It took Giroud, who owed his place in the starting lineup to Benzema's absence, 115 international appearances to score his 51 goals, while Henry needed 123 from 1997-2010.
Jubilant Ukraine reach Euro 2024 finals with Iceland win
If the word 'Love' is removed from the inside of the shirt, the team is allowed to wear it.
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Karim Benzema will leave Real Madrid as a free agent in the close season after 14 trophy-laden years
India is seeded No 23 in the draw, which will take place on December 17 in Kuala Lumpur.
Lionel Messi will play his last game for Paris St Germain against Clermont on Saturday
Four of the five goals in a thrilling Group H match at Education City Stadium came from dangerous crosses
Croatia's head coach Zlatko Dalic said as he prepares his side for Thursday's decisive Group F showdown.
Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra finished second at the Doha Diamond League meeting javelin throw event as his big final effort of 88.36m fell short by two centimetres of Jakub Vadlejch's winning effort in Doha on Friday.
FIFA chief Sepp Blatter often talks about being the head of the "football family" but if the boos that greeted his appearance at the Asian Cup final on Saturday are anything to go by, he is not too popular with his Australian cousins.
Araujo to miss Uruguay friendlies due to thigh injury
Veteran striker Girelli, 33, replaced 16-year-old midfielder Giulia Dragoni in the 83rd minute and needed only four minutes to make an impact
After the match, jubilant Iranians danced and cheered as they streamed out of the ground.
"It feels like a missed chance because I felt the performances were really good and the focus and the hunger was good every single day," said England midfielder Jordan Henderson.
Bale decided to end his playing career at the age of 33
'I am not going to try and set up any particular tactical plan to counter Kylian'
Mbappe scores late penalty to secure PSG 2-1 win over Strasbourg
The South Koreans, meanwhile, secured their first win in Group B as Paulo Bento's side saw off Lebanon in Suwon.
Ronaldo's future at United is up in the air after he said he felt 'betrayed' by the Premier League club
A defeat would knock Serbia out if Brazil fail to win against Switzerland, while Cameroon will be out if they lose and Switzerland fail to win against Brazil.
Christian Pulisic has had a season to forget for Chelsea but in the blue shirt of his beloved United States he scored the goal that gave them their first win at the 2022 World Cup and a spot in the last-16.
'Leo wants to return to Barca and I would also like him to return'
Manchester City's Erling Haaland faces Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski meets Bayern Munich after the Champions League group-stage draw was made on Thursday.
Four cities, including, Delhi, Mohali, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad have been issued ticket advisories with fans being banned from carrying protest banners.
'No one knows if PCB chief Mr Najam Sethi has had any informal discussion with his Bangladeshi counterpart Najmul Hasan Papon, but this can be said with a degree of certainty that no such discussions happened officially that Pakistan will play in Bangladesh.'
Captain Luca Modric, who with Ivan Perisic and Dejan Lovren forms a high class but ageing core to the team, says they fear no-one and they will have done their homework on the Samurai Blue.
Images from the FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra's Paris Games preparations will be put through a stern test when he begins his season in the first leg of the prestigious Diamond League one-day meet series against a star-studded but familiar field, in Doha on Friday.
India coach Igor Stimac wants his players to stay compact and not concede set pieces to Australia
