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Football: Mexico zoo names tiger cub for French star Gignac

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — French striker Andre-Pierre Gignac has received a rare tribute from hundreds of Mexican schoolchildren, who voted to name a newborn Bengal tiger at their local zoo after the Mexico-based star. But there’s one big difference between Gignac the footballer and Gignac the tiger: their personalities. Soon after Gignac the tiger cub was born at the La Pastora zoo in Monterrey, it had to be separated from its mother, who “was a first-time mom […]