Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot could barely have scripted his second career win over a top-five player better after he defeated world number five Lorenzo Musetti 7-6(6) 7-5 in front of a joyous home crowd at the Monte-Carlo Masters on Wednesday. The victory made the 27-year-old just the second Monegasque, after his half-brother and coach Benjamin Balleret, […]
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PSG see off late Monaco surge to advance in Champions League
Holders Paris St Germain edged into the Champions League’s last 16 after a 2-2 home draw with 10-man Monaco in the second leg of their knockout-round playoff on Wednesday, advancing 5-4 on aggregate from a tense tie that went right to the wire. Monaco took the lead on the stroke of halftime through Maghnes Akliouche, […]
Mbappe, Vinicius help Real Madrid thrash Monaco in Champions League
Kylian Mbappe struck twice against his former side Monaco as Real Madrid romped to an emphatic 6-1 Champions League victory on Tuesday to ease tensions around the club. Vinicius Junior, who was jeered by his own fans during a home win over Levante last weekend, also shone and scored a brilliant goal as Madrid strengthened […]
Vuelta to start in Monaco next year, end in Granada
The 2026 Vuelta a Espana will start with a time-trial in Monaco and finish in Granada, after organisers on Wednesday unveiled what they say will be one of the most difficult routes in the race’s history. Four medium-mountain stages and six mountain stages have been scheduled for a total elevation gain of 58,156 metres, far […]
Djokovic Falls Ill, Knocked Out by World No. 204
SHANGHAI: World No. 204 Valentin Vacherot pulled off one of tennis’s biggest shocks by beating Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters semi-final on Saturday. Djokovic, clearly struggling with illness, was treated several times courtside and even vomited during the match. Despite breaking early, the 38-year-old Serbian could not keep up physically as Vacherot, […]
Paris Saint-Germain win French Cup in domestic double bid
Paris: Paris Saint-Germain have a domestic double in their sights after winning the French Cup by beating Monaco 2-0 in Wednesday’s final at the Stade de France. Goals from Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappe won a largely uninspiring final for PSG who now go into the weekend’s final round of Ligue 1 fixtures with a […]
Bordeaux beat Monaco and say Thierry Henry could still come
Bordeaux grabbed their first points of the season as they beat Monaco 2-1 at home on Sunday and the club’s owner insisted Thierry Henry could still join as coach. Francois Kamano’s superb curled finish in second-half injury time added to the Guinean’s 48th-minute penalty for Bordeaux at the Matmut Atlantique. That spot-kick had been cancelled […]