The Netherlands team was asked “Do you believe in miracles?” ahead of its final group-stage game at the Women’s European Championship.

The Tour de France rolls on Saturday, July 12, with Stage 8 offering a golden opportunity for sprinters to shine on a flat, fast route to Laval.

During a rare news conference on Friday, the head of the French military, Thierry Burkhard, said Russia remains a “lasting, close” threat.

Hosts New Zealand thump France 43-17 to win the second Test in Wellington and clinch the series with a game to spare.

The historic rivalry between New Zealand and France continues this weekend as the two sides meet for the second test of their three-match series on Saturday.

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He says small boats migrants will be returned to France, in exchange for asylum seekers who have not tried to enter the UK illegally.

France announced a sweeping, hard-fought agreement Saturday aimed at granting more autonomy to the restive South Pacific territory of New Caledonia, but stopping short of the independence sought by many Indigenous Kanaks.