USA basketball will need to get through formidable France
It has been said that Team USA is as good as the Dream Team. Or even more. On Saturday they’ll get a chance to prove it. The opportunity to win a fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal in men’s basketball. The U.S. team, which fought back hard in the semifinals led by Noah Lyles in the […]
France v Argentina: Olympic Games men’s football quarter-final – live | Soccer
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature 11 mins Argentina enjoyed a decent amount of possession until a reverse pass from Alvarez was cleared. share 7 minutes France are playing with incredible tempo and are currently dominating Argentina. share Oliseh deflected a corner kick into the near post. Mateta […]
France Committed ‘Suicide’ with Olympic Ceremonies: Ex-Cabinet Minister
A former French government minister has denounced the controversial transgender parody of “The Last Supper” featuring Muslim performers at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics as an act of national “suicide”. In France, which remains in limbo after President Emmanuel Macron’s election leaves it without a real government, the Olympics were meant to signal […]
Olympic roundup: France win again, 10-man Ukraine triumph with late strike | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Kilian Sirdilia’s goal gave France a 1-0 win over Guinea to record their second consecutive victory, while Spain and Japan advanced to the quarterfinals on the second day of Olympic men’s football. France After a 3-0 win over the United States in their opening Group A match, they struggled to find their footing in Bordeaux […]
Woke Olympic Opening Ceremony Does Not Speak for France
Marion Maréchal urged the world not to blame her country, saying a “left-wing minority” was responsible for the anti-Christian insults that took place at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Maréchal, the niece of National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen and recently elected to the European Parliament, said she sat and watched the […]
France is selling scratch-and-sniff baguette stamps — but local bakers are causing a stink
Are these stamps toast? France has released a scratch-and-sniff stamp featuring a baguette, but bakers complain that the stamp doesn’t adequately capture the yeasty smell of freshly baked bread. “You just rub the stamp like this with your fingernail,” postal worker Clarice Briend said. today“It smells like bread, baguettes.” But Jeanne Barélet, manager of Léonie […]
Arsonists Target France Railways Hours Before Opening Ceremony
An SNCF employee speaks to passengers waiting for their train to depart at Gare Montparnasse in Paris on July 26, 2024. A malicious attack on France’s high-speed rail network has disrupted the transport system just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. SNCF said the major attack hit the TGV network, […]
Israel Warns France that Iran Is Planning Attacks at Paris Olympics
Israeli Foreign Minister Katz reportedly warned the French government on Thursday that there is reason to believe that terror-sponsoring state Iran is planning to attack civilians in Jerusalem during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, which are due to open on Friday. The allegations, reportedly conveyed in a letter to French Foreign Minister Stephane Séjourne, emerged […]
FACT CHECK: Does This Map Depict Churches And Cathedrals That Have Caught Fire In France?
A photo shared on X allegedly shows a map of churches and cathedrals that have caught fire in France. This is years old now, but it pinpoints the churches and cathedrals that have “caught fire” in France.The beautiful Rouen cathedral is the latest to have “caught fire”.France’s newcomers are notoriously clumsy. pic.twitter.com/4quklpM3Yl — Darren Grimes […]
Centrist government to remain in power until after Paris Olympics, says Macron | France
To avoid any unrest, President Emmanuel Macron said he would keep his centrist caretaker government in place until the Olympics are over in mid-August. He made the announcement in a television interview shortly after his left-wing coalition, which won the most votes in this month’s parliamentary elections, chose little-known civil servant Lucy Castets as its […]