Vettel and Schumacher win Race of Champions for sixth successive year Germany comfortably beat the French pairing of F1 driver Romain Grosjean and rally driver Sebastien Ogier by two heats to nil. ...  
08:56 AM, Dec 16, 2012

France: Teacher suspended for suicide note homework
by IANS
A teacher in France has been suspended after asking a class of teenagers to write suicide notes. The man, who has not been named, is a French teacher at the Antoine-Delafont school in Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard, near Angouleme, France, the Daily Mail reported on Wednesday. ...  
01:58 AM, Dec 13, 2012

Lance Armstrong has three weeks to appeal UCI sanctions The 41-year-old Armstrong had his seven Tour de France victories scratched from the records and was banned from cycling for life in October. ...  
08:19 AM, Dec 11, 2012

Totti scores twice as Roma beat Fiorentina 4-2 in Serie A Totti scored twice and set up two more goals in a 4-2 win that ended Fiorentina's nine-match unbeaten run. ...  
08:06 AM, Dec 09, 2012

IOC not ready to move on Armstrong's Olympic medal The 41-year-old had his seven Tour de France victories nullified and was banned from cycling for life in October. ...  
02:49 AM, Dec 06, 2012

Will stick with settlement plan despite condemnation: Israel Israel rejected concerted criticism from the United States and Europe on Monday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations' de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood. ...  
02:06 AM, Dec 04, 2012

French unions vow fight against Mittal deal French trade unions accused President Francois Hollande of betrayal on Saturday after his government backed away from a threat to nationalise ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks. ...  
10:29 AM, Dec 02, 2012

France announces ArcelorMittal steelworks deal The French government backed away on Friday from a threat to nationalise a steelworks, saying it secured promises from the owner, ArcelorMittal, to invest and avoid any forced layoffs at the site where the company has idled two blast furnaces. ...  
08:53 AM, Dec 01, 2012

French govt says has buyer for ArcelorMittal site The French government has found an industrialist willing to invest 400 million euros to renovate ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks in northeast France, a minister said on Wednesday. ...  
11:33 AM, Nov 29, 2012

Hollande urges Mittal to keep idle furnaces running President Francois Hollande pressed the head of steelmaker ArcelorMittal on Tuesday to avert the closure of two blast furnaces in northeastern France, raising the possibility of a state takeover while waiting for a buyer. ...  
09:12 AM, Nov 28, 2012

ArcelorMittal didn't respect France, want it out: Minister Many European countries with lagging economies are trying to draw in foreign investors. But in France, a Socialist minister says he wants to kick the world's biggest steel maker out of the country, accusing it of lying to the government. ...  
03:35 PM, Nov 27, 2012

Contrite Hamilton wins award for book on doping Hamilton was a team-mate of Lance Armstrong during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tours de France and was later banned from cycling after being found guilty of doping. ...  
11:40 PM, Nov 26, 2012

Shah Rukh Khan on French magazine cover Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has graced the cover of French weekly magazine Paris Match. The 47-year-old actor took to Twitter to announce the news and also posted a picture of the magazine cover. "If you know French... tell me what it says on cover... apart from my name. Thanks," Shah Rukh wrote in the cheeky post. In the photo, the actor is dressed in a black and grey...  
10:45 AM, Nov 16, 2012

Italy didn't deserve to lose to France: Prandelli
by IANS
Parma: Italy head coach Cesare Prandelli insists his side did not deserve to lose 1-2 to France in a football friendly played here. Prandelli used a 4-3-3 format for the first time, with Stephan El Shaarawy, Mario Balotelli and Antonio Candreva up front, while Marco Verratti got his first senior start and Alessandro Florenzi his debut Wednesday, reports Xinhua. In-form AC Milan striker Stephan El Shaarawi gave the hosts a...  
01:24 PM, Nov 15, 2012

Livestrong cancer charity drops Lance Armstrong name from title Austin, Texas: The Lance Armstrong Foundation has formally dropped the name of the disgraced cyclist from its title, the organization said on Wednesday, marking the latest move by the cancer charity to distance itself following the biggest doping scandal in the sport's history. The foundation that has been informally known for years as Livestrong - the word adorning its well-known yellow wristbands - filed paperwork with the Texas Secretary of...  
10:18 AM, Nov 15, 2012

Ibrahimovic's one-man show sinks England London: Zlatan Ibrahimovic illuminated a low-key night of international friendlies on Wednesday, scoring an audacious overhead kick from 30 yards to cap his four-goal display in Sweden's 4-2 win over England. Ibrahimovic's one-man show in Stockholm - featuring what both his opponents and pundits hailed as one of the greatest goals seen in recent years - overshadowed two high-profile matches between fierce European rivals, with the Netherlands and Germany drawing...  
08:50 AM, Nov 15, 2012

NMC criticises BCCI for blocking photo agencies The NMC said that reporting on the Test series has been jeopardised as a result of the move by the BCCI. ...  
05:05 PM, Nov 13, 2012

Hollande makes 'friendly' mistake in note to Obama Paris: French President Francois Hollande's attempt to sign a note congratulating Barack Obama for getting re-elected wound up lost in translation - and all over Twitter. In the great Gallic tradition of murdering the English language, Hollande ended the letter to the US president in his own hand, writing: "Friendly, Francois Hollande." The mistake was a literal translation of the French "amicalement," instead of what probably should have been "kind...  
07:09 PM, Nov 11, 2012