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Mbappé stratospheric Sad
spirits will say that the opponent was suitable but it is at a moment in history that the 45,551 spectators of the Parc des Princes attended on Saturday with the four goals of Kylian Mbappé against Kazakhstan (8-0 ).
It's not every day that a Blue achieves a quadruplet.
We even have to go back to the 1958 World Cup (match for 3rd place against the FRG), to find traces of a precedent, signed Just Fontaine.
Head in the bucket after a failed Euro, Mbappé has rebounded to perfection since the start of the school year, in club as in selection.
The mark of great champions.
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Hamilton against thick and thin
The Briton was on display throughout the weekend. His engine penalty and his disqualification on Friday never disturbed him. On the contrary, it made it stronger. Starting twentieth on Saturday, he finished fifth and on Sunday, starting tenth, he won with authority against Max Verstappen at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Thus surely winning one of his best victories "
This weekend has been one of the most beautiful weekends of my career, perhaps the most beautiful.
»Certified the seven-time world champion, so ecstatic that he took off his safety harness to greet a Brazilian audience who are committed to his cause.
Lewis Hamilton, who now has 101 career successes, was nothing short of exceptional in Brazil, far above the competition, and is fourteen points behind his Dutch rival three rounds from the end of the season.
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Rossi ends his career in
La der des ders points.
After 26 seasons spent racing the circuits, Valentino Rossi finished his 432nd and last career grand prix.
And the “Doctor”, in agony this season, ended his illustrious career on a high note with a 10th place finish at the Valencia Grand Prix.
But the essential was elsewhere for the Italian, celebrated all weekend by an audience that came in large numbers to sing "Grazie Vale".
Awaited by the other riders for the lap of honor, the legend with seven world titles and 89 MotoGP victories can go away with a light heart.
The “Doctor” was celebrated by the Valencian public.
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Flops
XV of France is looking for a common thread before receiving New Zealand
Two matches of the Blues and the same observation: the XV of France is looking for a common thread. After the sluggish success against the Pumas, the large victory against Georgia (41-15) was sorely lacking in control. In the end, Antoine Dupont and his teammates scored six tries but we especially remember this lack of control, this inability to control events. At a press conference, the players and the coach had to minimize this unpleasant impression. Except that it will be necessary to show a completely different face, next Saturday, vis-a-vis New Zealand, an adversary of a completely different caliber. Since the start of the tour, everyone has had this game in mind. And the first two outings of the French did not reassure anyone
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The All Blacks punished in Ireland
Arrived in Europe sure of their strength for this autumn tour, the All Blacks probably did not expect such a welcome from the Irish.
Their haka covered by Irish chants from the Aviva Stadium in Dublin set the tone for the evening.
On the ground, it was the green furia that stood out.
Fast and aggressive on each defensive climb, showing more commitment, more will, the Irish took a resounding revenge on the All Blacks muzzled without their master to play Beauden Barrett.
Will this defeat be enough to plunge them into doubt before going to the Stade de France on Saturday?
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal sounded by Serbia
Already mixed, Portugal's qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup took a dramatic turn with the defeat conceded at the very end of the match against Serbia (1-2).
Mistreated from start to finish on their land, the Lusitanians, yet quickly ahead thanks to a goal from Lille Sanches (2nd), bowed under the onslaught of Serbs who qualified for a second World Cup in a row after Mitrovic's victorious helmet shot (90th).
A severe blow to "CR7" and its partners, who will have to go through the roadblocks to avoid the snub of an absence in Qatar.
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