PARIS (Reuters) – Paris St Germain left it late to notch their eighth victory in a row when Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s second-half goal earned the runaway Ligue 1 leaders a 1-0 win at Toulouse on Saturday. Ibrahimovic headed home 17 minutes from time to put the French champions on 57 points 21 games and give them […]
PARIS (Reuters) – Brazil defender Maxwell evoked memories of Marco van Basten’s stunning strike at Euro 1988 with a brilliant first-half goal that capped runaway leaders Paris St Germain’s 2-0 victory over Bastia in Ligue 1 on Friday. Fellow countryman Thiago Silva was also on target at the Parc des Princes to help PSG move […]
PARIS (Reuters) – Former France international and Real Madrid midfielder Claude Makelele has been appointed Monaco’s technical director, the Ligue 1 club said on Thursday. Makelele, 42, who won the Champions League with Real in 2002, made over 600 appearances in spells with Nantes, Olympique Marseille, Celta Vigo, Real, Chelsea and Paris St Germain. He […]
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – Paris St Germain continued their irrepressible march towards a fourth consecutive Ligue 1 title with a 5-1 home win against Olympique Lyonnais to move 17 points clear at the top on Sunday. Zlatan Ibrahimovic grabbed a double, Serge Aurier, Edinson Cavani and Lucas also found the back of the […]
Leaders Paris St Germain suffered a minor hiccup in their bid for a fourth straight Ligue 1 title when promoted Angers denied them a 10th win in a row.
Barcelona crushed rivals Real Madrid 4-0 in their own backyard but there is a less familiar name leading the Premier League with Leicester City at the top.
