Four semifinal fails in the past five iterations of the competition prove their nearly-there-but-not-quite status

The punishment comes after Ribery lashed out at critics in a string of angry posts on Twitter and Instagram on Saturday

Brazilian great Pele has finally been awarded a Ballon d’Or, despite retiring in 1977.

France international footballers Frank Ribery and Karim Benzema were charged with having had sex with an under-age prostitute on Tuesday.

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.

Italy came out on top in a tussle for a place in Sunday’s Euro 2008 quarterfinal against Spain as the world champions beat 10-man France 2-0.

The Netherlands staged a remarkable comeback to win 4-3 in Austria while European champions Greece beat Portugal 2-1 as all 16 Euro 2008 finalists contested friendlies on…

France put themselves firmly on course for next year’s European Championship finals with a 2-0 victory over Lithuania on Wednesday, just five weeks after a shock home defeat had…