Jubilant PSG players party into night

Paris Saint-Germain players, staff and fans stretched their Champions League celebrations deep into Sunday evening as they finished a day of festivities in the French capital at a packed and delirious Parc des Princes stadium.

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Players sung and danced and waved the trophy on their home pitch as music blared and star Parisian rappers performed before a jubilant crowd.

The well-wishers included tennis player Novak Djokovic, hours ahead of his fourth-round match at nearby Roland Garros, and disgraced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

After thrashing Inter Milan by a record 5-0 in Saturday evening's final, the squad flew into Paris from Munich at just before 4pm (9pm, Thai time). They then set off on a triumphal procession on an open-top, double-decker bus. They were greeted along the route by crowds of jubilant supporters.

Waving flags and letting off flares, they savoured their club winning the biggest prize in European club football for the first time.

The players brandished the trophy and addressed the crowd as they drove.

After parading down the Champs Elysees, coach Luis Enrique and his team went to a reception at the Elysee palace hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron who lavished praise on the team.

"You are the champions and you have put Paris at the top of Europe," he said.