Exclusive: Criticised World Cup referee was suffering extreme heat strain, data shows Sport Business A Fifa referee labelled the worst at the World Cup was experiencing a level of heat strain associated with impaired decision making, new data has revealed. Uzbek official Ilgiz Tantashev was widely criticised for his handling of France’s last-16 win over Paraguay, who escaped without any bookings despite committing repeated violent fouls. French outlet L’Equipe [...]
Dupont image rights row puts Toulouse in rugby spotlight again Sport Business French rugby giants Toulouse are facing the threat of a second salary cap-related sanction after a media investigation into star player Antoine Dupont’s image rights payments. The so-called Le Petit General has been an integral part of France and Toulouse teams in recent years but is now at the centre of a storm, alongside Stade [...]