選手２人がＬＧＢＴ支援ユニホーム拒否し欠場、仏サッカー１部

【フランスＡＦＰ＝時事】１４日に行われた２２－２３フランス・リーグ１第３５節のトゥールーズ対ナント戦で、トゥールーズのザカリア・アブクラルとナントのムスタファ・モハメドが、ＬＧＢＴＱ（性的少数者）への寛容を訴える活動に参加することを拒否し、メンバーから外れた。（写真はＴＦＣスタジアム。資料写真）
　フランスではリーグ１とリーグ２の週末の全試合で、選手が活動の一環として背番号が虹色になったユニホームを着用し、主将は虹色のキャプテンマークを巻いた。
　しかしトゥールーズの地元紙によると、普段はスタメンでモロッコ出身のアブクラルは、ユニホームの着用を拒否してメンバー外となった。他にローガン・コスタ（とファレス・シャイビも出場を拒んだが、ベンチメンバーに名前を連ねた。
　またナントによると、エジプト出身のモハメドもユニホーム着用を拒否したという。他にはリーグ２のギャンガンからも、同じ理由で選手１人が欠場したことが発表された。
　フランスサッカーでは毎年同様の活動が行われており、今回の虹色を配したユニホームはオークションに出され、収益は性的少数者への差別と闘う３団体へ寄付される。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/05/16-16:54）

Toulouse's Zakaria Aboukhlal and Nantes' Mostafa Mohamed were omitted from the teamsheet for the Ligue 1 clash between the two clubs on Sunday after refusing to participate in a campaign against homophobia.
All teams in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 this weekend have shirts featuring numbers in rainbow colours as part of the initiative. The captains' armbands are similarly coloured.
Moroccan Aboukhlal, a regular starter for Toulouse, sat out the game because he refused to wear the jersey, according to La Depeche du Midi newspaper, which added that Logan Costa and Fares Chaibi also did not want to play although they were both named on the teamsheet.
Mohamed, an Egyptian, also refused to wear the jersey, a source close to his Nantes team said.
Guingamp's Senegalese defender Donatien Gomis ruled himself out of the Ligue 2 clash with Sochaux on Saturday for the same reason, club sources there said.
As part of the elite French leagues' annual anti-homophobia campaign, the rainbow-adorned shirts will be sold at auction with the proceeds going to three charities active in fighting LGBTQ discrimination.
The start of the Toulouse-Nantes match was pushed back to 1430GMT because of a security operation which saw the stadium evacuated as police inspected the area reserved for the visiting supporters.
There were no such delays at Clermont where the home side came from a goal down to beat Lyon 2-1.
Alexandre Lacazette gave Lyon the lead after 22 minutes but Grejohn Kyei levelled from the penalty spot three minutes later.
Kyei netted his second after 65 minutes to lift Clermont up to eighth, just three points behind Lyon whose hopes of European football next season appear to be over.
It's a big disappointment, said Lyon coach Laurent Blanc. As for Europe, it's all over.
Rennes, meanwhile, held an emotional homage to Arman Soldin, their former youth player and the AFP video reporter killed in Ukraine on Tuesday.
Soldin's mother and brother live in the western city and Rennes held the tribute to his memory before the Breton club's home match with Troyes.