PSG and Stade Toulouse crowned, the Lyonnaises beaten by Barça, Charles Leclerc victorious at home… The sports recap of the weekend

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It’s not just Porte d’Auteuil, where the 2024 edition of Roland-Garros began on Sunday May 26, that things were lively during this weekend loaded with sports news. In the final of the Coupe de France, Kylian Mbappé and PSG did not miss the opportunity to lift a new trophy in the competition by beating OL. Like their male counterparts, the Lyonnaises did not have more success in the final of the Champions League against Barça. On the rugby side, Stade Toulousain dominated Leinster to claim its sixth Champions Cup title. Charles Leclerc finally won the Monaco Grand Prix in F1 while on the bike, Tadej Pogacar registered his name on the Giro list for the first time.

Coupe de France: a 15th title and a farewell for PSG

One last trophy to finish in style. Saturday evening in Lille, Kylian Mbappé ended his adventure with PSG by winning the 15th Coupe de France in the history of the Parisian club against OL (2-1). Almost completely dominant, Luis Enrique’s men relied on Ousmane Dembélé (22nd) and Fabian Ruiz (34th) to seal a success that the reduction in the score of Jake O’Brien (55th) never really achieved. called into doubt. Note that a brawl between supporters of the two clubs, ahead of the match, left around thirty people lightly injured, including eight police officers.

Champions League: Barça overthrow OL for the first time

In a heated atmosphere in Bilbao, the Barça players overcame bad luck on Saturday evening in the Champions League final. Facing Lyonnaises whom they had never beaten in the competition until then (four clashes including two finals lost in 2019 and 2022), the Catalans were carried by their two Golden Balls, Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas , both scorers (2-0). This success, the second consecutive in C1 for the Spanish, has the air of a transfer of power…

Champions Cup: Stade Toulouse returns to the top of Europe

They maintained the suspense until the end of extra time. And finally, like each of their nine finals played in all competitions since 2008, the Toulouse team won (31-22). Against Leinster, Antoine Dupont’s teammates won an epic match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, where the three penalties converted by Thomas Ramos at the end of the match weighed heavily. The Rouge et Noir lifted their sixth trophy in the competition, the first since the last, in 2021.

F1: Charles Leclerc finally wins in Monaco

After years of heartbreak, he finally experienced the happiness of calling home. An imperial Charles Leclerc won in the streets of Monaco on Sunday during the eighth Grand Prix of the season. The Monegasque driver, who had done a large part of the work on Saturday by taking pole position, led the entire race in front of his home crowd before bursting into joy at the finish. He won the sixth victory of his career, the first in almost two years, and the second success for Ferrari this season.

Giro: Tadej Pogacar wins his first Tour of Italy

If it was the Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier who raised his arms in Rome, it was Tadej Pogacar who celebrated his triumph on Sunday on the roads of Lazio. Dressed all in pink, as he has been since the second day of the 107th edition of the Tour of Italy, the Slovenian completed his success with a sixth stage victory on Saturday in Bassano del Grappa. As dominant as he was insatiable for three weeks, Tadej Pogacar is offering himself a third Grand Tour after the Tour de France in 2020 and 2021, ahead of his runner-up Daniel Felipe Martinez by almost ten minutes. Geraint Thomas signs another podium, after his second place behind Primoz Roglic last year.