REIMS, France Evian won promotion from France's Ligue 2 following a 2-1 victory at 10-man Stade Reims. Evian, who now have 64 points with one match left, cannot finish outside the top three after a late Cedric Cambon strike gave them the three points. Evian, sponsored by fresh food group Danone, had won promotion [.

(The following was entirely written by our new blogger Nikhil Apte, I'm just lending my admin account while we sort this out with The Offside)

Another weekend at the comfortable No. 3 spot in the league table for Olympique Lyonnais! Week 33 sees the queue for the last Champions League eligibility spot thinning by quite a margin.

Liverpool are being linked with a move for Marseille winger André Ayew.
The Ghanaian international winger impressed for his country during the World Cup in South Africa, and has since shown good form on his return to Ligue 1, with a number of clubs across Europe taking an interest in signing the player.

Caution, trap ahead!
Moving from the high-tension, high publicity Real Madrid then Lille games to welcoming the worst team of the championship, on a late Sunday afternoon, is a wide gap, that is not without risks. Decompression is inevitable, the Lyonnais know it only too well.

PARIS, France — Paris Saint Germain, who were last crowned French champions back in 1994, moved to within one point of leaders Lille with a 2-1 win over bottom club Arles-Avignon on Saturday. Turkish striker Mevlut Erding, PSG's top scorer last season, ensured the points with goals in either half, with Senegelese midfielder Deme Ndiaye [.