French sport is in mourning. The journalist of the chain L’Équipe Xavier Richefort, cofficial commentator of volleyball matches, died on Friday July 22 following a heart attack. He was 59 years old. A news that must have greatly saddened the group of the French team, whichis in the Final 8 of the League of Nations in Italy this weekend.
Tributes intensify to salute the journalist’s career, starting with that of the Mougins club. “Immense emotion at the time of learning of the disappearance of Xavier Richefort, a passionate, generous journalist, a formidable promoter of our sport” can we read on their Instagram account, in the caption of a photo of the deceased.