Plane carrying Cardiff City footballer goes missing over English channel

The 28-year-old Argentine forward joined Premier League strugglers Cardiff City from FC Nantes last week for a club record fee of around 17 million euros ($19.32 million) IMAGE: Argentine Emiliano......

Football Briefs: Ranieri to manage French club Nantes

News of that transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images Claudio Ranieri is set to be named manager of French Ligue......

PHOTOS: Barcelona demolish Sevilla; Nantes pay tribute to Sala

IMAGE: Philippe Coutinho celebrates scoring Barcelona's third goal. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images Philippe Coutinho struck twice as Barcelona mounted a comeback to thrash Sevilla 6-1 and......

French club Nantes pay final tribute to deceased Sala

IMAGE: Nantes FC's Majeed Waris celebrates with teammates after scoring against Nimes on Saturday. The team wore an all black kit with the name of Sala on the back. Photograph: Nantes FC/Twitter......

Barthez out of France World Cup qualifiers

Goalkeeper Fabien Barthez will miss France's World Cup qualifiers against Israel and the Faroe Islands because of an ankle injury.Barthez, who was the first-choice goalkeeper in the squad, twisted......