Les Bleus

Issued on: 09/01/2023 - 20:25 France captain Hugo Lloris has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 36, three weeks after his country lost the…

Issued on: 18/12/2022 - 13:07 Under the guidance of coach Didier Deschamps, France’s Antoine Griezmann has undergone a remarkable transformation from free-scoring forward to…

With more than 450 international caps between them, Hugo Lloris, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann and Raphaël Varane have provided the backbone of coach Didier Deschamps’ French squads for the past decade. The four…

Upon arriving in Qatar, Didier Deschamps' squad was greatly pessimistic due to their erratic play and several significant injuries. Karim Benzema, the most recent winner of the Ballon d'Or, is not on the France team competing in the 2022…

One way to examine Kylian Mbappé is to take another look at his second goal – France’s third – against Poland on Sunday, but this time in reverse. Instead of from when the ball was sent from the French forward’s right boot into space,…

Australia’s Awer Mabil, Thomas Deng and Garang Kuol were each born to refugee parents from war-torn South Sudan. On Tuesday, the trio of Socceroos will step onto a World Cup pitch for the first time to take on defending…

Defending champions France enter the World Cup in Qatar hoping to break the curse that has plagued recent title holders – a jinx the French inaugurated in 2002 when their formidable armada of strikers famously failed to…

Will the World Cup in Qatar deliver back-to-back wins for France, a record sixth title for Brazil, a perfect send-off for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, or none of the above? FRANCE 24 takes a look at five…

Issued on: 18/10/2022 - 21:49 France international N'Golo Kanté has been ruled out of the World Cup finals after undergoing an operation on a hamstring injury, his Premier…

Issued on: 17/10/2022 - 21:56 Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema won the men's Ballon d'Or on Monday, becoming the first Frenchman to claim the most prestigious individual…