France

France haven't beaten the All Blacks in a series since 1994 and the man who captained them during that successful trip Down Under is now their coach. Philippe Saint-Andre led Les Bleus to a 2-0 win over the All Blacks in the mid-1990s, which ...

St Etienne have called on the French Football League (LFP) to punish Louis Nicollin after the outspoken Montpellier president insulted Les Verts defender Francois Clerc. Clerc, 30, was part of the St Etienne team that ended the club's three-decade ...

AJACCIO 0-2 NICENice wrapped up a fairytale season with a victory that saw them pip 2011 champions Lille and Saint-Etienne to a fourth-placed finish to secure Europa League football next term.Starting the day in sixth, with their Champions League ...

Ten-man St Etienne claimed a hard-fought 1-1 draw in Lille to deny their hosts a Europa League place. Les Verts had already secured European football by winning the Coupe de la Ligue and Lille's failure to maintain a lead earned through Salomon ...

Defending champions Toulouse have made the Top 14 semi-finals every year since 1994 but will need to be at the top of their game to stop Racing-Metro ended their sequence. Racing have won 11 of their last 13 matches while Toulouse have not played ...

'There was no reason why I couldn't make records while my husband was president; it just didn't seem appropriate,'' says Carla Bruni, supermodel-turned-pop star and then, in her biggest gig to date, wife of Nicolas Sarkozy during his five-year ...