Benzema is suspected of having pressured his former national team teammate to pay blackmailers who threatened to reveal an intimate video in which Valbuena featured

Kylian Mbappe scored his 12th Ligue 1 goal of the campaign as Paris Saint-Germain beat Strasbourg 4-0 in their final Ligue 1 outing of 2020.

Gerard Houllier, who died at the age of 73, has been described as a "genuinely caring man" and "a great manager".

Gerard Houllier led PSG and Lyon to top-flight glory in France and won five major honours with Liverpool between 1998 and 2004

France boss Didier Deschamps was delighted with Olivier Giroud's supreme performance on just his second start of the season for Chelsea

Italy were rubber-stamped as the host team for the Nations League finals, as they, Spain, France and Belgium learned their opponents

Kylian Mbappe has set France and Europe alight since making his senior Ligue 1 debut for Monaco five years ago

Papa Bouba Diop, formerly of Fulham, Portsmouth and West Ham, has died at the age of 42.

Belgium and reigning champions France head Europe's list of top-seeded teams for World Cup qualifying - and they may have to face a Sweden side with Zlatan.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer discussed Paul Pogba following Didier Deschamps' comments and uncertainty over the star's future

France coach Didier Deschamps hopes Paul Pogba's form during the international break can help him at Manchester United

Oliver Giroud scored twice for France, while Portugal win battle of nerves against Croatia; Ukraine forfeit following three COVID-19 positive tests

Didier Deschamps confirmed Kylian Mbappe would be fit for France's clash against Sweden after they reached the Nations League Finals.

Fernando Santos defended his decision to start Diogo Jota on the bench as Portugal fell to France in the Nations League.

Didier Deschamps discussed Manchester United star Paul Pogba ahead of France's Nations League fixture against Portugal.

France suffered their first defeat since June 2019 at the hands of Finland, but Antoine Griezmann felt it could have been a different story

Antoine Griezmann has failed to hit top form for Barcelona and his former advisor claims Lionel Messi has made the situation worse

Paul Pogba has hit out "unacceptable fake news" that claimed he has quit international football over comments made by France president Emmanuel Macron

Ronald Koeman has spoken to Antoine Griezmann after the attacker and Didier Deschamps appeared to question his position at Barcelona

Karim Benzema's ongoing absence from the France team is "a shame" and "kind of a mess", but Olivier Giroud insists he has nothing but respect for him