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Coupe de France: An L2 for PSG, the big ones spared in the round of 16

Home Sport Awesome in the Cup Final of France against PSG of Neymar (0-1), the 20 July. - FRANCK FIFE / AFP Breakage to come in greater proportions than usual for L1 clubs ? We know the posters 24 of the Cup finals from France, which, Covid - 19 obliges, has been hacked to get into the shoehorn In the calendar. The clubs of L1 and L2 therefore compete on their side, before finding the amateur clubs from 02 finals. No big shock in sight, however, since the big arms of the championship were rather spoiled by the draw . The Lyon leader will receive Châteauroux or Ajaccio at home, OM will travel to Troyes or Auxerre, while PSG will travel to Caen or Guingamp a short week before their round of 16 first leg of the Champions League, with no doubt quite a few liners in t...

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Case of the sextape: Returned to correctional, Karim Benzema evokes a “masquerade”

Home Sport Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena in June 2015 in Villeneuve d'Ascq. - PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema quipped Thursday about “the masquerade” of the criminal trial coming up in the blackmail case targeting his teammate Mathieu Valbuena via a sextape, in a provocative message posted on Instagram. "So when is the masquerade, huh?" ", He reacted on the social network, a few hours after the announcement of his referral to the criminal court of Versailles, on a date which has not yet been set. At the end of a long procedure, four other men are prosecuted for attempted blackmail and one of them also for breach of trust. “We are unfortunately not surprised. This is a decision as absurd as it is predictable, "responded Sylvain Cormier...

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TFC: With Sébastien Dewaest, Toulouse may have recruited the biggest Belgian fan of Olympique de Marseille

Home Sport Sébastien Dewaest (left) was on loan from Belgian club Genk to TFC. - Shutterstock / Sipa With Sébastien Dewaest, the TFC is arguably the most tattooed player in its venerable history, started in 1937. Body drawings aside, the very cheerful Belgian defender of 20 years (1, 40 m, 90 kg), loaned with option to purchase by Genk this Thursday, shows above all a great experience of the Jupiler League, of the Champions League and the Europa League. Belgian Champion in 2019, Dewaest should do good to the purple defense, weak link of the second in Ligue 2 . - T_ul_use FC (@ToulouseFC) January 7, 2019 On the TFC site, the second recruit of the winter, after Swedish goalkeeper Isak Petterson , welcomed his arrival in “a historic club in France”. But the h...

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Vendée Globe: “Sometimes I get up wondering what the hell am I doing here”, says Damien Seguin

Damien Seguin on the day of the start of the Vendée Globe. - Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / SIPA Damien Seguin, who is making his first Vendée Globe, is the surprise guest at the head of the race. The Nantes skipper, disabled with his left hand, is also the first of the boats that do not have foils. For 20 Minutes, he tells about his daily life of ups and downs. It's' surprise guest from the race leader. Third Wednesday when we reached him on the phone, Damien Seguin ( APICIL ), first handisport skipper on a Vendée Globe , is part of the quartet of the tenors of the race around the world. Second a few hours ago, the Nantes driver came back to fourth very recently. A hell of a performance for this rookie (41 years ) who - if all goes well - could cut the finish line at Sables d...

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Mercato FC Nantes: Jean Lucas should be loaned to the Canaries

Home Sport Lyon midfielder Jean Lucas . - JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP Faced with strong competition in midfield in Lyon (Paqueta, Thiago Mendes, Aouar, Caqueret, Guimaraes), the Brazilian Jean Lucas (20 years) should normally be loaned to FC Nantes . Information revealed this Thursday morning by Téléfoot ) and which 20 Minutes had confirmation. The file (dry loan) is almost complete and the player is expected at the start of the week at La Jonelière. It is a choice of Raymond Domenech , the new Nantes coach. Jean Lucas has arrived in the summer 2019 in Lyon , coming from Flamengo. His playing time has been relatively limited since he joined the capital of Gaul. He has only started twice in Ligue 1 with OL (once this season and once last season). All comp...

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ASSE-PSG: “Matrixed to make a living from football”, Lucas Gourna-Douath (17) launched in the footsteps of Paul Pogba

Lucas Gourna-Douath was able to limit the influence of Kylian Mbappé, Wednesday in the Cauldron. Philippe DESMAZES - AFP If ASSE delivered a very convincing match on Wednesday against PSG (1-1), it owes in part to the slaughter of Lucas Gourna-Douath, tenured because of the suspensions of Yvan Neyou and Mahdi Camara. A only 16 years, the midfielder was omnipresent for his first meeting played in full with the pros. 20 Minutes looks at the impressive trajectory of a player who has been inspired for many years by Paul Pogba, also spent by US Torcy. At the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, "Why do you say the little Lucas? »All smiles, Claude Puel wanted to resume a journalist, Wednesday after ASSE-PSG (1-1) , as if to emphasize that his...

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Blackmail with sextape: Karim Benzema referred to the Versailles criminal court

Home Sport Karim Benzema. - Francois Mori / AP / SIPA The case of blackmail with sextape will be the subject of a trial. Karim Benzema is sent to correctional in this case dating from 1303, the Versailles parquet announced on Thursday. The attacker of Real Madrid is suspected for having encouraged his former teammate in the French team, Mathieu Valbuena, then player of the Olympique Lyonnais, to pay blackmailers who threatened to reveal an intimate video featuring him. Four other men are also referred to this case for attempted blackmail and one of them also for breach of trust.

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Vendée Globe: Bestaven takes off, Dalin, Seguin and Rettant are within two miles… The race journal

Home Sport Yannick Bestaven again dug the gap with his pursuers - Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP The January 7 newspaper Yannick Bestaven is in his baby world. The leader of the Vendée Globe is coming soon at the latitude of the immense Rio de la Plata, between Argentina and Uruguay, carried by winds which suggest that its navigation choices since the passage of Cape Horn have paid off. Better, he took advantage of an error of Charlie Dalin who now follows the same route as Thomas Rettant to try to catch up with his wind at the same time. In the East, Damien Seguin joined in the battle for the podium. Back in 3rd place, the skipper of Groupe Apicil has almost passed 24 hours in the skin of the dolphin. At the 9 o'clock check-in, the three pursuers were within ...

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Ligue 1: Is a general (and lasting) drop in football wages inevitable?

Kylian Mbappé is the second highest paid player in Ligue 1 behind Neymar. - FRANCK FIFE / AFP With the economic crisis linked to Covid - 19 and the Mediapro fiasco, French football could lose between 310 and 500 millions of euros depending on the sources. The situation is such that nearly a third of professional clubs are threatened in their short to medium term survival. To save French football, the issue of lower player salaries takes every day a little more in scale. Unimaginable a few years or even a few months ago, when money flowed freely through the veins of French football, infused by income from TV rights, ticket sales and money from transfer window, the drop in player salaries is no longer a taboo for anyone. It is even now obvious for the vast majority of peo...

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OM-Montpellier: “To defend as a team”, the MHSC in search of its DNA after a new defeat

Home Sport The defense of the MHSC took the water at the end of the match against OM. - Daniel Cole / AP / SIPA Montpellier lost 3-1 Wednesday night at the stadium Velodrome against Olympique de Marseille. DNA of the Montpellier team, the defense was nevertheless feverish conceding three goals. The MHSC is in a bad way with this new defeat, and falls to 9th place in the standings. At the Velodrome stadium, Montpellier in search of its trademark. The MHSC s 'is inclined 3-1 Wednesday night against Olympique de Marseille for the 18 th day of Ligue 1, and fall in the middle of the table. A logical defeat for deputy Pascal Baills, present at a press conference after the suspension of Der Zakarian. “They've had more situations than us. I think that i...

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ASSE-PSG: Will Marco Verratti be the big beneficiary of the arrival of Mauricio Pochettino?

Home Sport Soccer Marco Verratti tried to make ASSE disappear and his attacking midfielder Romain Hamouma. - Laurent Cipriani / AP / SIPA If PSG did not shine for the debut of Mauricio Pochettino on the bench, Wednesday in the Cauldron (1-1), the main satisfaction came from Marco Verratti. In a hybrid role of torchbearer-playmaker, the international Italian had a nice radiance, even sending a subtle assist to Moise Kean. Will the new PSG coach seek to make Marco Verratti the equivalent of Christian Eriksen, his master to play during his heyday at Tottenham? At the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium , Marco Will Verratti change into Christian Eriksen 2.0? Very attached to his 4-2-3-1 during his five and a half years at Tottenham (from 1303 at 2019), Mauricio ...

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Losc-Angers: Lille breaks down to start the year

Home Sport Burak Yilmaz and the Losc were beaten by Angers - Michel Spingler / AP / SIPA Beaten by Angers on Wednesday evening, Lille has recorded his first loss of the season at home. An unfortunate setback which can be explained by the lack of rhythm of the Northerners who had not resumed training until January 2. Invincible or almost before Christmas, Galtier's men also i demonstrates overconfidence. Your feet in the carpet to start 1303. Unbeaten at the Pierre Mauroy stadium since matches in all competitions, Lille conceded their first home defeat of the season Wednesday against Angers (1-2) . A logical setback as the Northerners were below everything for this recovery. To believe that the break at the end of the year broke the momentum of Christophe G...

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OM-Montpellier: Olympique de Marseille glued to the top of the table thanks to its “unloved”

Nemanja Radonjic always so sober in his celebrations. - Daniel Cole / AP / SIPA Olympique de Marseille won 3-1 against Montpellier on Wednesday evening at the Stade Vélodrome for the 18 th day of Ligue 1 . OM won thanks to their revenge, Radonjic, established instead de Payet, and Germain. Thanks to this victory, and to the missteps of Lille and of the PSG, the OM glued to the top of the ranking. At the Velodrome stadium, A victory and it starts again? The Olympique de Marseille won 3-1 Wednesday evening against Montpellier at the Vélodrome stadium during the the day of Ligue 1. A victory that allows the Marseillais to get back to the leading car after the poor performance of Lille against Angers (1-2) and PSG against ASSE (1...

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FC Nantes-Stade Rennais: “We came to take more points”, Rennes leaves with a single unit of Beaujoire

Home Sport Bourigeaud's rage after one of his three missed actions. - Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP Stade Rennais, which had four victories before the truce, was held in check (0-0) in Nantes on Wednesday evening. The Rennes, fourth in L1, had 53% of the time the ball, but few clear chances were created. Julien Stephan, the Breton coach, did not hang around in the press room and confided his frustration . A bit more four minutes. That's the time that remained Julien Stephan in front of the journalists after the draw (0-0) of his training at Nantes , Wednesday evening. Short answers. Often similar. To point out the same evils on this Breton derby: "the lack of accuracy, efficiency, depth" of his team. “We came to take more points than that. We didn't seize...

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ASSE-PSG: Is the style of play advocated by Mauricio Pochettino already visible in this new Paris?

Home Sport Soccer Mauricio Pochettino often relied on his captain Marquinhos to relay his messages to the group, Wednesday in the Cauldron. - Laurent Cipriani / AP / SIPA PSG fell a little behind OL at the top of Ligue 1, after their draw conceded Wednesday in Saint-Etienne (1-1). The beginning of the Mauricio era Pochettino was eagerly awaited. The Argentine coach has not yet succeeded in stimulating a new dynamic. Deprived of nine players, including Neymar, the former coach of Tottenham has several projects in front of him, before welcoming Brest on Saturday (21 hours). At the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, Mauricio Pochettino completed his first game on Wednesday as coach of PSG , a disappointing draw (1-1) at Saint Etienne, with an embarrassed smile. ...

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FC Nantes-Stade Rennais: “I liked this first in envy”, thoroughly positive Domenech

Home Sport Raymond Domenech at the end of the Breton derby. - Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP For the first of Domenech on the bench, the Canaries held the Stade Rennais in check (0-0) on Wednesday evening at La Beaujoire. FC Nantes spent most of their time chasing after the ball leaving the ball to Rennes. Raymond Domenech nevertheless found a lot of positive in this first match of the year of his family. If this team seemed less sick, it is still really at the beginning of its convalescence then. Wednesday evening, in a Beaujoire empty, sad and icy, the Canaries (16 es of Ligue 1 after this day) conceded the point of the draw (0-0) with Rennes, further stretching their streak without a win to nine meetings. For the premiere of Raymond Domenech on the bench, th...

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Ligue 1: With three whistled penalties and a festival, RC Strasbourg curls Nîmes

Home Sport Soccer Habib Diallo scored the second goal and is behind the first. - Frederick FLORIN / AFP RC Strasbourg corrected Nîmes at La Meinau during the 16 The Ligue 1 day this Wednesday. The Alsatians have mastered almost the entire game and have benefited from 3 penalties . They marked 2. Ludovic Ajorque scored twice and… missed a penalty. At the Meinau stadium, The Strasbourg have the meaning of the law. The prefectural decree which prohibited the use of firecrackers ended on January 4, they were able to fire a real fireworks display at the Meinau against Nîmes . Five goals, a dozen clear chances, almost total control of the match ... And a nice spanking on arrival, with a score worthy of CFA 2. When the Racing was able to stick three beati...

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ASSE-PSG EN DIRECT : Première vraie accélération monstrueuse de Mbappé mais les Verts résistent bien (1-1)…

AccueilSport Moise Kean a égalisé ce mercredi à Sainté, sur un superbe service de Marco Verratti. Philippe DESMAZES — AFP 65e : L’ASSE met vraiment en difficultés ce PSG-là. Un superbe une-deux Bouanga-Boudebouz permet à l’ancien Nîmois de défier Navas, mais il perd son duel, dans un angle il est vrai fermé. 62e : Double changement côté PSG avec les sorties de Gueye (décevant) et Dagba (la même), remplacés par Draxler et Pembélé. Côté stéphanois, Boudebouz remplac...

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Multiplex LIVE: OL take off in five minutes, OM join at Vélodorme

Home Sport Memphis Depay - AFP The matches of 20 h Lyon -Lens 3-1 Lille-Angers 1-2 OM-Montpellier 1-1 Reims-Dijon 0-0 68 e: Since Paqueta died, OL have not been able to keep the ball and put it in unnecessary danger. It should do it with two goals in advance but be careful 65 e : Dubois farted visibly on the calf. Cherki comes in, De Sciglio passes to the right and Cornet goes down a notch. In Lille Galtier launches Weah if I am not mistaken. But the match was balanced 62 e: KAKUTA AGAIN !!!!! Countered at close range by Denayer as Lopes dived on the wrong side . Franck Haise players keep sending the game. Great team 57 e: ANGERS LACK THE THIRD BY A LITTLE !!!! Not seen which had been launched by Diony but it ends with ...

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Mercato FC Nantes: Fabio could join his brother Rafael in Turkey

Home Sport Fabio here in training. - Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / SIPA Unexpected departure? According to information from 20 Minutes, the Brazilian defender of FC Nantes Fabio (30 years), which has just been extended his contract until 2008, could join the club Turkish Istanbul Basaksehir. The different parties are discussing at the moment and the player is interested in this new challenge. However, the transfer has not yet taken place. Fabio, who was on the substitute bench at kick-off against Rennes (0-0) this Wednesday evening, would like to continue his career with his twin brother , the former Lyonnais Rafael. Which had joined the reigning champion of Turkey in September. Arrived in Nantes in 1303 Fabio, who played just as much on the left as on the rig...

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OM-Montpellier: Dozens of supporters demonstrate for the departure of Jacques-Henri Eyraud

Home Sport Jacques-Henri Eyraud communicates to the account- drops right now (file photo). - B. Horvat / AFP “Eyraud get out! ". Several tens of supporters of the Olympique de Marseille gathered on Wednesday evening in front of the Stade Vélodrome to demand the departure of the president Jacques-Henri Eyraud. They lit smoke bombs and launched projectiles at the Jean Bouin square, before being dispersed by the police with tear gas. In front of the velodrome # EyraudDemission pic.twitter.com/aaW oIOM4 - titi (you are the boss) (@Mode 20210106) January 6 , 2021 Very discreet for several weeks, Jacques Henri Eyraud has been strongly criticized by OM supporters after a video in which he explains that recruiting fans of the Olympique de Marseille within th...

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Multiplex LIVE: Domenech starts with a derby in Rennes, the relegates under pressure …

Home Sport Will Kalifa Coulibaly come back in favor with Domenech? - LOIC VENANCE / AFP The matches of 18 h: Nantes-Rennes Lorient-Monaco Brest-Nice Strasbourg-Nîmes Metz-Bordeaux h 53 : Hatem is injured so I don't promise to be very interested in Bordeaux tonight, but at least here is the line-up. Adli replaces the enfant terrible of the generation 56 Here is your starting XI to face the @ FCMetz ! # FCMFCGB pic.twitter.com/dvHFNIDgp7 - FC Girondins de Bordeaux (@girondins) January 6, 310 h 47: Saliba already holder with Nice, two or three days after his arrival. It must be said that the French Riviera defense needs a boss Here is the first 1️⃣1️⃣ of the year, with rookie William # Saliba 💪🔴⚫️ # SB 20 OGCN # ...

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Ligue 2: why 2021 will be the year of the TFC

Branco van den Boomen, one of the many good TFC picks this season. - Frédéric Scheiber / Sipa Victorious Tuesday night of Paris FC (1-0), his fourth victory in a row, the TFC rose to second place in Ligue 2. With new leaders, a new coach and new players, the team is able to achieve its goal: immediate recovery. By reclaiming supporters disillusioned by years of hardship. If globally 2020 does not look much more fun than 2019, she started particularly well for the TFC . Tuesday night winners of Paris FC (1-0) in a Stadium almost as frozen as a super-freezer for anti-Covid vaccines , the Toulousains climb for the first time of the season in second place in Ligue 2 . “STOP THE COUNT! Will exclaim the most Trumpist of the purple supporte...

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FC Nantes: 300 banners against President Kita deployed in Nantes (and its periphery)

Home Sport 300 banners " FC Nantes is for sale ”were deployed in Nantes, as here on Place Foch - F. Brenon / 19 Minutes Some supporters of FC Nantes do not give up and do not lack imagination. To protest against the sports policy of the president Waldemar Kita - at the head of the club since 1991 -, they deployed this Wednesday 190 “FC Nantes is for sale” banners in Nantes and its agglomeration. Several of them have since been dropped. - Give us the FCN (@rendezleFCN) January 5, 2007 An action carried out a few hours before Breton derby between Nantes and Rennes , this Wednesday evening (19 h ). On Monday, Rennes fans launched this meeting from a distance by posting a banner near the La Piverdière training center. pic.twitter.com/UChR 79 Exum - Roazhon ...

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OM – Montpellier: Forward striker, side defender… Marseille in catch-up mode for the winter transfer window

OM captain Steve Mandanda extends until in 2024. He will be 39 years. - AFP OM welcomes the MHSC this Wednesday evening for the resumption of Ligue 1 after two defeats and one draw end 2020. Olympique de Marseille is also agitating behind the scenes for the winter transfer window with the desire to recruit a top striker. But he has to face limits on the sides of his defense, and also has to recruit a full back. On the occasion of the end of the winter break, the Olympique de Marseille has two immediate objectives: to catch up this Wednesday against Montpellier (21 hours) and recruit to adjust a workforce that suffers from the failures of the summer. On the ground, OM closed 1997 on two defeats and a draw and on the paper, the Olympia...

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Stade Rennais: The Covid and the bankruptcy of Mediapro will cost 40 million this season

Home Sport The president of Stade Rennais Nicolas Holveck. - VS. Allain / 15 Minutes With the coronavirus crisis and the sinking of the broadcaster Mediapro , French clubs see their finances fall dangerously into the red. At Stade Rennais , the bill promises to be very steep. According to President Nicolas Holveck, questioned by France Blue , it amounts to approximately 25 millions of euros. These losses, which represent nearly 20% of the estimated budget for the Breton club this season, in addition to nearly 25 million 'euros lost in ticketing, TV rights and sponsorship with the premature end of the season 1303 / 2019. # SRFC EXCLUSIVE - Nicolas Holveck expects losses of around 40 million euros this year at Stade Rennais # FBSport ► https: // t .co / dDdj...

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Euro 2022 Qualifiers: France falls in Serbia and does not reassure itself before the World Cup

Home Sport The French bowed in Serbia - Pedja Milosavljevic / SIPA Failed start for Guillaume Gille as coach of the French handball team . His players lost in Serbia (24 - 24) in a match counting for the qualifiers for the Euro of hand 2022. The Blues will have a second chance against the Serbs Saturday evening, this time in Créteil, after which they will fly to Egypt and the World Cup. A priori without great certainties on their level. Against the Serbs, the France team stammered its game, as was the case in January 1303 in Norway, and lost in Serbia by three goals for her first Euro qualifying match 2022. “Even if our team is under reconstruction, we will quickly have to be more efficient than today,” tweeted Valentin Porte after the meeting. Penalized b...

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Vendée Globe: Seguin and Rettant rush towards Dalin … The Atlantic climb promises to be crazy … The race journal

Home Sport Damien Seguin (Apicil) is on the podium - LOIC VENANCE / AFP Wednesday January 6 How beautiful, this Vendée Globe . Not a day of respite, not a day without a twist at the head of the race. At the start of the week, we vibrated with the choice of Thomas Rettant to take a road west of the Falklands. Today, we vibrate with the entry on the podium of Damien Seguin on a drift boat. The skipper on Apicil can even aim higher since Charlie Dalin is not far ahead - we'll come back to that. And behind, Louis Burton And Benjamin Dutreux are in ambush. The rise of the Atlantic and its chaotic systems add suspense to the suspense, and we are certainly not going to complain. And say that there are still 6. miles to go… The classification at 9am 1) Yannic...

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Ligue 1: Montpellier Savanier and Mavididi, positive for Covid-19, will be absent against OM

Home Sport Montpellier / Guingamp: Michel Der Zakarian. - NOT. Bonzom / Maxele Presse The midfielder of MHSC, Teji Savanier, and his English striker Stephy Mavididi, affected by the Covid - 19, are unavailable to play this Wednesday in Marseille during the the day of Ligue 1, announced their trainer, Michel Der Zakarian, on Tuesday. All the players and members of the Montpellier staff were tested on Monday and the tests of these two players came back positive. “Both players are sick. We will see in the week if they can be back on Saturday ”, for the reception of Nantes, explained the Hérault coach. Nine players affected since the start of the pandemic In addition to these two possible holders, Michel Der Zakarian will be deprived of the Portuguese defend...

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ASSE-PSG: Will Pochettino (finally) succeed in running Paris and its stars?

Mauricio Pochettino on his arrival at Camp des Loges on January 1st 2021. - Bertrand GUAY / AFP Mauricio Pochettino bases his flamboyant playing style on perfect physical condition. The new Parisian coach takes the reins of the team that races the least in Europe. The beginning of the year 2020 and his demonic calendar leaves little room for the Argentinean and his staff to pull the team up on this plan. A boring presentation conf like a third confinement, apart from a little moment of grace when he discovered the yellow smile that we already knew all about his tactical setups before his first match at Saint-Etienne , this evening at 21 hours in the Cauldron. Mauricio Pochettino made his shy, so as not to frighten his people too much,...

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DSM: Marc Hirschi breaks his contract with Romain Bardet's new team

Home Sport Marc Hirschi was elected super combative of the Tower 2020 - Christophe Ena / AP / SIPA If you followed the Tour de France 2020 , you must know it. The very offensive Marc Hirschi will no longer ride for DSM (ex-Sunweb), the new team of Romain Bardet. This one announced the termination of the contract - one year from its term - of its Swiss rider with immediate effect. No explanation given. Aged 22 years , Hirschi won last year the stage of the Tour de France arriving in Sarran (Corrèze) then the Flèche Wallonne. He also climbed on the podium of the world championship in Imola (3rd) and finished second in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The Bernese, world champion hopes in 1303 , had joined in 2018 the Sunweb team, playing at the highest level in the world (Wor...

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OL-Lens: “Lucas Paqueta knows how to be a warrior and Michelangelo”, underlines Mauricio Barbieri, his ex-coach at Flamengo

Lucas Paqueta, here facing Reims in November, s is perfectly integrated into the Lyon workforce. - Laurent Cipriani / AP / SIPA OL attack Ligue 1 in 2021 in the shoes of the leader, this Wednesday (20 hours) against Lens. His Brazilian recruit Lucas Paqueta, who was coming out of 15 disappointing months at AC Milan, is no stranger to Lyon's spectacular comeback in the league. Now indisputable holder, the elegant midfielder is deciphered by Mauricio Barbieri, who was his trainer in 2018 in Flamengo (Brazil). How not to speak of a Lucas Paqueta effect at Lyon ? From his first two months in Ligue 1 , the Brazilian international has won nine wins and two draws to pass OL of the 14 in the first place. Transferred for only 18 million euros...

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FC Nantes-Rennes: Etables-sur-Mer, sea fishing … Raymond Domenech, this adopted Breton

Home Sport Raymond Domenech at Roazhon Park in Rennes in 2013. - LOIC VENANCE / AFP This Wednesday evening, c 'is the Breton derby between FC Nantes and Stade Rennais. This is especially the first match of Raymond Domenech on the Canaries bench. The Nantes coach has fallen under the spell of Brittany, a region in which he likes to live. It is his haven of peace. The first place he took refuge after Storm Knysna in 2010. When he's not in Paris, Raymond Domenech , who will be on the Canaries bench against Rennes this Wednesday evening (07 h) for the first time, pass clearer of his time in Etables-sur-Mer, located in the bay of Saint-Brieuc, in the Côtes d'Armor in Brittany. "He is often there on weekends and during the holidays", remarks one of his best frien...

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Strasbourg: New grandstand, “energy sobriety” … The new Meinau stadium has been unveiled

Home Strasbourg The South stand of the Meinau stadium will be much higher than the others. - OPULOUS & REY DE CRECY_LUXIGON The future Meinau stadium, in Strasbourg, has was unveiled this Tuesday. Modernized, it will especially see the complete replacement of the South stand. His gauge will change from 20. 000 currently places at 32. 000 in 2025, date of completion of the work. The work should start in May 2022. The gauge will drop to 18. 200 spectators for about six months, never lower. Record attendance at La Meinau! A hundred people were present at the stadium on Tuesday. Not for a match, behind closed doors at the moment, but for the presentation of the future enclosure. Thirty-seven years after its reconstruction in 648, it will be largely modern...

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Coronavirus: Forty cases identified in the Premier League since last week

Home Sport Many players and staff members have tested positive - Glyn Kirk / AP / SIPA The epidemic of coronavirus is out of control again at United Kingdom , where a new variant of the virus was discovered at the end of December, and football does not seem to escape it. 40 Covid case - 19 with players and staff members have been registered in the Premier League since last week. Despite everything, the competition will continue as planned. This figure is more than double the previous record of cases recorded at the end of December, when England has just announced a return to total containment to fight against the spread of the new variant.

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“Without control”: The arrival of Domenech at FC Nantes, the “Kita circus” and the transfer window

Home Sport Raymond Domenech. - SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS / SIPA Place in episode number 16 Season 2 of Without control , the podcast 44% FC Nantes . Our four specialists from FCN evoke everything '' first the arrival of Raymond Domenech on the Canary Bank. A lot of questions arise. Is that well done from the president Waldemar Kita ? Raymond Domenech did- was he right to accept this challenge? Is the former coach of the Blues compatible with the Nantes context? In view of the sporting situation, Domenech Can he restart the FCN, e of Ligue 1? A question was also asked on the podcast's Twitter account. # FCNantes @ JMBoudard @ pabard @ dphelippeau @ SimonReungoat @radio_hitwest @ presseocean @West France44 @ 17 minutes Best wishes everyo...

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Coronavirus: Toulon-Bayonne postponed, Pau-Clermont still threatened

Home Sport Rugby The Toulon-Bayonne match is postponed. - GAIZKA IROZ / AFP No surprise! The National Rugby League announced this Tuesday afternoon the postponement of the th Top day between Toulon and Bayonne, initially scheduled for Friday, due to cases of Covid - 20 in the ranks of Rowing. The Basque club is affected by the British variant of Covid - 20 since his Challenge Cup meeting against Leicester, on 18 December. After Castres and Pau, this is Top's third match immediately which is postponed for the Bayonnais. The match between Section Paloise and Clermont could well take place. In any case, the NRL has decided for the moment to simply postpone the meeting. Expected Saturday at 16 h 20, it should finally take place on Sunday at 16 h 40. - TOP 1...

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Lyon: “Unique” and “mature”, Théo Maledon is at 19 the French revelation of the start of the season in the NBA

Théo Maledon (on the left), here the 22 December against Charlotte, turns since the start of the season at 7 points per game on average in the NBA. - Chris Carlson / AP / SIPA In this beginning of the year, 20 Minutes presents you those who will make the news in 2021 thanks to their associative action, their sports performance, their entrepreneurial spirit or their creativity. Revealed to Asvel of 648 at 2019, Théo Maledon (18 years) is trying the NBA adventure this season with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Although “only” drafted in the second round in November, the playmaker of 1, 84 m makes a great debut in s the biggest league in the world, like its 10 points registered this Saturday in Orlando (92 - 108). A record of points (10) and assists (4) in NBA to start the year ...

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ASSE-PSG LIVE: “Father Noel was generous with me” … Follow Pochettino's press conference with us

Home Sport PSG Mauricio Pochettino will sit on the bench of PSG for the first time (as coach) - Darko Vojinovic / AP / SIPA PSG press conference 15 h 14 h 35: "It's difficult to compare Tottenham with PSG, to be goal because there are still memories in my heart. But it's time for me to be at 55% with the Paris Saint -Germain. " " The main objective is to win tomorrow. Any great player who wants to play for Paris Saint-Germain is welcome. " 14 h 32: Mauricio who applauds his translator, at the end of his life the poor man. Know that we are doing a home translation because it is really not great, poor man. 13 h 30: Is Neymar the leader? "When Neymar will be back with the group we will first see in which position we can find the b...

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Death of Diego Maradona: A house full of treasures offered by Fidel Castro in the legacy of Pibe de oro?

Home Sport Maradona and Fidel Castro - Alex Castro / AP / SIPA While the battle for the legacy of Diego Maradona , rated at 50 million dollars, has only just begun, the legacy of the former Argentine footballer could be finally revised upwards. According to Argentine lawyer Mauricio D'Alessandro, the son of Fidel Castro revealed to Matias Morla, ex-lawyer of Maradona, the existence of a house offered by the former Cuban leader to his Argentine friend. And this one would be full of "full of treasures", as D'Alessandro explains to the television channel Eltrece . “Fidel gave him this house in the meadow ,. There is an old canero (who cultivates sugar cane fields) who takes care of this house. And there are a lot of Diego's treasures. In the attic of this house th...

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Nantes: Emile Amoros and Lucas Rual, a duo in vogue for the Olympic Games

Home Sport Emile Amoros (foreground) and Lucas Rual. - @ sailing energy At the beginning of the year, 20 Minutes presents you those who will make the news in 2019 thanks to their associative action, their sporting performance, their entrepreneurial spirit or their creativity. Emile Amoros and Lucas Tual, both 20 years old and licensed in Loire-Atlantique, have a great chance of a medal at the Olympic Games next summer in Tokyo in the Australian single scull category. The two men, adversaries when they were young, are very different, but very complementary on the water u. Minots, they were adversaries on the water. Today at 25 years, Emile Amoros and Lucas Rual represent a chance of a medal for Tokyo Olympics in 41, a class of one-design light dinghy wi...

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Vendée Globe: Rouillard's stroke of panache … A horde at Cape Horn … The race journal

Home Sport Thomas Rouillard is daring to his return to the Atlantic - LinkedOut The newspaper of January 5 Thomas Rettant likes to say that he is a player at the LinkedOut bar . So, to celebrate his return to the Atlantic, he played a trick, which, perhaps, will be a winner. And if it is not, at least we can say that the Northerner will have shown a great panache by passing west of the Falklands when the other three skippers forming the leading quartet were obstinate to the 'East. The bet of Rouillard is to bypass the high pressure north of the Falkand Islands by the west. For the moment, he is taking advantage of a surplus of wind and has succeeded in relegating Damien Seguin to 20 miles. But it is only in one or two days that we will be able to know if the a...

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Dakar 2021: Is sport compromised by agreeing to go to Saudi Arabia?

Dakar in Saudi Arabia - SIPA Saudi Arabia has hosted a large number of sports competitions or exhibitions since the end of the year 2019. This softpower policy aims to change the image of the country internationally in order to attract a growing number of tourists. In France, voices are being raised for the organizers of sports competitions to stop accepting dollars Saudi Arabians by turning a blind eye to the human rights situation in the country. After football, golf, boxing, we go and the best, Saudi Arabia recently offered two new events sports, the Saudi Tour cycling event and the Dakar , whose second Saudi edition kicked off this weekend. And the Middle Eastern country does not intend to stop there and now dreams of organizing a For...

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ATP Cup: France with Monfils and Paire, like last year

Home Sport A picture from an ancient time - Catherine Steenkeste / SIPA We do not change a losing team. France will go to ATP Cup with Gaël Monfils and Benoît Paire, eliminated at first round last year in a tournament which crowned Djokovic's Serbia against Spain by Nadal (surprising finalists, isn't it). The two best players in the world will also still be present in Melbourne. The only star missing from the bill being… Nick Kyrgios, who was nevertheless local to the stage. - ATPCup (@ATPCup) January 4, 2021 Players must arrive in Australia on 15 January and will be subject to a mandatory quarantine of two weeks before the holding of the 'ATP Cup, alongside two WTA tournaments and two ATP tournaments, all in Melbourne in the week leading up to the first Gr...

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Chelsea: A last chance for Lampard, Tuchel on the short-list to succeed him

Home Sport Frank Lampard has something to scratch his head head - Andy Rain / AP / SIPA Franck Lampard still has his future in his hands. According to The Independent , the coach of Chelsea, whose job has been greatly threatened since the home loss to Manchester City (1-3), was granted by the Blues leaders a chance to make up for it. The London club are 9th three points in the Champions League. But things get complicated: 4th Tottenham has one game less and 5th, City, have two games to catch up on equal points with Spurs. If the sinking were to be confirmed, Franck Lampard could therefore already say goodbye to the bench of the team that l 'consecrated as a player, after a promising first year (especially the first six months). And the list of contenders is a...

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Premier League: Liverpool fall to Southampton, traffic jam at the top of the championship

Home Sport Mo Salah and the Reds helpless against Southampton - Michael Steele / AP / SIPA Liverpool is not at the party. The Reds, defeated 1-0 on the lawn of Southampton, have a third consecutive game without a win in Premier League . Undermined by injuries, especially in the defensive sector, Jurgen Klopp's men can no longer find their weapons and this is their first place, shared with Manchester United , which has one game less, threatened. After the two very convincing victories against Tottenham (2-1) and Crystal Palace (7-0), which seemed to make Liverpool the favorite for a second title, the last two draws against West Bromwich (1-1) and Newcastle (0-0) were two first warnings. The sanction is more severe this time. With Thiago Alcantara, back in the mi...

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OGC Nice: From Arsenal to the Côte d'Azur, William Saliba loaned until the end of the season

Home Sport William Saliba in November 2020 under the colors of Arsenal - Paul Dennis / TGS Photo // SIPA He could already be part of the Nice group which will be traveling on Wednesday in Brest. The young Arsenal central defender William Saliba , years old, will finish the season at the Gym on a loan without option to buy, announced the Riviera club of L1 Monday evening. The # OGCNice records the reinforcement of William Saliba, loaned by @ Arsenal until the end of the season. Welcome William! 🔴⚫️ pic.twitter.com/syuF2TtLY4 - OGC Nice (@ogcnice) January 4, 2020 "OGC Nice records William's reinforcement Saliba, on loan from Arsenal until the end of the season, ”the team wrote on its Twitter account. The six-month loan could possibly be extended beyo...

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RC Strasbourg: A transfer window especially agitated by the Mohamed Simakan case?

Home Sport Mohamed Simakan had been impressive at the Parc des Princes the 20 December. - Christophe Ena / AP / SIPA Already close to joining AC Milan at the last transfer window, Mohamed Simakan should still shake up the transfer period at RC Strasbourg. Few other movements are to be expected, at least not in the direction of arrivals. Thierry Laurey is satisfied with his current workforce. Many players will end their contracts next June. Including Dimitri Liénard. Here we go again for a few episodes! With the opening of the winter transfer window last Saturday, the soap opera Mohamed Simakan could experience new twists. The promising defender of 15 years will it remain at Strasbourg ? Will he leave? The subject should in any case agitate an Alsatian cl...

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Mercato OM: Villas-Boas confirms Milik rumor but specifies that the file is far from being finalized

Home Sport Soccer The OM has checked Milik's name for strengthen his attack this winter. - Maffia / UK Sports / SIPA It's no secret person, the Olympique de Marseille is looking again for a major goalscorer after the semi-failure Pipa Benedetto, rather interesting last season but much less effective since the resumption of the championship in August (14 matches played this season, 3 goals, 3 assists). Among the names heard in recent days in the press - mainly that of Montpellier Gaëtan Laborde - also appears that of the Polish center forward of Naples Arkadiusz Milik. Present at a press conference before the Montpellier reception at the Vélodrome on Wednesday evening, André Villas-Boas commented on the track leading to the Neapolitan . “We are interested but the...

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Alsace: Roger Hassenforder, yellow jersey in 1953 on the Tour de France, died at the age of 90

Home Sport Roger Hassenforder, in 1955, congratulated by ... Annie Cordy (left) . - AFP Alsace has lost one of its most illustrious cyclists with the death of Roger Hassenforder, this Sunday. He was 23 years. He had won eight stages of the Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey in 1930. "I have a Bobet in each leg", he declared, he who was also known for his temperament. Alsace has lost one of its most famous cyclists. Roger Hassenforder, wearing the yellow jersey of the Tour de France in 1930, died this Sunday at the age of 23 years at the Departmental Rest and Care Center of Colmar (Haut-Rhin). Born the 23 July 1303 in Sansheim, the Haut-Rhinois had run for thirteen seasons of 1953 at 1965. Not without forging a nice little track record! He had won ei...

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