French sports broadcaster L’Equipe has apologized after a journalist criticized Belgium’s World Cup star Jeremy Doku for his potential return home to be present at the birth of his first child.
Manchester City winger Doku, whose wife Shireen is due in July, could miss a knockout game. The 24-year-old told Belgian media in Seattle: “It depends on when it happens, but it’s my first child, so I definitely want to be there.”
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On the “L’Equipe de Choc” programme on Friday, France Pierron expressed incomprehension at Doku’s decision.
“When you have a chance to participate in a World Cup, there are hundreds of footballers
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