Every Monday, "Le Sportcast" brings you the latest news in French sports. In this edition, we look at Ligue 1’s bleak transfer market; if Marseille's title hopes are in jeopardy; and can France defend the Six Nations title?
The United States took an unassailable 3-1 lead over France in the Davis Cup on Sunday after American John Isner (pictured) defeated Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-3, in quarter-finals in Monte Carlo.
Billionaire businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev has become the latest Russian tycoon to take over a European football club, acquiring a majority stake in seven-time French champions AS Mondaco.
We check out the second edition of the Clairefontaine Trophy, held in La Grande Motte - over 10,000 people turn out to watch it every year. And we discover the Monaco Classic Week, which allows participants and spectators to step back in time with hundreds of meticulously restored motorboats, sailboats and motoryachts.
Much of the press leads on the Brussels summit on Thursday which ended in agreement on a second Greek bailout. Reaction is largely positive - the eurozone has been brought back from the brink. But there's criticism, too, about the direction Europe is taking. There's also the latest in the UK's phone hacking scandal, and a look at a royal spin in Monaco. That's the focus for Friday, 22nd July 2011.
In Wednesday's French papers, we look at the case for a European finance ministry, the cost of France's war in Afghanistan, and France's women's football team - as they face the US later today.
Celebrity guests from around the world flocked to the tiny principality of Monaco on Saturday to celebrate the wedding of Prince Albert II and South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock.
Prince Albert II of Monaco will tie the knot with his South African fiancee Charlene Wittstock Friday in a two-day wedding ceremony with a glittering guest list of glamorous actors, supermodels, athletes, designers and heads of state.
Monaco’s royal palace denied rumours Wednesday that the fiancée of ruler Prince Albert had tried to escape on a one-way flight to her home country of South Africa just a week before the pair were supposed to be married.
In today's French papers - there's much national pride over Christine Lagarde's appointment to the IMF, speculation over who's going to replace her at the finance ministry, and gossip over a possible runaway royal bride in Monaco.
