Rugby: Former Australia coach Alan Jones charged with 24 sex offenses

Rugby: Former Australia coach Alan Jones charged with 24 sex offenses

Eight victims between 2001 and 2019. Alan Jones, former rugby coach turned star radio host in Australia, was charged this Monday with several offenses of a sexual nature, police announced. Inspectors from a brigade specializing in the fight against child abuse arrested the 83-year-old man during a search of his luxury apartment on Sydney Harbour. […]

Violence in sport: “5 to 6 reports per day”, most from women and minors

Violence in sport: “5 to 6 reports per day”, most from women and minors

The Signal-Sports platform, created in 2019 to collect and process testimonies of violence in sport, the vast majority sexual, records “5 to 6 reports per day”, indicated Tuesday the Minister of Sports and Youth Gil Avérous. “We are rather at six to six reports per day at the moment,” assured the minister to the press, […]

After Amsterdam, Israeli authorities advise supporters to avoid France-Israel

After Amsterdam, Israeli authorities advise supporters to avoid France-Israel

The watchword: prevent all risks. Israeli authorities on Sunday called on supporters to avoid going to the France-Israel match next Thursday, which will be held just a week after the violence in Amsterdam. The National Security Council, which reports to the Prime Minister’s office, “recommends that Israelis abroad act by taking precautions (…) particularly during […]

Football: fifteen years in prison for a former coach guilty of raping minors

Football: fifteen years in prison for a former coach guilty of raping minors

A former coach and manager of football clubs in the Lyon area was sentenced this Thursday in Lyon to 15 years of imprisonment for rape and sexual violence against minor players. Tried behind closed doors by the Rhône criminal court, the 67-year-old accused, with a round face and white ponytail, was found guilty of having […]