Novak Djokovic wins a seventh Masters 1000 at Bercy, Verstappen takes a 52nd victory in Formula 1 and Luis Diaz scores in honor of his father… A look back at the weekend’s sports news.
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.
Verstappen intouchable : after winning the sprint the day before, the world champion won the Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday, securing a 17th GP victory this season. Starting in pole position on the famous Interlagos track in Sao Paulo, the Dutchman, already assured of winning his third title this year, won his 52nd F1 victory in Brazil, surpassing Frenchman Alain Prost and his 51 successes. He also became the first driver to cross the 500 championship points barrier in a season.
More records for Djokovic: world number 1 Novak Djokovic, not even in his best form, was crowned for the seventh time in Paris, the 40th in Masters 1000. Bercy becomes the Masters 1000 tournament that he has won most often in his career, ahead of Miami and Rome.
OL crushes Paris FC and D1 Arkema: the Lyonnaises outclassed Paris FC 6-1, who suffered their first defeat on Sunday evening after a perfect start to the season but remained runner-up to the French champions, uncompromising for their first six matches.
Marathon de New York : the Kenyan Hellen Obiri won the most famous marathon in the world on Sunday after an incredible final sprint in the streets of New York, where the Ethiopian Tamirat Tola won alone in the men’s race with a race record to boot, 2 hours 4 minutes and 58 seconds.
Blue raid in judo: eight months before the Paris Olympic Games, the French judo team was a hit at the European Championships in Montpellier with nine medals, one more than last year in Sofia. Shirine Boukli (-48 kg), Amandine Buchard (-52 kg), Marie-Eve Gahié (-70 kg), Luka Mkheidze (-60 kg) and Romane Dicko (+73 kg) won gold in their respective categories .
Fluminense reports the Copa Libertadores: The Brazilian club Fluminense won the first Copa Libertadores in its history by beating the Argentine team Boca Juniors in the final (2-1 after extra time), Saturday at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
In cyclo-cross, the European champions retain their crown: in Pontchâteau, Fem van Empel (Netherlands) and Michael Vanthourenhout (Belgium) retained their title of European cyclo-cross champion in chaotic conditions, marked by the storms which shook France.
Nice won, against Rennes, on Sunday evening at the end of the 11th day of Ligue 1, a fourth consecutive victory (2-0), and, at the same time, regained the place of leader of the championship.
With 25 points, the Aiglons, who have never trailed this season, are one point ahead of Paris. Before their Champions League match, the Parisians won 3-0 against Montpellier.
The Monegasques complete the podium (23 pts) thanks to their victory in a tense match against Brest on Sunday. Maestro Golovin struck again, placing a corner on Zakaria’s head (16th) before calmly curling his shot at the edge of the area to kill the match (69th).
“It’s a shame,” railed coach Mikel Arteta after Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat at Newcastle, the first of the season in the league, conceded on Saturday after a goal validated after a long use of video assistance .
“It’s shameful what happened, the way the goal was scored, in the Premier League – the league that is touted as the best in the world,” Arteta told the BBC. “I’ve been in this country for twenty years and now I’m ashamed. It’s a shame.”
Anthony Gordon’s goal (64th) was validated after triple use of video assistance. The refereeing body looked into a possible ball outing, a possible foul by Joelinton on defender Gabriel and a possible offside, before confirming it.
Arsenal suffered a second defeat in a row in the same week, after their elimination on Wednesday in the round of 16 of the League Cup by West Ham (3-1). Newcastle, undefeated since September 2 in the league, are sixth with 20 points, two more than their pursuers Brighton (7th) and Manchester United (8th).
A defeat which places Arsenal in 4th place, behind Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool.
The series of victories continues for the interists. Winners of Atalanta during the 11th day of Serie A (2-1), the Nerazzurri went on to a seventh match without defeat. Hakan Çalhanoglu and Lautaro Martinez were the scorers for the Milan club.
Juventus consolidated its place as runner-up behind Inter Milan thanks to its victory on Fiorentina on Sunday evening during the 11th day of Serie A. While it will host Inter at the end of the month, the ” Juve” therefore remains in second place and increases its lead over AC Milan, beaten 1-0 on Saturday at home by Udinese.
Real Madrid were held by their neighbor Rayo Vallecano (0-0) on Sunday at the Santiago-Bernabeu stadium, leaving Girona alone at the top of the Spanish championship on the 12th day.
Unable to find the fault despite a clear domination, the Madrilenians are relegated two points behind the Catalans, who continued their almost perfect start to the season on Saturday with a tenth victory on the Osasuna pitch (4-2).
Behind, Barça took advantage of Atlético Madrid’s misstep against Las Palmas (2-1) to take third place thanks to a last-minute victory against Real Sociedad.
Bayern overcame the Klassiker of German football on the lawn of Borussia Dortmund 4-0 on Saturday evening, three days after their surprise elimination in the round of 16 of the German Cup against a third division team.
With this victory built around a new hat-trick from Harry Kane, Bayern remains second in the Bundesliga after this meeting on the 10th day, with 26 points, two behind the leader, Bayer Leverkusen (28). Borussia Dortmund, tied for fourth with Stuttgart (21), is already seven and five points behind the leading duo.
Liverpool climbed onto the Premier League podium with the point snatched at the last minute from Luton (1-1) thanks to Luis Diaz, whose father is still held captive in Colombia.
“Freedom for dad [‘liberté pour papa’, en espagnol]”: after equalizing in added time for the promoted side, the 26-year-old winger left a message of support for Luis Manuel Diaz, kidnapped by armed men on October 28, appearing under his jersey.
Luis Diaz dedicated his goal to his father, kidnapped in Colombia. © Peter Cziborra, Reuters
