France bids for Euro 2016

Published February 14, 2009

PARIS, Feb 13: The French soccer federation (FFF) has submitted an application to host the 2016 European championships, the authority said in a statement on Friday.

“The [federation’s] Federal council has confirmed France has applied to organise Euro 2016,” the FFF said.—Reuters

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