Overview
- Vanessa Le Moigne said she will stop covering football at season’s end after a torrent of online harassment following her AFCON final interview with Senegal goalkeeper Édouard Mendy.
- Femmes Journalistes de Sport issued a collective message of support under the banner “La compétence n’a pas de genre” and urged sports bodies and digital platforms to take responsibility.
- The association argued her decision is not an isolated career choice but the reflection of an intolerable reality marked by cyberharassment, insults, and repeated challenges to women’s legitimacy.
- Le Moigne reported many personal messages of support from across newsrooms and described herself as not angry but resigned about changing beats.
- She continued working assignments, including Saturday’s Guingamp–Troyes broadcast on beIN Sports, as coverage revisits the controversial question about an alleged arrangement involving Brahim Díaz.