Rugby: Bernard Laporte released from police custody for money laundering of aggravated tax evasion January 24, 2023 The retired president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR) Bernard Laporte was placed in police custody on Tuesday January 24 as part of an… Continue Reading
Footballer Benjamin Mendy not guilty of six rapes, but will be retried for a seventh January 13, 2023 After five months of trial, the French international footballer Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty of six rapes and a sexual assault on Friday… Continue Reading
Bernard Laporte will propose his “withdrawal” from his functions as president of the FFR December 19, 2022 The president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR) Bernard Laporte, sentenced Tuesday, December 13 to two years in prison suspended for corruption, will propose… Continue Reading
Bernard Laporte sentenced to two years in prison suspended, French rugby in turmoil December 13, 2022 This is the epilogue of a legal soap opera that has shaken French rugby for several months. Tuesday, December 13, the president of the… Continue Reading
Rugby: an open investigation into the management of the 2023 World Cup organizing committee November 9, 2022 The National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) indicated on Wednesday, November 9, that a preliminary investigation had been opened in early October into the management… Continue Reading
Stan Lee: Abuse of weakness charges against his former manager dropped November 3, 2022 A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday cleared Keya Morgan, the Marvel legend’s former business executive, of theft charges, ending a four-year criminal case. End… Continue Reading
Football: the Swiss prosecutor’s office appeals the acquittal of Platini and Blatter October 20, 2022 The Swiss public prosecutor is appealing the acquittal pronounced this summer by Michel Platini and the former president of Fifa, the Swiss Sepp Blatter,… Continue Reading
Accused of rape, footballer Benjamin Mendy in court in the United Kingdom August 10, 2022 The trial of world football champion Benjamin Mendy, accused of eight rapes, an attempted rape and a sexual assault, opens Wednesday August 10 for… Continue Reading
Football: Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter acquitted in Switzerland July 8, 2022 Michel Platini and the former president of the International Football Federation (Fifa), the Swiss Sepp Blatter, were acquitted on Friday July 8 in Switzerland… Continue Reading
Death of Maradona: eight health professionals tried for manslaughter June 22, 2022 Eight health professionals will be tried in Argentina for manslaughter with aggravating circumstances, at the end of the investigation into the death of footballer… Continue Reading