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      Lewis Hamilton, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar party at supermodel Cindy Bruna’s glitzy 27th birthday bash in Paris

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      PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN stars Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Marco Verratti were joined by Lewis Hamilton at model Cindy Bruna’s 27th birthday bash.The French fashion model celebrated her birthday in style on Friday night at the swanky Trattoria restaurant in Paris.
      Cindy Bruna celebrated her 27th birthday alongside Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Marco VerrattiCredit: BackGrid
      Formula One superstar Lewis Hamilton was also in attendance for the birthday bashCredit: BackGrid
      French fashion model Bruna is known to be friends with a number of the Les Parisiens squadCredit: BackGrid
      Bruna also celebrated her birthday in style last year alongside a number of PSG players.
      And this year was no different as her glitzy get-together brought out a host of A-list celebrities in the French capital.
      And she shared multiple snaps and clips on her Instagram story to her 1.3 million followers.
      Formula One icon Hamilton showed his face at the party with the Brit, 36, in France for Paris Fashion Week.
      Before attending Bruna’s party, he took to social media to show him wearing double denim while out and about.
      Captioning the post, he said: “While I’m in Paris, please call me Louis.”
      Seven-time Formula One champion is in France for Paris Fashion WeekCredit: BackGrid
      Bruno boasts over 1.3 million followers on social media platform InstagramCredit: BackGrid

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      Later on in the night, the seven-time world champ posed for a picture with Mbappe and Neymar while wearing a face mask.
      The two forwards looked to be delighted to be in Hamilton’s presence as and couldn’t hide their grins.
      PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino will be hoping his players will be firing on all cylinders on Sunday for the away clash against Rennes.
      Les Parisiens have won all eight of their Ligue 1 matches this term as they sit six points clear at the top of the table.
      The French side go into their match against Rennes full of confidence after beating Manchester City 2-0 in the Champions League.
      Lionel Messi finally got on the score sheet for PSG following his summer arrival and Pochettino hopes his Argentine compatriot now kicks on.
      He said: “You need this type of performance and players like him need to feel the back of the net.
      Bruna shared a number of snaps and clips on her Instagram storyCredit: BackGrid
      “He needs to create links within the team after 20 years in Barcelona. He’s feeling different things, there’s a lot of new feelings for him.
      “First goal in our side, now that we are in the same side I enjoyed a lot and so happy to be here enjoying Leo’s first goal.
      “He’s top class, I know I’m not saying anything new but I think with time he still has room to improve a lot.”
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      Lewis Hamilton, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe party at supermodel Cindy Bruna’s glitzy 27th birthday bash in Paris

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      PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN stars Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Marco Verratti were joined by Lewis Hamilton at model Cindy Bruna’s 27th birthday bash.The French fashion model celebrated her birthday in style on Friday night at the swanky Trattoria restaurant in Paris.
      Cindy Bruna celebrated her 27th birthday alongside Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Marco VerrattiCredit: BackGrid
      Formula One superstar Lewis Hamilton was also in attendance for the birthday bashCredit: BackGrid
      French fashion model Bruna is known to be friends with a number of the Les Parisiens squadCredit: BackGrid
      Bruna also celebrated her birthday in style last year alongside a number of PSG players.
      And this year was no different as her glitzy get-together brought out a host of A-list celebrities in the French capital.
      And she shared multiple snaps and clips on her Instagram story to her 1.3 million followers.
      Formula One icon Hamilton showed his face at the party with the Brit, 36, in France for Paris Fashion Week.
      Before attending Bruna’s party, he took to social media to show him wearing double denim while out and about.
      Captioning the post, he said: “While I’m in Paris, please call me Louis.”
      Seven-time Formula One champion is in France for Paris Fashion WeekCredit: BackGrid
      Bruno boasts over 1.3 million followers on social media platform InstagramCredit: BackGrid

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      Later on in the night, the seven-time world champ posed for a picture with Mbappe and Neymar while wearing a face mask.
      The two forwards looked to be delighted to be in Hamilton’s presence as and couldn’t hide their grins.
      PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino will be hoping his players will be firing on all cylinders on Sunday for the away clash against Rennes.
      Les Parisiens have won all eight of their Ligue 1 matches this term as they sit six points clear at the top of the table.
      The French side go into their match against Rennes full of confidence after beating Manchester City 2-0 in the Champions League.
      Lionel Messi finally got on the score sheet for PSG following his summer arrival and Pochettino hopes his Argentine compatriot now kicks on.
      He said: “You need this type of performance and players like him need to feel the back of the net.
      Bruna shared a number of snaps and clips on her Instagram storyCredit: BackGrid
      “He needs to create links within the team after 20 years in Barcelona. He’s feeling different things, there’s a lot of new feelings for him.
      “First goal in our side, now that we are in the same side I enjoyed a lot and so happy to be here enjoying Leo’s first goal.
      “He’s top class, I know I’m not saying anything new but I think with time he still has room to improve a lot.”
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      Arsenal loanee Matteo Guendouzi in line for France debut at Nations League finals with ex-Chelsea ace Olivier Giroud OUT

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      ARSENAL loanee Matteo Guendouzi looks set to make his France debut after being picked for their Nations League final four squad.But former Gunner Olivier Giroud has been axed by Didier Deschamps.
      Matteo Guendouzi is in line for his first ever France capCredit: Getty – Contributor
      But there’s no room in the squad for AC Milan striker Olivier Giroud who has been left outCredit: Sportphoto24/Marco Canoniero
      Les Bleus head to Italy next week along with the hosts, Spain and Belgium.
      But they will travel without AC Milan striker Giroud, 35, who is his country’s all-time top scorer.
      It’s the second time the former Arsenal and Chelsea man has been overlooked having been left out for France’s World Cup qualifiers last month.
      France face Belgium in Thursday’s semi-final at Juventus’ stadium.
      Lucas Hernandez and Benjamin Pavard are back in the squad along with their Bayern Munich team-mate Dayot Upamecano.
      Guendouzi has been called up as Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante is out after testing positive for Covid.
      France’s full squadThis is the 23-man squad France boss Didier Deschamps has picked for this month’s Nations League final four tournament in Italy…

      Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Mike Maignan (AC Milan), Benoit Costil (Girondins de Bordeaux).
      Defenders: Lucas Digne (Everton), Leo Dubois (Olympique Lyonnais), Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich), Presnel Kimpembe (Paris St Germain), Jules Kounde (Sevilla), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich), Raphael Varane (Manchester United).
      Midfielders: Matteo Guendouzi (Olympique de Marseille), Theo Hernandez (AC Milan), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus), Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco), Jordan Veretout (Roma).
      Forwards: Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Anthony Martial (Manchester United), Kylian Mbappe (Paris St Germain).

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      Deschamps said: “There’s a 10-day isolation period so he would not have been able to train and he was also just out of an injury layoff.
      “It’s best for him that he uses that period to recover his physical freshness.”
      Guendouzi joined Marseille on loan from Arsenal this summer but the bad boy is reportedly already falling out with his new team-mates.
      The 22-year-old is reported to have clashed with a number of players in the squad, according to L’Equipe.
      He made a bright start for his new side, scoring once and providing an assist in his first three games.
      But now Marseille have won just one out of their last four, much to the annoyance of the Arsenal loanee.
      In the 3-2 home defeat to Lens at the weekend, L’Equipe claim Guendouzi asked team-mate Gerson ‘when he was going to start running,’ which didn’t go down well.

      ‘FALLS TO HIS KNEES AND SHOUTS TO THE SKY’
      Gerson had to be held back by team-mates as Guendouzi walked away, with captain Dimitri Payet stepping in to try and calm him down.
      The incident came after Lens’ second goal, with Guendouzi running up to the Brazilian before confronting him and allegedly accusing him of not running.
      And French talk show Le Phoceen also report disharmony in the Marseille camp.
      They claim Guendouzi has been highly critical of his team-mates, and also incredibly dramatic.
      He’s even alleged to fall to his knees and shout at the sky when somebody takes a bad first touch.
      The Frenchman is also reported to moan at and blame others when things don’t go according to plan.
      Guendouzi played 82 times during his time at Arsenal, but had a reputation at the club as being someone who was difficult to manage.
      There was a bust-up with club manager Mikel Arteta, and he was frozen out of the club after taunting Brighton players about earning more money then them in 2020.
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      The midfielder was also filmed in the same game grabbing Brighton match-winner Neal Maupay around the throat and hurling him to the ground.
      Guendouzi was subsequently sent out on loan to Hertha Berlin last season, and then moved on to Marseille for this campaign.
      The Ligue 1 side have the obligation to make the loan move permanent for £9.4million at the end of the season.

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      Cristiano Ronaldo gains 96 MILLION Instagram followers this year beating Lionel Messi to top spot again

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      CRISTIANO RONALDO has gained a whopping 96million new Instagram followers so far this year.And that ranks him ahead of rival Lionel Messi in another category of their ongoing battle.
      Cristiano Ronaldo is the top dog when it comes to Instagram followers in sportCredit: Getty
      Seven of the top ten sports stars with the most new followers in 2021 are footballers
      Both Ronaldo and Messi made mega transfers this summer.
      The Portuguese legend returned to Manchester United while the Argentina hero left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain.
      And that saw both men pick up swathes of fans on social media.
      According to ManySpins.com figures, Ronaldo went from 250m on January 1, 2021 to now having 346m – an increase of 96m – and in the process became the first Instagram user to top 300m.
      Of those, 3m have come in the last month since his transfer back to Old Trafford.
      Messi, meanwhile, increased his Insta army from 175m to 267m, an extra 92m.

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      However, more than 5m of those have come since his sensational free transfer to the Parc des Princes.
      Indian cricket icon Virat Kohli is third with an extra 70m up to 155m, followed by NBA superstar LeBron James is on 98m, with 23m of those coming in 2021.
      Messi’s PSG team-mates Neymar (16m) and Kylian Mbappe (12m) are next on the list.
      In seventh is 13-year-old Rayssa Leal, the Brazilian skateboarder who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
      The 4ft 10ins sensation jumped from 542,000 followers to 6.8m, a rise of 6.3m.
      Completing the top ten are footballers Erling Haaland (6m), Sergio Ramos and Paul Pogba (both 5m).
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      Unsurprisingly, Emma Raducanu has the highest percentage increase of any sports star on Instagram in 2021.
      The new queen of tennis started the year at school studying for her A-Levels with 9,600 followers.
      Nine months later, she has reached the fourth round at Wimbledon and is a Grand Slam champion after winning the US Open as a qualifier.
      And that has led to more than 2m more followers on the British teenager’s Instagram – an increase of a bonkers 20,847 per cent.
      Raducanu beat Leylah Fernandez in the Flushing Meadows final and the Canadian 19-year-old is second on the list of percentage increase of followers.
      She has gone from 9,900 to 308,000 – just shy of a 3,000 per cent boost.
      Olympic stars Sunisa Lee, Leal, Marcell Jacobs, Sha’Carri Richardson and Rebeca Andrade fill slots three to seven followed by Euro 2020 heroes Federico Chiesa and Bukayo Saka.
      Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe all made the top six for most new Instagram followers in 2021Credit: AFP
      Emma Raducanu saw her Instagram following rocket from 9,600 to more than 2mCredit: Getty
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      Lionel Messi ‘WILL be in PSG squad’ for Man City clash after injury scare, says manager Mauricio Pochettino

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      PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN boss Mauricio Pochettino has revealed Lionel Messi WILL be in the club’s squad to face Manchester City.The 34-year-old has missed the last two clashes against Metz and Montpellier after suffering a bone contusion on his right knee.
      Lionel Messi could feature for Paris Saint-Germain against Manchester City on Tuesday nightCredit: AFP
      Argentine forward Messi has missed the club’s last two fixtures due to injuryCredit: Getty
      But former Tottenham gaffer Pochettino has insisted he is recovering well ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League clash – though being named in the starting XI may come too soon for him.
      Speaking in Monday’s pre-match press conference, he said: “We will wait until tomorrow to confirm who will participate.
      “Can I confirm Messi will be there on Tuesday?
      “I never confirm the team the day before. It’s something we will see tomorrow.
      “Leo is a bit like Marco Verratti. He’s progressing very well. I think he will be in the squad.
      “But I still have not decided the starting XI.”
      Six-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi is still waiting to score his first Les Parisiens goalCredit: Getty

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      Messi is yet to score or provide an assist from his three outings for Les Parisiens following his summer arrival.
      And ex-Liverpool striker Michael Owen believes that PSG are a WEAKER side with him in the line-up.
      Pochettino has admitted the the French outfit, who have won all eight of their Ligue 1 fixtures so far, are still adjusting to having Messi as part of their squad.
      He remarked: “It is a fact, not an opinion, that we are a work in progress.
      “There needs to be some common sense. That is not up for debate.”
      Before adding: “He did 20 years in Barcelona, it’s normal he felt at home there and here, everything is new for him.
      “He did not arrive a long time ago.”
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      Chaos as fans storm pitch and raging Metz keeper has to be pulled away from Mbappe after PSG score last-minute winner

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      A LATE Paris Saint-Germain winner sparked angry scenes as Metz fans stormed the pitch and their keeper squared up to Kylian Mbappe.Achraf Hakimi snatched victory for PSG with his second of the game deep into injury time.
      ABSOLUTE SCENES!! 😱1-1 at 90 minutes 🤝90+1, Metz are handed two red cards, to their captain and their manager 🟥🟥90+3, No foul called on Kimpembe… 👀90+4, PSG play on and Hakimi slots home the winner! 😲 pic.twitter.com/Z8OG3dMabT— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) September 22, 2021

      Metz keeper Alexandre Oukidja was furious with Kylian MbappeCredit: Reuters
      Oukidja went to ground after an apparent shove from NeymarCredit: AFP
      A late Achraf Hakimi sparked the latest unsavoury scenes in Ligue 1Credit: AP
      That triggered yet more trouble in the latest in a series of unsavoury events for French football.
      Metz keeper Alexandre Oukidja was furious with PSG star Mbappe for what he saw as over-the-top celebrations as the visitors grabbed a late 2-1 victory.
      Tempers had already reached boiling point in the Ligue 1 clash as the game neared its chaotic conclusion.
      Metz skipper Dylan Bronn found himself sent off after picking up a second yellow in the 91st minute.
      His manager Frederic Antonetti then saw red himself after protesting furiously against the decision.
      With the scores level at 1-1, Metz fans thought they should have had a freekick after Presnel Kimpembe challenged Nicolas de Preville.

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      But the ref saw nothing wrong and PSG swept downfield before Neymar played a sumptuous through-ball for Hakimi to bury a left-footed winner.
      That sparked wild celebrations for the visitors, which enraged Oukidja as he let fly at Mbappe with a volley of angry words.
      Charging at the PSG players, the Metz keeper appears to have been shoved by Neymar before springing to his feet to rail at Mbappe.
      Among the melee, a group of Metz fans then made it onto the pitch but they were intercepted by stewards before they could do any damage.
      The tumultuous scenes occurred on a troubling night for French football as Marseille and Angers fans brawled in the stands following their 0-0 draw.
      The carnage is just the latest in a series of ugly incidents after a Bordeaux fan bus was attacked, Lille and Lens fans brawled, and Nice supporters attacked Marseille players on the pitch.
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      Outrageous brawl between Marseille and Angers fans breaks out in the stands and spills on to pitch after heated 0-0 draw

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      MARSEILLE hooligans overwhelmed security and stormed on to the pitch to take on the home fans as tensions boiled over in their goalless draw at Angers.Supporters climbed over barriers and charged towards home fans behind the goal in another unsavoury night for French football.
      Marseille fans overwhelmed security to reach the Stade Raymond Kopa pitchCredit: Zuma Press
      Fans had reportedly let off flares and firecrackers at each otherCredit: Zuma Press
      Stewards and the stadium announcer tried desperately to calm the situation but were pushed aside by the raging mob.
      Supporters reportedly let off flares and firecrackers at each other during the Ligue 1 game, which saw Marseille in second draw with Angers in third.
      Reports in France even suggest Marseille raised concerns before kick-off that it would be too easy for fans to access the pitch at Stade Raymond Kopa.
      And any concerns appeared well placed as the chaotic scenes unfolded.
      The latest brawl comes in the wake of crowd trouble at a host of Ligue 1 clubs.

      Lens vs Lille had to be stopped as the home side’s ultras stormed the pitch, while one Lille fan faces a year in prison and £13,000 fine after allegedly masturbating at the hosts.
      At least 16 Bordeaux fans were injured after their bus was reportedly ambushed by Montpellier fans en route to their league clash.
      And last month Marseille were involved in another night of violence after their league clash with Nice had to be stopped after rioting broke out on the pitch.
      The match had to be abandoned as Nice fans reacted furiously when Marseille’s Dimitri Payet lobbed a bottle thrown at him back at the home fans.
      What followed was a huge melee with Marseille coach Pablo Hernandez even punching a Nice fan to the ground.
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      Bordeaux fan bus ‘ambushed and attacked by 50 Montpellier supporters’ en route to Ligue 1 clash with at least 16 injured

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      BORDEAUX fans’ coach was attacked by Montpellier supporters before Wednesday night’s Ligue 1 clash – with at least 16 people hurt.French outlet L’Equipe say stones were hurled at the bus with many injuries caused by windows shattering.
      Samuel Kalu celebrates his late point-saver for Bordeaux in a 3-3 draw but the match was overshadowed by earlier violenceCredit: AFP
      Valere Germain slots Montpellier’s early opener on the way to a doubleCredit: EPA
      Montpellier had already been hit by sanctions because of previous fan violence.
      So more action seems certain to follow another shocking night.
      The home stands were partially closed after Montpellier supporters threw missiles at visiting Marseille players.
      Around 100 Bordeaux fans were at tonight’s match – as Samuel Kalu bagged their late equaliser in a 3-3 draw.
      But the evening was ruined for many before kick-off.
      A Bordeaux supporters coach was ‘ambushed’ – with glass debris causing what were described by French reports as ‘light injuries’.
      And Bordeaux president Gérard Lopez tweeted his disgust at the latest incident to tarnish Montpellier’s reputation.
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      He posted: “The football that I love is not and will never be this. 
      “Violence has no place in sport and I firmly condemn it. 
      “My full support goes out to the Bordeaux supporters and the injured, the club is with them.”
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