Freddie Mercury, sporting rhapsody – All sports



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The biopic dedicated to the author of "We Are The Champions" is released Wednesday. "Bohemian Rhapsody" does not talk about sports, but he could have …

Freddie Mercury spent part of his career performing in stadiums, but no need to search for a football story in his biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, in theaters Wednesday. The author of We Are The Champions was never really interested in football – the song was written in 1977 after a concert where the fans sang the famous Liverpool anthem, You'll never walk alone, and it has gradually invaded the stadiums. And the director, Bryan Singer, logically chose to evoke the flamboyant personality of the singer of Queen, who died of AIDS in November 1991. In the film, co-produced with the other members of the British band, you will not see either Diego Maradona or the Barcelona Games, neither the Tour de France, nor Billie Jean King. All, however, have a small place in the biography of the idol. The proof.

Boxer in India, table tennis player in studio

Born in Zanzibar and from a family of Parsis (a minority of Persian origin very present in India), Freddie Mercury spent his youth in Panchgani, 250 kilometers from Bombay. At Saint Peter's School, the young Farrokh Bulsara (his birth name) plays in a group of teenagers, the Hectics, but he also plays table tennis, field hockey, cricket and .. .

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