Hundreds Arrested as Clashes Erupt in Paris on PSG Victory Night

Police try to disperses PSG supporters who left off fireworks as they celebrate in Paris, Saturday, May 30, 2026 after the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal that was played in Budapest, PSG won the game. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
Police try to disperses PSG supporters who left off fireworks as they celebrate in Paris, Saturday, May 30, 2026 after the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal that was played in Budapest, PSG won the game. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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Hundreds Arrested as Clashes Erupt in Paris on PSG Victory Night

Police try to disperses PSG supporters who left off fireworks as they celebrate in Paris, Saturday, May 30, 2026 after the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal that was played in Budapest, PSG won the game. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
Police try to disperses PSG supporters who left off fireworks as they celebrate in Paris, Saturday, May 30, 2026 after the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal that was played in Budapest, PSG won the game. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Police on Saturday detained more than 280 people in Paris after violent clashes erupted when thousands poured onto the streets during Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League final victory.

Some 22,000 police were deployed across France for the game, including 8,000 in Paris, after unrest marred PSG's win in the competition last year.

Paris tram lines were halted, several metro stations shut and bus traffic halted in places in a bid to minimize disturbances.

30 May 2026, Hungary, Budapest: Paris Saint-Germain's Ousmane Dembele celebrates with the Champions League trophy following the UEFA Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Arsenal at the Puskas Arena. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Wire/dpa

According to the French interior ministry, 416 people were detained nationwide, including 283 who were apprehended in Paris. It was not immediately clear how many of these individuals were remanded in custody to face further investigation, AFP reported.

Interior minister Laurent Nunez said seven officers had been wounded and called the unrest "absolutely unacceptable."

Six vehicles and two businesses were damaged.

A group of supporters also stormed the Paris ring road, the peripherique, bringing traffic to a halt for a time and letting off flares, an AFP photographer said.

As fans celebrated the dramatic penalty shoot out victory in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, some 20,000 people converged on Paris's iconic Champs-Elysees avenue, police said.

Shops boarded up their windows ahead of the match to avoid a repeat of disturbances last year when youths ransacked shops on the Champs-Elysees and other streets. Hundreds of people were arrested.

Two dozen flares and about 100 fireworks were seized Saturday, while a bus shelter was destroyed near the Champs-Elysees.

The match also came on a hectic evening in Paris, with singer Aya Nakamura performing at the Stade de France national stadium, rapper Damso at the La Defense Arena and the French Open tennis in full swing.

Police said a bakery and a restaurant were damaged near PSG's Parc des Princes stadium, where tens of thousands gathered inside to watch the match but 4,000 to 5,000 people loitered outside with projectiles which were thrown at officers.

About 150 people "attempted to enter through one of the gates" at the stadium but police pushed them back, a police spokesperson said.

Some also attempted to erect a barricade with rental bikes which was cleared by police.

An AFP reporter at the scene said clashes broke out between police and supporters near the stadium, and officers responded with tear gas when fireworks were thrown at them.

PSG fans react in Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, 30 May 2026. EPA/VALENTINA CAMU

The scenes angered the French far right, with three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen writing on X that "only in France does a football club's victory spark riots."

"Only in France does everyone feel compelled to lock themselves in their homes on the evening of a victory to avoid being confronted with violence," she added.

Nunez said there was a "very robust, very solid system in place" to curb violence.

"Our responsibility is to guarantee everyone a festive celebration that is calm and fully secure," a police spokesperson said.

The players will take part in a parade on Sunday afternoon on the Champs-de-Mars in front of the Eiffel Tower with some 100,000 people expected, before being received by President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace.



Liverpool Finalize Agreement to Sign PSG's Barcola in Deal Worth Up to £123 Million

FILED - 30 June 2026, US, East Rutherford: FILE PHOTO - France's Bradley Barcola celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden, at New York-New Jersey Stadium. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa
FILED - 30 June 2026, US, East Rutherford: FILE PHOTO - France's Bradley Barcola celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden, at New York-New Jersey Stadium. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa
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Liverpool Finalize Agreement to Sign PSG's Barcola in Deal Worth Up to £123 Million

FILED - 30 June 2026, US, East Rutherford: FILE PHOTO - France's Bradley Barcola celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden, at New York-New Jersey Stadium. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa
FILED - 30 June 2026, US, East Rutherford: FILE PHOTO - France's Bradley Barcola celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden, at New York-New Jersey Stadium. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa

Liverpool have finalized ‌an agreement to sign French forward Bradley Barcola from European champions Paris St Germain in a deal worth up to £123 million ($166.43 million), media reports said on Saturday, with the 23-year-old set to become the latest high-profile addition to Andoni Iraola's squad.

The 20-times English champions will pay a package worth £106 million, with add-ons potentially rising to £17 ‌million, for Barcola, ‌the BBC said. The ‌Athletic ⁠reported that he ⁠is set to sign a five-year contract.

Reuters has contacted Liverpool and PSG for comment.

Barcola joined PSG from his boyhood club Olympique Lyonnais in 2023 and went on to enjoy a trophy-laden spell in the ⁠French capital, winning back-to-back Champions League ‌titles in 2024-25 ‌and 2025-26, three Ligue 1 crowns and two ‌French Cups, among other honors.

He made 152 ‌appearances across all competitions for PSG, scoring 39 goals and supplying 37 assists.

He had two years remaining on his PSG contract.

Barcola would be ‌the latest addition to new manager Andoni Iraola's squad following the ⁠close-season ⁠arrivals of Uruguayan defender Ronald Araujo on loan, French center back Jeremy Jacquet and Spanish forward Victor Munoz.

Liverpool's attacking options currently include British record signing Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo, Rio Ngumoha and Munoz as the Merseyside club adjusts to life after talisman Mohamed Salah's departure. Forward Hugo Ekitike is also sidelined with a long-term injury.

Liverpool host Nottingham Forest later on Saturday.


Motor Racing-Norris Extends to 2030 and Would Be Happy to End Career at McLaren

FILED - 23 August 2026, Netherlands, Zandvoort: British Formula One driver Lando Norris of team McLaren celebrates with the trophy on the podium after winning the Dutch Formula One Grand Prix at Mascot Circuit Zandvoort. Photo: David Davies/PA Wire/dpa
FILED - 23 August 2026, Netherlands, Zandvoort: British Formula One driver Lando Norris of team McLaren celebrates with the trophy on the podium after winning the Dutch Formula One Grand Prix at Mascot Circuit Zandvoort. Photo: David Davies/PA Wire/dpa
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Motor Racing-Norris Extends to 2030 and Would Be Happy to End Career at McLaren

FILED - 23 August 2026, Netherlands, Zandvoort: British Formula One driver Lando Norris of team McLaren celebrates with the trophy on the podium after winning the Dutch Formula One Grand Prix at Mascot Circuit Zandvoort. Photo: David Davies/PA Wire/dpa
FILED - 23 August 2026, Netherlands, Zandvoort: British Formula One driver Lando Norris of team McLaren celebrates with the trophy on the podium after winning the Dutch Formula One Grand Prix at Mascot Circuit Zandvoort. Photo: David Davies/PA Wire/dpa

Formula One world champion Lando Norris announced a contract extension with McLaren until at least the end of 2030 on Saturday, and said he would be happy to see out his career with a team that felt like home.

The 26-year-old Briton, winner of the last two races in Hungary and the Netherlands, broke the news to McLaren employees at a friends and family day at the Woking factory, said Reuters.

McLaren said there was also a multi-year option to commit beyond 2030, and Norris had been gifted an MCL39 car from last season when he became the team's first drivers' champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008.

Speaking earlier to reporters, Norris said the ‌deal came at ‌a perfect time for team morale and motivation, but the figures ‌seen ⁠in some media ⁠speculation were wide of the mark.

"At the minute there's really no reason to want to even put a thought into somewhere else," he said. "I kind of want my whole career to be with McLaren because I'm happy here and I don't want to change.

"I want to fight with McLaren even when things are not going well and I want to win with McLaren when things are going amazingly well. So yeah, I'll be very, very happy at the end of my career to say that McLaren was the only ⁠team I've been with."

Norris made his McLaren F1 debut in 2019, after ‌joining in 2017 as a test and simulator driver, and has ‌now won 13 grands prix with the reigning constructors' champions, as well as 18 poles.

"This extension gives us ‌important continuity and reinforces our confidence in the direction we are taking together," said team principal ‌Andrea Stella. "With him and Oscar (Piastri), we know we can count not only on one of the strongest partnerships but also on one of the most united and close-knit teams in Formula One.”

MORE MONEY BUT NOT AS MUCH AS VERSTAPPEN AND HAMILTON

Some media reports have suggested the new deal would put the Briton third in Formula One's pay ‌rankings, behind only Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Hamilton.

One speculated that Norris's new salary could be around €60 million ($69.6 million) a year.

"I feel like ⁠I should earn as ⁠much as that," he grinned in response to a mention of what four-time champion Verstappen and seven-time champion Hamilton might be on.

"But it's certainly not close to the figures that I've been seeing online, sadly... of course it's a bit more, as it is with any job when you kind of extend and do those things, but it's certainly not close to the level of Lewis or Max, which in a way it shouldn't be, because I've not achieved as much as what they've achieved in their careers.

"I'm working on it, you know. I don't know when my next extension or renewal would be and hopefully I can then try and match it one day. I dream of seeing those figures that I've seen online so I'll keep dreaming of them one day."

Norris said there had been some interest from other teams, but none expressed towards them, and it would have felt like a betrayal to go anywhere else.

"Really it was quite the easiest decision I've had to make in my career so far," he said.


Al-Nassr Beats Al-Taawoun 2-1 in Saudi Pro League

Al-Nassr reached 12 points to remain top of the standings - SPA
Al-Nassr reached 12 points to remain top of the standings - SPA
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Al-Nassr Beats Al-Taawoun 2-1 in Saudi Pro League

Al-Nassr reached 12 points to remain top of the standings - SPA
Al-Nassr reached 12 points to remain top of the standings - SPA

Al-Nassr defeated Al-Taawoun 2-1 in a match held at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh as part of Matchweek 4 of the Saudi Pro League (Roshn Saudi League), SPA reported.

Al-Taawoun opened the scoring in the 11th minute before Al-Nassr equalized in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time. Al-Nassr then scored the winning goal in the 50th minute.

With this victory, Al-Nassr reached 12 points to remain top of the standings, while Al-Taawoun remained on two points in 15th place.