Tadej Pogacar still in yellow, the blue still eliminated in quarters, Loïs Boisson offers a first coronation … The Recap Sport of the weekend

Cycling, football, tennis, rugby or MotoGP … The weekend sports news was rich in the four corners of Europe, and until New Zealand.

From the Pyrenees to Switzerland, via the Pacific … There were many sporting events on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July, but did not offer the same emotions, especially among the French. If Loïs Boisson won his first title on the main circuit, the blue of football experienced a terrible camouflet against Germany in the quarterfinals of the euro, while the XV of France could not prevent a third loss of rank against New Zealand during the summer tour.

Euro: New disillusionment in quarters for the Blue

There is something to talk about a curse of the quarterfinals. For the ninth time since 2009, the French women's football team has been eliminated at the gates of the last square of a major competition (OJ, World Cup, Euro). On Saturday evening, the Bleues were not able to make their domination in front of the German (1-1, 5-6 TAB), despite a numerical superiority acquired in the 13th minute and the expulsion of central defend Kathrin Hendrich. The match was chopped, 50 faults having been whistled by the referee, while the Tricolores were sorely missed by edge and ideas.

Grace Geyoro had however opened the scoring on penalty (14th), but Sjoeke Nüsken equalized a little more than ten minutes later (25th). Behind, the middle of PSG believed to be doubled but the Var sanctioned an offside of Maëlle Lakrar (59th). Pauline Perraud-Magnin stopped a German penalty in the second period (69th), but did not exist once the shooting session with a started goal. The failures of the incoming Amel Majri and Alice Sombath allowed the Germans to exult and join Spain in the semi-finals, well helped by the XXL performance of their goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger.

Tour de France: solid leader, Pogacar offers steps

On Saturday, the yellow jersey could have aligned a third success in the Pyrenees but, in an impulse of leniency, Tadej Pogacar did not accelerate in the rise of Luchon-Superbagnères to take over the Dutch Thymen Arensman (ineos grenadiers), which offered its first victory on the Tour de France. On Sunday, the UAE Team Emirates XRG team from Slovenian left an exit voucher to his lieutenant Tim Wellens between Muret and Carcassonne.

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Around it, since the Belgian champion won after a solo number of 43 kilometers. On the other hand, the general classification remains generally unchanged among the candidates for the final victory, apart from the abandonment of Remco Evenepoel on Saturday. Before Monday's rest day in Montpellier, “Pogi” has 4'13 “in advance on his Danish rival Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) and 7'53” on the German revelation Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), new carrier of the white jersey.

Rugby: Third defeat for the XV of France in New Zealand

The summer tour of the Blues at the Kiwis ended on Saturday with a third setback in three games against the All Blacks (19-29). Logical results and anything but dramatic for the team of Fabien Galkié who had made the trip to the southern hemisphere with a reworked and rejuvenated selection. Antoine Dupont, Grégory Alldritt, Romain Ntamack, Damian Penaud, Louis Bielle – Biarrey or Thomas Ramos were for example present.

Rather than the regrets of not having taken the opportunity to glean a first success in New Zealand since 2009, we will remember that the French have not received the humiliation that had been promised. “I learned from this tour that any French team could take up this challenge. We were much criticized or lowered in the New Zealand press but we showed a beautiful face. We will once again meet the All Blacks and it will be another story”promised the summer captain Gaël Fickou.

Tennis: First title on the main circuit for Loïs Boisson

The feeling of Roland-Garros confirms. On the clay of the Hamburg WTA 250 tournament, the French number 1 Loïs Boisson opened its record in the main circuit thanks to its victory in the final against Hungarian, 77th in the world, Anna Bondar (7-5, 6-3), Sunday. Enough to make us forget his passage missed by Wimbledon's qualifications last month.

Despite a 4-0 cashed at the start of the match, the 22-year-old woke up to pocket the first set before the tie-break and then win after 1:50 am. And this, going up a break in the second round. A demonstration of resilience for this ocher specialist, which allows him to enter the top 50 in the world ranking on Monday.

MotoGP: Marc Marquez signs his eighth victory in 2025

The Spaniard Marc Marquez (Ducati) once again knocked out his rivals at the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic disputed in Brno on Sunday. The sixth world champion has signed an eighth victory this season, the fifth in a row, ahead of the Italian Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) and his compatriot Pedro Acosta (KTM).

As a result, he further increased his lead in the world championship on his younger brother Alex (Gresini), victim of a fall. The veilHe had already won the Sprint race. On the other hand, the French pilots did not weigh on the Sunday race, Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) and Johann Zarco (Honda-LCR), ending respectively at the sixth and thirteenth places.