Continuing on from the previous season, before each weekend Le Parisien offers a selection of issues and events not to be missed in Île-de-France. Overview.
The meeting to follow: first major test for PSG
HANDBALL. After Tuesday evening which saw Créteil, Ivry and PSG qualify for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France at the expense of Villeurbanne, Cherbourg and Strasbourg, the Starligue championship begins this weekend for the three Ile-de-France representatives of the Elite. The promoted ivryen will be the first on the track this Friday with the reception of the Bretons of Cesson-Rennes, followed by the trip from Créteil the next day to Toulouse. To end this back-to-school weekend, PSG will start with a delicate trip to Nîmes. Raul Gonzalez’s players, who remain on a setback against Nantes in the Champions Trophy final, will aim to win a 10th title (nine consecutive, current series).
In addition, it is also the recovery for the clubs of Proligue, Pontault-Combault, Tremblay, and Massy. The first two will have the honor of playing at home on this first day.
The event not to be missed: the second edition of the Paris European Games
BASKET. As a prelude to its entry onto the European scene in the EuroCoupe (October 11 at Türk Telekom Spor), Paris Basketball (Betclic Élite) is offering fans a unique experience this weekend: watching the best of basketball for two days. Europeans compete in the legendary Georges-Carpentier hall. Already present last year, Asvel (French champion) and Alba Berlin (German champion) are back in the game, joined by Maccabi Tel Aviv.
This will be an opportunity, for those who have not yet seen him play, to discover the team of Will Weaver, the new coach of Paris Basket, assistant to the Houston Rockets in the NBA last season. More than basketball on the court, this weekend will also be an opportunity to celebrate On & Off Court basketball culture, with a coach clinic and an e-sports tournament on Sunday as well as an evening under the sign of music. with rapper Gazo.
Prices: from 7 euros for the two matches on Saturday + Gazo showcase; from 5 euros for the two matches on Sunday. From 10 euros for the 2-day pass. The coach clinic package + meal + 2 matches in the stands: 90 euros.
The club to rely on: the Cergy-Pontoise Jokers
HOCKEY. We’ll erase everything and start again ? After a remarkable season punctuated by a fourth place in the regular season then a defeat in the semi-finals of the Magnus League playoffs against future champion Grenoble, the Cergy-Pontoise Jokers start their third season in the elite this Saturday evening. (8:45 p.m.) with the Chamonix reception at the Aren’Ice.
The off-season has however proved to be hectic for the Val-d’Oisienne squad, which has been renewed at nearly 70%. “Three players have retired, some have been courted by more upscale clubs and we have also decided not to continue with a few players, explains Jonathan Paredes, Jokers coach since 2017. We are starting from scratch. We carried out our recruitment in order to improve the defense while preserving our offensive qualities. »
The race to follow: the Parisienne
RUNNING. Among the multitude of races reserved for women, the Parisienne always has a place of choice. In the heart of the capital, the participants will indeed be able to take the start, on Sunday, of an event unlike any other… running or walking! Champ-de-Mars, banks of the Seine, Eiffel Tower, Place de la Concorde, Grand and Petit Palais… so many emblematic monuments mark out the exceptional route (7 or 10 kilometres, departures from 9 a.m.) proposed by the organizers.
La Parisienne is also a free 3-day festival open to all, centered around sport, health and well-being. The competitors come with friends or even between colleagues. This year again, 25,000 women and 400 companies are expected on the starting line on the Pont d’Iéna, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, in a musical atmosphere. No less than thirty groups and 1,000 musicians will liven up the race with a group every 250 meters.
The discovery: the EDF Aqua Challenge Paris at the Bassin de la Villette
SWIMMING. This summer, EDF committed to the common Know how to swim program of Paris 2024 and the FFN. This aims to offer free aquatic ease and swimming lessons for children in mobile pools in deficient areas or in pools usually open only for swimming. The children have been introduced to the pleasure of water in the swimming pool, EDF is offering them the next step, with an experience in open water in the Bassin de la Villette (quai De Seine, 75019).
Sunday, September 11 in the morning, the children from the program will embark on a 25-meter race encouraged by the athlete Marc-Antoine Olivier, member of the EDF team and bronze medalist in open water at the Rio Olympics in 2016. of the race, an introduction to life-saving gestures will be offered to children and their parents on the EDF stand. To complete, a 5 kilometers is planned this Saturday (8 hours), followed by a 1,250 meters (11 hours) and finally a 2.5 kilometers Sunday morning (9 hours).
THE PROGRAM
BASKET. Paris European Games. Saturday: Asvel – Maccabi Tel Aviv (2 p.m.); Paris Basketball – Alba Berlin (4:15 p.m.); Gazo Showcase for Adidas Night (6:30 p.m.). Sunday: clinic coach with TJ Parker (Head Coach Asvel, 10:30 a.m.); clinic coach with Oded Kattash (Head Coach Maccabi Tel Aviv, 11:15 a.m.); Asvel – Alba Berlin (2 p.m.); Paris Basketball – Maccabi Tel Aviv (4:15 p.m.).
HANDBALL. Starligue (1st day) : IVRY – Cesson-Rennes (Friday, 8.30 p.m., Auguste-Delaune gymnasium); Toulouse – CRÉTEIL (Saturday, 8 p.m.); Nîmes – PSG (Sunday, 5 p.m.). Proligue (Day 1, Friday, 8:30 p.m.): PONTAULT-COMBAULT – Cherbourg (Boisramé space); TREMBLAY – Bordeaux (sports hall); Valencia-MASSY.
HOCKEY. Ligue Magnus (1st day): CERGY – Chamonix (Saturday, 8.30 p.m., Aren’Ice).
RUGBY. Top 14 (2nd day, Saturday, 5 p.m.): Bayonne – RACING 92, Castres – STADE FRANÇAIS.
