https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France faces the challenge of continuing to develop women's football after the bitter disappointment of elimination from the World Cup by the United States. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190630/france-plans-to-keep-growing-womens-game-after-world-cup-disappointment Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:37:50 +0200 france-plans-to-keep-growing-womens-game-after-world-cup-disappointment A football-mad couple in south-west France have been barred from naming their son "Griezmann Mbappe" after two of the stars of France's World Cup-winning team. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190316/parents-banned-from-naming-child-after-frances-world-cup-stars Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:31:30 +0100 parents-banned-from-naming-child-after-frances-world-cup-stars The host of America's late-night TV program "The Daily Show" has drawn the ire of France's ambassador to the US after joking that "Africa won the World Cup." https://www.thelocal.fr/20180719/french-ambassador-to-us-rows-with-tv-host-over Thu, 19 Jul 2018 18:20:31 +0200 french-ambassador-to-us-rows-with-tv-host-over Some fans who took part in robberies and violence in the aftermath of France's World Cup triumph have been sentenced this week with one telling judges "I don't know what went through my head. I'm sorry." https://www.thelocal.fr/20180719/france-fans-sentenced-for-world-cup-robberies-violence Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:55:03 +0200 france-fans-sentenced-for-world-cup-robberies-violence Paris's police chief urged women on Wednesday to report any cases of sexual assault during the celebrations of France's World Cup win, after dozens of accounts by victims were posted on social media in recent days. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180718/paris-police-urge-women-to-report-world-cup-sexual-assaults Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:49:59 +0200 paris-police-urge-women-to-report-world-cup-sexual-assaults French players and former US President Barack Obama have hit back at suggestions made around the world that it was Africa rather than France that won the World Cup because of the ethnic origin of many of the players. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180718/africa-won-the-world-cup-french-players Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:59:13 +0200 africa-won-the-world-cup-french-players The success of the multi-racial French national team that was hailed by jubilant fans of all ethnic backgrounds masks persistent underlying tensions in the country around race, identity and class argues academic Joseph Downing from the university of Aix-Marseille in an article for The Conversation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180717/frances-world-cup-win-cant-hide-underlying-tensions-over-race-and-class Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:24:55 +0200 frances-world-cup-win-cant-hide-underlying-tensions-over-race-and-class France's triumphant World Cup winning team landed back in Paris on Monday afternoon to be given a hero's welcome by hundreds of thousands of jubilant fans along the Champs-Elysées Avenue. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180716/victorious-france-team-land-in-paris-and-head-for-champs-elyses Tue, 17 Jul 2018 00:03:31 +0200 victorious-france-team-land-in-paris-and-head-for-champs-elyses Shopkeepers and restaurant owners on Paris’s emblematic Champs-Élysées Avenue boarded up their businesses ahead of the French national team’s victory parade on Monday afternoon fearing a repeat of Sunday night's violence and looting. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180716/pariss-champs-lyses-braces-itself-for-more-vandalism Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:27:40 +0200 pariss-champs-lyses-braces-itself-for-more-vandalism France’s triumphant World Cup team will land in Paris on Monday and parade the World Cup trophy through the packed streets of the French capital. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180716/victory-parade-when-will-france-take-the-world-cup-around-paris Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:44:03 +0200 victory-parade-when-will-france-take-the-world-cup-around-paris Paris Metro passengers will be forgiven if they miss their usual stop on Monday after transport chiefs changed the names of some stations to honour the heroes of France's World Cup win in Russia. And Mona Lisa also donned a French football shirt with two stars. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180716/paris-renames-metro-in-honour-of-french-world-cup-heros Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:58:26 +0200 paris-renames-metro-in-honour-of-french-world-cup-heros France erupted in joy after winning the World Cup on Sunday but scenes of joy turned to violence on the Champs Elysees in Paris where youths looted a store and clashed with police. At least two men died in accidents during the celebrations. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180715/looters-clashes-with-police-and-road-accidents-mar-french-world-cup-party Mon, 16 Jul 2018 01:44:37 +0200 looters-clashes-with-police-and-road-accidents-mar-french-world-cup-party Over a million fans thronged the famous Champs Elysées Avenue in Paris in Sunday night to celebrate France's World Cup final win. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180715/in-pictures-pariss-emblematic-champs-elysees Mon, 16 Jul 2018 01:05:01 +0200 in-pictures-pariss-emblematic-champs-elysees French president Emmanuel Macron was jubilant after Les Bleus triumphed in the World Cup final over Croatia on Sunday night. He are some pics of the president enjoying the celebrations. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180715/merci-macron-revels-in-frances-world-cup-triumph Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:53:59 +0200 merci-macron-revels-in-frances-world-cup-triumph France was the scene of one huge party on Sunday as the country clinched the World Cup, with fans streaming into the streets, honking car horns and flying the tricolore flag at the start of an enormous national celebration. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180715/we-won-france-erupts-with-joy Sun, 15 Jul 2018 23:31:50 +0200 we-won-france-erupts-with-joy France are world champions for a second time as Les Bleus ran wild while Croatia's energy reserves ran dry to win a thrilling World Cup final 4-2 in Moscow on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180715/three-things-we-learned-from-frances-world-cup-final-win Sun, 15 Jul 2018 22:23:44 +0200 three-things-we-learned-from-frances-world-cup-final-win Golden confetti plastered France's victorious World Cup squad in pouring rain at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium as captain Hugo Lloris lifted the FIFA World Cup on Sunday evening. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180715/france-are-world-cup-champions-after-final-victory Sun, 15 Jul 2018 20:54:46 +0200 france-are-world-cup-champions-after-final-victory People in France are hoping a World Cup final triumph against Croatia on Sunday could help unite the country's different ethnic groups like it did in 1998, if only for a while. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180714/winning-world-cup-would-unite-france-if-just-for-a-short-while Sat, 14 Jul 2018 18:16:48 +0200 winning-world-cup-would-unite-france-if-just-for-a-short-while French fans will be on a high if Les Bleus win the World Cup on Sunday. But apart from the eruption of joy, Emilie King asks, would a victory in Moscow bring about any positive and lasting changes to France? https://www.thelocal.fr/20180712/what-will-france-gain-if-it-wins-the-world-cup Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:41:16 +0200 what-will-france-gain-if-it-wins-the-world-cup France forward Antoine Griezmann said Friday winning the World Cup against Croatia on Sunday was more important than how his team do it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180714/griezmann-happy-if-france-win-world-cup-ugly Sat, 14 Jul 2018 11:40:02 +0200 griezmann-happy-if-france-win-world-cup-ugly