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Laurent Blanc Temporarily Fires Entire French World Cup Team -- Good Move?

(July 23) -- You're fired. All of you. No, that wasn't Donald Trump crushing competitors' spirits on an extra-special episode of "The Apprentice." Rather, it was the message delivered to the players of the French national soccer team by their coach today, following a disastrous performance at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, The...

Franck Ribery Faces Charge of Soliciting Underage Prostitute

The woes for for at least one member of the French national team didn't end after the country was bounced in the first round of the World Cup. Franck Ribery faces a charge of soliciting an underage prostitute and another French star, Karim Benzema, has been questioned and could also be charged as part of probe of...

Benzema Latest Lured to Real Madrid?

This summer, as the European transfer season began at 12:01 AM ET on July 1, one thing is absolutely clear -- all roads lead to Real Madrid. Fresh off the heels of completing the mega-money swoops for Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, the Spanish giants appear to have added another high profile attacking talent in Lyon's French...

Making Sense of the Kaka Deal

Perhaps the most amazing aspect of Kaka's mega-money move from AC Milan to Real Madrid, which became official on Monday, was that the transfer fee of around £59 million ($94 million U.S.) is a little less than half of a rumored price tag Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley put on the entire club at £100 million. Think...

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06/02/12 Vieira warning for England: France are Le Rock Sportif Source: The Daily Mirror - London - UK spirit of Les Bleus â which he believes will give them the edge over Roy Hodgson's men.
05/31/12 Global Soccer: France Still Has Some Worrying... Source: The New York Times - New York NY But in more recent tournaments, including the World Cup two years ago, France was a divided, disputatious squad â almost a rabble â and usually the first team flying home in disarray.
05/30/12 Blanc: Benzema and Giroud are compatible Source: Goal.com France boss Laurent Blanc is in no doubt that Karim Benzema and Olivier Giroud can play alongside one another, but is remaining coy on the prospect of fielding both in the team's Euro 2012 opener against England.
05/30/12 Euro 2012 Winner Market: Good omens for Italy, history... Source: Betfair Jamie Pacheco analyses the respective chances of the main contenders to win Euro 2012 and adopts the portfolio approach to cracking this toughest of markets.
05/28/12 England's Euro 2012 group opponents France struggle to... Source: Telegraph - London - UK France's next prep outing is against Serbia on Thursday in Reims, with their third and final warm-up scheduled for June 5 in Le Mans against Estonia.