Manchester city striker Emmanuel Adebayor is being linked with a move to France. City are keen to sell the striker this summer but have so far struggled to find a buyer.

But Marseille are in the market for a frontman and could be set to launch a bid.

The 27-year-old spent the last six months the season on loan at Real Madrid, but the Spanish side decided not to take up their option to make Adebayor’s stay permanent.

French football chiefs are plotting the approval of unofficial quotas that will limit the number of black players in the French national squad. Senior figures within the French Football Federation, including the national coach, Laurent Blanc, backed plans for a 30 per cent limit for the number of non-white players once they reach 13 years of age, according to Mediapart, the investigative news website.

It cites sources inside the Federation as naming François Blaquart, the newly-appointed head of the Federation’s National Technical Board (DTN), as a key proponent of the alleged plan.

France coach Laurent Blanc has said that Franck Ribery has been omitted from the national team due to his poor form.

While Ribery has been constantly regarded as one of the France's top players since he rose to prominence on the back of several sterling performances at the 2006 World Cup, he failed to live up to his own high standards at the 2010 edition in South Africa.

Furthermore, his role in the team's infamous boycott of a training session following the expulsion of Nicolas Anelka from the playing squad saw him slapped with a three-match ban by the French Football Assocation.

French's defender Patrice Evra has signed new contract with Manchester United.Patrice Evra has committed his future to Manchester United and agreed a new four-year contract, with an announcement expected from Old Trafford on Friday morning.

Evra had considered leaving Old Trafford, tempted by the possibility of playing in Spain, and had been linked with a move to Real Madrid.

But the Frenchman has decided instead to remain in the Premier League.

France is set to host Ghana and Togo in a friendly match in February. According to the FA, the game would be played in the French city of Lens as the Black Stars hand new coach Goran Stevanovic his first major game in charge of the team.

The game would the Black Stars' first fixture of the new as they prepare for their next crucial 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Congo in March.

Ghana last played Togo in an international friendly on 16 August 2006 and it ended 2-0 in favour of the Black Stars.

The French football national team are preparing to play against Croatia in a friendly match. The friendly against Croatia is scheduled at the Stade de France on March 29, and the matches against Euro 2012 hosts Poland and Ukraine were scheduled for June.

France will take on Martin Skrtel's Ukraine away on June 6 before travelling on to face Poland on June 9.

France manager Laurent Blanc has said that he wants France to win football matches once again. The French National team is keen to go back to winning international matches, with Karim Benzema the figurehead for the new-look team.

In an interview published today on the sports magazine "L'Equipe", the manager of the French National team, Laurent Blanc, explained that "the priority need in a major match remains the same: we want to win. To stay among the topmost 6-7 teams is very difficult. It will take some time to get back to the top".

The GM French football resigned yesterday to put more doubt for the future of French football. Jacques has been working in the same position since 2005 and has been known as the architect of the successful bid done by France for hosting Euro 2016 tournament. Besides that he has also headed the 1998 World Cup finals organization committee.

After poor performances in the Euro 2012 qualifiers, France slipped down to its lowest ranking ever. The latest FIFA rankings came out Wednesday. New World Champion in South Africa last month, Spain (photo) remains in the lead. With 835 points, France now points to 27th place worldwide.

France were defeated by Belarus in Laurent Blanc's first match incharge of the national team. Blanc welcomed back nine players from Les Bleus' disastrous World Cup campaign after he had suspended them for a friendly in Norway last month.

But they could do nothing to prevent Belarus sub Sergei Kislyak from netting the winner with four minutes left.

His goal came from the visitors' only clear-cut chance in the Euro 2012 qualifier at Stade de France.