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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

On y va, allez les Bleues 💪 🏀

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea 5️⃣ France starts its #FIBAWWC quest this Friday w/new captain Gabby Williams at the helm. I've spoken with Gabby about her transatlantic story. 👉 And it's stuck with me, for she articulated the real life impact of athletes' sports diplomacy practice.

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea 4️⃣ 💡The first French players in NCAA D1 programs kicked off a new era of transatlantic hoops diplomacy that benefitted the game on both sides of the Atlantic. More in #BasketballEmpire www.bloomsbury.com/us/basketbal... and #FranceAndUS www.franceussports.com/voices/categ...

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea #3️⃣ 👉There’s no French in the #NBA without women’s basketball and “Les Demoiselles de Clermont” of the 1970s. That team, Clermont Université Club (CUC), featured legendary stars Jacky Chazalon and Élisabeth Riffiod (maman to NBA Champion Boris Diaw) who:

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea #2️⃣ France contributed to global game, snagging bronze at 1st FIBA Women's World Cup 1953 “Our players came very close to becoming world champions—and, frankly, they would have deserved it, even acknowledging the Americans’ superiority” Coach R. Busnel (Basket-Ball April 1953)

Photo of Team USA versus Team France at FIBA Women's World Cup in Santiago, Chile, 1953

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ahead of today's France vs USA FIBA Women's World Cup final, its a great time to re-up my recent series around Les Bleues, which contextualizes their renaissance within the global game. Helpful both for historians as well as media covering today's game (and aftermath)

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

And get snippets to power your first days of FIBA Women’s World Cup through Gabby’s FranceAndUS Voice www.franceussports.com/voices/007-g... What better example of a sports diplomat in action for today’s Friday 👉#SportsDiplomacy spotlight? 😉 #AllezLesBleues 🙌

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🏀0️⃣0️⃣7️⃣ Gabby Williams — FranceAndUs

Meet Gabby Williams, the Franco-American WNBA veteran whose polyvalent hoops abilities helped Les Bleues win EuroBasket 2021 silver and Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medals.

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Learn of her contributions to #Paris2024 in “An American in Paris: Hoop Dreams and Sports Diplomacy” bit.ly/HoopDreamsPa...

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Read more about Gabby’s story in #BasketballEmpire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA bit.ly/BBallEmpire

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

💪but it was once she earned her spot with Les Bleues in 2021 that things clicked. “I never understood what it meant to represent your country,” she told me. “It was the first time I was playing for something bigger than basketball. I’m playing for my country, for its pride.”

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

💡she was inspired to play for France by legends Sandrine Gruda & Celine Dumerc. 💡for Gabby, playing in France “was the most at ease that I had ever been up until that moment,” which speaks to how working in a new environment overseas can prompt you to better know yourself

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📽️Watch this great L’Équipe documentary on the team youtu.be/cwj9hTaUf4M?... And stay tuned as I contextualize FIBA's #2-ranked team ahead of Friday's World Cup tipoff in Berlin.

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Les Demoiselles de Clermont : une épopée mémorable - Documentaire - Basket

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🏀disrupted the game 🏀won EuroBasket 1970🥈 🏀made bball the #1️⃣ sport for women 🏀forged an exciting cross-continental rivalry w/TTT Riga & Soviet legend Uljana Semjonova [best wbb rivalry til Tennessee-UCONN?] 📚#BasketballEmpire Chapter 3 tells this story www.bloomsbury.com/us/basketbal...

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

👍🏼 @amiller333.bsky.social also is a wealth of knowledge on the Japan bball side

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea 1️⃣ Women’s hoops in France has a long history. Frenchwoman Alice Miliat, sports pioneer and “the apostle of women’s basketball,” helped basketball gain traction by 1910s w/1st French championship played by early 1920s. Qi Basketball has more www.qibasket.net/2020/02/04/l...

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L’histoire de l’équipe de France de basket féminine – Episode 1 : Les pionnières du basket (1893-1927) | QiBasket

Après l'équipe de France masculine, plongez dans l'histoire de l'équipe de France féminine de basketball, des années 1920 à aujourd'hui.

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Les Bleues’ FIBA Women's World Cup roster features 8 current clutch #WNBA players justwomenssports.com/reads/2026-f... Learn more about FIBA’s #2 ranked team before first tip Friday as I share 5 key ideas from #BasketballEmpire, #FranceAndUS & forthcoming work to contextualize Les Bleues 😉

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WNBA Stars Set to Shine at 2026 FIBA World Cup in Berlin

WNBA stars prepare to hit the court at the 2026 FIBA World Cup in Berlin, as team rosters, key storylines, and schedule updates take shape.

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Part of sports diplomacy's appeal as a tool is that, “It’s shiny and sexy and fun,” as I told The Washington Diplomat. That's because “sports provides connection through emotion, regardless of whichever countries we come from or what [issues] could divide us.” washdiplomat.com/how-sports-d...

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How sports diplomacy is changing how nations connect | Washington Diplomat

Sports diplomacy can strengthen alliances, reduce tension between potential enemies and turn the world’s attention toward regions too frequently ignored.

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

📣 Friday 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight What's the connection between one of planet’s biggest football stars & the first French celebrity in the US? Here's me on Les Bleus, liberté, and Mbappé taking on Lafayette's rockstar mantle for World Cup Analysis 2026 worldcupanalysis.ws/world-cup-an...

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Liberté, Égalité, Mbappé: Les Bleus and America at 250 – World Cup Analysis

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ok, second half is a chance to reset. Allez Les Bleus

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Admittedly this was the one I was nervous about: if anyone could stop Les Bleus, it was Morocco. Whew!

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Kathleen Gier @kgier.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Not to keep bringing ✨women✨ into it, but calling this "the most important match in U.S. Soccer history" is crazy work.

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This game is batty bananas crazy with energy and I am here for it!

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I thought it was a misprint when I looked at the yellow card numbers!

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Well, that was a lot of fun! 🙌 Many thanks @britishcouncil.bsky.social for having me on #OurWorldConnectedPodcast to discuss World Cup with Christine Wilson. Listen then let me know: at this point in the tourney, who is winning the soft power game? www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As DRC are presently playing England, thought its a good time to remind you of this great Sleeper Hit History" episode about the DRC's last FIFA World Cup trip in 1974 (they were still known as Zaire) youtu.be/aaYxVnUGDy0?...

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Sleeper Hit History #1: Haiti and Zaire at the 1974 World Cup

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Me too, close there at the very end!

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

True and it’s an exciting half! Even as I’m pulling for Les Elephants

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This game is crazy mad fun to watch on Telemundo

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Exciting if you’re not actively invested in either team; nerve wracking for both fan bases!

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Glad you’ve enjoyed and hopefully a super productive trip!

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Ahead of the France 🇫🇷 vs Norway 🇳🇴 match at “Boston Stadium” I’m thinking of the different ways the Bay State and its capital have fostered Franco-American #sportsdiplomacy over time. More via the FranceAndUS project www.franceussports.com/backgrounder...

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Boston’s Role in the FranceAndUS Story — FranceAndUs

The sporting ties between France and the United States have fostered closer relationships and understandings since 1893, and Massachusetts — and Boston — have played an important role.

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Exciting news! To fête Les Bleus at FIFA World Cup, Bloomsbury is offering a sweet 35% discount on my first book, The Making of Les Bleus: Sport in France, 1958-2010, which examines the French football & youth systems. Use code GLR AT8 through June 30 www.bloomsbury.com/us/making-of...

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The Making of Les Bleus

The Making of Les Bleus traces the Fifth Republic’s quest to create elite athletes in two global team sports, football and basketball, primarily at the yo…

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

What if the most interesting thing about today’s France v Iraq World Cup match is not the on-pitch action? What if its the FFF's brand identity and its sports diplomacy partnership with Iraq to train-up the Lionesses of Mesopotamia? More from me here www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2026/4/...

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Joy and Changing the Narrative: The Surprising Example of Sports Diplomacy Storytelling Within FIFA 2026’s Group of Death — Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff

The massive global storytelling platform of FIFA World Cup 2026 provides an opportunity for the Iraqi men’s national football team to reset global narratives, informed by lessons from the FFF’s sports...

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Ok on y va! Who do you have? Regardless it should be a great match

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

#TeamFrance World Cup 2026 Today Les Bleus launch their campaign. Since winning their 2nd star in 2018, a new generation has emerged, redefining how national team players are sports diplomats. How they translate this into on-pitch performance together is what I’m watching. Allez Les Bleus!

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