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France’s sports minister condemned what she called “disgusting” violence against the Olympique Lyonnais football team that prompted organisers to cancel Sunday’s match against the Olympique de Marseille. Security around sports matches is a priority for French authorities, less than a year before the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

While third place was a victory for bloody-mindedness, Steve Borthwick now needs to plan for the long-term future

Fiji and Portugal should be proud while Ireland and France will have regrets but there has to be incentive for teams to vary tactics

President promises by next year the constitutional right to choose ‘will become irreversible’

Yuki Bhambri and Julian Cash (Britain) beat top seeds Robert Galloway/Albano Olivetti (Britain/France) 6-7(5), 6-3, [10-5] to win the doubles final of the €118,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Brest, France. Yuki earned his 3rd Challenger title of the season, collecting 100 ATP points and €6,845, while the runner-up team earned…

Teachers at the Gambetta-Carnot school in Arras in northern France had twice reported Mohammed Mogouchkov to authorities when he was a student there. But he remained at the school and graduated, and on 13 October he stabbed to death a teacher, claiming allegiance to the Islamic State armed group. The…

A thrilling tournament in France reminded everyone of rugby’s qualities – and its faults

Resolve separated the Springboks from the rest of the teams at the World Cup and no one epitomised it better than the captain

A small apartment in France makes an impact by mixing contrasting colours and materials

The winningest French player in LPGA history, Boutier now has four titles this season, including a major.

For a tournament boasting innovations such as a panel of referees using videos to review whether a yellow card should be upgraded to red and a clock on the big screens around the stadiums to show the time remaining for a penalty or transformation to be kicked, it was pure…