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Norwegian skier Kilde on super-G . third in a row

sport">1.31 pm: Norwegian skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has won the super-G for the world cup in Bormio, Italy. It was his third win in a row in this speed discipline.

sport">Kilde clocked the best time of all on the Stelvio slope: 1.27.95. Austria’s Raphael Haaser finished second, trailing 0.72 seconds. Third place also went to an Austrian, Vincent Kriechmayer. He conceded 0.85 seconds.

sport">Kilde also won the super-G races at Val Gardena and Beaver Creek this winter. He leads in the World Cup standings of the section. Kilde moved up to second in the overall standings. The Swiss Marco Odermatt, who finished eighth in Bormio, is by far the number 1

Arsenal coach Arteta has corona and misses top match against City

sport">12.28 pmMikel Arteta has to miss Arsenal’s home game against Manchester City on Saturday. The Spanish trainer has tested positive for the corona virus and must be in isolation. “We wish him a speedy recovery,” said Arsenal.

sport">Great Britain recorded a record number of 129,471 new corona cases on Tuesday. The English league has also been hit hard by the virus. Several matches were postponed because squads were short of available players.

sport">Arsenal are fourth in the Premier League, 12 points behind leaders Manchester City.

Former captain Terry returns to Chelsea in youth academy

sport">12.10 pm: John Terry returns to Chelsea. The 41-year-old former defender of the Londoners will have an advisory role within the youth academy.

sport">Terry played almost his entire career for Chelsea, with which he won the Champions League and the English league title five times. Terry played 717 games for Chelsea.

sport">The former club captain concluded his playing career in 2018 with Aston Villa, where he then worked as an assistant coach of the first team.

Stosur ends career singles after Australian Open

sport">11.50 am: Samantha Stosur will end her tennis career in singles at the Australian Open in January. The 37-year-old Australian announced this on social media on Wednesday. She will continue in doubles.

sport">Stosur, who is participating in the Australian Open for the twentieth time, was once the number 4 in the world. In recent years, she dropped to 382nd position. In doubles she is still number 16 in the world.

sport">Stosur won the 2011 US Open. In total, she achieved nine singles tournament victories on the WTA Tour.

German foreign minister avoids Olympics

sport">10.03 am: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will not attend the Beijing Olympics in February. “I am a big sports fan, but this time I will definitely not go. In the past, it was also not customary for foreign ministers to be there,” she told the German news agency DPA.

sport">Baerbock stressed that it was her personal decision and that Germany is still seeking a common position, with other partners from the European Union, on a possible diplomatic boycott of the Games.

sport">The United States announced weeks ago that it would not send an official representative to China, citing the human rights situation in the world’s most populous country. The Beijing leadership has been criticized for its treatment of minorities (such as the Uyghurs and Tibetans) and for its suppression of the Hong Kong democracy movement.

sport">Russian President Vladimir Putin recently called political boycotts of the Winter Games unacceptable and wrong at his annual press conference. “We have always been against the politicization of the sport,” he said.

sport">Putin plans to go to Beijing in February for the opening ceremony.

LeBron James scores third ‘triple-double’ of the season

sport">07:39 o’clock: LeBron James proved his worth again on Tuesday for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball players. The 36-year-old American recorded a so-called ‘triple-double’ for the third time this season in the 132-123 won game against the Houston Rockets.

sport">James finished the game with 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Teammate Russell Westbrook recorded 24 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, making his seventh triple-double of the current season.

sport">A win was welcome for the Lakers. All five NBA games have been lost.

Son Heung-min best football player in South Korea for sixth time

sport">07:39 o’clock: Son Heung-min has been named South Korea’s best footballer for the sixth time. The Tottenham Hotspur attacker thus set a record. He was also awarded the prize in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2020.

sport">29-year-old Son Heung-min scored 22 times for Tottenham in all competitions and tournaments in the 2020/2021 season. He was accurate for his country four times in the World Cup qualifiers.

sport">Ji So-yun was voted the best football player by the South Korean Football Association. It was also the sixth time for the Chelsea player to win the award.

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