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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Here is a handy website with the whole France Cricket investigation in one place, plus the fallout: ghostmatches.codeberg.page

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Ghost matches: the France Cricket investigation

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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Great deep-dive into the recent history of cricket in a country where the sport is marginal for no good reason. Cricket’s Wild Wild West: How France mirrors the dark side of cricket on the margins ballabaaz.substack.com/p/crickets-w...

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Cricket’s Wild Wild West: How France mirrors the dark side of cricket on the margins

Former players and coach reveal the stories and frustrations from the collapse of the women’s national team to disputes over governance and funding.

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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My reporting corroborates that the ICC has frozen France Cricket's funding. It will vote on whether to put France Cricket "on notice" this Saturday, considering it in breach of several guidelines. Nice scoop from @coynejames.bsky.social www.thecricketer.com/Topics/inter...

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ICC to decide on France's future | The Cricketer

France Cricket is at threat of being placed on notice by the ICC

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Andrew Nixon @andrewnixon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Excellent work by @pobjourno.bsky.social here, bringing to light something that has been an open secret in associate circles for years.

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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Ceci n'est pas une French national cricket team. At least, not according to the French government. Yet FRANCE is written across their blue, white and red kit, and FRANCE are moving up and down the ICC official rankings as the tournament goes on. Is this even legal? I found out: f24.my/BqmF

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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · 12/03/2026

“They only care about mass surveillance when it comes to US citizens.” @en.france24.com’s @pobjourno.bsky.social explains how AI companies’ priorities shift as military use grows More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BnUW

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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

In response to the latest part of our France Cricket investigation, the board in a statement has said they're continuing to operate as normal, saying "no authority, national or international, has published any decision withdrawing or modifying" their official status. The context 👇 f24.my/BdWm

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France Cricket faces power struggle as government backing hangs in the balance

The French governing body for cricket is set to lose its state mandate, just six months after winning an executive seat on the International Cricket Council. Now, a rival federation looks to control…

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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Pleasure having @davekeating.substack.com swing by the studio during his Paris weekend break to talk about the uproar around the EU's planned tweaks to GDPR and the AI Act. Thanks Dave! youtu.be/NqQqi8QGEiU

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Brussels under fire for softening grip on Big Tech • FRANCE 24 English

YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Watch the remarkable match back here, the first time I’ve seen full French TV coverage of a game of cricket: www.youtube.com/live/0YN8_6-... 6/7

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🔴 Suivez la petite finale du Tournoi international de Cricket féminin France / Fidji -Stade de N'du

YouTube video by Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère

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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The women in the new squad were converted from a traditional form of the game, widely played by Kanak women in New Caledonia since cricket was supposedly introduced by English missionaries in the 19th century. 4/7

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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

France came last, losing all its matches, but only after an admittedly thrilling double Super Over. Perhaps the second in history, from my limited cricket knowledge? 📸 France Télévisions Nouvelle-Calédonie 3/7

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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The former squad? Nowhere to be seen, after they called for an investigation into France Cricket over alleged fraud in the domestic women’s game. 2/7

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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

🥖 🏏 France Cricket update Here are the results of the inaugural ICC-recognised Pacific-France Women’s T20I Championship between Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, and a brand-new French national team made up entirely of players from the overseas territory of New Caledonia cricheroes.com/tournament/1... 1/7

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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · 10/02/2025

📍 #AIActionSummit too much about #France ? @pobjourno.bsky.social put the question to @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social ➡️Your reactions on #france24

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Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist @mariaressa.bsky.social on falsehoods spread by AI: "AI is a way to evade responsibility, to evade accountability ... all this must stop." @france24.com

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tlansec @tlansec.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Spoke to Peter O'Brien @france24.com a bit this week about #CharmingCypress impersonating Peter in order to eventually phish users, there's a great summary by Peter on France24 (English) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6sG...

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'My identity was stolen by Iranian hackers', FRANCE 24 journalist says • FRANCE 24 English

YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 07/11/2023

the French cricket authorities have been boasting about the rise of women's cricket in France. one problem - some of the matches seem to have been invented to make the sport seem popular. great story. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

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