Paris St. Germain defender Serge Aurier was sentenced to two months in jail on Monday for a run-in he had with police in May. Aurier, suspended by PSG last season for Periscope remarks criticalof his then-coach and teammates, is free pending appeal. The altercation took place shortly before dawn after Aurier left a nightclub in […]
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Teen keeper Lafont shuts out PSG
Paris St. Germain lost for the second time in seven Ligue 1 matches — equaling its total of losses for all of the 2015-16 season — as it fell, 2-0, at Toulouse, where 17-year-old keeper AlbanLafont earned the shutout, making two great saves on Edinson Cavani.
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Unai Emery to Ben Arfa: 'You're no Messi'
New Paris St. Germain coach Unai Emery‘s refusal to dress Hatem Ben Arfa is the talk of French soccer. For the fourth straight game, Ben Arfa isn’t in the PSG team that faces Toulouse onFriday. And he may never get out of Emery’s dog house. L’Equipe reported that Emery, unhappy with BenArfa’s work ethic, told […]
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What They're Saying: Jerome Leroy
“Ronaldinho did not train on any day of the week. He just turned up on Friday ready to play on the Saturday. That was Ronaldinho. I think he was trying to emulate Romario, but he did nothave the same success.” — Former Paris St. Germain player Jerome Leroy on his former teammate. Leroy was asked […]
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PSG's Cavani scores four goals in first half
After coming in for criticism for the chances he missed in Paris St. Germain’s 1-1 tie against Arsenal in the Champions League on Tuesday, Edinson Cavani made up for it when he scored four goals inthe first half of PSG’s 6-0 victory at Caen in Ligue 1 on Friday.
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UCL: Frantic Arsenal earns point with 1-1 draw in Paris
Arsenal tied Paris St. Germain in the battle of the Group A favorites in the UEFA Champions League, but it had to survive a first-minute goal by Edinson Cavani. Alexis Sanchez’s second-halfstrike evened the score for the Gunners, who had Frenchman Olivier Giroud was sent off in injury-time.
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Life after Ibra at PSG isn't going well
Zlatan Ibrahimovic departed Paris St. Germain after the 2015-16 season following its fourth straight championship. There were a lot of reasons for PSG’s runaway success — it won last season’sLigue 1 title by 31 points and captured all four French trophies in the last two seasons — beginning with the financial resources offered by Qatar […]
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Crowd Count: ICC match draws 86,641 fans in Columbus
The International Champions Cup match between Paris St. Germain and Real Madrid at Ohio Stadium in Columbus drew 86,641 fans, more than double the previous record for a soccer crowd in the state ofOhio, set less than two weeks earlier. The USL’s FC Cincinnati drew 35,061 fans for its friendly with English club Crystal Palace. […]
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What They're Saying: David Luiz
“It’s important to be an example, especially for the kids. I work every day with this mentality. I know I can be with someone just for 10 seconds, one minute, and I can make the differencein his day or maybe in his life.” — Paris St. Germain defender David Luiz on meeting young fans during […]
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ICC: Aurier leads Paris St. Germain past Inter Milan
Paris St. Germain got a boost in its opening International Champions Cup game as Serge Aurier scored twice to lead the French champion to a 3-1 win over Inter Milan before 24,147 fans inEugene, Oregon. Aurier had been suspended last winter for insulting then-PSG coach, Laurent Blanc, and teammates in a Periscope. New PSG coach […]