Padel: why the connections between Flanders and Wallonia are complicated
Gijs Kooken, Belgium is among the best nations in padel when there was nothing or almost nothing five years ago. How do you explain it? “We have competitions of a good level thanks to the Belgian Padel Tour and, in Flanders, to the Masters. The best meet quite regularly in these tournaments. In addition, the […]
The umpteenth failure of the Parisian jewel of Qatar
It all started with a meal on November 23, 2010 at the Elysee. The then French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, the crown prince of Qatar and Michel Platini, head of UEFA, met to discuss the attribution of the World Cup to the small emirate and the acquisition of the PSG by the Qataris. That controversial meeting, […]