PARIS -- A French inquiry into sports doping uncovered proof that 1998 Tour de France champion Marco Pantani and runner-up Jan Ullrich used the banned blood-booster EPO to fuel their performances.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the French 1998 World Cup winning side (left to right) Alain Boghossian, Lilian Thuram, Marcel Desailly and Didier ...

The French football team has won the 2018 World Cup, 20 years after it triumphed on home soil in 1998. “Les Bleus”, as they’re called, are back in the nation’s good books, celebrated for their ...

In 1998, after a 60-year absence, the World Cup returned home to France, its country of birth. Dreamt up by two noble Frenchman, Jules Rimet and Henri Delaunay, the World Cup was first staged in ...