French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the vessel was departing Marseille after a payment of "several million euros".

Germany beat France 5-1 in a play-off to reach the Olympic men's ice hockey quaer-finals where they will face Slovakia on Wednesday. First period goals from Edmonton Oilers star Leon Drasaitl, Frederik Tiffels and JJ Peterka put the Germans on course on Tuesday and Joshua Samanski on a power play and Nico Sturm wrapped up matters in the final period.

The French military diverted the ship last month and anchored it in the port of Fos-sur-Mer as part of an investigation into a charge of failure to fly a valid flag.

France's Eric Perrot overcame a wobble on the final shoot and a late surge from Norway's Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen to win a sensational first men's relay gold medal for his country at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday.

France's top rugby players were on Monday starting their preparations for their third game in the 2026 Six Nations tournament following a second convincing win of the campaign on Sunday evening.

ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) — France came from last place to win the Olympic men’s biathlon relay for the first time on Tuesday by less than 10 seconds from stunned world and defending champion Norway. Sweden hung on for the bronze,

By Maria Martinez BERLIN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - France and Germany have urged the European Commission to bring forward an ambitious "financial services simplification package" to make EU rules easier to navigate and less burdensome for firms,

Introducing the French player Victor Wembanyama was a map that hearkened back to the Capetian realm of the 12th century.