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
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 Drought measures, fuel prices, FIFA awards: The week ahead in France Did you know? Football fans have French to thank for World Cup
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
Stade de France chaos an ‘inevitable fiasco’ says French Senate The report states that Liverpool supporters were not to blame for the issues of May 28 and recommends 15 measures to avoid a similar incident happening again
Change Olympic opening plans, warns Paris football final investigator The head of the investigation into the Stade de France chaos states police do not have the crowd control skills to keep people safe at a River Seine opening
What’s coming up? The week ahead in France This week begins with a ‘working’ public holiday and ends with the start of the French legislative elections. There is also a chance to see inside the Pagode de Paris France promises ‘in depth’ inquiry into Champions League final chaos 30 years on: Remembering France’s Furiani football disaster Ukraine crisis: Champions League football final moves to Paris
Amateur football in France: Covid-19 health pass now required A health pass will be needed for all players and club members as amateur competitions restart this month, it has been confirmed Part French, part Swiss village divided by today's Euro football match Russians jailed for attack on England fan at Euro 2016 Champions League's first female referee is French Run, walk, cycle: New post-confinement rules in France Olive stones replace rubber in French synthetic pitch
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
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
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.
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