Thursday, 12 November 2026 Partly cloudyNew Delhi 23° New DelhiLondonNew YorkDubaiTokyo
INDEPENDENT THINKING.
SHARED UNDERSTANDING.International edition · Correspondents across India and around the world
RationalTimes●
A little less noise.
A little more perspective. Join our media house
BREAKING
VerifiedBigg Boss 20 Episode 68: Scout OP Gets Season-Long Nomination After Pushing Yung DSA During Ugly Fight Verified‘Big Mistakes’ Season 2 Casts Randall Park, Debi Mazar, T.R. Knight, Jeff Perry VerifiedGunman kills one and barricades himself in building after gym shooting in Washington, DC Verified"No Question Of That": Supriya Sule's On NCP Merger Buzz VerifiedDaayra OTT release: When and where to watch Kareena Kapoor, Prithviraj Sukumaran’s mystery thriller ClimateCOP31 climate talks open in Antalya, Türkiye, on 9 November USAmericans vote in the midterm elections on 3 November TechnologyNorth Korea-linked hackers steal about $6.4 billion from Binance in the biggest crypto theft on record, analysts say WorldSpain mourns after a high-speed train ploughs into a stationary train near Toledo, killing at least 68 WorldIsrael’s election ends without a clear winner as exit polls leave both blocs short of a majority WorldSaudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles and drones as Egypt’s parliament backs military support PoliticsLula wins Brazil’s presidential runoff as Flávio Bolsonaro concedes
Developing · 1 outletWorld

Sports legends whose political fortunes may be a lesson to Riner ahead of presidential bid

Headline via France 24 · first report 10 Nov, 22:29 IST, latest 10 Nov, 22:29 IST

United Nations headquarters, New York
Representational image · United Nations headquarters, New York · USAID U.S. Agency for International Development / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

What we know

So far only France 24 has reported this (10 Nov, 22:29 IST). It will be marked Verified when a second, independent news organisation reports it. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

StatusDeveloping
Reported by1 news organisation
First report10 Nov, 22:29 IST
Latest report10 Nov, 22:29 IST
DeskWorld

What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

French judo star Teddy Riner may have announced his bid for the 2027 French presidential campaign on Monday, but he is not the only sports star to transition from stadium to bully pulpit. Read about some of his most famous predecessors.

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

About PoliticsSports 10 Nov 2026

The reports1 report

Headlines belong to the news organisations named; each links to their own report. We group reports automatically by their key words, so now and then two different stories can be grouped together, or one story split in two. Tell us about a mistake

Read nextThe biggest stories right now