Strike. A strike over railway workers’ wages continues in the UK on Saturday. The London Underground was almost paralyzed on Friday and the rest of the public transport network very disrupted. Faced with inflation that is racing in the United Kingdom (in July 10.1% over one year), it is the biggest strike movement for decades. Transport Minister Grant Shapps, accused of blocking the situation, for his part criticizes the trade unions for refusing reforms to modernize rail and assured Friday that he could force through. A new day of walkout is therefore planned in the trains on Saturday, while negotiations with the multitude of private rail operators in the sector are at an impasse.
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Electoral meeting. Former left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has a fifteen-point lead over current far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, but the latter is closing the gap ahead of the October 2 election, according to the Datafolha institute. Lula has 47% of voting intentions, while Bolsonaro goes to 32% against 29% previously. The favorite will hold his second meeting this Saturday, after his first in a car factory in his stronghold of Sao Bernardo do Campo, near Sao Paulo (southeast), where he was a turner-miller, before becoming a union leader in the 70s.
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Why. The French Renaud Lavillenie and Thibaut Collet are qualified, like the big favorite Armand Duplantis, for the pole vault final at the European Athletics Championships in Munich (Germany) which will take place this Saturday evening. Lavillenie (35 years old) and Collet (23 years old), entered the competition at 5.50 m, only had to cross 5.65 m to get a place in the final. The first, fifth at the Worlds less than a month ago in Eugene (United States), succeeded on his second try, the second, crowned French champion at the end of June, on his first.
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Combat. The rematch between WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua takes place this Saturday. The Briton, whose career will be threatened in the event of a defeat on Saturday in Jeddah, lost on points, by unanimous decision. Joshua has been tight-lipped about his strategy, but is expected to try to impose his physique and reach against a smaller opponent whose speed and variety of shots confused him in September last.
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