PSG in race against time to sign Icardi
1 HR AGO - Paris Saint-Germain are against the clock to close a permanent deal for Inter Milan's Mauro Icardi.
Cisse wants to come out of retirement to reach milestone
5 DAYS AGO - Djibril Cisse has told Sky Sports News he wants to come out of retirement in a bid to reach 100 Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Djibril Cisse has told Sky Sports News he wants to come out of retirement in a bid to reach 100 goals in Ligue 1, and is offering to play for free. Collapse
French second division to have 22 teams next season
7 DAYS AGO - France's Professional Football League [LFP] has agreed on a 22-team second division for next Expand
7 DAYS AGO - France's Professional Football League [LFP] has agreed on a 22-team second division for next season, meaning no team will be relegated after play was stopped because of the pandemic. Collapse
From playing with Zidane to battling depression
18/05/2020 - Monday is the start of Mental Health Awareness Week . Here Cedric Anselin, formerly of Norwich and Expand
18/05/2020 - Monday is the start of Mental Health Awareness Week . Here Cedric Anselin, formerly of Norwich and Bordeaux, talks about his mental health journey, from playing with Zinedine Zidane to battling depression and his subsequent road to recovery. Collapse
Lyon: French football moving in wrong direction
11/05/2020 - Lyon have hit out at the decision to curtail the Ligue 1 season and believe "French football is Expand
11/05/2020 - Lyon have hit out at the decision to curtail the Ligue 1 season and believe "French football is currently moving in the wrong direction". Collapse
Mbappe asks to share Ligue 1 golden boot
08/05/2020 - Ligue 1 golden boot winner Kylian Mbappe believes he should share the award with Wissam Ben Yedder Expand
08/05/2020 - Ligue 1 golden boot winner Kylian Mbappe believes he should share the award with Wissam Ben Yedder after the pair finished on 18 goals apiece. Collapse
PSG crowned Ligue 1 champions; Lyon considering legal action
30/04/2020 - Paris Saint-Germain have been awarded the Ligue 1 title after the season was ended amid the Expand
30/04/2020 - Paris Saint-Germain have been awarded the Ligue 1 title after the season was ended amid the coronavirus pandemic. Collapse
Ending the Ligue 1 season leaves us with as many questions as answers
29/04/2020 - Which clubs will be relegated? Who qualifies for Europe? And how will this affect PSG and Lyon in Expand
29/04/2020 - Which clubs will be relegated? Who qualifies for Europe? And how will this affect PSG and Lyon in the Champions League?By Adam White and Eric Devin for Get French Football NewsSo ends the 2019-20 Ligue 1 season. The French prime minister, Édouard Philippe, announced on Tuesday that team sports would be banned until September – even if they were played behind closed doors – meaning that Ligue 1 became the first of the so-called “big five” leagues to end its season.Critics of Ligue 1 will be quick to offer jibes about another procession to the title for PSG but, other than the leaders and bottom side Toulouse, this season has been incredibly competitive. This premature end will come as a bitter blow to the league’s various surprise packages. Related: French football season will not resume but La Liga has new hope of restart Related: Football quiz: how much do you know about Ligue 1? Continue reading... Collapse
Di Marzio Transfer Q&A: Pogba, Aubameyang, Coutinho & more
28/04/2020 - In an exclusive transfer Q&A, Sky Sport Italia reporter Gianluca Di Marzio provides the inside Expand
28/04/2020 - In an exclusive transfer Q&A, Sky Sport Italia reporter Gianluca Di Marzio provides the inside track on the futures of top players, including Paul Pogba, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Kalidou Koulibaly, Philippe Coutinho and many more… Collapse
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Football around Europe - who's restarting when?
3 DAYS AGO - Some football seasons are over but other leagues are making plans to return. This is the current Expand
3 DAYS AGO - Some football seasons are over but other leagues are making plans to return. This is the current situation around Europe. Collapse
Lyon, Amiens and Toulouse appeals rejected
5 DAYS AGO - A French judge has rejected appeals by Lyon, Amiens and Toulouse over the decision of the French Expand
5 DAYS AGO - A French judge has rejected appeals by Lyon, Amiens and Toulouse over the decision of the French football league (LFP) to end its season early amid the COVID-19 crisis. Collapse
As infighting engulfs Ligue 1, Nice boss Bob Ratcliffe plots a way forward
7 DAYS AGO - The Nice CEO wants to see stronger leadership from the top and more cooperation from other clubs Expand
7 DAYS AGO - The Nice CEO wants to see stronger leadership from the top and more cooperation from other clubs in FranceBy Get French Football News for the Guardian Sport NetworkThe state of French football is somewhat bleak. Luis Campos, one of the sport’s greatest talent-spotters, wants Lille to cancel his contract. Andoni Zubizarreta has quit his role of director of football at Marseille due to tensions with the club’s president, Jacques-Henri Eyraud, who has reportedly tried to turn influential players against him so the club can sell them more easily this summer to assuage pressure from Uefa over their Financial Fair Play violations.Ligue 1 is the only of Europe’s big five leagues to have terminated the season early due to the coronavirus pandemic, a decision that has triggered three legal cases against French football’s professional body, the LFP – including one from Amiens, who were relegated despite sitting just four points from safety with 10 matches to play. Related: Amiens and Lyon Collapse
Bundesliga, Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 top scorers 2019-20
18/05/2020 - Keep tabs of the top scorers in Europe’s major leagues as football slowly restarts, beginning in Expand
18/05/2020 - Keep tabs of the top scorers in Europe’s major leagues as football slowly restarts, beginning in Germany26 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) Continue reading... Collapse
Bruno Guimarães was ready to quit football. Now he is a Brazil player
11/05/2020 - After rejections from Flamengo, Fluminense and Botafogo, Guimarães decided to call it a day. But Expand
11/05/2020 - After rejections from Flamengo, Fluminense and Botafogo, Guimarães decided to call it a day. But his dad kept pushing himBy Josué Seixas for Yellow and Green FootballWhen Bruno Guimarães was considering a move to Europe, he was not short of options. Benfica, Arsenal and Atlético Madrid were keen, but Lyon had a card up their sleeve: Juninho Pernambucano. Before moving to France, where he won seven Ligue 1 titles as a player, Juninho had lifted two Brazilian championships and a Copa Libertadores with Vasco Da Gama. The Guimarães family are fanatical Vasco supporter so, when Juninho picked up the phone and told Guimarães that he wanted to make him “the best midfielder in the world”, his destination was sealed.“Juninho spoke with my father, with my mother and with me. I believe in his word and I believe that I can be one of the best,” says Guimarães via video link from his home in France. “Juninho is a great guy, who won a lot of titles here at Lyon. He was extremely honest with me and Collapse
Amiens launch petition against Ligue 1 relegation
04/05/2020 - Amiens have launched a petition calling for France's Professional Football League [LFP] to review Expand
04/05/2020 - Amiens have launched a petition calling for France's Professional Football League [LFP] to review its decision to relegate the club following the early finish of the Ligue 1 season. Collapse
PSG awarded Ligue 1 title after season stopped by coronavirus crisis
30/04/2020 - PSG had a 12-point lead over second-placed MarseilleLegal challenges likely as Amiens and Toulouse Expand
30/04/2020 - PSG had a 12-point lead over second-placed MarseilleLegal challenges likely as Amiens and Toulouse relegatedParis Saint-Germain have been awarded the Ligue 1 title after the season was ended amid the Covid-19 crisis, the French League (LFP) said on Thursday. Related: Football's return in the new normal would help lift nation's spirits | Eni Aluko Continue reading... Collapse
French football season will not resume but La Liga has new hope of restart
28/04/2020 - French prime minister puts elite sport on hold until SeptemberSpanish players can begin gradual Expand
28/04/2020 - French prime minister puts elite sport on hold until SeptemberSpanish players can begin gradual return to training on 4 MayThe French prime minister, Edouard Philippe, has announced there will be no professional football in the country until at least September and the 2019-20 season in Ligue 1 and 2 will therefore end immediately.Matches in France have been suspended since the start of March because of the coronavirus pandemic, with several players having agreed to defer up to 50% of their salaries to help their clubs through the crisis after broadcasters initially withheld TV rights. Related: ‘This is horrible': Cambuur stunned after dream season turns to dust Related: Uefa considering neutral venues for remaining Champions League matches Continue reading... Collapse
PSG president set for Swiss trial in Sept
28/04/2020 - Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi will go on trial in Switzerland in September Expand
28/04/2020 - Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi will go on trial in Switzerland in September charged with being implicated in providing a holiday villa to a FIFA official linked to a World Cup broadcasting deal. Collapse
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Lyon want Ligue 1 rethink amid La Liga return
4 DAYS AGO - Lyon have again urged French President Emmanuel Macron to reconsider the
decision to ban sporting Expand
4 DAYS AGO - Lyon have again urged French President Emmanuel Macron to reconsider the
decision to ban sporting events until September, after Spain gave the green light
for top-flight football to resume in June. Collapse
This is unjust': Amiens president rails against relegation from Ligue 1
6 DAYS AGO - The club has taken legal action after being relegated from a league that had 10 rounds of fixtures Expand
6 DAYS AGO - The club has taken legal action after being relegated from a league that had 10 rounds of fixtures left to play By Jeremy Smith for Get French Football NewsWhen son of the city Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on 7 May 2017, the people of Amiens must have expected that proud event to be the highlight of their month. However, the small northern city straddling the River Somme was the centre of attention again a fortnight later, when Emmanuel Bourgaud scored a 96th-minute winner against Reims on the final day of the Ligue 2 season to take Amiens from sixth to second in the table. With the last kick of the season, Bourgaud had earned the club promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time in their history.For club president Bernard Joannin this was the culmination of 11 years of work, most of which was spent in France’s third tier, the club only regaining professional status in 2016. Joannin, a 70-year-old former PE teacher who owns several Intersport franchises (think Sports Collapse
Inter Milan target Cavani signing
20/05/2020 - Inter Milan want to sign Edinson Cavani on a free transfer this summer as they prepare for the Expand
20/05/2020 - Inter Milan want to sign Edinson Cavani on a free transfer this summer as they prepare for the potential departure of Lautaro Martinez to Barcelona, according to Sky in Italy. Collapse
Which leagues are restarting around Europe?
13/05/2020 - With football suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, what is the current situation around Expand
13/05/2020 - With football suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, what is the current situation around Europe's top leagues? Collapse
Fabregas: Decision to cancel Ligue 1 'maybe too soon
10/05/2020 - Cesc Fabregas believes the decision to cancel the Ligue 1 season may have been taken too early.
Amiens and Lyon threaten further action after Ligue 1 issues final table
01/05/2020 - Amiens relegated, Lyon miss out on European qualificationLyon president says club will seek Expand
01/05/2020 - Amiens relegated, Lyon miss out on European qualificationLyon president says club will seek damages for financial lossesAmiens and Lyon have both reacted angrily to Ligue 1’s decision to officially end their season on Thursday and determine final league placings, European qualification and relegation amid the Covid-19 crisis.The 2019-20 campaign was suspended as part of the French government’s steps to contain the spread of coronavirus last month. With some teams having played 27 matches and others 28, the French league (LFP) drew up the final standings according to a performance index – number of points per game weighed by head-to-head record.Le classement final de la saison 2019 / 2020 ➡ https://t.co/DsKXvMFXgd pic.twitter.com/L0P6CNpFfV Related: PSG awarded Ligue 1 title and two teams are relegated after season is scrapped Continue reading... Collapse
Sid Lowe on Michael Robinson plus Euro confusion – Football Weekly Extra
30/04/2020 - Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning, Philippe Auclair and Sid Lowe on Ligue 1 stopping, La Liga Expand
30/04/2020 - Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning, Philippe Auclair and Sid Lowe on Ligue 1 stopping, La Liga restarting, Mauricio Pochettino’s late-night voice memos and the importance of Michael RobinsonJoin the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.Max and Barry talk with Sid Lowe about La Liga and the death of Michael Robinson, a titan of Spanish football broadcasting. Philippe Auclair joins them to discuss Ligue 1’s decision to end their season. Continue reading... Collapse
Ligue 1 season over; PSG willing to play CL games abroad
28/04/2020 - The Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 seasons will not resume after the French Prime Minister announced no Expand
28/04/2020 - The Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 seasons will not resume after the French Prime Minister announced no sporting events, even those behind closed doors, could take place before September. Collapse
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