CASSIS, France — In the moment when her world shattered three years ago, Stephanie Mistre found her 15-year-old daughter, Marie, lifeless in the bedroom where she died by suicide. “I went from light to darkness in a fraction of a second,” Mistre said, describing the day in September 2021 that marked the start of her…
Some French fans booed the Israeli national anthem and there were minor scuffles inside a sparsely-attended Stade de France on Wednesday for a Nations League game overshadowed by frictions around the Israel-Hamas war. Seeking to prevent a repeat of violence in Amsterdam last week around a Europa League game involving Maccabi Tel Aviv, 4,000…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. French authorities have bolstered security plans for a football match on Thursday between its national team and Israel as they seek to prevent similar violence to the attacks on Israeli fans in Amsterdam last week….
Emmanuel Macron will attend the France-Israel football match at the Stade de France on Thursday in a gesture of “fraternity and solidarity” after attacks on Jewish fans in Amsterdam last week. Thousands of extra police will be on duty for the game taking place against a backdrop of high tension caused by the conflict in…
FEELING BLEU Chaos Theory suggests that if a butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazonian rainforest, it can change the weather half a world away, so with the France international football team in something of a state of disharmony, it seemed fitting that Didier Deschamps’ press conference ahead of his side’s Nations League match against…
Paris 2024 Volunteers take a photograph on the Champs-Elysees ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, August 28, 2024. ANDREW COULDRIDGE / REUTERS France is to bid a final and reluctant farewell to the Paris Olympics, on Saturday, September 14, with a parade on the Champs-Elysees followed by a concert featuring artists from…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A fake video that ricocheted across the internet claiming tensions between France and the United Arab Emirates after Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s detention in Paris likely came from Russia, an analysis by The Associated Press shows, despite Moscow’s efforts to maintain crucial ties to the UAE. It remains unclear why…
Belgium captain Kevin De Bruyne appeared to criticize his teammates’ work rate and his coach’s tactics in fiery comments after the team’s latest loss to France that highlighted its fall from the top table of world soccer. The Manchester City playmaker failed to hide his frustration during Belgium’s 2-0 defeat in Lyon in the Nations…
