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MB Rouissat 2-0 Olympique Akbou : Akbou tombe à Ouargla
L’Olympique Akbou a connu son premier coup d’arrêt de la saison en s’inclinant ce dimanche face au MB Rouissat (2-0), à l’occasion de la deuxième journée de la Ligue 1 Mobilis. Après un bon démarrage, les hommes de l’Olympique Akbou n’ont pas réussi à confirmer à Ouargla face à une équipe de Rouissat déterminée à […] trojkonferencja2024.pl
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Allemagne : Chaïbi manque à l'appel
L’international algérien Farès Chaïbi n’a pas accompagné l’Eintracht Francfort pour son rendez-vous de Bundesliga face à Mayence, soldé par une victoire des visiteurs 3-1. Une absence qui a rapidement suscité des interrogations, alors que le milieu offensif algérien avait débuté la saison avec son club allemand et que les prochaines échéances avec la sélection nationale se rapprochent.
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‘We do it for the people,’ says Bok captain Kolisi after winning Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi paid an emotional tribute to the people of South Africa and the rugby fans from the country and from New Zealand, after the Boks secured a 43-28 win over the All Blacks in the fourth Test at the M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Saturday to win Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry.
The first traditional tour between the two nations since 1996 ended with the Boks winning the series 3-1, after losing the opener at Ellis Park, before bouncing back with wins in Cape Town and Soweto, before concluding things with an impressive win in the USA.
Speaking after the match, Kolisi hailed the impact of coach Rassie Erasmus, explaining how his influence and efforts to keep the players grounded and focused on who they are playing for, is the driving force behind their success.
‘We’ve got Rassie’
“We have got coach Rassie. He knows how to get the best out of us. When he speaks to us he reminds us of where we come from. The players that are not in the group today, the guys that are injured, the guys that couldn’t make the tour, we do this for them,” said Kolisi in a television interview on the field.
“Also the people of South Africa, who would love to have the opportunity we have … each and every day the struggles and everything they go through, so we do it for the people.
“He [Rassie] speaks most to us not about the rugby itself, but more about where we come from, and that’s what guides us.”
A packed crowd of over 68,000 people watched the finale of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry in Baltimore, and plenty of South Africans turned up and cheered the team on to a fantastic win, which Kolisi fully acknowledged.
“I want to thank every single South African here in the stadium and back home. It was a special week and great to see you guys come out in your numbers to support us (in the US). We are so grateful, we do it for you each and every single time and we could hear you today. So thank you so much,” said Kolisi.
“To the New Zealand fans, thank you for coming to our beautiful country South Africa. Thank you for embracing our culture and our people and I hope you enjoyed your time in South Africa and in the United States as well.”
Proud Taylor
New Zealand captain on the night Codie Taylor cut a disappointed figure after the match, but admitted he was proud of his team’s efforts and said he believed this was a stepping stone for them to move onto bigger and better things in the future.
“We talk a lot about moments when we do our team review in the week, and South Africa have just sacked a few more moments against us in the last couple of games,” explained Taylor.
“We had a couple of opportunities that we let them off the hook with. But full credit to them. They’re a great side, they have proven why they are world champions and I look forward to playing them again whenever that is in the future.
“We don’t die wondering. There is a lot of effort that goes into each week and each Test. I am so proud of the whole group, not just the players but the management and everyone. It has been an awesome tour, we have learnt so much and I know this will set us up for what is to come in the future.
“It’s a good stepping stone. We are in an interesting place at the moment as a rugby nation. We gave it our all this series, we have fallen short, but I can assure everyone here and back home that we are working hard, growing as a group, and will hopefully be here again in the future.”
Rybakina triumphs in US Open, denies Sabalenka three-peat
Elena Rybakina denied Aryna Sabalenka a third straight US Open title on Saturday, punctuating her rise to world number one with a victory over the player she’s replacing at the summit.
Rybakina, already assured of supplanting Sabalenka atop the rankings by reaching the semi-finals in New York, triumphed 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to claim her third Grand Slam title.
She won her first at Wimbledon in 2022 and beat Sabalenka in the Australian Open title to claim her second in January.
“It feels amazing,” Rybakina said. “It’s still so difficult to process what happened. Too much achievements these few weeks. I’m super happy, very proud of all the work. It’s just amazing.”
She ended Sabalenka’s 20-match winning streak in Flushing Meadows, where the 2024 and 2025 champion hadn’t lost since falling to Coco Gauff in the 2023 final.
“I wish I could have performed a little better,” Sabalenka told the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd, her voice breaking, “but I guess next year.”
She had been vying to become just the third woman, after Chris Evert and Serena Williams, to win three straight US Open titles.
The 28-year old from Belarus clawed back courageously in the second set, breaking Rybakina for the first time in the final game to force the third.
But with her trademark aplomb, Rybakina roared back to finish off a frustrated Sabalenka.
With an early break in hand in the third set, Rybakina roared to the finish line. There was a final hiccup with two double faults as she served for the match before she secured the win with an ace.
“I feel like the match was so close,” Rybakina said. “Even first set I got early break. Then it was kind of a little bit easier to step in, to be aggressive.
“Then in the second, we were taking our serve. She just played in these same important moments more aggressive.
“I had some little opportunities. Made couple of mistakes. But then in the third set, I told myself that I can still do it. I need to focus on my serve and just risk a little bit more when I have the chance.”
A disappointed Sabalenka exchanged a quick hug with the victor at the net, then smashed her racquet as she sat in her courtside seat as Rybakina absorbed the cheers of the crowd.
“I’m obviously not really happy with the level I played today,” Sabalenka said. “But she served incredible. She played really aggressive, great tennis.
‘Better player today’
“She was simply a better player today than me,” said Sabalenka, who will end the year without a major title for the first time since 2022.
The two biggest hitters in the women’s game came out swinging. Rybakina, owner of perhaps the most fearsome serve on the WTA Tour, was struggling to put her first serve in play, but it was devastating when she did.
She pressured Sabalenka’s serve throughout, piling up a dozen break points and converting three.
Rybakina seized control in the fifth game of the opening set, relentlessly pushing Sabalenka back with her deep groundstrokes.
Unsettled, Sabalenka double faulted on break point, then smacked a ball skyward to draw a code violation warning for ball abuse.
Sabalenka was looking increasingly desperate. Serving to extend the set at 5-3, she crushed an overhead several feet beyond the baseline and had to regroup before closing the game with an ace and a service winner.
But Rybakina wouldn’t be denied, and she polished off the set 6-4 with a screaming backhand winner before Sabalenka sailed a shot long to end the deciding rally.
The second set started much the same, Sabalenka saving a pair of break points in the third game before thumping down a massive serve to hold.
She had yet to make any headway against Rybakina’s serve, but she seemed to have found something on her own, twice holding to love as she took a 5-4 lead.
Sabalenka’s first break points of the match gave her a chance to close out the set, but she couldn’t convert.
Nevertheless, Sabalenka was gaining in confidence. She held for a 6-5 lead then broke Rybakina with authority to force a third set — but it proved only a brief reprieve.
Springboks Claim Historic 3-1 Series Triumph Over All Blacks in Baltimore
In front of a record-shattering crowd of 68,173 at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium—the largest attendance ever to witness a rugby match on North American soil—the Springboks produced an emphatic, six-try masterclass to outclass the All Blacks 43-28.
The victory sealed a 3-1 triumph in the inaugural ‘Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry’ series, marking three consecutive Test wins over New Zealand after dropping the opening encounter in Johannesburg. Exactly fifty years after South Africa defeated the All Blacks by the identical 3-1 margin in 1976, history repeated itself across the Atlantic in fitting fashion: an unforgettable spectacle celebrating head coach Rassie Erasmus’s 100th Test match at the helm.
High Stakes and First-Half Comms Drama
The contest ignited immediately following a spine-tingling Ka Mate Haka, with South Africa drawing first blood through a Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu penalty. New Zealand struck back in breathtaking fashion inside eight minutes, cleverly manipulating the Springbok rush defence to put hooker Codie Taylor over in the corner for a 7-3 lead.
South Africa responded through sheer forward brutality. Spearheaded by Damian de Allende—who registered a staggering 18 carries on the night, the Boks repeatedly hammered the gain line until De Allende bulldozed his way across the whitewash to restore a 10-7 advantage.
The match took a bizarre turn midway through the half when the match officials’ communications system failed entirely. With no TMO or ear-piece assistance, both teams formally agreed to play on under old-school refereeing. South Africa capitalized on the disruption almost immediately: off the tail of a 22nd-minute driving maul, scrumhalf Morné van den Berg sold a dummy to Sam Darry to dot down under the posts and stretch the lead to 17-7.
New Zealand refused to yield. In a breathtaking 32-phase passage right before the interval, the All Blacks ground their way to the line, allowing Will Jordan to slice through for his 55th Test try and send the teams into halftime finely poised at 17-14.
The Power of the Pack and the 'Bomb Squad'
If the first forty minutes were an arm wrestle, the second half was a showcase of South African forward depth. South Africa pulverized New Zealand in the collisions, amassing an astonishing 523 post-contact metres to the All Blacks’ 362 off virtually identical carry counts.
Malcolm Marx set the tone in the 49th minute, steering a trademark rolling maul over the whitewash. Barely four minutes later, an Andre Esterhuizen charge set the platform for Pieter-Steph du Toit to crash over. Van den Berg added the conversion, handing the Boks a commanding 29-14 cushion.
Ethan Blackadder pulled one back for the All Blacks with a determined finish to make it 29-21, and when Feinberg-Mngomezulu was forced off with a hamstring strain, New Zealand seemed poised to mount a late charge.
Arendse and Hanekom Deliver the Knockout Blow
The decisive moment arrived in the 73rd minute. As New Zealand looked to unleash their backline, an aggressive, simultaneous tackle by Cameron Hanekom dislodged the ball from Jordan’s grasp. Kurt-Lee Arendse pounced on the loose ball, flashed his trademark footwork, and sprinted 70 metres untouched under the crossbar.
Four minutes later, Hanekom crashed over from short range to put the result beyond any doubt at 43-21, rendering Beauden Barrett’s late try nothing more than cosmetic consolation.
Man of the Match honours belonged to Morné van den Berg, whose incisive running, composed goal-kicking, and pinpoint tactical box kicks dismantled New Zealand’s back three in the air. Backed by an aerial masterclass from Ethan Hooker and Damian Willemse, the Springboks won 91% of their own restarts, denying the All Blacks any loose transition ball to attack.
With the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry trophy firmly in their grasp and a 3-1 series victory locked in, the world champions depart the United States having reasserted their standing at the summit of world rugby.
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