The Latest Breaking News from Didier Deschamps

Zinedine Zidane has been out of football management for 18 months and has already rejected approaches from Manchester United gauging interest in a return to the dugout

“The tournament of external noise,” as Gareth Southgate put it, was capped off by the “final of records”, in the words of Didier Deschamps.

Paris (AFP) - Ballon D'Or winner Karim Benzema announced he was ending his international career on Monday, the day after France lost the World Cup final to Argentina.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admitted that some World Cup superstars had caught his eye and Gunners-linked France forward Marcus Thuram's teammate should now be in the Spaniard's sights.

Karim Benzema has announced his retirement from international football.

Karim Benzema missed the World Cup finals through injury and has now confirmed he has retired from international duty for France through a social media post on Monday

Manchester United centre-back Raphael Varane has claimed that he "wasn’t well" during France's World Cup final loss.

In the immediate aftermath of England’s quarter-final defeat by France, Gareth Southgate was unsure if he would watch the final week of the World Cup. The pain was still too raw and the England manager felt the need to put some emotional distance between himself and Qatar while he decided…

For French people, losing to West Germany in Seville in the semi-finals of the 1982 World Cup is the most glorious defeat in our history. We were leading 3-1 in extra-time but Germany came back to 3-3 before we lost on penalties.