France winger Franck Ribery wants to play like Zidane and win the Ballon D’or. Leading France to victory this summer would go some way to helping him toward those goals. I, for one, am a big, big fan of the player. In the post-Zidane era, he has just about looked like France’s [...]

Hello Swoosh!
Hold onto your old Adidas France jersey. It’s a collector’s item now that France has signed with Nike.
Or…well, maybe not yet. But in 2011, for sure. That’s when the contract starts, and it runs through 2018. In other words, for most of the Karim Benzema/Samir Nasri/Hatem Ben Arfa years. [...]

If you’re looking for a way to watch the France-Congo game, try this Eurosport site. (Thanks, Inara!) Right now I’m getting a black screen, but with luck that will change as the game time comes along. One source says 17h00, the other says 18h00, so your guess is as good as mine. [...]

I was looking for something else and stumbled across this photo.
This was another one of those relationships that kind of boggles the mind, a la Raymond and Estelle.
Fabien Barthez and supermodel Linda Evangelista were together for several years, starting, if I’m not mistaken, shortly after WC 1998. They almost had a [...]

Djibril Cisse has scored five goals in two games, moving himself up to sixth among Ligue 1’s top scorers after a miserable start to the season.
Nicolas Anelka just switched teams, and notched his first goal for Chelsea today. (Here’s the goal. Watch quickly, becuase these things never stay up for much more [...]

I’ve been busy helping out with the African Cup of Nations coverage on the World Cup Blog main page, so it somehow slipped my attention that there is an A’ game with Congo on Feb. 5. Is this a surprise to anybody else?
The lists for both the Feb. 6 Spain A game [...]

You know, I still can’t get enough of the World cup events, and I’m apparently not alone. Here’s a video about an Italian company that capitalized on the headbutt.
Humorous. One of the quotes is something about “transforming an act of violence into a symbol of nonviolence.”
Uh…yeahrightsure. You’d have more credibility [...]

Stumbled on this video last night.
Oh. My. Gosh. Look at the hair! And so young!
Damn, he was adorable. Talented, too.
Fabien Barthez still breaks my heart.
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I’ll be watching the game on the computer, so feel free to stop by and leave comments.
The game is, again, available on JumpTV. I’m sure it’s also available on various questionable sites, so feel free to leave links in the comments.
And in amazing news, L’Equipe is reporting that Sebastien Frey [...]

Tomorrow’s France-Morocco game will be shown on Setanta Broadband. Probably Setanta TV as well if you get it or can go to a pub that’s willing to show the game. It doesn’t look like it’s live, but at least they’re showing it. From what I can tell it will be on at [...]