They run against the clock

As late fall winter seems to Jose Luis Lopez Cerron, so dark that sees everything , it gives by asking whether it would be possible that somehow, who knows how to fuse the only two Basque projects with capacity to take road to a professional team in 2014, Miguel Madariaga under the umbrella of Euskadi Foundation and Jon Odriozola . " Would not it be possible? " Asks the president of the Spanish Federation , which is concerned about how the final date for the seven projects to be a continental license ( the two Basques , that of the ACP , a Galician , another Andalusian , a Catalan and Burgos ) submit relevant papers to support their proposal and no signs of life . Neither Madariaga or Odriozola or other . " Is not it possible , right?" . And he just responds .

Tomorrow, November 20 , just the second time to get all that paperwork Federation . And, more importantly , the 25th UCI closes the blinds to these projects pay the license fee for continental team . After more income will not be accepted , although there are exceptions . The first deadline of October 31 passed without anyone present anything it takes to get a team rider . Neither endorsements and sponsors to provide money. A few hours before the stranger had been diluted professional continental team that drove Ner Group structure covered in Euskadi Foundation . They announced well without , apparently , having Madariaga , who fought for the survival of their own project and never considered the possibility of leaving the helm of the Foundation as he proposed. That morning Odriozola asked the Federation who will reserve a place to bring up your idea and requested a delay expires tomorrow . Less than an hour later, Miguel Madariaga made ​​the same request . Since then, they run in parallel, each seeking support for their side and the money needed to make Euskadi continues to have a professional team .

Tomorrow they run out of time and none have given the final step to announce that it is not true that the Basque cycling immersed in one of its darkest times after years of Euskaltel -Euskadi - first - Euskadi team and good life , already is missing . Odriozola works quietly since then about his idea for a project that, in principle , look further down than up - banished is the word tour until further notice , and entertains the entire Basque cycling . Odriozola , which has the backing of the Basque Government , Basque Federation , the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the group linked to the institution, is among those who prefer to do things right rather than fast. So your project will not in any way because it requires a minimum not lower demanding than under any circumstances. Are your principles. If you can not what it claims , it has to do with the dignity cyclist, the image and professionalism , resign and look for another chance later .

As Madariaga struggle Odriozola Madariaga sees not clear . Foundation yesterday passed the audit that came to say it was all as in previous years -presumably correct , but the president of the Foundation goes more skeptical than ever. He says that so far you have are promises, the commitment of two companies that will support you if your project takes shape , which should happen this week . Those two companies that alludes Madariaga part of the budget would cover no more than 50 % . The rest still do not know where you can get while still pending money Gipuzkoa Provincial Council owed ​​for the 2012 season, a deal backed by documents whose existence acknowledged yesterday Asier Sarriegi , director of the Provincial Sports Guipuzcoa , and also claimed as their own after decoupling Euskaltel Euskadi Foundation team .

Carlos Sainz will return to the Dakar in 2014

Throughout his six Dakar Rally , Sainz has achieved 25 stage wins , plus his final triumph in 2010 after a close duel with his teammate Nasser Al- Attiyah catarí in the dunes of Copiapo , in the Atacama Desert (Chile ) .

Sainz , nicknamed " El Matador" in the automotive world , will compete in the Dakar 2014 with a pilot himself Buggy that Madrid has developed in collaboration with Red Bull team boss Rally , Philippe Gache .

Sainz and co-driver will be German Timo Gottschalk, expert guidance route, which has also won the Dakar .

" This year I have been working with Philippe Gache , who has extensive experience in Buggies in Dakar. Already worked with him in Spain Historic Rally , which won with a Porsche 911 , so I know we can succeed together " says Carlos Sainz in a statement team .

Sainz faces the test with optimism. " I have a good feeling with the Buggy that we will take the Dakar . The goal will take it to the finish line. We may be fast or slow , but the important thing is not to stop ever . 've Tested the car and worked hard in recent weeks to identify problems and fix them before the race. "

Sainz says he does not feel nervous . "Participating in the Dakar is very special because it is a unique race . Currently not feel nervous but I'm sure that will appear the day before the race . 's Normal to feel butterflies in your stomach before embarking on a 15-day rally cross "he said.

The Dakar 2014 will be held from 5 to 18 January next year with a tour that will pass through Argentina , Bolivia and Chile.

Lime after the sand

One step forward, one step back. A lime , a sand. So goes the life of this Bilbao Basket , unable to connect today wins in the competitions that dispute. If before the Eurocup was perfect aspirin for headaches Endesa League , black men yesterday in Zagreb failed to continue the good taste left from his parish harvested the remarkable victory against Barcelona , losing also average basket ( 89-79 ) before a Cedevita that would exploit their weapons , many of them coinciding with the main shortcomings of Rafa Pueyo , no physical spark nor the wisdom necessary to oppose more resistance. Concern reappeared waterways in the rear Biscay , too soft to hold one on one to the interiors rivals and , above all, disjointed stop when the Riflemen Croatians, with aid too long. This bet can yield benefits to blunt rivals from the perimeter, as was the club on Sunday, but against teams with focus well calibrated ( 13 of 30 for those of Repesa ) offers a significant ramp off the opponents .

So, thanks to the wrist Zubcic , Delas , Suton or Nolan Smith led Repesa those almost always the lead in the match . The Bilbao Basket was but I was not . I could not catch up the Cedevita except on rare occasions , but not abandoned his slipstream . In the end, such was the pitcher to the source ... The game was enmarañándose Pueyo more and more, premises possessed numerous second chances thanks to its strength in the offensive rebound , the attacks were a minimum of sustainability and fluidity ... Too hindrances to emerge victorious from a field in which no one has yet been able to succeed this season. In addition , players like Raul Lopez and Alex Mumbrú again accumulate too many miles on his legs - both surpassed the 32 -minute - court presence , while in the saucer of the positive feelings we must highlight the serious game Jackie Carmichael, better player Bilbao Basket valued thanks to its 6 points and 10 rebounds , yet unobtrusive in its more than 22 minutes . The U.S. is seen increasingly more integrated into the group dynamics and would be great news if yesterday's performance manages to have continuity.

A Ripped pulls the race too relaxed black men , poor defensive balance , and Cedevita , playing sprint, made ​​him pay with three minutes 11-2 Pueyo forced to call a timeout and require theirs a reset that had an immediate effect . Gabriel joined the German countryside , began bombing from long range , four triples and four suns , one extra included - and somersault in the light occurred in the blink of an eye (16-22 ), although those of Repesa respondents giving the alternative to another posh rifleman , Ante Delas , and managed to finish the first quarter with a one-point lead ( 25-24 ) . Disconnections defensive tara remained the main visitors, who dropped to adjust the intensity of the shock needs and Cedevita , emboldened from long range and a remarkable ball movement , threatened to break the game with a dangerous 39 -31, but Raul Lopez came to the rescue of their own to , two triples, rebalance a crash that ended Ecuador coming to the Croatians ahead again but with the Bilbao Basket glued to your trail ( 47-45 ) .

But I got through there resumption visitors . His ring seemed increasingly a thimble diameter , obsessed over and over spitting his pitches , while the hosts scoring very fluently , more than enough from the perimeter and Nurkic doing paint damage to a rear with seams too sight. Every time there was less oxygen in the lungs Bilbainos and less energy in their legs , while Croats further sharpened its looks with the passing of the minutes. What in the visitor side were turnovers and opaque attacks in the premises were simple and fluid points schemes . The 81-72 at 2:24 of the final was already impossible to lift slab and black men went to play with the aim of defending the average basket . But lacking jackpot were not able to return home with the comfort of the stoning . So Bilbao Basket dynamics right now. A lime , a sand.

Valencia Basket v CAI Zaragoza Bilbao Basket mate but falls in Zagreb

The Valencia Basket CAI Zaragoza and added two victories in the sixth round of the Eurocup competition after winning the Paris Levallois French respectively ( 98-52 ) and the Belgian Hainaus Mont Belfius ( 65-104 ) , on a night in which Bilbao Basket was defeated in his visit to Cedevita Zagreb ( 89-79 ) .

The Valencia Basket had no problems with the fragile Paris Levallois , which apalizó by 98-52 in a match already resolved before the break and Velimir Perasovic which could rotate his players calmly . Pecherov , author of 17 points, was the top scorer of the home side, who beat his personal best of three pointers in European competition , converting 19.

The Gauls just might raise resistance and fell by 21 points at half . The Senegalese Maleye Ndoye ( 17 points ) was right facing the basket but the Paris Levallois (1-5 ) found a way to stop the stream of Valencia Basket annotation , which stands with a record of 4-2.

He also had a peaceful encounter CAI Zaragoza , who crushed at home to bottom of their group , the Mont Hainaus Belfius by 65-104 in a duel that of Abós controlled at will. The Aragonese had five men in double digit scoring , with Michael Roll ( 14 points ) as the main reference .

The CAI , which achieves its balance (3-3 ), catch air in the second tournament at the expense of a team that knows not yet triumph and whose best finish this course in the Eurocup is a defeat by eleven points.

Worse things you were the Bilbao Basket, which suffered its second straight loss in Eurocup unable to with the Cedevita Zagreb at home ( 89-79 ) . Pueyo Raya 's pupils accused the effort after beating FC Barcelona last weekend and were trailing the entire match , especially for his lack of defensive feelings .

The Croatian set very coral and successful from the outside , dominated the game from their offense , unstoppable for Bilbao Basket in which said Germán Gabriel ( 17 points ) , but was defeated but not only that she also lost the ' basket- average ' with Cedevita , which Miribilla won by five points .

Olazabal Nadal and organize a charity golf tournament in Mallorca 30 to December 1

Rafael Nadal tennis player and golfer Jose Maria Olazabal will hold a charity golf tournament , to be held in Palma de Malloca 30 to December 1 , in order to promote education through sport for people with intellectual disabilities , as well as the fight against rare diseases .

Both Prince of Asturias awards will also have first-class professional golfers , for league teams with amateur players in a tournament that will be presented to the press on the 29th at the Pula Golf, place to be held this competition .

Foundations 'Sport Mundi ' , whose president is Jose Maria Olazabal , and ' Foundation RafaNadal ' , will be the depository of the funds raised by this tournament . The collection, in the case of 'Sport Mundi ' , will go to the Spanish Federation for Rare Diseases , while the ' Foundation RafaNadal ' devote this amount to 'More than Tennis' , an educational project in the long term , encourages sport for people with intellectual disabilities.

Chilean Massu says Nadal retires with a record hard to match

The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal , world number one , said today that it will be difficult to match the record 's Nicolas Massu , who won two gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics .

"Winning in single and double is very complicated, so maybe you can give in a tournament, but I think that in Rio ( Brazil ) . 's Unlikely to be ," said Nadal who said that " was historic and successful for Chile " .

Nadal gave a press conference with Serbian Novak Djokovic and David Nalbandian who came to Santiago to attend the farewell tennis Nicolas Massu , the current captain of the Chilean Davis Cup team .

The Spanish is said to be in Chile happy commenting that being with "tremendous players and friends " puts "very happy" .

" It is a pleasure and is a very special situation to be present at the tribute was made ​​to 'Nico' . 'll Try to bring a bit to make it a great show and people leave happy ," he added .

" It is a pleasure to be here , I am very happy to be part of this great event. For me Nicholas was a great player. Had great ability and skill in the field. Remember 2006 we played and it was very difficult to beat ," he added , meanwhile , Djokovic .

Massu acknowledged the presence of international players to note that the fact of being in his farewell one and two tennis world " makes me feel very proud, is a dream."

"Not always an athlete has the opportunity to be saying goodbye with the best, hopefully people will join us tomorrow and live a nice party ," he added .

The four players later conducted a tennis clinic with wheelchair Telethon Foundation who came from all over Chile to be present at the event.

Valdes was injured against South Africa and Spain broke the law to let Queen

Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes suffered a hamstring injury during the second half of the friendly at Soccer City against South Africa , and led a discussion on the bench by the entrance of Pepe Reina with six changes made by Vicente del Bosque.

Valdes fell to the ground wincing in the 76th minute of the match. Just two minutes before Koke Resurrection had entered by Andres Iniesta in the sixth change allowed by FIFA in friendlies .

Valdes retired limping, practically unable to support his right leg in the grass by the muscle injury , when the Spanish players began to decide who would get a porter . Alvaro Arbeloa was that got the shirt and gloves Valdes .

However, the party FIFA delegate informed the Spanish bench could make a change more and Del Bosque ushered Pepe Reina in the 80th minute . In those minutes caused a tremendous anger Igesund Gordon , who showed his lack of understanding changing norms and found the response of Spanish costume with Toni Grande, second of the Forest, and the Queen 's own discussion.

The medical report of the Federation reported that " suffer a possible medial gastrocnemius rupture of the right leg . Remains pending study to estimate reach."

Croatia and Greece meet the script and qualify for the World Cup in Brazil

The selections of Croatia and Greece met on Tuesday with the odds and qualified for the World Cup in Brazil next year with little difficulty after beating Iceland and Romania , respectively .

In the Maksimir stadium in Zagreb , Croatia abandoned its bad now and managed to defeat 2-0 to Iceland , which closed the door to the first major international event in its history after a game where you just had problems despite playing with ten nearly an hour of play.

The Croats left very strong and locked early Icelanders , who devoted everything to the counter , but they did not create any real danger chance on the goal defended by Pletikosa , although the goalless draw in the first leg gave a great advantage if box .

Thus it was that brighten up Halldorsson to curb local connections , but could do nothing to prevent Mario Mandzukic prove his ' smell ' to put in a ball at the combined area of ​​the visitor.

The 1-0 did not wake Iceland, which continued to suffer , and he could not even go up when Mandzukic was ejected for stomping an opposing player . Was repeated , but in reverse , the situation of the first game , but then the Icelanders demonstrated that they lack arguments yet to reach the elite.

Also , just start the second half , made ​​it 2-0 Srna and ended any glimmer of hope of those Lars Lagerback , who could not even put some fear in front of a return to Croatia after missing finals in South Africa .

GREECE, NO PROBLEMS .

Meanwhile, there was no emotion in Bucharest , Romania where he crashed the strength and experience of Greece, who saved a draw (1-1 ) the return match and qualified for their second consecutive World Cup , third in its history .

The Victor Piturca went all out , but again showed their defensive weakness last 20 minutes, Konstantinos Mitroglu extended his good form with both opening the door to Brazil to Fernando Santos .

The Romanian team felt the blow and , with more heart than head, quickly fetched goal to give her back the options, but his opponent made ​​clear its ability to move in these situations . Romania found air with Torosidis bizarre own goal , although there practically ended the troubles for the 2004 European champion .

Sweden 2-3 Portugal: the exhibition of "Super Christian" Ibrahimovic leaves without World

The selection of Portugal held next summer in Brazil the sixth World history after a treble of his star , Cristiano Ronaldo , give him victory in Stockholm against Sweden (2-3 ) in a match that Real Madrid striker was challenged with the tip of the Paris Saint - Germain Zlatan Ibrahimovic , scorer of both goals from your selection .

Despite having the slight advantage from the first leg ( 1-0 ), Portugal took the initiative and sought victory in the Friends Arena , Zlatan Ibrahimovic fetish field . He did not find in the first half but in the second , in which Cristiano Ronaldo struck before starting courage of Swedes , through Ibrahimovic , petting did Erik Hamren the comeback. But again Christian hero dressed to lead his country to the World Cup .

Sweden had no sense of urgency until midway through the second half , when four minutes of madness from its star , hitherto unnoticed, he remembered what was at stake . Even the 0-1 ( min.50 ) aggravated his nervousness. And is that Cristiano Ronaldo , space , undertook to remember his eventful time great shape with a clear career followed by a final resolution unattainable and , with his left to the far post to Isaksson .

When Portugal had one foot in Brazil , to deny Ibrahimovic broke . Just four minutes were enough to ram the Paris Saint - Germain to extend your love relationship with the Friends Arena stadium in which he scored twelve goals in nine appearances for his country .

The first, head to the exit of a corner ( min.68 ) , and the second , after a free-kick strike hard ( min.72 ) , who put on the ropes to Portugal , hitherto comfortable and above. With eighteen minutes remaining , Sweden was believed the feat and gave more space than ever , looking for his World Cup ticket .

However, spaces and Cristiano Ronaldo was , how could it be otherwise , deadly recipe . In just two minutes Real Madrid striker , unwise in front of goal in the first half, found two uncheck the gap closed in two races ended with a goal , as if the script known becomes impossible to stop. His hat- trick with voracious response at the critical moment , the dream of a faded gray and unleashed Sweden adrenaline Paulo Bento 's Portugal , which will be in Brazil .

France 3-0 Ukraine: Sakho becomes a hero by surprise in the comeback 'bleu'

The French team will not miss the World Cup Brazil after work on Tuesday the miracle and traced to Ukraine ( 3-0 ) in the second leg of the playoffs, thanks to goals from Sakho , Karim Benzema of Real Madrid and Gusev own , which knocked an opponent who paid dearly playing with 10 from 47 minutes for the expulsion of Khacheridi .

Didier Deschamps 's team came off the criticism and turn it got to 2-0 , a result that no one had previously erected on the road to the World Cup. After losing in Kiev four days , giving a bad image , heat grew France Saint- Denis and will be in a World Championship , where no failure since 1994.

On the same stage where the ' bleus ' got their first and only title, awash with flags, the French team signed a great start to corner Ukraine. Benzema , head on Tuesday , was the best and soon got in trouble the visitors' defense , in a hurry with the quality of Real Madrid striker .

However, both the French first came through a clearance of Pyatov , who left in tray 1-0. A long range shot from Pogba took advantage Sakho after 20 minutes paved the way . Two minutes later Benzema scored the second, but was overturned by a nonexistent fire off the hand of Henry recalled that served as a ticket against Ireland .

Before reaching the half hour , the former Lyon returned to have his moment of glory , but this time his shot took the score itself . Benzema was the smartest and took control of a loose ball that was in the heart of the area. In offside position , the 2-0 left without arguments to Ukrainians , argued in Yarmolenko quality .

EXPULSION AND OWN GOAL .

Just start the second half , France continued to dunk over the goal of Pyatov and - to top it off - he found Khacheridi double admonition , let him pass tray . For the ' bleus ' they needed a goal and faced the one decisive stretch more about Saint- Denis Green .

Ribery tried in every way , but was again Sakho who put his foot in a scramble to enter the previously touched 3-0 in Gusev . The Ukrainians killed both very lost in the final minutes , but still counted with a foul on the edge of the area that could have winded the home crowd .

With this triumph , Deschamps ended blanketed and Ukraine , with the first defeat under his belt since Mykhailo Fomenko 's coach . A tremendous punishment for Ukrainians , whose only memory passes 2006 World Cup and the generation that led Andriy Shevchenko.