French fume after Domenech hearing

POLITICIANS involved in yesterday’s closed-door hearing about France’s World Cup fiasco grumbled that Raymond Domenech refused to take any responsibility for his team’s misbehaviour and offered no explanations.

They said Domenech, the outgoing coach, tried to pin blame on the press during the parliamentary hearing.

A prominent National Assembly member, Jean-François Cope, said Domenech’s testimony “wasn’t very dignified”.