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Kimi Raikkonen says unlikely to return to Formula One

The Finn, world champion with Ferrari in 2007, quit grand prix racing at the end of last season to compete in the world rally championship with Citroen.
Section: Sport  | Saturday, August 21, 2010 19:02 IST

Jeremy Chardy joins France's injury-hit Davis Cup team

Mathieu was added to the team on Saturday along with Gilles Simon. The pair replaced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and alternate Richard Gasquet, who were ruled out by injuries.
Section: Sport  | Monday, July 5, 2010 12:32 IST

French debate to continue despite FIFA threats

Coach Raymond Domenech and French Football Federation (FFF) president Jean-Pierre Escalettes, who has also announced his resignation, will both appear at a parliamentary commission tomorrow
Section: Sport  | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 20:13 IST

French football chief resigns after World Cup fiasco

"I consider that it is my duty to resign from my role as president of the French Football Federation," Jean-Pierre Escalettes said in a statement.
Section: Sport  | Monday, June 28, 2010 20:00 IST

Patrick Vieira rules out playing for France again

Vieira, 34, now past his prime, was not included by coach Raymond Domenech in the French World Cup squad, whose group stage exit from the finals in South Africa was engulfed in scandal after players boycotted a training session.
Section: Sport  | Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:23 IST

FIFA World Cup: Scandal-hit France back in training after boycott

Sunday’s chaotic event also saw France team director Jean Louis Valentin say he was resigning over what he called a scandal.
Section: Sport  | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 15:45 IST

World Cup: French players boycott training in protest against Anelka's expulsion

Sunday's public training session was halted after a furious row between captain Patrice Evra and fitness coach Robert Duverne, leading to the team director's immediate resignation.
Section: Sport  | Sunday, June 20, 2010 22:34 IST

Nervous France lift squabbling World Cup

The ghosts of Euro 2008, where a rotten atmosphere marred a campaign that ended after the group stage, have come back to haunt the former world champions on the pitches of South Africa, with another early exit now looming large.
Section: Sport  | Saturday, June 19, 2010 16:34 IST

World Cup: France drown in Mexican wave, face first-round exit

Uruguay and Mexico, who top the group with four points each, will both qualify if they draw next week, eliminating France and South Africa in the process.
Section: Sport  | Friday, June 18, 2010 2:54 IST

Fifa World Cup: Humble Henry learns to live on fringes, for now

Not only did he start on the bench in France's opening 0-0 draw against Uruguay in Cape Town on Friday but he has also had to train separately with the other substitutes, all that without grumbling.
Section: Sport  | Monday, June 14, 2010 20:48 IST
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