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Since August 25, the World Basketball Championship has started in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines, where the spectacle has certainly not been missing and now the competition has gone to the last stage, as this Saturday the pair of finalists, the final which will be all European, between Germany and Serbia.

The two European representatives made a surprise in the semi-finals, where they eliminated Canada and the United States of America, where in the first semi-final, Serbia beat Canada with the result 95-86, with Bogdanovic being Serbia’s best scorer with 23 points, as much as Barrett of the Canadians.

In the other semi-final, the German “panzers” played a fantastic match, triumphing over the USA with a score of 113-111. After a balanced first half, closed with only 1 point advantage for the Americans, the Germans exploded with the return to the floor, to win the third period with 11 points. The USA tried until the end to reverse it, but it did not succeed, and now it has to measure the forces for the bronze medal with Canada. Obst’s 24 points was the game’s top scorer, leading Germany to qualification.

Meanwhile, on Sunday at 14:40 Serbia and Germany will meet in the final for the trophy, where for Germany this is the first final in history, while Serbia counts 5 world championship titles won as former Yugoslavia.

Although in third place in the group, Poland still remain in the race for a ticket to Euro 2024. They were helped by the captain and star of the team, Robert Lewandowski, who scored the goals of the 2-0 victory against the Faroe Islands.

Initially, the Barcelona forward unlocked the game with a penalty in the 73rd minute, as he sealed the victory 7 minutes before the end.

With this success, Poland is only one point away from Albania and has two points less than the leaders of the Czech Republic.Albania has come out with a very valuable point from the transfer with the Czech Republic, after the 1-1 draw.

It may have been accused of not being objective over the years, of not being a truly representative award and of excluding deserving players, but the Ballon d’Or is the most anticipated event by millions of fans around the world. Year after year.

Won by Karim Benzema in the last edition, the 2023 Ballon d’Or will be awarded in mid-autumn. The 2022 World Cup will also count, in addition to the 2022-2023 club season. A key period to determine who will be the heir to the French striker, one of the many big names who moved to Saudi Arabia.

The fight for this prestigious trophy seems to be between Haaland and Messi, the former winner of major club titles, the latter the driving force of Argentina at the 2022 World Cup. It will be in the hands of journalists from around the world, as usual, to express their preference.

On October 30, 2023, Monday, the award for the best player of the 2022-2023 season will be awarded. Here are the candidates for the 2023 Ballon d’Or for men:

Josko Gvardiol (Leipzig/Manchester City)

Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)

Andre Onana (Inter/Manchester United)

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/Al Ittihad)

Moahamed Salah (Liverpool)

Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)

Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund/Real Madrid)

Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt/PSG)

Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)

Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)

Nicolò Barella (Inter)

Ruben Dias (Manchester City)

Erling Haaland (Manchester City)

Yassine Bounou (Sevilla/Al Hilal)

Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)

Julian Alvarez (Manchester City)

Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City/Barcelona)

Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)

Lionel Messi (PSG/Inter Miami)

Lautaro Martinez (Inter)

Rodri (Manchester City)

Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)

Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)

Kylian Mbappe (PSG)

Kim Min-Jae (Napoli/Bayern Munich)

Victor Osimhen (Napoli)

Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Harry Kane (Tottenham/Bayern Munich)

As is known, the journalists of the top 100 FIFA ranking countries draw up a classification of five players: the first gets 5 points, the second 4 points and so on. Messi could win the eighth Ballon d’Or of his career, but Norwegian star Haaland could win his first. Everything seems in balance. Mbappé could take third place, with De Bruyne, Salah, Rodri, Vinicius and Gundogan vying for the other top spots.

“Michael Schumacher is a hopeless case.” This is what his close friend Roger Benoit has said, who has spoken about the condition of the 7-time F1 champion, who suffered a serious skiing accident in 2013 and continues treatment at home, away from the public eye, for more than a decade.

After crashing and hitting his head on a rock, Schumacher spent 250 days in an induced coma in hospital before returning home. News about his condition is very rare and very few people are allowed to visit him.

In an interview for the Swiss newspaper “Blick”, the journalist Benoit said that there is no hope that we can see the German champion again one day.

“His son, Mick, said in a 2022 interview that he would give anything to speak to his father again. This sentence tells everything about the current state of Michael Schumacher, how he spent these 3500 days. It is a hopeless case”.