The smashed window of Lyon’s team bus is visible after stones were thrown as it traveled to Marseille’s Velodrome stadium. * * * * * * * * * * French soccer clubs on Monday came under intense pressure to bring their fans under control after Lyon coach Fabio Grosso suffered cuts to his face […]
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Saudi-bound: Neymar ends turbulent PSG stay, six years after record fee
Neymar brought an end to a topsy-turvy spell at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday by leaving for Saudi club Al Hilal, six years after great fanfare greeted his arrival in the French capital. The Brazilian was afforded a rock star’s welcome in Paris when he signed from Barcelona for a world-record fee of 222 million euros […]
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PSG: Mbappe stays, Neymar goes
Neymar was “in negotiations” on Sunday to become the latest superstar to decamp for Saudi Arabia, leaving Paris Saint-Germain just as Kylian Mbappe was brought back in from the cold by the French champions. A source close to PSG told AFP that 31-year-old Neymar “no longer figures in the club or manager’s plans” with the […]
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Re-elected UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin rails against Super League rebels
Aleksander Ceferin railed against the rebel clubs backing a breakaway European Super League, likening the project to “Little Red Riding Hood,” as he was re-elected unopposed for a third term as UEFA president on Wednesday. The 55-year-old Slovenian lawyer, first elected in 2016 following the downfall of Frenchman Michel Platini, will now remain in the […]
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Just Fontaine, France's World Cup record breaker, remembered
Just Fontaine, the legendary France striker who died on Wednesday at the age of 89, will forever be remembered for scoring 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup, a remarkable feat that seems unlikely ever to be matched. To this day, only three players have scored more World Cup goals than Fontaine, even though the […]