Tears of the French biathlete Mikaela Shiffry in the mixed relay and the French Football Cup

American Mikaela Shiffry’s compatriot Lindsey Vonn at the World Cup in skiing, the French biathlon winner in the mixed relay, the emotion of repeating Didier’s victory record of “junior” football and French Cup. Deschamps at the helm of the Blues until 2026… Find the best sports shots of the weekend through the work of photojournalists traveling around the world’s sports grounds. Thanks to the media organizations and journalists of “20 Minutes” who are always on the front line to cover major sports events, this is in pictures and sports information.

Implementation: Olivier JUSZCZAK

• France won the mixed relay at the Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka (Slovenia) on Sunday. The French relay consisting of Fabien Claude, Quentin Fillion Maillet, Anais Chevalier-Bouchet, Julia Simon defeated Italy (2nd) and Sweden (3rd). In the absence of brothers Johannes and Tarjei Boe and Sturla Laegreid on the Norwegian side, France grabbed the chance to win this first mixed relay of the season.

• A “crazy day” of Tour skiing for Delphine Claudel, the first French skier to win a World Cup this Sunday, winning the final stage of Alpe Cermis in Val di Fiemme, Italy. At the age of 26, Vosgienne writes a page in the history of the French foundation.

• American Mikaela Shiffrin won the second giant slalom in Kranjska Gora on Sunday, equaling compatriot Lindsey Vonn’s record of 82 World Cup wins. Shiffrin, who was unable to reach this record by taking the 6th place on the same track on Saturday, beat the Italian Federica Brignon by 77 percent and the Swiss Lara Gut-Behramini by 97 percent.

• Vonn joins the list of winners at just 27, a skier from Vail, Colorado, who started very young (first win at age 17) and was very active on the podium this Sunday. He directly threatens Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark’s all-time record (86) and could set the bar unimaginably high if he extends his productive career by a few years.

• Victor Muffat-Jeandet, who was hospitalized in Switzerland on Saturday after a violent fall during the giant slalom race in Adelboden, “underwent successful surgery for a broken nose,” the French Ski Federation said on Sunday. Victor Muffat-Jeandet, the 7th-fastest runner on Saturday despite his bib number 21, fell to the net when he went off balance after hitting his head on the track early in the second. .

• Skiing king Marko Odermat put the race for the big globe a little further behind by claiming his second consecutive victory in the giant Adelboden, Switzerland, on Saturday. Despite his No. 6 seed, the leading World No. 1, also just 25-years-old, favored the No. 2, who won his 17th and sixth World Cup success this winter, to the delight of more than 24,000 spectators in the arrivals area, drowning in one. A sea of ​​Swiss flags.

• Quentin Fillon Maillet, who had been struggling since the beginning of the season and was still ninth the day before, finally won his first podium of the winter at the end of the pursuit in Pokljuka (Slovenia), Yohannes Boe alone. Starting in ninth position, more than 1′ 20″ behind Boe and nearly thirty seconds off the podium, QFM took advantage of a 19-out-of-20 shot to take his place during his tenth individual event of the winter: he finished 1′ from the unstoppable Norwegian. 04” 9/10 second behind.

• Despite a left thigh scare in Saturday’s semifinals and a match point against him in Sunday’s final, Novak Djokovic defeated American Sebastian Korda 6-7 in the final in Adelaide, Australia, to win his first title of the year ( 8/10 ), 7-6 ( 7/3 ), 6-4 and coming into the Australian Open in eight days.

• France handball coach Guillaume Gille this Sunday selected the same group of 18 players for the World Cup in Poland, which starts on Wednesday, for Saturday’s final warm-up match against Egypt in Orleans (33-32). Gille had to deal with injury packages to Kyllian Villeminot (knee) and Benoît Kounkoud (foot) this week, which reduced his squad to an automatic 18-man squad. For each World Cup match, he will have to leave two players in the stands.

• Real Madrid, level on points with Barcelona at the top of La Liga, missed out on a chance to temporarily go top of the table as they lost 2-1 at Villarreal on Saturday despite Karim Benzema’s penalty goal.

• FC Olympique Strasbourg Koenigshoffen 1906 (Region 1, 6th division) fans created a sensation on Saturday in the French Cup round of 32, defeating Ligue 1 9th-placed Clermont (0-0, 3-4 pen). In front of 3,000 spectators at the tiny Emile-Stahl stadium, the Strasbourg side held on to a 0-0 draw despite a five-division difference, and after a breathless session, it was Samuel Kecambus who scored the winner to send the Alsace player through. The amateur club reached the 1/8 finals.

• Last edition’s finalists Nice were knocked out and relegated to National after losing 1-0 at 16th-placed Puy going into Saturday’s French Cup round of 32 contest.

• Lowly Ligue 2 dwellers Rodez, who are currently relegated, also sprung a surprise (2-2, 5 to 4) on penalties as they beat Monaco 2-0 in the French Cup round of 32 final at the Stade Louis on Saturday. II.

• Hyères midfielder (N2) Almike Moussa N’Diaye was taken to Marseille North Hospital where he was admitted to the intensive care unit after being injured by Marseille’s Eric Bailly on Saturday. Eleven to 10, OM beat Hyères 2-0 just over an hour after Marseille’s dismissal to qualify for the last 16 of the Coupe de France without too much of a shock on Saturday.

• La Rochelle, in search of a win over Toulouse since September 2019, took revenge in style by downing the championship leader (30-7), ending a negative streak of eight consecutive defeats.

• Former international and 2010 Six Nations winner Morgan Parra will retire at the end of the 2022-2023 financial year. The scrum-half, who arrived at the Stade Français last summer, will join the Paris club’s next squad.

• Didier Deschamps’ contract has been extended until 2026, the head coach of the “blues” announced on Saturday during the General Assembly of the French Football Federation in Paris. The coach, who came under the control of the French team in 2012, was at the end of his contract at the end of the World Cup in Qatar, which the blues won by Argentina.

• Sports agent Franck Belhassen announced on Saturday that former PSG and Marseille midfielder Modeste M’Bami of Cameroon has died in Le Havre at the age of 40. Due to daily exercise TeamThe former football player died of a heart attack.