the 24—year—old paris saint—germain striker, who's scored 36 goals in 66 games for france, takes over the captaincy from the tottenham goalkeeper hugo lloris, who's retired from the international game. atletico madrid forward antoine griezmann has been named vice—captain. didier deschamps, the france head coach, told french tv, "kylian meets all the requirements to have this "responsibility on the field, as in the life of the group "by being a unifying element." france begin their european championship qualifying campaign on friday when they face the netherlands in paris. new zealand rugby have confirmed that scott robertson will take over as head coach of the all blacks next year. robertson has been in charge of super rugby side the crusaders since 2017, winning seven titles in that time. robertson, who played 22 tests for new zealand, applied unsuccessfully for the job back in 2019. this time round he was chosen ahead ofjapan coach jamie joseph. the recruitment process angered current all blacks coach ian foster, who wanted new zealand rugby to wait until after the world cup later this year. questions have been raised though over robertson's lack of coaching at