Olympique De Marseille

Paris St Germain crowned Ligue 1 champions, seventh title in eight years, as standings frozen

With some clubs having played 27 games and others 28, the LFP drew the standings according to a performance index - the number of points per game weighed by head-to-head record.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Former Marseille president Pape Diouf passes away aged 68 after contracting COVID-19

Former Olympique de Marseille president Pape Diouf has died aged 68 after contracting the coronavirus, the Ligue 1 club announced on Tuesday.

Ligue 1: Marseille's 14-game unbeaten streak ends with defeat by Nantes; Monaco held to draw at Dijon

The loss against Nantes was Marseille's first defeat since they lost 4-0 at Paris St Germain on 27 October.

Ligue 1: Dimitri Payet, Nemanja Radonjic's goals against St Etienne help Marseille consolidate second position on table

Payet netted after seven minutes and Radonjic doubled the lead late on to put Marseille on 46 points from 23 games

Ligue 1: AS Monaco end league-leaders Paris Saint-Germain's winning streak in thrilling 3-3 draw

Neymar opened the scoring for Paris Saint-Germain, but Monaco, who were playing their first Ligue 1 game under new coach Robert Moreno, hit back with goals from Gelson Martins and Wissam Ben Yedder

Ligue 1: Kylian Mbappe celebrates 21st birthday with brace as PSG rout Amiens, take 7-point lead

Kylian Mbappe celebrated turning 21 with a silvery-looking haircut and two more clinical finishes as league leaders Paris Saint-Germain beat struggling Amiens 4-1

Ligue 1: Nemanja Radonjic strikes late against Brest as Olympique de Marseille narrow gap on leaders PSG

Second-half substitute Radonjic found the top corner a minute after Irvin Cardona had cancelled out Bouna Sarr’s second-half opener to put second-placed Marseille on 28 points from 15 games ahead of PSG’s trip to AS Monaco on Sunday.

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.

Top 11 European football clubs planning breakaway Super League in 2021, says report by Der Spiegel

The 11 'founders' could not be relegated from the Super League, which would have five 'guest teams' to make up a 16-team competition, replacing the current 32-team Champions League, the report stated.

Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi joins Valencia on season-long loan from Premier League side Chelsea

Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi has joined Spanish side Valencia on loan after the closure of the Premier League transfer window, where he will get to play in the UEFA Champions League.