Cornet “disappointed and frustrated” after her elimination from Lyon
The French number 1 Alizé Cornet was eliminated on Monday at the WTA tennis tournament in Lyon, where she was seeded number 4, beaten by the Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (1-6, 6-4, 6-1). The latter, 139th in the world and aged 24, came from the qualifying table and had never beaten a player ranked in the […]
Versailles, Tom Thumb who dreams big
Very ambitious, the amateur club sees further than the semi-final of the Coupe de France against Nice on Tuesday. On the large Plexiglas windows of the old Montbauron stadium, where the Versaillese prepared for their semi-final against Nice (9 p.m. on Eurosport), large Coupe de France stickers and posters recall the royal epic of the […]
Russian Pavlyuchenkova claims to be “against the war”
On social media, Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova said she was “against war and violence“. The last Roland-Garros finalist has “fear“but wants”assert one’s position». On social media, Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova posted a message claiming to be “against warcurrently taking place between Russia and Ukraine. «I have been playing tennis since I was a […]
Dembélé, symbol of Barça’s renewal
Led by Ousmane Dembele of the big nights, FC Barcelona once again delighted Camp Nou by outclassing Bilbao (4-0) on Sunday. The Catalans got a 3e consecutive success. Sunday evening, on behalf of the 26e La Liga day, FC Barcelona largely won against Athletic Bilbao (4-0). Building on their last 4-1 success against Valencia, and […]
thanks to Mbappé, Monaco is the team that best sells its players trained at the club
Since 2015, AS Monaco has recovered 246 million euros thanks to players trained at the club. A record in Europe. ASM is ahead of Real Madrid and Olympique Lyonnais. Training pays off big in Monaco. According to a study by the CIES Football Observatory, ASM is the club that has received the most money thanks […]
Medvedev, a brand new number one
For the first time since 2004, the head of the men’s circuit escapes one of the members of the “Big 4”, namely Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal. The misfortune of some is the happiness of others: by losing in the quarter-finals in Dubai last week, Novak Djokovic left his world No.1 […]
“It’s laughable”, plague Bosz after the controversy of the goal refused
Peter Bosz (Lyon coach, beaten at home by Lille 1-0): “I think it’s incredible not to have won this game and even with a draw I would have been disappointed. In my opinion, we played well. We had chances. We missed some, that’s our current problem. But in the end, you have to score and […]
the dazzling revival of French flair
ANALYSIS – The XV of France shone with its talents and a shared desire to hit hard and fast. We had been thinking about it for two years. The audacious and magnificent revival of Romain Ntamack, initiated from his in-goal against the All Blacks last November, was an undeniable illustration of this. But, against the […]
“There was room to do better”, regrets Urios
Christophe Urios (after the 12-11 defeat in Toulouse on Sunday at the end of the 19th day): «There was room to do better. It’s important to take a point but we are frustrated because we had the means to annoy them more than that. I’m a little disappointed with our rugby, especially on our game […]
“We had to mark the occasion and we knew how to do it”, is satisfied Poitrenaud
Clément Poitrenaud (Toulouse rear coach after the 12-11 victory at home against Bordeaux-Bègles, Sunday at the end of the 19th day): “To win back after six defeats was very important, especially against the leader and especially on our field. We had to mark the occasion and we knew how to do it. The content is […]