France's Ribery ends international career


France's national soccer team forward Franck Ribery stretches during a training session in Clairefontaine, near Paris, in preparation for the upcoming World Cup, May 23, 2014. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

BERLIN (Reuters) - France winger Franck Ribery is ending his career with the national team to focus on his club and family, the player, who missed this year's World Cup through injury, said on Wednesday.

"I am stopping," the 31-year-old told German magazine Kicker in an interview to be published on Thursday. "I realised that this moment has come."

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