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...fact, a significant portion of the booing has little to do with politics at all - it's the reaction of white French soccer fans to the parlous state of the national team, and failure of an unresponsive establishment to rectify it by firing the widely loathed national coach, Raymond Domenech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Booing the Marsellaise: A French Soccer Scandal | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...subsequent penalty put Italy ahead and then Thierry Henry capped France's night by deflecting Daniele De Rossi's free kick into the net in the second half. This is a sorry end to a generation of greatness. But all was not lost. After the game, French coach Raymond Domenech, who should be out of a job soon, proposed to his long-time girlfriend during a television interview. And good luck to you, Mrs. Consolation Prize. The Romanians, too, lost badly. They had Italy on the ropes but failed to seal the deal when Adrian Mutu's penalty was saved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro 2008: The Energy and the Agony | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...Meanwhile in Berne, French coach Raymond Domenech spent more time sparring with the media than focusing on his team's big choc with the Netherlands. His vegetative side simply had no strategy to take down the strong Dutch team, and it showed. After some polite and tense foreplay, the Netherlands exploded in a sparkling offensive action on a corner kick that ended with Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt scoring nine minutes in. The French struggled to survive the half, then came out after the interval ready for payback. Les Bleus pushed, shoved, sprinted, and fought to stay alive, but the Dutch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro 2008: the Hosts' Fates Diverge | 6/14/2008 | See Source »

...Tarragona don't have a drop to spare." Even the farmers to the north of the city are suffering from the city's all-consuming thirst. "Already, some farmers in the Ter area are prohibited from irrigating because the water is needed for Barcelona," says Peasants' Union spokesman Felip Domenech. "This diversion could cause entire harvests to fail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Spain, the Pain of No Rain | 5/13/2008 | See Source »

...lovingly across the Mediterranean to its stronghold on the Iberian peninsula, the Holy See now views Spain as a sad example of how the West was lost to the forces of secular humanism. Such doctrinal concerns don't exist for Rocío Martínez-Sampere and Jordi Domenech, who were born the year before Franco's death. For both of them, marriage is out of the question and careers are important. But, at 33, they are expecting their second son this spring. Becoming parents has been a balancing act for the couple: she is a rising star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: Family Matters | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

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