FRANCE international footballers Frank Ribery and Karim Benzema were yesterday charged with having had sex with an underage prostitute, as magistrates cracked down on an alleged celebrity vice ring.

Bayern Munich will take their fight against Frank Ribery’s ban, which rules him out of this month’s Champions League final, to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Manchester United have received a Champions League boost after Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand declared themselves fit for travel ahead of tomorrow’s quarter-final with Bayern Munich.

BAYERN MUNICH winger Arjen Robben is dreaming of a 6-0 Champions League thrashing of Fiorentina tonight — but admits the reality is more likely to be a little different.

FAI chief executive John Delaney admits he has “probably heard too much about Stephen Ireland and too much about Andy Reid,” as the Republic of Ireland bid to qualify for next year’s World Cup finals.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy. He casts his eye over your comments and gives his own critical analysis of the goings on throughout the world of football. You may agree with him or then again you may not.

ARSENAL captain William Gallas has risked the wrath of his teammates by claiming they are “not brave enough in battle”.

FRANCE v Romania. Oh dear. Let’s blame it on the weather, shall we?

FRENCH renaissance? More like a French revolution. Zinedine Zidane reborn?