Sound of silence as sport mourns Paris victims

PARIS: Many stood in sombre, respectful silence, some proudly waved French flags, others dreamed up original slants on the "Je Suis Charlie" rallying calls of global defiance.

Across the football and rugby grounds of France, in the English Premier League and even thousands of metres high up in the Swiss Alps, emotional tributes continued to be paid to the 17 victims of this week's Paris massacres.