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Rafa Leba, with the enthusiasm of a young man
“As long as I continue with motivation and enthusiasm, I don’t think about retiring.” This is Rafa Leba. The legendary goalkeeper has joined the Gabba’s ranks. At 44 years old, Leva seems to have a lot of energy for a while.
With a very long career in naval football, Rafa Leba has seen football in all its colours. He trained in the best Spanish academies (Barcelona, Espanyol, Dam, Mallorca), from there he went to Ferrioense (Mallorca’s second subsidiary at the time), Ospitalet, Recreativo, Egea, Constantia, Manresa, Europa, Masnou and above all Zamboia, where he spent 11 years in two stages, during which he also served as technical secretary. He ended his activities with the Vermilion Club at the age of 39. But instead of leaving football, he signed with Jupiter at the age of 40. He was then joined by the teams of Lloreda, Molins de Rei and Rubi, but it was with this team that he had his most special moments, as in addition to being promoted to La Liga, he also featured in the Copa del Rey match against Athletic Club. After that, they passed through the Kings League. “I enjoyed playing for the Kings last season, but I was already missing Green,” Reba explains. So this course is back. He joins Barbera from Segunda Catalana, coached by Juan Carlos Torres. But just two days ago he signed with the Gabba. “The possibility of playing for Gabá, where Jose Alcaraz, who I played with at Zamboia, came up, and I was bitten by the bug of playing again for a team with such history. I was very excited, remembering the good times in Gabá, where I used to play against them. There was also the possibility that I could help the team get back into the category it deserves.”
No expiry date
“Even at 44, I look great. I haven’t changed much from when I was younger. I’m very excited and want to train and learn. As always, I remain humble and learn from everyone around me. As long as I have everything and respect injuries, there are no limits for me,” says the in-form goalkeeper. “I wouldn’t rule out reaching 50 games.” Because at the moment, I’m not thinking about anything other than playing. “Do I focus on training? No, I don’t want to go to the dark side,” he says with a laugh. Although he acknowledges that he has changed with age, “I’m a lot calmer. As you get older, the pressure goes away. You know you’re there to enjoy the moment and have a good time. So everything goes a lot better.”
Locker room for 10 people
The two games in which Gaba played with Rafa Leba in goal ended in wins (3-1 against FA L’Hospitalet and 0-1 against Guinehueta). The goalkeeper couldn’t be happier with the start of a new stage, but most of all he realized that “There are 10 people in the locker room. It’s full of people who are passionate about growth and competition.And I think at least the goal of promotion is more than enough.”
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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One of the two new teams on the Formula 1 grid is preparing to introduce its car for the 2026 season. The Audi team will officially reveal the new car at a special event in Berlin on Tuesday, January 20.
Audi has fully taken over Sauber’s project ahead of the 2026 season and will start its first Formula 1 championship as a factory team and power unit manufacturer. The team has also retained a significant portion of its 2025 Sauber structure, including team boss Jonathan Whitley and drivers Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg.
This will make Audi the fourth team to submit designs for its 2026 car, after Red Bull, Racing Bulls and Haas. The presentation will take place in the German capital in the format of a full-fledged seasonal launch.
Following the main event, a separate event will be held in Berlin on Wednesday, January 21 for selected fans and media to take a closer look at the new car and its livery.
The presentation will start on January 20 at 20:00 Kyiv time. During the event, the team will reveal the car’s full design for the 2026 season.
Let’s remember that Audi had previously put the 2026 car on the track during promotional races at the Barcelona-Catalonia circuit in early January, but only a limited number of images were released at that time.
Formula 1. Presentation of the first Audi car. Watch LIVE online
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Formula 1 driver Nico Hulkenberg can count on a multimillion-dollar bonus in his first season with Audi if he can repeat the results in the 2025 season.
Last season, the German pilot reached the Formula 1 podium after 250 races for the first time in his career and finished the British Grand Prix in third place. At Silverstone, Hulkenberg was ahead of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and scored 15 points in one go.
Hulkenberg scored 51 points at the end of the 2025 season.
On the eve of Audi’s first season, specialized media reported that the 38-year-old pilot signed a contract providing a bonus of 50 thousand euros for each point earned in the 2026 season.
Given the large-scale changes in Formula 1, even the pilots themselves cannot yet predict the balance of power in the peloton. However, if Hulkenberg scores 51 points again, the bonus can reach 2 million 550 thousand euros in addition to his base salary at Audi.
If Nico manages to win the race and score the maximum 25 points, this will immediately earn him a bonus of 1,250,000 euros.
The team will present the appearance of its first car today at 20:00 Kyiv time.
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Thomas Berman, the younger brother of Haas Formula 1 team driver Oliver Berman, will officially take part in Italian Formula 4 and Euro 4 in the 2026 season.
Thomas will represent the VAR team colours.
The 16-year-old Briton spent last year in British Formula 4, where he scored one win and finished eighth in the final season standings.
But the ones that are considered the most prestigious and promising are the Italian and European Formula 4 championships. They are often chosen by young pilots for further career advancement. In addition, Thomas’ older brother Oliver Berman also competed in these series and became the Italian Formula 4 champion in 2021 with 11 wins.
Let us also remind you that Ukrainian Alexander Bondarev will compete in the same championships with the Prima Racing team in the 2026 season. The Ukrainian pilot does not hide his ambitions and has repeatedly expressed his intention to fight for the championship title.
Bondarev now participates in Middle East Formula 4 in preparation for the European leg of the season. After the first stage, he took first place in the general rankings and became the leader in the rankings.
Thomas Berman will compete in the Formula Winter Series as part of his preparations.
The competition between the current “four” promises to be extremely high, and the appearance of the younger brother of the Formula 1 pilot will only increase interest in the series.
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