Algeria and Marseille forward Amine Gouiri on Sunday won the Ligue 1 Goal of the Season award at the 33rd edition of the French Players’ Union (UNFP) Trophies Gala, Afrosport reports. Gouiri got the nod, winning the Just Fontaine trophy with his spectacular bicycle kick goal for Marseille in their 4-1 win against Brest at Stade Velodrome on Sunday, 27 April. The 25-year-old, who scored a...
Pablo Longoria, the president of French Ligue 1 side Marseille, has been handed a 15-game ban for his "true corruption" claims, Afrosport reports. Longoria's comments were made after Marseille's 3-0 loss at Auxerre last weekend, their fifth defeat in the league this season, which puts them 13 points behind champions Paris Saint-Germain in the Ligue 1 standings. Having gone behind 1-0 to Auxerre, Les Phoceens had...
Olympique Marseille sporting director Benatia has confirmed that the French club are interested in signing Paul Pogba as a free agent next season, Afrosport reports. The 31-year-old had his contract with Juventus terminated last November after he was hit with a doping ban which will come to an end this month, giving him the chance to return to action next month. Marseille have been linked with...
6Ten-man Marseille missed the opportunity to further close the gap at the top of the French Ligue 1 standings as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Lille at the Stade Velodrome on Saturday. 22-year-old French left back Quentin Merlin got the opener for Marseille in the 17th minute, but Bafode Diakite got the equaliser for the visitors with just three minutes left in normal...
Former Morocco international midfielder Abdelaziz Barrada sadly passed away on Thursday at the age of 35, Afrosport reports. Although the cause of his death has not been confirmed, but reports coming out of Morocco and France claimed he suffered a ‘sudden heart attack’. Terrible news as former Morocco national team player Abdelaziz Barrada has passed away aged 35. Rest in peace. 💔🕊️ pic.twitter.com/m1TZ0KreYv — Fabrizio Romano...
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