Mbappe buys Ligue 2 club Caen
France captain Kylian Mbappe has taken over as majority shareholder of Ligue 2 club Caen, Mbappe's company Interconnected Ventures announced in a statement on Wednesday.
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France striker Mateta stokes Argentina rivalry ahead of Olympic showdown
France striker Jean-Philippe Mateta set the tone Tuesday ahead of a quarter-final clash with Argentina in the men's Olympic football tournament by saying recent bad blood with the South Americans had left on its mark on the country.
France spent almost 1 mn euros on Modi, King Charles banquets
French President Emmanuel Macron's office spent nearly one million euros on two lavish banquets for Britain's King Charles III and Indian leader Narendra Modi, the country's top auditors said as they urged the Elysee Palace to tighten its belt.
Marchand 'goosebumps' after breaking French swimming gold drought
Leon Marchand said he had goosebumps after romping to France's first Olympic swimming gold since 2012 in front of a packed and raucous Paris crowd on Sunday.
Canada football coach Priestman apologises over Olympic spying scandal
Canada's disgraced women's football coach Bev Priestman on Sunday apologised for the spying scandal which has rocked their Paris Olympics campaign and promised to cooperate with an investigation.
France suffers train delays after sabotage
Tens of thousands of rail passengers struggled through a second day of cancelled trains Saturday as investigators tracked saboteurs who paralysed the network just ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony...
Travel chaos feared in France this weekend after attack on rail network
French rail officials warned of travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of people throughout the weekend after saboteurs following a meticulous plan paralysed much of the train network Friday as the Olympic Games started.
Olympic opening ceremony under way on River Seine
The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics began Friday, an unprecedented and ambitious show with up to 7,000 athletes parading down the River Seine past the historic monuments of the French capital despite the risk of rain dampening spirits.
EU takes action against France for breaking spending rules
France, Italy and five other EU countries were placed in a formal procedure on Friday for violating the bloc鈥檚 budget rules, a step that could lead to...
France on alert as rail network hit by 'sabotage' on eve of Paris Olympics
France鈥檚 rail network was paralysed Friday by coordinated acts of sabotage which knocked out most of its high-speed train services hours before the...
Argentina apologises to France in football-chant row
Buenos Aires apologised to France after Argentina鈥檚 vice-president called the European country 鈥榗olonialist鈥� and its people 鈥榟ypocrites鈥� in an argument over alleged racist chants by Argentine footballers...
France fire kills seven, arson suspected
An apartment building blaze early Thursday killed seven people in the southern French city of Nice and police were investigating the fire as a possible...
FIFA says opening probe into Argentina players' racist chants
FIFA said on Wednesday it was opening an investigation into racist chants by Argentina players after they won the Copa America.
Covid restrictions brought back at Tour de France聽
The Tour de France stepped up protective measures on Sunday, to 鈥榣imit health risks鈥� in the face of a resurgence of Covid-19, which has affected several riders in recent days.
France celebrates national day amid political crisis
France does not know where its government is headed and the armed forces also took an unusual detour at the start of their annual Bastille Day march on Sunday....
French PM gets party backing for re-election
France鈥檚 prime minister on Saturday was elected leader of his party鈥檚 National Assembly lawmakers as politicians from all sides jockeyed for position to form the next government...
Evra found guilty of abandoning family: lawyers
Former France football captain Patrice Evra was found guilty of abandoning his family by a French court, his lawyer told AFP on Saturday.
French PM for preventing formation of extremist government
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Friday that he hoped to prevent a government with far right or far left members being formed after an inconclusive snap election....
Spain reach final the hard way
Spain鈥檚 jubilant celebrations in reaching the Euro 2024 final were understandable after taking the hardest road to get there and handling the hairpin bends with panache...
Yamal comes of age with wonder goal
Lamine Yamal has dazzled at Euro 2024 but it was on Tuesday in Munich he came of age with a sensational strike against France to fire Spain into the final with a 2-1 victory...
Could France鈥檚 exit mark end of era?
France boast an enviable record in major tournaments over the last decade under Didier Deschamps but the manner of their exit from Euro 2024, despite reaching the semi-finals, suggests a fresh start might be no bad thing for Les Bleus...
We didn鈥檛 do enough: Mbappe
France captain Kylian Mbappe said his side 鈥榙idn鈥檛 do enough鈥� in Tuesday鈥檚 2-1 semi-final loss to Spain and admitted he was disappointed after underperforming at Euro 2024.聽..
Yamal makes history as Spain sink France to reach Euro final
Lamine Yamal, 16, became the tournament's youngest ever goalscorer as Spain came back to beat France 2-1 in Munich on Tuesday and reach the Euro 2024 final.
Europe stocks drop before Powell鈥檚 Fed testimony
Europe鈥檚 main stock markets slipped Tuesday as investors tracked new political landscapes in France and Britain and looked ahead to testimony from Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell...
Parties scramble for influence in France after inconclusive vote
Political parties in France sought to project strength and gather allies on Tuesday, with the government adrift following a Sunday parliamentary election in which no one force claimed a clear majority...
French left defeats far right in election upset
France was faced with an unsettling political vacuum Monday after snap elections called by President聽 Emmanuel Macron to reshape the political landscape failed to clear...
France hoping captain Kylian can deliver
France go into Tuesday鈥檚 Euro 2024 semi-final showdown against Spain hoping Kylian Mbappe can finally produce a performance worthy of his superstar status at a...
Three key battles
With five Euros titles between them, Spain and France face off in Tuesday鈥檚 semi-finals in Munich hoping to extend their respective bids for another...
Freewheeling Spain face austere French
The battle between the two most successful national sides of the new millennium, Tuesday鈥檚 Euro 2024 semi-final between France and Spain, also showcases two...
French left set to defeat far right in election upset
No one group won an absolute majority in the second round of the poll, which leaves France without any clear path to forming a new government three weeks before the Paris Olympics.