NANTES, France (AP) — Guéla Doué scored a goal and set up the winning strike as Ivory Coast surprised France — and Doué's brother in the French dugout — with a 2-1 victory in a World Cup warmup match Thursday.

France was at home and started winning the game, but then Ivory Coast proved to be too resilient and ended up coming back to win this pre-2026 World Cup international friendly!

International friendly, 04/06/26France got the final part of their World Cup preparations underway by hosting Ivory Coast in Nantes. Didier Deschamps, who was serenaded for his return to his former

An Irish pub in Edinburgh says it has entered its “Ivory Coast era”, and is flipping around its tricolor flags to match those of the African nation, and back them in the World Cup instead of the Boys

Ivory Coast has sold ‌about 1 million metric tons of cocoa in export contracts for the 2026-27 main crop, but has started to slow sales due to concerns about the impact of a looming El Nino weather pattern on output,

Ivory Coast wonderkid Yan Diomande is not chasing comparisons with Michael Olise or Elephants legend Gervinho, with the youngster insisting he's focusing only on himself as his first FIFA World Cup approaches.