Match of the Day to air without presenter or pundits after Gary Lineker’s suspension
▻https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/10/gary-lineker-step-back-match-of-the-day-bbc
Match of the Day to air without presenter or pundits after Gary Lineker’s suspension
▻https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/10/gary-lineker-step-back-match-of-the-day-bbc
Lilian Thuram: ’My classmates judged me because of my skin colour’ | Football | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/27/lilian-thuram-classmates-judged-my-skin-colour-football
“The fact the subject of racism is being debated more and more is good,” he says. “And if I’m being attacked then it means that in some way my actions are making certain people uncomfortable. They feel in danger, which, again, is a good sign. Don’t forget that Nelson Mandela was accused of being an anti-white racist. Martin Luther King, too.”
The Frenchman does not consider himself to be the next Mandela or King but the number of books on the shelves of his office dedicated to those two historical figures suggest he is deeply inspired by them.
Born in French West Indies, Thuram has been intrigued by the subject of racism ever since his mother moved the family to the greater Paris region in 1981. “What struck me when I arrived was that some of my classmates judged me because of my skin colour. They made me believe my skin colour was inferior to theirs and that being white was better,” he says.
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Lilian Thuram in Monaco after being signed by Arsène Wenger, aged 17. Photograph: Christian Liewig/Corbis/Getty Images
“These were nine-year-old kids. They weren’t born racist but they’d already developed a superiority complex. From that moment I started to ask myself questions: ‘Why are they teasing me? Where does this come from?’ My mother couldn’t provide me with answers. For her this was just the way it was. There are racists and it won’t change.”
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Unsatisfied with his mother’s response, Thuram buried himself in books to find a better explanation, studying events that had created this damaging mindset. “Historically, we ranked people. We created hierarchies according to skin colour,” he says. “We educated the white person to think he is dominant over others. Just as we educated men to feel dominant over women. These are intellectual and ideological mechanisms that were constructed in order to exploit other people.”
Thuram speaks in a calm, intelligent manner. His gentle demeanour contrasts with the aggressive way he defended during his playing days. It is also very different to the stereotypical image that some individuals in France have of black people who come from the suburbs. “People like to fantasise,” Thuram says, allowing himself a throaty chuckle. “They like to think the suburbs are full of violent thugs but they’re not. The majority of people are just like me. They try to live well in a calm, peaceful way.”
Raised by his mother, who was a cleaner, in the modest council estate of Les Fougères in Avon, south of Paris, Thuram knows what it is like to struggle on the periphery of French society. Football helped him gain respect in a tough community made up of immigrants from all corners of the globe. “I played with kids from Pakistan, Lebanon, Vietnam, Congo, Algeria … the whole world was there. Football has this great strength of bringing people together and making you feel part of something.”
His first club, Portugais de Fontainebleau, were founded by Portuguese expats but the players hailed from many different cultures. “At the weekends, I became Portuguese,” Thuram says. “Opponents used to insult me by calling me a ‘dirty Portuguese’, which, as a West Indian, I found pretty funny.”
Why homophobic incidents are scarring French football | Football | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/sep/04/homophobia-france-football-rise
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A standoff between ultras and authorities forms the backdrop to banners and chants that have brought games to a halt
Football and fat fees : questions raised over funding of sporting conference | Football | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/16/football-and-fat-fees-questions-raised-over-funding-of-sporting-confere
After Russia’s wildly successful World Cup, the eyes of the sporting world have turned to the next host, Qatar – and a recent event in London gave an indication of the scrutiny that lies ahead for the controversial organisers, and of the Middle Eastern diplomatic battle that will shadow the tournament.
Journalists who attended the launch of the Foundation For Sports Integrity at the Four Seasons hotel were ushered through security to watch a series of panels featuring high-profile guests. The former Manchester United footballer Louis Saha appeared in a discussion alongside the former FA chairman Greg Dyke. Other guests included Damian Collins MP and the former US women’s goalkeeper Hope Solo.
But as well as the guest list and the glamorous surroundings, there was another striking feature of the event: questions over the funding of the previously unknown organisation, which was unveiling itself at short notice with a lavish conference and a public commitment to stamping out corruption in world sport.
Un à côté de la #nuit_torride entre les Qataris et leurs aussi riches voisins.
Quand tu t’appelles Mohamed et que tu es une célébrité tu deviens “Mo”
’It’s been incredible,’ says Sir Mo Farah on receiving knighthood from Queen – video | Sport | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2017/nov/14/its-been-incredible-says-sir-mo-farah-on-receiving-knighthood-from-quee
Mo Salah’s African award just another step in his quest for a place in history | Football | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/05/mo-salah-african-award-step-in-quest-place-history
En France, tu deviens #Momo. Et même quand tu t’appelles Rafik...
A propos de l’acronyme MBS donné à l’imbécile d’Arabie
▻https://blogs.letemps.ch/mohammad-mahmoud-ould-mohamedou/2018/05/09/channeling-empire
In the same spirit that, overnight, Liverpool soccer player Mohamed Salah becomes “Mo”, the acronymization partakes of a logic of cultural re-appropriation
Police say 350 people have come forward to report child sex abuse in football | Football | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/01/fa-punish-clubs-cover-up-martin-glenn
Police have been flooded with victims alleging they were abused as children in football and say they are investigating attacks on 350 people, with more complaints expected.
The complaints to police came after Guardian revelations about child sexual abuse in football and police chiefs are vowing to hunt down the attackers – no matter how long ago the crimes took place.
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The 350 victims reporting crimes to police will have their cases investigated, officers say, with a priority being to identifying alleged offenders who may still pose a danger to children.
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Newcastle United accused of a cover-up in 1990s by sex abuse victim Derek Bell | Football | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/01/newcastle-accused-cover-up-1990s-abuse
The former Newcastle United footballer Derek Bell, who was subjected to years of sexual abuse by a boys club coach who subsequently worked at Newcastle, has accused the St James’ Park club of a cover-up for their limited response after Bell raised the alarm in 1998.
Bell was sexually abused by George Ormond, his coach at the local Montagu and North Fenham boys club, from the age of 12 to 16 in the late 1970s, until Bell signed as an apprentice at Newcastle United in 1979. He believes that after he joined Newcastle, Ormond had to “wean himself” off Bell, and he fears that Ormond must then have targeted other young players at the boys club for similar abuse.
#Abus_sexuel. #Chelsea aurait acheté le silence d’une victime
“Chelsea m’a payé 50 000 livres [59 000 euros] pour ne pas dévoiler l’abus sexuel” : cité par The Daily Mirror, l’ancien joueur de football #Gary_Johnson, aujourd’hui âgé de 59 ans, est sorti de l’ombre. Il explique que le club a acheté son silence en 2015 pour que les #maltraitances_sexuelles infligées par son entraîneur lorsqu’il était mineur ne soient pas rendues publiques.
Abus sexuels dans le foot : Infantino pour une « #tolérance_zéro »
Le président de la Fédération internationale (#Fifa) Gianni Infantino s’est prononcé jeudi en faveur d’une « tolérance zéro » à l’égard de la pédophilie dans le football, après la récente révélation d’un scandale impliquant des entraîneurs et anciens joueurs en Angleterre.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/abus-sexuels-dans-le-foot-infantino-pour-une-tolerance-zero.a
French police tactics could lead to more Euro 2016 violence: expert | Football | The Guardian
►https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/10/french-police-tactics-marseille-more-euro-2016-violence-expert?CMP=shar
An expert on football hooliganism who witnessed violence involving England fans in Marseille on Thursday night has said heavy-handed police tactics contributed to the trouble.
Envie de dire : No shit ?
La presse anglaise parle de trouble accentué par les techniques de la police, ça ne vs rappelle rien ? #Marseille ►https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/10/french-police-tactics-marseille-more-euro-2016-violence-expert?CMP=shar …
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La presse anglaise parle de trouble accentué par les techniques de la police, ça ne vs rappelle rien ? #Marseille ►https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/10/french-police-tactics-marseille-more-euro-2016-violence-expert?CMP=shar …
French police tactics could lead to more Euro 2016 violence: expert
▻https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/10/french-police-tactics-marseille-more-euro-2016-violence-expert