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This week we take a look at France's Ligue 1. You can listen to the report by clicking above while vocabulary support can be found for the words in bold at the foot of the post.

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In shocking breaking news, the Togolese Football Team's bus has been attacked by machine gun fire while crossing the Congolese border. Two players have been injured by the gunfire and the driver has been killed. "The Angolan driver was killed on the spot," the Togolese official reported to Reuters."I am fine but several players are in a bad way," FC Nantes forward Thomas Dossevi told Radio Monte Click to continue reading...

Several members of the Togo national team are reported injured after their team bus was ambushed and shot at on it's way to the team base in Cabinda.
According to Football365.fr, the bus carrying the Togolese national team was attacked by a rebel group as it was crossing the Congolese-Angolan border. Click to continue reading...

Nearly surreal news coming from Angola today: the Togo national team was crossing into Angola from the DRC when they were attacked by Angolan rebels, who fired into the bus with machine guns. At least three players and the bus driver have reportedly been hit, and according to Thomas Dossevi, there may be more.

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Praticamente desconhecida por aqui, a seleção da Coreia do Norte disputa, a partir deste domingo (27/12), a nona edição do Torneio Internacional do Catar, que reúne, além dos donos da casa, as seleções do Mali e do Irã, que se preparam, respectivamente, para a disputa da Copa Africana das Nações – que começa dia 10, em Angola - e para os jogos das eliminatórias da Copa da Ásia, no mês que vem. Click to continue reading...

En medio del sorteo de los cruces de la Champions, aprovecho la sección de Leyendas para traeros a un clásico en la máxima competición continental a nivel de clubs: el centrocampista galo Didier Deschamps, el jefe en el centro del campo de la mejor Francia de la historia.
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Guingamp will look to secure their 4th consecutive league victory tonight when they welcome CS Sedan to the Roudourou.

CS Sedan are yet to win away from home this season and Guingamp are on a great run at present but nothing is certain ahead of the game.

Gilmar has scored 3 goals in three games prior to tonights match and looks certain to lead the 'Red and Blacks' attack.

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Guingamp travel to Chateauroux tonight in search of their 3rd consecutive league victory, after wins against Nantes and AC Arles.

Chateauroux have the worst home form in the division but also are one of the highest scoring teams in the division. Guingamp will have to contain the Chateauroux front-line from the off if they are to bring points back to brittany tonight.

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Guingamp will host AC Arles at the Roudourou tonight as they look to win their 2nd consecutive game after the 2-0 victory over Nantes in their last competitive fixture.

Guingamp have since played two friendly games, a 1-1 draw with Vannes and a 1-0 victory over Boulogne.

AC Arles were promoted to L2 last season and have made an impressive start to the season, sitting 4th ahead of tonights encounter.

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Guingamp suffered a 3-0 defeat away at Laval last night, a result that sees them drop into the relegation zone for the first time this season.

Guingamp went behind in the 34th minute, Steve Haguy opening the scoring for the Tangos� (1-0, 34 mins).

The game reamined 1-0 until the 81st minute when EAG cracked and conceeded 2 late goals.

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The Beauty: Adriana Karembeu is perhaps the WAG with the� most successful modeling career. She has appeared on the cover of numerous magazines, both of the fashion and men's varieties, and she has walked the catwalk for some of the world's top designers.

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The Premiership is full of colourful characters. From Robinho's thumb-sucking antics at Man City to Harry Redknapp's wheeling and dealing at Spurs. But Gary Megson looks to have stumbled upon something completely different. Ivan Klasnic is a man on a mission.

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Mareval-ous strike French outfit Nantes took a very early lead in their clash with Nimes at the weekend. Remi Mareval struck after just nine seconds as an awkward bounce at the end of his punt caught both the goalkeeper and the cameraman napping. When the goal is scored, the television coverage hasn't even bothered to zoom [. Click to continue reading...

North Korea's footballers will play three matches in France in October as part of their build-up to the 2010 World Cup, the Asians' first venture into Europe for 40 years. The squad will be based near the western city of Nantes from October 5-15, the French organisers Sports Live Agency said. North . Click to continue reading...

Unfortunately due to imaging rights I can not post a picture of our new signing Ivan Klasnić. A brief biography for those who don't know: Klasnić gained fame at FC Pauli in his hometown of Hamburg. In 2001 he transferred to Werder Bremen, gaining quite a fan following and the nickname the Killer (which can't be a bad thing).

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Bolton Wanderers are reported to be making a double midfield swoop for Aurélien Capoue and Miguel Ángel Angulo.

The French 27 year old, Aurélien Capoue, was almost certainly going to Blackburn Rovers, on loan from Nantes for a season. Now it looks like Bolton's manager, Gary Megson is in direct competition with former Bolton boss, Sam Allardyce.

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Following the departure of Alexander Frei to Basel, Dortmund are preparing to swoop for his replacement.
Names on the list include Nantes' Ivan Klasnic, Robert Lewandoski of Lech Poznan, and interestingly Andriy Voronin of Liverpool.
While Klasnic is reported by Bild to be their number one target, the Croatian only moved to France last season, signing a four-year deal, thus that idea could prove to be too expensive for Dortmund to implement. Click to continue reading...

"We all know about the U.S. beating England back in the World Cup in 1950 but this result, in the semifinals of a major FIFA competition watched by millions around the world, has to rank right up there among the greatest upsets of all time," U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard told reporters. "On Sunday we thought we were going home, now we are heading into the final. Click to continue reading...

France / Ligue 1
Bordeaux are the new Ligue 1 champions following their 1-0 win over Caen at the weekend. Yoan Gouffran's goal after 49 minutes not only sealed his team's first championship win in ten years but also confirmed Caen's relegation to Ligue 2.
Olympique Marseille went into their final game knowing they could only win Ligue 1 if they beat Stade Rennes and Bordeaux lost to Caen. Click to continue reading...

23/05/2009Auxerre - Saint Etienne 1 - 0Bordeaux - Monaco 1 - 0Le Havre - Lille 0 - 1Le Mans - Grenoble 1 - 1Olympique Lyonnais - Caen 3 - 1Nancy - Olympique Marseille 1 - 2Nice - Toulouse 0 - 2Rennes - Lorient 3 - 1Sochaux - Nantes 2 - 1Valenciennes - PSG 2 - 1Iscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato! Click to continue reading...

Will Saturday be Juninho's Final Match for Lyon?

Week 37
Saturday May 23, 2009
Stade de Gerland
3pm EST(21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT)

Lyon is back!!! Last week's win at the Velodrome was an emotional thing for the team and supporters. The renaissance of attacking football strategy at OL has yeilded marvelous fruit: Lyon have regained that fighting spirit that evaporated after our loss to Barca and are playing like champions again.

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12/05/2009Olympique Lyonnais - Nantes 3 - 013/05/2009Auxerre - Grenoble 2 - 0Le Havre - Saint Etienne 2 - 4Le Mans - PSG 0 - 1Nancy - Lorient 2 - 2Nice - Olympique Marseille 0 - 2Rennes - Caen 1 - 0Sochaux - Monaco 3 - 0Toulouse - Lille 0 - 0Valenciennes - Bordeaux ore 21.00Iscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato! Click to continue reading...

French Ligue 1 Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Olympique Lyon vs FC Nantes LIVE Olympique Lyon� - FC Nantes HIGHLIGHTS Click to continue reading...

24/04/2009Olympique Lyonnais - PSG 0 - 026/04/2009Auxerre - Caen ore 19.00Le Havre - Grenoble ore 19.00Le Mans - Monaco ore 19.00Nancy - Nantes ore 19.00Nice - Saint Etienne ore 19.00Sochaux - Valenciennes ore 19.00Toulouse - Lorient ore 19.00Lille - Olympique Marseille ore 21.0027/04/2009Rennes - Bordeaux ore 20. Click to continue reading...

11/04/2009Auxerre - Bordeaux 0 - 2Le Havre - Caen 1 - 2Le Mans - Sochaux 2 - 0Nancy - Valenciennes 2 - 0Nice - Lorient 2 - 0Toulouse - Nantes 1 - 0Rennes - Saint Etienne 1 - 012/04/2009Olympique Marseille - Grenoble 4 - 1Lille - PSG 0 - 0Olympique Lyonnais - Monaco in corsoIscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato! Click to continue reading...