France Football Federation president Noel Le Great said that Karim Benzema would be allowed to play with France even if found guilty.
France have an insurmountable four-point lead over second-placed Finland in Group D of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.
FIFA will make the playoffs draw on November 26 in Zurich. France, Germany, Belgium and Denmark are among the eventual 10 European group winners.
Jordan Veretout has replaced Paul Pogba in the France squad and is likely to start for the national team in Saturday’s home game against Kazakhstan.
Euro 2020 champion Italy rose one place to No. 4 and England dropped two to No. 5.
The 25-year-old Hernandez was a reserve in the France squad that won the Nations League beating Spain in the final last week.
Earlier on the day, Italy beat Belgium 2-1 with goals from Nicolo Barella and Domenico Berardi to finish in third place in Nations League.
Theo Hernandez, who celebrated his 24th birthday a day before, scored the last-minute winner to send the World Champions through to Sunday’s final.
French wonderkid Kylian Mbappe was made the scapegoat for France's failure at the Euro 2020 after missing the decisive penalty earlier this year.
European (UEFA) and South American (CONMEBOL) football bodies have already threatened to boycott a biennial World Cup.
France will play Belgium next Thursday. The winner will face either European Champion Italy or Spain in the final.
France has nine points from five matches and Finland is next with five points from three matches
PSG have been busy in making major signings but the biggest question is will they be able to persude striker Kylian Mbappe to stay
Although Sylvain Ripoll picked 21 players, only 19 will fly out to Tokyo, the French Football Federation said
This is for the first time that Switzerland has booked a spot in the quarterfinals of a major soccer tournament since 1954 World Cup
Switzerland will now meet Spain in the quarterfinals after latter knocked out Croatia in another round of 16 match
Despite injury concerns France start as favourite against Switzerland. Check out team news, likely XIs, match and telecast details
Switzerland has never beaten France in a competitive game and with Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann and Karim Benzema, in ranks Les Bleus look favourite to advance
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.