PSG started well, All Blacks reassured, Halep triumphed in Canada…what to remember from the sports weekend

While the European Championships brought their share of medals to France, as did the European Swimming Championships, the weekend was rich in sporting events in other disciplines. The second day of Ligue 1 held its share of emotion, just like the Southern Hemisphere rugby tournament, when the Canadian tennis tournaments came to an end. Franceinfo: Sports measures the main weekend competitions.

Ligue 1: Paris Saint-Germain is already alone at the top

After his success against Clermont (5-0), Paris Saint-Germain followed up with its second Ligue 1 victory against Montpellier (5-2). The double of Neymar (43rd and 51st), a goal from Kylian Mbappe (69th place), an achievement from Renato Sanchez (88th place), in addition to an own goal from Sacco (39th place). Only the Parisians lead the standings with 6 points, ahead of Marseille and Lille (4 points).

OM could not do better than a (1-1) draw in Brest, thanks to a goal from Nuno Tavares (38). same result Monaco vs Stade Rennes in Louis II (1-1) on Saturday. Although quickly reduced to ten, the Asemists managed to snatch a point.

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In the rest of the lawns, Nice and Strasbourg leave each other with the same score of a tie, while rising Toulouse marched in Troyes (3-0). The disappointment of Auxerrois, who failed to beat Angers (2-2) after taking a 2-0 lead.

Argentina takes the lead in the rugby championship

At home, Pumas beat the Australians (48-17) on Saturday, during the second day of the Rugby Championships, Drawn to the Six Nations Championship in the Southern Hemisphere. Great revenge for the Argentines who fell hard against the Wallabies on the first day of the tournament (41-26).

For their part, the New Zealand team returned to win by defeating South Africa (35-23) in Johannesburg (South Africa). Thus, the All Blacks ended a streak of three defeats thanks to two attempts at the end of the match from David Haveley (74) and Scott Barrett (79).

Tennis: Halep and Carino Busta win in Canada

Romanian Simona Halep won a new WTA 1000 championship in her career on Sunday in Toronto, dominating Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maya in three sets (6-3, 2-6, 6-3). In the semi-finals at Wimbledon, she confirmed that she is good two weeks before the US Open.

In Montreal, Pablo Carreno Busta made the surprise. Without being seeded, the 31-year-old Spaniard won his first Masters 1000 by defeating Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz (3-6, 6-3, 6-3), 10th in the world, in the final. His last title dates back to July 2021, on clay in Hamburg.

Basketball: France win with a hair in Italy

The Blues won by one point on Friday over the Azzurri (78-77 after extra time), in Bologna (Italy) in their second match in preparation for the European Championship. The match was tight throughout the meeting, because after the 36-36 score at the end of the first half, both teams had to make a decision in overtime, with the table showing 69 points all around at the end of normal time.

And the Dutch team, which has already won on August 7, will meet the Italian team on Tuesday, in Montpellier (Herault), in the third friendly meeting, before facing Belgium on Thursday.