On Monday France met England in the beautiful Donbass Arena in Donetsk and friend of the site Olga was there to soak up all the atmosphere as the game finished 1-1. Olga is a Bordeaux fan so excuse all the pictures of Alou Diarra and Cedric Carrasso A really beautiful [...]

by Bastien Leclair After a satisfying, yet frustrating draw against England in their opening match, Les Bleus will face a stern test of character against Ukraine, this Friday at the Donbass Arena of Donetsk. The tournament hosts are looking to clinch an early qualification following their initial success against Sweden, [...]

If you are a fan of Ligue 1 in the UK you may have come across the TV show “Foot!” shown on TV5Europe on Sky and Virgin Media. If you have, then the name Didier Roustan will not be a new one, if you haven’t, then you have been missing [...]

It was revealed last night from sources close to French Football Weekly that ESPN UK will be showing Ligue 1 matches on their TV channel for the upcoming season. The news comes on the back of the new Premier League deal announced last night that saw ESPN lose the rights [...]

Andrew, Jon and Vaishali recap the action when France started their Euro 2012 campaign with a draw against England in Group D. They look at France’s defensive performance, how the midfield pushed forward and where the French attack let themselves down. Next up is the Ukraine on Friday, they look at [...]

by Andrew Gibney One game and one point for Les Bleus. I suppose with all the talk of dark horses and slight favourites France’s performance was never going to live up to the pre-tournament hype. In the three friendlies leading up to the England game France scored nine goals and [...]

Good Morning. The day is finally here. Group D of the European Championships opens with the huge match between France and England, and we all over it here at French Football Weekly. We have a podcast previewing the game featuring Andrew Gibney, Jonathan Johnson and Vaishali Bhardwaj – give that [...]

Lyon midfielder Kim Kallstrom will be up against some familiar opponents in Group D of Euro 2012 as Sweden face France in the final group match.  This is a match which could have some big implications as to who progresses from the group to qualify for the knockout stages of [...]