Interviewed by Bernard PIVOT, at the Palais des Festivals in Nice, Raymond PITTET, former Swiss footballer, and reporter at the Tribune de Lausanne, explains (alongside Michel HIDALGO, Dominique BATHENAY, and Jacques FERRAN, editor-in-chief of the newspaper L'Equipe) why, in order to be in accordance with his conscience, he will not go to Argentina for the World Cup which must begin in a few days: "Out of moral, personal conviction, I decided, whatever happens, not to go to Argentina... I found it was a man’s inalienable right to feel solidarity with people who suffer..."
Visit of the Gaming House Aaa, residence and training place of the video game "League of Legends", in Grenoble. This game seduces the world of electronic sport by becoming the most watched eSport event in history, with more than 32 million online spectators and more than 8.5 million simultaneous views during the final of the season 3. Comment on factual images, alternating with the interview of Renaud FERT, gamer manager.
A festive day for Saint-Etienne fans in Glasgow, Scotland, on the occasion of the European Cup final against Bayern Munich. Special mention to a fan from Saint-Etienne... by bike!
During the preparation of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, some players of the French XV confided about a "secret" that characterizes them. Damian Penaud, winger, confesses his passion for golf, a sport he played as a child and that he practices again after resuming classes.
During the preparation of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, some players of the XV de France confided in a "secret" that characterizes them. Cyril Baille, a pillar, says that he didn’t always evolve in this position and that his first steps in the Lannemezan club were for positions in the back.
Football is a real passion in Argentina. Micro-sidewalk in Buenos Aires ("We have Che Guevara, Pope Francis, Maradona, and now we hope to win the World Cup with Lionel Messi..."), the dispersion of the ashes of a deceased in a stadium (sic), and testimony of an Argentine expatriate in Paris ("It’s an inexplicable passion... In Europe, in France, we don’t know that, it’s a culture...") and Gonzalo QUESADA (coach of the Stade Français Paris Rugby).
Antoine DECLERCQ and Louis ROULET co-founded the French Federation of the Lose (FFL) which celebrates with humor "the art of losing in the French way". We find them on the Col de la Loze, in the Alps, during the 17th stage of the Tour de France, where they came to encourage the French, and especially their "idol", Thibaut PINOT, whose career is full of great disappointments: "It’s annoying to win!... Well, I don’t know, supporting Vingegaard would bother me, supporting Real Madrid would piss me off... We are alive only when we are in pain... And we, we suffered as French people... You see, suffering is living...
[Source France 3 Régions]: This morning, several hundred young judokas were gathered in Epernay to follow training sessions with stars of the French team. A day of exchanges and sharing organized by the French federation of Judo, which wishes to promote their disicipline at the regional level.
The Bol d'Or takes place this weekend on the Magny-Cours circuit. An endurance race with 50,000 spectators. A good part of them stay camping on the spot. And while the drivers turn on the circuit, a noisy and smoky atmosphere settles in the campsite. Some regulars of the race regret the excesses that can be seen there, while others feel that the biker spirit persists and even that "the atmosphere a little Mad Max that is part of the Bol d'Or"...
To the question what does "salt the soup?" (doping in cycling language) Albert Bouvet, Bernard Viot, Jacques Anquetil, and others all seem embarrassed to answer. When one says, "This is a question that has been around for quite some time...it can be considered a professional secret."
On the Tour de France, Tiphaine, 23 years old, is a member of the advertising caravan. We follow her during a stage in a 'Krys' vehicle where her role is to distribute goodies, essentially bobs, to the numerous spectators on the road. She talks about her daily life and her feelings: "The audience is always different, so the days are similar but not too much, with landscapes that change, everything is varied, so we try to get into the music..."
Meeting with Laura, 22 years old, member of the famous advertising caravan of the Tour de France. His summer job mainly consists of distributing, to the many spectators and supporters on the road, "Cochonou" sausage and brand bobs, as do other brands that each offer their own goodies before the runners pass: Throughout the entire Tour, we distribute 7 tons of sausage and 100,000 bobs... I am enormously into cycling... I have done it for many years, about 5, 6 years, I would say, at a national level... But afterwards, I was no longer thriving in this fields... So, I wanted to work in event management and I thought why not the Tour de France?... The Tour de France is cool... In addition, this year, there is Vingegaard and Pogacar who are having a little battle... And, yeah, it’s great, actually, the Tour de France...