Jonas Vingegaard won the 2022 edition of the Tour de France on Sunday July 24, after a last stage of the big loop at an average of more than 42 km / h. The 25-year-old Danish cyclist, from the Jumbo-Visma formation, had already arrived second on the podium in 2021, behind the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, […]
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For the Court of Auditors, France is not ready to ensure the security of the 2024 Olympics
Is France really ready to host the Olympic Games in two years? According to the Court of Auditors, this is far from being the case. The court is sounding the alarm on the preparation of the 2024 Olympics, judging “imperative” to step up the pace to meet the security challenge ” considerable “ represented by […]
“They put our lives in danger”: footballer Tiémoué Bakayoko denounces the police error of which he was the victim in Milan
“I found myself with the gun a meter away from me. They clearly put our lives in danger”. In a video message posted on his account Instagram, Tiémoué Bakayoko has decided to calmly return to the events that took place on July 3. French footballer Tiémoué Bakayoko, taken for a drug trafficker, arrested in Milan […]
French footballer Tiémoué Bakayoko, taken for a drug trafficker, arrested in Milan
French footballer Tiémoué Bakayoko, a selection with the Blues, was arrested by Italian police in Milan earlier this month, wrongly suspected of having participated in a shooting linked to drug trafficking. One of the police officers held him at gunpoint for a few seconds while he was driving his SUV with friends, before pulling him […]
Women’s Euro 2022: as the quarter-finals approach, where is the French team?
How far will the Blues go? The Women’s Football Euro, which started on July 6, continues to break records. Thursday, the 2022 edition even became the one with the greatest attendance in history, reports “l’Equipe”. Because according to UEFA, more than 240,000 people have visited the stadium since the start of the competition – a […]
Paris 2024 Olympics progress report warns of budget ‘strain’
The tension is mounting two years before the Games. The organizers of the 2024 Olympics in Paris are facing a budgetary challenge, particularly in the face of the inflationary risk which will increase the bill. A report presented Tuesday, July 12 during a board of directors raises concerns about the budget of the Games, reveals […]
British athletics star Mo Farah reveals his past as an illegal migrant and slave
Mo Farah, king of the athletics tracks knighted by the Queen of England for his Olympic exploits, reveals in a documentary that he arrived in Great Britain illegally under a false identity before being forced to work as a servant in a family. “The truth is, I’m not who you think I am. Most people […]
As Les Bleues launch their Euro 2022, visualize the gap in inequality between female and male footballers
There is unanimous agreement: whether in terms of audiences or attendance at pitches and stadiums, women’s football has been breaking records in France for the past ten years. If the gap has narrowed with their male counterparts on many parameters, the gap still remains significant. While the Blues face Italy this Sunday for their entry […]
Accused of defrauding FIFA, Platini and Blatter acquitted in Switzerland
After six years of investigation and two weeks of trial for fraud in Switzerland, Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter were acquitted this Friday, July 8, in the case which shattered the ambitions of the Frenchman, tipped in 2015 to take the lead in football global. In silence, the two defendants listened to the clerk read […]
Ferrari and jet-ski: Karim Benzema stages his bling-bling vacation in Miami and outrages environmentalists
Golden Rolex, big Ferrari and dynamic editing… It’s not the “GTA Vice City” video game but Karim Benzema’s last vacation. In a video posted on his Twitter account on Sunday July 3, the Real Madrid striker stages his vacation in Miami in a worked 48-second clip. In the background, the last title of the American […]