Nistelrooy shines in Real win

New signing Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid sealed a first league victory of the season with a 4-1 thrashing of Levante on Sunday.The Dutch striker got off the mark in the......

Zenit humble Marseille in UEFA Cup

Former European champions Olympique Marseille bowed out of the UEFA Cup to unheralded Zenit St Petersburg on Thursday, the latest of the competition's big guns to bite the dust. A 1-1 draw at the......

New technology greets UEFA Cup return

The UEFA Cup cranks back into action this week after a slew of coaching changes and boasting the latest experiment in technology. Seven of the 32 teams engaged in first-leg ties have made a clean......

Marseille's European hopes hit by Lyon

Champions Olympique Lyon hit Olympique Marseille's chances of playing in Europe next season with a 1-0 away victory in Ligue 1 on Saturday courtesy of a superb Juninho goal. The Brazil midfielder......

Barthez ban for spitting extended

The French Football Federation (FFF) extended a ban on Olympique Marseille goalkeeper Fabien Barthez for spitting at a referee until the end of 2005 on Friday. "The appeal committee has handed......