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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kim Willsher

Far-right politician booted out of Zinedine Zidane’s football club

Eric Zemmour at the Z5 five-a-side football club in Aix-en-Provence.
Eric Zemmour at the Z5 five-a-side football club in Aix-en-Provence. Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images

In the unexpected clash between an anti-immigration French politician and a sporting hero whose parents emigrated to France, the final result was clear: Zemmour 0 – Zidane 1.

A week from the first round of the French presidential election, the extreme-right candidate found himself given a red card and sent off when he turned up for a kick-about at the Z5 five-a-side football club in Aix-en-Provence set up by the former French international Zinedine Zidane.

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