French football

12 articles tagged with "French football"

Sep 20, 2026

Monaco have already beaten both of them, and Le Classique arrives with Marseille on three points

Marseille have three points from four games and Paris Saint-Germain five, while the club sitting top of Ligue 1 has beaten both of them. Kick-off at t...

Sep 20, 2026

Lyon’s captain walked to the ultras’ end to face down a banner, and then he scored the fourth

Lyon’s Ligue 1 match with Rennes was stopped for fifteen minutes in the first half after a banner went up in the home ultras’ end. Corentin Tolisso we...

Sep 19, 2026

Lens changed coach after 28 days, and their own defender decided the first match under the new one

Dino Toppmoller lasted 28 days at Lens. Yannick Cahuzac’s first game in charge ended with an 84th-minute own goal and Monaco back on top of Ligue 1.

Sep 14, 2026

PSG needed four attempts to win a Ligue 1 game, and Ferran Torres settled it in five minutes

The French and European champions had two points from three league matches before Sunday night in Brittany. A 25-yard finish inside five minutes final...

Sep 12, 2026

Bruno Genesio managed Rennes for two and a half years, and they beat his Marseille side to go top

Adrien Thomasson’s 52nd-minute goal gave Rennes a 1-0 win at Roazhon Park and sent Franck Haise’s side to the top of Ligue 1. It is Marseille’s third...

Sep 11, 2026

Slavia Prague led twice with ten men, and Lens scored twice in stoppage time to take it

A Slavia substitute was sent off four minutes into the second half. Danijel Sturm scored twice anyway, and Lens still won 3-2 in Prague through Floria...

Sep 7, 2026

Troyes had conceded one goal in two games, and then Strasbourg’s substitutes scored three

Strasbourg were behind after nine minutes at the Stade de l’Aube and won 6-2. Samuel Amo-Ameyaw and Conrad Harder came on with the game already settle...

Sep 7, 2026

Sinayoko scored after 25 seconds, and Paris FC had never won at Marseille before

Lassine Sinayoko scored inside half a minute, headed a second and won it from the spot late on as Paris FC beat Marseille 3-2 at the Velodrome on Sund...

Aug 31, 2026

Brunner scored twice at the Louis II, and Monaco are the only Ligue 1 side with two wins

Marseille scored four on the opening weekend and none at the Stade Louis II, where a 20-year-old Monaco signed from Borussia Dortmund in 2024 got both...

Aug 24, 2026

PSG’s home opener was played at Rennes, and a half-time substitute rescued it

Heat damage to the Parc des Princes pitch forced the LFP to invert PSG’s Ligue 1 opener. They were two down by the break before Ferran Torres came off...

Aug 22, 2026

Hojbjerg lost the Marseille armband over the summer, and scored the last goal of a 4-0 opening night

Ligue 1 restarted at the Orange Velodrome with a goalless first half and then four goals inside 45 minutes. Amine Gouiri took two of them, and a 59th-...

May 14, 2026

Kvara opens and an 18-year-old Mbaye seals it as PSG win at Lens to take a record fifth straight Ligue 1

A 29th-minute Kvaratskhelia finish and an Ibrahim Mbaye strike deep in stoppage time clinched a 2-0 win at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, sealing PSG’s 1...