England set up a titanic World Cup quarter-final against holders France as Jude Bellingham’s masterclass inspired a 3-0 win against Senegal in the last 16 on Sunday. Gareth Southgate’s side survived a nervous start at the Al Bayt Stadium before Jordan Henderson and Harry Kane put Senegal to the...
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Kylian Mbappe set up a history-making goal for Olivier Giroud and then scored two himself as holders France eased into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a 3-1 win over Poland on Sunday. Giroud’s opening goal a minute before half-time was his 52nd for his country, allowing him...
Olivier Giroud became France’s joint all-time top goalscorer when his double helped the holders start the defence of their World Cup title in style. The French did it with a 4-1 comeback Group D win against Australia on Tuesday. Giroud found the net before and after the break to...
Current Ballon d’Or champion, Karim Benzema has been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering an injury in training. The Real Madrid striker’s first full training session ended his World Cup dreams after he suffered an injury on Saturday November 19. He was then brought in for a scan in Doha,...
French President Emmanuel Macron has defended himself against criticism of his possible visit to Qatar for the World Cup if the France team reaches the semi-finals or final. “I don’t think you have to politicise sports,” Macron said on Thursday during a trip to Bangkok. “You have to ask...
Eintracht Frankfurt striker Randal Kolo Muani will replace RB Leipzig’s Christopher Nkunku in the France squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The French football federation (FFF), while announcing this on Wednesday, said Nkunku was ruled out of the tournament after leaving Tuesday’s training session early with...
A Catholic priest in France is being investigated for the rape of a minor, according to the Paris public prosecutor’s office on Thursday. The clergyman in his fifties from western France was remanded. He was also alleged to have administered drugs to the assaulted teenager without his knowledge at...
France has launched a criminal investigation into claims by World Cup winner Paul Pogba that he is the victim of a multi-million euro blackmail plot by gangsters involving his brother, the Paris prosecutor said. Two investigating magistrates have been appointed to lead the probe, prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in...
Nigeria’s under-20 National Women’s Football Team (Falconets) defeated France 1- 0 in their opening game of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica on Friday at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria’s women, playing in group...
Didier Deschamps remains confident Paul Pogba will be fit to play for France at the World Cup in spite missing the start of the season through injury. Pogba sustained a knee problem in pre-season after returning to Juventus from Manchester United on a free transfer. There were early suggestions...
Popular businessman, Femi Otedola, has visited the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Bola Tinubu in Paris, France. The APC presidential candidate, who is currently in France, has been holding a series of meetings with personalities, his spokesman, Tunde Rahman, stated. Otedola’s visit to Tinubu followed...
Hundreds of German police have carried out multiple raids early on Tuesday as part of an international operation targeting people-smuggling gangs. Police in the city of Osnabrück in north-western Germany said the raids focused on the area around the city, as well as Bremen and Stuttgart. Police in Britain,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has denied rumours that he held a meeting with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in France. Tinubu had recently flown to the European nation to continue high-level engagements with stakeholders. However, a chieftain...
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) kicked off their three-day annual summit on Sunday in Schloss Elmau in south Germany’s Bavarian Alps amid lower expectations and protests. The summit will focus on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, climate and others, while the host dampened expectations. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, especially...
French authorities were warned three days before Saturday’s 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League final match that thousands of Liverpool fans would come to Paris without tickets, a report claimed on Tuesday. They were also warned that some of the fans would try to get into the Stade de France with...
Five people, including four members of the same family, were killed in a tourist plane crash in the French Alps on Saturday, rescue services said. The accident happened in the afternoon shortly after take-off from the Versoud airfield near Grenoble in southeast France, for what should have been a...
Nigeria’s Falconets have been drawn alongside France, Canada and Korea Republic in Group C of the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup scheduled for Costa Rica in August. Also, at Thursday’s draw held at the Teatro Nacional in the central American country’s capital city of San Jose, title-holders Spain were...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday defeated his rival Marine Le Pen in presidential elections, projections showed, prompting a wave of relief in Europe that the far-right had been prevented from taking power. Centrist Macron was set to win 57.0-58.5 per cent of the vote compared with Le Pen...
Manchester United FC midfielder, Paul Pogba said his World Cup winner’s medal was among the items stolen during a recent burglary at his home. The France international spoke last week of his family’s “worst nightmare” after his house was broken into while his children were asleep in their bedroom....
Neymar has emerged as the highest-paid footballer in France, beating Lionel Messi and Kyrlan Mbappe with a staggering £41m-a-year salary, according to French publication, L’Equipe. French publication L’Equipe also released estimates of monthly salaries across the country’s top tier. Mauricio Pochettino’s side dominates the list with the top 14...