Mbappé-Paraguay racism row rumbles on

Remarks by Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla shocked France — and much of the world — earlier this week after she branded Kylian Mbappé a “brute,” mocked his intelligence and questioned his French identity. Days later, the fallout has spiraled from international condemnation to criminal investigations and extraordinary South American threats to extradite the France captain….

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The Muslim manosphere and Achraf Hakimi

The World Cup quarter-final against France folds every saga about Moroccan defender and captain Achraf Hakimi into a single frame. France is the team that ended Morocco’s historic 2022 run, the country where Hakimi became a global star at Paris Saint-Germain — and the legal system now charging him with rape over a 2023 allegation….

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