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Your Guardian Sport weekend: Champions League final, French Open and Spanish GP
Saturday 8am (all times BST) Weekend previews Football With the National League play-off final between Oldham Athletic and Southend United poised to take place on Sunday, Dominic Booth previews the latter's run to Wembley – Southend are seeking a return to the EFL after financial turmoil and the threat of going bust. We will also have the view from Paris before the Champions League final, as Luke Entwistle looks at PSG's big-game preparations. Advertisement 8.30am Matchday live Football Join Barry Glendenning and Rob Smyth for our special liveblog covering all the reaction to Friday's Women's Nations League results – including England v Portugal at Wembley – plus the buildup to Saturday's big game: the men's Champions League final between PSG and Internazionale at 8pm. Who will be crowned champions of Europe? Send your thoughts, predictions and questions to 9.30am French Open day seven live Tennis The first week of the French Open ends on Saturday, with John Brewin helming the liveblog for another busy day, with Britain's Jacob Fearnley and Cam Norrie facing off in the third round. Tumaini Carayol is at Roland Garros to wrap up the best of the action in his reports. Advertisement 10.30am Giro d'Italia stage 20 live Cycling This year's Giro finishes on Sunday with a procession in Rome and a Vatican visit, but the winner's pink jersey will be claimed the day before on a brutal climb to Sestrière. Can Mexico's Isaac Del Toro hold on to the maglia rosa, or can a contender like Simon Yates make a late break for glory? Join Tom Bassam for live updates throughout the day. 3pm Spanish Grand Prix qualifying live Formula One An exciting title race continues in Barcelona and a change of the rules on wing-flexing – described by Ferrari's Frederic Vasseur as a possible 'gamechanger' – could throw up further drama. With Lando Norris fastest in practice, Dominic Booth will keep you abreast of the latest qualifying updates as the drivers battle for pole position on Sunday. Advertisement 8pm PSG v Inter live Champions League The men's Champions League comes to a close in Munich as PSG take on Internazionale hoping to earn their first ever title in Europe's elite competition. The French side are favourites after beating the English trio of Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal in the knockout stage but Inter are a tough nut to crack and will want to put right their 2023 final defeat. Scott Murray will lead the build-up in our liveblog from around 6pm before the 8pm kick-off, while David Hytner, Barney Ronay, Jonathan Liew and Nick Ames will be in Munich, offering reports, news and comment on the biggest game in club football. Sunday 9.30am Advertisement French Open day eight live Tennis It's the fourth round at Roland Garros as we get into the business end of the tournament. Daniel Harris has all the latest in our rolling liveblog, where women's title contenders Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek are expected to be in action, while Tumaini Carayol is again reporting from Paris, with the latest reports and news from the two draws. 11am England v West Indies, second men's ODI live Cricket Following England's emphatic opening win over the West Indies at Edgbaston, the series continues in Cardiff with Sunday's second one-day international, as Harry Brook hopes to prevail in his first series as white-ball captain of England. Tanya Aldred and James Wallace will be on hand for our over-by-over report from the action at Sophia Gardens, while Simon Burnton's match report will follow later on. Advertisement 2pm Spanish Grand Prix live Formula One How will Lando Norris fare after the McLaren driver claimed a brilliant win in Monaco to close to within three points of teammate Oscar Piastri at the top of the standings? Will Max Verstappen – 25 points back from leader Piastri – close the gap? Luke McLaughlin is manning our lap-by-lap report on the action in Barcelona, while Giles Richards, our F1 correspondent, will wrap up the final race report and reaction. 3pm Oldham v Southend live National League playoff final Oldham and Southend may have finished fifth and seventh in the regular season – the latter a full 28 points behind second-placed York City – but now both teams have a chance to return to the Football League with victory at Wembley on Sunday. Will Unwin has our minute-by-minute liveblog, while Paul MacInnes will be filing his match report from Wembley.
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30-04-2025
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DAZN confirm end of Ligue 1 broadcasting contract
DAZN have confirmed to L'Équipe that they have reached an agreement with the LFP to end their Ligue 1 broadcasting contract. DAZN only signed the deal to broadcast Ligue 1 for the five-year cycle at the start of the season. The deal allowed the British broadcaster to show eight of the nine Ligue 1 matches within the gameweek for an annual fee of €375m. That deal was meant to run until 2029, however, it has already reached an end, as confirmed by DAZN. Advertisement DAZN will pay a fee of €100m to break the contract, as well as the final two payments worth another €140m. This agreement between the broadcaster and the league will be presented to the LFP's administrative council on the 2nd May. 'There is an exit option in the contract that ties us to the league, because they want to launch their own channel,' the broadcaster told L'Équipe, confirming the LFP's desire to create their own channel, which will then be partnered with one, or multiple broadcasters, including DAZN. 'Coming to France, losing money and then stopping after one year doesn't make much sense. We are convinced that in the context of the Ligue 1 channel project, we can bring a lot of added value,' the broadcaster told L'Équipe. If DAZN were to be partnered with the LFP's channel, the latter would renounce the €100m fee for breaking the contract. GFFN | Luke Entwistle
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04-04-2025
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Round 28: PSG look to wrap up title against Angers
Ligue 1 Predictions | Round 28: PSG look to wrap up title against Angers Ligue 1 Predictions, Round 28 GFFN editor-in-chief Luke Entwistle and GFFN's Raphaël Jucobin face off in our Ligue 1 predictions competition. It's three points for a correct score, two points for a correct score difference, and one point for a correct result. Who will come out on top at the end of the season? Advertisement SCORES Raphaël: 146 Luke: 173 Game of the week: Olympique Lyonnais v Lille OSC, Saturday 20:05 (UK) Lyon suffered a big defeat at the hands of Strasbourg on Friday. The 4-2 loss to a direct rival for the European places leaves them with ground to make up. However, the scoreline arguably was not a fair reflection with Lyon playing well in the first half and accumulating a higher xG than their opponents (1.78 to 2.87) over the course of the match. It doesn't need to be all doom and gloom at OL but it will be if they can't get a result against another direct competitor for the top four, Lille. If OL are free-flowing, open, dynamic, and exciting, Lille have been anything but in recent weeks. Advertisement There could be a physical factor at play here. Lille's season began at the start of August due to having to go through the Champions League playoffs. Having already played four intense European matches by the end of August, it would only be normal if that is starting to catch up on them, especially since an injury crisis in mid-season prevented Lille from rotating. LOSC did get over the line against Lens, profiting from a Mathew Ryan error to net the only goal of the game. Les Sang et Or deserved at least a point, however. Only two points separate these two sides but Lyon, despite a heavy loss last weekend, are perhaps better set-up to grab all three points here. Raphaël's full predictions Nice 2-0 Nantes PSG 4-0 Angers Brest 2-2 Monaco Lyon 1-3 Lille Lens 2-1 Saint-Étienne Reims 2-3 Strasbourg Rennes 2-1 Auxerre Montpellier 0-2 Le Havre Marseille 2-1 Toulouse Luke's full predictions Nice 2-0 Nantes Brest 2-3 Monaco Lyon 2-1 Lille PSG 5-0 Angers Lens 1-0 Saint-Étienne Reims 1-3 Strasbourg Rennes 2-0 Auxerre Montpellier 0-1 Le Havre Marseille 3-1 Toulouse GFFN | Luke Entwistle
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24-03-2025
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France's World Cup qualification group confirmed
France secured their place in the final four of the UEFA Nations League thanks to a penalty shoot-out win over Croatia (2-0, agg. 2-2, pens 6-4) at the Stade de France on Sunday. It is a result that also has implications for their FIFA World Cup qualifying group. The Nations League win over Croatia not only sets up a date with Spain in the semi-final of the competition in June, but it also means that France's qualification group is confirmed. Les Bleus have been placed in a group with Ukraine, Iceland and Azerbaijan. Of the three, Ukraine (25th in the FIFA rankings) are the highest-ranked of France's upcoming opponents, then comes Iceland (70th) and finally Azerbaijan (117th). France will get their campaign underway with an away trip against Ukraine (likely to be played at a neutral ground) on 5th September with the final match of the campaign away to Azerbaijan on 16th November. Les Bleus will be looking to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in what is confirmed to be Didier Deschamps' final tournament in charge of Les Bleus. By the time he leaves the post, he will have been in charge of the national team for 14 years. GFFN | Luke Entwistle
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21-03-2025
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AS Monaco ranked behind Chelsea in preparedness for the future
A report from the has found that, from the 37 leagues across the world, AS Monaco are the second best prepared for the future. The study took the minutes played by each club's players, who have contracts that run beyond 2026, in the league this season. Chelsea top the list. 91.8% of the minutes disputed by their players in the Premier League this season have contracts that run beyond the end of next season. Monaco rank second in the list with 91.3%. None of the Principality club's current squad have a contract that expires at the end of the current campaign. Dutch side AZ Alkmaar close out the podium with 89.2%. Paris Saint-Germain also feature within the top five (87.9%). Stade de Reims are the next side to feature on the list, all the way down in 60th place with 68.3%. OGC Nice are 77th (65.4%) and RC Strasbourg Alsace are 83rd (64.2%), closing out the top five of French sides. GFFN | Luke Entwistle
