The WhatsApp profile picture of Imanol Harinordoquy is a mugshot of Darth Vader and, as I find out towards the end of our rendezvous in a Parisian café, his ringtone is The Imperial March.

It started when star player Imanol Harinordoquy, a forward who plays for Biarritz, got into an altercation with Jean-Jo Marmouyet of Bayonne. That got the attention of Harinordoquy's 62-year-old ...

Former France forward Imanol Harinordoquy has announced he will retire from rugby at the end of the season. The 36-year-old is hoping to sign off by winning the Top 14 title with Toulouse before ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Parents often cheer their children on from the sidelines at sporting events but Biarritz number eight Imanol Harinordoquy's father took his enthusiasm a little too far on Tuesday ...

The 36-year-old is hoping to sign off by winning the Top 14 title with Toulouse before calling time on his 16-year career. "I will stop at the end of the season," he told L'Equipe. "It will be a ...

MARCOUSSIS, France (Reuters) - France forward Imanol Harinordoquy is ready to run, tackle and even brawl to clinch his third Six Nations grand slam by beating England on Saturday. The number eight ...

Imanol Harinordoquy predicts a violent battle with England in Paris on Saturday but insists that is normal when two fierce rivals clash at the climax of the Six Nations. Although the No8 expects ...

Imanol Harinordoquy says the French team ignored coach Marc Lievremont at the World Cup because he was "lost". The World Cup runners-up, external came in for criticism after some poor performances ...

“Why, Imanol?” was the question posed to Imanol Harinordoquy when he first came into the France team in 2002, a towering, hot-blooded figure from the Basque country. By Mick Cleary 21 February ...

“I don’t have a problem with what is said but with the fact that everyone knows it,” said Imanol Harinordoquy, the No 8 recalled to the team. “That should stay in the room and be between ...

Imanol Harinordoquy was today recalled to the France side for their quarter-final with England and then slammed coach Marc Lievremont for criticising the ­players in public. Lievremont described ...

Imanol Harinordoquy says the French team ignored coach Marc Lievremont at the World Cup because he was "lost". The World Cup runners-up, external came in for criticism after some poor performances ...