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World Cup venues: Guadalajara Stadium, Mexico

France, June 8 -- Home to Club Deportivo Guadalajara - who are also known as Chivas - during its normal working life, the 48,000 seat Guadalajara Stadium was built on raised ground with a spherical de... Read More


World Cup venues: Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

France, June 8 -- Just over 107,000 people packed into the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City for its inaugural game on 29 May pitting Club America against the Italian side Torino. Some 60 years later and... Read More


Football history: Jules Rimet, the man behind the World Cup plan

France, June 8 -- Before Rimet's plan, the most prestigious international football team prize was handed out at the Olympic Games which was organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Rim... Read More


French NATO jets destroy mystery drone over Latvia as Ukraine war intensifies

France, June 8 -- Latvia's military said in a statement that the unmanned aerial vehicle had crossed into its territory "as a result of Russian electronic warfare", without specifying its origin. Off... Read More


EU says Ebola outbreak makes ceasefire in DRC more necessary than ever

France, June 8 -- "A ceasefire was already a political necessity. Now t has become a health emergency," Hadja Lahbib, EU commissioner for crisis management, told journalists on a visit Sunday to DRC's... Read More


Africa's finest: Democratic Republic of Congo return renamed

France, June 8 -- In 1974, the national team played at the World Cup in West Germany as Zaire, as the DRC had been renamed by then president Mobutu Sese Seko. The players were the first sub-Saharan A... Read More


French singer Patrick Bruel held for questioning over sexual assault allegations

France, June 8 -- The Nanterre prosecutor's office will question Bruel specifically about three allegations of rape and sexual assault that allegedly occurred between 1997 and 2003. The office has al... Read More


Zverev outlasts Cobolli to claim French Open title for the first time

France, June 8 -- Zverev prevailed 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 after four hours and 16 minutes to become the first German man to lift the French Open singles crown since tennis was opened to professional ... Read More


Armenia's elections to deliver verdict on cautious pivot west

France, June 7 -- Pashinyan, who was propelled to power in a 2018 street revolution, is running under the slogan of "peace" - pointing to the prospect of finally resolving Armenia's more than three-de... Read More


From pew to pitch, Cameroonian priest builds bridges in French banlieue

France, June 7 -- Despite a fall in the number of people entering the priesthood in France, a recent study of church life in multicultural working-class suburbs pointed to a spiritual renewal in some ... Read More