Ødegaard skal i Arsenal-parade dagen før Norges VM-test

Arsenal skal vise fram Premier League-trofeet i en parade 31. mai. Da kan kaptein Martin Ødegaard og resten av stjernene ha ett trofé til å feire.
Tirsdag tok Arsenal sitt første ligagull på 22 år da Manchester City spilte uavgjort mot Bournemouth.
Paraden skal skje søndag 31. mai i Islington-området i Nord-London. Det er dagen etter Champions League-finalen mot Paris Saint-Germain i Budapest.
Allerede da Arsenal gikk videre til CL-finalen, bekreftet Ståle Solbakken at Ødegaard ikke blir en del av Norges kamp mot Sverige på Ullevaal 1. juni. Han skal likevel slutte seg til troppen som reiser til USA fra Oslo.
Det betyr at drammenseren får noen travle døgn med CL-finale i Budapest lørdag, parade i London søndag og Norges landslagssamling i Oslo mandag. Tirsdag: avreise USA.
2. juni setter Solbakkens menn seg på flyet mot Greensboro i North Carolina for å forberede seg til VM. En testkamp mot Marokko 7. juni venter før gruppespillet går i gang med kamp mot Irak, Senegal og Frankrike.
Til helgen skal Ødegaard løfte Premier League-trofeet etter kampen mot Crystal Palace på Selhurst Park. mchezo.co.za

In a move to test new sponsorship rules, the Norwegian Ski Federation has granted Klæbo the ability to promote private partners outside of official team events. While he is still required to wear federation apparel for national duties, he can now partner with non-conflicting sponsors during independent competitions. The federation said the arrangement will be evaluated after the season.

El empresario alicantino, Enrique Riquelme, ha asegurado este miércoles que aún no ha tomado la decisión sobre si se presenta a la presidencia del Real Madrid. “Hay una obligación moral y ética de dar el paso si se puede”, ha deslizado el presidente del grupo Cox. En un acto en el Foro Internacional Expansión en Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Riquelme, de 37 años, ha hablado de “exponer algo que tenga sentido y que sea ilusionante” para los socios del Madrid, y ha emplazado al sábado para dar a conocer su decisión y todos los detalles de la misma. En cualquier caso, Riquelme ha reconocido que este jueves, tal y como marcan los estatutos del Real Madrid para un proceso electoral, debe comunicar al club su intención de presentarse.

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The streamer has given us a broadcast so powerfully isolating it effectively anticipates sport’s viewerless future

Game 7 in the NBA playoffs: a chance to kick back, enjoy the drama of a winner-takes-all shootout between basketball’s big beasts, and … switch over from your regular TV provider to Amazon Prime? The excitement drains from the occasion at the first touch of the remote. Amazon no doubt imagined it had landed a real coup when the Eastern Conference semi-final series between Detroit and Cleveland extended to its maximum length, thereby handing the retail giant’s streaming arm, Prime Video, the right to air a Game 7 in the first season of its partnership with the NBA. In the event, Sunday’s game was a dud: a blowout win for the Cavs, playing on the road, that had all the electricity and charm of a stint in the doctor’s waiting room. Fortunately for viewers, Prime Video did its best to match the moment by producing a broadcast that was every bit as dull and juiceless as events on the court.

The pre-tipoff highlight was an interview with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, on the occasion of his coronation as this season’s MVP, in which the Oklahoma City star appeared to be speaking from a movie theater for some reason. Blake Griffin, the house beefcake on Prime Video’s studio set, chided ESPN insider Shams Charania for leaking this year’s MVP announcement hours earlier: “It’s Sunday, Shams – go to brunch, you nerd.” If Hillary had won and Shams had kept his trap shut, we’d all be at brunch! The game got under way, and things did not improve. During the half-time show, Dirk Nowitzki rambled Germanly about various topics, while fellow former MVP Steve Nash delivered lines like “That decisiveness in isolation is so important” with all the conviction of a hostage recording a ransom video. Host Taylor Rooks tried valiantly to compensate for the lack of chemistry on set by laughing at even the slightest hint of a joke from any of her panellists. Awkward laughter delivered over dead air on a platform it feels like a punishment to access: that’s the Prime Video NBA playoffs guarantee.