Despite missing Ballon d'Or and Champions League winner Karim Benzema, France has rolled past their previous opponents. Here's why. Benzema key in qualifying and beyond It was June 23, 2021, when ...

DOHA, Qatar - France head coach Didier Deschamps has vowed his squad will mount a stout defense of its World Cup title, despite the "sad" loss of star forward Karim Benzema through injury.

KARIM Benzema won everything in his club career, including the Ballon d’Or and five Champions League titles. But this success has not been replicated for his national side — here we look at w… ...

France's Karim Benzema eyes the ball during a training session at the Jassim Bin Hamad stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. France will play their first match in the World Cup against ...

Karim Benzema's last-minute withdrawal was labelled as a blow by everyone in the French squad but could actually be a blessing in disguise as Kylian Mbappe is now expected to be paired with his ...

The news of Benzema’s injury costing him the entire World Cup, a tournament which France won in 2018, is new. But earlier in the day, it was announced that he would miss at least Les Bleus ...

Striker Karim Benzema was forced to leave France's training session because of an injury on Saturday in what is potentially a major blow for the defending champions three days before their World ...

Is there an actual chance France could have 2022 Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema on the pitch for Sunday’s FIFA World Cup Final against Argentina?

Benzema didn’t hold back when discussing Mbappé’s role: “The problem for me is that Mbappé is not a centre forward,” Benzema explained.“Every time he plays for France as a ‘9’ he ...

France’s World Cup title defense is off to a very unfortunate start. Julien Laurens of ESPN reported on Saturday that French forward Karim Benzema suffered a left thigh injury during a training ...