More than 6,000 spectators frozen in the cold but enticed by a Burgundy-Franche-Comté derby… Or even handball players from Dijon who are not weakening, that's the menu in your sports newspaper this Saturday!
An operation not so bad for the DFCO
In the fog and bitter cold, the Dijon and Sochaux footballers neutralized each other in a padlocked derby. But the main thing is that the DFCO, 5th, is still in ambush for the five-point rise of the leading teams and can still dream of Ligue 2. Which is good for morale especially since the Dijonnais can 'lean on the best defense in the championship, the goalkeeper dreams Paul Delecroix. “We can do great things, we can endanger almost all the teams at the top of the ranking (…) we can do it, we know how to do it, that's what we have to bank on to the second part of the season (…) even if it will be tough because there are many teams wanting this Grail”. A meeting punctuated by the expulsion of the two captains, on the Dijon side it is Jordan Married who took a red. The Dijon people are not quite done with the year 2024, they still have a match to play in the Coupe de France next Friday in Haute-Loire against the amateurs of FC Espaly. A meeting which will be experienced live and in full on France Bleu Bourgogne.
One last match to play in 2024 to complete an exceptional first part of the season!
The DFCO women, 4th in the elite, travel to Paris FC for 3rd in the ranking this Saturday, December 14. If the Dijonnaises are not favorites, after all why not dream a little, it's almost Christmas, in case of victory they could climb to 3rd place in the ranking!
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Dijon handball players still in great shape
For their last outing of the year 2024 at the Palais des Sports, the Dijon handball players from DMH won largely against the Auvergnats from Cournon: 36 to 27. After a not so simple first half, it was in the second period that the A difference was made for our Dijon players in this meeting on the 14th day of Proligue, the equivalent of the 2nd national division. In the ranking the DMH, undefeated, is still 2nd in the ranking behind Frontignan. Next Friday, December 20, they will travel to Saran in the Loiret.
The pill is bitter for the teammates of Beaunoise Léna Grandveau
The French women's handball team, which seemed unstoppable since the start of the competition, was knocked out of the Euro by Denmark 22 to 24 in Vienna, Austria this Friday evening. The French will still play one last match, a match for third place this Sunday against Hungary.
One derby can hide another: in Basketball the JDA hosts Élan Chalon
JDA Dijon and Elan Chalon, two teams with insufficient performance since the start of the season in the Elite championship. Before this derby the JDA is 12th in the ranking, the Elan-Chalon penultimate. But behind the figures, you should know that for his very first match on the Elan bench, new coach Elric Delord won a great victory against Saint-Quentin. This Burgundian derby is his very first trip, ideal for getting into the swing of things? For its part, the JDA machine seems to be getting back on track. La Jeanne has just won four victories in the last five matches in all competitions. A return to form to be confirmed this evening and coach Laurent Legname is well aware of the enormous stakes of this Burgundian derby. “I have been here long enough to know the importance of this match after we know that Chalon has just won a benchmark match head and shoulders. The change of coach had the effect of an electric shock” Laurent is wary Legname. Start of the match at 6 p.m. at the Palais des Sports in Dijon. A palace which is almost full, this Saturday morning very early, there were a few standing places left.
Behind the scenes: the end of a soap opera for Elan Chalon who wins his case
The match against ASVEL will not have to be replayed, the victory is definitively validated. The Appeals Chamber of the French Basketball Federation decided to overturn the initial decision. ASVEL's complaint was ultimately not accepted. It followed a match on October 20, won 109 to 107 by Elan after overtime for a change made at the wrong time.
The Dijon Olympic swimming pool in competition mode all this weekend
For the second time in its history it is hosting the French Finswimming Club Championship this weekend. It is an aquatic sport of speed and gliding on or under water by muscular force with two fins or a mono-fin. The Olympic Swimming Pool is therefore closed to the public this Saturday and Sunday. It reopens Monday morning at usual hours 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
