A slender home victory over Nantes on Friday evening saw high-flying Lens guarantee a return to the Champions League next season after a three-year absence. The only goal of the game was scored late on by 16-year-old Mezian Mesloub, who had only just come on for his professional debut.
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Try again Lens' Portuguese midfielder #04 Mezian Mesloub Soares (C-R) is congratuled by teammates after scoring his team's first goal during the French L1 football match between RC Lens and FC Nantes at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on May 8, 2026.
© François Lo Presti, AFP 05:02 Issued on: 09/05/2026 - 10:18 05:02 min Share From the show Reading time 1 min A slender home victory over Nantes on Friday evening saw high-flying Lens guarantee a return to the Champions League next season after a three-year absence. The only goal of the game was scored late on by 16-year-old Mezian Mesloub, who had only just come on for his professional debut.
In the Premier League , Chelsea will be looking to put an end to a six-match losing streak in Saturday's early kick-off against Liverpool . The Reds, meanwhile, are closing in on a top four spot after a mixed bag of a season.
Real Madrid 's preparations for their clash against Barcelona have been marred by an altercation between midfielders Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni, for which they have been fined half a million euros each by the club.
Barcelona , who have built up an eleven-point lead on their rivals, will retain their league title should they win on Sunday.
French rider Paul Magnier sprinted to victory in Friday's opening stage of the men's Giro d'Italia, making the most of a crash which left most of the peloton out of contention. In the women 's Vuelta a España, Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen stormed into the lead after winning the penultimate stage in the mountains of Asturias.
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