Gavin Mortimer is a rugby correspondent for The Week.co.uk. He is based in Paris. His books include /Chasing Icarus/ published by Walker Bloomsbury.
Gavin Mortimer: Why this French sprinter can only go so far - and why it’s not racist to face the facts
Latest infanticide case shocks France as parents are described as model citizens
Dutch teenager wins court appeal against ban on round-the-world trip
France’s First Lady plays a museum director in new movie – but will she be ‘completely hopeless’?
This season all 20 teams are unveiling at least one new kit - and hoping supporters will buy replicas
Football’s ‘instrument of hell’ does not get a warm welcome in England after the World Cup
Flamboyant Rachid Nekkaz pledges €1m to pay fines of French Muslim women caught wearing the full veil
After the most violent World Cup final in history the culprits blame the officials for their defeat
Andres Iniesta‘s injury-time strike wins the trophy for Spain after most violent final ever
Sepp Blatter has warned the French government to keep its nose out football
Other English sports teams show strength and spirit - so why not our footballers?
But why did he ask to see bit-player Thierry Henry about the French squad’s woeful display?
France’s ‘generation of scum’ can expect a hostile reception after a ‘shameful’ World Cup
England’s disciplinarian boss does not react well after John Terry’s talk of a ‘clear-the-air’ meeting
Big department stores to stay closed on Sundays for sake of Parisiens’ intellectual and spiritual life
Could Benitez be the next manager at Inter Milan, following Jose Mourinho’s departure?
Documentary film blames Berlusconi for failing the victims of L’Aquila quake
Entertainers, sportsmen and politicians back the brilliant footballer who slept with an underage prostitute
This year’s tournament was no classic, but determined France have earned their triumph
Martin Johnson rings the changes as England take on Grand Slam chasing France in Paris
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