• The Canadian Press

    Marseille coach Gasset, 70, says he will retire at the end of the season

    MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Marseille coach Jean-Louis Gasset said Friday that he will retire at the end of the season. The veteran Frenchman replaced Gennaro Gattuso in February, in the middle of a mediocre campaign for Marseille. Gasset guided the team into the semifinals of the Europa Conference League but was unable to improve the club's poor record on the road this season. Standing eighth in the standings, Marseille plays its final league game on Sunday at Le Havre. “Sunday will be the last ma

  • The Canadian Press

    Mbappé farewells the French league when PSG visits Metz in final round

    PARIS (AP) — Nine years after his debut, Kylian Mbappé bids farewell to the French league when Paris Saint-Germain visits struggling Metz on Sunday. He has a last chance to add to his club-record tally of 256 goals, including 191 in the league. “A page is turning, a chapter of my life is closing," the 25-year-old Mbappé said after being voted by his peers as the French league's best player for the fifth time. “I leave with my head held high, having done all that I could." The French Cup final on

  • The Canadian Press

    FIFA moves toward ending soccer tradition and letting league games be staged in other countries

    BANGKOK (AP) — FIFA moved Wednesday toward ending decades of soccer tradition by reviewing the rules that currently block domestic league games being played in other countries. Fans are likely to object to their teams' home matches potentially being moved thousands of miles (kilometers) away. The United States and Saudi Arabia are expected to be willing hosts to lure competitive games from top European countries, and FIFA recently agreed to withdraw from an ongoing court case in New York filed b

  • The Canadian Press

    Kylian Mbappé‘s relationship with PSG ending on a sour note after starting amid fanfare

    PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé's relationship with Paris Saint-Germain started with great fanfare but is ending amid ongoing tensions and without a Champions League trophy. Mbappé joined as a teenage phenom from Monaco in 2017 in a deal worth 180 million euros ($194 million). On Sunday, the 25-year-old superstar played his last home game for PSG and scored in a 3-1 loss to Toulouse. He was loudly jeered by sections of the crowd at Parc des Princes when his name was announced — two days after finally