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Le Graet elected as French football chief
Jun 18, 2011 08:37 EDT
Noel Le Graet was elected as president of the French Football Federation (FFF) on Saturday after obtaining 54.39 percent of votes cast.
Anelka sues newspaper over World Cup rant
May 20, 2011 11:52 EDT
Former France striker Nicolas Anelka began his 150,000-euro libel action against French newspaper L'Equipe on Friday for their reporting of his foul-mouthed World Cup rant at former coach Raymond Domenech.
French World Cup rebels 'little brats': Domenech
Feb 15, 2011 06:27 EST
Raymond Domenech on Wednesday reopened the sore of France's calamitous World Cup campaign by labelling the players who orchestrated the infamous training boycott in South Africa as "irresponsible little brats".
Top French football official resigns
Nov 26, 2010 08:41 EST
The general manager of the French Football Federation (FFF) handed in his resignation on Friday in a further sign of divisions at the highest levels of the organisation.
Domenech seeking 2.9m euros for unfair dismissal
Nov 03, 2010 13:43 EDT
Former France coach Domenech was sacked for "serious error" in September, after presiding over a disastrous World Cup campaign that saw his players boycott a training session before they were eliminated at the group stage.
French football chief confirms Domenech dismissal
Sep 06, 2010 12:46 EDT
French football chief Fernand Duchaussoy confirmed here Monday that former national coach Raymond Domenech has been sacked for "gross misconduct".
Domenech gets letter of dismissal
Sep 05, 2010 07:35 EDT
The French football federation has sent a letter of dismissal to former coach Raymond Domenech, who remains on the payroll as an employee of the federation's training staff, a source told AFP.
Blanc rues France rebel suspensions
Aug 22, 2010 15:39 EDT
France coach Laurent Blanc on Sunday said he was surprised that France's footballing authorities had handed down different length bans to players behind the World Cup revolt which followed the sending home of rebel Nicolas Anelka.
Anelka takes the main hit for France's World Cup fiasco
Aug 17, 2010 14:45 EDT
France international striker Nicolas Anelka's international career all but officially came to an end Tuesday as he received an 18-match ban for his foul-mouthed outburst at then coach Raymond Domenech at the World Cup, a French Football Federation disciplinary commission decided.
France's Anelka banned 18 games for Cup protest
Aug 17, 2010 13:13 EDT
France suspends 4 players for World Cup mutiny; Nicolas Anelka hit with 18-game ban. Nicolas Anelka's profane tirade at the World Cup may have been his last act with the French national team.
Ban could spell end of Anelka's France career
Aug 17, 2010 12:29 EDT
PARIS (Reuters) - Nicolas Anelka was banned for 18 matches Tuesday for his role in France's World Cup revolt, a punishment that could spell the end of his international career.
Anelka takes main hit for France's World Cup fiasco
Aug 17, 2010 11:09 EDT
France striker Nicolas Anelka's international career all but came to an end Tuesday when he received an 18-match ban for his foul-mouthed outburst at then coach Raymond Domenech during the World Cup, a French Football Federation disciplinary commission decided.
France's striking footballers 'deserve second chance'
Aug 17, 2010 09:59 EDT
The five players called to appear before a French Football Federation (FFF) disciplinary commission on Tuesday over the strike that shamed the World Cup finals squad should be given another chance, former deputy managing director of the team Jean-Louis Valentin said Tuesday.
France's striking footballers 'deserve second chance'
Aug 17, 2010 09:05 EDT
The five players called to appear before a French Football Federation (FFF) disciplinary commission on Tuesday over the strike that shamed the World Cup finals squad should be given another chance said former deputy managing director of the team Jean-Louis Valentin.
French players arrive at World Cup strike hearing
Aug 17, 2010 06:19 EDT
Two of the five players summonsed to a hearing by the French Football Federation (FFF) over the strike that shamed the World Cup finals squad arrived early Tuesday for their day of reckoning.
Domenech summoned to French World Cup inquest
Aug 09, 2010 12:48 EDT
Former France coach Raymond Domenech has been summoned to give evidence on August 17 to an investigation into his team's poor showing at the World Cup in South Africa, the French football federation (FFF) announced on Monday.
Sack Domenech for Parreira snub - Thiriez
Aug 03, 2010 13:01 EDT
Raymond Domenech should be sacked from the French Football Federation (FFF) for refusing to shake South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira's hand at the World Cup, a top official claimed here on Tuesday.
Blanc banishes France's World Cup flops
Jul 23, 2010 14:21 EDT
New coach Laurent Blanc launched a new era in French football on Friday when he handed out a one-match suspension for all 23 players who brought World Cup shame and humiliation.
France suspend their World Cup mutineers
Jul 23, 2010 14:14 EDT
PARIS (Reuters) - France's 23-member World Cup squad have been suspended for the country's next game after their first-round exit from this year's tournament, the French Football Federation (FFF) said on Friday.
France coach Blanc drops all 23 World Cup players
Jul 23, 2010 13:28 EDT
New France coach Blanc to drop all 23 World Cup players for his first match. France coach Laurent Blanc will drop all 23 World Cup players for his first match next month as collective punishment for the team's embarrassing fiasco in South Africa.
