Jean Marie Le Pen

france's soccer team in 1998

After France won the 1998 World Cup, French diversity was celebrated. But it was short-lived.

June 29, 2018
Sports

A new French documentary looks back at the 20 years since a victory that made all of France proud. In it, defender Lilian Thuram wonders: ”The French team was composed of players of different colors and different religions; can we also accept this in our society, outside of sports?”

After France won the 1998 World Cup, French diversity was celebrated. But it was short-lived.

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