French Football Teams

I'll never forgive Argentina's Diego Maradona for Hand of God says Terry Butcher

Football's capacity to enshrine the decisive - or destructive - moment has probably never better been demonstrated than at Scotland's Loch Lomond training base on Monday, as George Burley and his squad prepared for Wednesday...

Europe: Top league leaders all win to stay ahead

The status quo remained the same in Europe's top leagues as Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Olympique Lyon and Bayer Leverkusen all won to remain at the top of their leagues. Lyon enjoy the healthiest advantage after a win...

Preview: France vs. Uruguay

Updated: November 17, 2008, 8:44 AM EST Comment France coach Raymond Domenech on Monday called up Lyon defender Jean-Alain Boumsong to beef up his injury-stricken squad to face Uruguay. Arsenal's Bacary Sagna, Portsmouth...

Benzema strikes as Lyon go seven clear

Seven-time champions Lyon beat title rivals Bordeaux 2-1 on Sunday Striker Karim Benzema scores spectacular opener for Lyon Rennes move up to third with a 2-1 win over Monaco to continue superb run PARIS, France (AP) -- Karim...

Lyon surge clear as Marseille implode

PARIS (AFP) - Lyon defeated title contenders Bordeaux 2-1 on Sunday to surge seven points clear at the top of the French league table in what may very well turn out to be the pivotal weekend of the 2007/08 season. Regardless of...

The Best and Some of the Rest.......

Aston Villa put loses to Newcastle and Middlesbrough firmly behind them in beating Arsenal at the Emirates. A tantalizing cross from Young put Arsenal full back Gael Clichy under pressure as did Agbonlahor and the result was an...

Real Madrid's winning streak ends in loss to Valladolid on Saturday

Fabio Canobbio's second-half goal gave Valladolid a 1-0 victory over Real Madrid to end the Spanish champion's nine-game unbeaten run and put further pressure on its coach, Bernd Schuster. Madrid, which finished with 10 men...

International Rugby Roundup

New Zealand in scrappy win over Irish DUBLIN—New Zealand kept their grand slam tour ambitions on track with a 22-3 win over Ireland in a scrappy and ill-disciplined game at Croke Park on Saturday, preserving their unbeaten...

The underside of recent sporting news

Dhaka - Bangladesh have recalled left-arm pacer Sajedul Islam to the squad for their two-match Test series against South Africa, a Bangladesh Cricket Board official said yesterday. Sajedul will replace pace bowler Syed Rasel,...

France: Lorient rallies past 2nd-place Marseille

PARIS (AP) -- Kevin Gameiro scored the winning goal on a counterattack in the 87th minute, beating goalkeeper Steve Mandanda after taking a pass from Fabrice Abriel, who had equalized for Lorient just three minutes earlier....

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