•Mbappe French striker and captain, Kylian Mbappe, asked to be substituted during extra-time in the Euro 2024 quarter-final win over Portugal because he was tired, his coach Didier Deschamps said. The usually prolific Mbappe has not been at his best during the Euros, scoring once from the penalty spot against Poland, but otherwise failing to [...
•France’s players celebrate victory against Portugal France downed Portugal on penalties in the Euro 2024 quarter-finals following a goalless draw yesterday to set up a last-four meeting with Spain. A largely dull 120 minutes saw both sides struggle to create clear chances in Hamburg, before Joao Felix was the only player to miss in the [&hell...
•England’s forward Harry Kane celebrates scoring his team’s first goal England, France, and Netherlands progressed to the knockout stages of Euro 2024 yesterday after Albania lost 1-0 to Group B winners Spain thanks to an early Ferran Torres goal in Duesseldorf. England have qualified from Group C and France and Netherlands from Group D as [&h...
•Netherlands’ forward Xavi Simons (C) fights for the ball with France’s midfielder N’Golo Kante (R) and France’s defender Jules Kounde (L) during match France, with Kylian Mbappe on the bench, and the Netherlands drew 0-0 in a Euro 2024 Group D match yesterday after the Dutch had a second-half goal controversially disallowed. The draw me...
•France versus Netherlands Netherlands and France will play their second UEFA Euro 2024 game in Group D today, Friday, June 21, by 8 pm. The last time these two teams played was in the Euro qualifications in October 2023, when France defeated Netherlands 2-1, reports Daily Sun. Both Netherlands and France have made promising, if […]
•People walk under a giant screen at the Vieux-Port (Old Port) to welcome the three-masted ship Belem bearing the Olympic torch The Olympic flame arrives in France today where a highly choreographed ceremony and a crowd of 150,000 people will be a first major test for organisers and security forces ahead of the 2024 […]
•Women call for constitutionalisation of the right to abortion in a rally French lawmakers are expected today to anchor the right to abortion in the country’s constitution, in a global first that has garnered overwhelming public support. A congress of both houses of parliament in Versailles starting at 3:30 pm (1430 GMT) should find the [&hell...
President Bola Tinubu landed last night in Abuja after his private trip to France. The president arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe airport at 8:50 pm yesterday and was received by a delegation led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen George Akume. Also present to receive him were […]
•Tinubu jets out There is anger and uncertainty in the air across the country over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s incessant private trips to Paris, France. Findings show that many Nigerians became agitated after the president departed last Wednesday for Paris on a private visit, the third time since he assumed office eight months ago, reports [...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu this afternoon departed Abuja for Paris, France, on a private visit, according to the presidency. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a statement today. The statement added that President Tinubu will return to the country in the first week of February, [&h...

