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Bordeaux have avoided relegation to the French third tier for financial irregularities, three days before the start of the new season, France's football federation (FFF) announced on Wednesday....
Enzo Zidane, the oldest of Zinedine Zidane's four sons, has signed for Rodez, the French Ligue 2 club said on Wednesday....
Three years after relegation from Ligue 1, Troyes have sealed a return to the French top flight under former Marseille midfielder Laurent Batlles and backed by the City Football Group (CFG), the parent company of Manchester City....
Panathinaikos have signed DR Congo international Yeni Ngbakoto, the Greek Super League club announced on Monday....
Clubs in France's Ligue 1 are set to suffer catastrophic combined losses of more than 1.3 billion euros ($1.57 billion) this season due to a combination of the Covid-19 pandemic and the collapse of a record domestic broadcast deal, a source close to the French league (LFP) said on Wednesday....
French Ligue 1 clubs fear severe financial shortfalls after the league terminated its deal with troubled TV partner Mediapro following a bitter standoff....
The French Football Federation (FFF) has suffered a loss of about 24 million euros ($28.6 million) since the summer as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, its director-general Florence Hardouin told AFP on Friday....
Fans will not be allowed to return to French stadiums to watch sporting matches before January, and then with strict crowd limits depending on a venue's size, the French presidency said Tuesday....
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....
Lawmakers in France have agreed in principle to allow larger crowds into stadiums in areas where the coronavirus is less prevalent and if venues are big enough, in what has been called a "common sense" move....
US investment fund Oaktree Capital and French TV and video producer Pierre-Antoine Capton said on Monday they had taken over struggling Ligue 2 club Caen....
Former Uganda coach Sebastien Desabre has been appointed as the new manager of French Ligue 2 outfit Niort on a two-year-deal, the club announced Tuesday....
Struggling French football clubs have called for fans to be allowed into matches in time for the start of next season and urged the country's government to provide financial help after the early end to this campaign due to the coronavirus pandemic....
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....
France's national Olympic committee has rejected pleas from second-tier clubs Ajaccio, Troyes and Clermont to hold promotion/relegation play-offs after the season was called off last month due to the coronavirus pandemic....
The French football league (LFP) voted in favour of expanding the second tier Ligue 2 from 20 to 22 teams from next season at a key meeting on Wednesday....
Paul Pogba's older brother Florentin Pogba has joined Sochaux in the French second division, the club said on Monday....
With the French season declared over because of the coronavirus pandemic, Ligue 2 promotion and relegation are at the heart of a debate which is being duplicated in other countries....
Franck Haise was rewarded with a two-year contract extension as coach of Lens on Friday, after just two matches in the role in which he won promotion to Ligue 1....
French football is mourning Robert Herbin, the inspirational coach of the flamboyant Saint-Etienne team that was narrowly defeated in the 1976 European Cup final....
Chinese firm Nenking have officially taken over ownership of two-time French league and Cup winners Sochaux, the Ligue 2 club said on Monday....
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