SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Striker Olivier Giroud scored twice to move closer to France's national team's scoring record as the Nations League group winner beat Sweden 4-2 and relegated it on...
PARIS (AP) — France midfielder Houssem Aouar will miss his national team's upcoming matches because of a thigh injury.
France coach Didier Deschamps said Monday that Aouar, who picked up the...
PARIS (AP) — France midfielder Adrien Rabiot will miss Wednesday's friendly against Ukraine after getting close to two people who have been infected with the coronavirus.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Kylian Mbappé scored the winning goal as France earned a scrappy 1-0 win at Sweden in the Nations League on Saturday.
The Paris Saint-Germain striker's 14th international...
PARIS (AP) — France midfielder Paul Pogba was left out of the national team squad on Thursday after testing positive for COVID-19.
The Manchester United player was replaced by 17-year-old...
PARIS (AP) — Olivier Giroud scored the winning goal from the penalty spot as a lackluster France rallied to beat Moldova 2-1 on Thursday to move ahead of Turkey in their European Championship...
PARIS (AP) — France and Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is unlikely to play again this year.
Lloris sustained a dislocated left elbow early in Tottenham's 3-0 loss at Brighton in the...
PARIS (AP) — In an embarrassing mix-up, the wrong national anthem was played for Albania before it faced France in a European Championship qualifier on Saturday.
KONYA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey moved atop its European Championship qualifying group by dominating World Cup winner France in a 2-0 home victory on Saturday.
PARIS (AP) — France coach Didier Deschamps called up three new players on Tuesday, including Lille goalkeeper Mike Maignan, for upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Turkey and Andorra...
LILLE, France (AP) — There will be an air of sporting "deja vu" when France takes on Croatia in the Davis Cup final.
The two nations already faced off this year in the World Cup final, with France's national soccer team emerging victorious 4-2.
Yannick Noah, the Davis Cup captain for France, is a longtime soccer fan. He said his team took inspiration from the country's victory in Russia, adding he spoke with France coach Didier Deschamps ahead of this weekend's final.
PARIS (AP) — Olivier Giroud scored from the penalty spot for France as the world champion beat Uruguay 1-0 in a friendly match on Tuesday to conclude an exceptional year with a rather mundane display.
The French bounced back from a 2-0 loss at the Netherlands that cost them a spot in the UEFA Nations League finals but failed to impress in front of their home crowd ahead of a four-month pause before the next international break in March.
PARIS (AP) — Anthony Martial was called back to France's national team on Thursday, eight months after his latest appearance with the squad.
The Manchester United forward was included in France coach Didier Deschamps' list of players for upcoming matches at the Netherlands on Nov. 16 in the UEFA Nations League and Uruguay in a friendly four days later at Stade de France.
GUINGAMP, France (AP) — Kylian Mbappe saved world champion France's blushes by creating one goal and scoring a late equalizer in the space of five minutes to salvage a 2-2 draw against Iceland in a friendly on Thursday.
Iceland was 2-0 up with five minutes left at the Roudourou stadium in Brittany and looked set to hand France its first loss since winning the World Cup in July.
But Mbappe, who went on as a substitute for the last half an hour, was the home team's savior.
PARIS (AP) — Marseille winger Dimitri Payet was called up Monday by France coach Didier Deschamps for upcoming matches against Iceland and Germany as a replacement for the injured Nabil Fekir.
Payet missed the World Cup because of injury and has not played with the national squad since a 2-1 win over Belarus in qualifying last October.
LONDON (AP) — More than two months after Germany's embarrassingly brief World Cup title defense, Joachim Loew offered a reason for the failure to his coaching compatriots on Sunday: The squad lacked motivation.
"After such a long time at the top," Loew said, "we were missing the last percent, the fire, the passion, and this greed to win a title no matter what."
PARIS (AP) — Less than two months after claiming a second World Cup title, no wonder France is still in a partying mood.
After a summer of euphoria, Didier Deschamps' players didn't look ready against Germany in the teams' opening UEFA Nations League match, which ended in a goalless draw. The French were on the back foot for long spells and avoided defeat only thanks to a series of outstanding saves from Paris Saint-Germain 'keeper Alphonse Areola.
PARIS (AP) — France captain Hugo Lloris will miss upcoming matches against Germany and the Netherlands because of a muscle injury.
The Tottenham goalkeeper, who did not play in his team's 2-1 loss at Watford over the weekend in the Premier League, has been ruled out of the two UEFA Nations League games this week.
MOSCOW (AP) — Kylian Mbappe high-fived a political protester who invaded the field during the World Cup final. French President Emmanuel Macron leapt out of his seat in a VVIP area that included a leader charged with genocide. And Vladimir Putin was drenched in a sudden downpour as the trophy was handed over to the victorious French team.
MOSCOW (AP) — Taking turns sliding across the rain-soaked turf holding the World Cup trophy tight, teenager Kylian Mbappe and the rest of France's players acted like the youthful bunch they are.
Nothing, not a Pussy Riot protest nor a postgame downpour that soaked Russian President Vladimir Putin, was going to stop the party.
MOSCOW (AP) — With a squad valued at over $1 billion dollars that includes teenager Kylian Mbappe, a coach who won the World Cup as a player in 1998 and a day more than Croatia to rest and prepare for the final, France should win soccer's most coveted trophy for the second time.
After a labored opening 2-1 win over Australia, France coach Didier Deschamps changed to a more resilient, somewhat lopsided formation with Mbappe given freedom to roam and run at defenders from the right flank.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — France's defense made the difference — on both sides of the field.
Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris kept out the shots and defender Samuel Umtiti scored the winning goal from a corner.
It was France's backline, not its slick attackers, that carried the team to the World Cup final with a 1-0 victory over Belgium on Tuesday.
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Edinson Cavani is not in Uruguay's starting lineup for the World Cup quarterfinal against France in Nizhny Novgorod.
The striker, who scored two goals and then injured his left calf in the round of 16 win over Portugal last Saturday, hasn't fully recovered and is replaced by Cristhian Stuani.
That's the only change made by Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez from the 2-1 victory over Portugal.
KAZAN, Russia (AP) — When Kylian Mbappe broke the Internet with a World Cup performance unmatched since Pele, the coach who made it possible fittingly set a record, too.
KAZAN, Russia (AP) — Forget champagne football. While the French scored four goals against Argentina to reach the World Cup quarterfinals, coach Didier Deschamps is expecting a much tighter game against Uruguay.
The 1998 champions are into the quarterfinals for the seventh time, and coming off a 4-3 win over Lionel Messi's Argentina in an enthralling contest at Kazan Arena in which they dominated throughout and exposed Argentina's defensive flaws.
KAZAN, Russia (AP) — France and Argentina took different paths to the knockout stage but have much in common at this World Cup.
Both teams are filled with big-name players, both like to play an entertaining style and both have failed to impress so far.
Forty years after their last meeting at soccer's biggest tournament, the former champions meet on Saturday in Kazan for a spot in the quarterfinals, needing their best players to come to the fore.
SAMARA, Russia (AP) — France's Kylian Mbappe and Australia's Daniel Arzani, the two youngest players at the World Cup with birthdays just 15 days apart, are both having an impact in Russia — in very different ways.
Mbappe, the 19-year-old phenom who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, scored in his team's 1-0 victory over Peru on Thursday, securing France a spot in the knockout round.
KAZAN, France (AP) — If Didier Deschamps was looking for answers to his tactical headaches, he certainly didn't find any during France's World Cup opener.
One thing, however, was clear to the French coach: having three top-class strikers assembled does not solve all problems.
The most optimistic fans of Les Bleus will remember that France started its campaign in Russia with a 2-1 win over Australia. But given the quality packed in the squad, the result was just disappointing.
KAZAN, Russia (AP) — With a group of players worth more than a billion dollars, anything other than a win against Australia will be deemed as a failure for France in its World Cup opener.
The amount of individual talent within the France squad is impressive, including players such as Paul Pogba, Ousmane Dembele, Kylian Mbappe, Nabil Fekir, and Antoine Griezmann.
Having such star power assembled in Russia would be a dream for most coaches. For Didier Deschamps, it looks more like a headache.
PARIS (AP) — France has options, too many perhaps. Especially up front where the dilemma is who to leave out at the World Cup.
And that's without Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema, a four-time Champions League winner once again overlooked by coach Didier Deschamps.
PARIS (AP) — Adrien Rabiot made a "huge mistake" by asking to be taken off the list of reserve players for the World Cup, France coach Didier Deschamps said Wednesday.
Speaking at France's training camp, Deschamps said Rabiot sent him an email earlier this week letting him know he was not prepared to be a standby player.
The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder was left out of France's 23-man World Cup squad last week and was instead named in a list of players who could be called up in case of injury.
PARIS (AP) — Dimitri Payet was left out of France's 23-man World Cup squad on Thursday, a day after being injured during Marseille's Europa League final defeat by Atletico Madrid.
He has a thigh problem that will need at least three weeks to heal, a delay that prompted coach Didier Deschamps to omit the former West Ham player.
Unveiling his squad on French TV, Deschamps said he had no choice but to leave out Payet.
PARIS (AP) — France coach Didier Deschamps has postponed the announcement of his World Cup squad until after the Europa League final to help the French players involved in the game.
The decision was made "in order not to disturb the preparations of the French players from Marseille and Atletico Madrid," The French Football Federation said on Friday.
Deschamps will announce his World Cup selection on May 17, a day after the Europa League final in Lyon.
PARIS (AP) — France has options, too many perhaps. Especially up front where the dilemma is who to leave out.
And that's without Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema, who continues to be overlooked by coach Didier Deschamps.
How other national coaches must envy Deschamps, who has a forward department bursting with skill and speed and goals. Fans will be unforgiving if he doesn't get the most out of the finest collection of attacking talent France has enjoyed in a tournament.
PARIS (AP) — France has options, too many perhaps. Especially up front where the dilemma is who to leave out.
And that's without Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema, who continues to be overlooked by coach Didier Deschamps.
How other national coaches must envy Deschamps, who has a forward department bursting with skill and speed and goals. Fans will be unforgiving if he doesn't get the most out of the finest collection of attacking talent France has enjoyed in a tournament.
PARIS (AP) — France coach Didier Deschamps has a half-billion dollar dilemma. In Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Paul Pogba, Deschamps has three of the top-five most expensive footballers of all time at his disposal for the World Cup in Russia, talents more valuable than the jeweled Faberge eggs Russian czars were so fond of.
PARIS (AP) — France coach Didier Deschamps is calling for zero tolerance on racism and for governments to tackle the problem together as FIFA investigates racial abuse that targeted his players at a World Cup tune-up match in Russia.
Speaking Wednesday, Deschamps said his players seemed unaffected by monkey chants heard from the crowd during France's 3-1 win against Russia in St. Petersburg on March 27.
He said: "They didn't talk about it. I don't even know that they noticed."