Motorsports
The biggest difference of the year in Dakar. Toyota defeated its rivals in the 4th stage
Toyota factory driver Henk Lategan crushed his rivals in the Dakar on Wednesday, taking a convincing victory by more than seven minutes in the first part of the marathon stage.
In the 2026 Dakar, where Toyota’s form changes day by day, Lategan recovered strongly after Tuesday’s poor performance and achieved the fastest time in the 417-kilometer marathon stage around AlUla.
He was behind South African driver Sébastien Loeb (Dacia) at the start of the fourth stage, but took the lead at the second checkpoint. His advantage grew throughout the race – Lategan overtook 11 cars and took first place with a lead of 7 minutes and 3 seconds. This is his biggest advantage in this year’s Dakar and allows him to maintain his lead in the overall standings.
Five-time Dakar winner Al-Attiyah could not close the gap and finished the stage in second place. Marek and Eric Gochaly took third and fourth place in the customer Toyota Hiluxes. Loeb finished fifth, losing to Lategan by almost 18 minutes.
Michal Gochal was seventh fastest, ahead of the Toyotas of Toby Price and Saud Variawa. Matthieu Serradori (Century) finished ninth and Seth Quintero rounded out the top 10, giving Toyota seven top-ten finishes.
As in the second phase, Toyota’s increase in competitiveness was accompanied by Ford’s decline. Best among the American pilots was Matthias Ekstrjom, who qualified 11th, more than 26 minutes late. Carlos Sainz Sr. He finished 12th and Nani Roma finished 15th.
Reigning Dakar champion Yazid Al-Raji (Overdrive Toyota) retired after 234 km due to a series of tire punctures. Saudi, who has not yet fully recovered from his injuries in 2025, was previously penalized for 16 minutes for missing the checkpoint.
In the overall standings, Lategan is 3 minutes and 55 seconds ahead of Al-Attiyah. Ekstrjom was third, Sainz was fourth and Serradori was fifth. Guthrie fell from first place to 13th place in one day.
Results of stage 4:
Score after stage 4:
In the stage motorcycle classification, the top three were Monster Energy Honda pilots: Spanish Tosha Shareina came first with a time of 4:31.56, American Ricky Brebeck came in second, losing only 6 seconds to the leader, and another US representative, Skyler Hawes, came in third with a difference of 10 seconds.
At the end of four laps, Monster Energy Honda HRC pilots Tosha Shareina and Ricky Brebeck lead the motorcycle rankings, having the same total time and sharing first place, while Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Daniel Sanders is in third place, 1 minute and 24 seconds behind; Next up are teammates Edgar Canet and Luciano Benavidez, who are among the top 5 in the overall standings.
Results of stage 4:
Score after stage 4:
In the truck class, the Czech MM Technology team, led by Martin Macik, won the stage with a time of 5 hours, 40 minutes and 19 seconds. The Eurol Rallysport team, led by Mitchel van den Brink, came second with a difference of 12 minutes and 49 seconds, while the Nørdis Team De Rooy FPT team, led by Vaidas Žala, came in third, losing to the leadership by 18 minutes and 9 seconds.
After four stages, Macika’s Czech team led the overall truck standings with a total time of 19 hours, 11 minutes and 37 seconds. The second place is taken by the team led by Mitchell van den Brink, which is 4 minutes and 28 seconds behind the leader. The top three were completed by Ales Loprais, who lost to Macik by 30 minutes and 2 seconds and was penalized for 3 minutes and 10 seconds.
Results of stage 4:
Score after stage 4:
Source: Sport UA
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Motorsports
‘Three’ VAR interventions for Leganes vs Valladolid
what happened there yesterday Leganes-Valladolid The second-division match ended in a 3-0 victory on home soil, but required intervention three times. VAR. Two of them also included Jose Antonio López Toca in the VOR room, called by Manuel Jesús Orellana Cid for two consecutive penalties immediately after the start of the game.
The first incident occurred five minutes into the match, following a handball by Iván Alejo in the area that was not initially seen by the referee. That’s when he received a notification from VAR. “Manuel, would you recommend a review so that we can assess the possibility of a penalty for handball?” When he got to the monitor, he said, “Okay, it looked perfect. Make it dynamic, Jose, I already saw him shake hands.” From the VOR, they provided him with another camera “also from behind the goal.” Once there was no doubt in the vision, he said, “OK, perfect, we’re going to restart with a penalty, OK, Jose.”
The penalty was taken by Juan Cruz, but it was cleared by Valladolid goalkeeper Guilherme. However, as the Leganés striker attempted to grab the rebound, he was tackled from behind by Jaouab and was brought down, receiving another warning from the VOR. “Manuel recommends a review so we can assess the possibility of a penalty. Please let us know when you get to the screen.”
In the background, a voice can be heard shouting “Out, Mr. Out” as the referee reaches the monitor. And he stood in front of it and he said, “Okay, Jose, it’s on the screen. One second, one second. Okay, I want to see the number of the guy who’s doing that…Okay, yes, it’s very clear.” And he claimed, “I want to know this player’s number, because it’s yellow, so who’s going to penalize it?” From VAR they confirm, “Yes, we understand, number 23.” To which the referee replied: “Okay, number 23, perfect. We’ll restart with a penalty and a yellow card, understand Jose?”
VOR is wrong about Guilherme
And the final intervention occurred in the 89th minute of the match as a result of Valladolid goalkeeper Guilherme leaving the area in an attempt to put Naim ahead. The referee directly punished him with a red card, but because they understood that it was not a sending off, again from the VOR: “Manu, we recommend that you reconsider so that we can assess the cancellation of the red card, okay?” Arriving in front of the monitor, López Toca requests to be shown the moment from VAR, López Toca explains from VAR. “Okay, look, I thought the reason I called you was because the goalie touched the ball. Okay, first of all, the impact is the lower back. You evaluate that and make the decision that you think is appropriate.”
The referee replied, “Okay, let’s see. I know how he touches the ball. I’d like to see how he moves.” They don’t let go of the ball, so the referee asks, “I want to see the touch of the ball, see how it moves when it touches the ball, etc.”
They then provided him with the images, but he requested that the camera be brought closer to him. “Let’s look a little further back, Jose, a little more back.” And then he understood: “All right, he touched the ball. All right, again, all right. All right, Jose, what I saw was that he obviously touched the ball. It’s true that the contact came later. I’ve never played rough. It’s not even a foul for me. All right, I’ll pick up where I dropped the ball. All right, because to me it’s not even a foul. All right, Jose.”
Source: Mundo Deportivo
Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.
Motorsports
Iker Lozada is enjoying his best moments in the First Division
Levante midfielder Iker Lozada He has scored twice in his last two games against Sevilla and Espanyol, the same number of goals he has scored in his previous 29 games in just seven days. first division. Losada scored spanish He won 1-1 in Sunday’s final, giving his team one point, and had already beaten the score 0-1 the day before. seville Levante’s 0-3 win in Pizjuan.
These two games were the first games for the coach. Luis Castro It was also Lozada’s first start of the season on the Levante bench. The 24-year-old attacking midfielder is Levant given by him real betis He appeared in August last year, but along with Julián Calero he only featured in five games in the first half of the league season, up until the Christmas break.
it’s the first time Losada He had only scored two goals in the first division so far, so it was the second day in a row that he scored. The first is the top category Premier, Celts of Vigo A light blue youth player, Lozada made a total of 31 appearances in the first division during spells at Celta, Real Betis and Levante.
He left Betic’s team in the summer of 2024 for around €2 million after winning the league in the 2023-24 season. ferol racinghad 9 goals and 7 assists. Number 2. He is currently enjoying his best moment in the highest category of Spanish football.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.
Motorsports
Jagoba Arrasate crisis: There are already two candidates to replace him
There was a lot of damage mallorca Defeat at the ground this Sunday Rayo Vallecano (2-1), vs. the previous day girona (1-2) and draw valencia In the previous (1-1).
3 games in a row without a win leaguein addition to the previous abolition of Copera, sports (1-0) places the Vermilion team in 17th place in the standings, just one point behind the first relegated team. valencia.
All this leads to the fact that the firing of coaches is practically taken for granted on the island. Jagoba Arasate.
As always happens in cases like this, two candidates are already on the table, even though he hasn’t been fired yet. it is about Francisco Javier Garcia PimientaHe had not been with the team since his departure. sevilleand the Plaza Luis Garcia.
the latter has already been trained mallorca From 2020 to 2022, he was the driving force behind the team’s promotion from Division 2 to Division 1.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.
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