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🥇 Copa highlights: 'Shoot, Everaldo' and world's toughest Cariocão
The second round of the first phase of the Club World Cup is coming to an end, with only two groups left to play this Sunday (22). In the four games on Saturday (21), there was no shortage of excitement, with three matches having decisive comebacks. Only River Plate 0 x 0 Monterrey was monotonous. Advertisement You can sign up for DAZN to watch all the FIFA Club World Cup games for free. So, let's talk about what went viral on the day of the World Cup! 🍕 In a pizzeria line Before talking specifically about the day's games, we have John Textor, owner of Botafogo's SAF, celebrating the good campaign of Glorioso AMASSING a pizza, in a bar, in Venice Beach, in Los Angeles. In an animated chat with River Plate fans, the American businessman - who had to show his cell phone to prove he was indeed the owner of Botafogo - took a wave with the Europeans. "South Americans are kicking the Europeans' butt," said Textor, while laughing with the Argentines. 🥵 Mountain climate The strong heat of the United States summer has been one of the main difficulties reported by players from European clubs. Advertisement In the victory by 4 x 3 over Mamelodi, Borussia Dortmund's reserve players stayed in the locker room during the first half to watch the game in the air conditioning. The Germans couldn't handle the 31°C (feeling 36°C) heat in Cincinnati. 🤯 SHOOT, EVERALDO The fans suffered more than expected, but Fluminense defeated Ulsan HD 4 x 2. And, during the drama of the "comeback", striker Everaldo was targeted by the tricolores. After the center-forward missed another good chance to finish, Fluminense fans chanted "Chuta, Everaldo! Chuta, Everaldo!" The lack of patience is directly related to the opening game, when Eve had the chance to guarantee victory over Borussia Dortmund, but - face to face with the goalkeeper - preferred to pass to Cannobio. 📹 Privileged view If Everaldo, apparently, is "afraid to shoot", Jhon Adolfo Arias Andrade knows how to finish and very well. Advertisement The "Pelé of Colombia" opened the scoring with a great free kick, in the corner of the goalkeeper, and the referee saw everything up close. Check out the INSANITY of this referee's camera! 😲 Unfriendly climate The 0 x 0 between River Plate and Monterrey was, really, a game with few emotions. However, before the ball rolled, emotions were running high in the sector where most of the Argentine fans were concentrated. This is because a citizen thought it was a good idea to watch the game wearing a Boca Juniors jersey in the middle of the River Plate crowd. So, it was like this: reinforced security, all kinds of insults, the embarrassment of having to take off the jersey and still being escorted out of the stands. 😅 Tite was right! The second round has already ended for all Brazilian clubs, which lead their groups in the Club World Cup. Advertisement And Rio de Janeiro is very well represented by Botafogo, Flamengo, and Fluminense. Social media users then remembered Tite's statement, when he was the coach of Rubro-Negro, that the Campeonato Carioca was the most difficult in Brazil. Well, by the LOGIC of the World Cup qualification table, Cariocão is already the most difficult tournament in the world! This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here. 📸 FRANCK FIFE - AFP or licensors
The Guardian
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Can watching sport really improve your wellbeing? The science suggests it can
And still the feast goes on. Since Rory McIlroy won a Masters for the ages, fans with multiple satellite TV subscriptions – and irregular sleeping habits – have been able to gorge on an extraordinary amount of dramatic sport. Seesawing shifts in momentum? Late twists? Huge shocks? We've had them all. It says something when Barcelona's epic 3-2 victory against Real Madrid in a Copa del Rey final was only their third-most exciting match in the past month; and when my sober-eyed colleague Robert Kitson describes Northampton's 37-34 Champions Cup win at Leinster as 'one of the all‑time great knockout heists'. The insomniacs among us have also witnessed a staggering number of did-you-see-that comebacks in the NBA playoffs. The New York Knicks stunned the Boston Celtics twice as double-digit underdogs while the Denver Nuggets came back to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder in their series opener when the odds, and basketball logic, suggested they were doomed. The previous night in the NHL, the Winnipeg Jets won a double-overtime decider against the St Louis Blues after equalising with 2.2 seconds remaining – the latest goal to tie a series decider in the league's history. Then, of course, there was the pièce de résistance in this sporting equivalent of a 27-course Tudor banquet: the second leg of Inter v Barcelona. The greatest Champions League semi-final since … well, the first leg? But after watching McIlroy sink the winning putt just before 1am, and then failing to get to sleep for a couple of hours afterwards, a recurring thought swirled round my mind. Can we say that watching sport is actually good for us? Of course we think it is, at least some of the time. There is nothing like seeing an absolute humdinger of a match, Lamine Yamal or Simone Biles in full flow, our team triumph, or a wager come in. But we also know that there is a flipside. The expense of going to games and TV subscriptions. The banality of so much sport. Those long trips home after watching our team lose. So what does the science say? That is what a recent Japanese study tried to find out by putting 14 volunteers through an MRI scan while they watched sport. The hypothesis they wanted to test? 'Do people who watch sport frequently on a daily basis have plastic structural changes in the brain regions related to wellbeing?' The study, published in the Sport Management Review last year, started by analysing public data on 20,000 Japanese residents. Researchers found that watching sport, including at a stadium, online or on TV, showed positive associations with life fulfilment, even when controlled for age, gender and income. 'Specifically, the results indicated that the residents' perception of life fulfilment was significantly explained by spectating sport at a stadium or arena and viewing sport online or on TV,' the researchers noted. The academics then asked 208 participants – split evenly between men and women – to watch videos of multiple sports, and to assess their wellbeing before and after viewing. Here they found that popular sports in Japan, particularly baseball, had a more significant impact on enhancing wellbeing compared with less popular sports, such as golf. Then came the final, and most interesting, piece of research involving those 14 volunteers in the MRI scanner watching 20-second clips of baseball and golf. When the results were analysed, it shows that sport really did trigger activation in the brain's reward circuits, indicative of feelings of happiness or pleasure – with the effect greater for baseball than golf. 'Specifically, daily sport-watching behaviour was positively associated with grey matter volume of reward circuits,' the researchers noted. 'It can imply that brain structures may gradually change by watching sport daily so that people can feel greater wellbeing more easily.' Sign up to The Recap The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend's action after newsletter promotion If that isn't an invitation to watch more sport, I don't know what is. Prof Shintaro Sato, the study's lead author, puts it thus: 'Both subjective and objective measures of wellbeing were found to be positively influenced by engaging in sports viewing. By inducing structural changes in the brain's reward system over time, it fosters long-term benefits for individuals.' Sato also pointed out there might be a sociological aspect at play here given that baseball, Japan's most popular sport, attracted the most positive feelings. His conclusion? 'For those seeking to enhance their overall wellbeing, regularly watching sports, particularly popular ones such as baseball or soccer, can serve as an effective remedy.' Of course, this is only one study in a field where there is limited research. However, another recent paper found that watching baseball in stadiums boosted 'subjective vitality' in Japan, and more so than watching the same match on TV. The academic Jason Doyle, one of the authors of that second study, told me: 'In short, I think the research establishes strong evidence that watching sport can enhance wellbeing. And more broadly there are numerous ways that sport can improve one's mental health and wellbeing. 'However, there is of course a dark side where watching sport can also lead to antisocial outcomes with negative health and wellbeing outcomes too, including hooliganism and bullying. So it is a complex and ongoing topic of interest.' That is certainly true. And it may also be the case that attitudes in Japan are very different from those in Britain, Europe or the US. But for now, at least, the message is encouraging. Watching sport is probably good for you. Right, where did I put the remote control? Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.
Globe and Mail
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Globe and Mail
The year of the NBA playoff comeback continues. A look at how these 20-point rallies keep happening
New York down by 20 on Monday. Indiana down by 20 on Tuesday. New York down by 20 again Wednesday. No problem. For the first time since play-by-play began being digitally tracked across the NBA about 30 years ago, there have been three consecutive days where the winning team in a playoff game came from at least 20 points down to win. The Knicks did it in Boston on Monday, the Pacers did it in Cleveland on Tuesday and the Knicks did it again on the Celtics' home floor Wednesday. Add in a pair of similar rallies – a 29-pointer by Oklahoma City and another 20-pointer by Indiana – in Round 1, and that pushes the total of 20-point comebacks so far this postseason to five. That's the most of any postseason in the digital play-by-play era, which goes back to 1997. A look at how the comebacks happened: April 24: OKC trails by 29, wins The big lead: Memphis 69, Oklahoma City 40, 3:07 left first half The final score: Oklahoma City 114, Memphis 108 How it happened: Memphis's undoing started when star guard Ja Morant got hurt and left the game on the possession where the Grizzlies took the 29-point lead. The Thunder outscored the Grizzlies 74-39 the rest of the way, with Chet Holmgren scoring 23 points for Oklahoma City in that span. Memphis missed 30 of its final 41 shots. April 29: Indiana trails by 20, wins The big lead: Milwaukee 33, Indiana 13, 11:26 left first half The final score: Indiana 119, Milwaukee 118, OT How it happened: The Pacers got the lead down to six by halftime, then the final 29 minutes were largely back and forth. The Bucks led by seven with 40 seconds left in overtime, before Indiana ended the game on an 8-0 run and won it on Tyrese Haliburton's layup with 1.4 seconds remaining. Monday: New York trails by 20, wins The big lead: Boston 75, New York 55, 5:47 left third quarter The final score: New York 108, Boston 105, OT How it happened: The Celtics went up 20, then shot 23 per cent the rest of the way (9 for 39) and relied almost entirely on the three-point shot (6 for 28) over those 23 minutes. OG Anunoby and Jalen Brunson combined to outscore Boston 39-30 by themselves over that finishing stretch, and neither team scored in the final 1:16 of overtime. Tuesday: Indiana trails by 20, wins The big lead: Cleveland 81, Indiana 61, 6:51 left third quarter The final score: Indiana 120, Cleveland 119 How it happened: Over the game's final 40 minutes, Indiana led for 0.00046 per cent of the time – and won the game. The Pacers outscored Cleveland 59-38 over the final 18:51, Tyrese Haliburton's three-pointer with 1.1 seconds left capping an 8-0 burst in the final minute and giving Indiana a 2-0 series lead. Wednesday: New York trails by 20, wins The big lead: Boston 73, New York 53, 2:19 left third quarter The final score: New York 91, Boston 90 How it happened: The Knicks outscored the Celtics 38-17 in the final 14:19 of the game, as Boston – just like in Game 1 – built a big lead and then couldn't hit a shot. The Celtics were 5 for 25 from the field in that stretch, 2 for 12 from three-point range. Boston's starters were a combined 2 for 19 down the stretch, while New York shot 15 for 28 and got 14 points from Mikal Bridges over those minutes. Jayson Tatum couldn't get a good look on the last play, and the Knicks took a 2-0 series lead.
Associated Press
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
The year of the NBA playoff comeback continues. A look at how these 20-point rallies keep happening
New York down by 20 on Monday. Indiana down by 20 on Tuesday. New York down by 20 again Wednesday. No problem. For the first time since play-by-play began being digitally tracked across the NBA about 30 years ago, there have been three consecutive days where the winning team in a playoff game came from at least 20 points down to win. The Knicks did it in Boston on Monday, the Pacers did it in Cleveland on Tuesday and the Knicks did it again on the Celtics' home floor Wednesday. Add in a pair of similar rallies — a 29-pointer by Oklahoma City and another 20-pointer by Indiana — in Round 1, and that pushes the total of 20-point comebacks so far this postseason to five. That's the most of any postseason in the digital play-by-play era, which goes back to 1997. A look at how the comebacks happened: April 24: OKC trails by 29, wins The big lead: Memphis 69, Oklahoma City 40, 3:07 left first half The final score: Oklahoma City 114, Memphis 108 How it happened: Memphis' undoing started when star guard Ja Morant got hurt and left the game on the possession where the Grizzlies took the 29-point lead. The Thunder outscored the Grizzlies 74-39 the rest of the way, with Chet Holmgren scoring 23 points for Oklahoma City in that span. Memphis missed 30 of its final 41 shots. April 29: Indiana trails by 20, wins The big lead: Milwaukee 33, Indiana 13, 11:26 left first half The final score: Indiana 119, Milwaukee 118, OT How it happened: The Pacers got the lead down to six by halftime, then the final 29 minutes were largely back and forth. The Bucks led by seven with 40 seconds left in overtime, before Indiana ended the game on an 8-0 run and won it on Tyrese Haliburton's layup with 1.4 seconds remaining. Monday: New York trails by 20, wins The big lead: Boston 75, New York 55, 5:47 left third quarter The final score: New York 108, Boston 105, OT How it happened: The Celtics went up 20, then shot 23% the rest of the way (9 for 39) and relied almost entirely on the 3-point shot (6 for 28) over those 23 minutes. OG Anunoby and Jalen Brunson combined to outscore Boston 39-30 by themselves over that finishing stretch, and neither team scored in the final 1:16 of overtime. Tuesday: Indiana trails by 20, wins The big lead: Cleveland 81, Indiana 61, 6:51 left third quarter The final score: Indiana 120, Cleveland 119 How it happened: Over the game's final 40 minutes, Indiana led for 0.00046% of the time — and won the game. The Pacers outscored Cleveland 59-38 over the final 18:51, Tyrese Haliburton's 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left capping an 8-0 burst in the final minute and giving Indiana a 2-0 series lead. Wednesday: New York trails by 20, wins The big lead: Boston 73, New York 53, 2:19 left third quarter The final score: New York 91, Boston 90 How it happened: The Knicks outscored the Celtics 38-17 in the final 14:19 of the game, as Boston — just like in Game 1 — built a big lead and then couldn't hit a shot. The Celtics were 5 for 25 from the field in that stretch, 2 for 12 from 3-point range. Boston's starters were a combined 2 for 19 down the stretch, while New York shot 15 for 28 and got 14 points from Mikal Bridges over those minutes. Jayson Tatum couldn't get a good look on the last play, and the Knicks took a 2-0 series lead. ___ AP NBA:
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
🥵 The biggest Champions League comebacks
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here. The Champions League is certainly the stage for the greatest football emotions. Each season, it reserves its share of surprises, dramas, and spectacular turnarounds. Advertisement Clubs on the brink of elimination manage the unthinkable, reversing their fate at the end of legendary matches, like Inter Milan against Barça, this Tuesday. A look back at those moments when all seemed lost, but hope triumphed. Liverpool 3-3 Milan AC (May 25, 2005 – Istanbul final) 🎬 Trailing 3-0 at halftime, the Reds came back in six minutes before winning in a penalty shootout in one of the greatest finals in history. Barça 6-1 PSG (March 8, 2017) 🎬 After a 4-0 defeat in the first leg, Barça achieved the feat of overcoming this historic deficit, with three goals scored after the 88th minute. AS Roma 3-0 FC Barcelona (April 10, 2018) 🎬 Beaten 4-1 at the Camp Nou, Roma reversed the situation thanks to a goal from Manolas in the final minutes and qualified thanks to the away goals rule. Liverpool 4-0 FC Barcelona (May 7, 2019) 🎬 Beaten 3-0 in the first leg, the Reds, deprived of Salah and Firmino, reversed everything at Anfield with a mythical goal from a corner. Tottenham 3-2 Ajax (May 8, 2019) 🎬 Trailing 2-0 at halftime (3-0 overall), the Spurs reversed the match with a hat-trick from Lucas Moura, including a goal in the 96th minute, to reach the final. Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester City (May 4, 2022) 🎬 Trailing 1-0 in the 89th minute (5-3 overall), Real equalized in two minutes and then won in extra time to advance to the final. 📸 Dan Mullan - 2025 Getty Images
