Alessandro Petacchi produced a sparkling sprint to grab his second victory of the 2010 Tour on Wednesday in the 153,5-km fourth stage to Reims.
Prosecutors on Wednesday investigated claims that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s campaign received illegal cash from France’s richest woman.
Robbie Hunter said it was time to put the record straight on Wednesday after claims he punched Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang on the Tour de France.
A French court on Wednesday sentenced Panama’s former dictator, Manuel Noriega, to seven years in jail for laundering drug money.
President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday denied allegations that his party had received illegal campaign donations in cash from France’s richest woman.
When Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Berlin for a fraught summit with Angela Merkel, an aide to the French president gave him a good tip: "No kissing.
Thierry Henry met Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysée palace on Thursday as the president demanded answers over the French team’s humiliating exit.
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a catastrophe caused by human error that could have been avoided, the International Energy Agency has said.
Letter stolen by notorious 19th-century book thief Guglielmo Libri had been gathering dust in a United States college library.
The dream of so many South Africans ended in an emotionally charged farewell for Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira on Tuesday.
SA took advantage of a dispirited France on Tuesday to win 2-1 and restore pride, but it was not enough to see them through to the knockout stages.
A prisoner who killed his cellmate and devoured his lung with fried onions put France’s troubled prison system under critical new scrutiny on Tuesday.
France were on Tuesday 90 minutes away from completing their worst ever performance at a major tournament, or restoring their tarnished reputation.
Brazil reached the Soccer World Cup’s last 16 with a 3-1 win over Côte d’Ivoire on Sunday which was soured by a controversial red card for Kaka.
The death toll from the worst flooding in south-eastern France in more than 180 years rose to 25 on Thursday, local authorities said.
Bafana Bafana’s chances of advancing in the Soccer World Cup were delivered a blow on Thursday as Mexico beat France 2-0 in Polokwane.
Mexico pulled off a surprise 2-0 victory over France on Thursday, leaving the 2006 World Cup finalists facing serious risk of elimination.
Raymond Domenech must decide whether or not to shuffle his pack for France’s Soccer World Cup clash with Mexico on Thursday.
Former world champions France and Uruguay battled their way to a goalless stalemate in a dour match on Friday.
With a derided coach and a grim Euro 2008, France have had it rough since the previous World Cup final, as Florent Malouda admits.
The rude health of South African rugby will be tested to the full at Newlands on Saturday.
Uruguay will fancy their chances when they meet former world champions France at Cape Town’s Green Point Stadium in the second match of the World Cup.
Accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel went on the attack against his former bank employers before they gave their first evidence on Wednesday.
World Cup champions South Africa have made six changes from the team that beat Wales 34-31 last Saturday.
Alleged rogue trader Jerome Kerviel went on trial on Tuesday, accused of unauthorised deals that cost Société Générale €5-billion.
It has been a long journey back from the pit of despair for Rafael Nadal but he completed it in style on Sunday to win a fifth French Open title.
Do a country’s democratic credentials influence its World Cup prospects?
Aftershocks rumbled around Roland Garros as Serena Williams toppled but Rafael Nadal stayed on course to regain his French Open title on Wednesday.
Conflicts on the African continent must be resolved as they hinder development, President Jacob Zuma said in France on Tuesday.
Sweden’s Robin Soderling is clearly the undisputed chaampion-slayer after putting Roger Federer to the sword at the French Open on Tuesday.
France will help African countries combat piracy, terrorism and drug-trafficking, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday.
Piracy, terrorism and climate change get prime billing but business is the linchpin at a summit between France and African leaders on Monday.