The transfer window continues in the sports channels: Laurie Delhostal, who presented "Sunday evening sports" on Canal +, formalized this Friday her departure from the encrypted channel.
At the same time, Eurosport also announces that it has recruited Céline Géraud, back on TV two years after leaving RMC Sport.
It is in a tweet that Laurie Delhostal announced her departure from Canal +, after ten years within the subsidiary of Vivendi.
After Marie Portolano, it is a new figure in the Sports editorial staff who is leaving the encrypted channel, in turmoil since the dismissal of Sébastien Thoen at the end of 2020 and more recently the accusations of sexual assault against Pierre Ménès.
Like Marie Portolano, presenter of the "Canal Sports Club" part on M6, Laurie Delhostal was one of the signatories of the petition in support of Sébastien Thoen.
End of a sacred adventure!
#Atchaobonsoir # Putain10ans pic.twitter.com/8N3Epnk37k
- Laurie Delhostal (@ldelhostal) April 9, 2021
In recent weeks, two factors had fueled speculation on the future of the journalist at Canal +: the end of her show "Sunday evening sports", officially linked to the comeback of league 1 on the channel, and the choice of 'another journalist, Astrid Bard (co-presenter of the “Late Rugby Club”) to replace Marie Portolano.
Astrid Bard's name did not appear at the bottom of the petition.
Céline Géraud will be one of the figures of Eurosport for the Tokyo Olympics
At the same time, Eurosport announced in a press release the arrival in June on its antenna of Céline Géraud.
The former judo champion turned journalist and host, known in particular for having presented programs such as "Automoto" and "Stage 2" will thus make her return to the small screen.
She went through France Télévisions, TF1, Europe 1, Orange Sport and most recently RMC Sport, which she hosted in the morning during the 2018-2019 season.
At Eurosport, she will become one of the "incarnations of judo", both on the presentation side and on the commentary side, during the world championships scheduled for June 6 to 13, and she will be one of the figures in the chain this summer. of the Tokyo-2020 Olympics, postponed by one year due to the health crisis.
