11.   The French soccer fans have decades of disappointment to exorcise, in relation to the Italians, the Germans, the Brazilians, the Argentines.

12.   Other French soccer players have tested positive for marijuana use, including Fabien Barthez and Bernard Lama, guards on the French national team.

13.   Other goodwill ambassadors for the refugee agency include boxing great Muhammad Ali, actors Angelina Jolie and Michael Douglas, and French soccer star Zinedine Zidane.

14.   Paris erupts after French soccer win.

15.   A French soccer official says his country is not interested in participating in the Confederations Cup next year if it will have to play without its frontline players.

16.   A French soccer star told a British tabloid that he may be a more effective campaigner against land mines than the late Prince Diana.

17.   A French soccer star told a British tabloid that he may be a more effective campaigner against land mines than the late Princess Diana.

18.   A French soccer fan was arrested Thursday for allegedly beating two African peddlers during a robbery attempt.

19.   A prominent French soccer coach was recovering from surgery Sunday after being seriously wounded by gunmen who killed another soccer figure in a stadium ambush.

20.   A giant cloth in the shape of a French soccer team jersey covered part of the stands Tuesday.