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Reporters broadcast from the front entrance of the headquarters of the French Rugby Federation while a car drives through the gates on January 23, 2018 in Marcoussis, southwest of Paris, as police searches the premises as part of an investigation into suspicions of favouritism concerning the federation's president. The search at the federation's headquarters in Marcoussis, a southern suburb of Paris, was ordered by the public prosecutor in charge of financial cases. Federation president Bernard Laporte, whose lawyer said the home was also searched, is suspected of pressuring the FFR's appeals committee to reduce a sanction against Montpellier, owned by businessman Mohed Altrad, who owns the Altrad Group. / AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images)