If he avoids serious injury, Victor Wembanyama, a 19-year-old French basketball player, is likely to become the sport’s next global superstar
few more stirring stories than that of a talented, hungry young athlete who stretches the limits of their field. In recent days football fans have been mourning the death of, arguably the game’s finest player, who at just 17 scored twice in Brazil’s first World Cup final victory in 1958, and went on to bag more goals than anyone before or since.
Fewest doubts surround the success of Victor Wembanyama, a 19-year-old French basketball player. At the end of the French season in May, Mr Wembanyama—who measures 2.21 metres in his bare feet—will move to America, where he looks sure to be the first pick in the 2023draft. Such is the excitement around Mr Wembanyama that several teams have begun shifting established stars off their books in exchange for draft picks to have a better shot at recruiting him.
In football, 2023 will again be a World Cup year, this time for women. Look out for Lena Oberdorf. Last year theplaced the 21-year-old German midfielder fifth in its annual ranking of the best female footballers in the world. The next youngest player in the top ten was 24. Ms Oberdorf already has a runners-up medal fromAt the World Cup, in Australia and New Zealand in July and August, the competition will be stiffer, thanks to the presence of Canada, Japan and the United States .
However, the lack of depth in female motorsport means that her ultimate goal is a seat in a Formula 1 team. Yet only two women have ever raced in a Formula 1 Grand Prix, and none has done so since 1976. For the next step on her journey, Ms Chadwick is moving to America to compete in the IndyCarcompetition, a support series for the main IndyCar tournament, where she will be the only woman to race and the first for 13 years.
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