sportiello

80 Yunus Musah

90 Tammy Abraham

LIST B

Adam Bakoune, Davide Bartesaghi, Andrea Bozzolan, Francesco Camarda, Andrei Coubis, Hugo Cuenca, Victor Eletu, Mattia Liberali, Vittorio Magni, Mattia Malaspina, Lapo Nava, Dorian Paloschi, Diego Sia, Dariusz Stalmach, Lorenzo Torriani, Chaka Traoré, Kevin Zeroli.

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