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France sack head coach Corinne Diacre five months out from 2023 Women's World Cup

Corinne Diacre's future was hanging by a thread after France captain Wendie Renard and two senior players withdrew from the team last month.

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France Fires Women’s National Team Coach Corinne Diacre

The decision comes with less than five months before the Women’s World Cup after Diacre had led the team to the Euro 2022 semifinals.

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France women's team in turmoil as Corinne Diacre sacked - what's happening and why?

The France Women's national football team has just sacked their manager Corinne Diacre after years of losing the dressing room and players' support and respect

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Diacre sacked as coach of French women's football team as players revolt

French football supremos on Thursday sacked the women's football team head coach Corinne Diacre.

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France women's manager Corinne Diacre sacked as mutiny reaches 'point of no return'

Corinne Diacre claimed earlier this week she had been the subject of a "violent and dishonest" smear campaign after a number of players stepped back from international duty

Daily Mirror

Corinne Diacre sacked as France Women’s manager five months before World Cup

The French Football Federation (FFF) claim a fracture between players and management left them with no choice but to make a change

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France's sports minister says she is ready for law suit with ex-football supremo

France's sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra on Wednesday said she was prepared to go to court as the war of words intensified with Noël Le Graët, the former boss of the Fédération française de football (FFF).

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French football chief Noel Le Graet resigns amid sexual harassment investigation

The French Football Federation have confirmed boss Noel Le Graet has resigned from his post following allegations of sexual and moral harassment

Daily Mirror

Embattled French football chief Noël Le Graët forced to quit

French Football Federation (FFF) president Noël Le Graët resigned on Tuesday after he was suspended in January amid an investigation into allegations of sexual and moral harassment.

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French football chief Noël Le Graët resigns amid sexual harassment probe

France's longtime football boss Noël Le Graët resigned as head of the French Football Federation (FFF) on Tuesday amid a legal investigation into alleged harassment and a damning audit commissioned by the sports ministry.

France 24

Matildas to face world number 5 France in final friendly in Melbourne before 2023 Women's World Cup

For the first time in 22 years, France will travel Down Under to take on Australia a week before the World Cup kicks off.

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French women's football team boss Diacre under pressure after player revolt

French football's most senior administrators are expected on Tuesday to decide whether to back the women's team coach Corinne Diacre in the face of a player revolt led by the former team skipper Wendie Renard.

Radio France Internationale

Lionesses have golden Women's World Cup opportunity as disruption hits main rivals

England's chances of winning a first ever FIFA Women's World Cup could be greater than ever with so many top rivals in disarray - but for the good of the sport we need the best players and teams involved

Daily Mirror

Captain Wendie Renard leads trio in withdrawing from France national team

Team-mates Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Kadidiatou Diani also announced they were pausing their respective international careers

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Embattled French football chief Le Graët continues fight to retain power

Noël Le Graët, French football's most powerful administrator, continued his rearguard action on Thursday to remain in his job despite a government audit damning his sleazy late-night texts to female employees, lax management and cronyism.

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French football chief Le Graët on the brink after report damns sleazy texts

Noël Le Graët, French football’s most powerful administrator, is expected to come under increasing pressure on Thursday to quit his post as president of the French Football Federation (FFF) after the publication of a report damning his stream of alcohol-fuelled sleazy late night text messages to female employees, as well…

The Guardian - UK

Uefa’s report on Champions League final chaos: the main findings

We outline the panel’s conclusions regarding the conduct of Uefa, the police, the French FA and the fans in Paris last May

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Top French football federation executives roasted in leaked government audit

French football's most powerful executives – including federation boss Noël Le Graët – have been given two weeks to respond to a raft of allegations that the outfit overseeing the sport in the country has been a cesspool of expletives, ritual humiliations, vulgar sexist insults and cronyism.

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French football supremo Le Graët faces sexual harassment inquiry

Noël Le Graët, France's top football administrator for more than a decade, is under investigation for sexual and moral harassment, it was revealed on Tuesday.

Reuters

Soccer-French federation president Le Graet under investigation for moral and sexual harassment

The Paris prosecutor's office said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation for moral and sexual harassment against French soccer federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet.

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French football supremo Le Graët quits post three days after disparaging Zidane

Noël Le Graët, French football's most powerful administrator for more than a decade, was on Wednesday humiliatingly sidelined from his post as president of the Fédération française de football (FFF).

France 24

French football boss suspended amid row over Zidane comments

Noël Le Graët, the president of France's FFF football federation, has been suspended from his duties amid a row over derogatory comments he made about the 1998 World Cup hero Zinedine Zidane, BFM television said on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

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No man disrespects Zidane: French football boss Le Graët says sorry

French football chief Noël Le Graët apologised on Monday for what he conceded were clumsy comments about the former France international Zinedine Zidane and his possible appointment as boss of the France national team in the wake of their defeat to Argentina in the World Cup final last month.

The Independent UK

Real Madrid accuse FFF president of ‘lack of respect’ towards Zinedine Zidane

The Spanish giants have defended their former player and manager

Evening Standard

Zinedine Zidane: Noel La Graet sorry for comments on France icon after Mbappe and Real Madrid hit back

La Graet has now apologised for his comments about the French legend that sparked outrage

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