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2022 Ballon d'or winner Karim Benzema has been ruled out of this year's World Cup after picking up an injury in training. The 34-year-old picked up a quadriceps injury in Saturday's training and will not be able to recover in time, France confirmed just now. https://twitter.com/FrenchTeam/status/1594096335501729792 Didier Deschamps is yet to call...

France have suffered another major blow ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup after Christopher Nkunku was ruled out of the tournament. The 25-year-old was one of the most in-form players going into the tournament, scoring 17 goals assisting four more in 23 appearances for RB Leipzig this season. However, Nkunku's...

Paris Saint-Germain defender Presnel Kimpembe was ruled out of France's FIFA World Cup squad and replaced by Axel Disasi. Kimpembe was part of Didier Deschamps' initial World Cup squad, but had to drop out on Monday. France confirmed the centre-back "didn't recover sufficiently" from his recent injury despite featuring for 15...

France coach Didier Deschamps has called up Marcus Thuram as final player to his 2022 FIFA World Cup squad. Deschamps had only named 25 players in his squad last week, leaving space for one more. On Monday, the French coach has also added Thuram, the son of 1998 World Cup winner...

France coach Didier Deschamps has announced his official squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The defending champions suffered some heavy injury setbacks, with both Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kante ruled out due to injury.       googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-4804738-3'); });   Meanwhile, Raphael Varane made the selection despite his recent...

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has defended his players against the criticism they faced for taking selfies on the pitch after their 5-0 drubbing against France.       googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1652905917438-0'); });   Several Bafana players were seen taking selfies with their Les Bleus counterparts just seconds after the final...

France superstar Kylian Mbappe has called Les Bleus’ 5-0 drubbing of Bafana Bafana “a nice bit of fun”. The 23-year-old was the standout performer as the world champions ran riot against Hugo Broos’ side on Tuesday evening in Lille. After scoring a brace and assisting Matteo Guendozi’s fifth goal, Mbappe took...

Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Ronwen Williams has labelled the 5-0 drubbing by world champions France a “wonderful experience”. The 30-year-old made several saves in the game to prevent a higher loss against the world champions on Tuesday evening. However, despite the heavy defeat Williams insisted there were some positives to take for...

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has shared his views after his team's 5-0 loss to world champions France in Lille on Tuesday night. It was a disappointing night for the South Africans, who were outclassed in the 5-0 loss, and also ended the match with ten men. However, Broos insisted that...

Kylian Mbappe scored a brace as France showed their class, comfortably beating Bafana Bafana 5-0 in an international friendly at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille on Tuesday evening. It was the first meeting between the two nations in twelve years and Bafana’s first against European opposition in 94 internationals, but...