Ligue 1's LGBTQ+ campaign washed out by absent players and tone-deaf managers

Last weekend's fixtures were supposed to send a united anti-homophobia message but the result bordered on a fiasco "It's catastrophic," bemoaned the Brest manager, Eric Roy, after his team's slender win over Auxerre. "It's very good that the league is getting involved, but I think it needs to deal with football first of all." The former midfielder was criticising the timing of last weekend's anti-homophobia campaign in France's top two divisions, which involved managers and captains wearing rain...