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La justice a finalement donné raison à Cristiano Ronaldo dans son litige avec la Juventus. Le tribunal du travail de Turin a rendu sa décision dans le contentieux opposant Cristiano Ronaldo à la Juventus : le recours du club italien a été rejeté, confirmant ainsi la sentence arbitrale prononcée en avril 2024. L’attaquant portugais, parti à Manchester United en 2021, conserve les 9,8 millions d’euros déjà versés par la Juventus Turin, auxquels s’ajoutent les intérêts et environ 80 000 euros de frais de justice. Cette somme correspond à un litige portant sur les salaires de la période Covid et une responsabilité précontractuelle reconnue au club turinois. La fait définitive du différent judiciaire La Juventus avait contesté devant la justice ordinaire cette sentence arbitrale qui l’avait condamnée au paiement. De son côté, Ronaldo réclamait initialement le rejet du recours et, en alternative, la nullité de l’accord de réduction salariale signé en avril 2021, pour un montant total pouvant atteindre près de 20 millions d’euros. Le jugement, qui se limite aux aspects juridiques sans entrer dans le fond du dossier, ne donne satisfaction ni aux demandes du joueur ni à celles du club. La Juventus Turin avait déjà provisionné cette somme dans ses comptes au 30 juin 2024. Cette décision clôt définitivement un conflit ouvert depuis 2021 entre l’ancien numéro 7 bianconero et son ex-employeur.Cristiano Ronaldo fait plier la Juventus en justice est un article paru sur Sportune.

L’OM recrute un fournisseur officiel qui va l’accompagner dans le déménagement de son pôle administratif. L’Olympique de Marseille annonce ce lundi matin un partenariat avec Kinnarps, entreprise spécialisée dans la conception, la fabrication et la fourniture de solutions d’aménagement intérieur et de mobilier pour bureaux, espaces éducatifs et de soins. Il s’agit du quatrième sponsor signé par le club phocéen depuis le début de l’année 2026, après Chabrand, Ebury et Etoro. Kinnarps obtient le statut de fournisseur officiel, comme Ebury plus tôt dans ce mois de janvier. Les autres collabroations récentes (Chabrand et Etoro) ont le statut de partenaires officiels. Dans le cadre du déménagement des bureaux administratifs de l’OM prévu en 2026, Kinnarps apportera son expertise en matière de conception d’environnements de travail innovants pour aménager ces nouveaux espaces. Une loge du Vélodrome sera équipée « Ce partenariat avec Kinnarps marque une étape importante dans l’évolution de nos espaces de travail et d’hospitalités. Leur expertise nous permettra d’accompagner la croissance du club avec des environnements modernes, responsables et à la hauteur de nos ambitions », commente par communiqué le directeur commercial de l’Olympique de Marseille, Grégory La Mela. La collaboration se matérialisera également au stade Vélodrome, où une loge sera équipée avec du mobilier Kinnarps.OM. Déjà le 4e en 2026, un nouveau sponsor signe avec l’OM est un article paru sur Sportune.

Le stade Raymond-Kopa d’Angers a fait le plein pour la venue de l’OM. Presque un copier-coller de la journée précédente, alors la première de l’année 2026. A moins de 2 000 près, il y avait autant de spectateurs en tribunes ce week-end de Ligue 1, pour la 18e journée qu’à l’occasion de la 17e. Par les chiffres, cela se traduit par une affluence cumulée de 254 973, pour une moyenne de 27 323. A peu de choses près équivalente à la rencontre entre le Stade Rennais et Le Havre AC, ce dimanche. Dix fois plus de spectateurs au Parc qu’à Louis-II En termes d’occupation, les résultats sont contrastés, avec cinq clubs (Paris Saint-Germain, RC Lens, RC Strasbourg, Stade Rennais et Angers SCO), qui ont rempli leur stade respectif, les autres ont joué au deux tiers environ de la capacité, quand le stade Louis II de l’AS Monaco a sonné particulièrement creux, vendredi pour la visite du promu FC Lorient, devant moins de 5 000 spectateurs et à peine un peu plus du quart d’occupation des tribunes. L’écart est donc de presque au multiple de dix sur un même vendredi, entre l’affluence au Parc des Princes pour le choc entre le Paris Saint-Germain et le LOSC Lille et celle de Louis-II, un peu plus tôt en fin de journée. Affluences et taux d’occupation de la 18e journée de Ligue 1 Paris SG – Lille = 47 000 (100%)Lyon – Brest = 46 046 (79%)Lens – Auxerre = 38 083 (100%)Strasbourg – Metz = 30 612 (96%)Rennes – Le Havre = 27 650 (95%)Nantes – Paris FC = 24 768 (70%)Toulouse – Nice = 19 514 (62%)Angers – Marseille = 16 500 (95%)Monaco – Lorient = 4 800 (29%)Affluences et taux d’occupation de la 18e journée de Ligue 1 est un article paru sur Sportune.

This article contains spoilers for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 1 “The Hedge Knight.” The first episode of Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms opens in suitably epic fashion. The hulking Ser Duncan the Tall a.k.a. “Dunk” (Peter Claffey) digs a pauper’s grave as a torrent of rain pelts his massive figure. He then picks up the shriveled corpse of his knightly master Ser Arlan of Pennytree (Danny Webb) and gently places the old man into the fertile Reach soil. Having laid his good friend to rest, Dunk handles Ser Arlan’s sword and imagines what kind of future he can cut with it. “It fits my grip as well as it ever did his… and there is a tourney at Ashford Meadow,” he muses as composer Ramin Djawadi’s iconic Game of Thrones theme swells. Right before the familiar “Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuhhhs” crescendo, however, the scene abruptly cuts to Dunk violently spraying diarrhea out of his butt. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms isn’t your granddaddy’s Game of Thrones. This is a looser experience… not entirely unlike Ser Duncan’s stool. While George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy books are certainly not lacking in jokes, the HBO series they inspired is often remembered for its brutal twists, betrayals, and a veritable rainbow of deadly weddings. Equally violent prequel spinoff House of the Dragon has done little to soften the Seven Kingdoms’ gritty reputation. Now, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on Martin’s three “Tales of Dunk and Egg” prequel novellas, is ready to put the author’s humor front and center “George’s writing is incredibly witty and incredibly funny,” A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker tells Den of Geek. “A lot of people say [Tales of Dunk and Egg] is funnier than the other stuff and I actually don’t believe that it’s funnier than the main series. It’s funny in a different way. A lot of George’s underdog characters have a very sharp wit. Dunk doesn’t have that to fall back on.” The lovably dumb Ser Duncan is indeed a powerful tool for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms to use in finding a softer side of Westeros. In a franchise known for its moral shades of gray, the lowly hedge knight from Flea Bottom might be the most purely “good” character we’ve met yet. Or at least that’s how his actor sees him. “That good-hearted nature and moral compass that he has makes it difficult to navigate in a world like Westeros,” Claffey says. “He’s a protagonist who isn’t seeking to sit on the Iron Throne or to be a Lord Commander of anything. He’s just a hedge knight who’s trying to survive and work by the values that were bestowed upon him by Ser Arlan. I think that’s a lovely sort of individual to meet in this world that’s so ruthless.” Game of Thrones‘ historical roster of complex characters has provided many juicy opportunities for very talented performers over the years. The simple goodness of Dunk, however, presents its own kind of acting challenge. And according to Parker, Claffey’s status as a former-rugby-player-turned-novice-thespian made him a uniquely good fit. “This is a huge job to take on for any actor of any level and Peter has risen to that challenge and more. I’m just so proud of him,” Parker says. “He’s such a charismatic individual but he’s also just like Dunk. He’s got an inner anxiety about him. When he came into the first meeting he was like ‘my palms are sweating’ and I’m just like ‘this is perfect, this is what we wanted.'” Of course, getting to work with striking material like Dunk’s rain-soaked grave digging certainly helps. Though the moment is eventually undercut by the contents of Dunk’s upset stomach, the burial of Ser Arlan serves as an appropriately mythic introduction for this unlikely hero. Claffey appreciated the significance of the scene, which was shot close to the end of production. “There is always something quite epic about standing in rain,” he says. “Feeling the raindrops fall off your hair and being completely soaked to the skin while…

The following contains spoilers for the A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 1. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms may be set in the world of Game of Thrones, but that’s generally where the similarities between the two properties end. Yes, there are familiar family names, locations you’ve probably heard of before, and a similarly brutal atmosphere that conveys that none of these people are living particularly easy lives. But Seven Kingdoms is lighter in both tone and visual style (translation: you can actually see what’s happening onscreen most of the time). Its world is simpler, in that there are no magical creatures, family dynastic charts, or massive lore dumps. And its characters are those who exist on the margins, the craftspeople and innkeepers and other smallfolk whose lives make Westeros run, but who aren’t considered important enough to be remembered. It’s a breath of fresh air from its opening sequence, which undercuts the most familiar notes of Ramin Djawadi’s familiar score with the literal sound of shit. Truly, the OG series could never. The story opens, as most Game of Thrones-adjacent properties do, with a death. But it’s a fairly nondescript one, an old man dying from old age after a life of beating up his body in the service of money and honor. Ser Arlan of Pennytree (Danny Webb) has died, and his squire Ser Duncan the Tall a.k.a. “Dunk” (Peter Claffey) digs his grave, before eulogizing him in a particularly straightforward fashion and getting on with things. That’s a big vibe in this show — the getting on with things. Because unlike the two series that sit alongside it, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms isn’t concerned with politics and succession the way that House of the Dragon or Thrones itself are. Here, dragons are paper tigers that breathe false fire onstage, and our hero is more concerned with where his next meal’s coming from than anything resembling destiny. Now, left with his former master’s things, Dunk must decide what to do next. The answer, of course, seems obvious: Become the knight he’s always wanted to be, even if what that means in this corner of Westeros is more akin to a wandering minstrel than a Kingsguard captain. (Another character describes the concept of a hedge knight as “like a knight, but sadder,” which seems like a pretty fair assessment when Dunk’s busy using a bit of rope in place of a scabbard.) Like Dunk himself, there’s something gratifyingly basic and low-stakes about this premiere, which generally follows our hero as he clumsily tries to enter the lists of a jousting tournament at Ashford Meadow in the Reach. But just because he claims to be a knight now doesn’t mean he knows how things work and he spends a lot of time asking random people for directions, advice, or help with getting his name on list to participate in the event. Along the way, he also meets a strange young boy (Dexter Sol Ansell) with a bald head and a bizarre habit of never answering a question directly. Even for those who don’t know the lore behind George R.R. Martin’s Dunk and Egg stories, it’s clear that this kid is more than he seems, an intriguing mix of preternaturally smart and strangely ethereal. Egg isn’t the only interesting weirdo Dunk comes across as part of this journey. There’s Raymun Fossoway (Shaun Thomas), squire to (and seemingly a much better person than) his more jerkish cousin Ser Steffon Fossway (Edward Ashley). Manfred Dondarrion (Daniel Monks) is the son of the man that Dunk’s good Ser Arlan once served, who seems disinclined to honor the bonds of sacrifice. And, of course, there’s Ser Lyonel Baratheon (Daniel Ings), a knight known as the Laughing Storm, who will one day become Lord of Storm’s End. Lyonel is, admittedly, kind of over the top, hosting a pre-tournament party wearing giant antlers on his head, drinking to some significant excess, and dancing in a way that gives wannabe bullfighter more than grace. He also clearly takes quite a shine to Dunk, charmed by his honesty,…