RISE OF THE LIVING DEAD
In distress a month ago, the Monegasques won yesterday in Rennes a fourth success in a row which puts them three points from the podium. RENNES – No one waited until April to find out…
Lost without its pillar
Deprived of Nayef Aguerd, Rennes was weighed down by its defensive failures and collapsed in the second half. His third place is weakened. RENNES – The magic carpet that seemed to carry the…
How Lille manages its supporters
The northern club, which opened its training to the public on Thursday, maintains courteous but distant relations with its fans. CAMPHIN-EN-PÉVÈLE (NORTH) – This Thursday morning, 1,200 Lille supporters…
Kalimuendo, the future belongs to him
Loaned for a second season by PSG, the 20-year-old striker, who has already scored 9 goals in L1, confirms his progress with RC Lens. PLANE (PAS-DE-CALAIS) – Remained on the bench in the first period,…
Not a fan of clashes
Rejected even before signing his contract in Lille, attacked by Hatem Ben Arfa, the Breton technician did not give in to his anger or resentment, on behalf of his group. From Rezé and a first…
Dupraz reviews his copy
The ASSE coach has opted for a now muscular speech towards his executives. He should also reorganize his defense against Brest. Accountant for the future of the Greens in L1, Pascal Dupraz, their…
The wish list
Thanks to the commercial company created by the League, the L1 clubs will share more than a billion euros, without knowing yet how they will be able to spend this money. Since Friday the 1st…
“It’s not going to be a party in Neu-Neu”
Director of research at the CNRS, this economist believes that CVC money should not change the balance too much. “With this money obtained through the trading company, is there a risk that…
TWO HARES, SEVERAL DANGERS
Second place in L1, qualifying for the Champions League, and the Europa League Conference: OM have two objectives in mind and will have to keep up the pace. This is a debate that had agitated…
The Feyenoord is hot too
The Rotterdam stadium is reputed to be the liveliest in the Netherlands. Outside, the club’s ultras often stood out for their indiscipline. After PAOK, OM will continue their tour…
Classic won’t change that.
The Parisian ultras will not encourage their players tomorrow against OM. They intend to extend their strike until the end of the season. That would have been a strong sign of appeasement. In major conflict…
An announced boycott
Annoyed then disillusioned, the Bad Gones will not go to the stadium tomorrow for the reception of Bordeaux. After yet another humiliation after a nightmarish season, Lyon supporters…
OL play the sacred union
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas came to support Peter Bosz and his players after elimination from the Europa League. When Jean-Michel Aulas invites himself to a press conference, it’s often…
Ten Hag, life in red
The arrival of the current Ajax coach at Manchester United is about to be formalized. Even if Erik Ten Hag refused to confirm it yesterday at a press conference, there is little doubt that…
The Corsican paradox
Fifteenth attack in Ligue 2, AC Ajaccio is nevertheless in a position to rise thanks to an iron defense and remarkable management. It is an incongruity, a statistical anomaly which does not prevent…
Bauer sees red
The Red Star match was interrupted yesterday, due to protests from supporters against the takeover of the club. The Stade Bauer lawn could not hide its “wounds” at the end of the…
RUGBY
SO CLOSE, SIX POINTS
Beaten in the first leg (20-26), Stade Toulousain will try to catch up tonight in Ulster to qualify for the quarter-finals of the European Cup. An arduous challenge that remains within his reach….
RUGBY
Still standing
In the first leg against Ulster, the European champion had strongly rediscovered his penchant for passing on contact. An asset on which he should still rely today. It is, in one…
RUGBY
ASM also has a locker room to manage
In a chaotic season on the pitch, where it stagnates in the middle of the Top 14 table and risks not surviving its first final phase matches in the European Cup, ASM must at the same time…
RUGBY
Mission impossible The UBB, a mountain to bounce back
Heavily beaten at home last week, Bordeaux-Bègles and Clermont approach their return match in La Rochelle and Leicester without much hope. Except to save face. Bordeaux-…
RUGBY
The spin bet
After the beautiful but frustrating victory of the first leg (40-26 after leading 34-0), Philippe Saint-André changed, as planned, almost all of his starting team for the return to Harlequins….
WEAPON VEILS
The fever rose this week on the cobbled sections of Paris-Roubaix, including the legendary Arenberg trench, the nerve center of the route. Runners anticipate a tactical and dry edition,…
The last will be first
Anonymous heroes of a legendary Paris-Roubaix, raced on October 3 in the rain and in the mud, the Latvian Emils Liepins, last classified, the Belgian Tom Paquot, last to arrive, and Adrien Petit,…
Behind the mud mask
The day after the race, the photo of Latvian Emils Liepins was shared thousands of times on social networks. It tells of the suffering behind the mud. Last year, the photo of the face…
“It’s still painful”
Gianni Moscon was on course to win before a puncture, crash and racing curses caught up with him. 4th at the velodrome, he unrolls the thread of this fantastic race, when he…
“Sagan was my angel and my demon”
The Swiss touched the sublime in 2018. 210 km in the lead and an entry to the velodrome with Peter Sagan, the world champion. A second place he will never forget. Silvan Dillier, do you remember…
pave the way
Lizzie Deignan, formidable winner of the first edition of Paris-Roubaix women last year, is expecting her second child. The Briton wants to make an example of her motherhood. Lizzie Deignan doesn’t…
Zverev-Tsitsipas, kings of overtime
Impressive against Sinner after a 3:07 tussle, the German will face the Greek in the semi-finals, winner in the snatch of a match with twists and turns against Schwartzman. MONACO – If it were missing…
“I didn’t expect anything from this week”
Back in the last four in Monte-Carlo four years later, Grigor Dimitrov admits that he came to the Principality without great expectations, just to work and build his game. “It represents…
disaster scenario
Tough day for Les Bleues yesterday in Sardinia. Despite her combativeness, Alizé Cornet gave in to Jasmine Paolini and Océane Dodin could not do anything against the tornado Giorgi. ALGHERO (ITALY) – The…
“A slim chance”
Stunned, the France team is now back to the wall, even if its captain Julien Benneteau still wants to cling to the smallest scrap of hope. It’s the defeated mine and the stare in the void…
BASKET
A cactus and thorns
After their lone rider in the West, the Phoenix Suns of Chris Paul advance as favorites of the final phase, which opens this evening, facing a hungry pack in the East, where Miami, Boston, Milwaukee,. ..
BASKET
Jazz facing its glass ceiling
Present for the sixth year in a row in the play-offs, Utah must pass a milestone to reject the idea of an end of cycle in Salt Lake City. On Tuesday evening, the smiling face of Rudy Gobert appeared in…
