Two of the best soccer players in France allegedly paid a 16-year old for sex. Since this is France we’re talking about, it’s not that big of a deal. The details, after the jump.

During France and Spain’s quarterfinal Olympic basketball game today, France’s Nic Batum unleashed a vicious punch to the crotch on Spain’s Juan Carlos Navarro. When we say “vicious,” we mean it: this wasn’t accidental, and it wasn’t a mishit. Batum closed his fist and really went for it.

Euro 2012 begins tomorrow, and it’s going to provide some must-watch action. After the jump, a few of the many reasons you should care about it.

New Zealand’s national Rugby team, nicknamed the All Blacks, have this ritual they like to do before matches called the “Haka.” Over the weekend, during a World Cup match, the French impeded on their Haka. Video of a “Braveheart-esque” showdown, after the jump.

Paul Robinson and Wes Brown are out. Ashley Cole is snubbing Fabio Capello. That’s a bad weekend for any national team that isn’t the French.

The French National Team is in timeout. Rightfully so.

Theirry Henry has joined the New York Red Bulls, signing a multiyear contract with the MLS team and going to the one place in the world where he’s not famous enough yet to draw widespread disdain.

The first set of world soccer rankings after the 2010 World Cup have been released, and it’s not pretty for a number of teams.

Much maligned French coach Raymond Domenech is likely to face even more criticism heading into France’s final match against South Africa, for, in today’s match against Mexico, ESPN analyst Steve McManaman said it best: France was “awful, abysmal, terrible.”

Hey, remember that time that France qualified for the World Cup because of a very shady handball call vs. Ireland? Remember the uproar? The international calls for instant replay? Well, payback is a non-call.