it's just so funny

France Cricket saga: Defeat for the remade women's national team in New Caledonia The French women’s cricket team came last at a tournament in the overseas territory of New Caledonia on Friday, but officials are optimistic for the future. The brand-new squad completely replaced the...

That was my story! www.france24.com/en/sport/202...

And here are the famous We Play on Land pics: www.facebook.com/francecricke...

Truly the most iconic slogan.

Ceci n'est pas une French national cricket team. At least, not according to the French government. Yet FRANCE is written across their blue, white and red kit, and FRANCE are moving up and down the ICC official rankings as the tournament goes on. Is this even legal? I found out: f24.my/BqmF

“They only care about mass surveillance when it comes to US citizens.”

@en.france24.com’s @pobjourno.bsky.social explains how AI companies’ priorities shift as military use grows

More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BnUW

France Cricket faces power struggle as government backing hangs in the balance The French governing body for cricket is set to lose its state mandate, just six months after winning an executive seat on the International Cricket Council. Now, a rival federation looks to control…

In response to the latest part of our France Cricket investigation, the board in a statement has said they're continuing to operate as normal, saying "no authority, national or international, has published any decision withdrawing or modifying" their official status.

The context 👇

f24.my/BdWm

Brussels under fire for softening grip on Big Tech • FRANCE 24 English YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

Pleasure having @davekeating.substack.com swing by the studio during his Paris weekend break to talk about the uproar around the EU's planned tweaks to GDPR and the AI Act. Thanks Dave!
youtu.be/NqQqi8QGEiU

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2025 *Standard hardback edition*The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has been published every year since 1864. Home to some of the f…

Order a copy of this year’s Wisden Almanack for more on the fate of women’s cricket in France: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/wisden-cr... 7/7

🔴 Suivez la petite finale du Tournoi international de Cricket féminin France / Fidji -Stade de N'du YouTube video by Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère

Watch the remarkable match back here, the first time I’ve seen full French TV coverage of a game of cricket: www.youtube.com/live/0YN8_6-... 6/7

France Cricket saga: Defeat for the remade women's national team in New Caledonia The French women’s cricket team came last at a tournament in the overseas territory of New Caledonia on Friday, but officials are optimistic for the future. The brand-new squad completely replaced the...

France Cricket has swept into the territory with their own mission, read the latest on @en.france24.com: f24.my/B15p 5/7

The women in the new squad were converted from a traditional form of the game, widely played by Kanak women in New Caledonia since cricket was supposedly introduced by English missionaries in the 19th century. 4/7

France came last, losing all its matches, but only after an admittedly thrilling double Super Over. Perhaps the second in history, from my limited cricket knowledge?
📸 France Télévisions Nouvelle-Calédonie 3/7

The former squad? Nowhere to be seen, after they called for an investigation into France Cricket over alleged fraud in the domestic women’s game. 2/7

🥖 🏏 France Cricket update
Here are the results of the inaugural ICC-recognised Pacific-France Women’s T20I Championship between Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, and a brand-new French national team made up entirely of players from the overseas territory of New Caledonia cricheroes.com/tournament/1... 1/7

📍 #AIActionSummit too much about #France ?
@pobjourno.bsky.social put the question to @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social

➡️Your reactions on #france24

Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist
@mariaressa.bsky.social on falsehoods spread by AI: "AI is a way to evade responsibility, to evade accountability ... all this must stop." @france24.com

'My identity was stolen by Iranian hackers', FRANCE 24 journalist says • FRANCE 24 English YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

Spoke to Peter O'Brien @france24.com a bit this week about #CharmingCypress impersonating Peter in order to eventually phish users, there's a great summary by Peter on France24 (English) here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6sG...

the French cricket authorities have been boasting about the rise of women's cricket in France.

one problem - some of the matches seem to have been invented to make the sport seem popular. great story. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...