PSG bounces back to open 4-point lead in Ligue 1, Strasbourg reaches French Cup final

PARIS (AP) — Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain recovered from its Ligue 1 loss to Lyon with a 3-0 victory over relegation-threatened Nantes on Wednesday.

PSG’s home win – in a game postponed from mid-March to allow the team to better prepare for its Champions League last-16 clash with Chelsea – keeps it four points above Lens with four rounds of the French league remaining.

Kvaratskhelia opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 13th minute. It was awarded after a VAR check penalized Nantes defender Frédéric Guilbert for handball because Marquinhos’ header brushed against his arm.

Louis Leroux thought he’d equalized when he fired in a loose ball after PSG failed to deal with a free kick, but the next VAR decision also went against the visitors. After a lengthy delay, the goal was ruled out for offside.

There was nothing wrong with Desiré Doué’s brilliant goal in the 37th, when Achraf Hakimi played him through before he left fly with a fierce strike from a difficult angle inside the far corner.

Kvaratskhelia grabbed his second after the break, shimmying past two defenders and poking the ball past Anthony Lopes in the Nantes goal.

Guilbert caught Doué with a bad challenge late on but the winger was able to continue.

PSG, the title holder, faces Bayern Munich in the Champions League semifinals with the first leg in Paris on Tuesday.

Elye Wahi scored twice – the second a penalty – to steer Strasbourg into the French Cup final with a 2-0 win over visiting Nice.

Strasbourg will play Lens in the May 22 decider in the Stade de France, after Lens defeated Toulouse 4-1 in the first semifinal on Tuesday.

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PSG's Desire Doue controls the ball during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PSG's Desire Doue celebrates his goal during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PSG's Desire Doue, left, and Nantes' Nicolas Cozza challenge for the ball during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PSG's Warren Zaire-Emery, left, challenge with Nantes' Matthis Abline during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PSG's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia celebrates after scoring during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Alva Palosaari Sundman scoured the racks of secondhand clothes in Stockholm for hours in search of the right pair of pre-owned jeans.

The 24-year-old art student was among hundreds of people attending an annual clothing swap on Sunday at a community center in Sweden's capital. They exchanged their own clothes to “shop” for others. Similar events drew thousands across the country to reduce the environmental cost of clothing production.

Palosaari Sundman said she enjoyed seeing others pick out the clothes she’d brought.

“It’s like, ‘Oh, OK, it gets a new life with this person,’” she said. “It just feels a bit more humane.”

The U.N. Environment Program cites fast fashion as major player in environmental damage, producing up to 10% of the world’s carbon emissions. Discarded clothes gorge landfills that scar landscapes in developing countries, and the plastic fibers used to make cheap fabrics pollute oceans.

To produce a pair of jeans, for example, roughly 2,000 gallons (7,571 liters) of water is required, UNEP has said.

Sweden's clothing swap initiative began in 2010 and has grown. Last year, some 140,000 people participated in 140 swap events and took home more than 44,000 pre-owned items.

Sweden is often seen as environmentally advanced, but the reality is more nuanced. Clothing consumption contributes to roughly 3% of a Swede’s total emissions, according to Mistra Future Fashion, a research institute.

Swedes last year were banned from throwing away clothes in the regular trash in a European Union bid to boost recycling. But the measure backfired when municipalities’ collection sites were overwhelmed, leading to stockpiles of unused textiles, and the government reversed part of the rule in October.

The swap events are organized by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. Its chair, Beatrice Rindevall, said each Swede throws away around 9-10 kilograms (20-22 pounds) of clothes.

Swedes on average buy around 25 new items of clothing per year, according to the society, and 90% of items in wardrobes are never used.

“We have to be more careful and we have to think about our consumption,” said Cecilia de Lacerda, one of the society’s volunteers in Stockholm.

At the swap events, tailors helped shoppers repair clothes to extend their life span.

“A lot of people don’t have sewing machines anymore, or they don’t quite know how they should fix that buttonhole that broke,” said Meg Goldmann, another volunteer.

For high school student Alice Dundeberg, 19, secondhand clothes allow her to have a unique style.

“You don’t find multiple types of the same shoes, pants or sweater,” she said. “No one has the same clothes as the others.”

Alva Palosaari Sundman, right, checks out secondhand clothes at a clothing swap event in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 19. 2026. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)

Meg Goldmann, right, a volunteer with the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, folds secondhand clothes at a clothing swap event in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 19. 2026. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)