France coach Marc Lievremont on Monday named an unchanged squad for his side's bid to claim the Six Nations' Grand Slam against England at Stade de France next weekend. The French are within one match of claiming their first Grand Slam since 2004 and will stick with the squad that beat Italy 46-20 in Paris last weekend, and Wales ...

French giants Stade Francais, with their resources stretched by Six Nations call-ups and injuries in key positions, slumped to a dispiriting 26-14 defeat at Brive on Friday. The loss, coming on the back of their 29-0 humbling at the hands of Toulouse last weekend, delivered another blow to their hopes of making the Top 14 play-offs, a fate which has ...

The body of a longtime member of the armed Basque group ETA has turned up in a morgue in France, nearly a year after his mysterious disappearance, a committee of his supporters said Friday. Jon Anza Ortunez, 47, was last seen April 18. In a statement released to a ...

French club Stade Francais have asked England to release back-row forward James Haskell from their Six Nations squad for their high-profile Top 14 match with Toulouse here on Saturday. Haskell had been expected to be resting this weekend ahead of the final two matches of this season's Six Nations tournament. Under an agreement between their clubs and the Rugby ...