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France coach Laurent Blanc has admitted he "could be interested" in managing Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson retires, but insisted that for now he is fully focused on his job with les Bleus.

Gerard Houllier is expected to be confirmed as the new manager of Aston Villa this week. Houllier is currently the technical director for the French national team, but he has scheduled a meeting with French Football Federation president Fernando Duchaussoy

Karim Benzema, Patrick Vieira and Samir Nasri were shock omissions from Raymond Domenech's provisional 30-man World Cup squad. Striker Karim Benzema, a rare starter at Real Madrid, has been left out as Domenech has called up five uncapped players

Thierry Henry has admitted that he contemplated retiring from international football after being overwhelmed by the furore over last week's handball controversy. The Frenchman dominated the headlines last week after he handled the ball before laying on for William Gallas to equalise against Ireland, a result which saw France progress to South Africa 2-1 on aggregate.

France captain Thierry Henry has admitted it 'was neccesary to exploit what was exploitable' regarding his handball in their World Cup play-off.

Thierry Henry has admitted that he did handle the ball in the move that led to France's goal in their World Cup play-off defeat of the Republic of Ireland in their World Cup.

France have suffered a major setback ahead of their World Cup play-off with Ireland as Franck Riberby has found out he will be out for another month. The talismanic Bayern Munich schemer has been suffering with tendinitis in his left knee and missed Wednesday

Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has dismissed claims that he tried to engineer a move to Real Madrid and insists he is staying at the Allianz Arena. The 26-year-old France winger has been linked with a move to Madrid this summer and Bayern have also