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Sanctions against police officer who received 60,300 euros from Mbappe

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3 weeks ago

December 30, 2025

Sophia

Sanctions against police officer who received 60,300 euros from Mbappe

A police officer in charge of security for the French team was disciplined by the police. Directorate General of National Police (DGPN) retire early after receiving the gift of Kylian MbappeAFP was informed on Tuesday of this week by a source close to the incident. “Le Monde”.

In June 2023, the police officer, who was assigned to FFF, received a gift of €60,300 from his cousin, the current captain of the French national team, towards the 2022 World Cup. This amount was reported by a banker to Tracfin, the financial intelligence arm of the French Ministry of Finance, in July 2024, leading to the opening of a judicial investigation.

“The donations received for the 2022 World Cup were legal, were made by check and did not need to be declared,” the coach’s lawyer asserted to AFP this summer. Jean-Baptiste Souffron.

The officer, who was involved in administrative proceedings by the IGPN, was summoned to a disciplinary committee in October without any sanctions being imposed, according to sources.

However, a few weeks later, on December 20th, DGPN The decision was made to sanction him with early retirement for not informing management about the donation, sources said.

Sources said that prior to this decision, the agent, who is a friend of the Mbappé family, had claimed his right to leave several weeks ago, stating that he would step down on December 31st and be employed by the Football Association. FFF Tentative contract for the next World Cup.

“This seriously negates the investigation of IGPN, knowing that other charges apart from donations, in particular covert work and parallel work in Cameroon, were dropped in accordance with the explanations given to the disciplinary committee,” commented his lawyer Jean-Baptiste Soufron, who plans to challenge the sanction in the Administrative Court.

“The story does not hold up legally, as the donation is legal and unchallenged. The commander was scheduled to retire on December 31st, so there is a persistent intention. I wonder what the motive is for harassing this honest police officer,” said Abdel Aysou, a former governor who defends the police officer.

A judicial investigation charging the police officer with sting operations and tax evasion and laundering is still ongoing.

Four other brigadiers received €30,000 each in the same situation, representing a total contribution of €180,300. Kylian Mbappe. His aides have assured him that “everything was done according to the rules” and that “there will be no compensation.”

Source: Mundo Deportivo

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Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.

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Formula 1. Presentation of the first Audi car. Watch LIVE online

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2 hours ago

January 19, 2026

Ruth

Formula 1. Presentation of the first Audi car. Watch LIVE online

One of the two new teams on the Formula 1 grid is preparing to introduce its car for the 2026 season. The Audi team will officially reveal the new car at a special event in Berlin on Tuesday, January 20.

Audi has fully taken over Sauber’s project ahead of the 2026 season and will start its first Formula 1 championship as a factory team and power unit manufacturer. The team has also retained a significant portion of its 2025 Sauber structure, including team boss Jonathan Whitley and drivers Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg.

This will make Audi the fourth team to submit designs for its 2026 car, after Red Bull, Racing Bulls and Haas. The presentation will take place in the German capital in the format of a full-fledged seasonal launch.

Following the main event, a separate event will be held in Berlin on Wednesday, January 21 for selected fans and media to take a closer look at the new car and its livery.

The presentation will start on January 20 at 20:00 Kyiv time. During the event, the team will reveal the car’s full design for the 2026 season.

Let’s remember that Audi had previously put the 2026 car on the track during promotional races at the Barcelona-Catalonia circuit in early January, but only a limited number of images were released at that time.

Formula 1. Presentation of the first Audi car. Watch LIVE online

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Source: Sport UA

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Audi will pay 1 million 250 thousand Euros to the driver for winning the Formula 1 race

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3 hours ago

January 19, 2026

Ruth

Audi will pay 1 million 250 thousand Euros to the driver for winning the Formula 1 race

Formula 1 driver Nico Hulkenberg can count on a multimillion-dollar bonus in his first season with Audi if he can repeat the results in the 2025 season.

Last season, the German pilot reached the Formula 1 podium after 250 races for the first time in his career and finished the British Grand Prix in third place. At Silverstone, Hulkenberg was ahead of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and scored 15 points in one go.

Hulkenberg scored 51 points at the end of the 2025 season.

On the eve of Audi’s first season, specialized media reported that the 38-year-old pilot signed a contract providing a bonus of 50 thousand euros for each point earned in the 2026 season.

Given the large-scale changes in Formula 1, even the pilots themselves cannot yet predict the balance of power in the peloton. However, if Hulkenberg scores 51 points again, the bonus can reach 2 million 550 thousand euros in addition to his base salary at Audi.

If Nico manages to win the race and score the maximum 25 points, this will immediately earn him a bonus of 1,250,000 euros.

The team will present the appearance of its first car today at 20:00 Kyiv time.

Source: Sport UA

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F1 pilot’s brother became Ukrainian pilot’s rival in Formula 4

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7 hours ago

January 19, 2026

Ruth

F1 pilot’s brother became Ukrainian pilot’s rival in Formula 4

Thomas Berman, the younger brother of Haas Formula 1 team driver Oliver Berman, will officially take part in Italian Formula 4 and Euro 4 in the 2026 season.

Thomas will represent the VAR team colours.

The 16-year-old Briton spent last year in British Formula 4, where he scored one win and finished eighth in the final season standings.

But the ones that are considered the most prestigious and promising are the Italian and European Formula 4 championships. They are often chosen by young pilots for further career advancement. In addition, Thomas’ older brother Oliver Berman also competed in these series and became the Italian Formula 4 champion in 2021 with 11 wins.

Let us also remind you that Ukrainian Alexander Bondarev will compete in the same championships with the Prima Racing team in the 2026 season. The Ukrainian pilot does not hide his ambitions and has repeatedly expressed his intention to fight for the championship title.

Bondarev now participates in Middle East Formula 4 in preparation for the European leg of the season. After the first stage, he took first place in the general rankings and became the leader in the rankings.

Thomas Berman will compete in the Formula Winter Series as part of his preparations.

The competition between the current “four” promises to be extremely high, and the appearance of the younger brother of the Formula 1 pilot will only increase interest in the series.