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Why footballer Kylian Mbappé could be France’s greatest soft power

Sports star’s appeal for calm after the recent riots shows his huge influence off the pitch as well as on

British origins of France’s oldest football club still playing today

Plumbers and woodworkers who came to build the Eiffel Tower went on to win the first French football championship

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France’s female football manager sacked after rift with key players

Corinne Diacre was fired after her relationship with players ‘had reached the point of no return’, said the French football federation

Annecy stun French football giants Marseille to reach cup semi-final

The victory on penalties has been hailed as Annecy’s ‘match of the century’

Drought measures, fuel prices, FIFA awards: The week ahead in France

This week (February 27-March 5) also sees the start of the Paris-Nice cycling race and the 40th anniversary of the death of iconic Tintin creator Hergé

Did you know? Football fans have French to thank for World Cup

How two Frenchmen founded one of the most popular sports competitions in the world

Photo: French-Moroccan comic’s half and half supporter top

Jamel Debbouze could not choose between his two teams when he went to watch the semi-final match

France celebrates as The Sun’s England football campaign backfires

People in Paris turned posters designed to annoy the French ahead of the France-England quarter-final around on the tabloid

France Qatar 2022: Minister sends LGBTQ+ message with rainbow jumper

The minister, who watched France beat England 2-1 last night, wore a blue jumper with rainbow sleeves. It comes as France celebrates victory in Doha

French football phrases you may hear in England-France World Cup game

While we list quotes from years gone by, the events of the match could also produce the next memorable sentence to be passed on through the generations

French police accused of ‘criminal assault’ on fans at Stade de France

A new independent inquiry report has found that police actions outside the Champions League Liverpool-Madrid final in May were ‘reckless and dangerous’

Major cities in France refuse to screen or support Qatar World Cup

Mayors across the country have condemned the 2022 event, saying that it is an ‘aberration’ from a human rights, environmental, and sporting perspective

‘PSG football club’s arguments for flying Paris-Nantes do not hold’

Rail experts talking with The Connexion dismissed the security and timetabling issues used to justify players flying rather than taking a TGV

France promises ‘in depth’ inquiry into Champions League final chaos

The government says that the sale of 30-40,000 fake tickets is largely to blame for the disorder outside the Stade de France, but also criticised Liverpool fan behaviour

Champions League's first female referee is French

Stéphanie Frappart will make history again when she officiates a Champions League match this week

Run, walk, cycle: New post-confinement rules in France

Individual walking, running, and cycling will be permitted as soon as deconfinement begins on May 11, the French sports ministry has said, but group sports and other outdoor activities will need to wait longer.

Olive stones replace rubber in French synthetic pitch

Environmentally questionable rubber infill grains replaced with ground-up eco-friendly olive stones

First woman referee for French Ligue 1 match

A woman has refereed a French Ligue 1 football match for the first time.

French Ligue 1 match has female referee for first time

A woman is set to referee a match for the French Ligue 1 this weekend, making her the first female referee ever to do so, the Fédération Française de Football (FFF) has confirmed.

‘First ever table football school’ opens in France

A “table football school” has opened in Lyon, claiming to be the first of its kind in France and capitalising on the nostalgia of the popular bar game.

Obama celebrates diversity of French World Cup team

Former US President Barack Obama has commended the victorious French World Cup 2018 football team for its diversity, in a speech celebrating 100 years since the birth of late South African icon Nelson Mandela.

France's World Cup stars set for heroes' return

RATP renames Paris Metro stations in honour of Moscow winners, who will take part in an open-top bus parade along Champs-Elysées on Monday afternoon

Paris lock down for Bastille Day and World Cup final

12,000 police on duty over weekend in capital

France World Cup Final to be on giant screen in Paris

The mayor of Paris has confirmed the football World Cup Final will be shown on a giant screen on the Champs de Mars at the Eiffel Tower, after France won its place last night.

France World Cup stars show caring side

All players are donating at least part of their tournament bonuses to charity

World Cup ban on filling jerry cans at petrol station

UPDATE: The ban has since been lifted – Préfecture cites risk of public disturbances for issuing temporary ban

Tight controls on World Cup fan zones

No events in open public spaces due to security fears, insists Interior Minister - but matches can be broadcast in controlled zones

US investors plan French football club buyout

FC des Girondins de Bordeaux could soon be in hands of Florida-based investors, according to reports

Soccer star surprises fan in replica shirt

Fan most likely likes his idol even more

Stade Rennais football fan surprised by top player

A French football fan received a rather unusual surprise this week when one of his favourite players, Sanjin Prcić, tapped him on the shoulder and offered to pay for his food.

Ligue 1 side desperately seeking mystery supporter

Fan at English Premiership game who was wearing an old Nice shirt will be invited to a match on south coast of France

Neighbour stops match to protest footballs in garden

A woman who lives next to a football stadium in the Haute-Pyrénées was so fed up of footballs coming into her garden that she interrupted a match and refused to leave.

Football strip price drops if team is losing

The price of the football strip for fans of the club Stade de Reims is dependent on where the club is in the league with a 10% discount if it is in 10th place.

Eiffel Tower lit up to mark Neymar move to PSG

Some politicians were angered by the publicity

Premier League young guns on show in Périgord

For the third year in a row, a Chelsea XI will play Bergerac Périgord in a pre-season friendly

Electric guitar leads football terror tribute

Garde Républicaine guitarist leads crowd in Don’t Look Back in Anger

French crowd to sing God Save the Queen

Stade de France tribute to victims of Manchester and London attacks

Brief history of Les Bleus is real coq and ball story

Euro 2016 kicks off in France amid tight security on June 10. Ian Winterton warms up for the tournament by looking back at the chequered history of French football — including that golden period when Les Bleus’ own Zidane, rather than Sweden’s Zlatan, dominated the back-page headlines