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The Olympic flame, which arrived with pomp on Wednesday in Marseille, is now in France. The first Olympic cauldron was set ablaze Wednesday evening in the Old Port, by rapper Jul, in front of 150,000 people. The flame will still have the honors of France’s second city today, for the first stage of the relay which will culminate on July 26, for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. And for the occasion, football will be in the spotlight among the torchbearers, notably Basile Boli at the basilica of “the Good Mother” and Didier Drogba at the Vélodrome stadium.
Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu are on the verge of a breakup. The American president in fact warned on Wednesday that he “would not deliver” certain weapons to Israel, in particular “artillery shells”, in the event of a major offensive against Rafah. While the United States is Israel’s primary military supporter, this is the first time that the American president has publicly set conditions for American military support for the Jewish state. This red line was not at all to Israel’s taste. The Israeli ambassador thus considered this threat “difficult to hear and very disappointing” this Thursday.
This Thursday evening at 9 p.m., Olympique de Marseille has only one choice: to play the perfect match. The only French club still in the running in the European Cup will do everything to qualify for the Europa League final against Atalanta Bergamo. After the first-leg draw last Thursday (1-1), “this is THE match we have to succeed in. Everyone is aware of it, my players know that, perhaps, they will never have the opportunity to play a semi-final, or even a final again,” warned the Marseille coach. And to succeed in this bet, Jean-Louis Gasset has at least one good card in hand: he will finally be able to count on practically all his players with the exception of Valentin Rongier, still injured.
