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Marie Le Conte

Marie Le Conte is a French-Moroccan freelance journalist.

Photo of Marie Le Conte

Marie Le Conte

Marie Le Conte is a French-Moroccan freelance journalist.

  • Marie Le Conte
    Ice hockey turned out to be the perfect sport

    In her bid to find a sport to fall in love with our writer falls upon the ideal game

    Mon, 17 Nov 2025

  • Marie Le Conte
    Bradley Wiggins admits he was a cocaine addict. What does his struggle with drugs tell us about retired athlete care?

    Why did Bradley Wiggins seek advice from disgraced former cyclist Lance Armstrong to help him recover from cocaine addiction?What does the indictment of a US judge tell us about President Trump’s plans to take on the judiciary? How is a law from the 1800s being used to criminalise women who have abortions in 2025? Jess Winch is joined by Marie Le Conte, Rowan Moore and Andrew Butler, as they battle to pitch the top story of the day.

    29 min • S1, E232

  • Marie Le Conte
    When France is such a joke, there's nothing else to do but laugh

    Despite political crises, a jailed ex-president and the Louvre robbery, the French are looking on the bright side

    Sun, 26 Oct 2025

  • Marie Le Conte
    Anyone for padel? No, I hadn’t heard of it either

    In my continuing search for a new sport, I tried padel. It’s like tennis, but less complicated

    Wed, 15 Oct 2025

  • Marie Le Conte
    Forget the London Lions, I’m with Lithuania

    In my search for a sport to love, a dreaded basketball game became a window into history and identity

    Sun, 21 Sept 2025

  • Marie Le Conte
    Alas, poor Hamlet. Dulwich failed to score with me

    In my search for a sport to love, I tried the seventh tier of English football

    Wed, 20 Aug 2025

  • Marie Le Conte
    I think I’ve joined a south London cycling cult

    Who needs the Tour de France when you’ve got Herne Hill velodrome and some chilled white wine?

    Wed, 16 Jul 2025

  • Marie Le Conte
    How I rediscovered my teenage love of tennis

    The weekly search for a sport to follow takes a former fan to Queen’s – and she ends up having a ball

    Sun, 29 Jun 2025

  • Marie Le Conte
    Marie Le Conte: ‘I couldn’t even bring myself to despise rugby’

    The afternoon started well with a cold beer while listening to The Clash, but then the match started

    Sat, 31 May 2025

  • Marie Le Conte
    Opinion: Marie Le Conte’s summer fling with cricket

    In my quest to watch a new sport a month, I pitched up at Lord’s for a hazy, lazy day of ball watching

    Fri, 2 May 2025

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