Barthez vows to keep fighting
Marseille goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has vowed to keep on playing after a three-month ban for spitting on a Moroccan referee in a friendly match in Casablanca in February was doubled.
View ArticleEssien threatening Lyon strike: report
Michael Essien has told Lyon he will not play for them again as he tris to force the French champions to allow him to move to Chelsea.
View ArticleBlatter calls for racism crackdown
FIFA president Sepp Blatter says fines for racism in football have not been effective and has called for a new tougher approach.
View ArticleZidane aiming to bow out with World Cup win
French midfielder Zinedine Zidane says he wants to end his international career in July with a second World Cup triumph in Germany.
View ArticleLyon claim French crown
Lyon was crowned French champions for a record fifth successive year overnight after its closest pursuer Bordeaux was beaten 3-2 at Lille.
View ArticleZidane to retire after World Cup
Zinedine Zidane said on Tuesday he would retire after the World Cup finals in Germany.
View ArticleCisse joins Marseille on loan
France striker Djibril Cisse has completed his loan move to Marseille and vowed to repay the club for keeping faith with him despite his broken leg.
View ArticleBarthez announces retirement
Former France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has announced his retirement from club and international football, citing family problems.
View ArticleWorld Cup casualty Cisse back in training
Djibril Cisse was back in light training on Friday for the first time since surgery on a broken right knee suffered in a World Cup warm-up match for France in June.
View ArticleOutcry as French Socialist blasts black footballers
A French Socialist official sparked an outcry by saying he felt ashamed most of France's national footballers were black, upsetting his party as it voted on its presidential candidate.
View ArticlePlatini voted in as UEFA president
French football legend Michel Platini was elected as president of European football's governing body UEFA overnight.
View ArticleRoma inflict Champions League misery on Lyon
French champions Lyon suffered more Champions League frustration this morning as Italian side AS Roma beat them 2-0 in their last 16 second leg match to prevail 2-0 on aggregate.
View ArticleHoullier hoping to stay on as Lyon coach
Gerard Houllier says he intends to remain the Olympique Lyon manager next season, despite continued speculation he may be recruited by Football Federation Australia.
View ArticleBarthez quits Nantes over safety fears
France's World Cup-winning goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has quit his club Nantes for safety reasons following a violent post-match run-in with a group of disgruntled supporters.
View ArticleBayern sign French star Ribery
French midfielder Franck Ribery will join Bayern Munich this summer, a source close to the club revealed on Friday, in a deal believed to be worth close to $24.6 million.
View ArticleHoullier to leave Lyon
Club coach Gerard Houllier will leave six-time French champions Lyon at the end of the season, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas announced overnight.
View ArticleMaterazzi regrets Zidane World Cup sledge
Italy's World Cup-winning defender Marco Materazzi has admitted he had made a mistake in sledging French icon Zinedine Zidane during last year's final.
View ArticleRibery wins French Player of the Year award
Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery received the 2007 French Player of the Year award on Sunday night (Australian time).
View ArticleReal not ready to sign Lyon starlet
Real Madrid's sports director Pedja Mijatovic has poured cold water on recent reports that the Spanish giants will make a move for Lyon's young French international striker Karim Benzema this summer.
View ArticleBeckham earns England squad recall
Former captain David Beckham is on track to win his 100th career England cap in a friendly against France in Paris next week after winning a recall to the squad for Fabio Capello's second match in...
View ArticleMarseille fans raise cash in 'Drogbathon' bid
Marseille fans have raised almost 1.5 million euros ($A2.45 million) in a bold bid to lure prodigal striker Didier Drogba back to the Mediterranean, according to the website handling donations on...
View ArticleDrogba sticking with Blues, says Scolari
Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has rubbished renewed speculation that Didier Drogba is headed for the exit after the want-away striker pulled out of a preseason tour with a knee injury.
View ArticleMakelele joins PSG
Chelsea's former France international midfielder Claude Makelele has reached an agreement to sign for Paris Saint Germain, the French club has announced.
View ArticleFormer France defender Thuram retires
Former France defender Lilian Thuram, a member of his country's 1998 World Cup-winning team, has announced his retirement from football.
View ArticleKuyt's late winner saves Liverpool
Dirk Kuyt scored a dramatic extra-time goal to earn a relieved Liverpool a place in the Champions League group stage with an unconvincing 1-0 win over Standard Liege this morning.
View ArticleVintage Chelsea sinks Bordeaux
Chelsea showed no signs of a Champions League hangover as Luiz Felipe Scolari's side thrashed Bordeaux 4-0 in their Group A opener this morning (AEST).
View ArticleFrench football fans killed by train
A commuter train has hit a group of French football fans walking on the railway tracks in a Paris suburb, killing two brothers and injuring 11 other people.
View ArticleEto'o enjoys winning Inter start
Samuel Eto'o has enjoyed a winning start to his Inter Milan career, with the Italian champions defeating French side Monaco 1-0 in a friendly match.
View ArticleLisandro stars in Lyon cakewalk
A first-half hat-trick from Lisandro crushed Anderlecht's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League group stages as Lyon showed its last 32 credentials in a 3-1 win in Belgium.
View ArticleFergie defends Pogba signing
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has defended his club against allegations from Le Havre that they illegally poached young French midfielder Paul Pogba.
View ArticleSwine flu postpones French Ligue 1 match
The French football match between Marseille and Paris Saint Germain was postponed overnight after players contracted swine flu according to a source close to Marseille.
View ArticleReal shatters another rich list record
Real Madrid has become the first team in any sport to post revenues in excess of 400 million euros ($602 million) in a single year, according to an annual survey of the richest soccer clubs by...
View ArticleMessi mauls Stuttgart as Barca progress
Lionel Messi's brilliance has sent holders Barcelona through to the Champions League quarter-finals with a 4-0 thrashing of VfB Stuttgart.
View ArticleFrench star Ribery rocked by sex scandal
Four years after his fairytale breakthrough at the 2006 World Cup, Franck Ribery is reeling from a season ravaged by injury, transfer rumours and now allegations of relations with an under-age...
View ArticleRibery sent off in Bayern win
Bayern has overcome the dismissal of French playmaker Franck Ribery to beat Olympique Lyon 1-0 with a deflected second-half goal from Arjen Robben in their Champions League semi-final first leg.
View ArticleParis St Germain wins French Cup
An extra-time goal from Guillaume Hoarau has handed Paris St Germain its eighth French Cup success on to deny Monaco 1-0 at Stade de France.
View ArticleMarseille ends long wait for French title
Fans dived in the sea at the Vieux Port as Olympique Marseille ended an 18-year wait for the French title when late goals by Mamadou Niang and Lucho Gonzalez secured a 3-1 home win over Stade Rennes.
View ArticleAnelka 'dying of laughter' over France ban
Nicolas Anelka has described the French Football Federation (FFF) as a "bunch of clowns" after they handed the striker an 18-game international ban for his role in the national team's World Cup revolt...
View ArticleReal breaks quarter-finals drought
Real Madrid has put its recent European woes behind it to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2004 with a comfortable 3-0 win over Lyon.
View ArticleBedimo kicks high vs Marseille
LtoR Lens' defender Henri Bedimo vies with Marseille's forward Andre Ayem during the French L1 football match in Lens, northern France, on April 3, 2011.
View ArticleVieira retires and takes new City role
Manchester City's former France midfielder Patrick Vieira formally announced his long-expected retirement as a player at the age of 35 Thursday and was appointed as the club's Football Development...
View ArticleTearful Beckham makes Parisian farewell
David Beckham bade a tearful farewell as he made his final appearance for French champions PSG before retirement.
View ArticleBeckham bids tearful farewell in Paris
Paris Saint-Germain's David Beckham walks off the pitch after the French L1 football match between Paris St Germain and Brest on May 18, 2013 at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris.
View ArticleI want to leave PSG, says Madrid target Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that he wants to quit French champions PSG to pave the way for a move to Real Madrid.
View ArticleFootball: Atletico Madrid to sign Barcalona's David Villa; Everton secures...
Atletico Madrid has reached a deal in principle to sign Spain striker David Villa from Barcelona, while Everton has confirmed the signing of Arouna Kone.
View ArticleMonaco's Falcao injures knee as World Cup fears grow
Colombian super striker Radamel Falcao could be a World Cup absentee after picking up a knee injury playing for Monaco.
View ArticleMonaco's Falcao holds off a defender
Monaco's Colombian forward Radamel Falcao (L) vies for the ball with Chasselay's French defender Soner Ertek during the French Cup football on January 22, 2014 at the Gerland stadium in Lyon, France.
View ArticleFalcao faces knee op, set to miss World Cup
Colombian striker Radamel Falcao requires surgery on his left knee which almost certainly rules him out of the World Cup.
View ArticlePSG confirms Cabaye signing
Paris Saint-Germain has confirmed the signing of France international midfielder Yohan Cabaye from Newcastle United.
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