President of the French Football Federation (FFF) Noel le Graet (R) and French national football team head coach Didier Deschamps answers journalists' questions on February 12, 2015 at the FFF headquarters in Paris. Didier Deschamps has extended his contract as France coach until the 2018 World Cup in Russia, French football federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet confirmed on February 12. AFP PHOTO/ BERTRAND GUAYPresident of the French Football Federation (FFF) Noel le Graet (R) and French national football team head coach Didier Deschamps answers journalists' questions on February 12, 2015 at the FFF headquarters in Paris. Didier Deschamps has extended his contract as France coach until the 2018 World Cup in Russia, French football federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet confirmed on February 12. AFP PHOTO/ BERTRAND GUAY President of the French Football Federation (FFF) Noel le Graet (R) and French national football team head coach Didier Deschamps answers journalists' questions on February 12, 2015 at the FFF headquarters in Paris. Didier Deschamps has extended his contract as France coach until the 2018 World Cup in Russia, French football federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet confirmed on February 12. AFP PHOTO/ BERTRAND GUAYPresident of the French Football Federation (FFF) Noel le Graet (R) and French national football team head coach Didier Deschamps answers journalists' questions on February 12, 2015 at the FFF headquarters in Paris. Didier Deschamps has extended his contract as France coach until the 2018 World Cup in Russia, French football federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet confirmed on February 12. AFP PHOTO/ BERTRAND GUAY

French football chief Noel Le Graet has slammed claims by ex-international Eric Cantona that France coach Didier Deschamps was guilty of racial discrimination in his Euro 2016 selection. Cantona told British daily The Guardian that Deschamps had snubbed Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa because of their "north African origins".

"I find that stupid. On the eve of the Euro, it's totally out of order," French Football Federation president Le Graet said on the sidelines of the body's general assembly in Tours, praising Deschamps as "rigorous, frank, upright and honest". "Any man in his (Deschamps) position would have been upset," Le Graet said of what he termed a "pathetic attack". Le Graet called on delegates to show their support and defend Deschamps' "integrity" with a two-minute ovation. Euro 2016 takes place in France from June 10-July 10.

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