By Stuart Condie AP Sports Writer / February 9, 2012 LONDON—Real Madrid and Barcelona are soccer's biggest moneymakers for the third straight year and look set to top their rivals for the foreseeable future. The annual review of soccer finance by ...
PARIS (AP) — Valenciennes knocked defending champion Lille out of the French Cup on Wednesday, winning 2-1 in the last-16 match after goals from Mathieu Dossevi and Vincent Aboubakar. Dossevi flicked home a free kick from Dusan Djuric in the 71st ...
Chelsea are leading the race to sign Eden Hazard and have held talks with representatives of the Lille playmaker, according to Goal.com. - Arsenal have taken "significant steps" towards a shock summer move to sign Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge, ...
LOUIS (AP) — Harry Keough, who played for the US soccer team that famously upset England at the 1950 World Cup, died Tuesday at his home in St. Louis. He was 84. US Soccer Federation spokesman Michael Kammarman said his death was confirmed by son Ty ...
The other game scheduled at 1600 GMT, Sochaux v Lille, was also cancelled because of a frozen pitch/. "Ninety percent of the field was ok, but there was a 15 x 2 metre strip that was dangerous," Sochaux's Damien Perquis told French TV channel Foot Plus ...
But who will win the race to sign the Lille playmaker? Chelsea are widely seen as favourites to sign the highly-rated 21-year-old, who is fast becoming one of the most sought-after players in European football. Chelsea scout Guy Hillion last week ...
On Sunday, Lille will take on Girondins Bordeaux at 1400 rather than 1600. Wednesday's French Cup last-16 tie between Lyon and Bordeaux has also been brought forward from 1950 to 1515. Three Ligue 1 games were postponed last weekend because of the bad ...
(SOCCER-GERMANY/CUP, expect by 2000, pix, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) - - French Cup last 16 (Ligue 1 unless stated, numerals denote division) Ajaccio GFCO (III) v Drancy (IV) Valenciennes v Lille Chateauroux (II) v Montpellier Olympique Lyon v ...
In France, defending champion Lille had its game against Sochaux postponed because of freezing conditions. Lyon came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Marseille last night. Paris Saint-Germain tops the standings with 49 points, three ahead of ...