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New York Times
2 days ago
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- New York Times
How does this PSG victory compare with other Champions League winners?
All things considered, it will go down as one of the great football performances. Paris Saint-Germain's 5-0 victory over Inter on Sunday night in Munich is the biggest winning margin in the history of the European Cup final. And it was fully deserved. European Cup finals aren't meant to be won like this. Previous standout performances this century were won by comparatively modest scorelines: Barcelona's win over Manchester United in 2011, and also their victory over Juventus four years later, were both 'only' 3-1. Jose Mourinho's Porto beat Monaco 3-0 in 2004, but were on the back foot for most of the first half. Real Madrid have tended to pile up late goals, which has put some gloss on their performances. You have to go back to Milan's legendary 4-0 thrashing of Barcelona in 1994 for something comparable. But this was 5-0, and showed all the facets of PSG's game. They went ahead with a slick passing move, demonstrated their quality in possession, and once ahead were rampant on the counter-attack, sprinting past Inter's midfielders and defenders with ease. It's incredible how quickly things can change in football. Inter went into the game feeling like they had a serious chance of becoming European champions, and now suddenly they seem light years away. Their system looked outdated. Their players felt past their best. Those things aren't necessarily true, and Inter would be foolish to overreact to one defeat. But this was a truly thumping loss, the type that takes years to get over. It was striking, after full time, to see scores of Inter supporters in floods of tears; almost aggressive crying you associate with Brazil's 7-1 loss to Germany in 2014. Advertisement From PSG's perspective, such a momentous victory means various individuals have to be considered in a different light than a few days ago. Luis Enrique has now led two different sides to European Cup glory, 10 years apart, and both his Barcelona side of 2015 and his PSG side of 2025 will live long in the memory. In between, he was rather unfortunate not to win Euro 2020, too. His Spain side outplayed Italy in that semi-final, losing only on penalties. As it happens, the man who thwarted him that night at Wembley four years ago is now on his side. Gigi Donnarumma has won both the European Championship and the European Cup, and given his penalty saves in both competitions, and his displays against Arsenal in the semi-final, can claim to have been his side's best performer in both. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has had a major impact in ending both Napoli's long wait for a Serie A title, which came in 2023, and PSG's long wait for a European Cup. This season, he has managed to win both Serie A and Ligue 1, and now the Champions League, too. Fabian Ruiz was probably Spain's best player as they won the European Championship last year, and is now also a European champion at club level. Maybe only Lamine Yamal has enjoyed a better 12 months for club and country. Ousmane Dembele's transformation into a world-class centre-forward has been completely unexpected — both the 'world-class' and 'centre-forward' aspects of that equation. Last night, Luis Enrique suggested he should win the Ballon d'Or, not merely for his goals, but also for his pressing. Elsewhere, players such as Vitinha and Joao Neves could play at this level for several years. And as for the likes of Desire Doue and Senny Mayulu, who knows? Both could become legends of the game. Even if they do nothing else, they will forever be heroes in Paris. Advertisement But this wasn't, by and large, about individuals. Like all the best sides, PSG are stronger than the sum of their parts. Their midfield rotation, in particular, has been magical to watch throughout this Champions League knockout stage. The way Vitinha prompted a passing move from deep, then ran through the Inter defence to tee up Doue for the third goal, showed the understanding in the middle of the pitch. Fabian often dropped into defence to allow Achraf Hakimi to fly forward down the opposite wing. The right-back's attacking bursts are risky, and have nearly cost PSG on a couple of occasions this season in the Champions League, but he justified his positioning by scoring the opener. Up top, the attackers varied their position without ever losing balance, with Doue and Kvaratskhelia appearing as centre-forwards, and Dembele effective both when coming deep and when drifting wide. It does feel like PSG are playing a slightly different genre of football to that perfected by other front-foot, possession-based sides in recent years, based less around positional play and more around clusters of players combining. They aren't the only ones doing that, but they're clearly the best at it. It's too much to suggest that this is a new era of PSG dominance — people always say that about young teams that explode into winners. Ultimately, it's simply not how knockout competition works in a sport based around fine margins. Indeed, PSG needed penalties to get past Liverpool and plenty of Donnarumma saves to eliminate Arsenal. They didn't breeze through the knockout stage, and their results back in the league phase were even worse. But that doesn't matter now, the same way no one remembers Milan scoring just six times, and winning only twice, in their six group games in 1993-94 before their 4-0 win over Barca. The performance in the final is what we remember, and this one will be remembered forever.
Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
PSG 5 Inter Milan 0: Desire Doue steals show as Parisians rack up biggest EVER Champions League final win
WITH the thrilling exuberance of youth and the vast oil wealth of Qatar, Paris St Germain were finally crowned champions of Europe last night. In a performance you could hang in the Louvre, Desire Doue staged a teenage rampage through the heart of an elderly Inter Milan defence, scoring twice and assisting once to inspire the heaviest victory margin of any European Cup Final. 16 Desire Doue stole the show in Munich as PSG won the Champions League final Credit: AFP 16 Luis Enrique inspired his men to a rampant win over Inter Credit: Getty Luis Enrique's side laid waste to Inter as they had done to four Premier League clubs en route to this glorious Bavarian night. His is a team which is everything it didn't used to be when the Galactico trio Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe held sway at the Parc des Princes. PSG are the ultimate in high-class, high-octane, highly-selfless teamwork - a combination of beauty and efficiency about everything they do. Achraf Hakimi, one of two thunderous attacking full-backs, had opened the scoring. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL AB FAB Kate Abdo 'subbed off' CBS Sports Champions League final coverage And the Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia hammered the fourth - then typified his team's approach by sprinting back about 70 yards to half an Inter break with his side 4-0 up in the dying minutes. Senny Mayulu, another 19-year-old, then sealed the deal with a late strike from Bradley Barcola's assist. Doue, the 19-year-old plucked from Rennes last summer, was the headline act but Ousmane Demebele played a major role in three goals to tighten his grip on this year's Ballon d'Or. It has been 14 years since the Qatari state seized control of PSG and after one previous final defeat under Thomas Tuchel in 2020, this was their moment. BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS PSG had an average age of 23 this season, Inter were the oldest in the competition at a touch over 30. And anybody who suggested that Inter's experience and nous would prove a match for this zestful young PSG side was made to look utterly foolish. Inter Milan fans INVADE Munich ahead of Champions League final vs PSG 16 16 Achraf Hakimi got the ball rolling in the 12th minute Credit: AFP 16 He refused to celebrate against his former side Credit: Getty So for the fifth time Munich staged a European Cup Final - and for the fifth time, we had brand-new winners - just like Nottingham Forest, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea. And after Marseille at the old Olympic Stadium in 1993, this was only the second time a French club had ever won Old Big Ears. PSG had performed a demolition job on all four of the Premier League clubs in this year's competition, while Inter had seen off final hosts Bayern before they accounted for Barcelona in a classic semi-final. So while this wasn't the most alluring of fixtures for English audiences, these were two very worthy finalists. 16 Doue bagged his first goal just seven minutes later Credit: AP 16 The forward was delighted, having assisted Hakimi's opener Credit: Reuters Inter might easily have denied Manchester City their Treble in the final in Istanbul two years ago - but this was a bridge too far for Simone Inzaghi Izaghi's men seemed content to sit deep, soak it up, let the kids do all the running. And yet PSG are too good for that sort of passive defensive approach and, after 12 minutes, they scored a goal of gorgeous simplicity. Vitinha, the tick-tock man at the base of the Parisian defence, picked out a cute pass which released Doue, who squared for Hakimi to tap in at the far post. 16 Doue then netted his second goal in the 63rd minute Credit: Getty 16 He ripped off his shirt in wild celebrations Credit: Getty 16 It shouldn't have been so easy to baffle a bunch of brutish Italian defenders with two straight-line passes but that was what Enrique's men did. And on 20 minutes, it was 2-0. At the opposite end, Inter staged a set-piece long throw and then got caught with their pants down within seconds. Willian Pacho stopped the ball going out of play behind Gianluigi Donnarumma's goal, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia released Dembele, who sprinted down the left and picked out Doue with a crossfield pass. Doue chested down and rifled a shot which deflected off Federico Dimarco to leave Yann Sommer motionless on his knees. 16 Khvicha Kvaratshkelia got involved 10 minutes later Credit: Reuters 16 The winger only joined PSG from Napoli in January Credit: Reuters Enrique's chief selection call had been over whether to choose Doue or Bradley Barcola. Within 20 minutes, Doue had one assist and one goal. It hadn't been a bad shout to pick him. Inter had some enterprising moments themselves but, the thing is with PSG, they can defend as well. Pacho is one hell of a defender. From Ecuador via Belgium and Frankfurt, he is such a gem that you just assumed that Brighton would have bought him and sold him for an immense profit years ago. Still, Franceso Acerbi and Marcus Thuram were both off-target with headers. 16 Sub Senny Mayulu came off the bench to net PSG's fifth Credit: Getty 16 The teen secured history for PSG in the 86th minute Credit: Reuters Yet before, Paris ought to have tucked this match in and kissed it goodnight - Doue centring for Dembele, who somehow shot in entirely the wrong direction. Then Doue tested Sommer and Kvaratskhelia was narrowly wide with a deflected shot, before he headed wide from the resulting corner. It was extremely one-sided stuff. After the break, Kvaratskhelia squandered a glaring close-range chance but it didn't matter. 16 Boss Luis Enrique was the man of the moment as he celebrated his second UCL win Credit: Getty 16 Inter Milan players appeared distraught after the disastrous result Credit: Getty Doue had just executed a sumptuous pirouette on the touchline to embarrass Alessandro Bastoni when he netted his second. This time it was Dembele who conjured the sorcery, with a back-heel to Vitinha who fed the teenager for a firm, well-placed finish. Enrique decided enough was enough and replaced Doue with Barcola, perhaps out of clemency. But Kvaratskhelia soon rifled home at the near post from a Dembele pass before Mayulu rubbed salt in the wounds. Alan Hansen once said that you can't win anything with kids. But then he'd never seen this bunch of youths.
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
PSG 5 Inter Milan 0: Desire Doue steals show as Parisians rack up biggest EVER Champions League final win
WITH the thrilling exuberance of youth and the vast oil wealth of Qatar, Paris St Germain were finally crowned champions of Europe last night. In a performance you could hang in the Louvre, Desire Doue staged a teenage rampage through the heart of an elderly 16 Desire Doue stole the show in Munich as PSG won the Champions League final Credit: AFP 16 Luis Enrique inspired his men to a rampant win over Inter Credit: Getty His is a team which is everything it didn't used to be when the Galactico trio Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe held sway at the Parc des Princes. Achraf Hakimi, one of two thunderous attacking full-backs, had opened the scoring. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL And the Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia hammered the fourth - then typified his team's approach by sprinting back about 70 yards to half an Inter break with his side 4-0 up in the dying minutes. Senny Mayulu, another 19-year-old, then sealed the deal with a late strike from Bradley Barcola's assist. Doue, the 19-year-old plucked from Rennes last summer, was the headline act but Ousmane Demebele played a major role in three goals to tighten his grip on this year's Ballon d'Or. It has been 14 years since the Qatari state seized control of PSG and after one previous final defeat under Thomas Tuchel in 2020, this was their moment. Most read in Champions League BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS PSG had an average age of 23 this season, Inter were the oldest in the competition at a touch over 30. And anybody who suggested that Inter's experience and nous would prove a match for this zestful young PSG side was made to look utterly foolish. Inter Milan fans INVADE Munich ahead of Champions League final vs PSG 16 16 Achraf Hakimi got the ball rolling in the 12th minute Credit: AFP 16 He refused to celebrate against his former side Credit: Getty So for the fifth time Munich staged a European Cup Final - and for the fifth time, we had brand-new winners - just like Nottingham Forest, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea. And after Marseille at the old Olympic Stadium in 1993, this was only the second time a French club had ever won Old Big Ears. PSG had performed a demolition job on all four of the Premier League clubs in this year's competition, while Inter had seen off final hosts Bayern before they accounted for Barcelona in a classic semi-final. So while this wasn't the most alluring of fixtures for English audiences, these were two very worthy finalists. 16 Doue bagged his first goal just seven minutes later Credit: AP 16 The forward was delighted, having assisted Hakimi's opener Credit: Reuters Inter might easily have denied Manchester City their Treble in the final in Istanbul two years ago - but this was a bridge too far for Simone Inzaghi Izaghi's men seemed content to sit deep, soak it up, let the kids do all the running. And yet PSG are too good for that sort of passive defensive approach and, after 12 minutes, they scored a goal of gorgeous simplicity. Vitinha, the tick-tock man at the base of the Parisian defence, picked out a cute pass which released Doue, who squared for Hakimi to tap in at the far post. 16 Doue then netted his second goal in the 63rd minute Credit: Getty 16 He ripped off his shirt in wild celebrations Credit: Getty 16 It shouldn't have been so easy to baffle a bunch of brutish Italian defenders with two straight-line passes but that was what Enrique's men did. And on 20 minutes, it was 2-0. At the opposite end, Inter staged a set-piece long throw and then got caught with their pants down within seconds. Willian Pacho stopped the ball going out of play behind Gianluigi Donnarumma's goal, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia released Dembele, who sprinted down the left and picked out Doue with a crossfield pass. Doue chested down and rifled a shot which deflected off Federico Dimarco to leave Yann Sommer motionless on his knees. 16 Khvicha Kvaratshkelia got involved 10 minutes later Credit: Reuters 16 The winger only joined PSG from Napoli in January Credit: Reuters Enrique's chief selection call had been over whether to choose Doue or Bradley Barcola. Within 20 minutes, Doue had one assist and one goal. It hadn't been a bad shout to pick him. Inter had some enterprising moments themselves but, the thing is with PSG, they can defend as well. Pacho is one hell of a defender. From Ecuador via Belgium and Frankfurt, he is such a gem that you just assumed that Brighton would have bought him and sold him for an immense profit years ago. Still, Franceso Acerbi and Marcus Thuram were both off-target with headers. 16 Sub Senny Mayulu came off the bench to net PSG's fifth Credit: Getty 16 The teen secured history for PSG in the 86th minute Credit: Reuters Yet before, Paris ought to have tucked this match in and kissed it goodnight - Doue centring for Dembele, who somehow shot in entirely the wrong direction. Then Doue tested Sommer and Kvaratskhelia was narrowly wide with a deflected shot, before he headed wide from the resulting corner. It was extremely one-sided stuff. After the break, Kvaratskhelia squandered a glaring close-range chance but it didn't matter. 16 Boss Luis Enrique was the man of the moment as he celebrated his second UCL win Credit: Getty 16 Inter Milan players appeared distraught after the disastrous result Credit: Getty Doue had just executed a sumptuous pirouette on the touchline to embarrass Alessandro Bastoni when he netted his second. This time it was Dembele who conjured the sorcery, with a back-heel to Vitinha who fed the teenager for a firm, well-placed finish. Enrique decided enough was enough and replaced Doue with Barcola, perhaps out of clemency. But Kvaratskhelia soon rifled home at the near post from a Dembele pass before Mayulu rubbed salt in the wounds. Alan Hansen once said that you can't win anything with kids. But then he'd never seen this bunch of youths.
San Francisco Chronicle
5 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Today in Sports - Week Ahead, May 30
June 3 1932 — Lou Gehrig becomes the first major league player to hit four consecutive home runs in a game, giving the New York Yankees a 20-13 win over the Philadelphia A's. Gehrig's feat, however, is overshadowed by the resignation of John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants for 30 years. 1944 — Bounding Home, ridden by G.L. Smith, wins the Belmont Stakes by one-half length over Pensive, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. 1959 — European Cup Final, Stuttgart: Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 2-0; 4th consecutive title for Los Blancos. 1961 — Sherluck, ridden by Braulio Baeza, wins the Belmont Stakes. Carry Beck, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, finishes seventh. 1972 — French Open Women's Tennis: American icon Billie Jean King wins her only French singles title; beats Evonne Goolagong of Australia 6-3, 6-3. 1980 — NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1 overall. 1984 — Patty Sheehan wins the LPGA championship by a record 10 strokes over Beth Daniel and Pat Bradley. 1991 — Thomas Hearns becomes a world champion for the sixth time, capturing the World Boxing Association's light-heavyweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Virgil Hill. 1992 — Chicago's Michael Jordan scores a record 35 points, including a record six 3-pointers, in the first half as the Bulls beat Portland 122-89 in the opening game of the NBA Finals. Jordan finishes with 39 points and Chicago is only two points shy of the largest victory margin in the finals. 1995 — Pedro Martinez of Montreal pitches nine perfect innings against San Diego before giving up a leadoff double to Bip Roberts in the 10th inning of the Expos' 1-0 win. 1999 — Four days after her first LPGA Tour victory, Kelli Kuehne ties the Women's U.S. Open record with an 8-under 64 in the first round to take a one-stroke lead over Juli Inkster. 2001 — Karrie Webb wins the U.S. Women's Open in a runaway for the second year in a row. Webb shoots a 1-under 69 for an eight-stroke victory, the largest margin at a Women's Open in 21 years. 2004 — Calgary ties an NHL record with its 10th road win of the playoffs with a 3-2 overtime victory over Tampa Bay in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals. The New Jersey Devils also won 10 road playoff games during their championship seasons of 1995 and 2000. 2006 — Jeff Burton has the biggest come-from-behind win ever in a Busch race, overcoming a 36th-place starting position in the Dover 200 for his second victory of the season. 2006 — Russia's Nikolai Valuev retains his WBA heavyweight title in Hanover, Germany, stopping Jamaican challenger Owen Beck with a right uppercut in the third round. 2011 — Roger Federer ends Novak Djokovic's perfect season and 43-match winning streak, beating him 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in the French Open semifinals. Federer advances to the title match against five-time champion Rafael Nadal. Nadal reaches his sixth final in seven years at Roland Garros by defeating Andy Murray 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the other semifinal. 2012 — Tiger Woods won his 73rd PGA tour victory with a two-stoke win over Andres Romero and Rory Sabbatini in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Course. 2017 — UEFA Champions League Final, Cardiff: Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as defending champions Real Madrid thrash Juventus, 4-1 for 12th title; Juventus loses 5th consecutive final. 2018 — Stephen Curry, Golden State, broke Ray Allen's NBA Finals record for the most 3-pointers with nine in the Warriors 122-103 Game 2 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. _____ June 4 1870 — Ed Brown becomes the first African-American jockey to win the Belmont Stakes, with Kingfisher. 1927 — The United States wins the first Ryder Cup golf tournament by beating Britain 9½-2½. 1932 — Faireno, ridden by Tommy Malley, wins the Belmont Stakes by 1½ lengths over Osculator. Burgoo King, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, doesn't race. 1966 — Ameroid, ridden by Bill Boland, wins the Belmont Stakes by 2½ lengths over Buffle. Kauai King, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, finishes fourth. 1974 — NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks. 1984 — 1960 champion Arnold Palmer fails to qualify for the US Open Golf Championship for the first time in 32 years. 1987 — Danny Harris defeats Edwin Moses in the 400 hurdles at a meet in Madrid, ending the longest winning streak in track and field. Moses, had won 122 consecutive races dating to Aug. 26, 1977. 1988 — West Germany's Steffi Graf beats 17-year-old Natalia Zvereva of the Soviet Union in 32 minutes with a 6-0, 6-0 victory to win the French Open for the second straight year. 1990 — Penn State is voted into the Big Ten. The school becomes the 11th member of the league and first addition to the Midwest-based conference since Michigan State in 1949. 1994 — Haile Gebrselassie becomes the first Ethiopian to set a world track record with a time of 12:56.96 in the men's 5,000 meters at Hengelo, Netherlands. 1998 — Harut Karapetyan of the LA Galaxy scores three goals in five minutes for the fastest hat trick in MLS history in an 8-1 rout of the Dallas Burn. The seven-goal margin sets an MLS record. 2005 — Justine Henin-Hardenne beats a rattled and fumbling Mary Pierce 6-1, 6-1 to win the French Open, capping a comeback from a blood virus with her fourth Grand Slam title and her second at Roland Garros. 2005 — Eddie Castro sets a North American record for most wins by a jockey in one day at one track, winning nine races on the 13-race card at Miami's Calder Race Course. 2008 — The Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 11 seasons with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 . 2009 — Randy Johnson earns his 300th win, becoming the 24th major league pitcher to reach the milestone by leading San Francisco to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader. 2011 — Li Na becomes the first Chinese — man or woman — to win a Grand Slam singles title. She beats Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 (0) in the French Open final for her fifth career title and first on clay. 2016 — Garbine Muguruza wins her first Grand Slam title by beating defending champion Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 at the French Open, denying the American her record-equaling 22nd major trophy. 2019 — San Francisco Giant Manager Bruce Bochy wins his 1,000th game as the manager of the Giants with a 9-3 victory over the New York Mets. _____ June 5 1884 — James McLaughlin becomes the first jockey to win three straight Belmont Stakes when he rides Panique to victory. He won with George Kinney (1883) and Forester (1882). McLaughlin repeats his feat in 1886-88. McLaughlin's triple is matched by jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. in 1984. 1925 — Willie McFarlane beats Bobby Jones by one stroke in the second round of a playoff to capture the U.S. Open. Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester (Mass.) Country Club. 1927 — Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard & 200-yard free-style swim record. 1937 — War Admiral, ridden by Charles Kurtsinger, wins the Triple Crown with a three-length victory over Sceneshifter in the Belmont Stakes. 1943 — Count Fleet, ridden by Johnny Longden, wins the Triple Crown by 25 lengths in the Belmont Stakes. Count Fleet goes at off at 1-20 odds in a race with no place or show betting. 1952 — Jersey Joe Walcott scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Ezzard Charles in Philadelphia to retain the world heavyweight title. 1961 — The newly formed American Basketball League adopts the 3-point field goal. 1977 — The Portland Trail Blazers hold off the Philadelphia 76ers 109-107 to win the NBA championship in six games. Portland becomes the first team in the 31-year history of the league to win four straight after losing the first two games. 1985 — Steve Cauthen wins the Epsom Derby aboard Slip Anchor and became the only American jockey to win both the English Derby and Kentucky Derby. Cauthen had ridden Affirmed to victory in the 1978 Kentucky Derby. 1993 — Julie Krone guides Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race. 1994 — Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Sergi Bruguera produce the best day of tennis in Spanish history. Sanchez Vicario beats Mary Pierce 6-4, 6-4 in the French Open final and Bruguera retains his title by defeating another Spaniard, Alberto Berasategui, 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1. 1999 — Steffi Graf wins her sixth French Open title and her first Grand Slam championship in almost three years, beating top-ranked Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. 1999 — Charismatic loses his bid to become the 12th Triple Crown winner when he fractures his left front cannon bone and sesamoid while finishing third to Lemon Drop Kid in the Belmont Stakes. 2004 — Smarty Jones loses his Triple Crown bid and his perfect record when Birdstone runs him down near the finish of a thrilling Belmont Stakes. Birdstone, a 36-1 long shot ridden by Edgar Prado, returns $74, $14 and $8.60. 2005 — Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal beats unseeded Mariano Puerta of Argentina in four sets to win the French Open men's singles title. The No. 4-seeded Nadal becomes the youngest men's Grand Slam champion since Pete Sampras won the U.S. Open at 19 in 1990. 2011 — Rafael Nadal wins his record-equaling sixth French Open title, beating Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 in the final. 2016 — Novak Djokovic becomes the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships and finally earned elusive French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. 2021 — Luis Saez rides Essential Quality to wins the 153rd Belmont Stakes.
RTÉ News
6 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
40th anniversary of the Heysel Stadium disaster in which 39 fans died
Michael Hamell, who attended the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels, reflects on the 40th anniversary of the Heysel disaster in which 39 Juventus fans died.
