Today's Matches Ligue 1 Marseille ? - ? Nantes Bastia ? - ? Lens Lille ? - ? Bordeaux Montpellier ? - ? Rennes Nice ? - ? Le Havre Paris S.G. ? - ? Auxerre Sedan ? - ? Sochaux Strasbourg ? - ? Ajaccio Troyes ? - ? Monaco Ligue 2 Amiens ? - ? Le Mans Caen ? - ? Valence Chateauroux ? - ? Beauvais Clermont Ferrand ? - ? Niort Grenoble ? - ? Saint-Etienne Gueugnon ? - ? Metz Istres ? - ? Toulouse Laval ? - ? Wasquehal Nancy ? - ? Creteil
Last-gasp Guingamp hold champions Lyon Newly-crowned French champions Lyon paid the price for complacency when they threw away a 3-1 lead to minnows Guingamp who grabbed a late 3-3 draw in the opening match of the season... World Soccer News
HALFTIME UPDATE Ligue 1 HT Bastia 0 - 0 Lens HT Lille 0 - 1 Bordeaux HT Montpellier 0 - 0 Rennes HT Nice 0 - 1 Le Havre HT Paris S.G. 0 - 0 Auxerre HT Sedan 0 - 0 Sochaux HT Strasbourg 1 - 1 Ajaccio HT Troyes 0 - 2 Monaco Ligue 2 HT Amiens 0 - 1 Le Mans HT Caen 0 - 0 Valence HT Chateauroux 0 - 0 Beauvais HT Clermont Ferrand 1 - 0 Niort HT Grenoble 1 - 0 Saint-Etienne HT Gueugnon 0 - 0 Metz HT Istres 0 - 2 Toulouse HT Laval 1 - 0 Wasquehal HT Nancy 1 - 3 Creteil
Ligue 1 FT Marseille 0 - 2 Nantes FT Bastia 1 - 1 Lens FT Lille 0 - 3 Bordeaux FT Montpellier 1 - 0 Rennes FT Nice 1 - 2 Le Havre FT Paris S.G. 1 - 0 Auxerre FT Sedan 0 - 0 Sochaux FT Strasbourg 1 - 1 Ajaccio FT Troyes 0 - 4 Monaco Ligue 2 FT Amiens 0 - 1 Le Mans FT Caen 3 - 1 Valence FT Chateauroux 1 - 0 Beauvais FT Clermont Ferrand 1 - 1 Niort FT Grenoble 1 - 0 Saint-Etienne FT Gueugnon 0 - 2 Metz FT Istres 0 - 4 Toulouse FT Laval 1 - 0 Wasquehal FT Nancy 2 - 3 Creteil
God damn it, Marseille lost (not that even the most enthuusiastic OM fan expected them to win, with no relevant signings at all) But, c'mon, how the hell does Yepes scored on you?????? C'mon, Marseille pick it up.
SEDAN AND SOCHAUX SHARE SPOILS Sedan had to settle for a share of the points in the first match of the new season against Sochaux despite dominating for long periods... Sporting Life
RENNES PAY THE PENALTY A penalty three minutes from time gave Montpellier the perfect start to their season as they overcame a resolute Rennes side in a match that was anything but pretty to watch... Sporting Life LE HAVRE TAKE THE SPOILS Ten-man Le Havre registered their first win of the Ligue 1 campaign as they took the spoils in the battle of the newcomers... Sporting Life
CHAMPAGNE STUFF FROM BORDEAUX Bordeaux got their campaign off to a flying start with a 3-0 win against a new-look Lille side... Sporting Life
MONACO CRUISE TO SUMMIT Monaco cruised to a comfortable 4-0 victory over Troyes in their opening fixture of the season tonight... Sporting Life
FT Auxerre 2 - 0 Montpellier 74' Djibrill Cisse 90' Mwaruwari Habib Bamogo of Montpellier was red carded in 68th minute.
Today's Matches Ligue 1 Lens ? - ? Sochaux Ajaccio ? - ? Guingamp Le Havre ? - ? Lille Lyon ? - ? Sedan Monaco ? - ? Marseille Nantes ? - ? Bastia Nice ? - ? Strasbourg Rennes ? - ? Troyes Ligue 2 Beauvais ? - ? Clermont Ferrand Caen ? - ? Chateauroux Creteil ? - ? Laval Le Mans ? - ? Gueugnon Metz ? - ? Reims Niort ? - ? Amiens Saint-Etienne ? - ? Istres Valence ? - ? Nancy Wasquehal ? - ? Grenoble
STALEMATE BETWEEN TOP RIVALS Friday night's big Ligue 1 clash ended in a disappointing stalemate as Paris St Germain claimed a 0-0 draw at rivals Bordeaux. Both teams came into the game after opening-day victories, but neither could break the deadlock at stadium Chabban-Delmas.
FT Lens 1 - 1 Sochaux FT Ajaccio 0 - 2 Guingamp FT Le Havre 0 - 0 Lille FT Lyon 6 - 1 Sedan FT Monaco 0 - 1 Marseille FT Nantes 1 - 0 Bastia FT Nice 4 - 0 Strasbourg FT Rennes 0 - 0 Troyes FT Beauvais 1 - 0 Clermont Ferrand FT Caen 4 - 1 Chateauroux FT Creteil 1 - 1 Laval FT Le Mans 3 - 1 Gueugnon FT Metz 0 - 0 Reims FT Niort 2 - 0 Amiens FT Saint-Etienne 3 - 0 Istres FT Valence 2 - 0 Nancy FT Wasquehal 1 - 1 Grenoble
Choke On It, Rennes Tell Man Utd About Escudé No deal between Le Championnat's Rennes and Manchester United about Julien Escudé's proposed move to Old Trafford. Officials from both teams met today to discuss terms, but Stade Rennais already warned they would not agree a cut deal for Escudé... SoccerAge Marseille Boss Louis-Dreyfus Delighted With Monaco Triumph Could you imagine having a lousy time in a place like Monaco? No? Well, Marseille could not either... SoccerAge Le Championnat Wrap: Nantes Go Top, Marseille Beat Monaco A Mathieu Berson goal four minutes from time gave Nantes a win against tenacious Bastia and an impressive top spot position after just two matches... SoccerAge Nice score for newcomers but champions take Lyon's share French league newcomers Nice justified their hard-fought entry to the top flight with a 4-0 romp over fellow promoted side Strasbourg on Saturday... World Soccer News
August 17th Montpellier ? - ? Bordeaux Bastia ? - ? Monaco Guingamp ? - ? Rennes Lille ? - ? Nice Paris S.G. ? - ? Ajaccio Sedan ? - ? Lens Sochaux ? - ? Nantes Strasbourg ? - ? Le Havre Troyes ? - ? Auxerre
Ligue 2 Toulouse ? - ? Metz Amiens ? - ? Saint-Etienne Chateauroux ? - ? Creteil Clermont Ferrand ? - ? Valence Grenoble ? - ? Niort Gueugnon ? - ? Wasquehal Istres ? - ? Lorient Laval ? - ? Beauvais Reims ? - ? Le Mans
FT Marseille 1 - 1 Lyon FT Nancy 0 - 0 Caen Le Championnat Report: Lyon & Marseille Share Points Lyon got away with a point in Marseille against an OM side who thoroughly dominated the second half but failed to capitalize on it... SoccerAge
Le Championnat Preview: PSG & Monaco Face Corsican Tests After last night's 1-1 draw between Marseille and Lyon, the rest of the action in le Championnat will pit the big guns against supposedly inferior teams. The main event will surely come from Paris, where PSG anxiously await the return of World Cup star Ronaldinho... SoccerAge
FT Montpellier 0 - 1 Bordeaux FT Bastia 1 - 0 Monaco FT Guingamp 3 - 0 Rennes FT Lille 0 - 3 Nice FT Paris S.G. 2 - 2 Ajaccio FT Sedan 0 - 1 Lens FT Sochaux 4 - 2 Nantes FT Strasbourg 1 - 1 Le Havre FT Troyes 1 - 2 Auxerre FT Toulouse 3 - 0 Metz FT Amiens 1 - 0 Saint-Etienne FT Chateauroux 2 - 0 Creteil FT Clermont Ferrand 1 - 0 Valence FT Grenoble 1 - 0 Niort FT Gueugnon 0 - 2 Wasquehal FT Istres 1 - 1 Lorient FT Laval 2 - 0 Beauvais FT Reims 1 - 2 Le Mans
Upcoming Fixtures Lille ? - ? Troyes Nantes ? - ? Lens Ajaccio ? - ? Sedan Auxerre ? - ? Guingamp Bordeaux ? - ? Strasbourg Lyon ? - ? Bastia Monaco ? - ? Sochaux Nice ? - ? Montpellier Rennes ? - ? Marseille Beauvais ? - ? Gueugnon Caen ? - ? Laval Creteil ? - ? Grenoble Le Mans ? - ? Toulouse Metz ? - ? Lorient Niort ? - ? Istres Valence ? - ? Chateauroux Wasquehal ? - ? Clermont Ferrand