Category: Sport

When the people in charge of his native angola discovered him two years ago in the rhineland for their national team, the dynamic left-fingered young man was immediately on fire. "Playing the africa cup for angola is like being allowed to compete in the european championships for germans. It’s a dream," joe enthuses, as his fellow performers call him. "When can i play against drogba and co. This is a unique event," he says, full of anticipation.

Vunguidica is the only one of 14 germany legionnaires at the africa cup who is not in the 1. Or 2. Playing in the national league. Angola is at the tournament from 21. January to 12. February in aquatorialguinea and gabon only aubenseiter. The "palanca negra" (giant antelope), as the national team of the 2006 world cup participants is called in reference to angola’s heraldic animal, only qualified at the last minute. Burkina faso (62. The FIFA world rankings), sudan (113.) and the ivory coast (16.) are the preliminary round opponents in group B. "Our advantage is that we don’t meet the ivory coast with drogba, kalou and traore until the last game," says vunguidica. He thinks positively, the quarter finals are a realistic goal. "After that, everything is possible."

What are the consequences of the corona crisis for the clubs in the forchheim region?? What were the major successes and minor defeats in the history of the association?? On the subject of our "club life" week in a double interview, the frankischer tag forchheim asked six questions of birgit greif, spokeswoman for the singing club liederkranz and church choir pinzberg, and edmund knauer, spokesman for soccer at SV buckenhofen.

What has been the club’s greatest success in recent years??

There has never been such a gripping volleyball match in coburg before. On saturday evening, VSG coburg/grub had to face the best german club team and current runner-up in the 1st league. Bundesliga on the brink of defeat. The fact that in the end, after five great sets in the HUK-coburg arena, it was still not enough to win was due to small things.

In the tiebreak, the guests simply had the quantchen luck and won with 15:13. Nevertheless, the "forge" could leave the stage with their heads held high after more than two hours of play, on which they had previously given an outstanding team performance. Coach itamar stein was full of praise and received appreciative applause from the fans.

Lea schreiber clack. While the engine of the small blue-and-white plane hums loudly, hanno stock tightens the heavy round metal buckle on the seat belt. It’s loud in the cramped cabin, the propeller of the motorized plane spins fast. Stock’s right hand moves to the control stick. Before departure, the hobby pilot must always check all the functions of the aircraft. An airplane doesn’t just crash, but it still doesn’t get very far without an engine, explains stock. Still with the roof open, the plane taxis to the runway. The hair blows. He closes the canopy and presses the control stick, the plane accelerates and takes off.

Motor plane is means of transport

Still on the ground, before stock sits down in the cramped cockpit, he talks about his passion: while gliding is considered a real sport, the motor plane is "a means of transport. It’s like driving a car." traffic jams, red lights or a lack of direct transport links are no longer a problem for the chairman of the bamberger aero club. "You simply get around quickly and without the usual stress of german autobahns."

National volleyball coach andrea giani worries about italy. "The gross problem besides this virus is simply the many, many dead," giani told the german press agency in an interview.

The former world-class player coaches the italian top club leo shoes modena in addition to his association job in his home country. The 49-year-old, who has been national coach since february 2017, is in talks with the DVV about extending his contract, which expires this year.