These clips are available to all viewers in Europe (except France & Spain), Sub Saharan Africa and Australasia. Excluded in North Africa, Asia and N&S America. WEEK 37 Sunday 19th May NICE v LYON Saturday 18th May ST-ETIENNE v MARSEILLE PSG v BREST SOCHAUX v TOULOUSE RENNES v AJACCIO MONTPELLIER [...]

The nominations for the 2013 UNFP awards have been announced today. Awards will be handed to the best player, young player, goalkeeper and manager in Ligue 1 and also the best player and manager of Ligue 2. Here are the nominees: PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG: AS Saint-Etienne, Gabones, 23-years-old, Forward ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC: Paris Saint-Germain FC, Swedish, 31-years-old, Forward BLAISE MATUIDI: Paris [...]

There are still five games to go in the Ligue 1 campaign, but a fair amount has been sorted out already: PSG are nine points clear at the top of the table; five teams are in the race for the four remaining European places*; Troyes and Brest look gone, leaving [...]

These clips are available to all viewers in Europe (except France & Spain), Sub Saharan Africa and Australasia. Excluded in North Africa, Asia and N&S America. WEEK 32 Sunday 14 April LYON v TOULOUSE NICE v SOCHAUX LILLE v MARSEILLE Saturday 13 April EVIAN v RENNES BORDEAUX v MONTPELLIER LORIENT [...]

The rain was already falling at 7am, and continued throughout the day, incessant, dull. Strangely familiar. The song says that “mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun”, and as those unused to heat and sun can get carried away, basting themselves to scarlet levels when the opportunity [...]

The reigning champions – last season, they won 25, drew 7, lost 6, with a superb home record, winning 16, drawing two, and losing only 1, a 3-0 defeat to PSG in game 8. With Toulouse, they had the best defence in the league, conceding only 34 goals and keeping [...]

Road to the Semi-Final: Back in September, the third round-success against Nancy (3-2) was the trigger to a spectacular return to form for Stade Rennais after their difficult start of the season. It also was the epiphany for Romain Alessandrini, whose flying backheel flick remains one of the goals of [...]

So, Louis Nicollin has pulled the 2CV up at the car-boot sale and has started arranging his trestle table; Tinhan has been put on the train to Arles-Avignon on loan, Utaka is rumoured to be off to Qatar for a million or so, and then there’s Belhanda.  Montpellier’s number 10 [...]