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Busquets extends Barcelona contract PSG make it seven wins in seven until 2023 AFP | Barcelona AFP | Paris arcelona aris Saint-Germain set BSergio Busquets has a new club record on extended his contract until PWednesday when a 4-1 We are very happy 2023, the Spanish champi- victory over Reims gave them a to be the team to ons announced yesterday. seventh win from seven games set the record. It Busquets’ deal had initial- this season and an eight-point was a big objective ly ben until 2021, and under lead in . tonight, a great the new contract, his buyout With a perfect 21 points, new clause has been increased coach Thomas Tuchel sur - motivation for us to from 200 to 500 million eu- passed the previous best start win and write this ros ($234-584m). of 19 points by predecessor Unai team into the club’s The contract extension Emery last season. record books for the 30-year-old, 2010 The champions can now claim THOMAS TUCHEL world champion and Euro another slice of history on Sat- 2012 winner, follows sim- urday where a victory over Nice ilar deals for Lionel Mes- will allow PSG to equal Lille’s si, who has signed on until all-time record of eight wins at Montpellier’s 2021, Sergi Roberto (2022), the start of a season set back in was sent off for a wild sliding goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter 1936-1937. tackle. Caen created dangerous Stegen (2022) and Samuel Missing the injured Lassana chances, but Montpellier held Umtiti (2023). Diarra and suspended Kylian on to draw 2-2. Mbappe, PSG surprisingly fell In , Kenny Lala behind to Reims after just two broke away and put Strasboug minutes on Wednesday when ahead after 27 minutes. Pellegrini hails Xavier Chavalerin stunned the Paris Saint-Germain’s players celebrate after winning the French L1 football match between Paris Saint Germain and The home team replied twice Parc des Princes. Reims just before half time. West Ham’s biggest But levelled After was win for 35 years after five minutes and then won tonight, a great motivation for us in the 35th minute. Soumaoro received a second sent flying in the 41st minute, the 24th-minute penalty which to win and write this team into On a night when six early yellow card. coolly converted was converted by . the club’s record books.” matches produced six red cards, The other two teams who the penalty. Uruguay striker Cavani hit the Moussa Dembele scored his Lyon played the last 34 minutes could have climbed to sec - Then curled a third before half-time to take his first two goals for Lyon in two with 10 men after ond, Marseille and Montpelli- shot inside the post to put Mar- season’s goal tally to five, the minutes in Dijon to set his team received a second yellow card. er played games that followed seille ahead on the stroke of half same as Neymar. on course for an 3-0 victory that Dijon’s Enzo Loiodice followed similar patterns until the dying time. Thomas Meunier tucked away lifted them into second in Ligue in the final minute. seconds. After received a the fourth in the 55th minute af- 1. Lyon are on 13 points from Montpellier fell behind at straight red in the 52nd minute ter being set up by young striker The 22-year old striker, who seven games, eight behind PSG. Caen to a goal by Saif-Eddine the 10 men of Marseille held Moussa Diaby much to the de- joined from Celtic on August 31, Lille, who started the evening Khaoui after 10 minutes. out until the 89th minute when light of watching US basketball scored the opener after 17 min- in second, lost 1-0 at Bordeaux. Andy Delort and Damien Le Nuno Da Costa leveled for the legend Michael Jordan in town utes with a first-time chip over Francois Kamano put the home Tallec resplied and put the visi- visitors. Manuel Pellegrini for this week’s Ryder Cup. the goalkeeper and two minutes team ahead after just seven min- tors ahead and, briefly, second in Marseille responded with one “We are very happy to be the later added a second, acrobat- utes. the league. But Yacine Bammou last attack, and Valerie Germain AFP | London team to set the record,” said ically putting home a rebound. Lille played the last few min- leveled after 64 minutes. met a low cross with a ferocious Tuchel. “It was a big objective Martin Terrier headed a third utes with 10 men after Adama Seven minutes from time, shot to secure a 3-2 win. anuel Pellegrini salut- Med West Ham’s ruth- less finishing as the Pre - mier League side stormed to their biggest win for 35 VAR to be used in Euro Kompany pledges to help city’s homeless years with an 8-0 thrash- ing of Macclesfield in the 2020 and Champions Reuters | Manchester and so much more to be grateful League Cup third round on for,” Kompany told the Man- Wednesday. League from next season anchester City captain chester Evening News. Pellegrini, who twice MVincent Kompany says “Over the past decade I’ve won the League Cup with AFP | Nyon, Switzerland troducing VAR in August 2019 he will donate all money made been lucky to have witnessed Manchester City, named a will give us enough time to from his testimonial season to and played a part in Manchester strong side against the Foot- ideo Assistant Referees put in place a robust system help the homeless in the North City’s rise as a club and a brand. ball League’s bottom club Vwill be used in the Cham- and to train match officials to West city. This has also run parallel along- and was rewarded as West pions League from the 2019-20 ensure an efficient, successful Belgian Kompany, who joined side the rise of a whole region. Ham ran riot at the London season and will also be intro- implementation of VAR in the City 10 years ago, has teamed up “However, with this spectac- Stadium. duced at the 2020 European UEFA Champions League, the with Manchester mayor Andy ular rise, comes a very visible Robert Snodgrass, Lucas Championship, UEFA said yes- world’s flagship club compe- Burnham to create Tackle4MCR downside: more and more peo- Perez, Ryan Fredericks and terday. tition,” UEFA president Alek- and says money from his gala Vincent Kompany ple are left out of and have no debutant Grady Diangana European football’s govern- sander Ceferin said. dinner and testimonial match Manchester: a great career at access to the benefits of the rap- all scored their first goals ing body revealed a decision UEFA were meeting at their will go to help those sleeping the highest level, unconditional id development, often leaving for the club, while Michail had been taken at a meeting Swiss headquarters ahead of rough. support from the fans through them no choice but to end up Antonio and Angelo Ogbon- of their executive committee the announcement later of “I’ve received much from thick and thin, a lovely family on the streets,” he added. na were also on target. to bring in the technology, the winning bid to host Euro which will be used from the 2024, with Germany and Tur- play-off round preceding the key competing for the right to group stage of the Champions organise the tournament. League. VAR has been introduced in Juventus extend Serie A streak, Roma back winning UEFA’s move follows the use the top divisions in Spain and of VAR at the FIFA World Cup France this season, with those AFP | Milan rino over a month ago. in Russia, when it was deemed leagues following on from the “This is a new beginning for largely to be a suc- German Bunde- aulo Dybala and Blaise Ma- us, a new season has started,” cess. sliga and Italian Ptuidi scored early as Juven- said Di Francesco. VAR will also be Serie A, although tus extended their perfect start In Turin, Dybala got a rare used in the Eu - BETTER the English Pre- to their Serie A title defence to start up front alongside su - ropa League, but mier League six games on Wednesday with a perstar and not until the 2020- has been more 2-0 win over Bologna, as Roma lashed home his first goal of the 21 season and only KNOW cautious and it ended their losing streak with season after 12 minutes in the from the group has not yet been a 4-0 success over promoted Allianz Stadium. stage, and in the widely brought in Frosinone. The Argentine had initially finals of the new across the conti- The reigning champions have teed up Matuidi but Lukasz Sko- international Na- UEFA’s move nent. a maximum 18 points, three rupski cleared the Frenchman’s tions League com- follows the use Ceferin him- ahead of Napoli who beat Par- effort before Dybala acrobati- petition, although of VAR at the self had resisted ma 3-0, with the top two set to cally turned the ball in himself. only from 2021. FIFA World Cup calls to bring VAR go head-to-head in Turin on Five minutes later World Cup Before that, in Russia, when into Europe’s elite Saturday. winner Matuidi got his chance UEFA will intro- it was deemed club competition, “We made some mistakes at Bologna’s Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski jumps for the ball with Juventus’ to add a second following a Ron- duce VAR for the largely to be a telling journalists the end of the match and we Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) during the Italian Serie A football aldo cross, with the Portuguese first time at next in Monaco last were sometimes vulnerable,” match between Juventus and Bologna forward having a shot cleared August’s Super success month that “VAR said Juventus coach Massi - off the near post by Skorupski. Cup in Istanbul, is not completely miliano Allegri. we’ll see everyone together and Roman derby against Roma. Ronaldo -- who missed out between the win- clear for now, but “On Saturday it’s a head-to- decide.” Roma, meanwhile, eased the on the FIFA’s best player of the ners of this sea- we also know that head with Napoli and it’ll cer- Lazio are third, a further pressure on under-fire coach year award this week -- fired son’s Champions League and there is no way back anymore, tainly be a great game. I don’t three points adrift, after their Eusebio Di Francesco achiev- just wide five minutes from the Europa League. technology will come sooner have a line-up in my head right fourth win on the trot 2-1 against ing their first three points since whistle when he picked up Dy- “We’re confident that in- or later”. now, as on Friday in training Udinese ahead of this weekend’s their season-opener against To- bala’s through ball.