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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...

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....

Bayer Leverkusen misses chance to take Bundesliga lead

Bayer Leverkusen wasted an early three-goal lead and held on for a 3-3 draw at Karlsruhe, missing a chance to return to the top of the Bundesliga. Leverkusen pulled even on points with leader Hoffenheim with 25 points from 12...

France: Lyon edges Monaco 1-0; Marseille keeps pace

PARIS (AP) -- Second-place Marseille routed Grenoble 3-0 Saturday to keep pace with French league leader Lyon, which beat Monaco 1-0. Hatem Ben Arfa gave Marseille the lead after four minutes, pouncing on an off-target shot...

Grenoble 0-3 Marseille

Updated: November 8, 2008, 9:37 PM UK GRENOBLE, November 8 (Ligue 1) - Marseille kept up the pressure on league leaders Lyon with a routine victory against Grenoble. First-half goals from Hatem Ben Arfa and Bakari Kone put Eric...

Proven talents give French trio hope

After gloomy starts to their UEFA Champions League campaigns, the three French sides finally hit their stride in Europe this week with Olympique de Marseille, Olympique Lyonnais and FC Girondins de Bordeaux all winning.

Gerets: We will fight to the end

Marseille coach Eric Gerets says his players have it in them to stage a "miracle" comeback and qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League. After slipping to three pool defeats on the spin, OM got up and running with a 3-0...

Barca and Sporting go through

Barcelona and Sporting Lisbon qualified for the Champions League round of 16 on Tuesday, while Inter Milan struggled to a 3-3 draw in Cyprus. Jose Mourinho's Inter missed the chance to book their place in the knockout stages as...

Mama mia is a Kop hit

LIVERPOOL’S Champions League headache was eased when Group D rivals PSV EINDHOVEN crashed away to MARSEILLE. Victory for the Dutch side would have narrowed the gap on Rafa Benitez’s joint leaders, held at home by Atletico...

Champions League: Liverpool 1-1 Atletico Madrid

STEVEN GERRARD hit a controversial injury-time penalty to salvage a draw with Atletico Madrid - but wasn't sure if the award was right. Liverpool had dominated the Group D clash but Maxi Rodriguez's first-half goal looked to...

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