Former World Cup winner Fabio Grosso has been appointed coach of Ligue 1's bottom side Lyon, replacing sacked Laurent Blanc, the French club announced Saturday.

Grosso returns to Lyon where he played as a left-back for two years, winning the Ligue...

Laurent Blanc has been sacked as coach of Ligue 1's bottom side Lyon, a source close to Blanc told AFP on Monday. 

After finishing third last season, Lyon have started the new campaign with three defeats and a draw, leaving them propping up the...

Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain romped to a 4-1 win away at Lyon on Sunday to leave their crisis-hit opponents bottom of Ligue 1.

Mbappe's two goals in the first half sandwiched strikes by Achraf Hakimi and Marco Asensio as PSG...

It is still early in the 2023/24 Ligue 1 season, but there are already some interesting storylines developing. For starters, reigning champions PSG are not on top of the table - not by a long-shot. Les Parisiens sit in eighth spot, while Monaco hold a...

Once France's top club, Lyon are in full-blown crisis on and off the pitch coming into this weekend's clash with reigning Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Title-winners seven years in a row from 2002 to 2008, OL have finished outside the...

Seven-time French champions Lyon battled to their first point of the Ligue 1 season on Sunday in a 0-0 draw at Nice but they remain deep in trouble.

Coach Laurent Blanc had led Lyon to their worst start to a Ligue 1 campaign since 1966 after opening...

Coach Laurent Blanc knows he is under pressure ahead of Sunday's game at Nice after leading Lyon to their worst start to a Ligue 1 campaign since 1966.

The seven-time French champions lost their season opener at Strasbourg before a humbling 4-1...

This season will be the 86th year of French top flight football and the 21st season since the top division was renamed as Ligue 1 in 2002 For the first time since the late 1990's and early 2000's (1997-2002), the league will now feature 18 teams instead...

Broadcasting rights for leagues all around the world have turned out to be quite lucrative for the competitions, and it seems like Ligue 1 officers want a piece of that pie.

The league has revealed its plans to change its broadcasting rights' cycle...

Herve Renard masterminded defeat of Lionel Messi's Argentina in the Qatar World Cup group stage and now is hoping to experience more "emotions that you can't buy" at the Women's World Cup.

The 54-year-old gave up a lucrative contract as coach of...

Star striker Sam Kerr spearheaded Australia's most experienced ever women's World Cup squad named Monday, with veterans Lydia Williams and Clare Polkinghorne set to play at their fifth tournament.

Fresh from guiding Chelsea to a fourth consecutive...

One of the players who have been deemed as surplus to Chelsea's new era is Christian Pulisic, and it seems that the player will be able to sign a deal with a new team in what will be his third league in Europe.

Following his spells with Borussia...

Australia's women's football team continued their World Cup preparations on Monday when the co-hosts named a provisional squad, including 10 players currently with English clubs.

The Matildas squad boasts Chelsea star striker Sam Kerr who has scored...

As they head into a new era off the pitch, a disappointing season on it means Lyon, formerly French football's dominant force, are set to miss out on European qualification once again.

With just three games of the Ligue 1 campaign remaining, including...

American entrepreneur Michele Kang has reached an agreement to become the new majority owner of leading French women's team Lyon, the parties announced in a statement on Tuesday.

The deal will see Lyon, perennial French champions and the record...

Barcelona are confident of achieving their goal of reaching a third consecutive Champions League final when they host Chelsea on Thursday, boasting a 1-0 advantage from the semi-final first leg.

The Catalans, who lifted the trophy as part of a...

Marseille climbed back into second place in Ligue 1 on Sunday after a 2-1 win at Lyon following a farcical own goal by Malo Gusto with the final kick of the game.

Cengiz Under put Marseille in front on the stroke of half-time before Alexandre Lacazette...

Lyon came from behind to see off Rennes 3-1 on Sunday to keep their hopes of a place in the Europa Conference League play-off round alive.

Laurent Blanc's side followed their 1-0 win at Paris Saint-Germain on April 2 and claimed their second consecutive...

Nantes reached a second straight French Cup final as Ludovic Blas' brilliant goal gave the holders a 1-0 last-four victory over Lyon on Wednesday.

Antoine Kombouare's side booked a place in the April 29 showpiece at the Stade de France against...

Paris Saint-Germain suffered a second home defeat in a row Sunday, falling 1-0 to Lyon as they saw their lead at the top of Ligue 1 cut to six points.

After losing 2-0 at home to Rennes two weeks ago, it was Lyon's Bradley Barcola who inflicted...