Shiffrin for History, Col de la Couillole, Odermatt, Sixers, Inter de Milan, XV de France … Sports news on Saturday

What you may have missed between last night and this morning

1. Tennis – Indian Wells: Humbert and Medvedev pass, Tsitsipas and Berrettini fall

Big performance in the second round at Indian Wells for Ugo Humbert. The French offered Denis Shapovalov (7-5, 6-4) in two sets. Daniil Medvedev meanwhile assured against Brandon Nakashima (6-4, 6-3), the complete opposite of his rival Stefanos Tsitsipas, released by the Australian Jordan Thompson in 3 sets (7-6, 4-6, 7- 6). Matteo Berrettini also fell by the wayside against Taro Daniel (7-6, 0-6, 6-3). Alexander Zverev also qualified.

2. Football – Ligue 1: Lille and Lyon share the points and open the ball

What show ! Lyon went to glean an unexpected point in Lille, Friday evening, at the end of the evening (3-3), relying on their center forward Alexandre Lacazette to pick up the score in the last minutes. Jonathan David scored a hat-trick, but the Mastiffs collapsed in money-time after dominating the proceedings. This 27th day is off to a flying start.

3. Basketball – NBA: The Lakers and the Sixers are doing well, Cleveland loses to Miami

LeBron James’ teammates overcame the Toronto Raptors (122-112) and continue to hope to grab the play-offs, while the Philadelphia Sixers were able to count on Joel Embiid (39 points, 7 rebounds) to snatch the success in the last quarter against Portland. The Cleveland Cavaliers, on the other hand, left Miami empty-handed, dominated by the Heat (119-115).

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Football – Serie A: Inter Milan failed to find the keys to success at La Spezia (2-1). The Liguria team snatch a capital success against the Italian dolphin in the race to maintain, despite a penalty goal from Romelu Lukaku.

To see, read or listen to on Eurosport

It is an exceptional weekend which is launched on the Eurosport antenna. Between the race for the History of Mikaela Shiffrin this Saturday in Are, the male giant of Kransjka Gora (9:30 a.m.), the Biathlon World Cup in Ostersund, or the highly anticipated outcomes of Paris-Nice and Tirreno Adriatico, several events leading are to follow this Saturday. The American will set off at 10:30 am in Sweden, to become the first skier to win 87 World Cup victories. The opportunity to come back to his run this Friday as a giant.

The Paris-Nice stage with its arrival with great fanfare at the Col de la Couillole will also be on the program this Saturday. This is the penultimate stage of the Race to the Sun, the one that can decide for good the yellow jersey still on the shoulders of the tireless Tadej Pogacar. Philippe Gilbert, consultant for Eurosport, deciphers this formidable route for Les Rois de la pédale.

This Saturday is also the Crunch! Crucial to decide the fate of the Blues in this 6 Nations, this match between England and France brings its share of questions around the two teams. Is this XV de la Rose really that bad? Will the revamped blue bench hold up? The editorial staff of Eurosport asked all these questions.

The question of the day: Shiffrin alone in the world today?

This Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Are, on the Swedish lands of Ingemar Stenmark and live on Eurosport, the American Mikaela Shiffrin will take part in the women’s slalom, to try to put her name at the top of the list of the greatest athletes. all time. The alpine skier equaled the Swede on Friday in the number of World Cup victories: 86. She has the opportunity today, in her favorite discipline, slalom, to make this record unique.