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Resignation of Bernard Laporte: French rugby without a president and still in crisis

January 29, 2023

End of reign? Certainly. Game over ? This is an other story. By presenting his resignation to the steering committee of the French Rugby…

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…

Le Graët, Laporte… How to change the governance of sports federations?

January 10, 2023

► “The rather conservative world of sport is difficult to move” William Gaspariniprofessor of sociology and sports sciences at the University of Strasbourg, specialist…

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…

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…

Tour de France: Christophe Laporte, first Frenchman to win a stage

July 22, 2022

The 19th stage of the Tour de France ends (finally) with a French victory. Christophe Laporte (Jumbo Visma) is the first rider to cross…

Rugby: Bernard Laporte placed in custody in the Altrad case

June 28, 2020

Ten days away from running for the head of the French rugby federation (FFR) Bernard Laporte was taken into custody Tuesday, September 22 in…