Les Bleus, who face Poland in the last 16 on Sunday, underperformed at the Education City stadium and only after Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele came off the bench did they pose any threat.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday
Images from the English Premier League matches on Saturday.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Manchester United crushed Newcastle United's hopes of a claiming a first domestic trophy for nearly 70 years with a clinical 2-0 victory in the League Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
The Tunisian captain's goal mobilised the French into action, with Deschamps bringing in stars like Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann to jump-start an attack that had so far been tepid.
Images from the FIFA World Cup Group H match between Portugal and Uruguay on Monday.
Images from the FIFA World Cup Group G match between Brazil and Switzerland on Monday.
Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin was among the first to tweet his reaction.
Images from the FIFA World Cup Group F match between Belgium and Morocco on Sunday.
Rayo Vallecano came from behind to beat Real Madrid 3-2 on Monday with the champions failing to reclaim top spot in the standings after two consecutive games without a win.
Robert Lewandowski struck the goal that sealed Poland's victory over Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup Group C match played between Poland and Saudi Arabia at Education City Stadium on Saturday.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Nations League.
Images from the FIFA World Cup Group E match between Germany and Japan on Wednesday.
Manchester City needed a second-half penalty from striker Erling Haaland to break the resistance of a dogged Crystal Palace.
Boufal and Sabiri score to give Morocco 2-1 win over Brazil
Sadio Mane scored twice to help Senegal fight back and shock Brazil 4-2 in a friendly in Lisbon on Tuesday.
The following are three talking points from the weekend's Premier League action:
There are great goals, lucky goals, own goals, winning goals and now, in the era of VAR, we have the 'provisional goal'.
League Two (fourth tier) side Stevenage pulled off the shock of the weekend by winning 2-1 at Premier League Aston Villa.
Images from the international friendly and Euro qualifying football matches played on Tuesday.
A round-up of Sunday night's matches in the Premier League.
Brentford pulled off their latest English Premier League shock by beating Liverpool 3-1 at home.
It's the first yellow card issued by a lady referee in the men's World Cup -- Stephanie Frappart is the umpire; Costa Rica's Oscar Duarte is the player -- and it all happened in the 76th minute of the match against Germany.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup Group H match played between Ghana and South Korea on Monday.
With both Serbia and Cameroon desperate for points after their opening defeats, they played out one of the most entertaining games of the tournament
Images from Wednesday's action in the English Premier League.
LaLiga leaders Barcelona's pursuit of a 27th Spanish title gained momentum after a 2-1 comeback win over Real Madrid.
We haven't played the best coming into the tournament. There was a lot of talk and speculation about our form but we showed everyone how much quality we have and what we can do," said Saka, whose last major tournament ended with him missing a penalty in the Euro 2020 final shootout.
Scott McTominay's header proved decisive for Manchester United
Valencia, who was taken off for the last 15 minutes of Sunday's Group A game, has had a decade-long career in the Ecuador side, starting off as a winger but being converted to a striker in the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup.
A ninth successive win in all competitions for United was celebrated with real vigour, as they moved to within a point of City in second, giving Arsenal the chance to go eight points clear at the top of the standings with a win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
Erling Haaland set another scoring record as Manchester City beat Bayern Munich
Bayern edge closer to Bundesliga title after win at Arminia
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Images from the FIFA World Cup Quarter-final match between Croatia and Brazil on Friday.
