Only Luis Enrique will know if he truly believed his own words when he said PSG would be better off without Kylian Mbappe. The France captain, the club’s record scorer, had just made public his decision to leave in May 2024 when Luis Enrique said his side would be better – both in attack and...
PSG might have lost five games on their way to the Champions League final, but they have found a way to win when it matters. “They have gone to young, French players, the fans identify with these players. They are a proper team and deserve to be in the final,” said Owen Hargreaves on TNT...
Watch highlights as Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal 2-1 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate to reach the Champions League final. Read full article at source...
Mikel Arteta says Arsenal will use “rage, anger, frustration” and “a bad feeling in the tummy” to try and overturn the 1-0 Champions League semi-final first-leg deficit against Paris St-Germain. For supporters travelling to Paris on Wednesday, the scene of Arsenal’s 2006 Champions League final defeat, the stomach churns. Arsenal have not scored in any...
Marble-size hail was seen pelting Paris’ streets, while cars were damaged by trees felled by lightning on Saturday afternoon. Minor flooding also led to Metro stations being temporarily closed, according to local reports. Thunderstorms are expected across parts of southern Europe this week, including southern areas of France, but there is a chance they could...
Paris St-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele is fit for Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg against Arsenal after recovering from a hamstring injury. The France striker was considered a doubt after coming off midway through the second half of last week’s first leg at Emirates Stadium. The 27-year-old, who scored the only goal in north London,...
Former Manchester United and France footballer Patrice Evra will make his mixed martial arts debut at PFL Europe Paris on Friday, 23 May. The 43-year-old – who quit football in 2018 – has been training since 2016 with PFL star and friend Cedric Doumbe. The opponent for Evra’s PFL Europe Showcase Bout in the SmartCage...
Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and top diplomat Marco Rubio will hold talks with European counterparts in Paris today to discuss efforts to end the war in Ukraine. The talks – which UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy will also attend – form the highest level of transatlantic engagement about the war since February. In...
Andrew Harding Reporting fromParis, France BBC Rick (left) covered up the US flag logo on his baseball cap before venturing out in Paris Strolling in bright sunshine across the immaculately raked gravel of Paris’s Tuileries gardens, Barbara and Rick Wilson from Dallas, Oregon, were not exactly in disguise. But earlier that morning, on their very...
PSG beat Bayern Munich to Doue’s signature based on last season at Rennes. He scored four goals and had four assists in 31 Ligue 1 appearances with 17 starts last term, but also created 27 chances from open play. This season he has reached another level, having created the most open play chances per 90...
So, what chance do Villa have of hauling themselves back into this tie and even winning it? It should be noted that similar comebacks have been achieved before. Nine teams have been exactly two goals down after an away leg in a knockout Champions League tie and managed to successfully turn things around at home....
The Prince of Wales was in Paris alongside his son Prince George and childhood friend Thomas van Straubenzee to watch Aston Villa in their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday night. However, despite the diehard Villa fan wearing his “lucky clothes” they lost 3-1 in the Parc des Princes and face...
Watch: David Hockney tells Katie Razzall he didn’t think would live to see his biggest ever show It doesn’t take long to make David Hockney laugh. At nearly 88 years old, he is frail but still very dapper in his beige, red and black houndstooth suit with a white silk handkerchief poking out of the...
“I only know how to compete,” he said to himself when he retired from playing in 2004. Managing was the only option for the former Barcelona and Spain forward. As a coach, Luis Enrique has copied the philosophy of his former team-mate Pep Guardiola from the beginning. He hasn’t brought anything truly new to the...
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella has called on people to rally in the centre of Paris on Sunday in protest at a ruling that has banned Marine Le Pen from running for public office for five years. Le Pen’s bid to become France’s next president in 2027 were dealt a dramatic blow on Monday, when...