A group of 60 French sporting personalities have signed a letter calling on their compatriots to vote for centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron instead of far-right contender Marine Le Pen Sunday “so that sport remains a space of liberty, equality, and fraternity.”
The letter was signed, among others, by Paris-St. Germain soccer team’s midfielder Blaise Matuidi, Olympic sprinter Yannick Agnel, Olympic fencer Laura Flessel, and judo champion David Douillet, as well former rugby international and national team coach Philippe Saint-Andre. The directors of the Tour de France bike race and the national soccer league also signed.
