2024-10-21 09:07:00
The sporting events that should not be missed, the summary of the five major football championships and the image of the weekend… Here is the France 24 sports recap.
- The Lebrun brothers at the top of Europe
Two months after the tanned summer of the French ping at the Olympic Games, Alexis and Félix Lebrun continue to write their history by bringing back two European champion titles from Linz, in doubles and in singles for the older brother.
The eldest Lebrun, Alexis, became the third French European champion at the age of 21, eight years after Emmanuel Lebesson in Budapest and almost half a century after Jacques Secutin in Prague (1976). And the two brothers achieved a doubles performance earlier in the day that had not been seen for 24 years.
- Cassandre Beaugrand in gold
After her Olympic title in Paris in July, Cassandre Beaugrand was crowned triathlon world champion on Saturday during the final event of the WTCS world circuit in Torremolinos, Spain, confirming her status as a star of the discipline. Her victory crowns a dream season at the age of 27 after her Olympic title won on July 31 in the sumptuous setting of Les Invalides, in Paris, where, by her own admission, she had “accomplished the dream of a lifetime”.
- New York triumphs in WNBA
The New York Liberty were crowned at the end of the suspense, thanks to a 67-62 success after overtime against the Minnesota Lynx in Game 5 of the WNBA final on Sunday at home.
After five finals lost since the creation of the WNBA in 1996, including last year against Las Vegas, the Liberty finally broke its curse after a decisive match with breathtaking suspense. New York was able to overcome a poor start to the match and the total shooting failure of its leaders Breanna Stewart (4 out of 15) and Sabrina Ionescu (1 out of 19 including 1 out of 10 from afar) to dominate the Lynx, who hoped to win his fifth trophy.
- A double for Ferrari at the United States Grand Prix
Charles Leclerc easily won the United States Grand Prix (GP) on Sunday in front of his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz, while championship leader Max Verstappen, third in the race, took the opportunity to slightly increase his overall lead over his pursuer. Lando Norris, finally fourth.
Leclerc can savor his victory since on the Circuit of the Americas in Austin (Texas), he was imperial during the 19e GP (out of 24) of the season, which he dominated head and shoulders. When the lights went out, the Monegasque, who started fourth on the grid, took advantage of the battle in front of him between “polesitter” Lando Norris and Verstappen to take the reins of the race from the exit of the first corner. The Monegasque was never worried afterward. Not even by the intervention of the safety car on the third lap (of 56), after the Briton Lewis Hamilton lost control of his Mercedes, forcing him to retire.
- Antoine Dupont still in great shape
Toulouse definitively resumed its march forward on Saturday by winning in Pau, undefeated until then at Hameau (22-14), a success which allows it to return to the top of the Top 14 ahead of Bordeaux-Bègles, traveling to La Rochelle Sunday evening.
The bad patch between September and October seems forgotten for the French champion, who has therefore regained color with the return of Antoine Dupont, still dominant, and that of Jack Willis, decisive and valuable.
Marseille corrects Montpellier
OM are reassured one week before their big meeting against PSG. At the end of the 8e day of Ligue 1, Marseille in fact won very easily 5-0 in Montpellier – a new setback which cost the coach, Michel Der Zakarian, his place.
With this success, the Marseillais are back on the third step of the podium, three lengths behind the Parisians and Monaco, enough to offer themselves a week of work in serenity before the “Classic” next Sunday. For its part, Stade de Reims missed the opportunity to get on the Ligue 1 podium and ended a series of six games without defeat after losing to Auxerre (2-1) on Sunday.
A weekend without twists
The hierarchy of the Italian Championship has returned to normal after an 8e a day where the leaders in the standings hardly shone but all won with the smallest possible advantage.
On Sunday evening, Inter defeated AS Roma 1-0 at the Olympic Stadium thanks to their captain Lautaro Martinez, scorer of the only goal of the match in the 60the minute. Thanks to this third consecutive victory in the league, Inter remains second (17 pts) two lengths behind leader Naples (19 pts) who, earlier in the day on Sunday, barely got the better of Empoli (1-0) . Juventus Turin, victorious over Lazio (1-0) on Saturday, is third (16 pts) three points behind Naples, just ahead of AC Milan (14 pts) who won by the same score against Udinese.
Liverpool still in the lead
Liverpool retained their first place in the Premier League after a bitter battle against Chelsea (2-1) at Anfield on Sunday, responding to the success of their runner-up Manchester City snatched in added time at Wolverhampton (2-1) .
Chelsea (sixth, 14 pts) was the first serious obstacle before a series of dizzying summits, against Arsenal next Sunday in London, then Brighton and Aston Villa, all members of the current top 5. In the standings, Liverpool (first, 21 pts) dominates the fray by a short head in front of Manchester City (second, 20 pts). Arsenal and Villa then follow, with 17 points each.
The FC Barcelona in demonstration, Mbappé scorer
Once again supported by its star striker Robert Lewandowski, FC Barcelona was full of confidence on Sunday by correcting Sevilla FC, at home (5-1) during the tenth day of La Liga, before facing Bayern in quick succession Munich and Real Madrid next week.
The Polish international, author of his eleventh and twelfth league goals of the season (23e s.p., 39e), took the Catalan club (first, 27 points) to a ninth victory in ten days, allowing it to regain a three-way lead over its Madrid rival at the top of the standings, six days before a Clasico which promises to be burning.
The day before, held in check at the hour mark, Real Madrid ended up winning (2-1) in pain on Saturday on the pitch of Celta Vigo thanks to two goals from its stars Kylian Mbappé and Vinicius Junior. The French striker, who returned to competition after the opening, according to the Swedish press, of a rape investigation following his trip to Stockholm last week, put the reigning Spanish champion on the right track with a superb strike from the right from twenty meters (20e1-0), his sixth goal in nine La Liga matches, before leaving the pitch under the whistles in the 80the minute.
Kane in hat-trick mode
Thanks in particular to a hat-trick from Harry Kane, Bayern won 4-0 against Stuttgart on Saturday evening, with a status quo at the top of the German championship, because Leipzig also won in Mainz (2-0) and Bayer Leverkusen dominated Eintracht Frankfurt (2-1).
With 17 points, Vincent Kompany’s men only occupy the leadership position on goal difference compared to Leipzig (+16 against +9), while Leverkusen remains three points behind the leading duo with 14 points. Fribourg, which won at home against Augsburg, comes in with 15 points on the clock.
Three finals won out of four and four French records: Léon Marchand had the pace for his return to competition after his Olympic exploits, this weekend during the Shanghai stage of the Short Course World Cup.
After his victories on Friday and Saturday in the 100m and 200m medley, each time setting a French record (and even a European record for the 200m medley), the four-time Olympic champion from Paris won the 400m 4 on Sunday. swims.
With AFP
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