1. Olympique Lyonnais: Terrible Offense Could Mean Trouble in Champions League

    Olympique Lyonnais is lucky to have gotten this far in the Champions League, and a knockout round match up against upstart Apoel Nicosa may prove to be the French club's undoing on Tuesday night...

    Ryan Day Written by Ryan Day about 4 months ago 147 reads 2 comments

  2. Lyon's Champions League Qualification: A Fix Made in Zagreb and Amsterdam?

    Regardless of what might happen hereafter, the 2011- 2012 UEFA Champions League is already tarnished by the extremely dodgy circumstances in which Olympique Lyonnais advanced to the knockout rounds...

    Manuel Traquete Written by Manuel Traquete about 6 months ago 890 reads 24 comments

  3. Lyon Make Champions League for the Knockout Rounds in Miraculous Conditions

    "Impossible, absurd, and ridiculous!", many would have said if anyone dared to even mention what happened in yesterday's clashes in Group D as a prediction...

    Saed Khatib Written by Saed Khatib about 6 months ago 114 reads 0 comments

  4. Champions League Match Fixing: UEFA Must Act Swiftly To Maintain Its Integrity

    With international football once again under siege, UEFA and FIFA have no time to waste in launching an investigation into allegations of match fixing that could sink the Champions League...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 6 months ago 1,249 reads 7 comments

  5. Ligue 1 : Can Yoann Gourcuff Get Back to His Best with Olympique Lyonnais?

    It's a straightforward question really—and one that you think would have an obvious answer. In fact, it seems strange even to be questioning whether a player with the quality ...

    Paul Mullaney Written by Paul Mullaney about 7 months ago 513 reads 1 comments

  6. Yoann Gourcuff Returns for Olympique Lyonnais in 3-1 Romp over Nancy

    Yoann Gourcuff's reintegration into Lyon's first-team turned out to be nothing more than a run-out, so convincing was the 3-0 lead at the Stade Gerland when the playmaker entered play...

    Matthew Snyder Written by Matthew Snyder about 8 months ago 333 reads 8 comments

  7. Ligue 1: Yoann Gourcuff "Mystery" a Long Way from Being Solved

    All in all, it was a rather sinister-looking front page by French sports daily L'Equipe (they call the front page "La une" in France), I'd decided, as my caffeine-laced eyes ran ...

    Matthew Snyder Written by Matthew Snyder about 8 months ago 2,015 reads 11 comments