Didier Deschamps seems set to continue as France coach, with the French Football Federation (FFF) president seeing no reason to replace him.
France lost 2-1 to Spain in Munich on Tuesday, falling short of reaching their fourth major tournament final since Deschamps took charge in 2012.
Les Bleus entered Euro 2024 as one of the favourites, though they ultimately failed to click into gear.
Indeed, Randal Kolo Muani s opener against Spain was the only open-play goal a France player managed all tournament, with Deschamps team having benefited from own goals and a Kylian Mbappe penalty in previous matches.
But despite their indifferent performances, FFF president Philippe Diallo does not think there is any reason for Deschamps to make way.
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Angus Gunn feels like he has been a Scotland player for years given the way he has fitted into the squad and enjoyed some major memories.
Now he believes he and his Scotland team-mates can cap off an extraordinary six months by getting a result in Spain on Thursday and qualifying for Euro 2024.
The goalkeeper only made his debut in March but has experienced victory over Spain – on his second appearance – and a dramatic comeback win against Norway in Oslo.
In five competitive games, the Norwich player has only conceded one goal – an Erling Haaland penalty.
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“It’s been seamless really,” the 27-year-old said. “The lads have mad…
Paulo Dybala must be seized if there is an opportunity for Inter to sign the Juventus forward, according to former Nerazzurri striker Diego Milito.
The Argentina international, whose contract with the Bianconeri expires next week, has been strongly linked with a move to Inter, with talks reportedly ongoing.
Simone Inzaghi is eager to strengthen his side, having narrowly surrendered their Serie A crown to rivals Milan last season, with Romelu Lukaku reportedly on the brink of returning on loan from Chelsea.
Dybala scored 115 goals in 293 appearances across all competitions for Juventus, including 10 in the league last season, while winning five Scudettos, four Coppa Italia titles and reaching the 2016-17 Champions League final.
And Milito, who won the …
Sebastian Coe s drive to have Alex Ferguson lead a British football team at the London 2012 Games garnered support on Thursday from British Olympic Association chairman Lord Moynihan.
Seb Coe has strong views about who should be managing the men s team and I completely agree with him, he said.
It is an excellent idea that should be pursued and I am endorsing Sir Alex Ferguson, although I should also say that should the FA find anyone with a comparable name, I should be equally delighted.
Lord Coe, London 2012 Organising Committee chairman, revealed last Sunday that he had held talks with the Manchester United manager about leading the team in four years time.
The 66-year-old Scot is expected to stand down from the Old Trafford hotseat in the next th…
Sunday saw two more Premier League bosses dismissed from their roles.
Graham Potter s sacking by Chelsea followed on from Leicester City cutting ties with Brendan Rodgers.
That pair of dismissals took the total count of managerial departures for the season to 13 in England s top tier. Twelve of those have been sackings.
According to Opta, it is the most managerial sackings in a Premier League season by three.
The previous high mark of 10 (set in the 2013-14 season and equalled in 2017-18) was matched last season.
Yet this campaign has been even more extreme. Here, Stats Perform assesses the 13 managers to have departed.
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Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as Paris St Germain won 3-0 at Reims for a fifth straight Ligue 1 victory to move top of the table.
Luis Enrique’s side produced the required response from the midweek Champions League defeat by AC Milan to keep the pressure on Nice, who were held to a goalless draw at Montpellier on Friday night.
However, despite taking an early lead, PSG had to overcome some testing spells at Stade Auguste-Delaune before Mbappe settled matters late on.
MBAPPÉ S HAT-TRICK GIVES PSG THE TOP SPOT IN LIGUE 1
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Mbappe had given the visitors a perfect start by opening the scoring after just three minutes with a superb finish.
Ousmane Dembele swung the ball in from the right and Mbappe dispat…
Italy can continue their unbeaten record in Euro 2012 qualifying when they face Estonia in Modena in Group C on Friday.
Cesare Prandelli s side have won four of their five matches so far and top the group by five points, with Estonia six points behind the leaders in fourth.
Prandelli has selected a strong squad for the visit of Estonia, in what he describes as a decisive match.
Estonia is going to be the decisive game, Prandelli said.
I want a group prepared to graft. We ve always struggled when we play in June and September.
Prandelli has tasted defeat just once as national team boss, that coming in August when Italy were defeated 1-0 by the Ivory Coast in a friendly.
That was his first match in charge, but Prandelli has since shown h…
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O Neill believes his side s next opponents Belgium have the best players at Euro 2016.
Marc Wilmots men are much-fancied at this tournament, but fell to a 2-0 defeat in their opener against Italy.
However, with Ireland hoping to build on their 1-1 draw versus Sweden, O Neill insists that the quality within the Belgium squad makes them a dangerous proposition.
They have, if you look at them, the most talented set of individual players at the tournament. They are very, very dangerous, the former Sunderland boss said.
The Italy game was always going to be difficult, they had three or four chances to score and didn t take them and it will be a tough night for us – but we want to make it tough for them as well.
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Five places in the finals and several playoff berths will be on offer when Euro 2012 qualifying concludes on Tuesday.
England s 2-2 draw in Montenegro on Friday secured Fabio Capello s side top spot in Group G, and saw them become the fifth team to secure a place at next year s tournament in Poland and Ukraine as group winners.
Spain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands are the other teams to have already qualified.
The nine group winners and the best runner-up qualify automatically, with the eight other group runners-up being thrown into the playoffs.
In Group B, Slovakian hopes ended Friday after a 1-0 home defeat against Russia.
That left Dick Advocaat s Russian side two points clear of the Republic of Ireland, and three ahead of third-placed …
Neymar said he is going to give everything to win the World Cup next year as Brazil look to vanquish the demons of 2014.
The 2014 World Cup was supposed to be Brazil s time to shine on home soil, however, the South American giants suffered a demoralising 7-1 semi-final loss to eventual champions Germany.
It was a result that sent shockwaves through Brazil and world football but fast forward to 2017 and Tite s men now head to the Russia showpiece with renewed belief and loom as one of the teams to beat.
Brazil only lost once during CONMEBOL qualifying to book their ticket to next year s tournament and Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar insisted confidence is high.
The respect towards the team now is different to what it was three or four years ago after the …