A large and collected crowd came this Wednesday, December 31 to say goodbye to the former Montpellier coach Jean-Louis Gasset, who died on December 26 at the age of 72. To accommodate the more than 1000 people present, the funeral ceremony of this figure of French football took place at the Montpellier exhibition center, in … Read more
On the ground, however, the contrast is striking. This Monday, December 29, for the resumption of training, the center was completely closed to the public and the press. Arriving shortly before 9 a.m. aboard an Italian car driven by his partner, the new Gones striker joined the site without stopping for the handful of supporters … Read more
A snowy sky and this question in everyone’s heads: “What am I doing here?” » This Sunday, December 28, it is not 9 a.m. but the town of Feuguerolles-Bully, 10 minutes from Caen (Calvados), is teeming. For runners – and walkers – the sporting year ends here in the Orne valley, at the Guigne trail, … Read more
“For Jean-Louis, I can only recall…” Reached this Friday at the end of the afternoon, Laurent Nicollin, the president of Montpellier (MHSC), does not hide his emotion after the disappearance of Jean-Louis Gasset at the age of 72. The bond that united him with the former coach or assistant of Laurent Blanc, viscerally attached to … Read more
Certain trajectories perfectly match an idea of football. That of Jean-Louis Gasset was one. He passed away on Friday morning at the age of 72, leaving behind much more than a list of achievements or a succession of benches: a human, almost emotional imprint in a French football that resembled him: demanding, popular, modest. A … Read more
We know the attraction of the Costa Brava for professional cycling teams, who come every year to ski the Catalan tarmac before the start of the season, between December and February. Because the roads are beautiful, the sun and the mildness often generous. But the Pyrénées-Orientales will perhaps soon have nothing to envy of their … Read more
Champagne for the Tour? The city of Reims and the Grand Est region are candidates to host the start of the Grande Boucle in 2028. Arnaud Robinet, mayor of the Marne city, and Franck Leroy, president of the region, officially announced it, at the foot of Notre-Dame de Reims cathedral, to the director of the … Read more
At Lamentin, Georges has become an icon. From time to time, the crocodile, which no one knows how it ended up in the mouth of the Lézarde river, puts on a show, creating crowds on the banks. Nearby, the Yves-Adèle stadium is less attractive. This Thursday in November, as the sun begins to set, three … Read more
In Font-Romeu, the municipality is renewing its “Christmas family week” program – which can be translated as a “family Christmas week” for French-speaking winter residents – with numerous proposals to entertain adults and their little ones. The highlights are concentrated on December 24, 30 and 31, with very theatrical strolls in the center of the … Read more
When in 2014, Norman tennis player Charles Roche launched a tennis tournament in Rouen (Seine-Maritime), it was above all to return to his sport all the emotions that it had given him. A competition with no points to glean in the international rankings, but with men’s and women’s tables that his address book and his … Read more