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France : A mother and her seven children aged between 2 and 14 died in a house fire in France's northern department of Aisne, the local prefecture confirmed in a press release. Just after midnight on Monday, the blaze ripped through a…

France : During a routine check at the Port of Calais on January 24, French customs officers seized 350 kg of drugs in the vehicle of a Polish driver, local media reported citing the police. In its report on Friday, French daily Le…

Rourkela : Malaysia prevailed over Japan 3-2 in a contest between two Asian teams and France defeated Chile 4-2 in playoff matches for the 13th to 16th places in the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, here…

Bhubaneswar : Germany qualified for the quarterfinals of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Hockey World Cup beating World No. 121 France 5-1 in a Crossover Stage match at the Kalinga Stadium here on Monday. Germany, who had finished second…

Rourkela : Rio Olympic gold medallist Argentina came back from a goal deficit thrice to hold lower-rated France to a 5-5 in a highly-entertaining clash even as Australia thrashed South Africa 9-2 to finish on top in Pool A and clinched a…

Bhubaneswar : France maintained their chances of qualifying for the quarterfinal by beating South Africa 2-1 in a Pool A match of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium here on Monday. France had started with a 0-8…

Bhubaneswar : The France men's hockey team was a surprise package in the last edition of the event in 2018 and will look to do better in the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela as they reached Bhubaneswar to take…

Perth : Team Frances Alize Cornet and Arthur Rinderknech both passed the test of a first-time encounter with flying colours on Thursday at the United Cup, where they defeated Team Argentinas Maria Lourdes Carle and Francisco Cerundolo,…

Doha (Qatar) : Lionel Messi's dream of winning the FIFA World Cup finally materialised on Sunday at Lusail Stadium with Argentina surviving a few anxious moments to register a fighting 4-2 penalty shoot win over defending champions France.…

Doha : Polish referee Szymon Marciniak will make history as the first man from his country to take charge of a FIFA World Cup final when France meet Argentina at Lusail Stadium on Sunday. Marciniak, who oversaw France's group-stage…