A rare testimony. Sikou Niakaté, a 34-year-old French author and director, spoke to L’Équipe about his dream career as a footballer. A career that he was unable to complete partly due to shame of his body. “I dreamed of Manchester United,” explains the director behind the documentary In the dark, men cry. “I played football … Read more
A law that had aged very badly. The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday, January 13, to repeal a municipal law described as “particularly absurd.” Unanimously, all 14 voting members agreed to direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance to repeal Section 56.16 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. This one which makes playing … Read more
For three years, Anaïs practiced swimming two sessions per week. Last year, when entering 1st year, the decision was radical. “I finished classes at 6 p.m., between transportation time, homework, preparing for the French baccalaureate, I couldn’t see myself continuing to go to the swimming pool. » At 17, she is one of (too) many … Read more
It’s a routine that has been in place for seven years. Antoine, 30, goes out running five times a week in Paris. Originally from the Alps, the young man, who moved to the capital for professional reasons, takes advantage of his midday break to do his usual jogging, despite the ground being entirely covered in … Read more
On the Place du Commandant-Desmeulles, in Alençon (Orne), the midnight blue front of the bar Le Toucan lights up under the effects of the last rays of sunlight of the day. Inside, watched by several figurines of the large-beaked bird perched on the wall, Nicolas, smiling under his graying beard, is busy behind the bar … Read more
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, world number one tennis player beaten at the end of December by Nick Kyrgios during the “Battle of the Sexes”, declared this Thursday that she wanted a rematch against the Australian. Kyrgios, a former Wimbledon finalist (2022) who fell below 650th place in the world, won 6-3, 6-3 during this exhibition match … Read more
Actor Idris Elba and several players from England’s successful women’s football and rugby teams this year are among the thousand Britons honored Monday by King Charles III. This list of honors, published every year before the New Year, “celebrates the best that Britain has: people who put the general interest before themselves” and manage to … Read more
And they are not the only ones. Fifteen months after the Paris 2024 Games, Insep, with around ten high-level athletes who have become mothers, is in the middle of a baby boom. That morning, in the huge reathletics room, we meet Manon Apithy and Élodie Clouvel, but also the weightlifter Dora Tchakounté, the boxer Amina … Read more
Christmas is a festive time, of family reunions, but it is also a time to think of others and carry out beautiful deeds. This is the meaning of the initiative proposed by Enzo Leopold. On his Instagram account, the German football player published a touching message this Thursday morning in which he announced that he … Read more
World number 1 on the women’s tennis circuit Aryna Sabalenka on Tuesday deemed it “unfair” that the authorities of the women’s professional circuit allow transgender women to participate in WTA tournaments, even if they are currently absent from the elite of world tennis. Invited Tuesday evening on the show of British host Piers Morgan, who … Read more