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Paul Pogba and AS Monaco have officially parted ways after just one season. The 2018 World Cup winner joined in June 2025 after nearly two years out of the game, but injuries limited him to just six appearances and 115 minutes last season.
Olympique Lyonnais and Fenerbahçe drew 1–1 in the first leg of their Champions League play-off. The second leg will take place on Wednesday August 26 in Lyon.
Mason Greenwood struck a second-half equaliser as Fenerbahce fought back to draw 1-1 at home to Lyon in their Champions League play-off first leg on Tuesday. Lois Openda put Lyon ahead before Greenwood levelled. Viking Stavanger rallied from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw at Dinamo Zagreb.
Former France midfielder Patrick Vieira has been appointed Senegal coach, succeeding Pape Thiaw following the team's World Cup elimination. Born in Dakar, the 50-year-old takes charge of a national team for the first time after coaching in England, France and Italy. Vieira will begin his tenure next month as Senegal prepares for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Parkour may conjure images of rowdy teenagers swinging from building to building in urban landscapes, but since 2017, coach Tan Shie Boon has been using these techniques to improve Singaporean seniors’ strength and agility. Tan’s Movement Singapore classes have gone viral online, showing people in their 60s and 70s climbing structures, vaulting over railings, rolling down slanted surfaces and…
FIFA has reportedly sacked the organisation chief operating officer, who last month, published scathing criticism of Gianni Infantino's now-shelved plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private equity. Frenchman Kevin Lamour has now departed the world football governing body, which was confirmed by FIFA on Monday. The FIFA president is still holding on though despite a wave of opposition from…
FIFA's Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour has been dismissed from his post. He had strongly criticised his boss Gianni Infantino and the latter's plan to set up a commercial company.
FIFA's third-highest-ranking official Kevin Lamour has left his post, the organisation confirmed Monday, after publicly criticising president Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in major competitions to private investors. The departure comes as Infantino faces growing scrutiny over his leadership of world football's governing body.
RC Lens won the Champions' Trophy (French Super Cup) against Paris Saint-Germain (1-0). With Zinédine Zidane watching on, the Lens side held out for an hour despite being a man down.
Cameroon defeated tournament debutant Malawi in the final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday, winning the trophy for the first time. The Indomitable Lionesses, who failed to qualify for the previous edition of the tournament, had lost on their last three appearances in the final – all to 10-time winner Nigeria.
French swimming star Léon Marchand won the 400m freestyle final at the European swimming championships Sunday in Saint-Denis, near Paris.
The Women's Africa Cup of Nations final takes place tonight in Rabat, with Malawi facing Cameroon in a historic showdown. Speaking to FRANCE 24, sports journalist Charlotte Richardson discussed the growing popularity of women's sport, but also the persistent gaps in media coverage, funding and infrastructure compared with men's competitions. She also highlighted the WAFCON's last-minute…
Malawi and Cameroon will face off this Sunday in Rabat at 9pm Paris time in the final of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations. A surprising matchup, with each nation hoping to secure the first continental title in its history.
Day six of the European Championships in Paris saw four-time Olympic champion Léon Marchand claim his first continental title by winning the 200m butterfly final. There was another gold medal for France later in the evening, with Mary-Ambre Moluh setting a new European record to win the 100m backstroke final.
French swimming star Léon Marchand won the 200m butterfly final at the European swimming championships Saturday in Paris while German swimmer Johannes Liebmann broke the 1,500m freestyle world record by nearly four seconds.
19-year-old British cyclist Finlay Tarling died following a "serious accident" during the eighth stage of the Tour of Portugal race, tour organisers and his team said on Friday.
Paris Saint-Germain have reached an agreement with Barcelona to sign Ferran Torres, according to reports in French and Spanish media outlets on Thursday evening. The forward, who scored the match-winner for Spain in the World Cup final, is expected to sign with the European champions for around €50 million.
Confederation of African Football head Patrice Motsepe on Thursday said that the future of FIFA's embattled president Gianni Infantino should be decided via election. Multiple world football federations have recently withdrawn their support for his leadership of football's governing body over his aborted plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
Former France international Fabien Barthez was put in charge of the national team's goalkeepers on Thursday under newly appointed head coach Zinedine Zidane, reuniting two legends of French football who carried Les Bleus to World Cup and Euro titles in 1998 and 2000.
Malawi continued their giant-killing run at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations as they defeated Algeria 3-1 on Wednesday with goals from Chawinga sisters Tabitha and Temwa to book a place in the final. They go on to face Cameroon, who beat hosts Morocco in a penalty shootout in the other semi-final.
Reigning European champions PSG kicked off the new season by retaining their UEFA Super Cup title, beating Premier League side Aston Villa 2-1 in Salzburg. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Désiré Doué scored the goals for Luis Enriqué's team.
Having lost 2-1 in the first leg, Lyon turned the tie around with a 3-0 victory over Sparta Prague in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. OL will face Fenerbahçe in the playoffs to secure their place in the group stage.
Somali referee Omar Artan, who was denied the chance to referee at the World Cup after being refused entry to the United States, will take charge of the UEFA Super Cup between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa on Wednesday.
Three of FIFA's six confederations issued an open letter to the "football family" on Monday (August 10) attacking President Gianni Infantino's conduct during the proposed sale of a stake in World Cup commercial rights and calling for leadership that works for the game.
The French men’s 400 x 200m freestyle relay team won silver at the European Championships. On his return to France, Léon Marchand posted the world’s best time of the year in the 200m.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino came under fire again on Monday as a joint letter from three regional football confederations including UEFA slammed his recent plan to sell an interest in the World Cup as a “fundamental breach of trust” with the institutions world soccer's governing body serves.
Demi Vollering won the final stage of the Women’s Tour de France and retained her yellow jersey. This is her second Tour victory, following her win in 2023.
Dutch rider Demi Vollering won her second Tour de France Femmes title on Sunday after winning the final stage in Nice and extending her lead over nearest rival Kasia Niewiadoma, who finished second overall. Vollering previously won the race in 2023.
Demi Vollering won stage 8 of the Tour de France and took the yellow jersey on the eve of the finish. The Dutch rider managed to distance her rival Kasia Niewiadoma.
FIFA on Saturday issued a statement defending its president, Gianni Infantino, against what it called a “concerted and ongoing effort” to undermine his leadership of the organisation. It came a day after a British newspaper accused the FIFA boss of paying off a fomer lover while at UEFA, allegations Infantino has categorically denied.
French cyclist and defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot pulled out of the Women's Tour de France ahead of Saturday's 8th and penultimate stage due to feeling unwell. An Olympic champion in mountain biking at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Ferrand-Prévôt won the Women's Tour de France in her debut last year.
France have finally won medals in open water swimming at the European Swimming Championships in Paris. Marc-Antoine Olivier and Logan Fontaine finished second and third in the three-kilometre knock-out event.
UEFA continues to apply pressure on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to resign, while the Norwegian federation turn up the heat with 3 separate referrals to the federation's ethics committee. Antonia Kerrigan reports.
Alison Sargent is pleased to welcome International Sports Journalist Thando Sibiya.She presents the FIFA governance crisis not as an isolated dispute over a failed commercial proposal, but as the culmination of deeper institutional tensions that have been developing over Gianni Infantino's presidency. Sibiya argues that the proposed sale of a permanent stake in FIFA's commercial rights became a…
Real Madrid have officially announced the signing of Yan Diomandé from RB Leipzig on a deal running until 2033. The transfer, worth €125 million plus €15 million in add-ons, becomes the most expensive in the Spanish club's history. At just 19 years old, the Ivory Coast international also becomes the most expensive African player of all time.
Kim Le Court claimed her second victory in the Tour de France Femmes on Thursday in Tournon-sur-Rhône one year after winning in Guéret.
#FIFA's crisis meeting and apology haven't convinced #Europe's #football governing body. In a statement published on August 6, the #UEFA said it would maintain its #WorldCup #boycott over FIFA's plan to open up competitions to private investment.
