A joke or sexual harassment at the Ballon d'Or in Paris? | DW Sports World

Norwegian footballer Ada Heggergg won for the first time ever the Gold Ball Trophy in France Football magazine at the age of 23 after leading Lyon to win the Champions League title in the last three years seasons.

"I want to thank all my colleagues, my coaches, our president, Jean-Michel Olas, who has done a lot for women's football," said Hegbregg, who scored 15 goals in the Lyon season. "It's a big step for women's football, it's very important to us women."

She was one of 15 candidates (including seven Lyonnais). Among the most prominent candidates are also the star of Orlando Pride and the Brazilian team Marta, selected for the year by the International Federation (FIFA), and the Dane Bernel Harder (Wolfsburg).

Martin Solvig, the French music coordinator who re-launched the concert, raised controversy over social networking sites. After receiving his award, he asked if she was willing to perform a suggestive dance, which she refused to do after her appearance. Clumsiness.

In the same vein, the story of a person named Calvin Sam indicated that Ada Heggergg had marked the story because she was the first woman to win the Balloon. Gold, but Martin's question was inappropriate. "I apologize on behalf of all the men who have not respected or ridiculed a woman to exercise her profession."

Mary Mac commented on this incident at her expense on the social networking site Twitter in these terms: "What Martin Solveig's French music has done is shameful." We are now talking about this instead of Norwegian (Norwegian) talent, to whom the prize has been awarded, "she said.

Solveg is excused for what he said in a video on his own account on Twitter and said: "I'm a little surprised to read it online." Of course, I did not intend to offend anyone, "he said. This is due to my low level of English and English culture. "Of course, this is not a good enough reason because I did not abuse anyone deliberately and I did not know it would be so bad, especially if you look at the context as a whole." "It was a joke, maybe a bad joke, I would like to apologize to all the people I hurt."

"I explained to Ada and she told me that she understood that it was a joke, but I apologize to all the people who felt insulted and, more importantly , to Ada (winner of the Golden Ball award), "said Solvig.

"I did not think at all that it was an insulting call … I think there are other things to discuss if we are talking about badual matters," Ada Hagerberg said. "Solvig came to see me and apologized," she said.

R / M (AFP)