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At the origins of the excellence of French handball

January 12, 2023

Everything is fine and it lasts. The Blues of handball approached the World Cup, Wednesday, January 11, with the same ambition that they have…

Noël Le Graët, strong but disavowed man of French football

January 11, 2023

” Ashamed “, “disgusted”, “odious character” : since Sunday, the virulent reactions multiply with regard to the president of the French Football Federation (FFF),…

America’s Cup: French attempts, from Baron Bich to K-Challenge

January 3, 2023

The French are making their comeback for the 37th edition of the America’s Cup in 2024, the K Challenge union announced on Tuesday 3…

World Cup 2022: French sports betting has reached a record

December 25, 2022

More than 615 million euros were bet online during the 2022 Football World Cup, an amount never reached in France during this competition, indicates…

Football World Cup: French presidents still in the front row

December 23, 2022

“We must not politicize sport”, advanced Emmanuel Macron, on the eve of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The French president will however go…

Bernard Laporte sentenced to two years in prison suspended, French rugby in turmoil

December 13, 2022

This is the epilogue of a legal soap opera that has shaken French rugby for several months. Tuesday, December 13, the president of the…

World Cup 2022: fever rises among French supporters

November 30, 2022

“I had foreign colleagues who told me that when they arrived in their hotel room, the window was not put down! We feel that…

World Cup 2022: the French Stéphanie Frappart first woman to referee in the men’s World Cup

November 30, 2022

The French Stéphanie Frappart will be the first woman to referee a match of the men’s World Cup, Thursday in Qatar, between Germany and…

Ballon d’Or: four French crowned since 1958, from Raymond Kopa to Zinedine Zidane

October 17, 2022

A new Frenchman on the list? The 66th Ballon d’Or ceremony, awarded by the magazine France Soccer, is to be held in Paris, at…

Paris, Marseille, Lille… These French cities which will not install a screen for the 2022 World Cup

October 4, 2022

The city of Paris will not install fan zones or giant screens in public space to broadcast the matches of the FIFA World Cup…