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POGBA’S MOTHER: She publishes her autobiography and confides in the case that “breaks her heart”
Yeo Moriba, the mother of the Pogba brothers, tells his story in an autobiography “And in the end, we win” published by Fayard. In the epilogue, she evokes the case that has divided her family since the end of the summer and believes that Mathias Pogba fell into “a trap”. He was manipulated, robbed by people who were close to us. We felt betrayed,’ she noted.
The mother of the Pogba brothers, Yeo Moriba, tells her story in an autobiography, without evading the affair between Paul and Mathias, which “breaks her heart,” she tells AFP. We had to convince her. “I was told to add it, at first I didn’t want it, it was difficult, and then the book was already done. But this episode happened… it’s very difficult to talk about it,” she sighs.
She eventually agreed to add an epilogue in “And in the end, we win” (Fayard), published on Wednesday, where she evokes these accusations that led one of her twins, Mathias, to prison, for suspicions of gang extortion against the grandbrother, Paul. According to Yeo (52), in these blackmail cases, the elder fell into “a trap, he was manipulated, robbed by people who were close to us. We felt betrayed,” she sighed. “They’re big, big sharks,” fanned by “extreme jealousy,” she said. But she especially wanted to talk about something else in her biography, an idea pushed by her sons (there is also Florentin, Mathias’ twin), and especially about football.
Yeo Moriba describes “a family bound by the same adoration, that of the round ball, to which we owe so much”. In a scene in the book, written with journalist Clémence De Blasi, she bluffs her boys by showing them that she is touching the ball perfectly. When I told them that I played football, they said, ‘What do you mean?’. But of course I played football,” she laughs, “I was captain of my team, at the time it was the first time that girls played (in Guinea)It impressed them, it’s a very good memory. I often played with them” at Roissy-en-Brie, where they grew up.
Her story is similar to that of other women who came to France from Africa, like her at 19, to marry the father of the children, Antoine, an electronics teacher, in her fifties at the time. The mother of the Pogba, who also adopted two of her nieces, wanted this work to “convey a message: we women must fight, not be discouraged because you no longer have the husband” in support. She divorced Florentin’s father, Mathias and Paul, who died in 2017.
POGBA CLAN WILL ALWAYS BE THERE
Her story remains “positive, we must not be alarmed, we must be courageous. If you lose courage, you can do nothing,” she comments. When she talks about odd jobs, Yeo doesn’t insist on hard times either. Cashier, maid, “maid too”, she adds, “it was the weekend, on the side of Pontault (-Combault), and on the weekend there were no buses, or a very long waiting time, so I walked”. I had to work to take care of my children, I had no other solution,’ she said, spreading her arms.
She finally found a place she liked, in an institute for disabled people, but “I didn’t stay because I had to go to see Paul from time to time, he had already gone to Manchester (United, his club in England), I asked permission. Eventually I was forced to resign”. Yeo does not dwell on racism. We have to accept it, we felt a bit of racism, for some jobs, we saw that preference was given to native French rather than immigrants,’ she said. The children, however, did not suffer, “I don’t think so,” she recalls.
The pinnacle remains the title of world champion in 2018, which she celebrates on the lawn, a golden trophy in hand, a bandeau photo on the book. We didn’t feel the rain so much happiness was there,’ she said, a spark in the eyes. With this great memory in mind, she wants to do justice to her “two sons”, insists Yeo. “The Pogba clan will always be there, she concludes, firm. It will always work out, it is the family, they are brothers of milk, they will always hold hands”.
Source: Eurosport
The African Football Confederation (CAF) has just unveiled the emblem and the official poster of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, Morocco 2024. A symbolic launch that embodies the renewal and growing ambition of women’s football in Africa.
This is a new milestone for African women’s football. This Wednesday, JUNE 11, 2025, the CAF revealed the visual identity of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, which will be held in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025. Through this modern and powerful emblem, the CAF intends to reflect the growing prestige of the tournament, while paying tribute to the cultural richness of the host country, Morocco, and the diversity of women’s football on the continent.
Morocco, the host country of the previous edition in 2022, had already made an impression by hosting a high-caliber competition, crowned by record attendance and an internationally acclaimed organization. The 2025 edition therefore promises to take things up a notch, both in terms of sports and media.
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Yamoussoukro, December 26, 2023- After an impregnation visit of the Charles Konan-Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro, Tuesday, December 26, 2023, the Prime Minister, Minister of Sport and Living Environment, Robert Beugré Mambé, said reassured. The stadium, he said, is ready to host Group C matches from Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea and The Gambia.
‘What we have seen is reassuring. Technically, from the equipment point of view, we are ready at the Yamoussoukro stadium. But we will remain vigilant until the end,” said Robert Beugré Mambé.
The Prime Minister called for on-call teams to be set up in all sectors. We will have specialists permanently because Côte d’Ivoire wants to be up to date, in all circumstances, with the expected benefits of this great country. We have given indications that vigilance is needed,’ insisted the Head of Government.
For this visit, which is part of the visits of infrastructure related to the CAN 2023, the Vice-President of the Republic, Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, accompanied by the Prime Minister and other members of the government, visited the host infrastructure, in particular the President’s Hotel where official delegations will stay.
CAN 2023 is scheduled from January 13 to February 11, 2024 in Côte d’Ivoire with 24 teams.
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CÔTE D’IVOIRE – Partenariat: La FIF et le Groupe Carré D’Or ensemble pour la promotion du football Ivoirien
La Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) et le Groupe Carré D’Or ont conclu, ce vendredi 8 décembre 2023 à Novotel Plateau, un accord de partenariat en vue du développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire.
Leader de l’agro-industrie en Côte d’Ivoire depuis la fin des années 90, le Groupe Carré D’Or vient de s’ajouter à la liste des entreprises citoyennes partenaires de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) dans sa mission de développer le football en Côte d’Ivoire. Ce vendredi en effet, à Novotel Plateau, son Directeur Exécutif M. Khalil Ezzedine et le Président de la FIF M. Yacine Idriss Diallo, ont paraphé devant une parterre d’invité constitué de chefs d’entreprises, de légendes du football Ivoirien, de dirigeants sportifs et des médias, un accord de partenariat.
« Au Groupe Carré D’Or, nous avons une politique sportive très développée. Depuis plusieurs années en effet, nous partageons notre passion du port avec les Ivoiriens, sur le plan organisationnel et du sponsoring. Pour nous, sceller un partenariat avec la FIF un fait naturel. Nous sommes donc heureux de soutenir les Éléphants et dans le même temps le championnat national. C’est un réel plaisir de nous associer à la FIF dans sa mission de développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire et à participer à l’encadrement de la jeunesse Ivoirienne », explique le patron du Groupe Carré d’Or.
Pour sa part, le Président de la FIF, M. Yacine Idriss Diallo s’est réjouit de cette union avec le Groupe Carré d’Or.« Notre mission est d’encadrer la jeunesse à travers la mise en place d’une organisation efficiente pour que le football ivoirien aille de l’avant. Et donc dans cette mission là, avoir à ses côtés des entreprises symboliques comme le Groupe Carré d’Or est une fierté et une grande joie pour nous. Nous allons faire tout pour que ce partenariat soit de qualité, qu’il soit gagnant-gagnant sur l’ensemble des produits qui vont être utilisés. Le Groupe Carré d’Or sera donc à nos côtés en partie avec les Éléphants mais aussi sur la Ligue 1 et d’autres activités de la fédération. C’est donc une grosse satisfaction pour nous », reconnaît le Président de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football.
