Olympics
Brazil hope for revival with clash against Nigeria’s Super Falcons
For the Brazil women’s team facing Nigeria’s Super Falconets this evening in Bordeaux, the match is one the country hopes to use to reconstruct their long-awaited gold medal in Women’s football. Despite the country’s pedigree in world football, the Olympic gold medal has been elusive.
They are two-time Olympic silver medallist (Athens, 2004, and Beijing, 2008) as well as being runners-up in the 2007 Women’s World Cup and third in the 1999 World Cup.
The match with Nigeria is therefore being taken with all seriousness. Other matches with Japan and Sapin will follow. Two teams qualify for the next round while the third placed may qualify as one of the two bests in that category.
The Brazilian coach, Arthur Elias is optimistic of good outing in the opening match with Nigeria. He has been with the team in the past 12 months. He believes that his team is among the probable seven or eight teams that may get the the podium.
. He reiterated that he will line up against Nigeria, a team with “high expectations”, knowing that he has a group of very high-quality athletes on his hands.
“It will be an Olympics marked by balance, with great teams in a position to advance to the final round. In the case of the Brazilian team, we have worked hard on the idea of taking things step by step, game by game. We have studied our opponents in detail and we are prepared.”
In a team that combines youth with experience, Marta is the most remembered name for obvious reasons. Voted the best player in the world six times, she will be competing in her sixth Olympics. She won silver in 2004 and 2008 and has scored goals in the last five editions of the Games.
The forward was called up because of her excellent season with Orlando Pride and the recent friendlies with the National Team, in which she performed very well, physically and technically.
Since training in Teresópolis, Arthur has been implementing different game plans for each of Brazil’s matches in the first phase. The space between one match and another is short, just three days. He has tested several formations in defense, midfield and attack. He does not like to work with the concept of starters.
The team lineup will only be announced moments before the match and will remain so until Brazil’s last game at the Olympics.
Brazil had two outstanding campaigns in women’s Olympic football. In 2004 and 2008, when they won silver. After that, in 2012, 2016 and 2021, they advanced well from the first phase, but were ineffective in the knockout stages. This is directly related to the fact that the coach called up seven attackers for the Games.
Both in Teresópolis and in Bordeaux, the National Team trained several attacking options, which reinforces the coach’s idea that he is in charge of a group in which all of them are capable of being selected at any time.
Olympics
Olympic rings removed from Eiffel Tower
The Olympic rings installed on the Eiffel Tower since June to celebrate the upcoming Olympic Games were removed from the Parisian monument early on Friday morning, as confirmed by an AFP photographer. But the Paris City Hall intends to replace them with a more permanent structure until 2028.
The five-coloured rings, measuring 29 metres in length and 15 metres in height, were placed between the first and second levels of the iconic iron structure on 7 June.
According to Inside the Games publication, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo wants the Olympic symbol to continue decorating the monument until the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
But the descendants of the tower’s creator, Gustave Eiffel are opposing the move. They are insisting that the Olympic rings are aesthetically in conflict with the concept and design of the Tower.
The 30-tonne rings initially installed on the Eiffel Tower were also not designed to withstand winter weather conditions.
Olympics
Despite Egypt winning 3 medals at Paris Olympics, President Al-Sisi orders sports system overhaul
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi ordered a comprehensive evaluation of sports federations that participatedat the Paris Olympic Games, following a mission report submitted by the country’s sports minister.
The mandate includes a thorough expenditure check and a performance review to better highlight areas of improvement and fund allocation in future Games.
Additionally, the president plans to take necessary measures against federations —such as limiting funds— that had negative results in the Paris Games.
Egypt’s participation in sports where it lacks a competitive advantage will also be limited, as the president aims to direct resources to promising athletes to ensure optimal results. The president also aims to reduce administrative and technical staff within Olympic delegations and task relevant ministries with preparing future Olympic athletes.
Al-Sisi’s Olympic overhaul is to be presented to the cabinet for approval and urged the government to prioritise amending the sports law for the House of Representatives for review.
Egypt took home a total of three medals in the Summer Games. Ahmed El-Gendy triumphed in modern pentathlon, Sara Samir claimed the silver in weightlifting, and 21-year-old fencer Mohamed El-Sayed earned the bronze.
-Insidethegames
Olympics
Paris 2024 Games break record ticket sales
Paris 2024 sold a record 12 million tickets for the Olympics and Paralympics, beating the Games record previously set by London 2012, organisers said on Sunday.
Some 9.5 million tickets were sold for the Olympics and 2.5 million for the Paralympics, which end on Sunday.
In 2012, London organisers set the record for the Paralympics with 2.7 million tickets sold but only 8.2 million were sold for the Olympics.
-Reuters
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