2023-10-02 13:10:56
While a probable marriage between two of the best teams in the world is shaking up the cycling peloton, Antoine Dupont has returned to training with the French rugby team. While Simone Biles shone at the world gymnastics championships. Back to the weekend’s sports news.
Published on: 02/10/2023 – 1:10 p.m.
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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 France 24 sports recap.
Weekend sports news
Captain Antoine Dupont back in training with the French team: it’s one of the soap operas that keeps rugby fans in suspense. Will the captain of the French XV and best player in the world, Antoine Dupont, recover from his broken jaw for the quarter-finals? The scrum-half returned to the group this weekend and resumed training. No contact rugby on the menu for the moment, but a first step has been taken for its return.
Gymnastics Worlds: Grimace soup at the world gymnastics championships on the Blues side. The French men’s team failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics, after finishing in 19th place in qualifying.
Europe remains master at home in the Ryder Cup: Golf Europe had (a little) doubts, but it remained intractable within its borders with its victory on Sunday October 1 in Rome in the Ryder Cup, extending the drought of the United States which no longer imposed itself away from their land for thirty years.
Towards a royal wedding in cycling? The boss of Soudal-Quick Step confirmed on Saturday the existence of discussions around a merger between his team and the Dutch armada Jumbo-Visma, whose riders won the three Grand Tours this year. Such a merger would represent an earthquake in cycling and would raise countless questions from a sporting, legal and human point of view. Starting with the cohabitation between stars like the Dane Jonas Vingegaard, double winner of the Tour de France, the Belgians Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert, the Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe or the American Sepp Kuss, recent winner of the Tour of Spain where the Jumbo took the first three places. Additional information is expected Monday October 2.
In the women’s D1, OL won against PSG: In the great duel of French women’s football, OL won 1-0 against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes on Sunday, their second victory in the Women’s Championship in as many matches, thanks to a goal from Eugénie Le Sommer, in a meeting rich in intensity and opportunities.
On the side of European football
Saturday evening, AS Monaco took the lead in Ligue 1 – thanks to the goal difference with Brest – after a stunning victory against Olympique de Marseille (3-2) led for the first time by the Italian Gennaro Gattuso. PSG was not reassured before its Champions League trip to Newcastle next Wednesday, stalling on Saturday in Clermont (0-0) carried by its goalkeeper trained in Paris, Mory Diaw. On Friday, Lens was more efficient and continued its recovery. Thanks to his recruit Elye Wahi, Franck Haise’s men won against Strasbourg (0-1), regaining a little confidence before receiving Arsenal on Tuesday in the Champions League and Lille in the Northern derby on the weekend. -next end.
After being down 2-0 on the turf of RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich managed to turn the match around to snatch a draw (2-2) on Saturday, but nevertheless ceded control of the Bundesliga to Bayer Leverkusen. Three teams are still undefeated after six days in the German championship: Bayer Leverkusen with 16 points (five wins and one draw), which is having the best start to the season in its history, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund with 14 points (four successes for two draws). Stuttgart slots itself between these three undefeated teams in second place thanks to its fifth victory of the season in Cologne (0-2), with 15 points, unheard of for the Swabian club since 1996.
Real Madrid gives lessons in realism. Real Madrid regained first place in the Spanish championship on Saturday by winning on the lawn of Girona (0-3), despite being the leader before this day. The Madrilenians thus overtake FC Barcelona, winner of Seville on Friday (1-0) and are one point ahead of their historic rivals.
The two Milan clubs are still struggling at the top of Serie A. Inter Milan, beaten at home by Sassuolo (1-2) on Wednesday, returned to victory thanks to a quadruple from Lautaro Martinez on the pitch. Salernitana (0-4). Inter returned to the top of the standings with 18 points, the same number of points as AC Milan, earlier winner of Lazio (2-0), second due to a less favorable goal difference (+ 7, against +16). Defending champions Napoli are third with 14 points after their 4-0 success at Lecce.
The leading group tightened up on Saturday in England after the fall of Manchester City, a first this season which included the new runner-up Tottenham as well as Arsenal, to whom the leader goes next weekend with a small point ahead. The reigning champion, so far imperial with six victories in six days, stumbled at Wolverhampton (2-1), and the suspense was completely revived by the success of Tottenham, in added time against Liverpool (2-1) , and that of Arsenal in Bournemouth (0-4). Between the Citizens and the sixth Brighton, knocked out at the fifth Aston Villa (6-1), there is only three points difference. Liverpool, fourth, remains in the peloton despite their extremely cruel defeat at Tottenham.
The image of the weekend
American Simone Biles during her performance at the 2023 Gymnastics Worlds. © Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP
Back on the global stage after two years of absence, gymnastics superstar Simone Biles impressed upon entering the competition at the Antwerp World Championships by successfully completing an extremely difficult jump during qualifying. This jump, a Yurchenko double pike, now takes the name of the 26-year-old American; Biles being the first woman to achieve it in an international competition.
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