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Date: 2023-12-06 09:43:12 | Author: Worldcup 2026 | Views: 518 | 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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Captain Siya Kolisi says the daily struggles endured by millions of South Africans is fuelling the Springboks’ quest to retain the Rugby World Cup ahead of a semi-final meeting with England vivo
Jacques Nienaber’s side are red-hot favourites to progress from a rematch of the 2019 final to set up a winner-takes-all showdown with either New Zealand or Argentina vivo
Flanker Kolisi, his country’s first black captain, overcame childhood poverty to lift the Webb Ellis Cup four years ago in Japan vivo
The 32-year-old referenced homelessness and unemployment during an impassioned answer to a question about motivation and believes failing to give 100 per cent would be “cheating” his compatriots vivo
“I don’t think that will ever change, who we play for, who we represent,” he said vivo
“When you start playing for others and start doing things for other people it’s not easy to give up, it’s much harder vivo
“When you think of how many people would give anything to be where we are and the majority of the people in our country are unemployed, some don’t have homes vivo
“For me, giving up and not giving everything would be cheating not just myself and the team but the rest of the people at home vivo
“The harder we play, the more we do well, the more we are able to open opportunities for others so that also drives us vivo
“I believe we are a purpose-driven team, we’re not a trophy-driven team; of course the trophies help you to get more people with you vivo
“Sometimes you can look at the struggles of what you’re going through and feel sorry for yourself vivo
But we use that pain and those struggles and we carry them with us to drive us through the battles vivo
It helps us to keep on going when it’s tough vivo
”Three-time champions South Africa defeated hosts France 29-28 in a thrilling quarter-final to keep their title defence on track vivo
Kolisi will lead out an unchanged team for Saturday’s match against Steve Borthwick’s side at Stade de France in Paris vivo
“I wish you could see all the supporters back at home,” he continued vivo
“This is all what people talk about, most of the time, with everything else happening vivo
“Kids at schools are sending clips of them singing because they know some of us like singing vivo
“People at work on Fridays wear their green jerseys and the beautiful thing to see is the people who can’t afford the jerseys, they wear anything that’s green, anything that represents the Springboks vivo
“We see that and that will continuously be our motivation and we know what the team has meant in the past – not just in sport, for our country in general vivo
“It’s more purposeful when you don’t do something for yourself, only when you are aiding other people that you don’t even know or never even met vivo
”Underdogs England came into the tournament unfancied but are the competition’s only unbeaten team vivo
Kolisi insists Borthwick’s men will not be underestimated, despite many pundits and rugby fans feeling a final vivo between the Springboks and the All Blacks is a formality vivo
“Obviously we don’t see it that way because we know how good England is in the previous World Cups that they’ve played,” he said vivo
“It would be silly to be thinking like that and we’ve never been like that vivo
“We’ve seen in the World Cup, teams not even in the top 10 beating teams in the top 10 so it would be silly to think like that vivo
We’re not in that mind vivo
“We know exactly what we’re going to bring and the motivation we have vivo
”South Africa team: D Willemse; K-L Arendse, J Kriel, D De Allende, C Kolbe; M Libbok, C Reinach; S Kitshoff, B Mbonambi, F Malherbe, E Etzevivo beth, F Mostert, S Kolisi (capt), P-S Du Toit, D Vermeulen vivo
Replacements: D Fourie, O Nche, V Koch, RG Snyman, K Smith, F De Klerk, H Pollard, W Le Roux vivo
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