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French footballer asked to explain laugh during minute's silence

16 Oct 2023 10:35pm
France's midfielder Youssouf Fofana, Fance's midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, France's defender Jean Clair Todibo, France's forward Marcus Thuram and France's midfielder Eduardo Camavinga attend a training session in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines on October 9, 2023, as part of the team's preparation for upcoming UEFA Euro 2024 football tournament Group B, qualifying match against the Netherlands. - Photo by AFP
France's midfielder Youssouf Fofana, Fance's midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, France's defender Jean Clair Todibo, France's forward Marcus Thuram and France's midfielder Eduardo Camavinga attend a training session in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines on October 9, 2023, as part of the team's preparation for upcoming UEFA Euro 2024 football tournament Group B, qualifying match against the Netherlands. - Photo by AFP

PARIS - France international Jean-Clair Todibo has been requested by the French football federation (FFF) to explain why he laughed during a minute's silence before last week's Euro 2024 qualifier.

Cameras caught the 23-year-old Nice defender laughing during the tribute to the victims of the conflict between Hamas and Israel.

The minute's silence, which took before France's 2-1 win over the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Friday, also paid tribute to a teacher killed last week in the northern French city of Arras in what the government called a terror attack.

On Monday, the FFF's national ethics council sent a letter to Todibo to ask him to explain himself, its president Patrick Anton told AFP.

Todibo is in the France team squad for Tuesday's friendly match against Scotland in Lille. - AFP

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