French president of French football association (FFF), Jean-Pierre Escalettes (C), French State Secretary for Sport Rama Yade (R) and French Minister for Health Roselyne Bachelot (L) are pictured before the World Cup 2010 qualifying football match France vs. Austria, on October 14, 2009 at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

French president of French football association (FFF), Jean-Pierre Escalettes (C), French State Secretary for Sport Rama Yade (R) and French Minister for Health Roselyne Bachelot (L) are pictured before the World Cup 2010 qualifying football match France vs. Austria, on October 14, 2009 at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, outside Paris.

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  1. Prince Albert II of Monaco (C) introduces French Junior Minister for Youth and Sports Rama Yade (L) to Slovenia's President Danilo Turk (R) before the opening ceremony of the 3rd International Peace and Sport Forum in Monaco November 25, 2009.
  2. Prince Albert II of Monaco poses with French Junior Minister for Youth and Sports Rama Yade before the opening ceremony of the 3rd International Peace and Sport Forum in Monaco November 25, 2009.
  3. French State Secretary for Sports Rama Yade (C) is pictured in the stands during the World Cup 2010 qualifying football match France vs. Republic of Ireland on November 18, 2009 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, northern Paris.
  4. French State Secretary for Sports Rama Yade and French president of the football federation (FFF) Jean-Pierre Escalettes chat before the World Cup 2010 qualifying football match France vs. Republic of Ireland on November 18, 2009 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, northern Paris.
  5. French State Secretary for Sports Rama Yade (C) is seen in the stands before the World Cup 2010 qualifying football match France vs. Republic of Ireland on November 18, 2009 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, northern Paris.
  6. Rama Yade French Junior Minister for Youth and Sports attends the final of the Paris Masters tennis tournament between Gael Monfils of France and Novak Djokovic of Serbia November 15, 2009.
  7. Rama Yade French Junior Minister for Youth and Sports attends the final of the Paris Masters tennis tournament between Gael Monfils of France and Novak Djokovic of Serbia November 15, 2009.
  8. Rama Yade French Junior Minister for Youth and Sports attends the final of the Paris Masters tennis tournament between Gael Monfils of France and Novak Djokovic of Serbia November 15, 2009.
  9. Gael Monfils (L) of France is congratulated by Rama Yade (C), French Junior Minister for Youth and Sports and French Tennis Federation President Jean Gachassin after his final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Paris Masters tennis tournament November 15, 2009.
  10. Rama Yade, French Junior Minister for Youth and Sports (C) attends a 2010 World Cup play off qualifying soccer match against Ireland at Croke Park Stadium in Dublin, November 14, 2009.
  11. French State Secretary for Sport Rama Yade (C) applauds during the first leg of the World Cup 2010 play-off football match Republic of Ireland Vs France on November 14, 2009 at the Croke Park Stadium in Dublin.
  12. Rama Yade (2nd L), French Junior Minister for Youth and Sports, poses with French tennis players Gilles Simon (R), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (L) and French Tennis Federation President Jean Gachassin after their match in the Paris Masters tennis tournament November 12, 2009.
  13. France's State Secretary for Sport Rama Yade (C) arrives at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, on November 11, 2009 to attend an Armistice Day ceremony, marking the 91th anniversary of the end of World War I. German leaders have attended Armistice Day events in France before -- most notably when chancellor Helmut Kohl took president Francois Mitterrand's hand in Verdun, the scene of one of the fiercest battles of the 1914-18 war. But Merkel's visit will be the first time a German leader has attended the Paris ceremonies marking the surrender of Germany after four years of trench warfare that left millions dead;.
  14. French Junior Minister in charge of Forward Planning, Assessment of Public Policies and Development of the Digital Economy Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet (R) and State Secretary for Sport Rama Yade attend the weekly session of the questions to the government, on November 10, 2009 at the French National Assembly in Paris.
  15. Spain's tennis player Rafael Nadal is pictured next to French State Secretary for Sport Rama Yade after being awarded by the French Sports Academy with the performance of the year 2008 prize, on November 9, 2009 in Paris.
  16. Spain's tennis player Rafael Nadal (2nd L) poses next to French State Secretary for Sport Rama Yade (2nd R), France's National Assembly president Bernard Accoyer and French Tennis federation president Jean Gachassin, after being awarded by the French Sports Academy with the performance of the year 2008 prize, on November 9, 2009 in Paris.

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