The Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris will host its first mass on Saturday, exactly two months after the devastating blaze that shocked France and the world.

Rafael Nadal told Dominic Thiem that he will win Roland Garros one day after seeing off the Austrian in four sets to win a 12th French Open and 18th major on Sunday. The 33-year-old Spaniard claimed a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 victory over thee fourth seed, becoming the first player, man or woman, to win…

Novak Djokovic said his shock Roland Garros defeat to Dominic Thiem, which ended his dream of becoming just the second man in history to hold all Grand Slam titles at the same time twice, was played out in "hurricane conditions".

France players savoured a "dream" opening to the women's World Cup after the hosts set the ball rolling in style with a 4-0 win over South Korea before a sell-out crowd on Friday in Paris. More than 45,000 supporters filled the Parc des Princes to watch Les Bleues cruise to a one-sided victory, with giant…

Some ten million viewers tuned in to see the Women's World Cup opening game on Friday as the 24 nation tournament got off to a colourful start. The tournament is being broadcast by both public and cable television in France with Friday's opener, a 4-0 win for France over South Korea, going out on the…

African champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria yesterday departed the Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf in Austria, where they were on a two-week residential camping, for Vienna ahead of their journey to Paris for the Eighth FIFA Women’s World Cup finals.   According to thenff.com, the girls are psychologically high after handsome wins in two…

American rap star Chris Brown failed to appear at a hearing Tuesday in Paris where he had been summoned to a face-to-face meeting with a Frenchwoman who has accused him of rape, her lawyer said. The woman, 24, says Brown along with his bodyguard and a friend of assaulted her in the luxury Mandarin Oriental…

Founded in 2016 with a mission to promote a more positive image of Africa and Africans to the world, WISH Africa, a social enterprise in the form of media and marketing platform with focus on culture, commerce and its development in Africa will launch its inaugural expo come June 8, in London. The maiden edition will showcase the…

The French government on Thursday accused radicals of storming a famed Paris hospital during a fiery May Day, an incident that risks further raising tensions between authorities and a nationwide protest movement.

Foremost British architect, Norman Foster has jumped into the international competition to design a replacement spire for Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral, proposing a glass-and-steel topper to replace the cathedral’s ruined roof. His firm, Foster and Partners maintains international design practice famous for high-tech architecture. In an interview in English publication The Times, Foster presented his…

There is no doubt, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral meaning ‘Our Lady of Paris’ is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world with an estimated 13 million visitors every year, which means an average of 30,000 people every day, and a growing population of 50,000 tourists pass through the cathedral on peak…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with French leader, Emmanuel Macron, and the citizens over the fire that gutted parts of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The president also extended his sympathy to Christians in Nigeria and all over the world following the partial destruction of the historical monument, which houses deferent valuable items held…