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The sports weekend was also marked by the victory of Lando Norris before his teammate of McLaren Oscar Piastri during the Austrian Grand Prix of F1 on Sunday.

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Joao Neves (PSG), Thibaut Flament and Blair Kinghorn (Stade Toulousain) and Marie-Paule Foppsi (France) played this weekend. (AFP / Maxppp)

Joao Neves (PSG), Thibaut Flament and Blair Kinghorn (Stade Toulousain) and Marie-Paule Foppsi (France) played this weekend. (AFP / Maxppp)

France is hot, but vibrates for the exploits of its sports teams. From the Stade de France to the United States, via Austria, the sports weekend was emotional on Saturday June 28 and Sunday, June 29. Under the Ile-de-France heat wave, the Stade Toulousain kept its cool to win a new Brennus shield after being pushed into extension. In Vendée, Marie Le Net and Dorian Godon were crowned French cycling champions thanks to their two victories on online races of the national championships.

Football: PSG in quarters after his victory against Miami

Without forcing, the men of Luis Enrique largely disposed of the partners of Lionel Messi (4-0) in the round of 16 of the Club World Cup in Atlanta on Sunday. Outdated, Inter Miami collected four goals in the first period: a double of Joao Neves, a goal from Achraf Hakimi and an unhappy against his Tomas Aviles camp. What offer a ticket to Parisians-who recorded the return of injury by Ousmane Dembélé-for the quarter-finals, where they will face Bayern Munich (4-2 winner of Flamengo), next Saturday at 6 p.m.

In football, the weekend was also marked by a first major transfer in Ligue 1, with the formalization of the arrival of the 2018 world champion Paul Pogba in Monaco. The former Juventus and Manchester United player, who returns eighteen months of suspension for doping, signed a two-year contract with the Principality club, and will find the grounds, almost two years after his last professional match. Also of the coronation in Russia, The top scorer in the history of the Blues Olivier Giroud will commit to a season with the Lille club, subject to having satisfied its medical examination.

Top 14: Tripped for the Toulouse stadium after a breathtaking final

And at the end, the Toulouse stadium wins. After a victory in a crazy final against the Union Bordeaux-Bègles, the Hauts-Garonnais won their third Brennus Shield on Saturday evening, the 24th national title in the history of the club, after a “Season in Hell”in the words of the coach Ugo Mola. As they led ten minutes to ten minutes from the mermaid, Thomas Ramos and his teammates were pushed into an extension on a final penalty spent by Maxime Lucu at the last second.

After the first fifteen minutes of a tight extension, the Red and Black managed to resume the lead thanks to a penalty passed without trembling by their scorer, imperial facing the poles, to tip the Brennus on their side. A year after having humiliated the Bordelo-Béglais at the Vélodrome (59-3), this time they went to seek the title at the mind and the couragel. Beaten, the UBB is lacking the opportunity to make a historic first double for the club, but emerges from this final with the head high.

Cycling: Marie Le Net and Dorian Godon, New Kings of France

She created the surprise despite the furnace. Marie Le Net was crowned French road cycling champion on Saturday at the Herbiers, after winning the online race. Present in the head group for almost 100 kilometers, the native of Pontivy then distorted company to her fellow escaped comrades to get her first national title in seniors. With this victory, Marie Le Net also brings its first national title to the event to the event since Evita Muzic in 2021 to the FDJ-Suez.

On the male online race on Sunday, it was Dorian Godon (Decathlon-Ag2r) who shot out of the game. Long present in the groups of runners who followed one another, the native of Vitry-sur-Seine settled his competitors at the sprint at the top of Mount des Alouettes, climbed 13 times by the peloton and justice of this edition. Thanks to this success, acquired in front of Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) and Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa B&B-Hôtels), the distinctive jersey of champion of France remains within the Decathlon-AG2R training, a year after the title of Paul Lapeira.

Eurobasket: Disappointment for the Bleues, who leave without a medal

This is an unfortunate first since 2007. Beaten in the small final of the Euro Basketball by Italy (69-54), the surprise of the competition on Sunday afternoon, the players of the French team left Greece without continental medal. Two days after their defeat from a point against Spain in the semi-finals, they failed to find success to finish on a positive note.

Always handicapped by numerous absences, the Blue, Olympic vice-championes, suffered from the transalpines. Transparent offensively, with 32% success only in the basket, they could never really take control of the meeting. They have not managed to register the slightest point in the last eight minutes of play, as a symbol of this little failed final. In the big one, Belgium overthrew Spain (65-67) at the very end of the game to afford a second following title.

F1: doubled McLaren on the lands of Red Bull, Verstappen abandons

The Red Bull Ring of Spielbierg smiled at … McLaren. Starting in pole position, Lando Norris won his third victory of the season by resisting the return of his teammate Oscar Piastri, second of the day. With this fourth double of the season, the men in Orange score precious points in the pilot world championship and seem to go towards a fight for two to the end for the title.

At home, the Red Bull stable was weighed down by the Max Verstappen crash in the first round after a hanging with Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes). With this incident, the Dutchman may have said goodbye to his hopes of a fifth consecutive world crown. If Lando Norris points to 15 points from Oscar Piastri in the ranking, he is now 46 ahead of the outgoing champion.



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