Tag: France
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'Possessed' pupil, 16, stabs teacher to death
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A 16-year-old pupil stabbed a Spanish-language teacher to death on Wednesday at a Roman Catholic high school in the high-end beach resort town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz in southwestern France, government officials said. The pupil then told anot
PSG's poor run continues with Reims draw
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Paris St Germain's mediocre run in Ligue 1 continued as they fell to a last-gasp 1-1 draw at home against Stade de Reims after being reduced to 10 men on Sunday.Neymar scored early in the second half before Marco Verratti was shown a straig
Mbappe slams French football president Le Graet for 'disrespecting' Zidane
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France forward Kylian Mbappe has come out in support of
France's defeated World Cup soccer heroes return to acclaim in Paris
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France's national soccer team returned from Qatar to the acclaim of huge crowds in Paris on Monday, after their heroic defeat to Argentina in the World Cup final, which won them admiration in the country and across the world.A coach carryin
Benzema retires from international football after missing World Cup
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France striker Karim Benzema announced his retirement from international football on his 35th birthday on Monday, a day after Les Bleus lost to Argentina on penalties in the World Cup final. Ballon d'Or winner Benzema, who scored 37 times
France end Morocco run to set up Argentina showdown
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France set up a heavyweight World Cup final against Argentina after an early goal by Theo Hernandez and a late one from Randal Kolo Muani ended battling Morocco’s dream run via an action-packed 2-0 semi-final victory on Wednesday.
England stars adopt cat in Qatar after World Cup disappointment
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England's hopes of lifting the World Cup might have been dashed but Manchester City duo Kyle Walker and John Stones did not want to leave Qatar completely empty-handed -- hence they will be taking home a stray cat befriended by the team at their t
Giroud and Tchouameni send France past England into semi-finals
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Goals by Oliver Giroud and Aurelien Tchouameni gave France a 2-1 win over England that took the holders into a World Cup semi-final with Morocco after Harry Kane equalised from the spot but then blazed a second late penalty over the bar on Saturda
Condoms to be free for young people in French pharmacies, Macron says
Michael Majanga
Young people aged between 18 and 25 years will from 2023 receive condoms free of charge in all pharmacies in France.French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, December 8 night noted that cases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) were
World Cup 2022 top goal scorer: who could win Golden Boot?
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has entered the knockout phase, and one of the top honours players will be competing for is the Golden Boot, awarded to the player with the most goals in the tournament. The number of assists by a player is
Raheem Sterling's house 'broken into by burglars' as England star jets home from World Cup
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England's Raheem Sterling, who was missing from the squad for Sunday's 3-0 World Cup win over Senegal, will head back to Britain on Monday to be with his family, coach Gareth Southgate said, as local media reported a break-in at his home.
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"Ruthless" England surge past Senegal 3-0 to set up France quarter-final
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Clinical England overcame a pedestrian start to surge to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Senegal on Sunday as high-quality goals by Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka swept them into a mouth-watering World Cup quarter-final clash with Fra
France beat Poland to reach World Cup quarter-finals
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France beat Poland 3-1 in a record-smashing World Cup last-16 clash on Sunday that saw Olivier Giroud become France's outright all-time top scorer and Kylian Mbappe score a magnificent double. France were relentless on the attack as they p
Frappart ends 92-year wait for a female referee at a men's World Cup
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France's Stephanie Frappart made history on Thursday when she became the first woman to take charge of a men's World Cup finals game during Costa Rica's Group E match against Germany.Frappart, 38, led the first all-female refereeing team in
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Tunisia upset France but still exit World Cup
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French-born Wahbi Khazri scored the only goal of the game as Tunisia upset World Cup holders France 1-0 at the Education City Stadium on Wednesday, but the shock victory was not enough for them to join the defending champions in the last 16 of the
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Mbappe double gives France spot in World Cup knockout stage
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Kylian Mbappe scored a second-half double as France became the first team to book their spot in the World Cup knockout stage on Saturday by defeating a feisty Danish team 2-1 in a tense encounter. After a goalless first half in which the d
Australia edge Tunisia to end 12-year wait for a win at World Cup
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Australia beat Tunisia 1-0 at the Al Janoub Stadium on Saturday to register their first World Cup victory in 12 years as they provisionally moved up to second in Group D behind reigning champions France. Striker Mitchell Duke scored midway
Morocco holds Croatia to goalless draw in World Cup
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Croatia, runners-up at the last World Cup, were held to a 0-0 draw by Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium on Wednesday in their opening Group F match at the tournament in Qatar. The Croats, beaten by France in the 2018 final in Moscow, had the
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Olivier Giroud equals Thierry Henry's scoring record as France beat Australia 4-1
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Olivier Giroud became France's joint all-time top scorer when his double helped the holders start the defence of their World Cup title in style with a 4-1 comeback Group D win against Australia on Tuesday. Giroud found the net before and a
Denmark held by fired-up Tunisia in World Cup opener
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Defender Andreas Cornelius hit the post and Denmark had a late penalty appeal turned down, while Tunisia wasted two clear chances in a 0-0 draw in their World Cup Group D opener at Education City Stadium on Tuesday. Tunisia were roared on