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AFPMbappe to bring curtain down on PSG career in French Cup final
Kylian Mbappe will bring the curtain down on his Paris Saint-Germain career on Saturday and has the chance to sign off with another trophy in the French Cup final against Lyon.Victory against Lyon on Saturday will allow him to claim a fourth winners' medal in the French Cup.
AFPLeinster hoping there is no Byrne-out in Champions Cup final, says MacNeill
Ross Byrne faces "a pivotal moment" in his career when the Leinster fly-half faces Toulouse on Saturday in the Champions Cup final and can at last emerge from the shadow of Johnny Sexton, Ireland rugby great Hugo MacNeill told AFP. The destination of the trophy in the much anticipated meeting of record five-time winners Toulouse and four-time champions Leinster hinges largely, MacNeill says, on who wins the battle of the halfbacks."Sexton cast a very large shadow and it has not been easy for Byr
AFPBeaten Leverkusen hope to 'find themselves' in German Cup final
Bayer Leverkusen face second-division Kaiserslautern in Saturday's German Cup final licking their wounds after a first loss in almost a year. Despite their run to the final, Kaiserslautern only played one top-division side in the Cup -- beating Cologne, who were relegated to the second division at the end of the season.
ReutersSoccer-Manipur's ethnic violence splinters teams and sporting dreams
Ethnic clashes in India's Manipur state saw its most successful women's club fail to field a team in the Indian Women's League in 2023-24, with its coach fleeing his burning home and a number of players in self-imposed exile interstate. The unrest in the northeastern state, which has resulted in more than 200 dead and tens of thousands displaced, divided football teams like Eastern Sporting Union (ESU) along ethnic lines and forced some players out of the state. "At first we didn't think it would be that bad, but suddenly it was everywhere," former ESU skipper Irom Prameshwori Devi, who has since joined East Bengal, told Reuters of the outbreak of violence.