PARIS: With just over four weeks to go until the start of Euro 2016, the build-up to the European Championship continued on Thursday (Friday in Manila) as hosts France named their squad, minus Mathieu Valbuena and Hatem Ben Arfa.

Valbuena’s season has been overshadowed by the sextape blackmail affair in which he has been a victim and which has seen star striker Karim Benzema of Real Madrid dropped by his country.

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