French President Condemns Soccer Death
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French President Jacques Chirac on Friday condemned the violence that resulted in a shooting death after 100 Paris Saint-Germain fans attacked a supporter of an Israeli club on the previous day.Comment
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The race to reach the UEFA Cup last 32 was overshadowed by the death of a French fan who died from gunshot wounds after a clash with police in Paris.
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French President Jacques Chirac announced in a televised address Sunday night that he would not seek a third presidential term.Comment
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The French president says the European arms embargo on China is outdated and should be lifted.
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The French national team went all the way to the World Cup final again in 2006, but a shooting outside a Paris stadium has forced a reckoning with the violent racism of some of its fans
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has  taken legal action against the Web site of the magazine Le  Nouvel Observateur over an article describing what it said was  a text message he had sent to his ex-wife Cecilia, his lawyer  said on Thursday.
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Jacques Chirac, admired and scorned during 12 years as president of France, announced his retirement from politics yesterday.Comment
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The French president defends judges embroiled in a row with Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Fifa president Sepp Blatter condemns David Beckham for his deliberate booking.
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French soccer star Zidane apologized for head-butting an Italian opponent during the World Cup final, saying Wednesday that he was provoked by insults about his mother and sister.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has strongly condemned David Beckhamâs decision to seek a yellow card during Englandâs clash with Wales on Saturday.
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President Laurent Gbagbo appealed for an end to anti-French crowd violence which erupted after France destroyed most of Ivory Coast's small air force in retaliation for the killing of nine French peacekeepers.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, facing a tide of criticism over his call for schoolchildren to "adopt" Jewish child victims of the Holocaust, hit back on Friday saying France had to raise children "with open eyes".
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo  appealed for an end to the anti-French violence which erupted  after France destroyed most of the country's air force in  retaliation for the killing of nine French peacekeepers.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo accuses France of supporting rebels in the country's renewed civil war.
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The French president tries to defuse a row over a failed attempt to free two journalists held in Iraq.
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France's President Chirac condemns racist violence that led to a policeman shooting dead a football fan.