Bordeaux’s owners “have no doubt” the sale of the club to an American investment fund will go ahead later this month.
General American Capital Partners (GACP) had been expected to complete their takeover at the end of September, but after a late intervention from Bordeaux mayor Alain Juppe, the decision was delayed.
Juppe called for prospective buyers to provide “clarification” of its plans for the club, and GACP head Joe DaGrosa is due to appear before Bordeaux Metropolitan Council…
The referee of Sunday’s Ligue 1 match between Rennes and Toulouse was unable to review a penalty award after the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology broke down.
Thomas Leonard pointed to the spot when Toulouse defender Jean-Clair Todibo challenged Rennes forward Mbaye Niang inside the area.
He was surrounded by Toulouse players asking him to review the decision using VAR, which is being deployed in Ligue 1 for the first time this season.
Leonard was unable to do so or receive help from his…
Mario Balotelli has “improved in relation to previous years” despite a difficult start to the season, according to Nice teammate Dante.
Balotelli, who arrived two weeks late and reportedly overweight for preseason training, has been limited to just three league appearances. Dante publicly criticised Balotelli’s display in the defeat at Montpellier just over a week ago, demanding the former Liverpool and Manchester City striker “work to improve” and “take things in hand.”
Speaking after the 3-0 loss…
The French Football League (LFP) have provisionally banned Montpellier fans from travelling to away games and closed two stands at their Stade de la Mosson stadium after Sunday’s trouble-marred 3-0 victory over Nimes.
The game — the first derby between the teams in 25 years — was held up for nine minutes when the surge caused by Ambroise Oyongo’s 28th-minute opening goal resulted in a barrier collapsing.
Montpellier’s third and final strike — from Gaetan Laborde on 78 minutes — led to an interruption…
The sale of Bordeaux to an American investment fund has been postponed after the French city’s mayor intervened.
General American Capital Partners (GACP) had been due to hear from Bordeaux Metropolitan Council on Friday whether their proposed takeover of the six-time Ligue 1 champions could go ahead.
The council had been expected to give the go ahead, but the vote has now been put back until Oct. 12 after Bordeaux mayor, Alain Juppe, removed it from the agenda.
“It’s not an act of caution, but clarification,”…
Police have told ESPN FC an investigation has begun into allegations that officers knocked a Nice supporter unconscious, leaving him with a broken nose, at a Ligue 1 game last weekend.
The fan, named by newspaper Nice-Matin as Christophe B, was allegedly assaulted by riot police after arriving at Montpellier’s stadium.
As well as the broken nose, he suffered another facial fracture around his eye and medical examinations showed he had been concussed in an incident that is now being looked at by…
Arsenal’s Unai Emery insists he was not happy with his side’s lack of control in the first half of their win over Everton and that they need to defend better in the future.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang may not play for Gabon again following a row with the country’s football association, new coach Daniel Cousin has told RMC.
Gabon captain Aubameyang reacted angrily when the Gabon Football Federation announced that his father, Pierre Francois, would be co-coach, claiming they had done so the day before he had said he would give his decision on the offer.
The Arsenal striker claimed his father was yet to give his response to the job offer, while the federation said it had…
Two Metz supporters who threw firecrackers at Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes at a match in 2016, causing it to be abandoned, could be sentenced to prison.
Portugal international Lopes suffered temporary hearing loss after fans from the Horda Fren…
Lyon are unable to prosecute fans who distributed a flyer claiming Marseille is “a city where AIDS reigns” during Sunday’s Ligue 1 match which OL won 4-2.
Coming soon after the club banned a supporter for life after he made a Nazi salute during the Champions League game against Manchester City, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas called the flyer “ridiculous and odious.”
Aulas said he would raise the matter with the club’s lawyers to see if the individuals concerned could be prosecuted because “the…
A women’s Ballon d’Or will be won for the first time in its history this year to recognise a player’s exceptional talents at club and international level. A Ballon d’Or for the world’s top female footballer will be awarded alongside the traditional men’s honour this year, France Football announced.
The prestigious prize has honoured the best male player of the preceding 12 months since 1956. For 2018, a women’s award will be handed out along with the men’s with a global panel of expert journalists handpicked for each category deciding the winner.
“At a time when the place of women provokes so much societal debate, the arrival of this supreme award…