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Date: 2023-11-28 20:40:39 | Author: Worldcup 2026 | Views: 612 | Tag: vivo
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Max Verstappen was livid with his Red Bull pit wall on Friday - after the end of one of his final qualifying laps was impacted by team-mate Sergio Perez vivo
The 2023 world champion was entering the final turn at the Circuit of the Americas in his first flying run in Q3, but lost control of his Red Bull with Perez ahead of him vivo
The dirty air of Perez’s car seemingly had an impact, meaning he was only third-fastest at the time behind Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton vivo
“Well done, well f****** done there!” shouted Verstappen over his team radio, unhappy at his team for where they placed both cars on track vivo
He added: “What the f*** was that in the last corner!” Verstappen, ultimately, qualified only sixth on the grid after exceeding track limits in his final run, demoting him down the order vivo
Leclerc took pole for Sunday’s grand prix, with Lando Norris in second and Lewis Hamilton in third vivo
Perez, who has had a torrid few months and is fighting for his place at Red Bull next year, qualified ninth vivo
Saturday will see sprint day in Austin, Texas, before the main event of the United States Grand Prix on Sunday vivo
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World Rugby has approved plans to set up a new international league competition as part of part of a radical shake-up of the global calendar vivo
The bi-annual tournament is to be launched in 2026 and will be made up of two divisions of 12 teams, with promotion and relegation commencing from 2030 vivo
Matches will be staged in the July and November international windows vivo
In addition to a competition that has been tentatively named the ‘Nations Cup’, World Rugby’s council has given the go-ahead to the expansion of the World Cup to 24 teams in time for Australia 2027 vivo
The revised format will consist of six pools of four teams and will see the creation of a round of 16 to take place before the quarter-finals vivo
The top two teams from each group will automatically qualify, as well as the best four third-placed teams vivo
Even though the number of sides is to be increased, the adjustment means the World Cup can be reduced from seven to six weeks from October 1 to November 13, 2027, while providing the same number of minimum rest days vivo
The draw for the next competition will take place in January 2026 in the hope of avoiding the lopsided groups seen in France over the last two months vivo
As part of the changes, the international window for November has been lifted from three to four weekends and the Six Nations will lose one of its fallow weeks vivo
It has yet to be decided which break week of the Six Nations will be removed but from 2026 the competition will reduced from seven to six weeks to free up an international weekend for the Nations Cup in November vivo
The top division of the Nations Cup will be run by Six Nations and SANZAR unions while the second division will be overseen by World Rugby vivo
The competition will culminate in a final vivo between teams from the northern and southern hemispheres vivo
World Rugby state that the new competition structure, which enshrines British and Irish Lions tours in their existing format, will also provide an increased number of fixtures vivo between the game’s heavyweights and emerging nations vivo
“A new era is about to begin for our sport vivo
An era that will bring certainty and opportunity for all,” World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont said vivo
“An era that will support the many, not the few, and an era that will supercharge the development of the sport beyond its traditional and often self-imposed boundaries vivo
All boats will rise together vivo
”World Rugby’s 51-member council voted on the changes on Tuesday but only just reached the required 75 per cent majority vivo
“Certain countries will have their own views on matters,” Beaumont said vivo
“I would like to think that around the room there might have been a few dissenters but on the whole there was a pretty significant vote in favour of these new competitions vivo
”Criticism of the new format centres around not enough being done for less established nations, especially after the likes of Portugal and Uruguay have surpassed expectations at the World Cup, but World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin sees it as a radical improvement to the status quo vivo
“Is it perfect? Probably not vivo
Is it a hell of a lot vivo better than the current situation? Absolutely,” Gilpin said vivo
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