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Driver and expert Tom Coronel shared his opinion on the new teammate of four-time champion Max Verstappen, New Zealander Liam Lawson.

“Helmut Marko is very clever that he puts Liam in his place straight away to see how he reacts. For example, how he can act under pressure. Then they immediately understand whether they have a good option or an average one, and they should immediately move on to the next one.

But Max just kills everyone. He really took all his teammates out of the game. So it’s simple – don’t expect anything. That’s how you have to approach it. Don’t expect anything, and if you can get close to him, then that’s very clever of you,” RacingNews365 quotes Tom Coronel as saying.

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Аdvice

The 14th racket of the world, Russian Mirra Andreeva (17 years and 297 days) became the youngest tennis player to win five victories over players of the top-10 of the WTA rankings, after Nicole Vaidišová from the Czech Republic (17 years and 273 days) in 2007.

Today, February 20, Andreeva won over five-time winner of the Grand Slam tournaments, the second racket of the world, Polish Iga Šwiątek with a score of 6:3, 6:3 in the quarterfinals of the hard tournament of the WTA-1000 category in Dubai (UAE). For a place in the final of the competition in Dubai, Mirra Andreeva will compete with the winner of the match between Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan and American Sofia Kenin.

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The youngest tennis player

Tennis

Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham received a two-match disqualification for his sending off in the 24th round match of the Primera Division against Osasuna, the online publication AS reports, citing a ruling by the disciplinary committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).

Recall that the main referee of the Osasuna - Real Madrid match, Jose Munuera Montero, showed the Englishman a red card for foul language. Note that after the match, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti and the player himself denied that Jude used offensive language towards the referee.

Real Madrid currently ranks second in the Primera Division standings.

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Cursing at the judge

Football

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was surprised to see a book on San Antonio Spurs player Victor Wembanyama at the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game.

Wembanyama. Yes. I read before every game.

After hearing the Frenchman’s answer, Jokic grabbed his head. Let us recall that the 2025 NBA All-Star Game between the “world stars” assembled by Shaquille O’Neal and the “world stars” assembled by Charles Barkley ended with a score of 41:25 in favor of O’Neal’s team. The game was played in a special format — up to 40 points. Wembanyama and Jokic played for Barkley’s team.

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Book on the game

Basketball

During the quarterfinal match of the ATP-250 tournament in Marseille (France), the world's eighth-ranked Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev started bleeding from the nose, which is why the match was interrupted. The Russian stopped the bleeding with napkins. Medvedev won the first set against the world's 46th-ranked German Jan-Lennard Struff with a score of 6:3. "Championship" is conducting a text online broadcast of the match between Medvedev and Struff. Let us recall that the competition in Marseille is held from February 10 to 16. The total prize fund of the tournament is € 767 thousand. The current winner of the tournament is Frenchman Hugo Humbert, who beat Grigor Dimitrov from Bulgaria in last year's final with a score of 6:4, 6:3.

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Blood during the match

Former heavyweight title challenger Dereck Chisora ​​of Great Britain addressed the leader of the division and the holder of the WBC, WBA and WBO titles, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.

"Hello, Oleksandr," Chisora ​​wrote on social networks, publishing a joint photo.

Recall that the fight between Usyk and Chisora ​​took place in October 2020 and ended with the victory of the Ukrainian by unanimous decision (117-112, 115-113, 115-113).

In his last fight, which took place in February, Chisora ​​defeated the Swede Otto Wallin by unanimous decision. In total, the Briton has 36 wins and 13 losses.

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Chisora ​​appealed to Usyk

Former owner of the Jordan Formula 1 team Eddie Jordan shared his opinion on the decision of Ferrari management to sign a contract with British pilot Lewis Hamilton.

"Ferrari will give Lewis enough time [to adapt]. Thanks to Hamilton, Scuderia will be able to produce more production cars and increase its income. Thus, the company will fully compensate for any external costs that it may incur with Lewis's participation. I am sure that this was a balanced financial and commercial decision by John Elkan (Elkan owns a controlling stake in Ferrari. - Ed. "Championship"). It is justified and will pay off handsomely," the GPblog portal quotes Jordan as saying.

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Commercial solution

Two-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Rajon Rondo shared his opinion on the significance of each of his titles. Rondo won the championship in 2008 while playing for the Boston Celtics and in 2020 while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers.

“At a young age, I thought this would be my norm. I took it for granted. It took me another 12 years to win another title, and I appreciated it tenfold. Being able to share that experience with my son made it even more special. But obviously the Celtics got me to where I am today,” Rondo said on Run it Back.

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"10 times more"

Real Madrid's Brazilian striker Hendrick spoke about his playing time at Los Blancos this season.

"I didn't expect to play more minutes... Ancelotti knows what he's doing. He does what's best not for me, but for the team. If the team needs Kylian (Mbappe), Vini (Vinicius Junior) or Rodrygo, they'll be in the squad. If it's Arda Guler, he'll be there. If it's me, I'll be there," journalist Fabrizio Romano quotes Hendrick as saying on his page on the X social network (formerly Twitter).

18-year-old Hendrick has been playing for Real Madrid since July 2024. This season, he has made 17 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring four goals and making one assist. In total, the player has spent 291 minutes on the field.

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Playing time at Real Madrid

Two-time Grand Slam winner and world No. 1 tennis player Jannik Sinner has announced that 2025 will be his last year working with Australian Darren Cahill.

"This will be Darren's last season as my coach," Sinner said on Eurosport Italia.

Cahill began working with the Italian in 2022. The Australian specialist is one of Sinner's two coaches. In addition to him, Jannik is coached by Italian Simone Vagnozzi.

In the third round of the Australian Open 2025, Jannik Sinner will play against American Marcos Giron (46th in the ATP ranking). Recall that the Italian is the current champion of the tournament in Melbourne.

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Will end cooperation with the coach

Five-time Olympic champion, multiple world champion Norwegian biathlete Johannes Boe had the worst race of his career, finishing 85th in the individual race at the 2024/2025 World Cup in Ruhpolding (Germany).

Before that, Boe's worst result was 68th place in the sprint at the stage in Khanty-Mansiysk.

In Ruhpolding, after the final shooting for zero, he waved his hands to the stands and only then left. After the fourth shooting, he was 6:05.6 behind, at the 18.1 km cutoff - 7:27.5, and at the finish - 7:48.2

Biathlon. World Cup - 2024/2025. Individual race. Men:

1. Vebjorn Sørum (Norway) - 57.30.0 (0 misses)

2. Emilien Claude (France) - gap +52.1 (0)

4. Niklas Hartweg (Switzerland) +1.20.5 (1)

5. Vitezslav Gornig (Czech Republic) +1.31.3 (0)…

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Worst race of my career

Former world champion Briton Johnny Nelson spoke about the leader of the heavyweight division, undefeated Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 14 KO).

“Everyone can be beaten. You saw that Usyk is vulnerable, which means that it can happen. However, he is smart enough and trained enough to read his opponents. And if you couldn’t beat him the first time, you won’t beat him. Boxing is the art of surprise and self-belief,” Nelson said in an interview with the YouTube channel SecondsOut.

Earlier, heavyweight title contender Martin Bakole said he wanted to fight Usyk.

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Defeat Usyk

Russian forward and Washington Capitals leader Alexander Ovechkin told what a hockey player needs to do to quickly return to optimal shape after a long absence due to injuries.

"After you miss so many games, you just try to play short shifts, give it your all in every game, in every shift, feel the puck. But sometimes it happens that you don't get a chance to score, but in the end you score one and feel much better," the NHL press service quotes Ovechkin as saying.

Recall that in today's regular season NHL match with Minnesota Wild (3:4 SO), the 39-year-old Russian scored a goal. This goal was his third in four games since returning to the lineup. Before that, Ovechkin missed more than a month due to a broken leg.

In total, the Russian super forward played 22 matches in the current regular championship, in which he scored 28 (18+10) points.

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How to Get Back in Shape Quickly

Ice hockey

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka of Japan said that she does not plan to stay in tennis if she does not have satisfactory results. The athlete finished 2024 at 58th place in the WTA rankings.

“I don’t think I’m the kind of player who will stay in tennis. I have a lot of respect for all the players on tour, but right now, if I don’t get higher in the rankings, I don’t see myself in the sport for a long time. I would rather spend time with my daughter if I’m not in the positions that I feel I can be in.

2024 brought me down to earth, but I also feel like I’ve grown a lot. I worked much harder than before. So it was very painful not to get the results I wanted, but I’m looking forward to 2025,” AP News quotes Osaka as saying.

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Will not stay in tennis for long

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has spoken out about the situation with the club's striker Marcus Rashford. Recall that the forward has not been included in the team's squad in recent matches, and there are also rumours surrounding the player about a possible departure from Manchester United and a conflict with head coach Ruben Amorim.

“Maybe it was the emotions of the last few months that made me think that everything could be resolved and get better, because I don’t think academy players with great talent, like Marcus Rashford, should leave the club.

It’s one of those things where you want players who have been here since they were eight years old to stay here forever. But in the last few days, it’s come to the point that it would be better for both parties if this ended, and perhaps quite quickly if it goes that way. Ruben Amorim is saying the right things, but I suspect that behind the scenes, everything is very complicated at the moment.

He’s already been left out of the squad twice. "He is one of Manchester United's star players and has been for many years. Actions speak louder than words. Amorim says he has a future but at the same time he is not in the team, so things are not going well. It is sad because United had an incredible win on Sunday but in a few days all the talk will be about that and not about Ruben Amorim having a sensational win," Neville was quoted as saying by Sky Sports.

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