The 5 key sports news of this morning

FC BARCELONA

Yusuf Demir returns to Rapid Vienna

It’s official now. The young Austrian Yusuf Demir is no longer a FC Barcelona player. The Barça club confirmed this Thursday, January 13, that the loan of the 18-year-old winger ended and, therefore, the young footballer returns to Rapid Vienna, his home club. After playing a total of nine games, the attacker says goodbye to the Camp Nou where he arrived on loan with a compulsory purchase option of ten million in case he played ten games with the first team. The total cost of the transfer of Yusuf Demir was 500,000 euros.

SPAIN SUPERCUP

Atlético and Athletic face off in Arabia

Atlético de Madrid and Athletic de Bilbao They will meet in Saudi Arabia this Thursday, January 13, in this second semifinal of the Spain Supercup. A very important ‘clash’ for both teams as it will not only give access to the final of the competition, with a title at stake, but also the possibility of rearming in the mental and merely football terms. The ‘Cholo’ Simeone will not be able to count for the game with Antoine Griezmann nor Stefan Savic, both injured.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Lucas Digne’s dart to Rafa Benítez

Another of the movements in this winter market has been that of Lucas Digne, who has left Everton to head for Aston Villa. In his farewell letter from Everton, addressed to the club and its fans through his Instagram account, Lucas Digne has left a message in the form of poison dart Spanish coach Rafa Benítez. “Sometimes it only takes one other person to destroy a beautiful love story,” wrote the French international.

DAKAR

Carlos Sainz triumphs for the second time with Audi

In the most complicated stage of the Dakar, and that some like Barreda said it was the hardest he had ever done in his life, Carlos Sainz has imposed himself with force to achieve his second victory in this Dakar with a new car, his Audi RS Q e-Tron. ‘El Matador’ thus achieved Audi’s fourth victory in 11 stages, his second, which adds to those achieved by Peterhansel the day before and by Ekström several days ago.

WTA SIDNEY

Paula Badosa goes to semis in Sydney

Paula Badosa will play the semifinals of the Sydney tournament. The Catalan defeated the Swiss Belinda Bencic on Thursday 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 in an epic duel lasting more than two and a half hours. The Catalan will see them in the penultimate round with Daria Kasatkina, Garbiñe Muguruza’s executioner. “Against Daria it is going to be completely different than today, it is going to be a tactical match,” said Badosa.