Euro 2016 final between France and Portugal, July 10, 2016. The police are forced to take out the water cannons to repel the crowd and extinguish the fires of garbage cans. On the Champ de Mars and near the 135,000 m2 fan zone which was set up for the occasion, site barriers, projectiles and various...
World champion with Argentina, OL left-back Nicolas Tagliafico returned, at a press conference on Friday, to the controversy surrounding the celebration of certain Argentinian players, and in particular Emiliano Martinez, the Aston Villa goalkeeper , who had used his best goalkeeper trophy like a phallic objectbefore lugging a doll in the likeness of Kylian Mbappé...
A Roman on the radio? Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the guest of France Inter’s morning show this Wednesday, along with Guillaume Canet, to talk about the theatrical release on February 1 of the film “Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire”, directed by Canet and in which the Swede plays the role of Antivirus, the right arm...
France ended up beating Morocco, 2-0, without extra time, for a place in the World Cup final. December 14 stretched out in collective joy, with no real beats… We will have to wait until at least next September 8 to, perhaps, find out what Marc De Cacqueray Valmenier, and some trip comrades, were planning in...
FIFA announced on Friday that it had opened two procedures: one against Argentina, following the World Cup final against Franceand the other against Croatia, on the sidelines of their match for 3rd place against Morocco. The international body accuses the South Americans of breaches of articles 11 (offensive behavior and violation of the principles of...
The sky fell on the heads of the Jura residents this week. Literally, with the torrential rains having fallen on the department since the beginning of the week, as figuratively, when the players of Jura Sud Foot learned of the relocation of their 32nd final, Friday morning, at forty-eight hours only from kick-off. Valentin Guichard...
After the victory in the small final of the World Cup against Morocco (2-1), Croats Dejan Lovren and Marcelo Brozovic were filmed celebrating with fascist references. The defender and midfielder cover a song by Croatian Marko Perkovic, a former fighter during the war of independence (1991-1995) and known for his extreme positions. At the sound...
Patrice Motsepe, the president of the African Football Confederation (CAF), declared this Wednesday in press conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, “to be convinced that a selection from the continent can reach the final of the World Cup in 2026”. The South African leader added: “Morocco opened the door by reaching the semi-finals a few days...
What if the bisht had become a fashionable item of clothing? Since the Emir of Qatar placed the traditional black and gold Arab mantle on the shoulders of Lionel Messi on Sunday, many Argentineans still present in Doha on Monday were walking with a bisht in the Qatari capital. A now trendy object that Argentinian...
The French Football Federation will file a complaint against the authors of the racist messages published on social networks the day after the World Cup final and targeting several Blues including Aurélien Tchouaméni, Kingsley Coman, Randal Kolo Muani or Hugo Lloris. Determined not to let anything pass, the body decided to strike hard and fast....