Yannick Noah, then captain of the French Davis Cup team, before the final against Croatia, November 22, 2018 at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq [COURTESY]SportsYannick Noah, last French winner of Roland Garros, regretted Sunday "the silence" of the white sportsmen, after the death of George FloydYannick Noah, last French winner of Roland Garros, regretted Sunday "the silence" of the white sportsmen, after the death of George Floyd in the United States which started demonstrations around the world to protest against the discriminations against black Americans. Relaunched on the need for "white sportsmen" to get involved on the issue, the former tennis player converted to the song replied: "Yes, because their silence bothers me, it goes further than that". Yes, he's a black man, it has always happened, but then suddenly , there are also young white people, a young generation who realize that this is their future, they do not want to live in this world. " Noah, winner of Roland-Garros in 1983 and who has just celebrated his 60 years, had already published last week a photo of him on his Instagram account, dressed in a white T-shirt where we could read "I can 't breathe, #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd ". SEE ALSO: Death of George Floyd: Yannick Noah regrets 'silence' of white sportsmen

Source: Standard Digital June 08, 2020 08:48 UTC