Novak Djokovic is poised to deliver a blow to Rafael Nadal by shattering the Spaniard’s bid to equal Bjorn Borg’s record of six French Open titles.
Media taboo shielding political elite had kept IMF chief’s record in realms of gossip until the alleged sex assault in New York.
Socialist party official says her daughter was left traumatised after alleged attack by IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2002.
France coach Laurent Blanc was on Tuesday cleared of any wrongdoing in the row over talks concerning the introduction of quotas.
France coach Laurent Blanc told a hearing on Monday he "regretted that certain opinions" were made at a meeting which allegedly discussed quotas.
France’s sports minister says Laurent Blanc is not a racist, who allegedly discussed limiting training for young players with dual nationality.
Karl Lagerfeld criticises dresses as comments on United Kingdom spending cuts and unemployment crop up during media commentating.
Officially, French troops in Côte d’Ivoire are described by their government as “impartial forces”. This is somewhat disingenuous.
Nato leaders squabbled over the military campaign in Libya on Thursday, failing to agree on requested airstrike strategies against Gaddafi’s forces.
France’s ban on full-face veils went into force on Monday, and anyone wearing the Muslim niqab or burqa in public could now face a fine of €150.
The Republican Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, are in the final stages of a violent showdown in the capital, Abidjan.
French forces hit vehicles belonging to troops loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo during a mission that rescued Japan’s ambassador on Thursday.
The Paris sewers — whose murky labyrinths have been reviled and romanticised through history — are at the centre of a renewable energy experiment.
France said on Tuesday that negotiations were under way for the exit of Laurent Gbagbo from Côte d’Ivoire, saying the strife could be over in hours.
UN and French forces in Côte d’Ivoire have fired on strongman Laurent Gbagbo’s barracks and palace as his rival waged an all-out attack to unseat him.
Disagreement over arming the rebels battling Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi emerged on Wednesday with three countries opposing the idea.
More pit stops, more risky and complex strategies and, almost certainly, more overtaking are the likely key outcomes of the Formula One rules.
A push by several allies for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to take over operations in Libya ran into resistance from France on Monday.
A French judge filed preliminary manslaughter charges Thursday against Airbus over the 2009 crash of an Air France jet.
Barcelona defender Eric Abidal has been diagnosed with a liver tumour and is due to undergo surgery on Friday.
G8 powers have shied away from imposing a no-fly zone to protect Libyans from assault by ruler Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
Household goods company Steinhoff announced on Fridayall the resolutions required to approve the Conforama transaction were passed without opposition.
SA President Jacob Zuma on Thursday warned France the Group of 20 nations which it heads risks becoming a talk shop "where nothing happens".
France’s commitment to democracy and respect for human rights make it a natural partner for SA, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
Nicolas Sarkozy will on Wednesday welcome Jacob Zuma to France as a key player in Paris’s plan to use its G20 presidency to reform world finance.
It is a while since Le Crunch had such a snap and crackle about it.
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/ 17 February 2011
G20 ministers aim to hammer out common criteria for measuring global economic imbalances at a gathering on Friday and Saturday.
Kim Clijsters moved within one win of taking the number one ranking by rallying to beat Kristina Barrois of Germany at the Open Gaz de France.
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/ 25 January 2011
The police did offer the French couple who died in the Karoo a chance to surrender, French consul Antoine Michon told the <i>Star</i> on Tuesday.
China on Tuesday denied any connection to an industrial espionage scandal at French car-maker Renault.
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/ 10 January 2011
Suspected al-Qaeda kidnappers killed two young French hostages in ‘cold blood’ during a failed rescue operation in the deserts of Niger.
French intelligence services are looking into China’s possible role in an industrial espionage scandal at car-maker Renault.