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Like Ja Morant, Andrew Wiggins picked up his first All-Star Game selection, but unlike the Grizzlies point guard, the Warriors winger isn't unanimous. For many, he took the place of Chris Paul or Devin Booker, and he owes his selection to an influx of votes from Korea. But Wiggins doesn't care. “It has been a long road to get here. I've been through a lot of ups and downs. I come here to play, then I go home to play with my children, then I go to bed. In this order. I play basketball, and I don't care about outside noise. I'm here to improve myself again and again. Everyone will have their say, but I take it as an additional motivation to progress and improve further. » “He was everywhere in defense. In attack, he is our most consistent player. Against the Nets, Wiggin...

Lia Thomas has been performing for months in American university pools. But this transgender swimmer finds herself at the center of a lively controversy, accused of being unfairly advantaged because she was born a man. The controversy, which again raises the delicate question of the place of transgender athletes, has already prompted the NCAA, the organization governing university sport, then USA Swimmings, the American swimming federation, to promise new regulations. All this against the background of an offensive by conservative politicians. "We will ban men from participating in women's competitions," Donald Trump said on January 15 during a meeting in Arizona. Without naming her, but calling her masculine, the former president then pointed to Lia Thomas, a...

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All-Star Game: Andrew Wiggins responds to the controversy over his selection | NBA

The breakthrough of a transgender swimmer creates controversy in the United States