Tag: France

BREAKING: Spain Defeat France 2-1, Advance To Euro 2024 Final

Ganiyu Amodu

. Through to their first men’s final since last winning the Euros in 2012 . Lamine Yamal becomes youngest scorer in men’s European Championship history   Spain’s Lamine Yamal scored a wondergoal to become the youngest scorer in men’s European Championship history to help knock out tournament favourites France and reach the final of Euro 2024. The 16-year-old fired a stunning strike into the top cover from outside the penalty area to equalise after Randal Kolo Muani’s early opener in the semi-final in Munich. And Dani Olmo then struck moments…

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France Deploys Troops, Bans TikTok Over New Caledonia Riots

Ganiyu Amodu

France has deployed troops to New Caledonia’s ports and international airport, banned TikTok and has imposed a state of emergency after three nights of clashes that have left four dead and hundreds wounded. Pro-independence, largely Indigenous protests against a French plan to impose new voting rules on its Pacific archipelago have spiralled into the deadliest violence since the 1980s, with a police officer among several killed by gunfire. In three municipalities on the French-ruled island, gendarmes faced about 5,000 rioters, including between 3,000 and 4,000 in the capital Noumea, France’s…

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