Tag: Brief sports
Letsile Tebogo and Sifan Hassan elected “athletes of the year” by the International Athletics Federation
Olympic champions Letsile Tebogo (200m) and Sifan Hassan (marathon) were named “Athletes of the Year” this Sunday, December 1 in Monaco by the International Athletics Federation, which also rewarded four…
“exhausted”, Léon Marchand renounces the short course Worlds
Quadruple Olympic swimming champion Léon Marchand, big star of the Paris Olympics, announced this Saturday, November 30, his withdrawal from the short course World Championships, organized from December 10 to…
Russian oligarch Alisher Ousmanov re-elected as president of the International Federation
Russian oligarch Alicher Ousmanov, who has stepped down from the presidency of the International Fencing Federation since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, was re-elected to this position this…
Paris FC formalizes its takeover by the Arnault family
The takeover of the Paris FC football club by Bernard Arnault’s family holding company was formalized this Friday, November 29 after six weeks of exclusive negotiations between the two parties,…
Souleymane Cissokho postpones WBC world welterweight semi-final due to injury
The Franco-Senegalese boxer Souleymane Cissokho announced this Thursday, November 28 that he was postponing his WBC world welterweight semi-final, scheduled for Malabo in Equatorial Guinea on December 7, due to…
FIFA allocates $50 million to WHO, WTO and UNHCR
FIFA, as part of the legacy fund for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, will allocate 50 million dollars (approximately 47.5 million euros) shared between the WHO, the WTO and…
Manchester City sinks 4-0 at home against Tottenham
Manchester City fell 4-0 to Tottenham on Saturday at home, a third defeat in three Premier League matches which benefits leader Liverpool. The first setback for the Citizens (2nd, 23…
three supporters arrested for racist insults against Yamal and Baldé during the last Clasico
Three supporters were arrested for uttering racist insults against FC Barcelona players Lamine Yamal and Alejandro Baldé during the Clasico against Real Madrid on October 26, Spanish police announced on…
France inherits Croatia in the quarter-finals
The French team was rather well off by inheriting Croatia, in clear decline, as an opponent in the quarter-finals of the League of Nations after the draw carried out on…
Moroccan Achraf Hakimi extends until 2029 at PSG
Right-back Achraf Hakimi, who arrived in Paris in 2021, extended his contract with PSG until 2029, AFP learned on Friday from a source close to the matter, confirming information from…