Sarkozy's fingers crossed as polls begin in France

The first round of the 2012 French presidential election officially kicked off in mainland France on Sunday morning. With polling stations opened at 8:00 am local time, some 44.3 million......

French president can bless his lucky stars, again, as 'Les Bleus' win World Cup

IMAGE: France President Emmanuel Macron embraces Paul Pogba during the presentations. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters It looks like Emmanuel Macron just got lucky again. France's......

Zidane remains best-loved French despite head-butt

Zinedine Zidane remains France's best-loved personality despite his head-butt against Italy's Marco Materazzi in the soccer World Cup final this year, a survey showed on Saturday. Zidane came first......

Zidane voted France's favourite

No buts about it, Zinedine Zidane is France's favourite personality.Despite the head butt on an Italian defender that arguably cost France the World Cup, the former captain of the national soccer......