France World Cup Hopes Up In Smoke

France is on the verge of being eliminated from the 2010 World Cup. French star Nicolas Anelka has been thrown off the team.

The Chelsea forward reportedly made obscene comments to Domenech at halftime of France's 2-0 loss to Mexico on Thursday. 

Domenech admits the argument took place in front of the team and staff

"I indeed had a heated conversation with the coach, but it happened within the confines of the changing rooms, between the coach and me, in front of my teammates and the staff," Anelka told the website of France Soir newspaper. "That should never have come out of the changing rooms. I don't know who can benefit from that, but repeating these kind of things certainly doesn't help (the team)."

"Faced by the refusal of the player to publicly apologize, he (Escalettes) took the decision in total agreement with the coach and the official members of the delegation present in Knysna to exclude Nicolas Anelka from the squad," the FFF said in a statement. "He will leave the French team camp this evening."

France at a time had single digit odds of winning the 2010 World Cup despite its controversial qualification into the tournament.  Sportsbook.com now had France as a huge 150/1 longshot to win the 2010 World Cup.

Alistair Prescott, Gambling911.com