By Le Figaro
Published yesterday at 5:19 p.m., Updated yesterday at 5:20 p.m.
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April 1st is a time for pranks. The world of sport has not escaped this. Overview of the best April Fools seen on the web.
Who says April 1st, says traditional April Fool’s Day. The opportunity to indulge in some pranks, jokes and other well-intentioned puns. The world of sport has not escaped this. Anthology of the best hoaxes.
Roger Federer, Djokovic’s new coach
The announcement came this Monday morning and must have made tennis fans fantasize. After the end of his collaboration with Goran Ivenisevic, Novak Djokovic decided to take the Swiss Roger Federer as a consultant in his team, we learn from the site Tennis Legend. “Today, only two chosen ones can understand and feel what I experience on a court and help me improve to achieve the ultimate tennis, divine tennis, immaculate tennis… So I will continue without a coach with Roger as episodic advisor”, our colleagues say to the Serbian, while specifying for greater authenticity that Roger Federer would not travel for the tournaments, preferring to stay with his family.
Dupont takes up American football
End clap for Antoine Dupont and rugby? A few days after his return to the Top 14 fields with Toulouse, the French international would like to follow the example of the Welshman Louis Rees-Zammiten trying his luck in the NFL, the American football championship, informs us Rugby Rama.
Cédric Doumbé becomes a UFC fighter
The episode of the splinter in the foot seems far behind Cédric Doumbé! The French MMA fighter has, according to the online media The Colisao, broke his contract with the professional fighters’ league, PFL, to join the UFC. His first fight will take place on September 28, 2028 in Paris.
The Paris metro at Olympic time
Trocanoë (Trocadéro), Alexandre Dumarathon (Alexandre Dumas)… around ten metro stations have been renamed in the run-up to the Paris Olympic Games. These one-day names, as specified by the RATP, were displayed on the platforms as well as on every other panel so as not to disorient tourists and travelers, who do not often use the Paris metro.
Claude Le Roy returns to Cameroon
Winner of the Can in 1988 with the Cameroonian selection, Claude Le Roy makes his comeback on the bench of the Indomitable Lions. He will be supported by Pat Mboma and Julien Mette. Information from Frank Simon, journalist specializing in African football.
