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PARIS (AFP) - This weekend sees crucial action at both ends of the French league as lyon take on title rivals Bordeaux while Paris St Germain get to grips with the reality of a relegation battle.

Lyon, knocked out of the Champions League in midweek by Manchester United, sit three points clear as they bid for a seventh straight title but their repeated failure to make it to the business end of Europe's top club may have swift repercussions.

The club have made a habit of blooding top... Read More

Mardi soir, l'OL est sorti de la Ligue des Champions, éliminé par Manchester United (1-1, 1-0). Toutefois, pour le président des sextuples champions de France, Jean-Michel Aulas, pas question de sombrer dans le défaitisme. "Il y a plus de positif que de négatif. On est passés assez près d'un but qui nous aurait permis de jouer les prolongations. Le but de Tevez à lyon nous coûte la qualification. Il y a bien sûr de la déception mais, je veux retenir le très bon match de lyon qui a posé beaucoup... Read More

French champions lyon will be without central defender Cleber Anderson for the rest of the season after the Brazilian suffered a serious right knee injury.
Lyon coach Alain Perrin said that Anderson was hurt in his team's midweek League Cup quarter-final defeat against Le Mans when he came off worst in a challenge with striker Tulio De Melo.
Anderson, who will undergo surgery, was recruited in August from Benfica to take over from compatriot Cris who was sidelined with ruptured ligam... Read More

Reuters
He's only just turned 20, but striker Karim Benzema has already developed into the main attacking threat at French champion Lyon. The France striker has been a revelation this year, topping the Ligue 1 scoring charts with 12 goals in 18 matches. Recently, Benzema notched two goals and an assist in the 3-0 thrashing lyon handed to Rangers in the Champions League, thereby dumping the Scottish giant out of the competition.

In an interview with Reuters, Benzema, who turns 20 Wednes... Read More

L’OL est le seul club de foot à figurer dans le top 20 des plus riches du monde avec 127,7 millions d'euros de chiffre d'affaires. 7 filiales vendent aujourd’hui la « marque » OL. Au menu : taxis, salons de beauté, fromages, vins, produits de bien-être et même une gamme de lingerie dont le string OL. Il ne manquait plus que l’OL Land (stade propriété du club) pour être complet… Le projet suit son cours.... Read More