France fend off South African comeback to clinch long-awaited win in Paris

Home Shows Sports Video content Program Sport To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: France's wing Théo Attissogbe (top), France's scrum-half Maxime Lucu (bottom) and France's centre Emilien Gailleton (C) celebrate their team's victory at the end of the Rugby Union Nations Championship match between France and South Africa at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris' suburb, on November 13, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) © Anne Christine Poujoulat, AFP 04:55 Issued on: 14/11/2026 - 11:58 From the show Twenty-one years after last beating the Springboks in Paris, Les Bleus held out for a 21-19 win over the world champions on Friday after a nailbiting finale. Antoine Dupont and company are now one step away from reaching the Nations Championship final in London. The 2027 AFCON qualifying action on Friday saw Mali mount a comeback against Rwanda to go top of Group K, while Morocco made light work of Niger in Group A. Mohamed Salah became Egypt's all-time top scorer, with his double against Malawi taking his tally for the Pharoahs to 70 goals. Mauricio Pochettino's appointment as manager of Manchester United was made official, with the Argentine confirming the news himself in one of his final press conferences as head coach of the US men's national team on Friday. Elina Svitolina claimed an unexpected three-set win over Aryna Sabalenka on Friday, sealing her spot in the WTA Finals last four at Indian Wells. The Ukrainian will take on Linda Nosková, while the other semi-final sees Jessica Pegula take on Mirra Andreeva.