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The France squad returned to training on Monday morning, a day after refusing to take part in a routine session in protest at the decision to send home Nicolas Anelka.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has now got involved, asking his sports minister Roselyne Bachelot to meet with the key people in the dispute.
View more »- Federation condemns France players
The French Football Federation tonight condemned Les Bleus squad for refusing to train in the wake of the rumpus which saw striker Nicolas Anelka sent home and vowed to set up an investigation following the World Cup.
Less than 24 hours after Anelka was excluded by the FFF after rejecting an opportunity to apologi View more »- Comment: 'German' Oranje Are On The Right Track
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It has been quite the World Cup so far. France are busier with infighting than with playing football, Germany thrashed Australia with superb attackin View more »- Domenech plays down Anelka bust-up
France coach Raymond Domenech has admitted he would have been prepared to allow Nicolas Anelka remain with the squad had he apologised for his part in the row which led to the forward being sent home from the World Cup.
Anelka's stay in South Africa was cut short on Saturday when he was disciplined by the French F View more »- Anelka's F-word rant gets him the boot
Nicolas Anelka was ordered home to France yesterday after an amazing four-letter attack on national boss Raymond Domenech.
The Chelsea striker, threatened with being subbed midway through Les Bleus' clash with Mexico on Thursday, yelled: “F***off, you dirty son of a whore.”
Furious Domenech duly replace View more »- Evra: We must find traitor
Captain Patrice Evra has accused a "traitor" within the France camp of trying to destabilise the squad.
Striker Nicolas Anelka has been sent home from the World Cup after his bust-up with coach Raymond Domenech at half-time of Thursday's 2-0 defeat to Mexico. Anelka's row with Domenech was splashed all over the fr View more »- Anelka sent packing by France
France striker Nicolas Anelka has been sent home from the World Cup after refusing to apologise for his half-time rant at coach Raymond Domenech.
The Chelsea forward was not at training on Saturday after the bust-up during Thursday's 2-0 defeat by Mexico, which saw him substituted at the interval. Anelka was asked View more »- Beckenbauer blasts poor France
Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer has turned his anger on France after their dismal 2-0 defeat against Mexico left them on the verge of an early exit.
Having previously lambasted England for "going backwards", the 64-year-old has now laid into Raymond Domenech's team.
"The French are - for the moment - the bigge View more »- Evra disappointed by France display
Captain Patrice Evra admits it feels like France are a "small football nation - and it hurts" after they lurched towards the verge of early World Cup elimination with a 2-0 defeat to Mexico at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
Second-half goals from Evra's soon-to-be Manchester United team-mate Javier Hernand View more »- France 0 Mexico 2
End of the affair?: the France team look dejected at the end of their game to Mexico Perhaps, Raymond Domenech will console himself, it was written in the stars. France, the team many regard as the least deserving of their place at the World Cup finals, now stand on the cusp of becoming its most high-profile earl View more »
