The US trounced France 3-1 Wednesday in the women’s World Cup, thus remaining favourites as they advanced to the final. The USA is bidding for its third world cup title.
French women footballers are enjoying unprecedented interest back home. But when they face World Cup favourites USA in Wednesday's semi-final match, a lot more than the tournament will be at stake.
French footballers will be hoping to stage an upset when they challenge tournament favourites USA in the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup on Wednesday. Their coach Bruno Bini has admitted his team faces one of its toughest tests yet.
No legal action will be taken following a probe into allegations that France's national football team coach Laurent Blanc (pictured) and others advocated enforcing racial quotas at youth academies, the sport ministry said on Tuesday.
French football legend Zinedine Zidane has backed embattled French national coach Laurent Blanc over allegations that he discussed a quota system to limit the number of young black and Arab players. Zidane described the allegations as “unfounded”.
This week on "Le Sportcast", Etienne Michon of Backpagefootball.com and France24.com sport editor Emmanuel Versace talk about the French football team's performance against Luxembourg and Croatia.
France's team is looking for a seventh consecutive victory in Tuesday's friendly against Croatia in Paris, but French coach Laurent Blanc may first be making a few changes to the squad of "Les Bleus".
Group leader France beat Luxembourg 0-2 in Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier, a game that saw no outstanding French performance against its tiny neighbour. Philippe Mexes and Yoann Gourcuff scored the two goals.
Franck Ribéry has vowed to make amends for a "terrible year" ahead of his first game for France since the infamous World Cup player mutiny, though saying he regretted the way the media had treated him.
