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French basketball star resigns as Olympics ambassador over anti-Semitism row

The Paris-2024 Olympic Games Organising Committee will rule in early January 2024 on the possible deregistration of one of its ambassadors, Émilie Gomis, following an Instagram post about Israel. AFP - MARK RALSTON

Olympic Basketball 2009 meadlist, Emilie Gomis, has resigned as ambassador of the Paris Olympics Games after the organising committee held a meeting on Wednesday to address a controversy linked to a social media post about the Gaza war made by the former sports star.

Update 08h00 UT: Emilie Gomis, the French basketball star serving as an ambassador for the Paris 2024 Olympics, has been forced to quit her role because of a controversy linked to a social media post related to the situation in Gaza.

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