The football commentator Thierry Roland was a colourful and popular figure in his native France, and covered 13 World Cups and nine European Championships. His partisan coverage of Les Bleus was ...

Even by modern standards, the minute's silence before France lost to Sweden on Tuesday was unusual. Rather than a tribute to a former player or manager, or to mark a national tragedy, it was dedicated ...

Rolland had recently undergone an operation and had declared himself unfit to travel to Ukraine for the Euro 2012 tournament telling AFP that "it would not be right to go to Ukraine where they do not ...

Thierry Roland (4 August 1937 – 16 June 2012) was a French sports commentator. He was born in the city of Boulogne-Billancourt, and died in Paris of a cerebrovascular event at age 74. Roland was ...

Arsene Wenger proved age is no obstacle as he donned his football boots again to take part in a friendly match at the new Thierry Roland Stadium in northern Paris. The 69-year-old, who runs 10km a day ...

CONTROVERSIAL French television football commentating legend Thierry Roland has died aged 74, it was announced by French TV channel M6 on behalf of his family on Saturday. Rolland had recently ...