“Football at times can be a bit of a lonely life,” states football star Jude Bellingham in his latest video campaign for the sportswear brand adidas. With this quote, the 20-year-old English athlete highlights an aspect of football that is not often mentioned: loneliness.
In January 2022, a French basketball player was prevented from competing in French national championships because she wears a headscarf. This is her story.
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The infamous drug-fuelled past of the city of love, and how this underground legacy is being dealt with today.
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How the new anti-semitism and the rise of far right politics in Europe is leading Jews to leave the continent.