France beat the Netherlands 2-1 in Paris and got the party started by parading the World Cup trophy in front of a packed Stade de France crowd. Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud scored the goals in a ...

Kante is one of France's more reserved characters but he was thrust into the spotlight by his team-mates who sang a song dedicated to him, before getting thousands of fans to join in....read full ...

On Sundays in a gymnasium in Rueil-Malmaison, a suburb west of Paris, Mehdi Salem used to play indoor street football tournaments with the local neighbourhood teams. He recalls one 14-year-old, ...

DUESSELDORF, Germany — It was a classic N'Golo Kanté performance. Effective, understated — and overshadowed by a teammate. With all the attention on Kylian Mbappé and his injured nose, Kanté's ...

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has taken a swipe at France boss Didier Deschamps after N'Golo Kante was injured on international duty. Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is unhappy with the way France handled ...

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — It was a classic N’Golo Kanté performance. Effective, understated — and overshadowed by a teammate. With all the attention on Kylian Mbappé and his injured nose, Kanté’s ...