John Leicester, Author at Valley News

Black-clad protestors stand surrounded by smoke from tear gas shells in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Hong Kong police shot a protester at close range, leaving him bleeding from his shoulder and howling on the ground, in a fearsome escalation of anti-government demonstrations that spread across the semi-autonomous Chinese territory on Tuesday. Tens of thousands marched in a day of rage as Communist leaders in Beijing celebrated 70 years in power. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Hong Kong protester shot as China marks its 70th anniversary

by Eileen Ng Associated Press, and John Leicester Associated PressOctober 1, 2019

HONG KONG — In a fearsome escalation of violence, Hong Kong police shot a protester in the chest at close range Tuesday, leaving the teenager bleeding and howling on the ground. Tens of thousands joined anti-government demonstrations that spread…

Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, center, rides past the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 128 kilometers (79.53miles) with start in Rambouillet and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Egan Bernal wins Tour de France

by John Leicester The Associated Press, and Samuel Petrequin The Associated PressJuly 28, 2019

Colombia's Egan Bernal sits in the team director car during the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 126,5 kilometers (78,60 miles) with start in Saint Jean De Maurienne and finish in Tignes, France, Friday, July 26, 2019. Tour de France organizers stopped Stage 19 of the race because of a hail storm as Julien Alaphilippe lost his yellow jersey to Egan Bernal. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Egan Bernal storms into Tour yellow amid icy chaos

by John Leicester The Associated Press, and Samuel Petrequin The Associated PressJuly 26, 2019

The pack rides during the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 208 kilometers (130 miles) with start in Embrun and finish in Valloire, France, Thursday, July 25, 2019. (AP Photo/ Christophe Ena)

Daring Alaphilippe ‘unplugged brain’ to cling to Tour yellow

by John Leicester The Associated PressJuly 25, 2019

Belgium's Wout Van Aert celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 217 kilometers (135 miles) with start in Saint-Flour and finish in Albi, France, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/ Thibault Camus)

Thomas blowing in the wind at Tour de France

by Samuel Petrequin The Associated Press, and John Leicester The Associated PressJuly 15, 2019

People attend a vigil in Paris, Tuesday April 16, 2019. Firefighters declared success Tuesday in a more than 12-hour battle to extinguish an inferno engulfing Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral that claimed its spire and roof, but spared its bell towers and the purported Crown of Christ. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

In Notre Dame fire, embers of unity for a fractured France

by John Leicester Associated PressApril 16, 2019

In this Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, photo, competitors battle during a national lightsaber tournament in Beaumont-sur-Oise, north of Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

In France, the Force is strong with lightsaber dueling

by John Leicester AP Sports WriterFebruary 18, 2019

FILE - In this March 9, 2018, file photo, Reims' Anatole Ngamukol controls the ball during a league II soccer match against Chateauroux in Reims, eastern France. French soccer players are turning to the courts to fight workplace bullying and the practice known in France by an English word, "le loft." (AP Photo/Christian Lantenois, File)

Avoiding ‘le loft’

by John Leicester AP Sports WriterFebruary 16, 2019

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 file picture, Carl Grove poses for a portrait at his home near Bristol, Ind., USA. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency informed Grove that traces of trenbolone, an anabolic steroid used by U.S. cattle farmers to bulk up livestock, were detected in a urine sample he gave at the U.S. Masters Track National Championships in Trexlertown, PA., in July 2018, where the field’s oldest competitor again added to his collection of titles, setting times faster than men in their eighties, seventies and even sixties. (AP Photo/Elkhart Truth, Ryan M.L. Young, File)

Commentary: A 90-Year-Old, Doping? Hardly the Case

by John Leicester AP Sports WriterJanuary 9, 2019

Firefighters try to extinguished a car set on fire by demonstrators during clashes with riot police, in Paris, France, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. Crowds of protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes tried to converge on the presidential palace Saturday, some scuffling with police firing tear gas, amid exceptional security measures aimed at preventing a repeat of last week's rioting. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Rioting Engulfs Paris as Anger Grows Over High French Taxes

by Elaine Ganley Associated Press, and John Leicester Associated PressDecember 8, 2018