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West Ham United lash out against Leicester City and take the lead

sport">11.17 pm: West Ham United is the surprising leader in the Premier League after two rounds. The team of coach David Moyes was 4-1 too strong for Leicester City in their own stadium. With the visitors, Ayoze Pérez had to leave the field in the 40th minute with a red card after he stood hard on the lower leg of Pablo Fornals. The score was only 1-0 at the time.

sport">For West Ham, Michail Antonio (two), Said Benrahma and Fornals scored. The Belgian Youri Tielemans scored the goal for the guests.

sport">West Ham had won 4-2 against Newcastle United in the first game. Thanks to the goal difference, the London team climbed to first place. Chelsea, Liverpool, Brighton & Hove Albion and Tottenham Hotspur are also on 6 points after two matches.

sport">Leicester won 1-0 against Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend. The team of coach Brendan Rodgers finished fifth last season, with 1 point more than number 6 West Ham United.

Young AZ alone in the lead after a win at TOP Oss

sport">10:47 pm: Iman Griffith has only helped Jong AZ lead the Kitchen Champion Division. He scored the only goal in injury time in the home match against Top Oss (1-0). Griffith had come on for Fedde de Jong in the 81st minute.

sport">Jong AZ is still without loss of points after three rounds. The promise team from Alkmaar has three points more than Roda JC, ADO Den Haag, FC Den Bosch, De Graafschap, TOP Oss and MVV Maastricht.

sport">Young PSV was too strong for FC Eindhoven (3-2) at De Herdgang. Fodé Fofana scored twice. The 18-year-old attacker, born in Groningen, extended his contract last Friday until mid-2025. Mohammed Amin Doudah also scored for Jong PSV. He was sent off with a second yellow card in the 58th minute.

sport">Dave de Meij scored at a 3-0 deficit for Eindhoven. Enrico Hernández signed for 3-2 in the 84th minute and thus ensured an exciting final phase.

US Open allocates less money for tennis champions

sport">6.46 pm: The winners of the singles at the US Open will have to make do with half a million dollars less next month in New York. The organization of the last grand slam tournament in the tennis season announced that the champion in the men and women can count on a profit premium of 2.5 million dollars (approximately 2.1 million euros). Last year, the title on Flushing Meadows brought in $3 million. The losing finalists will take home $1.25 million.

sport">The total prize pool in New York this year is $57.5 million. Participation in the first round of the main tournament immediately yields $ 75,000. Placement for the second round is good for $115,000.

sport">$6 million is available for the participants in the qualifying tournament. That is an increase of 66 percent compared to the edition in 2019. Last year the qualifying tournament was canceled due to the corona crisis. With the sharp increase in the prize money for the more average players, the American organization wants to meet the tennis players who are somewhat lower in the world rankings. They have lost a relatively large amount of income due to the pandemic.

sport">The qualifying tournament in New York starts Tuesday and the main schedule matches start next Monday.

Ajax players and Messi in Argentine selection for World Cup qualification

sport">6.03 pm: Nicolás Tagliafico and Lisandro Martínez have been called up for Argentina’s upcoming duels early next month against Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia in World Cup qualifiers. Both Ajax defenders won the Copa América this summer with their national team.

sport">Argentina national coach Lionel Scaloni has called up 30 players. Lionel Messi has also received an invitation, despite a training backlog. The attacker is still waiting for his debut for Paris Saint-Germain.

sport">Argentina is second in the South American group for the World Cup qualifier after six games, with 6 points less than Brazil. The best four teams of the final standings can go to the World Cup in Qatar. The number 5 gets a second chance in the play-offs.

No stress about corona among Paralympians in Tokyo

sport">5.13 pm: The atmosphere in the Dutch Paralympic team in Tokyo is ‘relaxed’, says Chef de Mission Esther Vergeer. “We have seen the images and stories about the corona infections within the Olympic team. That created stress and pressure and we don’t have that at all. I am very grateful for that.”

sport">The Olympic team in Tokyo soon had to deal with positively tested athletes, including skateboarder Candy Jacobs, taekwondoka Reshmie Oogink, rower Finn Florijn and tennis player Jean-Julien Rojer. They had to be quarantined in a special hotel and were not allowed to participate in competitions.

sport">The Paralympians hardly have to deal with positive corona cases, according to Vergeer. “Nobody within our team and a total of four infections in the Olympic village, I believe. That is very low and hardly has any influence. The infections are located outside the village and outside the sport, so far away from us. The message to our team is also to stay away from the Japanese population, always wear your mask and only hang out with people from your own sport.”

sport">According to the chef de mission, the Paralympians adhere to those strict guidelines. “These are guidelines that were tightened up by TeamNL during the Olympic Games. Getting a cup of coffee in the lounge is allowed, but the athletes can’t sit down to drink it yet. You can only sit outside on the terrace. And I strongly insist on wearing the mouth cap. They keep a close eye on that here. I was very curious beforehand how the athletes would experience these limitations, but they seem to like them. They know where they stand and in a way it feels familiar, because that’s how it’s been going for a year and a half.”

Paris Saint-Germain without attacker Icardi . for the time being

sport">4.30 pm: Paris Saint-Germain will have to do without Mauro Icardi for three to four weeks. The Argentine attacker has injured the right collarbone, the French top club reports on its website.

sport">The 28-year-old Icardi had to be substituted in and against Brest (2-4) shortly before the end of the league match on Friday evening. PSG leads the ranking in the French Ligue 1 after three victories in the first three games.

‘All 73 Paralympics of TeamNL have a chance to win a medal’

sport">3.16 pm: Esther Vergeer does not make predictions about the number of medals that the Paralympic team will get in Tokyo. “I don’t think it’s relevant,” said the chef de mission in the run-up to the opening ceremony on Tuesday.

sport">“First of all, I find it difficult to estimate how we stand compared to the rest of the world and I don’t want to put pressure on the athletes,” says the former wheelchair tennis player from Tokyo.

sport">“What I do know is that we are here with 73 athletes. TeamNL has a very strict selection policy, so if you’re here, you should be here and you have a chance to win a medal. The athletes are fit and strong and ready. I have full confidence that they will perform at their maximum.”

sport">Vergeer (40) emphasizes once again how important the Paralympic Games are as a platform for athletes with disabilities. “All the Paralympians here take their sport very seriously. They are top athletes who are not inferior to the Olympic athletes. They all have a story, often beautiful and inspiring, but they are also extremely good sportsmen and have enormous discipline. I think they can be an example for all Dutch people.”

Hockey players De Goede, Matla and Verschoor in the race for award

sport">1.31 pm: Eva de Goede, Frédérique Matla and Maria Verschoor are in the race for the title hockey player of the year of the international hockey federation FIH. The three women, who won the Olympic title with the Netherlands in Tokyo, have competition from the Argentine players Agustina Albertarrio and Agustina Gorzelany and Gurjit Kaur from India in the election.

sport">In addition to the three players of Orange, national coach Alyson Annan has also been nominated for the title of coach of the year. She will compete against Sjoerd Marijne, among others. The Dutch trainer reached the semi-finals with the hockey players from India.

sport">From Monday you can vote online for the nominees. Voting closes on September 15. The winners will be announced in late September or early October.

sport">The votes of the national associations, represented by the captains and coaches, count for 50 percent. A quarter of the votes come from the fans and players and another quarter from the media.

Referee Gözübüyük whistles Italy-Bulgaria World Cup qualifier

sport">10.46 am: Dutch referee Serdar Gözübüyük leads the World Cup qualifier between Italy and Bulgaria. The match in group C will be played on Thursday September 2 in Florence. The kick-off in Stadio Artemio Franchi is at 8.45 pm.

sport">Gözübüyük is assisted by assistant referees Joost van Zuilen and Johan Balder. Fourth official is Allard Lindhout. Pol van Boekel will act as VAR, assisted by Rob Dieperink.

sport">European champions Italy leads Group C in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.

Tennis player Kyrgios withdraws from Winston-Salem with knee injury

sport">8.37am: Tennis player Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the tournament in the American Winston-Salem at the last minute with a knee injury. With a view to the US Open, the last grand slam tournament of this year, the Australian prefers a week of rest.

sport">“I’ve been having pain in my knee for a few weeks. I have decided to pay close attention to my body because of the US Open,” he said after his cancellation.

sport">Kyrgios would face Andy Murray in the first round. The Scot now faced lucky loser Noah Rubin. The American Rubin had just an hour of rest after his last game in qualifying, which he lost, before playing Murray. In 58 minutes the win went to Murray 6-2 6-0.

sport">“It was a weird situation,” Murray said after the game. “In 45 minutes I kept getting a different opponent and I wouldn’t play until tomorrow. But then it became Rubin after all. But it was difficult for him, because he had already played 2.5 hours in the heat.”

sport">Murray plays in his second match against the American Frances Tiafoe.

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