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Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInWAUSAU (WSAW) - Organizers for the Taste n Glow Balloon Fest say two hot air balloons from Belgium will be on display this summer Darth Vader and Yoda are from Court-Saint-Etienne It’s the first international balloons for the festival The festival is held west of Wausau on Stettin Drive Sherpa use the power of law to bring about systemic change Meet our team of lawyers and jurists and our Board of Directors Our commitment to accountability and transparency Changing the law to ensure a legal framework that better protects human rights and the environment Initiating legal action over violations perpetrated by economic players Empowering civil society and contributing to the circulation of knowledge and practices Exploring legal avenues and developing innovative legal concepts Exposing and ending the corporate capture on the law and public opinion Strengthening the legal liability of multinationals and facilitating access to justice for victims Taking action against illegal financial practices and giving the victims of globalisation the resources to defend themselves information and civil society initiatives in the face of threats and obstacles Indigenous peoples from the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon and non-governmental organizations from France and the US today filed a lawsuit in the Saint-Etienne court against global retail giant Groupe Casino over selling beef products linked to deforestation and land grabbing This is the first time a supermarket chain is taken to court over deforestation and human rights violations under the French due of vigilance law adopted in March 2017 (“loi sur le devoir de vigilance” in French) Indigenous groups claim compensation for damages done to their customary lands and the impact on their livelihoods The lawsuit alleges systemic violations of human rights and environmental laws in Groupe Casino’s supply chains in Brazil and Colombia over a long period of time. According to evidence compiled and analysed by the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA) for this case Groupe Casino regularly bought beef from three slaughterhouses owned by JBS The three slaughterhouses sourced cattle from 592 suppliers responsible for at least 50,000 hectares of deforestation between 2008 and 2020 (1) The deforested area is five times the size of Paris Evidence submitted in this lawsuit also shows violations of indigenous rights customary land owned and managed by the Uru Eu Wau Wau community in the State of Rondônia Brazil was invaded and put into production by cattle farms supplying beef to Casino’s Pão de Açúcar Despite numerous media reports linking Groupe Casino’s products to deforestation and land grabbing the company has failed to overhaul its monitoring and enforcement policies to ensure there’s no environmental or human rights violations in its entire supply chain The company has dared to write to the plaintiffs that “due to the low number of reports mentioning cattle as a driver of deforestation in Colombia” Casino doesn’t consider it relevant to include the country in the scope of their due diligence plan Colombia has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world In spite of the ever-growing body of evidence linking the world’s biggest meat company, JBS, to deforestation and even slave labour (3) Groupe Casino has failed to commit to only sell zero-deforestation nor zero-conversion meat in their Pão de Açúcar Groupe Casino is the largest supermarket chain in Brazil and Colombia through its brands Pão de Açúcar and Grupo Éxito respectively Casino’s South American operations account for nearly half (47%) of the group’s global revenues France’s Duty of Vigilance law requires large French companies to take adequate and effective measures to prevent serious human rights and environmental violations in their entire supply chains they may be held liable and ordered to pay damages Cattle ranching is the main driver of deforestation in South America, in particular in Brazil. According to Brazil’s space agency (INPE), deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has surged to a 12-year high. The Amazon is in danger of reaching a tipping point of switching from a canopy rainforest to open grassland Last December, the Brazilian government removed any measure to tackle deforestation in the national climate action plan (known as an NDC) under the Paris Agreement although forest loss continues to be the main source of greenhouse gas emissions in the country The plaintiffs in this lawsuit include the Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB) the National Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon (OPIAC) the Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Pará (FEPIPA) the Federation of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of Mato Grosso (FEPOIMT) (1) Last week, investigative journalism group Reporter Brasil published a new report showing that the three largest supermarket chains in Brazil Casino’s Pão de Açúcar Carrefour and Grupo Big have sold beef from mega-farms that illegally cleared thousands of hectares of forests (2) Report on deforestation fronts, 2021 commercial activity in rural areas in Brazil have been responsible for slavery and forced labour The sector with the highest number of cases of slavery is cattle farming According to the Comissao Pastoral da Terra and Brazil’s federal government data almost half (47%) of the slave labour cases identified between 2003 and 2020 are linked to the cattle sector The latest Reporter Brasil’s investigation traced most slave labour cases to JBS slaughterhouses with Brazilian and Colombian indigenous organisations and international associations The coalition takes the Groupe Casino to court for failure to comply with its duty of vigilance Following the adoption of the law of 22 December 2021 on confidence in the judiciary which provides for the exclusive jurisdiction of the Paris Judicial Court in matters of vigilance the Saint-Etienne Judicial Court transferred the case file to Paris the judge suggested that the parties engage in mediation After the initial mandatory meeting with the appointed mediators the coalition refused the mediation suggested by the judge officially announced its intention to join the international coalition involved in the lawsuit The multinational announced the sale of its Brazilian and Colombian brands Despite the end of some of its activities in the region Casion will still have to face justice for failing in its duty of vigilance a new study reveals the extent of the deforestation tied to Casino's activities in Brazil This report could be a key document in the lawsuit currently underway Your support is essential in our fight for a fairer world we can fight with complete independence and impartiality We owe our freedom of speech and action to you You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Paris-Saint-Germain player Lassana Diarra during a French League One soccer match against Saint-Etienne at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris By ruling that some FIFA regulations on player transfers are contrary to EU legislation relating to competition and freedom of movement the bloc’s top court has paved the way for deep changes in the sport’s economy Here is a look at the key elements of the case and the possible impact of the landmark ruling Lassana Diarra is a former much-traveled footballer whose career saw him play for prestigious clubs such as Chelsea It’s a dispute with Lokomotiv Moscow that triggered the legal case examined by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Diarra signed a four-year contract with Lokomotiv in 2013 The deal was terminated a year later after he was unhappy with alleged pay cuts Lokomotiv applied to the FIFA dispute resolution chamber for compensation and the player submitted a counterclaim seeking compensation for unpaid wages The Court of Arbitration for Sport found the Russian club terminated the contract “with just cause” and the player had to pay 10.5 million euros ($11.2 million) Diarra said his search for a new team was hampered by FIFA rules stipulating that any new club would be jointly responsible with him for paying compensation to Lokomotiv Free movement is a fundamental right of workers in the European Union within the single market the EU’s top court said that the FIFA rules including the one that resulted in the refusal to provide Diarra with an international transfer certificate (ITC) for a move to Charleroi The court also found that FIFA regulations breached the bloc’s competition law because they aim at restricting and preventing “cross-border competition which could be pursued by all clubs established in the European Union.” The ECJ ruling will now be referred back to the appeal court in Mons Although FIFA said it was satisfied “that the legality of key principles of the transfer system have been reconfirmed,” Diarra’s lawyers claimed “total victory.” The judges in Luxembourg acknowledged having stability in player rosters and regularity in competitions are legitimate objectives for FIFA but that rules must be applied proportionally Some analysts have compared it to the ECJ’s 1995 decision on Belgian Jean-Marc Bosman That ruling removed restrictions placed on foreign EU footballers within national leagues and allowed players in the bloc to move to another club for free when their contracts ended Those principles had an obviously wider focus than the narrower scope of Diarra the decision on Diarra does not change how the transfer market functions But many legal experts believe that the ruling will ultimately have major effects on the sport’s economy “The decision essentially says the current system is too restrictive and so will have to change,” said Ian Giles a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright law firm “It’s entirely possible this means players will feel they can now break contracts and sign on with new clubs without the selling club being able to hold them or demand significant transfer fees This will likely result in reduced transfer fees and more economic power for players — but over time things will have to stabilize to allow clubs to remain economically viable.” A major reset of transfer fee values can seriously affect many smaller market clubs Bosman already accelerated gaps in wealth and competitive balance across European soccer which is increasingly dominated by a small group of clubs They can lure free-agent players with higher signing bonuses and salaries – money that previously would be more widely distributed via transfer fees Spending by super-wealthy clubs can still reward smaller ones who excel at investing time and expertise in scouting and developing local and global talent: Ajax sees potential threats to the industry’s health in the fallout from Diarra Transfer fees and payments to clubs from former players being sold later in their career “are an efficient and effective means of wealth distribution from bigger clubs to smaller ones,” the ECA noted The soccer industry is increasingly a game being played by lawyers in courts and government offices FIFA had indicated before Friday it would consult widely on transfer market reforms it believes can focus on specific issues raised by Diarra Diarra’s lawyer Jean-Louis Dupont — who also represented Bosman 30 years ago — sees a bigger picture He appeared to be recruiting for a wider suit against FIFA by claiming “all professional players have been affected by these illegal rules” and could now seek compensation Sevilla had just cause to cancel defender Joris Gnagnon’s contract for being ‘severely overweight’ the Spanish club terminated Gnagnon’s deal after repeated concerns regarding the player’s professionalism and physical condition Gnagnon, 27, signed a five-year contract with Sevilla in a €13.5million (now £11.6m, $14.7m) transfer from French side Rennes in the summer of 2018. After his contract was terminated in 2021, he asked world football’s governing body FIFA for compensation of more than €4.6m plus interest The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has now ruled in favour of Sevilla and ordered the player to pay the costs of the proceedings The justification outlined by the Spanish club to justify Gnagnon’s termination was “the player’s alleged overweight situation and his multiple delays to training sessions” In September 2022, the FIFA disputes panel ruled in Sevilla’s favour as it was documented that the club had notified the defender of their concerns that he was overweight following his return to training in September 2020 Sevilla had set Gnagnon a weight target of less than 90kg (200lbs) but in July 2021 they had reported him to be overweight at ‘level II (pre-obesity)’ and alleged that he struggled to complete training sessions Gnagnon took the case to CAS after FIFA judges ruled that his claim with them was inadmissible as the footballer had also started a civil case in Spain — a claim that was later withdrawn CAS ruled that Sevilla were justified in their dismissal of Gnagnon over his failure to maintain appropriate weight and fitness levels The verdict decided that the club’s expectations for the player’s weight loss were reasonable and noted their attempts to assist the player while repeatedly warning the player of the consequences of him not meeting the club’s guidelines A Sevilla statement following the decision read: “The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled that the dismissal of the player Joris Gnagnon was justified given that he failed to maintain appropriate weight and fitness levels “The Court’s judgement is that the club acted legally and appropriately and that this was not a case of unfair dismissal “The ruling ends a long procedure that began after the player’s post-pandemic return to the club “This was not rectified despite four disciplinary proceedings that were brought against him The player had the opportunity to comply with the prescriptions and advice of the medical and nutrition staff in order to regain his fitness but failure to do so on his own initiative resulted in him being dismissed.” The statement added: “The professionalism of the club was ruled to be exemplary and remains faultless establishing and reinforcing an important legal precedent for future similar cases.” Gnagnon made just 17 appearances for Sevilla and joined Saint-Etienne in 2021 after leaving Spain but did not make a first-team appearance for the French club The central defender has been a free agent since the summer of 2022 Reporting by Tangi Salaun; Editing by Richard Lough Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved A man who claimed to be suffering from headaches due to his Linky meter has won a court battle to have it removed Joseph Cascina from Saint-André-le-Puy (Loire) reported hearing a “constant whistling” in his head after its installation “All day, all night… Every evening I had to take a pill to get to sleep, life had become hell,” he told France 3 who had reported no symptoms prior to the Linky meter’s installation The court in Saint-Etienne noted that Mr Cascina was suffering and ruled that the meter should be removed The ruling was based on the court’s interpretation of the European Court of Justice’s ‘Principle of precaution’ This states that “in case of doubt as to the cause or extent of harm to individuals institutions can require protective measures without waiting for the reality of the risks to be fully established.” Enedis replaced Mr Cascina’s Linky meter with an older model aware that many opponents to Linky meters could act upon the decision However on November 28 the Court of Appeal in Lyon upheld the original ruling The court’s decision was celebrated by the Stop Linky 5G collective which opposes the mandatory installation of Linky meters “The three judges ruled that the court was faced with symptoms that are justifiable,” said spokesperson Denis Nicolier must protect users in the context of the Principle of precaution.” Linky meters, which were first introduced in 2018, have been fitted in more than 90% of households. People who do not want one in their home must pay a surcharge however the ruling on health grounds makes Mr Cascina exempt from this Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) was recognised as a handicap in France in 2015 concentration problems and more,” Professor Luc Fontana of the University Hospital of Saint-Étienne told France 3 “The challenge is in ascribing these symptoms to the syndrome one must be careful to check they are not due to another health problem.” the World Health Organisation said that the symptoms are “certainly real” but added that “there is no scientific basis to link EHS symptoms to electromagnetic field exposure.” or 3.5million people in France could be affected by the syndrome according to a 2018 report by France’s National Social Security Administration Many such people are already members of groups that oppose Linky meters in France which hopes that the court’s decision will help spread awareness about the condition “The real value here is that doctors and judges worked together to study a typical case of electromagnetic hypersensitivity and look for answers,” Mr Nicolier said Large-scale Linky meter fraud discovered in France More about how proposed electricity cuts will work in France French pensioner has electricity cut after refusing Linky smart meter Storms from the weekend will persist across some areas Fears of a ‘black week’ on the network have been widely dismissed - although regional lines will see cancellations Parliamentary committee vote leaves future of scheme in doubt Neymar celebrates scoring against Saint-Etienne The PSG squad celebrate winning the Coupe de France AdvertisementHow was your experience today Two men shot dead after killing priest in church at Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray and ‘filming themselves preaching in Arabic’ The murder of a priest and the wounding of one of his parishioners in Normandy was an act of terrorism carried out by two followers of Islamic State A witness to the attack has described how the two men forced the 86-year-old priest slit his throat and filmed themselves appearing to preach in Arabic at the altar was among five hostages who were taken when the men armed with knives reportedly entered the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray at 9.43am local time on Tuesday during morning prayers They forced him to his knees and obviously he wanted to defend himself and that’s when the drama began,” Sister Danielle said adding that she had fled the church while the terrorists cut Hamel’s throat but the other victim was described as being seriously injured and between “life and death” Sister Danielle said the two men filmed their attack “They didn’t see me leave,” she told the French channel BFMTV They were filming themselves preaching in Arabic in front of the altar The two hostage-takers were shot dead by police as they came out of the church One person has been detained in the investigation into the attack Normandy church attack: nun who was taken hostage speaks out about death of priest GuardianHollande described the incident as “an ignoble terrorist attack” by two supporters of Isis which claimed responsibility for the attack via its affiliated Amaq news agency adding that it was a war France would have to fight by remaining united Pierre Henry Brandet, an interior ministry spokesman, said the church was rapidly surrounded by the BRI, France’s anti-gang brigade, who shot the attackers as they came out. Hollande met members of the brigade, who wore black balaclavas to mask their identities, and praised them for the speed of their intervention, which he said “prevented a much higher toll and saved the lives of hostages”. Hollande added: “I have met with the family of the priest and I have spoken to the people kept hostage who expressed their pain and sadness as well as a wish to comprehend what has happened.” A witness whose home overlooks the church told BFMTV: “There were more and more police … then a crescendo of gunfire. Of course, given what is happening in the world, we thought of a [terrorist] attack. It was hard to believe what was happening.” The prime minister, Manuel Valls, said the “barbaric” attack was a blow to the Catholic community and the whole of France. Horreur face à l'attaque barbare d'une église de Seine-Maritime. La France entière et tous les catholiques sont meurtris. Nous ferons bloc. The murdered priest had worked in the parish for more than 10 years. He should have retired at 75 but wanted to continue serving the church and community, local residents said. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said Pope Francis “shares the pain and horror of this absurd violence”, adding that the attack created “immense pain and worry”. Read moreFrancis issued “the most severe condemnation of all forms of hatred” and said he was appalled “because this horrific violence took place in a church a sacred place” and involved the “barbaric” killing of a priest A woman who worshipped at the church described Hamel as “a man who fulfilled his role to the end He was elderly but was always available for whoever She added: “He has been here for a long time and many parishioners knew him well He lived in the rectory at Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.” said everyone was horribly shocked that the priest had been killed while celebrating mass “We ask ourselves how we have arrived at this point,” he told BFMTV “My message would be we have to continue to meet Perhaps the death of this poor man will produce an electroshock will be such a strong symbol that people will say we have to do something French soldiers prevent access to the scene of the attack in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray it was the cutting of the throat of a priest … an act sufficiently thought out to further destabilise French society … and that’s the risk France remains on high alert nearly two weeks after a man ploughed a truck into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice killing 84 people and injuring more than 300 The Nice attack was the third major attack on France in 18 months and was claimed by Isis Two attacks in Germany claimed by Isis since then have heightened the tension in Europe Hollande told reporters near the scene of Tuesday’s killings: “The people of France should know that they are under threat but they are not the only country and that their strength lies in their solidarity.” Analysts said that while the threat was everywhere the attack marked a new stage in Isis action demonstrating that even in a small town of 27,000 inhabitants and we are at war everywhere on French soil,” was the message one terrorism expert told French television After the attack in Nice, France extended a state of emergency for another six months. The measure gives police extra powers to carry out searches and place people under house arrest. It was the fourth time the security measures have been extended since Isis followers staged a mass attack on Paris in November, killing 130 people in the Bataclan concert hall so put on your Sambas and prepare to master the fine French art of throwing one ball at another Trends in big cities always move at a zip but over the past few years it seems that London has become a particularly faddy place The en vogue trainer of the moment changes like the unpredictable weather (Adidas Gazelles and Sambas appear to have clung on for the moment but sports shoes by typically uncool brands such as On are waiting to swoop in at any minute) Styles you thought were long since dead get resurrected overnight (we are living the winds of change breeze by so frequently that it’s common to see your friends suddenly taking up activities that you would never associate with them in a million years The cool boys appear to be playing a variation of boules the French sport (and something I previously knew only as something my grandad competed in with a devoted passion in his 60s) They are wearing their little caps branded with the names of their friends’ record labels and independent food magazines their pairs of Dickies trousers and their orange-lensed sunglasses and they are trying to get their larger ball (or boule) as close as possible to the target ball It’s been a good example of how these trends tend to reveal themselves – gradually but with certainty. Out of nowhere in the last couple of weeks, I learned a) what on earth pétanque even is, and b) that there are pétanque courts all over the UK I started catching my friends posting Instagram Story photos of themselves having a nice little game of pétanque while a man I was chatting to on Hinge told me that he had spent his Saturday having a game of boules with the fellas When I tweeted about this phenomenon, I found that I was not the only one who found myself confronted by Big Boule. Somebody even replied to me noting that they’d been served an Instagram ad for a variant called “Crazy Boules” launching on the South Bank in July non-committal game you can play with your friends on a hot day and like most of the other London micro-trends we are constantly cycling through It is also definitely partly down to the influence of the internet London-centric trends like this tend to be intensified by hyperlocal meme culture essentially proliferated via Instagram pages that publish jokes about areas of London with large internet-savvy millennial and gen Z populations – places such as Clapton It’s accounts such as these that declare “tomatoes” or a particular flavour of crisps as the must-have dinner-party accessory of the moment though sometimes it’s a bit of a chicken-and-egg scenario The more the people who interact with these pages get into a particular style or activity the more those styles and activities get posted by the pages It all feeds into a sort of London main character syndrome – the internet both serialises and offers tacit approval (often in the very British form of sarcastic self-deprecation) for certain activities and then people feel as if they’re part of a particular type of city life if they’re taking part It’s kind of like the very middle England idea of keeping up with the Joneses only the Joneses are wearing Salomon trainers and head-to-toe Ganni a brand will get wise to the fact that the kids (ie 30-year-olds with no children and lots of disposable income which they spend in the manner of teenagers) are loving boules and they will throw a “Pet Nat and Pétanque” party serving cool fizzy wine and slices of New York-style pizza on a bowling green There will be a rooftop bar with a pétanque court A fashion magazine will do an editorial at the clubhouse of a traditional boules team in south-east London and get accused of gentrification and appropriation drinking wine with a different – but equally cute and irreverent – label That’s just how it works these days: trends hardly have a chance to even blossom before we’re on to the next thing we’re supposed to be doing if you happen to catch me on a pétanque court Élodie Lhomer and Thierry Pommier have been involved in key organisational roles at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for several years and all contribute in their own way to the smooth running of the tournament See that tall figure by the ‘Italie’ tribune with sunglasses and a walkie-talkie stuck to his ear There’s no mistaking Georges Fortunier the person in charge of the biggest tribune on the Rainier III court this Stephanois born and bred – and obvious supporter of AS Saint-Etienne – is in the wings at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters We need to make sure that the spectators are well looked after “We need to make sure that the spectators are well looked after,” says the manager of a team of nearly twenty-five people from ticket inspectors to hospitality hostesses in the boxes  “Once the stand has been checked in the morning we need to make sure everything is all right with the ticket inspectors Handling the influx of people when the players change sides is never easy.” children and their parents flock to the official Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters souvenir shop Élogie Lhomer is there to take care of them “But also T-shirts and big yellow balls.” The young fans use these football-sized tennis balls to go autograph hunting when a player comes out after their warmup This is Élodie Lhomer’s first year in the shop working under a certain… Georges Fortunier “It’s a different atmosphere,” says the woman who is originally from Lille and is also a hostess at Roca Team matches but the people in the shop are cool.” if I’m not mistaken,” he counts out loud My first edition was in 1996.”  A tennis teacher at the Tennis Club Nice Giordan Thierry Pommier has been supervising the ball kids at the Monegasque tournament for over a quarter of a century now An opportunity that came his way more or less by chance “I was in a lift with Eric Seigle (now director of the Monte-Carlo Country Club) and he asked me if I wanted to be part of the ball kids team I said yes.” 1996 was the start of the adventure Thierry Pommier has never missed a single edition of the tournament this Roger Federer fan has trained and supervised hundreds of young ball collectors like at every edition.”  Young tennis enthusiasts who will carry on in May at the French Open at Roland-Garros follows Tintin and Hergé's footsteps around the countryside surrounding Marlinspike Hall in reality the region of Walloon Brabant in Belgium By creating your account, you accept the terms and conditions from Tintin.com You accept to receive from Tintin.com personalized notifications related to Tintin (new events or exhibitions You will be able to set your preferences in your account Tintin.com uses cookies to improve your experience on the site, to analyse its use and for marketing purposes. For more information, please consult the Privacy Policy 1) Relationship with the writer-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.They not only share their names. The most famous literary work of Saint-Exupéry gives the footballer his nickname: Le Petit Prince. Even on Griezmann's forearm you can read a sentence from this writer: "Make your life a dream 2) From Portugal to Mâcon.Barça's 20th Frenchman was born left professional football in Portugal to emigrate to France 3) Difficult beginnings in French football.His first team was from the French district where he lived who later merged with the Mâcon team to form the Union du Football Mâconnais) His football growth was notorious and consequently scouts from many of the French clubs: Auxerre Metz and Montpellier invited him for trials and at 13 years of age he left his hometown to settle in Baiona with the man who discoverered him He would go on to become a player in the Txuri-Urdu squad 4) Griezmann already wore the blaugrana colours.The new signing played for a French club 5) A goalkeeping dream.Griezmann not only wants to score goals he liked to wear gloves and to stop the ball When finishing training sessions with his former team 6) A taste for basketballHe is a true fan of the NBA; His favourite player is Derrick Rose His house in Madrid has a basketball court constructed there for him to practice this sport 7) Appearance on the big screen.He dubbed the voice of Superman in the French version of Batman: the LEGO movie he wanted to get an autograph or a photograph from his favourite players who had come to France after passing through FC Barcelona 9) The car and the Ballon d'Or.Griezmann finished third in 2016 at the Ballon d'Or but an anecdote can be traced to a few months before in the way he found out that he would be on the podium of the three best players in the world The Frenchman had finished training with Atlético Madrid and while going home in the car he returned a missed call from his sister and representative Griezmann exploded with joy as he drove and some of the drivers passing by him were shocked when his sister informed him that he was the third best player in the world 10) The mateGriezmann likes Uruguayan culture and loves mate The Uruguayan who introduced him to it was Carlos Bueno at Real Sociedad Now he can share the mate with the two South Americans who always come to the matches with one in their hand Source: footballmadeinghana.com « Prev Next » Comments (0) Listen to Article Rashid Sumaila we're happy to send you some reminders Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications Home> Football> La Liga La Liga side Sevilla have won a court ruling after ripping up a defender's contract due to him being "severely overweight" Joris Gnagnon signed for the Andalusian outfit from Rennes for a fee of £11.6 million He penned a five-year contract but made just 17 appearances for the club before his deal was ripped up in September 2021 Sevilla had issues with Gnagnon's discipline They ended up setting him a weight target of 90kg and said he was overweight in July 2021 - ultimately leading to his dismissal following four disciplinary proceedings However, as reported by The Athletic, Gnagnon sought compensation of €4.6m plus interest and took the issue to FIFA They sided with Sevilla and so Gnagnon took the case to Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) but they too ruled in favour of the seven-time Europa League winners and said the action taken was justified CAS said he was reminded about his need to lose weight and the potential consequences They said: “The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled that the dismissal of the player Joris Gnagnon was justified given that he failed to maintain appropriate weight and fitness levels but failure to do so on his own initiative resulted in him being dismissed “The professionalism of the club was ruled to be exemplary and remains faultless Gnagnon does not appeared to have improved his condition as he had the same problems at Saint-Etienne He signed on a free in November 2021 but was said to be so out of shape upon his arrival that one teammate thought he was a security guard It was claimed that he improved his fitness but Gnagnon did not make a single competitive appearance and left by mutual consent in May 2022 Gnagnon, who once felt Virgil van Dijk's wrath following a shocking red card challenge on Liverpool youngster Yasser Larouci Topics: Sevilla, La Liga, AS Saint-Étienne, Ligue 1 Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and wrestling He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has interviewed some of the biggest names in the field - including the first UK interview with The Hardy Boyz after their return to WWE He has never sported a pair of Lonsdale Slip-ons A union’s order instructing nurses to refuse admission of new patients into the St Vincent de Paul care home has been frozen by a court issued last August by the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has effectively led to almost 200 beds lying vacant at the state-run care home and caused a significant rift between the union and government judge Neville Camilleri upheld a court application for a temporary injunction filed by the Active Ageing Ministry earlier in the day The MUMN is expected to put up a fight to have that decision reversed and now have five days to present its legal arguments to that effect.  Sources told Times of Malta that the government intends to start filling vacant beds at St Vincent de Paul with immediate effect transferring people who are being held at Mater Dei Hospital to the Luqa care home.  The ministry resorted to court action after attempts to resolve the impasse through talks failed to get off the ground An independent inquiry found that the nurse, two carers and four security officers failed their duty. It also found that the nurse had misguided the search MUMN President Paul Pace called the inquiry a fake and a sham and insisted the minister was framing the nurse to shirk his own responsibility the union showered the government with directives that prevent government care homes from admitting new elderly people But earlier this week, minister Abela told Times of Malta the industrial action has gone too far The union is holding a gun to his head with directives that are threatening to paralyse the health system To ease the waiting list for the most urgent cases the government is renting out 80 beds in private homes each of which cost around €25,000 annually while 178 beds in St Vincent de Paul lie empty and beds at Mater Dei continue to be needlessly occupied by elderly people who have been cured but cannot be transferred to a care home And as temperatures plummet and the annual influx of patients with influenza and chest infections looms over Mater Dei hospital authorities fear they will reach a saturation point within weeks Senior sources told Times of Malta that 10% of beds across Mater Dei and Paul Boffa hospital are already occupied by patients who do not need to be there the MUMN accused Abela of "hiding behind the law courts with no regards to the health and safety of the residents at SVP and to the nurses".  wanted to allow the suspension "of a framed nurse" to continue even though the nurse was never charged or accused of any crime and was never interrogated.  The MUMN said that because of the injunction nurses working at SVP and other homes for the elderly are again expected to work against all odds with one nurse caring for 37 patients at SVP and for 80 residents at other homes A spokesperson at the Active Ageing Ministry said that its hard was forced by MUMN president Paul Pace treating senior citizens "like pawns" Pace had refused seven separate invitations to meet with the minister adding that it was now time to call the union boss' "bluff".  please register for free or log in to your account What are these? 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