Ukraine on June 2, Georgia on June 6. These games are important. They count. It would be extremely nice if we had everybody healthy. Unfortunately…well…
Up front, Louis Saha is out again, this time with a knee injury. I think I read something about surgery? (Sad. This [...]

Ludovic Giuly hasn’t played for the France National Team since before the World Cup. Why is that?
Rumors have been circulating for awhile now saying that it was because he hit on coach Raymond Domenech’s much-younger significant other, Estelle Denis. There was, of course, never anything official that I ever saw — [...]

Take a look at the photo. Do Thuram and new French President Nicolas Sarkozy look like the newest, bestest buds or what?
I think this picture provides a visual definitions of the phrase “shooting daggers.” I wonder who blinked first.
So how did the election go? Let’s see. Thuram called [...]

From the Evening Times:
Leading pundits from across the UK were asked to compile a top 50 Champions League goals for a TV special this week.
And Zizou’s goal that gave Real Madrid a 2-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in 2002 was rated the finest ever seen in the world’s top club tournament.
The Frenchman’s turn and rifled [...]

Franck Ribéry , the Marseille winger/midfielder everybody wants in the upcoming transfer period, has reportedly dumped his agent, Bruno Heiderscheid, claiming he had a “loss of confidence” and was “ill-advised” last summer, when rumors were linking him to a transfer to Olympique Lyonnais.
I’m vaguely remembering that this botched [...]

In spite of getting attacked by irate drunken fans last weekend after Nantes played Rennes, former France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez says he’s still not ready to retire.
“I don’t think that my career is over,” Barthez told France Info. “I wish to play two or three more seasons. I want to pay [...]