AS TURMOIL HIT POOR FRENCH SUBURBS, SOME LOOK TO SOCCER HERO MBAPPÉ

Reuters 

In the down-at-heel Paris suburb of Bondy, where Kylian Mbappe grew up, some residents have looked to the 24-year-old France soccer star for guidance on how to react to a wave of rioting in their community and many others like it.

The violence was triggered by the fatal police shooting on June 27 of Nahel M., a teenager of North African descent, which caused fury among many youths in France's low-income, ethnically mixed and perennially marginalised suburbs.

While appeals for calm from politicians and law enforcement figures fell on deaf ears for night after night of rioting, some people felt that Mbappe's expressions of dismay over Nahel's shooting as well as his calls for calm had hit home.

FRENCH SOCCER STAR KYLIAN MBAPPÉ'S STATEMENT ON PARIS RIOTS

 

MIX OF CALM AND CONCERN AS CYCLING'S TOUR HEADS INTO RIOT-HIT FRANCE 🇫🇷

Reuters 

While the vast majority of the Tour de France peloton is not concerned by the riots that have been hitting the country following the fatal shooting of a teenager by police, some have expressed concerns that the race might be disrupted.

After a start in Bilbao, Spain, the Tour heads to France on Monday with visits to Bayonne, Dax, Pau and Bordeaux during the week.

Rioting across France appeared to be less intense on Saturday, but tens of thousands of police have been deployed in cities across the country after the funeral of a teenager of North African descent, whose shooting by police sparked nationwide unrest.

TOUR DE FRANCE 🇫🇷 ORGANISERS READY TO ADAPT AMID RIOTS

Reuters 

Tour de France organisers are ready to adjust to any situation amid the riots that have erupted in the country following the fatal shooting of a teenager by police, race director Christian Prudhomme said on Friday.