Things are heating up in the France Info locker room. The radio station will launch a new segment dedicated to sport on Sunday evening with consultants Bixente Lizarazu and Théo Curin, she announced to AFP on Saturday, confirming information from the Parisian. With the approach of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the third most listened to radio station in France offers itself the exclusive services of the 98 world champion, “ambassador” of sport at Radio France for two years.
The former football international will stop hosting Planet Lisa on France Bleu to intervene “very regularly” on France Info on Sundays, as well as during the week in the morning. Newcomer, quadri-amputee swimmer Théo Curin, currently a candidate for Beijing Express: Shock Duos on M6, will host a weekly column ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
A reinforcement two years from the Olympic Games
France Info will also beef up its sports coverage at the start of the school year with a new meeting co-hosted by Laurie Delhostal. The former presenter Sunday evening sports on Canal+ will be supported by a journalist from France Info, Victor Matet, at the controls of this new Sunday meeting from 9 p.m. to midnight.
This sporting reinforcement of France Info is part of a broader context of preparation for the Olympic and Paralympic Games by Radio France. The public group will notably launch with France Télévisions and The Team the “Demain le sport” festival, the first edition of which will be held on September 22 and will be an opportunity in particular to meet athletes.