France World Cup

MELTDOWN: Entire French World Cup Team Suspended

AP | JEROME PUGMIRE | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — France coach Laurent Blanc will drop all 23 World Cup players for his first match next month as collective punishment for the team's emb...

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France World Cup Controversy Continues

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — Nicolas Anelka said Thursday all his teammates decided to go on strike at the World Cup after he was sent home from South Africa for ver...

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National Embarrassment: Leader 'Ashamed' Of France World Cup Team

AP | JEAN-LUC COURTHIAL | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — Outgoing French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes said Friday he is ashamed of France's World Cup fiasco and accepted...

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French World Cup Coach BLASTS 'Stupidity' Of His Players

AP | JEROME PUGMIRE | Posted 05.25.2011

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BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa — France coach Raymond Domenech said his players acted like imbeciles by protesting Nicolas Anelka's expulsion from t...

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French Soccer Legend Zinedine Zidane: France World Cup Performance 'Sad'

AP | PAUL LOGOTHETIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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JOHANNESBURG — Zinedine Zidane is disappointed by France's on-field performances at the World Cup and doesn't agree with the team's actions off ...

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MELTDOWN: French Soccer Director Quits In Disgust

AP | JEROME PUGMIRE | Posted 05.25.2011

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KNYSNA, South Africa — A draw, a loss, a tantrum and now chaos for Les Bleus. France's World Cup team refused to train Sunday in protest of str...

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French Striker SENT HOME After Trashing Coach

AP | JEROME PUGMIRE | Posted 05.25.2011

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KNYSNA, South Africa — French star Nicolas Anelka has been thrown off his nation's World Cup team after getting into a heated exchange with coac...

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France World Cup Team Called 'Pathetic' & 'Catastrophe'

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — "Catastrophe!" says one French commentator. "Pathetic!" says the front-page headline on France's most read tabloid....

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French Soccer Legend Zinedine Zidane SLAMS France World Cup Team

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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KNYSNA, South Africa — Former France captain Zinedine Zidane says Raymond Domenech "is not a coach" and that "there is no teamwork" among the Fr...

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French World Cup Goalkeeper Slams 'Totally Stupid' Team

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris criticized the squad for being "totally stupid" for going on strike during a World Cup training session, a...

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French Parliament Demanding Answers About World Cup Loss

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — French legislators huddled behind closed doors to investigate an issue of national importance – not terrorism or recession, but th...

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WATCH: French Coach REFUSES To Shake Opponent's Hand

Posted 05.25.2011

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French coach Raymond Domenech had anything but a pleasant World Cup. He was criticized by soccer legend Zinedine Zidane early on. He argued with his s...

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South Africa Eliminates French Train Wreck At World Cup

AP/Huffington Post | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa — Strutting into the stadium dancing and singing, Bafana Bafana turned its final game at the World Cup into a rollick...

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France, South Africa Could Play Final Match Tuesday

Posted 05.25.2011

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France and South Africa meet in a World Cup showdown Tuesday at 10:00 AM ET. Both countries have struggled in the tournament, and France has neared a ...

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WATCH: Mexico Takes Down France With Pair Of Goals

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) POLOKWANE, South Africa — Substitutes Javier Hernandez and Cuauhtemoc Blanco each scored in Mexico's 2-0 win over France at the World Cup o...

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WATCH: Mexico Lands First Blow Against France

Posted 05.25.2011

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France and Mexico played a scoreless first half in South Africa on Thursday, and nothing changed during the first 17 minutes of the second half. But i...

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World Cup 2010: France & Uruguay Tie

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Nil-nil draws can be the scourge of soccer. Yet nobody who participated in Friday night's 0-0 World Cup match between ...

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