This was supposed to be a week of wild excitement for France, as millions of soccer fans and 24 national teams arrive in the country for the four-yearly European Football Championships—a month-long tournament of the world’s most beloved sport, featuring many of the best players on the planet.
Instead, after months of violent protests over labor reforms, and epic floods that burst the banks of the River Seine last week, France is set to begin the event on Friday evening with all the fatigue of a team already down a few goals and wary of conceding more.
Leaving aside the ongoing demonstrations—including …read more
Source: Time
