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Benfica have this morning announced the passing at the age of 63 of club legend Fernando Chalana, who also left his mark on French football in a three-year spell with Bordeaux. The winger spent 13 seasons with the Lisbon side, winning six league titles as well as the Portuguese cup on three occasions. During his time north of the Pyrenees, he was at Les Girondins during their golden era and won two Ligue 1 titles in his three years at the club. He would nevertheless only make 22 appearances during his entire time there, scoring once as injuries blighted his French experience. Chalana was affectionately known as Chalanix from his imposing…

The FIA has confirmed that a rule clarification related to the circumstances surrounding Fernando Alonso’s post-race penalty in Jeddah will be issued to teams ahead of next week’s Australian Grand Prix. Alonso scored his 100th career podium in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. However, the Spaniard’s milestone result was a three-part affair involving an initial penalty followed by a Right of Review granted to Aston Martin and finally a U-turn by the stewards and Alonso’s reinstatement. Alonso’s evening started with a minor transgression when the Aston charger lined up second on the grid but with his left-front tyre outside of his painted box, like Esteban Ocon in Bahrain. Like the Alpine…

Paris Saint-Germain have this afternoon released their squad to face Montpellier tomorrow night for the second matchday of the Ligue 1 campaign, notably featuring new signing Renato Sanches for the first time. The Portuguese midfielder’s move from Lille was made official last week, as the Ligue 1 champions beat Milan to his signing and signed him on a five-year deal, buying out the final year of his contract with Les Dogues for an estimated €15m. Kylian Mbappé makes his return to competitive action after missing out on the first two official matches of the campaign – the Trophée des Champions against Nantes and the first of the league season against…

Always the street fighter, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez achieved in Jeddah perhaps his best win yet in Formula 1, the Mexican holding his own up front and never putting a foot wrong to savour his fifth career Grand Prix win. Check out our recap in pictures of Sunday’s Saudi Arabian GP, round 2 of the 2023 F1 world championship. 94 You may also like Saudi Arabian GP: Saturday’s action in pictures Saudi Arabian GP: Friday’s action in pictures Saudi Arabian GP: Thursday’s build-up in pictures Bahrain GP: Sunday’s action in pictures Bahrain GP: Saturday’s action in pictures Bahrain GP: Friday’s action in pictures   Click Here: Harry Kane jersey sale

Bulls skipper Ruan Nortje is delighted to have returned to winning ways against the Dragons last weekend and is hoping to continue their winning ways against Exeter Chiefs in the Champions Cup. Going into last week’s game, the Bulls had lost three in a row, conceding more than 100 points in the process and were without their director of rugby Jake White who successfully underwent emergency abdominal surgery. Handled the pressure Nortje acknowledged the pressure the team was under and was proud of how his players adapted to the conditions to claim the relieving win. “That game was massive for us,” Nortje said on Tuesday. “We were under a lot…

L’Équipe report that Ligue 1 side Lille have struck a fee agreement with French 2nd division side Sochaux for 19-year-old attacker Alan Virginius. Click Here: cheap converse women low top shoes The agreement has been reached for a fee of between €4m to €5m for the French U19s international, who was the most highly sought after attacking prospect from Ligue 2 during this summer. Virginius had approaches from Newcastle United, Bayer Leverkusen and Anderlecht, whilst Ligue 1 strugglers Lorient formulated a loan with option to buy proposal for the teenager. Virginius was initially very interested in the Lorient project and was given wide berth to choose his next destination by…

Sergio Perez picked up the mantle from Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen after the Dutchman’s unexpected demise in qualifying in Jeddah due to a mechanical failure on his RB19. But Sunday is another day and as Max himself said: “Anything can happen!” Check out our recap in pictures of Saturday’s action at the Saudi Arabian GP, round 2 of the 2023 F1 world championship. 78 You may also like Saudi Arabian GP: Friday’s action in pictures Saudi Arabian GP: Thursday’s build-up in pictures Bahrain GP: Sunday’s action in pictures Bahrain GP: Saturday’s action in pictures Click Here: Kangaroos Rugby League Jersey Bahrain GP: Friday’s action in pictures Bahrain GP: Thursday’s…

According to sources contacted by Get French Football News, Leicester’s Boubakary Soumaré (23) is disappointed to have not completed a move to AS Monaco and is said to not be won over by a potential move to Rennes.  Soumaré was Monaco’s priority target to replace Aurélien Tchouaméni (22), who joined Real Madrid for a reported €100m. However, the transfer broke down as Leicester incrementally increased their asking price. The club initially seemed prepared to accept €15m for the former Lille man, but by the end of the negotiations, they were asking for over €20m.  Soumaré is said to be “disappointed” by the collapse of the deal, as he was very keen on…

Despite topping both of Friday’s free practice sessions for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen said he was expecting it to be a much harder battle for Red Bull this weekend. Verstapen had almost half a second in hand over his team mate Sergio perez in FP1, but this gap shrank to two tenths in the more representative night time session with Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso closest. That looks ominous given that Verstappen wasn’t quickest in any of the practice sessions in Bahrain, only to go on to romp to victory in Sunday’s race. Read also: Verstappen stays top in second practice, Alonso edges Perez But Verstappen said that…

Click:cheap geomembrana supplier Foot Mercato report this afternoon that Nice have made an enquire over the availability of Rennes forward Gaëtan Laborde, although Les Aiglons have other options ahead of the Frenchman in their list of attacking targets for the rest of the window. Despite interest from several clubs across Europe – Newcastle and Sevilla are also said to be looking at the former Bordeaux man – Laborde has not discarded the possibility of remaining in Brittany this season. While NIce have enquired over Laborde, the Frenchman is behind the likes of Islam Slimani, Ben Brereton Díaz and Edinson Cavani in their shortlist, all of which have emerged as more concrete…