Ligue 1

Retirement will be busy for Beckham

17 May 2013

David Beckham savoured his first pay packet of £120 ($187) as a Manchester United apprentice - and it started him on the road to a fortune now estimated at £165 million ($257 million).

Falcao likely to join Monaco

16 May 2013

Monaco goalkeeper Danijel Subasic has claimed the ambitious club is 90 per cent certain to sign Atletico Madrid striker Falcao.

Aliadiere's season is over

16 May 2013

Lorient striker Jeremie Aliadiere has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a hip injury.

PSG city hall celebrations abandoned

15 May 2013 A ceremony at City Hall to celebrate Paris Saint-Germain's league title has been cancelled after rioting marred festivities in the centre of Paris.

PSG condemns party 'troublemakers'

14 May 2013 Paris St Germain has roundly condemned the unsavoury incidents that marred the celebration of its first Ligue 1 crown in 19 years.

Uncertainty overshadows PSG title

14 May 2013 Overwhelming favourite at the start of the campaign, Paris Saint-Germain was eventually able to celebrate winning the Ligue 1 title with two games to spare.

Ibrahimovic wants to defend title

13 May 2013

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has rubbished suggestions he could leave Paris St Germain after helping them to its first Ligue 1 title in 19 years.

Marseille win extends PSG's title wait

12 May 2013 Marseille ensured Paris Saint-Germain's title party would have to wait until Sunday evening (Monday morning AEST) at least with a 2-1 victory over Toulouse at the Stade Velodrome.

PSG trio up for award

9 May 2013

Paris Saint-Germain trio Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Blaise Matuidi and Thiago Silva and Saint Etienne striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are in the running to be named the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels (UNFP) Ligue 1 Player of the Year.

Evian romps into cup final

9 May 2013 Struggling Evian has thrashed Lorient 4-0 to reach the French Cup final.

PSG's Leonardo and Silva suspended

8 May 2013 Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo has been provisionally suspended by the French league for his altercation with referee Alexandre Castro.

Mbia denies sending Twitter messages

7 May 2013 Queens Park Rangers midfielder Stephane Mbia has denied using Twitter to try and orchestrate a move away from the recently relegated club.

Barton cops suspended ban

7 May 2013 Marseille midfielder Joey Barton has been handed a suspended two-game ban by the National Ethics Commission (CNE) in relation to a string of insults he directed at Paris Saint-Germain's Thiago Silva last month.