https://www.rouleur.it/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/golden-grace-and-unstoppable-evenepoel-why-the-time-trial-world-championships-were-so-significant?srsltid=AfmBOoozdKTLjI83zQDUom4_N21HgYmQBF7xevdC4iKVPRdFEFN9NYLS&shpxid=5d5fa247-84df-451c-8770-70c2ba1f4564 The Olympic champions both won rainbow jerseys in Zurich’s race against the clock – what does this tell us about the next chapter of their careers? Photos: SWpix   Words: Rachel Jary It is no coincidence that Grace Brown and Remco Evenepoel win bike races in a similar fashion. Once, we might have attributed the success of their trademark solo attacks to perfectly-timed moves or superior tactical nous. Yet while this is certainly part of the winning formula, Brown and Evenepoel’s recent time trial performances have shown that their ability to hold off a hungry chasing peloton in road races is about far more lucky timing. Individual time trials are widely regarded as the race of truth. It’s one rider battling against both the c...

di Chris Sidwells - Le maglie leggendarie del ciclismo La “legione straniera” era il nome che un giornalista australiano, Rupert Guinness, utilizzò per il gruppo di britannici, australiani e irlandesi che passarono dalla squadra dilettanti della ACBB-Peugeot alla squadra professionistica della Peugeot. Il primo fu Graham Jones, di Manchester, nel 1979, seguito nel 1980 dallo scozzese Robert Millar dall’australiano Phil Anderson.  L’irlandese Stephen Roche fu ingaggiato dalla Peugeot-Esso-Michelin nel 1981 e vinse subito la Parigi-Nizza. Nel 1982 la squadra cambiò il logo Esso con quello della Shell.  Un altro britannico, Sean Yates, si aggregò nel 1982, seguito da un altro australiano, Allan Peiper, nel 1983. Fu l’anno in cui Phil Anderson divenne il primo australiano a vincere una classica, la Amstel Gold Race.  Robert Millar vinse tappe di montagna al Tour de France del 1983 e 1984, anno in cui conquistò anche la classifica degli sca...

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/meet-the-aussie-kid-following-in-ronaldo-s-footsteps Tristan Hammond grew up in the same neck of the woods as Harry Kewell and is part of the Sporting Lisbon production line that spawned the fearsome threesone of Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Figo and Nani. 15/10/2019 - BY DAVE LEWIS So there's no wonder the Australian FIFA U-17 World Cup-bound winger is dreaming big as he prepares to test himself against the planet’s elite youngsters in Brazil in the coming weeks. Every time 16-year-old Hammond rocks up for training at the Portuguese powerhouse he’s reminded of the legacy left by its alumni, and inspired to fulfill his own football destiny. Entering his fifth year in Portugal, the kid from Edensor Park in Sydney’s west gives praise for the pathway stretching ahead of him. The one-time Marconi junior, told The World Game from Australia’s pre-World Cup camp in Chile: “It’s amazing to be at the club that produced such incre...

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/high-voltage-watts-gives-joeys-world-cup-power-surge When you’re part of the famed Southampton crèche which incubated the gifts of Alan Shearer, Gareth Bale and Adam Lallana you’re entitled to dream big. BY DAVE LEWIS - Oct. 24, 2019 All-action Joeys midfielder Caleb Watts is doing just that as a key ingredient of coach Trevor Morgan’s FIFA Under-17 World Cup soufflé ahead of Sunday’s first serving against Ecuador in Brazil. England-born but with an Australian lineage, Watts, 17, is one of just three overseas based players on Morgan’s menu - the others are Noah Botic and Tristan Hammond . And much is expected of him in a tournament which pits Australia against Hungary and Nigeria in their remaining group games.  Not least by Watts himself, as he climbs a ladder he believes will ultimately lead to the first team squad at St Mary’s. Having cut his teeth as a junior with Queens Park Rangers , Watts’ move to the Sain...

https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/teams/team/1882402/profile/ FIFA U-17 World Cup record Of the four Asian qualified teams, Australia boast the best record at the FIFA U-17 World Cup having featured in the global showpiece a total of twelve times . Notably, they stormed to the final at New Zealand 1999 and reached the quarter-finals six times as well as progressing to the Round of 16 on another two occasions. The road to Brazil Australia had to overcome a 3-0 opening loss to Korea Republic during the group stage, but managed to progress as the second-placed team with wins over Iraq (2-1) and Afghanistan (4-0). In the all-important quarter-final encounter with Indonesia, the Joeys came from behind to record a narrow 3-2 win to secure a place in the last four and thus qualification for Brazil 2019. The coach Born and raised in the Blue Mountains region west of Sydney , TREVOR MORGAN has enormous experience in youth development. He has spent two decades mana...

https://es.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/el-maestro-de-la-cantera-australiana-a-brasil-2019-3048153 Fifa.com - 5 sep. 2019 Australia jugará en su tercer Mundial Sub-17 en 14 años La encabeza el formador de inferiores Trevor Morgan Ha formado internacionales masculinos como femeninos Si Sídney es el corazón del fútbol australiano moderno , la escuela superior Westfields Sports High School es su epicentro . La lista de antiguos alumnos del colegio parece “el quién es quién” del fútbol australiano. Maty Ryan y Aaron Mooy , ambos decisivos en la campaña de Australia en la Copa Mundial de la FIFA Rusia 2018™, son dos de los nombres ilustres que se han añadido recientemente a la larga lista de futbolistas masculinos y femeninos destacados en las competiciones mundiales, un elenco que encabeza Harry Kewell, el astro de Alemania 2006. Hasta seis integrantes de la selección que representó a Australia en Rusia 2018 asistieron a dicha escuela, un porcentaje similar al de m...

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/australia-never-asked-manchester-city-starlet-ignored-by-joeys-for-world-cup Australia’s decision to forgo approaching Manchester City prodigy Alexander Robertson for next month’s FIFA U-17 World Cup has left the rookie’s camp bewildered. 03/10/2019 - BY DAVE LEWIS Back in action after a series of injuries, Robertson, 16 , is one of 7 Europe-based Aussies overlooked for the tournament by Joeys coach Trevor Morgan in his 21-man squad. Southampton’s Caleb Watts , Hoffenheim’s Noah Botic and Sporting Lisbon’s Tristan Hammond were the only ones to secure a ticket to Brazil as Plymouth defender Charlie Miller , Rangers midfielder Murray Miller and Blackburn Rovers playmaker Zak Gilsenan all missed out, along with former NPL sharp-shooter Zach Sapsford , recently signed by Chester, ex-Valencia No.10 Diego Alonso  (now at Albacete) and young Fleetwood Town prospect Akiel Raffi . But it was the decision not to sound out Robert...

#9 - Noah BOTIC (Australia) https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2019/oct/10/next-generation-2019-60-of-the-best-young-talents-in-world-football?CMP=share_btn_tw Club: Hoffenheim Position: Striker Born: 11 January 2002 Enjoying a breakout 18-goal season with the Rockdale Suns under-18s team as a 16-year-old , the intelligent, hard-working striker was called into the Australian under-17s squad for the AFC U-16 Championship, where he fired 5 goals in 5 games, including the winner against Indonesia, to qualify Australia for the 2019 Fifa U-17 World Cup .  Described by Australia’s under-17s coach, Trevor Morgan, as possessing “excellent personal discipline ”, Botic spent a week on trial with Manchester United before catching the eye of Bundesliga club Hoffenheim, who signed the youngster in August 2019 for their development squad .  “Noah leads the others in setting high standards in activities”, said Morgan. “ Highly competitive , he reads ...

https://www.amazon.it/dp/B07XP5GBYG Simone Basso IN FUGA DAGLI SCERIFFI Oltre Moser e Saronni: il ciclismo negli anni Ottanta Prefazione di Herbie Sykes Rainbow Sports Books, 160 pagine - kindle, amazon.it – € 9,90 Inconsapevole profeta del Nuovo Mondo, Phil Anderson fu il precursore della globalizzazione ciclistica.  (...) Australiano nato in Inghilterra, francese di stipendio e belga di residenza: come direbbe il principe Antonio De Curtis, un uomo di mondo.  Atleticamente un carro armato, potentissimo sul passo e competitivo sulle salite, entrò nella mitologia del pedale al primo Tour che disputò: nel 1981, alla quinta frazione (un tappone pirenaico atipico per la sua collocazione temporale), riuscì a rimanere con Hinault e agguantò una leadership inedita, primo capoclassifica non europeo in settantotto anni di romanzo.  (...) Visse pure un’esistenza on the road intensa, con due matrimoni (la prima sposa, Ann, l’incontrò alla Coo...

http://www.theroar.com.au/2017/06/15/confederations-cup-preview-australia/ Ten seconds, that’s all it took for Brazil to score their first of four goals against Australia in a friendly at the MCG.  Luckily for Aussie fans, it was only a pre-Confederations Cup friendly. The Socceroos in all fairness were missing some of their star players such as captain Mile Jedinak, who is also ruled out of the Confederations Cup entirely to recover from a niggling groin injury.  - What is the Confederations Cup you ask?  Each year before the World Cup, the host nation invites champions from each zone of the world and the current world Champions.  The eight participants are as follows: Russia (Host Nation) Germany (2014 World Cup Winners) Australia (2015 Asian Cup Winners) Chile (2015 Copa America Winners) Mexico (2015 Concacaf Winners) New Zealand (2016 OFC Nations Cup Winners) Portugal (UEFA Euro 2016 Winners) Cameroon (2017 African Cup of Natio...

http://futbolgrad.com/ultimate-guide-2017-confederations-cup/ Australia qualified for the Confederations Cup by hosting and winning the 2015 AFC Asian Cup . Australia defeated South Korea 2-1 after extra time .  The country made the switch from the OFC to the AFC in 2005 , hoping that playing in the more competitive Asian Football Confederation would help to develop football in the country . The results have been positive, as Australia managed to qualify for the 2006, 2010, and 2014 World Cup, and were runners-up of the 2011 AFC Cup, and then won the 2015 edition.  Finally, this is the third time that Australia participates at the Confederations Cup—they were runners up in 1997, and finished third in 2001. Players to watch out for: Massimo Luongo won the player of the tournament award at the 2015 AFC Cup . The 24-year-old midfielder plays for Queens Park Rangers in England’s Championship .  Another player to look out for is Bayer Leverkusen’s Robbie Krus...

Sydney triumph after dominating all season by SIMON HILL, World Soccer, June 2017  Although they dominated the regular season, Sydney had to rely on penalties to see off a dogged Melbourne Victory in the Grand Final in a brutal finale that saw nine yellow cards issued and more than 50 fouls committed. Besart Berisha’s fifth Grand Final goal had given Victory the lead , but an equaliser from Rhyan Grant took the game into extra-time and then spot-kicks.  After Carl Valeri and Marco Rojas missed for Victory it was left to Milos Ninkovic to stroke home the winning kick to give Sydney a third title, and their first in seven years.  It was a fitting reward for Graham Arnold’s team, who set the tone for the campaign right from the opening weekend when they hammered rivals Western Sydney Wanderers 4-0 in front of an extraordinary crowd of nearly 62,000 at ANZ Stadium. They would go on to break records aplenty on their way to winning th...

http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2017/m=5/news=aussies-name-squad-for-june-2891054.html (FIFA.com)  31 May 2017 Australia name squad for crucial World Cup qualifier/Confederations Cup Three uncapped players included  Squad features ten veterans of 2014 World Cup in Brazil Australia have announced a 23-man squad for a packed June schedule that incorporates a potentially decisive 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ qualifier against Saudi Arabia, a high-profile home international against Brazil and the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017.  Australia’s squad is a strong one and includes 10 players who competed in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.  The squad contains just 3 uncapped players:  midfielder Ajdin Hrustic,  defender Dylan McGowan A-League championship-winning goalkeeper Danny Vukovic.  Evergreen forward Tim Cahill is the lone survivor from Australia’s last appearance at the Confederations Cup in 2005....

http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/teams/team=43976/profile-detail.html FIFA Confederations Cup history Australia have featured at three previous FIFA Confederations Cups, enjoying two strong two performances in the process.  The Socceroos reached the final in 1997 – their best performance in a senior FIFA tournament – and came third four years later.  Their 2005 showing, however, ended disastrously with three straight defeats.  Saudi Arabia 1997 remains the highpoint with the likes of Mark Viduka, Mark Bosnich and a 19-year-old Harry Kewell helping the side to wins over Mexico and Uruguay, only to slide to a 6-0 defeat against Brazil in the final, having drawn with the same opponent in the group stage.  Four years later Australia claimed a dose of revenge by defeating Brazil in the third-place play-off.  The Socceroos claimed one of their most famous results earlier in the tournament with a 1-0 win over world champions and eventual 2001...

La vittoria in Coppa d’Asia del 2015 è valsa per l’Australia il ritorno a disputare la Confederations Cup dopo dodici anni , era infatti dall’edizione del 2005 disputata in Germania che i Socceroos non centravano questo obiettivo. Il Ct Ange Postecoglou ha spesso cambiato modulo e ha dovuto fare i conti con l’inesorabile invecchiamento di Tim Cahill, probabilmente il talento più puro mai prodotto dal calcio australiano, ma che con 37 anni sulle spalle non può più essere il fulcro della formazione .  Tra i pali Matthew Ryan, portiere del Valencia in prestito al Genk nella seconda parte di questa stagione che è affidabile .  In difesa ci sarà spazio per Trent Sainsbury , nonostante l’unica presenza con l’Inter sia arrivata all’ultima giornata di campionato , che farà reparto con Ryan McGowan e con Miloš Degenek jolly per passare dalla difesa a 3 a quella a 4.  A centrocampo attenzione a Jackson Irvine  (dieci reti in Championship) e ad Aaron Mooy , ...

https://worldsoccertalk.com/2017/06/14/australians-in-confed-cup-to-win-it-despite-brazil-drubbing/ June 14, 2017 Sydney (AFP) – Australia departed for the Russia and FIFA’s Confederations Cup Wednesday (June 14) insisting they can still win it, despite a crushing 4-0 demolition by Brazil in a lopsided warm-up. The Socceroos were thrashed by the South Americans in a friendly in Melbourne on Tuesday , but coach Ange Postecoglou preferred to look on the bright side. “For us as I said, this game was preparation for what we’re going to face,” he said. “We needed to do some things in terms of getting some game time into players and we got that. We’ll be ready for the first game.” The Socceroos held the five-times World Cup winners to 1-0 at half-time after conceding just 12 seconds from the kick-off, but the home defence’s frailties were exposed by three second-half goals. It was a sobering farewell for Australia, who face Germany in their opening Confeder...

https://www.oasport.it/2017/06/calcio-confederations-cup-2017-laustralia-fisicita-e-tim-cahilli-i-punti-di-forza-dei-socceroos/ 14 giugno 2017 Giandomenico Tiseo   La nazionale australiana è inserita nel gruppo B con Camerun, Cile e Germania ed esordirà contro i campioni del mondo il 19 giugno al Fisht Olympic Stadium di Sochi.  Alla quarta partecipazione, la formazione allenata da Ange Postecoglou avrà nella fisicità uno dei punti di forza. Non potendo contare sul capitano Mile Jedinak, calciatore dell’Aston Villa costretto a dare forfait per un infortunio all’inguine, la squadra oceanica non sembra avere chance.  I Socceroos hanno incontrato il Cile ai Mondiali in Brasile e sono stati sconfitti 3-1,  per poi uscire al primo turno dopo i ko contro Olanda e Spagna.  Gli Aussie  nella Coppa d’Asia 2015 si sono riscattati aggiudicandosi la competizione superando in finale la Corea del Sud (2-1) allo Stadium Australia di Sydney dopo i ...