French Ligue 1 2019 20

Ligue 1: Marseille held to a stalemate by Angers, drop points in race for Champions League place

Marseille missed the creativity of Dimitri Payet as it dropped points in the race for a Champions League place after being held 0-0 at home by Angers

Ligue 1: Mauro Icardi, Angel Di Maria goals help PSG beat Lille and extend lead at top to 11 points

PSG moved to 33 points ahead of second-placed Olympique Marseille, who visit second-bottom Toulouse on Sunday, while Lille are seventh on 19.

Ligue 1: Dimitri Payet's brace propels 10-man Marseille to narrow win over Lyon in violence-marred derby contest

Marseille supporters attacked the Lyon bus with stones, bottles and other projectiles on its way to the stadium, before visiting players were repeatedly bombarded with objects thrown from the crowd while taking corners during the match.

Ligue 1: Robert Beric's last-minute strike guides Saint-Etienne to narrow win over Lyon; Nimes hold Lille to a draw

Lyon began the weekend in trouble of their own, languishing a disappointing 11th after a domestic six-match winless run but buoyed by a Champions League victory at RB Leipzig.

LaLiga: Lionel Messi says he 'does not know if Barcelona did their best to bring back Neymar' from PSG

The summer transfer window saw an on-off soap opera surrounding Neymar's apparent desire to leave PSG, who paid a world record 222 million euros ($264 million at the time) in 2017, with Barcelona and Real Madrid both linked.

Ligue 1: Marseille win 2-1 at Nice as homophobic chants cause 10-minute stoppage in first half

Players from both teams were escorted from the pitch in the 28th minute following repeated appeals to Nice fans to stop homophobic chants of "Marseille are a bunch of queers" and "Go f*** yourself, Ligue 1".

Ligue 1: PSG manager Thomas Tuchel says Neymar may not play for club till transfer situation becomes more clear

Neymar arrived amid deafening fanfare from Barcelona two years ago as the world's most expensive player in a €222 million deal.

Monaco make Wissam Ben Yedder, at 40 million Euros, costliest Ligue 1 transfer of the summer

29-year old Ben Yedder has become the most expensive player bought by a Ligue 1 club so far in this summer's transfer window, ahead of Paris Saint-Germain recruits Idrissa Gueye and Abdou Diallo.

Ligue 1: Neymar left out of Paris Saint-Germain's first game as exit talks become 'more advanced than before'

Neymar, whose time in France has been marked by injuries and controversies, has made a series of remarks that strained his relationship further with the club and sparked outrage on social media.