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Pavard Double Leads France To Win Over Scotland

18Oct

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Pavard Double Leads France To Win Over Scotland

Defender Benjamin Pavard scored twice and Kylian Mbappe struck from the spot as France came from behind to beat Scotland 4-1 in a friendly in Lille on Tuesday. Kick-off was delayed by 10 minutes due to increased security measures after two Swedes were shot dead in an attack in Brussels on Monday before a Euro 2024 qualifier between Belgium and Sweden that was later abandoned. Billy Gilmour gave Scotland a surprise lead in the 11th minute, sweeping sweetly into the far corner after an inexplicable mistake by Eduardo Camavinga. But France, who qualified for Euro 2024 last week like Scotland, hit back five minutes later as Pavard glanced home Antoine Griezmann's corner at the near post. Pavard then became the first France player to score two headed goals in the same game sinc...

Uhuru arrives in France for a two-day official visit.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Paris, France for a two-day official visit. The president who left Kenya on Tuesday evening is expected to seal the deal for the construction of the Sh160 billion toll highway from Nairobi to Mau Summit which is expected to begin in September. This will among others address traffic congestion on the northern corridor. The 233-kilometre contract that was awarded to a French consortium made up of Vinci Highways SAS, Meridian Infrastructure Africa Fund, and Vinci Concessions SAS last year will see the road expanded into a four-lane dual carriageway through a Public-Private Partnership model. The consortium is expected to design, finance, construct, operate and maintain the express. The firm will then recoup its finances using the rev...

Ikea France fined €1m for snooping on staff

A French court has ordered Ikea to pay a fine of €1m (£860,000; $1.2m) after the Swedish furniture chain was found guilty of spying on staff in France. The former CEO of Ikea France, Jean-Louis Baillot, was given a two-year suspended jail term and €50,000 fine. The French subsidiary was found to have used private detectives and police officers to collect private data on staff. Evidence came to light in 2012. Stung by the affair, Ikea fired four managers and got a new code of conduct. The 15 people in the dock at the Versailles court included top executives and former store managers. Four police officers were also on trial for handing over confidential information. The mass surveillance system was used by store managers to vet job applicants, as well as checking up on...