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PARIS: Paris St Germain forward Neymar struck early to secure a 1-0 win over 10-man St Etienne as they claimed the Coupe de France on Friday in a near empty stadium as French football came out of a four-month break due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.Neymar scored on the rebound…

Arsenal defender William Saliba ‘feels like a robber’ since leaving Saint-Etienne ahead of their French Cup final against Paris Saint-Germain. The two Ligue 1 clubs will go head-to-head for silverware when they meet at the Stade de France on Friday evening. AFP or licensors Saliba came through the ranks at…

PARIS (AP) — A tearful Kylian Mbappé limped off with an apparent ankle injury as Paris Saint-Germain beat 10-man Saint-Étienne 1-0 to win the French Cup on Friday.The injury to Mbappé, who returned to the sideline on crutches, took the gloss off a record-extending 13th cup success and will raise…

EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. This story was published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on July 17, 1900. The story is published as it appears in the newspaper, including…

EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. Here are some of the highlights of the 1900 Olympics in Paris.No opening ceremony. No closing ceremony. And many of the athletes at…

PARIS (Reuters) - China’s embassy on Thursday hit back at French criticism of Beijing’s treatment of Uighur Muslims, saying French politicians were being misled by a slanderous American, Australian and British campaign. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday said the situation for Uighur Muslims in the western region…

France's President Emmanuel Macron leaves the European Council building in the early morning during an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, July 20, 2020. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERSPARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he was hopeful a compromise could be reached over a European Union recovery plan.Macron…

PARIS (Reuters) - France’s foreign ministry on Friday rebuffed U.S. assertions that a European Union naval mission to enforce a U.N. weapons embargo for Libya was biased and not serious, saying Washington should itself be doing more to stop the flow of weapons.David Schenker, assistant secretary for Near East Affairs…

Fraech Ambassador to Italy, Christian Masset, right, and Italian prosecutor Michele Renzo pose next to a recovered stolen artwork by British artist Banksy Source: Domenico Stinellis via PA Images AN HOMAGE TO the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks by street artist Banksy has been returned to France after the…

PARIS (AP) — Organized crime groups sought to defraud the French state of millions of euros meant for workers left jobless by the virus lockdown, prosecutors said Friday.France had an exceptionally generous temporary unemployment scheme that subsidized workers’ salaries while restaurants, schools and businesses across the economy shut down for…