Articles tagged with "french-ligue-1"
Sunday Summary: Hats off to PSV Eindhoven
By Daryl | April 29th, 2007It's getting towards that time of year where the European leagues separate the winners and the losers. The winners get a very shiny trophy (or ...
Spanning the Globe: Weekend Football Roundup
By Bob | April 23rd, 2007Adriano was partying and the champagne was flowing across all parts of Europe this weekend with teams in Italy, Scotland, France and Greece clinching their ...
Milan Baros Accused of Making Racist Taunt
By Bob | April 19th, 2007Having lived in a couple of foreign countries where I could barely speak the language, I understand how important gestures can be to convey a ...
Spanning the Globe: The Weekend Round-up
By Bob | April 9th, 2007It was awfully kind of the players and clubs around the world to cram so much football into a 48-hour period. Every weekend is ...
Barthez and Kahn: The Gifts that Keep on Giving
By Bob | April 3rd, 2007As we fill the void before the Champions League matches today and as I warm up my fingers to liveblog, there are a couple of ...
Out-of-Favor Troyes Player Sues coach for Mean Words
By Bob | March 22nd, 2007Here is a novel way to get back at your manager when he doesn't let you suit up for the first team. You can ...
A Name to Remember: Samir Nasri
By Bob | March 20th, 2007Now that Zizou has hit the retirement circuit the media's search for the "Next Zinedine Zidane" has begun in earnest. The current recipient of ...
Spanning the Globe: Weekend Wrap
By Bob | March 19th, 2007It was another fast and furious weekend of football around the world with some league races tightening, some leaders all but crowned champions and some ...
Is there a less athletic looking footballer than Franck Ribery?
By Bob | March 16th, 2007Seriously, if you were picking sides at the local park and you didn't know who Franck Ribery was would you even think about picking him? ...
Lyon Fitness Coach: Doping in Football is Inevitable
By Bob | March 6th, 2007While the perpetual plagues of the football world -- fan violence and racism – continue to make the headlines, another oldie but goodie has made ...
The Minnows rise from the Mines
By Bob | February 28th, 2007All too often modern football is lacking in drama and passion as players go through the motions while playing seemingly 100 games a year. ...
Araujo Ilan Scores a Super Bicycle Kick Goal for St Etienne
By Bob | February 27th, 2007If we all relied purely on match reports to learn what happened around the world of football we might think the sport is kind of ...
UEFA to investigate Lille crowd problems
By Bob | February 21st, 2007It was an all too familiar frightening scene Tuesday night at the Stade Felix-Bollaert in Lens as Manchester United took on Lille in the Champions ...
Spanning the Globe: The Sound of Silence in Italy, Romario Reaches 990
By Bob | February 12th, 2007Chances are you probably don’t have the time to follow every football league in the world closely. Never fear. We are here to help. Here’s ...
Spanning the Globe: Soul Searching Serie A, Real Really Bad, A New Boss in the Bundesliga
By Bob | February 5th, 2007Chances are you probably don’t have the time to follow every football league in the world closely. Never fear. We are here to help. Here’s ...
Transfer Talk: The Window is Closing
By Bob | January 31st, 2007After having a month to seal transfer deals, clubs all over the world are scrambling to get things done at the last minute. The ...
Transfer Talk: Not Bent out of Shape, Ronnie & Gooch Deals Done, Starlets Star Bright
By Bob | January 30th, 2007The window transfer window officially comes to a close Wednesday so all around the world players, agents and clubs are scrambling to get those deals ...
Spanning the Globe
By Bob | January 29th, 2007Chances are you probably don’t have the time to follow every football league in the world closely. Never fear. We are here to help. Here’s ...
Transfer Talk: Cocu Cuckoo over MLS, Riquelme going Home, Gooch to Marseille?
By Bob | January 26th, 2007The winter transfer window is mercifully starting to shut, but there is still time for more absurd rumors, minor player movements and fun before we ...
Transfer Talk: No Luque Again, No Gooch for You, No Ruud Welcome
By Bob | January 25th, 2007We are in the homestretch of the winter transfer window and the excitement in the air is almost palpable. Players have come and they ...
Transfer Talk: Ronaldo Here, The Other Ronaldo not there, Giuseppe Rossi Everywhere
By Bob | January 24th, 2007It is that time of year again when the rumors are hot and heavy and fiction becomes reality. We’ll do our best to help you ...
Transfer Zone: He's Oddo Here, Reyna Released
By Bob | January 23rd, 2007It is that time of year again when the rumors are hot and heavy and fiction becomes reality. We’ll do our best to help you ...
Transfer Talk: Ronaldinho to MLS, Gerrard to Juve, Lampard to Barca
By Bob | January 22nd, 2007It hasn't been the most earth shattering of transfer seasons thus far and for the most part the usually silly talk that makes things so ...
Spanning the Globe: United Gunned Down, Inter Streaks On, Celtic Cruises
By Bob | January 22nd, 2007Chances are you probably don’t have the time to follow every football league in the world closely. Never fear. We are here to help. Here’s ...
Transfer Talk: A Prayer for Owen Hargreaves, Milan at Lyon, Duck Talk
By Bob | January 19th, 2007It is that time of year again when the rumors are hot and heavy and fiction becomes reality. We’ll do our best to help you ...
Transfer Talk: Macherano's Minutes, Kaka Charms, Ronaldo Roams
By Bob | January 16th, 2007It is that time of year again when the rumors are hot and heavy and fiction becomes reality. We’ll do our best to help you ...
Spanning the Globe: A One-Finger Salute, Peace in Rome, an Angry Lyon
By Bob | January 15th, 2007Chances are you probably don’t have the time to follow every football league in the world closely. Never fear. We are here to help. Here’s ...
Sven the Stalker
By Bob | January 12th, 2007Drawing a salary of £6,500-per-day by the FA not to coach England, you can almost understand why Sven-Goran Eriksson is chomping at the bit to ...
Transfer Talk: A Galacticos Reunion in Saudi Arabia?
By Bob | January 10th, 2007It is that time of year again when the rumors are hot and heavy and fiction becomes reality. We’ll do our best to help you ...
PSG Turns to Tennis Champion Yannick Noah for Peace and Calm
By Bob | January 5th, 2007It has been a rough couple of month at Paris Saint-Germain after one of its supporters was shot to death by a policeman following a ...
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