FIFA warns French politicians to stay out of football

FIFA have contacted the French Sports Ministry to remind them not to interfere in the workings of the French Football Federation as the country deals with the fallout from a disastrous World Cup campaign.

Sports minister Roselyne Bachelot has been quoted as saying that the French government would have to intervene after the team were eliminated at the group stage, with Nicolas Anelka having been sent home for directing a volley of abuse at coach Raymond Domenech and the rest of the squad then refusing to train the next day in protest at the decision to expel Anelka.