He had been best known as a daring urban dirt-bike rider who had pulled off stunts at iconic sites in Paris, according to several friends.

Friends say a former urban rodeo star and devoted father is now at the centre of France’s most dramatic art burglary in years.

A former ‘motocross legend’ and bodybuilding social media star has been named as one of the suspects in the Louvre heist. Abdoulaye N, 39, nicknamed ‘Doudou Cross Bitume’, is thought to be part of the ...

A bodybuilding social media figure once known as a 'motocross legend' has been named as a suspect in the so–called heist of the century at the Louvre Museum. Abdoulaye N., 39, nicknamed 'Doudou Cross ...

PARIS — As far as his friends at the outdoor gym knew, the always cheerful 39-year-old man from a hardscrabble suburb of Paris had left his past behind. He no longer talked much about his years as a ...