IN the wake of France’s World Cup win, as well as during the weeks leading up to the exciting final, a debate has been raging about the appropriateness of commenting on how much France owes its national sporting pride to...
WASHINGTON - A light-hearted quip about a soccer team has sparked a serious debate about identity politics and the merits of France's "colorblind" republican model versus American multiculturalism. When the host of American television's popular "The Daily Show" joked that...
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron will attend the soccer World Cup in Russia, the Elysee said on Friday, after France beat Uruguay to book a place in the semi-finals. Hosting the World Cup has allowed Russian President Vladimir Putin to step...
Nizhniy Novgorod - Goalkeeper Danijel Subasic was the hero as Croatia squeezed into the Soccer World Cup quarter-finals with a penalty shoot-out victory over Denmark on Sunday. On a night of late, late drama Ivan Rakitic stroked home the decisive...
RABAT - Morocco's 21-year-old World Cup midfielder Amine Harit was involved in a road accident in which a pedestrian was killed, the Moroccan football federation and local police said Saturday. Harit was driving a Mercedes car registered in France when...
Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani has scored a superb brace to give his side a 2-1 win over European champion Portugal in their World Cup round-of-16 match. Uruguay's victory earned them a quarter-final against France and sent world player of the...
Lionel Messi’s fourth World Cup ended in bitter, frustrating and all-too-familiar defeat on Saturday, with Argentina tumbling out of the tournament with a 4-3 loss to a suddenly impressive France in the round of 16. Messi departs after a frustrating...