MATCHDAY: PSG without Messi, Klopp back in Liverpool dugout
Runaway French league leader Paris Saint-Germain will be without Lionel Messi and several other players who had the coronavirus for the trip to face LyonJANUARY 8, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
LYON 5-4-3 · 6TH IN LIGUE 1 · CONFERENCE LEAGUE QUALIFYING
5-4-3 · 6TH IN LIGUE 1 · CONFERENCE LEAGUE QUALIFYING
Next Match vs FK Qarabag (A) · Thu 5:45PM
LYN -104 TOTAL 2.5
Marseille ends 44-year wait for league win in Bordeaux
Marseille has ended a 44-year wait and finally defeated Bordeaux away in the French leagueJANUARY 7, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
PSG relying on Mbappe's scoring ahead of Lyon game
Paris Saint-Germain’s reliance on Kylian Mbappe keeps growing as he keeps scoringJANUARY 6, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Messi among 4 PSG players with COVID, 3 more Liverpool cases
Lionel Messi is isolating at home in Argentina after being among four Paris Saint-Germain players announced as testing positive for the coronavirus ahead of the team’s return to pl...JANUARY 2, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
PSG's 13-point mid-season lead masks alarming shortcomings
Paris Saint-Germain’s 13-point lead midway through the season is far less comfortable than it appearsJANUARY 1, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lyon, Paris FC thrown out of Coupe de France after violence
Lyon and second-tier Paris FC have been thrown out of the Coupe de France as a result of the fan violence that forced the abandonment of their match on Dec. 17DECEMBER 27, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nightmare season for Lyon on and off the field
Seven-time French champion Lyon is 22 points behind leader Paris Saint-Germain ahead of its final league game before the Christmas breakDECEMBER 21, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Barcelona to play Real Madrid in Women's Champions League
European champion Barcelona has been drawn to play Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Women’s Champions LeagueDECEMBER 20, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
French Cup game abandoned because of crowd violence
Crowd violence has forced the French Cup game between Lyon and Paris FC to be abandoned at 1-1DECEMBER 17, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
French authorities boost stadium security after fan violence
Professional soccer matches in France will be immediately abandoned when a player or a referee is injured by a projectile thrown from the standsDECEMBER 16, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saint-Etienne confirms departure of coach Puel, hires Dupraz
Last-place French club Saint-Etienne has confirmed the departure of coach Claude Puel more than a week after suspending himDECEMBER 14, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kylian Mbappé scores his 100th goal for PSG
Kylian Mbappé has scored his 100th goal for Paris Saint-GermainDECEMBER 12, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Villarreal makes last 16 in CL, Leicester falls in Europa
Villarreal clinched the final place in the last 16 of the Champions League on Thursday, while Leicester failed to advance in the Europa LeagueDECEMBER 9, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lyon docked 1 point in French league after fan violence
Lyon has been docked one point by the French league’s disciplinary commission after a spectator threw a bottle at Dimitri Payet during a match against Marseille last monthDECEMBER 8, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rennes moves up to 2nd, plunges Saint-Etienne into crisis
Saint-Etienne remained stuck to the foot of the French league standings after a humiliating 5-0 rout by Rennes that lifted the Brittany club to second placeDECEMBER 5, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
PSG's perfect home record ends with 0-0 draw against Nice
Paris Saint-Germain dropped points at home for the first time this season by drawing 0-0 with Nice in the French league as the high-powered attack led by newly crowned Ballon d’Or...DECEMBER 1, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
MATCHDAY: Liverpool primed to pile on misery for Everton
Liverpool looks primed to pile on the misery for local rival Everton in the Merseyside derby at Goodison ParkNOVEMBER 30, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Messi assists help PSG top Saint-Etienne; Neymar injured
Lionel Messi had three assists in a 3-1 win over 10-man Saint-Etienne to help Paris Saint-Germain extend its lead atop the French league standings to 12 points but the victory was...NOVEMBER 28, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
MATCHDAY: West Ham looks to advance in Europa League
The Europa League and Europa Conference League have reached their next-to-last group gamesNOVEMBER 24, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sports minister wants sanctions after French soccer violence
French sports minister Roxana Maracineanu says domestic soccer needs a “radical and immediate” reality check following crowd trouble in a league match between Lyon and Marseille on...NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lyon-Marseille game abandoned after water bottle hits Payet
A French league game between Lyon and Marseille has been abandoned after Marseille midfielder Dimitri Payet was hit on the head by a bottle of water thrown from the stands while he...NOVEMBER 21, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nice moves up to 2nd; bottle hits Payet in abandoned game
Amine Gouiri scored twice as Nice rallied past Clermont 2-1 to climb to second place in the French league, 11 points behind leader Paris Saint-GermainNOVEMBER 21, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
MATCHDAY: Bayern looks to extend lead, Monaco faces Lille
Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich heads to local rival Augsburg looking to extend its four-point lead at the top of the tableNOVEMBER 18, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
FIFA sets January date for best player award ceremony
FIFA’s annual awards to honor the world’s best players and coaches in the 2020-21 season will be held on Jan. 17NOVEMBER 9, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nice loses at home to Montpellier; Marseille draws
Nice wasted a chance to move into second place in the French league when it lost 1-0 at home to MontpellierNOVEMBER 7, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
