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Nasri regrets insulting journalist at Euro 2012
Ian Holyman, France Correspondent | May, 20 2013Samir Nasri has told French TV that he was "stupid" to have insulted a journalist at Euro 2012, provoking a near year-long international exile for the Manchester City midfielder.
Article | ConversationEx-France doctor: No doping in 2006
Ian Holyman, France Correspondent | May, 17 2013slightest suspicion in analysing them
Article | ConversationBlanc reveals all about tenure as France manager
Ian Holyman, France Correspondent | May, 8 2013Laurent Blanc has told L'Equipe that France's painful, controversy-ridden Euro 2012 campaign was a necessary rite of passage to weed out the squad's troublemakers.
Article | ConversationDeschamps to be questioned on doping by French Senate committee
Ian Holyman, France Correspondent | April, 10 2013France coach Didier Deschamps has been summoned to appear before a French Senate committee to answer questions about doping in football.
Article | ConversationNasri determined to win France recall
Ian Holyman, France Correspondent | April, 2 2013Samir Nasri accepts his chequered past with the French national side means he must be "irreproachable" with Manchester City if he wants to wear the blue of his country again.
Article | ConversationLeboeuf backing Varane to shine at Real
Ian Holyman, France Correspondent | March, 27 2013Frank Leboeuf believes Raphael Varane could surpass the achievements of Fernando Hierro at Real Madrid and carve out his own place in the Spanish club's pantheon of legends.
Article | ConversationDeschamps rues missed chances
Ian Holyman, France Correspondent | March, 27 2013Didier Deschamps was left to rue France's wastefulness in front of goal as Les Bleus slipped to defeat to Spain and left them trailing La Roja on the road to Brazil 2014.
Article | ConversationDel Bosque: Spain silenced critics 
ESPN staff | March, 26 2013Vicente Del Bosque believes Spain have dispelled any doubts about their current form with a 1-0 win away to France on Tuesday evening.
Article | ConversationSpain handed Xavi fitness boost
Dermot Corrigan, Spain Correspondent | March, 26 2013Spanish playmaker Xavi Hernandez is set to start Tuesday evening's key World Cup qualifier against France.
Article | ConversationDeshamps firmly behind out-of-form Benzema
Ian Holyman, France Correspondent | March, 26 2013Didier Deschamps has expressed his "total confidence" in Karim Benzema despite the France striker having failed to score for his country in more than 900 minutes of international football.
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