Nasri excluded from French team over Euro fiasco
July 28th, 2012 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Paris, July 27 (IANS) French Football Federation (FFF) Friday suspended Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri from the national football team for three games after his offensive remarks during Euro 2012 ... Read more...
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Deschamps is new France coach
July 9th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, July 9 (IANS) The French Football Federation (FFF) has confirmed former captain Didier Deschamps as the new coach of the national team, replacing Laurent Blanc."Noel Gael, president of the ... Read more...
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France coach Laurent Blanc resigns
July 1st, 2012 - 7:48 am ICT by IANS
Paris, July 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) French coach Laurent Blanc has left his job after refusing an extension to his contract, which expires Sunday, the French Football Federation said.France lost 2-0 ... Read more...
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French Football Federation rejects allegation of racist quotas
April 30th, 2011 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Apr 29(ANI): French Football Federation (FFF) President Patrick Braouezec has denied allegations that the federation's officials have been attempting to introduce a limit on the number of players of African and ... Read more...
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French club president suspended over bid to buy Messi
March 11th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 11 (ANI): The president of a French village side has been suspended for six months over a bid to sign Bracelona's ace playmaker Lionel Messi.Cédric Enjolras, the president of FC ... Read more...
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French players give up World Cup bonuses worth 2.5 million pounds
November 17th, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 17(ANI): French players have finally drawn a line under their disastrous World Cup campaign by agreeing to give up their bonuses worth 2.5 million pounds.French Football Federation (FFF) President Fernand ... Read more...
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Court orders closure of Sterlite’s copper smelter plant
September 28th, 2010 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 28 (IANS) The Madras High Court Tuesday ordered immediate closure of the Tuticorin-based copper smelter plant of Sterlite Industries India Ltd - a part of the Vedanta Resources group - ... Read more...
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New France coach suspends World Cup side for Norway friendly
July 23rd, 2010 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, July 23 (DPA) New France football coach Laurent Blanc will not select any of the 23 players who participated at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa for an upcoming friendly ... Read more...
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France coach Blanc to suspends entire World Cup squad
July 23rd, 2010 - 11:16 pm ICT by BNO News
PARIS (BNO NEWS) -- The France national football team's newly appointed coach, Laurent Blanc, on Friday spoke with the country's football federation to request that none of the players who participated in ... Read more...
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French football federation head resigns after World Cup fiasco
June 28th, 2010 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 28 (DPA) The head of France's governing football body, the French Football Federation (FFF), announced his resignation Monday in the wake of the humiliating performance of the national team in ... Read more...
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FIFA warns French government against meddling in football
June 26th, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, June 26 (DPA) Football's ruling body FIFA has warned the French government to keep out of the workings of football, the organization's secretary general, Jerome Valcke, said Saturday.
"I spoke to the ... Read more...
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French press scathing of Les Bleus’ World Cup performance
June 23rd, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 23 (ANI): The French press have been predictably scathing today following Les Bleus' humiliating first-round exit at the World Cup.France crashed out of the tournament with a 2-1 defeat ... Read more...
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Sarkozy wants French football fiasco to lead to changes
June 21st, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 21 (DPA) As French football suffers its blackest hour, President Nicolas Sarkozy is demanding that an accounting be made of the side's World Cup fiasco, an advisor to the ... Read more...
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French woes escalate as players boycott training
June 20th, 2010 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Knysna (South Africa), June 20 (DPA) The troubled French national football team sunk deeper into disarray Sunday when it broke off an afternoon training session after a heated altercation between captain ... Read more...
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French team gifted sex toys to boost their World Cup scoring motivation!
June 12th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Cape Town, June 11(ANI): The French World Cup team has been sent a pack of sex toys as the perfect gift before the arrival of their WAGs in South Africa today.France ... Read more...
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Evra’s coup gets French WAGS to attend World Cup opener against Uruguay
June 11th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
Cape Town, June 11(ANI): France skipper Patrice Evra has persuaded French officials to spend 200,000 pounds to make sure that the Les Bleus' World Cup WAGs are in South Africa today.Raymond ... Read more...
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French World Cup winning coach says Domenech must go
November 27th, 2009 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Nov 27 (DPA) The man who coached France to its first World Cup win in 1998, Aime Jacquet, has fiercely criticized the current manager, saying in comments published Friday that ... Read more...
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France confirms intention to bid for Euro 2016
February 14th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Feb 14 (DPA) The French Football Federation (FFF) has confirmed that it intends to bid for the right to host Euro 2016.In a statement posted on the FFF's website Friday, the ... Read more...
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Platini wants Domenech to remain France coach
July 2nd, 2008 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Paris, July 2 (DPA) Michel Platini has voiced his support, but a majority of French no longer want Raymond Domenech as national football team coach after a Euro 2008 disaster, the L'Equipe ... Read more...
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