Basketball: Big scandal at Fiba after a fake interview with Victor Wembanyama

This is an extraordinary story reported by our colleagues. Parisian. The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has been at the center of the debate for several hours. Indeed, the authority published an exclusive interview with young French phenomenon Victor Wembanyama on its website on Saturday, February 18th, promising a great career. The problem is, the interview was staged from scratch, and Fiba found herself under fire from critics. It all started last weekend when the international federation posted on its website a lengthy interview allegedly given by the 2m19 player playing for the Metropolitans 92. Title: “Exclusive interview with Wemby, ‘Last window is crucial'”, or French “Exclusive interview with Wemby: ‘The final window is crucial'”. In the newspaper, the former Asvel player talks about his goals in the national team. Problem is, Wembanyama officially denied giving this interview via his Instagram account on Wednesday, February 22.

“Fiba posted a fake interview with me four days ago. What’s up???”protested the actor in a message originally published in English. After this trip, Fiba admitted his mistake and issued an apology. “An article containing an alleged interview with Victor Wembanyama was published on Fiba’s website. The interview could not be verified after the actor expressed doubts about the interview provided to Fiba by a longtime French collaborator.”said example, in statements reported by Parisian. “Fiba immediately deleted the article and all social media posts and immediately terminated its relationship with the freelance journalist. Fiba apologizes and wishes well to Victor Wembanyama and the France national team. Better for the future”, Fiba finished. Has half of the confessed fault been rectified? Nothing is less certain.

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