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Sixteen-year-old’s defiant gesture – spelling out Rocafonda postcode labelled ‘multicultural shithole’ by far-right Vox party – prompts debate in Spain

All future men’s Six Nations fixtures could be staged on Saturdays as rugby union officials seek to enhance the championship’s pulling power.

Les Bleus achieved their minimum aim but look capable of so much more than what they’ve delivered on-pitch

Peloton tackle 211km from Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran with 4,350 metres of vertical gain

France rugby boss Fabien Galthié admitted his touring squad had been traumatised by the arrest of Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jégou after they were accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel following the team's match against Argentina.

France’s former first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was given preliminary charges for involvement in alleged efforts to pressure a witness who accused ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy of receiving illegal campaign financing from Libya.

Plus: long-shot winners of the Euros, double trouble in major tournaments and Chris Nicholl’s stunning feat

Formed in haste to keep the far right out of power, the left-wing New Popular Front defied expectations to take the lead in snap elections and become the biggest bloc in France's new parliament. Who is in the alliance? What do they stand for? And now that the immediate danger…

Several lawmakers from the New Popular Front have reacted to Macron’s letter calling for mainstream parties to form a coalition by saying that he should accept the leftist alliance’s pick for prime minister and allow the bloc to form a government. The newly elected MPs see the president’s “machinations” as…