« Previous  |  Next »

Domenech has another lucky escape as France boss

Amid the outcry over France's qualification for next year's World Cup, the team is pondering how far it can go in South Africa under the leadership of deeply unpopular national coach Raymond Domench. France's playoff win over Ireland _ achieved ...

From JEROME PUGMIRE, Taiwan News,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Thierry Henry,  Emmanuel Petit,  William Gallas,  Nicolas Anelka,  Didier Deschamps

France makes World Cup despite Henry controversy

SAINT-DENIS, France—France qualified for its fourth consecutive World Cup when officials missed an obvious hand ball by Thierry Henry that led to William Gallas' overtime goal in a 1-1 tie against Ireland on Wednesday night. With help from Swedish ...

From JEROME PUGMIRE, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Robbie Keane,  Thierry Henry,  William Gallas,  Florent Malouda,  Shay Given (footballer)

Gallas overtime goal puts France in World Cup

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) -- France qualified for its fourth consecutive World Cup when officials missed an obvious hand ball by Thierry Henry that led to William Gallas' overtime goal in a 1-1 tie against Ireland on Wednesday night. With help from ...

From JEROME PUGMIRE, Buffalo News,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Robbie Keane,  Thierry Henry,  William Gallas,  Florent Malouda,  Shay Given (footballer)

Henry admits he used hand against Ireland

SAINT-DENIS, France – France striker Thierry Henry admits he intentionally handled the ball to set up William Gallas' equalizing goal, sending France to the World Cup at Ireland's expense after an intense 1-1 draw Wednesday. With Ireland leading 1-0 ...

From JEROME PUGMIRE, Toronto Star,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Thierry Henry,  William Gallas,  FC Barcelona,  Robbie Keane,  Arsenal Football Club

Gourcuff: France must avoid physical Irish battle

France midfielder Yoann Gourcuff says the team will not be drawn into a physical battle when it faces Ireland in the first leg of the World Cup playoffs on Saturday. The French are expecting the Irish to try to turn the match at Dublin's Croke ...

From JEROME PUGMIRE, eTaiwan News,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yoann Gourcuff,  Arsenal Football Club,  William Gallas,  Robbie Keane,  Kevin Doyle

France beats Sringboks 20-13

France kept world champion South Africa scoreless in the second half to come back and win their rugby test 20-13. After trailing 13-11 at the interval, France defended brilliantly and conceded only one penalty chance to the Springboks. In ...

From JEROME PUGMIRE, eTaiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Julien Dupuy,  John Smit,  Bakkies Botha,  Bryan Habana,  Victor Matfield

3 places left in African World Cup qualifying

With three of the five African groups still undecided, Cameroon, Gabon, Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria and Tunisia are all in contention to qualify for next year's World Cup in South Africa. Each group winner goes through and three teams will join the ...

From JEROME PUGMIRE, Taiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hosni Mubarak,  Antar Yahia (footballer),  Paul Le Guen,  Samuel Eto'o,  Marouane Chamakh

Lyon draws 5-5 with Marseille in French league

Stephane M'Bia equalized deep into injury time Sunday to give Marseille a 5-5 draw at Lyon in the French league despite having led 4-2 with 10 minutes remaining. Lyon was up 2-1 by the 15th minute after goals from Miralem Pjanic and Sidney Govou ...

From JEROME PUGMIRE, eTaiwan News,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sidney Govou,  Souleymane Diawara,  Mamadou Niang,  Hugo Lloris,  Steve Mandanda

Auxerre climbs ladder in Ligue One

A uxerre notched its sixth straight win in beating struggling Le Mans 1-0 and moved above Monaco into third place in the French league on Saturday. Auxerre's attacking duo of Daniel Niculae and Irineusz Jelen caused problems throughout the match, and ...

From JEROME PUGMIRE, Globe and Mail,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Daniel Niculae,  In Style,  Ronan Le Crom,  Mathieu Coutadeur,  Kevin Gameiro

Lyon focuses on catching Bordeaux in French league

Having joined Bordeaux in the Champions League knockout round after just four group games, Lyon now takes a break from European action to focus on wrestling the league title back from its French rival. Lyon drew 1-1 with Liverpool at Stade ...

From JEROME PUGMIRE, Taiwan News,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Liverpool F.C.,  Claude Puel,  FC Zurich,  Bayern Munich,  Zinedine Zidane

« Previous  |  Next »

Who is This?

Help us add to our database, by linking this writer their entry in Wikipedia or Source Watch, or by suggesting that we remove it from our index.

Suggest an Entry