Lyon returned to the top of the French league after resuming winning ways with a 2-0 victory at bottom side Sochaux, who had two men sent off, on Wednesday night.
Explosives used to destroy land mines have disappeared from a site near Lyon, France, the French Interior Ministry said Friday.
Lyon moved to within touching distance of a seventh successive French league title after a 1-0 home win over third-placed Nancy on Saturday night.
Lyon's bid for a seventh successive French league title is still under threat after they were held 0-0 at Nice.
Senegal international Mamadou Niang and former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse grabbed the goals in Marseille's 3-1 win over Lyon on Sunday to throw the French title race wide open.
Bordeaux beat Rennes 2-0 to reduce Lyon's lead at the top of the French first division to six points.
Lyon took another step towards a seventh successive French league title with a 2-1 victory at Valenciennes on Sunday.
The French league may lack the quality in depth of the English Premier League, Italy's Serie A or the Spanish Liga, but in recent years the Championnat has acquired a reputation as a useful finishing academy for young players, French and otherwise.
Brazilian marksman Fred scored twice and Sidney Govou and Juninho added the others Sunday to help Lyon beat Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 and move nine points clear at the top of the French league.
French international striker Karim Benzema on Thursday extended his long-term contract with six-time French champions Lyon.
Lyon returned to the top of the French league after resuming winning ways with a 2-0 victory at bottom side Sochaux, who had two men sent off, on Wednesday night.
Explosives used to destroy land mines have disappeared from a site near Lyon, France, the French Interior Ministry said Friday.
Lyon moved to within touching distance of a seventh successive French league title after a 1-0 home win over third-placed Nancy on Saturday night.
Lyon's bid for a seventh successive French league title is still under threat after they were held 0-0 at Nice.
Senegal international Mamadou Niang and former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse grabbed the goals in Marseille's 3-1 win over Lyon on Sunday to throw the French title race wide open.
Bordeaux beat Rennes 2-0 to reduce Lyon's lead at the top of the French first division to six points.
Lyon took another step towards a seventh successive French league title with a 2-1 victory at Valenciennes on Sunday.
The French league may lack the quality in depth of the English Premier League, Italy's Serie A or the Spanish Liga, but in recent years the Championnat has acquired a reputation as a useful finishing academy for young players, French and otherwise.
Brazilian marksman Fred scored twice and Sidney Govou and Juninho added the others Sunday to help Lyon beat Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 and move nine points clear at the top of the French league.
French international striker Karim Benzema on Thursday extended his long-term contract with six-time French champions Lyon.
Lyon shrugged off their midweek Champions League disappointment by taking a big step towards a seventh consecutive French league title on Sunday.
Brazilian striker Fred scored the only goal as six-time French champions Lyon beat Lille 1-0 in front of a record French league crowd of 75,000 at the Stade de France.
One fireman was killed and at least 27 other people were injured Thursday when gas leaking from a downtown street in the Rhone Valley city of Lyon exploded.
Two goals from Brazilian striker Fred kept Lyon on course for a seventh straight domestic title with a 2-0 win at home to bottom-of-the-table Metz.
French champions Lyon crashed 1-0 at Le Mans on Saturday, leaving the French title race wide open and shattering confidence before Wednesday's Champions League clash with Manchester United.
Lyon stayed on course for a seventh successive French league title with a 4-1 defeat of struggling Sochaux but Bordeaux stayed in the hunt by thrashing Metz 3-0.
Arsenal full-back Gael Clichy has received his first call-up to the France squad for next week's friendly matches against DR Congo and Spain.
Lyon snatched a late equalizer to draw 1-1 at local rivals St Etienne on Sunday and move four points clear in France.
Bordeaux maintained their hot pursuit of French league leaders Lyon with a 1-0 victory over Saint-Etienne on Thursday night.
French champions Lyon cruised to a 2-0 win over Lorient on Wednesday to extend their lead over Bordeaux to six points, boosting their chances of a seventh successive title.
Resurgent Paris Saint Germain booked their spot in the French League Cup semifinals on Wednesday with a 4-0 rout of Valenciennes as Japan midfielder Daisuke Matsui ensured Le Mans' passage at the expense of Lyon.
French leaders Lyon started 2008 in winning style with a 3-2 victory at home to Toulouse on Saturday which extended the club's margin at the top to six points.
Lyon did little to boost their confidence for Wednesday's decisive Champions League qualifier against Rangers when they went down 1-0 at Caen in Ligue 1.
French champions Lyon moved six points clear at the top of the table on Sunday after crushing Strasbourg 5-0 at home.
Barcelona reached the knockout phase of the Champions League Tuesday as group E winners after drawing 2-2 away to French champions Lyon who can still join them as runners-up.
France coach Raymond Domenech has again omitted striker David Trezeguet from his squad for this month's friendly against Morocco and the Euro 2008 qualifier against the Ukraine.
Goals from Juninho and Sidney Govou gave Lyon a 2-0 home win over Valenciennes and enabled the six-time champions to stay four points ahead at the top of the French league.
The French first division table is beginning to look familiar as Lyon, after an uncertain start to the season, have moved into a three-point lead at the top by beating Monaco 3-1.
Lyon edged ahead of Nancy at the top of the French league with a 3-1 win at Bordeaux.
Barcelona opened their Champions League campaign with a commanding 3-0 victory at home to Lyon, scoring two goals in the final 10 minutes at the Nou Camp.
Inter Milan have agreed to the transfer of Italian World Cup winning defender Fabio Grosso to six-time French champions Lyon.
Europe's richest clubs are preparing for what is likely to be one of the busiest summers ever in the transfer market. A combination of new television deals, new investors and new coaching regimes means major personnel changes are in the cards.
A 1-0 victory over lowly Sedan put Lyon just one win away from the title after a weekend which set a record for the lowest number of goals scored in a French championship round.
Carlos Henrique's last minute headed goal gave Bordeaux the French League Cup, with a 1-0 win over champions Lyon.
French league leaders Lyon were denied the chance to rebound from their shock Champions Leauge exit as Senegal's Mamadou Niang snatched a point for Marseille with a late goal in a 1-1 draw at the Gerland stadium on Sunday.
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Lens' hopes of claiming a direct Champions League qualifying spot for next season were given a boost when they beat Sochaux 3-1 in a French Ligue 1 game on Sunday.
Lyon pulled off their first French league win of the year with a confidence-boosting 1-0 defeat of Lorient on Saturday.
Late goals by Mickael Pagis and Mamadou Niang gave Marseille a remarkable 2-1 victory over Ligue 1 leaders Lyon and a place in the French Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Struggling Nice put up a brave fight to hold Lyon to a 1-1 draw at Gerland stadium and deny the Ligue 1 leaders their first league victory of 2007.
Lyon failed to end a great year on a winning note when they were held to a 0-0 home draw by Monaco in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
Brazil midfielder Juninho scored two goals and set up another to inspire Lyon to a 4-0 thrashing of second-placed Lens that sent the champions 17 points clear in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
Lyon restored their 14-point lead at the top of the French league when they scored two late goals to clinch a 3-1 home win over Paris St Germain.
Lyon captain Claudio Cacapa will return from a lengthy lay-off when the five-times French champions take on Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Gregory Coupet saved a last-gasp penalty to earn Lyon a 2-2 draw at Real Madrid that ensured the French side will progress to the last 16 of the Champions League as winners of Group E.
Lyon scored two late goals to beat lowly Valenciennes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday after worrying their fans with another sluggish display.
Lyon striker Fred will be sidelined for up to two months after tearing a thigh muscle in Sunday's 4-1 win over Marseille.
Lyon continued their march towards a sixth successive French title with a 4-1 win at nearest rivals Marseille on Sunday to extend their winning streak to 11 matches in all competitions.
Five-time champions Lyon have been drawn at home to Paris St Germain for a place in the French League Cup quarterfinals.
Goals from Tiago, Fred and Florent Malouda kept the Lyon bandwagon rolling with a 3-1 Ligue One victory at Lorient on Saturday.
Midfielder Johan Micoud made a stylish return to Ligue 1 when Bordeaux continued their perfect start to the season with a 1-0 win at nine-man Lorient.
French giants Lyon have made a 22 million euro bid for Marseille's unsettled midfielder Franck Ribery -- the five-time champions have revealed.
Five-times French champions Lyon have snapped up Nantes midfielder Jeremy Toulalan for seven million euros ($8.9 million).
Champions Lyon set a single-season points record in Ligue 1 when they crushed neighbours St Etienne 4-0 on Sunday.
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Monaco stalled Lyon's chase for a Ligue 1 points record when they defeated the French champions 2-1.
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has vowed to keep his best players after the team won a record fifth consecutive Ligue 1 title.
Lyon drew 0-0 at home against six-time European champions AC Milan in their Champions League quarterfinal first-leg match at Stade Gerland Wednesday.
Two goals from Florent Malouda helped defending champions Lyon to a 4-0 home win over lowly Metz on Saturday to maintain a nine-point lead at the top of the French standings.
Lyon beat PSV Eindhoven 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday after goalkeeper Gomes misjudged a 25-meter free kick from Juninho.
Lyon will be out to avenge last year's quarterfinal defeat against PSV Eindhoven when they meet in the first knockout phase of the Champions League on Tuesday.
Bordeaux won 2-0 at struggling Ajaccio on Saturday to keep French league leaders Lyon in their sights.
Inspirational playmaker Juninho scored one goal and set up another to put Lyon back on the winning trail with a 3-1 victory over Nantes.
Lyon mastered a partially frozen pitch to clinch a 2-0 French league win at in-form Nancy with goals from Claudio Cacapa and Fred.
All-conquering Lyon stayed on course for a French league and cup double with a 4-0 victory over Grenoble to put them into the last 32 of the knock out competition on Sunday.
French Cup holders Auxerre will start the defence of their trophy in the New Year with an easy trip to fourth division Noisy-Le-Sec.
Lyon extended their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to 12 points when they held arch-rivals St Etienne to a 0-0 draw.
Nicolas Anelka has earned a surprise recall by France for their friendly internationals against Costa Rica and Germany next week.
A second half strike by Sylvain Wiltord gave champions Lyon a barely-deserved 1-1 French league draw at Bordeaux.
Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo was putting a brave face on his side's sorry start to the Champions League campaign - insisting his team had not played badly in a 3-0 defeat in Lyon.
Brazilian midfielder Juninho scored one goal, set up another and missed a penalty as French champions Lyon rocked Real Madrid with a 3-0 beating in their opening Champions League Group F match.
Brazilian striker Fred scored twice on his debut for French champions Lyon, whose 2-1 defeat of Monaco kept them on top of the table with 13 points from five games.
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Jerome Rothen and Juventus defender Jonathan Zebina have been ruled out of France's next two World Cup qualifiers because of leg injuries.
Four-time defending champion Lyon went to the top the French first division Sunday with a 2-0 victory in Auxerre, thanks to first-half goals by Mahamadou Diarra and Pernambucano Juninho.
Striker John Carew marked his Lyon debut in style with a hat-trick as they demolished Auxerre 4-1 in the French season's curtain-raiser, the Trophy of the Champions.
Norway international striker John Carew has joined French champions Lyon on a four-year deal from Besiktas for a fee of 7.65 million euros ($9.24 million).
Lyon lifted a record-equaling fourth straight French title on Sunday after Sidney Govou and Claudio Cacapa scored in a 2-1 win over Ajaccio.
Paris St Germain kept alive their hopes of playing in Europe next season with a 3-1 home win over strugglers Nice in Ligue 1 on Friday.
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PSV Eindhoven sneaked through to the Champions League semi-finals with a 4-2 penalty shootout victory over French champions Lyon.
French league leaders Lyon suffered their second major setback of the week when they crashed to a surprise 1-0 defeat away to lowly Caen.
French champions and league leaders Lyon suffered a shock exit from the French Cup when they went down on penalties to second division Clermont Foot.
French champions Lyon made virtually sure of their place in the last eight of the Champions League after a 3-0 away win over German counterparts Werder Bremen on Wednesday.
Substitute Jeremy Clement saved the day for 10-man Lyon, scoring deep in injury time to earn the triple French champions an unlikely 1-1 draw at Monaco.
French champions Lyon opened up a seven-point lead when they demolished Toulouse 4-0 and second-placed Lille were held to their third consecutive draw by Sochaux.
Leaders Olympique Lyon were held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Bastia in Ligue 1 action on Tuesday after the Corsican side put on a plucky second half display.
Brazilian striker Giovane Elber has left Lyon after an agreement to terminate his contract.
Lyon, the only unbeaten club among Europe's major league leaders, beat Metz 2-0 to continue their march towards a fourth consecutive French league title.
Lyon extended their unbeaten run to 20 league games and moved one step closer to a fourth consecutive French title with a 2-0 win over Sochaux.
French leaders Lyon earned the title of winter champions for the first time as a 1-1 draw at home to Marseille maintained their unbeaten record.
French league leaders Lyon extended their unbeaten league run to 18 matches when they struggled to draw 0-0 draw at Bordeaux, and their closest rivals all edged a little closer.
Lille handed Lyon their first defeat of the season on Wednesday, beating the champions 3-2 after extra time in a League Cup first round match.
Lyon kept their lead in France thanks to a narrow win over Strasbourg, but lost two top players at a key moment of the season.
A goalless draw at Lyon helped 10-man Monaco stay one point clear at the top of French League One.
France playmaker Zinedine Zidane announced on Thursday that he was ending his international career after a 10-year spell with Les Bleus.
Striker Giovanni Elber scored a beautiful volley to give French champions Lyon a 1-0 victory at Nice in the opening match of the season.
Lyon striker Peguy Luyindula will replace Didier Drogba at Marseille next season after completing his transfer.
Brazil defender Edmilson and French striker Peguy Luyindula are poised to leave Lyon for Barcelona and Marseille respectively, the French champions said on Tuesday.
Lyon formally claimed their third successive French league title when they romped to a 3-0 win over Lille.
Lyon effectively wrapped up their third French title in succession despite a 1-0 defeat at Paris St Germain, as Monaco slumped 4-1 at home to Rennes.
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