In Australia, Spain were crowned women’s football world champions for the first time. In Hungary, Letsile Tebogo wrote the history of African sprinting by becoming the continent’s first medalist in the discipline. Meanwhile, Paris was vibrating to the rhythm of triathlon and archery test events for the Paris Olympics as Kylian Mbappé returned to the field.
Published on: 08/21/2023 – 12:04Modified on: 08/21/2023 – 14:03
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The sporting events that should not be missed, the summary of the five major championships and the image of the weekend… Here is the sports recap of France 24.
Weekend sports news
• Spain world champion. La Roja was crowned world champion for the first time thanks to a goal from captain Olga Carmona against England (1-0). The youth, creativity and Spanish passing game took precedence over the experience and composure of the European champions, far from their usual serenity.
Spain was crowned world champion for the first time thanks to a goal from its young captain Olga Carmona against England (1-0) in an unprecedented final of the women’s world, Sunday August 20, 2023 in Sydney. Reuters – Carl Recine
• Les Bleus winners for the third test match. The XV of France beat Fiji (34-17) on Saturday in Nantes for its third and penultimate match of preparation for the 2023 World Cup despite a largely overhauled workforce. The Blues scored three tries by Peato Mauvaka (29th), Uini Atonio (39th) and Sekou Macalou (59th).
• Noah Lyles king of the 100m and Tebogo pioneer at the athletics worlds. At 20, Batswana Letsile Tebogo offered the African continent its first world medal in history in the queen race of athletics, the men’s 100m, on Sunday in Budapest. In the Hungarian heat, at the end of the straight, Tebogo, personal best in 9 sec 88, was only beaten by Noah Lyles, face of world athletics, by five hundredths.
• Swimming events in the Seine still canceled. The para triathlon events on Saturday and the mixed triathlon relay on Sunday were deprived of their swimming part. In question, a Seine still deemed unsuitable for athletes. This is the third test event affected by the quality of the river water in two weeks since the open water swimming event was canceled at the beginning of the month. What rekindle the concern less than a year from the Olympics.
The triathletes at the Alexandre III bridge before the cancellation of the events in the Seine. © Emmanuel Dunand, AFP
• Lisa Barbelin in silver at the Invalides. 349 days before the women’s final of the 2024 Olympics, French archer Lisa Barbelin made an appointment by taking second place in the Paris Games test event, her best result in a World Cup stage. “It’s indescribable how I feel, delivers the 23-year-old sportswoman. It was crazy to find myself on a podium in front of the Eiffel Tower, with a medal awarded by Tony Estanguet. I’m sorry, I can’t not to hold back my tears.”
In European football…
Monaco, easy winner of Strasbourg (3-0), and Brest, which won in Le Havre (2-1), chained Sunday a 2nd success in a row in L1 and occupy the lead of the championship at the end of the second day concluded with Lens’ draw at home against Rennes (1-1).
Substitute at kick-off but scorer from the penalty spot, Kylian Mbappé did not prevent PSG from conceding another draw in Toulouse (1-1), which spoiled the return to the lawns of the French striker after a long arm of iron with its leaders. The match also saw the debut of Ousmane Dembélé in Paris colours.
Double first for FC Barcelona. The Catalan club played their official match at the Olympic Stadium in Montjuïc, which will host the Blaugrana’s home fixtures during the Camp Nou renovations. And the emblematic enclosure of the 1992 Olympic Games, usually used for concerts, rang very hollow. The 39,000 spectators were hoping for a party, but they especially attended a recital by Cadiz goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma, who deflected all Catalan attempts, before cracking in the 83rd minute on Pedri’s opener. FC Barcelona took the opportunity to win their first victory of the season.
The day before, Real Madrid relied on the talent of their summer rookie Jude Bellingham, who scored twice, to overthrow Almeria 3-1 and take the lead in La Liga.
With a second victory in two matches, defending champion Manchester City is currently clear in the Premier League. On Saturday, he outscored ambitious Newcastle, fourth last year, 1-0.
Manchester United, far too clumsy offensively, lost their footing at 2-0 on the lawn of Tottenham on Saturday, a failure which contrasts with the resilience of Liverpool, winner of Bournemouth (3-1) despite a red card and a sluggish start. As for Chelsea, the effects of the 300 million euros disbursed are still awaited: the Blues were surprised by West Ham (3-1).
Defending champion Napoli started their season with a resounding 3-1 success against promoted Frosinone, but the first championship leader was Tuscan: Fiorentina took advantage of their 4-1 against Genoa to take an anecdotal 1st place.
On the side of Turin, Massimiliano Allegri had urged his team to transform “the bitterness of being deprived of the Champions League into anger”: the coach of Juve was heard, his players gave a lesson to Udine (3- 0). It took Juve less than two minutes to turn the page on a 2022-23 season that ended in 7th place due to a ten-point penalty for accounting fraud.
Six days after signing for Bayern Munich, Harry Kane had a dream first tenure in his new Munich colours, with a goal and an assist on Friday for Bayern’s victory (4-0) in Bremen at the opening of the Bundesliga. The first German day was rich in river score: Union Berlin put 4 in Mainz (4-1), Stuttgart inflicted 5 in Bochum while Leverkusen and RB Leipzig went blow for blow (3- 2).
If Randal Kolo Muani is still not fixed on his future, he continues to carry Eintracht Frankfurt. Sunday, he scored the only goal of the game against the promoted Darmstadt (1-0).
The picture of the weekend
The professional criterium of Etten-Leur in the Netherlands received not 1 but 2 UCI road world champions with Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin Deceuninck) and the Belgian Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx)