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Here’s why the Olympics have a French connection (and it ain’t just Paris 2024)

While the Ancient Olympics originated in Greece, its modern incarnation is very much a French affair

The Independent UK

France makes multibillion-euro gamble on Olympic gold

France is facing a bill of almost nine billion euros for hosting the Paris Olympics but top officials say the financial fallout could be more "psychological" than economic.

Radio France Internationale

What are the main French parties' campaign promises on immigration?

The far-right has made immigration its key campaign issue in France's upcoming parliamentary elections, but how to approach asylum and migration also figures high in the manifestos of both the centrists and the left. Here's a rundown of their radically different stances.

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Explainer: What’s at stake in France’s election, and could it make Macron’s government even weaker?

Just one hour after the far-right’s surge in the European elections on June 9, French President Emmanuel Macron made the surprising decision to dissolve the French National Assembly and call for snap elections.

The Conversation

France’s far-right leader Le Pen questions Macron’s role as army chief

Marine Le Pen said it is the PM, not the president, who ‘pulls the strings’ when it comes to military decision making.

Al Jazeera

Tour de France teams presentation in Florence reveals new team kits, national champions - Gallery

Jayco-AlUla, Cofidis and Arkéa-B&B Hotels among fresh looks to race apparel at Italian Grand Depart

Cycling News

Far-right leader Le Pen questions French president's role as army chief

Marine Le Pen, former president of France's far-right party National Rally and currently a French presidential candidate, on Thursday raised the question in an interview with a French newspaper of who would be in charge of the military if her party takes over the government after snap parliamentary elections starting…

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How Bolloré, the ‘French Murdoch’, carried Le Pen’s far right to the brink of power

French tycoon Vincent Bolloré has put his sprawling media empire at the service of the country’s nationalist right, precipitating a rightward shift in French politics. Pulling strings from behind the scenes in the manner of Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire corporate raider has orchestrated an alliance of bitter right-wing rivals in…

France 24

France XI vs Belgium: Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Euro 2024 today

Didier Deschamps could reshuffle ailing attack once again

Evening Standard

Tour de France fantasy guide and tips: How to score and the best riders to select

Here are our top tips for success across the three-week Grand Tour

The Independent UK

Tour de France 2024 riders and teams: Every cyclist at this year’s race

Mark Cavendish and Tadej Pogacar are among those on the startlist for the three-week Grand Tour

The Independent UK

NATO Can Weather Political Storms In US, France: Stoltenberg

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said the "resilient" military alliance can ride out any political changes in major powers ahead of crunch elections in the United States and France.

International Business Times

Euro 2024 power rankings: verdicts on the 24 teams after the group stage

Spain have reason to believe, Germany look strong, Austria and Georgia make waves as Scotland and Serbia flop

The Guardian - UK

Le Pen claims far right will win majority and take over some military decisions

National Rally leader says Macron ‘won’t have choice’ but to appoint her protege as PM and he would make decisions on Ukraine support

The Guardian - UK

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Antisemitism becomes a political football in France's election campaign

France's parliamentary elections are pitting the far-right National Rally, which counts a convicted Holocaust denier and a former Nazi paramilitary among its founding members, against left-wing parties – themselves accused of antisemitism after an equivocal response to the war between Hamas and Israel. With all sides quick to condemn the…

The Guardian - UK

‘Here I found respect for who I am’: the French citizens who choose to leave

Scores of highly qualified French citizens from Muslim backgrounds have left the country in recent years

The Guardian - AU

Australians eye opportunities as Tour de France offers an Olympics entrée

This year’s race is not expected to see an Australian challenge for the yellow jersey but there should still be enough intrigue to satisfy bleary-eyed viewers

USA Today Sports Media Group

France dominating the NBA Draft is a great sign for international basketball and maybe scary for Team USA

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Hilarious French vs British comedy by Tatty Macleod

Her online sketches about being bicultural and the radical differences between the British and French have garnered her 50 million views and nearly 500,000 followers on social media. Tatty Macleod’s videos tackle the idiosyncrasies surrounding booty calls, Parisian chicness, French waiters and British binge drinking. She's performed across Europe and…

The Independent UK

France facing rise in all types of racism, human rights commission warns

Rise fuelled by the war in Gaza and far-right ideas in public debate, France’s human rights commission, the CNCDH, says in its annual report

France 24

The ins and outs of 'La Poste': How France's postal service has adapted to change

This week we take a deep dive into the national institution that is France's postal service. The French are very attached to "La Poste", though they love to complain about it too, and its evolution mirrors changes in society. Come rain or shine, postal workers in their trademark daffodil-yellow vehicles…

Radio France Internationale

A year after riots, France continues probe into police shooting of teenager

Investigations into the police shooting of Nahel Merzouk are still ongoing – a year after the teenager was killed during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb. The death set off a week of protests and rioting causing damage to towns across France. People in the suburbs where much of…

FourFourTwo

Euro 2024: Is the history of the biggest-ever Euros shock repeating itself?

The Euro 2024 group stage is over and if you believe in coincidences we could be in for a shock winner

Al Jazeera

Euro 2024 Round of 16: Teams, format, head-to-head, dates, venues, matches

Which teams are playing and when at UEFA Euro 2024? What’s the format and how do the knockouts work? Al Jazeera explains

France 24

How does France's lower house National Assembly work?

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for snap legislative elections, with the two rounds set to take place on June 30 and July 7. But what is the role of those elected to the lower house National Assembly?

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