Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 2, 2025
Paris St Germain’s Ousmane Dembele presents the Champions League trophy on the Philippe-Chatrier court docket earlier than the fourth spherical match betrween Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Britain’s Cameron Norrie REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS – Paris St Germain ahead Ousmane Dembele acquired a roaring welcome normally reserved for tennis champions when he carried the freshly-won Champions League trophy onto centre court docket on Monday.
The French soccer membership beat Inter Milan 5-0 within the showcase match in Munich on Saturday to clinch the trophy for the primary time earlier than the gamers and workers acquired a heroes’ welcome within the French capital on Sunday.
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The festivities for Dembele, who was voted the Champions League Participant of the Season, continued on Monday when he carried the shiny trophy onto Court docket Philippe Chatrier in entrance of greater than 10,000 individuals.
He was carrying a white t-shirt with the phrase “triumph” written on it.
Organisers couldn’t have timed the transient ceremony higher, with Europe’s most prestigious soccer membership trophy arriving minutes after world quantity 361 and wild card Lois Boisson of France shocked third-seeded American Jessica Pegula in three units to achieve the final eight within the upset of the event.
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“Ici c’est Paris, (That is Paris)” shouted Dembele because the usually extra reserved afternoon tennis crowd erupted with cheers.
“Distinctive, it was a magic second in Munich. We performed an distinctive season and have been rewarded with our first European Cup,” France worldwide Dembele advised the gang.
“The person titles are high-quality however it’s the collective titles that matter. We’ll attempt to win as many titles as potential.”
PSG are solely the second French facet to win the European Cup after Olympique de Marseille in 1993.
