French defender Samuel Umtiti's officially announced his retirement from football closing the curtain on career marked by both glory & painful setbacks. Umtiti’s career was derailed by recurring knee ...

The Athletic has live coverage of France vs Argentina in the World Cup final. “You know that I don’t like comparing teams between the years,” said France head coach Didier Deschamps after their ...

As the heavens opened in Russia and torrential rain lashed down upon the triumphant French team, millions took to the streets of Paris in celebration. Twenty years on from exploits of the “Rainbow ...

The first goal is the one I think I’ll remember. It wasn’t the pretty one—that would be Paul Pogba’s, which came in the fifty-ninth minute, after a long pass from Pogba to Kylian Mbappé, the visionary ...

France beat Croatia 4-2 to win the 2018 FIFA World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Sunday. Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe were on the scoresheet, while Mario Mandzukic scored ...

Broadcast of the final of the football world cup in Lyon, France, on July 15, 2018. Many clashes erupted a few minutes after the end of the match between supporter… NurPhoto via Getty Images ...

MOSCOW — They’ll replay those six minutes over and over, in memories and stories, on TV and online, and using whatever magical medium is available years from now, when the rest of Sunday’s World Cup ...

Besides the French national team, the other champion of the 2018 World Cup tournament is TF1, France‘s leading commercial network, which scored record ratings and an 82.2% market share for Sunday’s ...

This story is part of our series looking back on the 2010 World Cup and its biggest moments and themes with a decade's worth of perspective. For more, read about the lasting legacy of the competition ...