4 d. ago France’s Sakina Karchaoui: ‘If everyone brings their own little madness, it will make us win’

PSG player on her reinvention in midfield, Euro 2025 confidence and how she embraces her role-model statusSakina Karchaoui is one of the most popular players in the France team. Perhaps the most popular. But when she joins us at 9am at Clairefontaine, the national centre of French football, Les Bleues’ No 7 appears quite shy. Wearing a blue tracksuit emblazoned with the French rooster, she smiles for the first time when Kenza Dali teases her: “Interview for the Guardian in English please, Saki!”Spring has finally sprung in the French capital and for the native of Salon-de-Provence, in southern France, the prospect of training in the sunshine is another reason to smile. “We are almost ready for the Euros,” Karchaoui says as she looks at the training ground below. “We work a lot tactically with the coach, we work technically, physically, all aspects of football. I think we can win many things together; we’ve got so much talent. And if everyone brings their own little madness, their ow...

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4 d. ago The inside story of why Virgil van Dijk signed his new Liverpool contract: Premier League rivals who wanted to sign him this summer NAMED and the moments that sealed a 'not easy' deal

LEWIS STEELE: There was a scene last Sunday which highlighted just why Virgil van Dijk is the ultimate captain, role-model and ambassador of Liverpool Football Club.

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1 week ago LeBron James ‘honoured’ to be first male athlete with Ken doll in his likeness

Toy company Mattel hopes to celebrate the basketball player as a ‘role model’ for young people.

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1 week ago To my husband, Mahmoud Khalil: I can’t wait to tell our son of his father’s bravery | Noor Abdalla

Your wrongful detention is testament to the fact that you have struck a nerve. They are trying to silence you, but they will fail‘We will persist’: Mahmoud Khalil’s wife says pro-Palestinian voices won’t be silencedExactly a month ago, you were taken from me. This is the longest we have been apart since we got married. I miss you more and more every day and as the days draw us closer to the arrival of our child, I am haunted by the uncertainty that looms over me – the possibility that you might not be there for this monumental moment. Every kick, every cramp, every small flutter I feel inside me serves as an inescapable reminder of the family we’ve dreamed of building together. Yet, I am left to navigate this profound journey alone, while you endure the cruel and unjust confines of a detention center.I could not be more proud of you, Mahmoud. You embody everything I ever hoped for in a partner and the father of my children. What more could I ask for as a role model for our children ...

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1 week ago Jeff Brazier shares son Freddy's unlikely role models amid 'feud' with Jackiey

Jeff Brazier has thanked Love Island stars Nathan Massey and Cara Delahoyde for 'mentoring' his son Freddy during a recent holiday to Portugal amid his legal battle with his mother-in-law

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1 week ago Jeff Brazier praises Love Island stars for being a role model to son Freddy, 20, amid ongoing legal battle with Jade Goody's mother Jackiey Budden

Jeff Brazier has praised Love Island stars Nathan Massey and Cara Delahoyde for their supportive relationship with his youngest son Freddy. 

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2 w. ago Gladiators were ‘put through the wringer’ when being selected for hit gameshow

Fire and Nitro said it is ‘amazing’ to be seen as role models.

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2 w. ago Education Secretary urges schools to recruit more male teachers to head off 'toxic online influences' after Adolescence drama highlighted 'defining issue of our time'

Bridget Phillipson said schoolboys needed 'strong, positive male role models to look up to' as she highlighted a lack of men forging careers in the classroom.

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2 w. ago Education Secretary: More men needed in classrooms to be positive role models

Bridget Phillipson will speak alongside Dame Rachel de Souza at the commissioner’s inaugural Festival Of Childhood: Our Future, Our Voice.

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3 w. ago Aimee Lou Wood’s distinctive look is turning her into a megastar – proving ‘Instagram face’ isn’t all that

The breakout star of ‘White Lotus’ season three has instantly won hearts with her Manchester accent and happy-go-lucky charm. But it’s her refreshingly real face that makes her a true role model for the rest of us, argues Helen Coffey

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3 w. ago Sport must step up and be part of the social revolution to reach ‘lost boys’ | Cath Bishop

Gareth Southgate wants role models to offer a different path from toxic influencers. Do those in sport have the will to do so?Amid all the pressing problems of the day, one crisis has cut through: the acute need for greater support, care and steady role models for young men, addressed powerfully through the Netflix series Adolescence, explored in the Centre for Social Justice paper Lost Boys and discussed in parliament. Then came the BBC Richard Dimbleby lecture by the former England manager Sir Gareth Southgate, reinforcing the importance of belief and resilience for young people in a challenging world.Southgate continues to embody how sport and society can connect in a new way. The question now is whether the rest of sport – its leaders, coaches, athletes, volunteers and fans – stands ready to take up the cause and whether sport has the collective vision, will and competence to do so effectively. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Father of femicide victim made OBE warns of ‘negative role models’ for young men

Nick Gazzard set up the Hollie Gazzard Trust after his daughter’s death in 2014, when she was stabbed to death by her ex-partner at her place of work.

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3 w. ago Role models. Peer pressure. Rewards. What really gets people to act more sustainably?

There's a question in the field of environmental psychology: What’s the best approach when looking to influence colleagues, friends and family to act more sustainably in their daily lives

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