Real Madrid-Liverpool, La Rochelle-Leinster, Butler’s performance, Giro, Roland-Garros, Monaco GP: the news on a set

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What you may have missed between last night and this morning

1. Rugby – Challenge Cup: A first for Lyon

The LOU holds its first continental trophy. The Lyonnais won the Challenge Cup on Friday evening, in Marseille, after a Franco-French final which they clearly dominated: 30-12 against RCT. Baptiste Couilloud has particularly highlighted. On the winners’ bench, Pierre Mignoni thus played a nasty trick in Toulon, which he will join next season.

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Challenge Cup – Lyon wins the Challenge Cup

Credit: Midi Olympique

2. Tennis – Roland-Garros: fast Alcaraz

He was facing the last player to beat him… and it didn’t raise an eyebrow. Carlos Alcaraz inflicted a correction on Sebastian Korda, Friday evening on the Central, in the 3rd round of Roland-Garros. The score ? 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 for the young Spaniard (19), who will face Karen Khachanov in the round of 16. It also happened for Alexander Zverev.

Alcaraz stronger than the others? “He will play even better tennis than anything we have ever experienced”

3. Basketball – NBA: Butler on fire, the Heat alive

Watch out, the Heat is still there. Jimmy Butler activated the “franchise player” mode overnight from Friday to Saturday (French time). He slammed 47 points, lost a single ball, had 9 rebounds, made 8 assists… and led Miami to victory, at the Celtics (103-111). It’s 3-3, in the Eastern Conference Finals in the NBA. “Game seven” Sunday in Florida.

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  • Volleyball- First steps at the head of the Blues successful, for Andrea Giani. The Fance team, reigning Olympic champions, dominated the Netherlands (26-24, 25-20, 25-22), Friday in Poitiers, in a preparation match for the League of Nations.
  • Handball – Paris Saint Germain continues its faultless. Already assured of winning an eighth consecutive title, the Parisians signed a 27th success in as many StarLigue matches, against Saran (40-33) on Friday. On the way to 30/30?

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The final corner of the 19th stage of the Giro surprised the men who were fighting for victory, Friday at the Sanctuary of Castelmonte. Placed a few tens of meters from the finish and at a right angle, he sent Andrea Vendrame – above all – and Attila Valter to the fault, who went straight. For our consultant Jacky Durand, the stage winner Koen Bouwman made no mistake.

The last bend deciphered: “Bouwman makes no mistakes”

What you will be sure to follow today

1. Football – Champions League: It’s the big night

Klopp’s spectacular Liverpool or Ancelotti’s unsinkable Real Madrid? Place your bets. The Champions League final will pit the Reds against “Merengue” this Saturday evening, from 9 p.m. at the Stade de France. The two clubs faced each other at this stage of the competition four years ago and Karim Benzema and co. had the last word.

“If Real loses the final, it will expose itself to the Mbappé earthquake”

2. Tennis – Roland-Garros: French day

Continuation and end of the 3rd round, concerning the ladies’ singles and the men’s singles, this Saturday at Roland. Four French in the running: Leolia Jeanjean, Alizé Cornet, Gilles Simon and Hugo Gaston. The latter will have the honors of the Central and the night session, facing Holger Rune. Iga Swiatek, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev are also expected on the courts.

Holger Rune, unknown to the general public, but a well-known danger to Gaston

3. Rugby – Champions Cup: La Rochelle, finally?

Stade Rochelais is aiming for a first major trophy. Finalist of the Top 14 and the Champions Cup last year, he tries his luck in the European Cup on Saturday against Leinster, at 5:45 p.m. at the Velodrome. Will Skelton will start but Victor Vito is out. The Irish province, whose success against Toulouse was impressive in the half, is the favorite.

“The Irish always have a weakness, it’s in the corridors of 15 meters”

4. Cycling – Giro: Last fight at the top

Three seconds. This is what separates Richard Carapaz from his runner-up Jai Hindley, at the start of the last mountain stage of the Giro, this Saturday in the direction of the Marmolada. Mikel Landa is only 1’05” from the wearer of the pink jersey. The finish will be judged at the top of Passo Fedaia (14 km at 7.6% average). Sunday, the race will end with a stopwatch.

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Giro 2022 | 20th stage

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5. Formula 1 – Monaco GP: Leclerc, click at home?

Max Verstappen, reigning world champion, took the helm of the drivers classification at the last Grand Prix. It is at home that the Monegasque Charles Leclerc will try to recover the “lead”. Problem ? The Monaco Grand Prix has never been successful for him and he has recently experienced a misadventure “at home”. Qualifying session at 4 p.m.

Lauda’s Ferrari on the rails: For Leclerc, the bad luck continues in Monaco

But also… the Italian Grand Prix in MotoGP (qualifying at 2:10 p.m.), the Prague stage by speedway (7 p.m.), the rest of the Diamond League meeting in Eugene in athletics, the Tour of Norway in cycling, or even the rest of the Betclic Elite Finals in basketball.

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