Highlighting Sunday's Ligue 1 action was Montpellier, who won 2-1 at Toulouse to move off the bottom of the French league.

The Six Nations is almost here as rugby’s annual spring spectacular returns with perhaps the most open edition yet.Defending champions Ireland are on the hunt for an unprecedented three-peat, but face a potentially tricky opener against the team that denied them back-to-back grand slams a year ago.

Gross domestic product was 0.1% less in the fourth quarter than the third, when a boost from the games held in Paris in July and August helped the French economy grow at the fastest rate last year. For the year as a whole, France's economy kept the same pace as in 2023, growing at 1.1%.

MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Striker Andy Delort is returning to Montpellier to help the French league club in its fight against relegation. Delort, who comes from the nearby port city of Sete, played for Montpellier from 2018 to 2021. The club said on Wednesday he is returning on a loan deal from Moloudia d'Alger with a buyout option.

Renowned for its rich history, art and cuisine, this iconic country is home to some of the most beautiful and culturally significant cities and towns in the world. Each of the largest cities in France showcases a unique blend of heritage,

Striker Evann Guessand scores one goal and sets up Mohamed-Ali Cho as Nice hands Marseille a 2-0 defeat to move up to fourth place in the French league.

France’s beleaguered economy was given a boost by the Olympics Games in Paris last summer but political upheaval has ensued since then.

For the year as a whole, France's economy kept the same pace as in 2023, growing at 1.1%. Alongside a second-straight year of contraction in beleaguered Germany, the eurozone's largest economy, France's weak rate of growth is weighing on the currency area, which is likely to face continued challenges at the start of 2025.

Richard Cockerill has called on Six Nations bosses to throw Georgia a rugby lifeline as another championship gets underway without the perennial kings of Europe's second tier.

Ligue 1 side Angers SCO have announced the dismissal of French centre-forward Loïs Diony (32). L'Equipe reports that the former Dijon and Saint-Etienne

Former England prop Henry Thomas will make his first Wales start in Friday's Guinness Six Nations opener against France. The ex-Sale and Bath tighthead, who also played French club rugby for Castres and Montpellier, has won four caps as a replacement since switching allegiance to Wales in 2023.

The ex-Sale and Bath tighthead has won four caps as a replacement since switching allegiance to Wales in 2023.