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The French Football Federation (FFF) said Tuesday that it decided to lodge a complaint with world football’s governing body FIFA and take legal action after racist chants were directed at French players by members of the Argentine football team after they won the Copa America tournament. In a statement, FFF president Philippe Diallo “condemned with the greatest firmness the unacceptable racist and discriminatory remarks made against players of the France team.” He is going “to contact its Argentinian counterpart and FIFA directly to file a legal complaint for racist and discriminatory remarks,” FFF said. French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera, who described the…

Chelsea are investigating a video midfielder Enzo Fernandez posted on social media which the French Football Federation (FFF) allege shows them singing a racist song.Fernandez posted on Instagram after Argentina’s Copa America victory over Colombia, showing him and his teammates chanting about the France national team.Wesley Fofana, Fernandez’s Chelsea teammate, has reposted the video on social media with the caption: “Football in 2024: uninhibited racism”.The FFF has alleged that the song sung by the South American national team is “racist and discriminatory”.In a statement they said: “The president of the French Football Federation, Philippe Diallo, condemns in the strongest terms…

Following the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump at a campaign event for the 2024 election, a wave of misinformation has spread across social media platforms. One particular claim that has lately garnered significant attention is, that Trump was not injured at all in the incident. The claim is accompanied by a “recent photo” of him showing no ear injury. This fact check investigates the validity of this claim and the origin of the photo in question. Claim: In this post (archived here) an X user claims: “This image of Trump was taken today. There is absolutely nothing wrong…

Politics on the playing field? Some Turkish fans and footballers, as well as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, hoped to score political points during the Euro 2024 football tournament. This hasn’t gone down well with everyone in Germany’s Turkish community. Turkish national player Merih Demiral sparked a heated debate when he gave a “wolf salute” after scoring a goal in the match against Austria on July 2. Immediately afterward, the chair of the Turkish Community in Germany, Gökay Sofuoglu, told the German news network RND that “political symbols have no place on the football field.”Gökay Sofuoglu, the chair of the Turkish Community…

Donald Trump appeared to try to woo independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr in a leaked video of a phone call, where he also spoke about the assassination attempt, vaccines and babies.In the footage posted by Mr Kennedy’s son Bobby Kennedy III, the Republican Party’s nominee was heard on speaker phone saying: “I would love you to do something – and I think it would be so good for you and so big for you,” apparently referring to the 2024 election race. Mr Trump added: “We’re gonna win,” to which Mr Kennedy said: “Yeah.””We’re way ahead of the guy,”…

Much of Germany’s Euro 2024 was about generating the same thrill and excitement around the country as the 2006 World Cup did or about giving the most decorated German footballer ever, Toni Kroos, a fitting farewell. But beyond collective unity, the end of this tournament marks not only the end of Kroos’s career but also the end of an era that peaked a decade ago. After many years of coming close to moving on from the golden generation of 2014, the departure of Kroos (34) and now Thomas Müller (34) signal that it is now starting to happen. There has also been speculation…

Police confronted protesters across Kenya on what activists dubbed “Total Shutdown Tuesday.” The unrest was characterized by clouds of tear gas, reports of gunshot wounds and multiple injuries, particularly in central Nairobi.  The capital’s Moi Avenue was the epicenter of the chaos. Some business owners, armed with sticks, stood guard outside their shops to prevent looting. The protests, led primarily by Gen Z youth, have been recurring across Kenya over the past month. It started with a protest over a draft law that would hike taxes and escalated in deadly clashes with police and calls for President William Ruto to step down. Kenya during a fresh wave…

US Senator Bob Menendez was convicted Tuesday on all counts in his corruption trial. The charges included acting as a foreign agent for the Egyptian government and accepting gold and cash bribes from three US businessmen. The jury in Manhattan federal court deliberated for more than 12 hours over three days before reaching a verdict. The trial lasted nine weeks.  The 70-year-old Menendez will be sentenced on October 29. “The total combined charges carry a maximum potential sentence of 222… years in prison,” a spokesman for the Southern District of New York prosecutor’s office said in a statement. What was the case about?…

Two murder victims who were reportedly shot dead before being found in a burnt-out car in Sweden are British, according to local media.Police have launched a double-murder investigation after they discovered two people dead on Sunday afternoon, in the Fosie industrial area of Malmo.Responding to reports of a fire, emergency services only discovered the bodies as they were putting the blaze out, local media reported.Emergency workers on the site were said to have noticed what could have been a bullet hole in one of the victims, they added. Image: Authorities removing one of the two bodies found. Pic: TV4 Swedish…

How many athletes are taking part? Around 10,500 athletes from 206 nations will be competing at the Olympic Games. For 19 days, from July 26 to August 11, they will be competing for a place on the podium in 32 different sports. A total of 329 gold medals will be up for grabs. One of the big stars of these Summer Games promises to be American gymnast Simone Byles, the four-time Olympic champion who struggled with mental health problems at the Games in Tokyo three years ago. In athletics, Kenya’s marathon star Eliud Kipchoge is aiming to become the first…