Vc eltmann wants to make up for its slip-up

Vc eltmann wants to make up for its slip-up

VCE liked to maintain its good home record. The eltmanners have four home games left until the end of the season. After the 0:3 defeat at muhldorf, which played like a changed team, VC eschenbacher eltmann must first concentrate on achieving or defending a place in the middle of the table. A successful start to the first round with two victories against direct competitors was followed by a setback with a defeat at the last place. But this should not be the final straw for the wallburgstadter this season. At least the team has four home games in the remaining six games of the season and can look back on the strong one in its own georg schafer hall. With niederviehbach, herrsching and deggendorf, the teams on places two to four still have to hand in their visiting cards in lower franconia.

Overtaking the opponent

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In the no man’s land of handball

in the no man's land of handball

Last weekend, franz xaver hetterich played his first game in the handball regional league. At least for his home club, the TV marktsteft. Finally, some will have thought there. The 22-year-old back, who played in the bundesliga with the youth team of HC erlangen and later also played in the top flight for TSV rodelsee, has just returned from a six-month internship in the USA.

They couldn’t do much with his favorite sport there. "The amis don’t know handball. I’ve never seen anyone play handball," says hetterich. Down there in anderson (south carolina), two hours by car from atlanta, in the deep south of the states, american football is the absolute number one sport. Clemson university is not far away, a university that is considered a hotbed of talent for football and that won the coveted u.S. College football title last year.

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First polish grand slam winner: iga swiatek

first polish grand slam winner: iga swiatek

Poland’s president andrzej duda and world number one novak djokovic were among the first to congratulate the sensational winner of paris.

"Big thanks and congratulations to iga swiatek! A historic day for poland, polish sport and polish tennis. Bravo!", tweeted duda. One day before his own final match against defending champion rafael nadal, djokovic wrote succinctly: "congratulations".

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Next win in munich: mannheim very close to the title

Next win in munich: mannheim very close to the title

In the battle for the german ice hockey championship, the adler mannheim have once again unnerved the defending champions red bull munchen and are only one win away from the silver cup.

The team of coach pavel gross celebrated a 4-0 (0-0, 3-0, 1-0) win away from home, the third of four necessary victories in the final series, in which the score is now 3-1. On friday evening the eagles can make their eighth championship title perfect in their own hall. The munich team, on the other hand, will need a minor miracle to become the first team in the german ice hockey league (DEL) to win four championships in a row.

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“Beautiful experience”: victory for theis and the boston celtics

Daniel theis takes the return flight from london to boston with full satisfaction. "It was just a great experience," said the german basketball pro of the boston celtics after the nba london game.

In front of 19,087 spectators in the sold-out o2 arena, theis and his team had come back from a 22-point deficit to win 113-104 against the philadelphia 76ers. The seventh win in a row for boston was loudly celebrated by the spectators in london – with choruses, singing and stormy applause.

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Bbc coburg in training camp: maturing process at the rennsteig

It could develop into a real tradition: after good experiences last summer, the responsible persons at BBC coburg decided again this year to use the winter sports mecca oberhof as the destination for the training camps. "The conditions in thuringia are ideal. On the one hand, we have a hall at our disposal, on the other hand, the atmosphere in the awo-sano-holiday center demands team cohesion", head coach simon bertram praises the conditions at the rennsteig.

Food tips for the pros

and indeed – apart from numerous sweaty sessions on the pitch, the weekend was all about building even more unity within the squad. There were plenty of opportunities to do so: a poker tournament – won by the 16-year-old schoolboy christoph bauer of all people – a fifa playstation world championship and an impromptu nutrition seminar by the new athletics trainer markus schnitzer were all on the agenda.

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