Tag: france
Malouda signs for Metz in France
Former French international midfielder Florent Malouda has signed a one-year contract, with an option for a second season, to play…
Man jailed for phoning, texting his ex 21,807 times
A 33-year old French man was sent to prison on Thursday after phoning and texting his ex-girlfriend 21,807 times, admitting…
Del Bosque takes positives in defeat for Spain
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque saw plenty of positives in defeat as the deposed world champions began a new era…
Hollande hits all-time low in new opinion poll
Confidence in embattled French President Francois Hollande has plunged to a new all-time low of 13 percent, according to a…
French mum reunited with daughter taken by jihadi father
A young French mother whose daughter had been smuggled out of the country by her father arrived home with the…
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gets married in France
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt — one of Hollywood’s most famous and powerful supercouples — were married Saturday in France,…
Fresh French crisis as Hollande orders cabinet shakeup
France was thrown into fresh crisis on Monday after President Francois Hollande told his prime minister to form a new…
Mekhissi redeems himself with 1500m title
French athletics badboy Mahiedine Mekhissi won the European outdoor 1500 metres title on Sunday to make up for the disappointment…
Abidal retires from international football
Defender Eric Abidal, who underwent a liver transplant in 2012, has become the latest French player to announce his retirement…
Ribery retires from French international duty
French winger Franck Ribery has announced his retirement from international football, he said in an interview with the German magazine…
French MP fined for saying Hitler ‘did not kill enough’
A French court on Tuesday fined an MP Gilles Bourdouleix 3,000 euros for saying that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler “maybe…
Nasri confirms France retirement
Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has confirmed his retirement from international football with France. The 27-year old dropped a strong…
Nasri quits international football
Manchester City’s France midfielder Samir Nasri on Monday indicated that he has decided to quit international football. The 27-year-old has…
France evacuating nationals from Libya
France was evacuating its nationals from Libya on Tuesday amid increasing lawlessness and unrest, a government source said, after similar…
France ready to facilitate asylum for Iraq’s Christians
France said Monday it was ready to help facilitate asylum for Christians in Iraq displaced by a jihadist onslaught, saying…
Griezmann to join Spanish champions Atletico
Atletico Madrid have agreed a deal to sign France international Antoine Griezmann from Real Sociedad, the Spanish champions announced on…
Flags at half-mast as France mourns Mali crash victims
Flags flew at half-mast in France Monday in mourning for the 118 victims of the Air Algerie plane tragedy, as…
Lafarge profits up, debts down ahead of merger
French cement giant Lafarge, set to merge with Swiss rival Holcim, announced on Friday an increase in second-quarter net profit,…
Terrorism: France commends commission on framework
France on Friday commended the framework developed at the just concluded conference of Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) to fight…
Little girl in Air Algerie crash was ‘scared of flying’
A French girl who died in the Air Algerie plane crash had confided to her teacher she was scared of…
Barcelona signs French defender for $27mn
Spanish giants Barcelona said Wednesday they have bought 30-year old French defender Jeremy Mathieu from Valencia for EUR20 million ($27…
Driver, five children killed in minibus crash
Five children aged 10 to 12 and their driver were killed Tuesday when the minibus they were travelling in crashed…
France nabs three suspected jihadists
Two men and a woman have been arrested in a dawn raid in southern France on suspicion of recruiting fighters…
Dynamo signs Valbuena from Marseille
Marseille’s France international Mathieu Valbuena has signed a EUR7 million deal with Dynamo Moscow, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported on…
France defends ban on pro-Gaza rally after violence
France’s prime minister on Sunday defended a controversial decision to ban a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Paris that went ahead anyway…
Hollande visits future French force site in west Africa
President Francois Hollande wrapped up a three-day west African tour on Saturday with a visit to the future headquarters of…
French soldier killed in Mali suicide attack
A French legionnaire has been killed in a suicide attack in northern Mali, taking to nine the number of soldiers…
France steps up security as protesters try to storm synagogues
France stepped up security on Monday after protestors demonstrating against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza tried to storm two Paris synagogues.…
Hollande denies influencing justice system in Sarkozy scandal
French leader Francois Hollande on Monday denied having influenced the justice system in a corruption scandal surrounding Nicolas Sarkozy after…
France’s Sarkozy hit by new phone tap leaks
A corruption scandal surrounding former French president Nicolas Sarkozy deepened further on Saturday with fresh leaks of telephone conversations purporting…