
AC Milan reaches Italian Cup quarterfinals
AC Milan beat second-division Reggina 3-0 Thursday night to set up a showdown with Serie A leader Juventus in the Italian Cup quarterfinals.
Saint-Etienne wastes chances in 0-0 at Bordeaux
Fourth-place Saint-Etienne dropped five points behind third-place Marseille after failing to take its chances in a 0-0 draw away to Bordeaux in the ...

Lyon needs late equalizer to draw at home to Nancy
French league leader Lyon needed a late equalizer from winger Michel Bastos to rescue a 1-1 home draw with relegation battler Nancy on Wednesday, ...

Lyon maintains lead after beating Saint-Etienne
Michel Bastos scored from a free kick as 10-man Lyon won 1-0 at bitter local rival Saint-Etienne on Sunday, maintaining its five-point lead over Paris ...

Messi sets goal record for a year; Falcao scores 5
Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Radamel Falcao were unstoppable Sunday on a night when both stars again demonstrated why their teams ...

French leader Lyon faces test at Saint-Etienne
While Paris Saint-Germain's attempt to buy glory by signing big names has failed so far, Lyon has surged to the top of the French league despite ...
Saint-Etienne held to 0-0 draw at Ajaccio
Saint-Etienne was held to a 0-0 draw on a waterlogged pitch at struggling Ajaccio in the French league on Friday. Saint-Etienne hadn't lost in its ...

Lyon confident ahead of Montpellier match
Three days after moving into first place in the French league, Lyon will take on defending champion Montpellier on Saturday. Lyon beat Marseille 4-1 ...
French leader PSG slips to another home defeat
Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti responded to Saturday's embarrassing 2-1 home defeat to Rennes by saying for the first time that the ...

Ibrahimovic's suspension comes at bad time for PSG
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's suspension could not come at a worse time for Paris Saint-Germain, which hosts a vastly improved Rennes side on Saturday and is ...

Saint-Etienne beats Troyes to move into 3rd
Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored his eighth goal of the season as Saint-Etienne beat lowly Troyes 2-0 on Saturday to move provisionally into ...

Leader PSG keen to make amends for home defeat
French league leader Paris Saint-Germain can prove that last weekend's home loss to Saint-Etienne was a blip when it travels to play struggling ...

Column: Zlataned! How megastar became French verb
Je Zlatan, tu Zlatan, il Zlatan. Chalk up another first for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the only footballer to have his own verb in French, the language of ...

Inter and Milito head AP Global Soccer 10 poll
Inter Milan has replaced Barcelona at the head of the AP Global 10 football rankings after ending Juventus' 49-match unbeaten run. Inter's Argentine ...

PSG looking to bounce back against Dinamo Zagreb
After slipping to its first loss of the French league season, Paris Saint-Germain has the ideal opportunity to bounce back Tuesday against a Dinamo ...

Ibrahimovic sent off as PSG loses to Saint-Etienne
French leader Paris Saint-Germain lost its unbeaten league record and lost top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic to a red card in a 2-1 home loss to ...

Marseille looks to bounce back to form at Ajaccio
Having started the season brightly, Marseille's form has dimmed with three straight defeats and no goals scored, while its bitter rival Paris ...
Saint-Etienne beats Rennes 2-0 in Ligue 1
Saint-Etienne beat Rennes 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Friday to end its opponent's run of three successive league victories. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened ...

French hopeful of having 10 stadiums for Euro 2016
Ten stadiums, one more than required, will be ready for the European Championship in 2016, says French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet.
PSG labors to 1-0 win against battling Reims
Paris Saint-Germain again left its fans feeling disappointed after scraping a 1-0 home win against Reims on Saturday, despite provisionally moving to ...
Saint-Etienne crushes Nancy 4-0 in French league
Brazilian striker Brandao scored twice as Saint-Etienne crushed struggling Nancy 4-0 in the French league on Friday, with all the goals coming in a ...

Montpellier draws 1-1 at home to Saint-Etienne
French champion Montpellier needed a second-half equalizer from striker Souleymane Camara to salvage a 1-1 draw at home to Saint-Etienne on Friday.
Unbeaten Marseille proving money isn't everything
Coach Elie Baup is delighted that modest Marseille is proving to big-spending Paris Saint-Germain that money isn't everything in football. PSG spent ...
Lille held to 1-1 draw at newly-promoted Troyes
Bordeaux missed the chance to pressure Marseille at the top of the French league when it was held to 0-0 away to Valenciennes on Saturday.
Clerc set to undergo knee surgery, out for 6 weeks
Saint-Etienne defender Francois Clerc is set to undergo an operation on his knee and will be out for up to six weeks. The French club said on its ...