A French second division match ended with Valenciennes goalkeeper Jerome Prior bleeding from a wound on his cheek that his club said was caused by a bite from Sochaux midfielder Ousseynou Thioune.... more »
Paul Pogba's older brother Florentin Pogba has passed his medical and completed his signing for Sochaux in the French second division, the club said on Wednesday.... more »
Four French football stadiums will trial standing areas next season, the sports ministry announced Wednesday in response to requests by certain supporters' groups.... more »
The Chinese owners of French outfit Sochaux have given over the running of the club to the group that controls Spanish side Alaves as part of an alliance between the two clubs, it was announced on Wednesday.... more »
Angel Di Maria scored a hat-trick as holders Paris Saint-Germain defeated second-tier Sochaux 4-1 on Tuesday to reach the French Cup quarter-finals, while Marseille demolished Ligue 2 outfit Bourg-en-Bresse 9-0.... more »
Crisis-hit Marseille beat second-tier Sochaux 1-0 on Wednesday to set up a French Cup final date with arch rivals Paris Saint-Germain, just a day after dismissing coach Michel.... more »
French second-division strugglers Sochaux stunned Monaco 2-1 in the last 16 of the French Cup on Tuesday, while Gazelec Ajaccio avoided an upset at amateurs Saint-Malo.... more »
Chinese hi-tech company Ledus on Monday officially took over FC Sochaux from carmakers Peugeot, making the French second division club the first in Europe under total Chinese control.... more »
A Hong Kong company announced Tuesday plans to buy French football club FC Sochaux-Montbeliard for seven million euros ($7.89 mn), as an increasing number of Chinese businessmen expand into the foreign sports market.... more »
The curtain falls on the Ligue 1 season this Saturday but the stage is set for a thrilling final weekend in France with European places and the fight against relegation still to be settled.... more »
Lille will hope to extend Paris Saint-Germain's recent run of poor form and beat the newly-crowned champions to clinch a potentially lucrative prize of their own this weekend.... more »
Lille let slip a chance to cement their claims on Champions League football next season when held to a goalless draw at home by Nantes in Ligue 1 on Saturday.... more »
Monaco captain Eric Abidal says he has fully recovered from the problem that saw briefly admitted to hospital last week and insists he still has his sights set on the World Cup.... more »
New recruit Dimitar Berbatov says there is no better way to start his Monaco career than with the visit of Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain to a sold-out Stade Louis II on Sunday evening.... more »
New signing Yohan Cabaye says he is prepared to be thrown straight into the Paris Saint-Germain side when the Ligue 1 leaders host Bordeaux at the Parc des Princes on Friday evening.... more »
Mickael Landreau equalled fellow goalkeeper Jean-Luc Ettori's record of 602 top flight matches in France on Sunday as he kept a clean sheet for Bastia in a 2-0 win over Evian.... more »
Saint-Etienne went top of France's Ligue 1 on Saturday with a 3-1 win at Valenciennes as Marseille stuttered to a 1-1 draw at lowly Toulouse.... more »
Saint-Etienne went top of France's Ligue 1 on Saturday with a 3-1 win at Valenciennes as Marseille stuttered to a 1-1 draw at lowly Toulouse.... more »
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