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Khvitcha Kvaratskhelia se tord de  douleur lors du PSG-Barça de mardi (4-2). Privé pour plusieurs mois de Khvitcha Kvaratskhelia, le PSG va devoir repenser son animation offensive et, sans doute, s’activer lors du mercato d’hiver. "Les batailles les plus difficiles dans le football sont souvent celles que personne ne voit.  Je connais ce sentiment, Kvara.  Mais n'oublie jamais ce qui t'a permis d'arriver jusqu'ici,  et ne laisse pas un moment difficile te faire douter de tout ce que tu peux accomplir.  Garde cette flamme allumée. Le meilleur est encore à venir"     - CRISTIANO RONALDO, HIER SUR INSTAGRAM 22 Oct 2026 - L'Équipe RÉGIS DUPONT (avec J. Ba., H. De. et L. T.) L’image de Khvitcha Kvaratskhelia quittant la pelouse du Parc des Princes en pleurs, porté par deux membres du staff médical car incapable de poser le pied à terre, pourrait revenir en boucle dans les têtes parisiennes lors des prochaines semaines. La sortie à la 59e minute de l’a...

DAVID STOCKMAN / Belga via AFP Le peloton du Tour de France, le 16 juillet 2022,  lors de la 14e étape reliant Saint-étienne à Mende (ci-dessus). Le parcours de la 114e Grande Boucle, dévoilé ce jeudi à Paris, révélera une étape haut perchée, entre Hérault et Lozère. Découverte. 22 Oct 2026 - Le Figaro Jean-Julien Ezvan Carte d’embarquement. Ce jeudi (11 heures), au Palais des congrès à Paris, la carte du 114e Tour de France s’exposera. Aux regards, aux envies, aux projets, aux rêves de Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel, Paul Seixas et des autres, car c’est un peu Noël avant l’heure pour les endroits visités. « Au moment où on choisit le tracé du parcours, on est très sensible à la beauté des paysages. Entre une grande nationale sans atout et une route départementale avec de beaux clochers, de beaux villages, on va toujours aller chercher la départementale parce qu’on aime montrer les beautés des territoires », résume Thierry Gouvenou, directeur technique d’un Tour de France toujours ...

ALEX LIVESEY/DANEHOUSE/ GETTY IMAGES Manchester City turned players such as Kevin De Bruyne (left) and Rodri into global stars City have been a joy to watch but they became detached from their roots The 50+1 rule in Germany strengthens the rights of members and fans ...  I consider it a distinct competitive advantage 22 Oct 2026 - The Guardian Philipp Lahm  Philipp Lahm’s column was produced in partnership with Oliver Fritsch at the German online magazine Die Zeit Do we have to reassess Manchester City now? In my columns, I have repeatedly engaged with this club and its key figures. Looking back at what I have written over the years, I believe it remains beyond question that the team have achieved greatness. I always loved watching them: they were a true unit on the pitch, a finely tuned orchestra. I would also write all over again that the conductor, Pep Guardiola , masters his craft like few others. I could recognise his teams even if they were wearing the wrong shirts and t...

MOHAMMED BADRA/EPA Paris Saint-Germain fans unveil their gory Halloween-themed tifo PSG sparkle on the pitch while the city burns 22 Oct 2026 - The Guardian Barney Ronay PASSION! GOOOOAL! MVP! The security deployment will be massive. Those who sought to bring down the Republic will have to answer for it. Tell you who would have loved this? Who would have been utterly engrossed scrolling the hashtag #Paris on Tuesday night as two things happened simultaneously, the harrowing of the Barcelona defence at the Parc des Princes, and the harrowing of Paris itself via tales of city-centre thuggery and end-of-days political doom-mongering. The big man, Guy Debord himself. The Society of the Spectacle, you say? I think we’re past that now. Hold the society bit. We’ll just take the spectacle. The great Parisian Situationist philosopher wasn’t really one for managed fun. But it was impossible not to be bowled over by the extraordinary pre-match show for Paris Saint-Germain versus Barcelona, Champ...

1984 Tour de France Millar finished the '84 Tour in fourth place overall, with Greg taking third and winning the white jersey for best young rider. Here, they are followed up a climb by Pedro Delgado.  The Spaniard would become an arch rival to both riders throughout the 1980s. "If there are two meals left and a gun and the  three of us - Greg, me, and Hinault - who am  I going to shoot? Well, I'd shoot Hinault, obviously,  because otherwise he'd shoot me and Greg and  eat both the meals."    - ROBERT MILLAR Guy Andrews Greg LeMond: Yellow Jersey Racer Another English-speaking rider from outside the Eurocentric closed shop of 1980s cycling was the Scot Robert Millar . His fourth place at the 1984 Tour de France announced him as a young, gifted leader for French team Peugeot , and he was the first rider from an English-speaking nation to win the polka-dot 'King of the Mountains' jersey for best climber. Suffice it to say that if he'd been racing in t...

Tour de France: stage 17 Toulouse to Luz Ardiden was a frustrating day for Greg. Full of riding and strenght, he could have undoubtedly gone on and made up time on his teammate Bernard Hinault. The La Vie Claire management of Paul Koechli and Bernard Tapie made sure that didn't happen. "Do what you want.  Say what you want.  I'ain't going home."    - STEPHEN ROCHE Guy Andrews Greg LeMond: Yellow Jersey Racer For Irishman Stephen Roche , 1985 was a turning point. He'd already been recognized as a major talent, and both he and Greg had been tipped as potential winners of the Tour de France. That year, however, Roche unwittingly became the architect of a rift at the top of the Tour's leader board . On stage 17, Roche took his chance and, with Pedro Delgado and Fabio Parra , attacked the leaders and built up a gap. That climbers of their caliber should escape was no great surprise, but with Roche sitting in third place overall, second-placed Greg LeMond decid...

Tour de France 1971.  Merckx entame un règne sans partage. Tour de France 1971. Merckx dà inizio a un regno incontrastato. Bernard Chambaz Miroir du Cyclisme - L'histoire d'un magazine  Aux cinq Tours de France, bien sûr, il faut ajouter cinq Giro et encore une Vuelta. Très vite, il avait gagné son surnom de cannibale, une variante de l'ogre, qui signifiait son appétit de victories dans lequel on n'a sans doute pas assez percu un appétit de vivre. Montaigne, ne l'oublions pas, avait postulé que pour comprendre des usages qui ne sont pas les nôtres, il faut se mettre à la place de l'autre. Merckx, si on veut, c'était un continent en soi, c'était un nouveau monde. C'était refaire ce qu'Anquetil avait fait, beaucoup plus tôt que quiconque avait pu l'imaginer.  1969 , donc. Ce sont « les 22 jours d' Eddy Merckx » et surtout la naissance de l'expression «courir à la Merckx », qui résume sa domination plus nette et plus constante encore qu...