Barty earthquake, 45 points, true Giroud and Pogba: news on the set

WHAT YOU CAN MISS BETWEEN LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING

1 Tennis: Barty says stop at 25

Ashleigh Barty surprised everyone by announcing her retirement at the age of just 25 on Wednesday in a video message. “Today is a difficult and emotional day for me as I announce my retirement from tennis.“, – wrote on Instagram the first racket of the world, who won three Grand Slam singles titles, at Roland Garros in 2019, then at Wimbledon in 2021 and at the Australian Open this year.I just don’t have it anymore. I no longer have the physical energy, emotional will, and everything it takes to surpass myself at the highest level.“, she continued, adding that she was “absolutely exhausted.”

2. Football, France: Giroud adapts

3. Basketball, NBA: Young on fire, Warriors on hard, Milwaukee fixes Bulls

The Warriors can’t do it without Steph Curry. Thus, Golden State fell to the floor of Orlando (94-90), despite Jordan Poole’s 26 points. For his part, Trae Young shone in New York with 45 points to help Atlanta defeat the Knicks (111-117), where Evan Fournier scored 11 points. With 30 points from Nikola Jokic, Denver pulled back against the Clippers (127-115), while Milwaukee corrected the Bulls (126-98) from Giannis Antetokounmpo (25 points, 17 rebounds).

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• gymnastic : Hitomi Hatakeda announced her retirement at the age of just 21 after suffering a spinal injury last year from which she still hasn’t recovered and which affected her motivation during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Volleyball : After narrowly losing the first match in Turkey, the Narbonne volleyball players beat Ankara in the second leg of the Challenge Cup (C3) by winning 3 sets to 1 to win the golden set 21-19 at the end of the suspense.

PREPARATION VIDEO

France’s XV Grand Slam, Welsh winger Josh Adams offering his medal to Italian defender Ange Capuozzo, Lady Gaga’s possible visit to Marcoussis to face the Blues, is what inspired the Murad de Toulon this week. Not forgetting the great Italian victory in Wales…

PODCASTS OF THE DAY

Federico Martin Aramburu was shot and killed on the night of Friday 18 March to Saturday 19 March 2022 in Paris. This week, Agustín Pisho takes part in the Poulain Raffine podcast to pay tribute to his friend, with whom he defended the colors of the Argentina national team at the 2007 World Cup. Here is the podcast.

The 1st Masters 1000 of the season delivered its verdict. Surrounded by Laurent Vergne, Bertrand Millard and Sébastien Petit, Arnaud Di Pasquale deciphers the news of the little yellow ball placed in the heart of Indian Wells that crowned Taylor Fritz in the final against Rafael Nadal with a cracked rib and Yga. Svyatek. Let’s end with an angry question around the super tie-break.

A tweet that calms (a little)

The season penalty had been announced hours before, and as doubts about the rest of his career piled up after this white season, Zion Williamson circulated photos of him doing some good dunks in practice. What comforts the fans of the first pick of the 2019 draft and the Pelicans a little?

WHAT YOU CAN’T MISS TO FOLLOW TODAY

1. Football – Women’s Champions League: play in Lyon

After a good performance by PSG against Bayern Munich, Lyon enters the game, and in Turin against Pauline Peyran-Magnin’s Juventus. The French goalkeeper and former Olympic champion will have a hard time standing up to his teammates Wendy Renard, Grija Mbok, Selma Bacha, Delfina Cascarino or even Melvin Malar. This season, Fenott have fangs after a disastrous last exercise in which they lost both the league and Champions League titles.

(with AFP)