Pogba rubbishes reports of him quitting France football over Macron's "Islamist Terrorism" remark
Star footballer Paul Pogba on Monday rubbished reports of him quitting playing international football for France over French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on “Islamist Terrorism”.
Earlier, several media reports had suggested that Pogba had reportedly quit international football after comments from French President Emmanuel Macron alleging that Islam was the source of international terrorism.
And the French government’s decision to honour the teacher who published offensive images of the prophet Muhammad, which Pogba reportedly resented, was also said to be behind the move.
Pogba on Monday took to his official Instagram handle and rubbished the reports. He shared a picture of one of such reports in his Instagram stories and labeled it as “Unacceptable, Fake News”.
According to the earlier reports that had alleged Pogba had quit international football, the decision from the footballer had come in the wake of the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, 47, who was attacked on his way home from the junior high school where he taught in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 40km northwest of Paris.
President Macron had described the murder as an ‘Islamic terrorist attack’ that took the life of the French teacher.
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Rahul Gandhi to attend friendly football match between Messi, Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad
Hyderabad (PTI): Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will attend the GOAT India Tour event featuring football legend Lionel Messi at the RGI Cricket Stadium here on Saturday evening, Telangana Congress sources said.
A friendly match will be played between the two teams -- Singareni RR9 and Aparna-Messi All Stars. These two teams will be playing a 15-20 minute friendly match and five minutes before the game, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, a football enthusiast and Messi will join and will dribble the ball together.
Rahul Gandhi will land here on a special flight at 4.30 PM and will proceed to Taj Falaknuma Palace Hotel where Messi will be staying.
After watching the game, Gandhi will leave for the national capital by 10.30 PM.
Elaborate security arrangements are being made for the event at the RGI Cricket stadium.
Rachakonda Police Commissioner Sudheer Babu said security would be provided with 3,000 personnel.
