A look at whatâs happening in Europe on Friday: FRANCE Second-place Marseille can close the gap on French league leader Paris Saint-Germain to four points if it beats Montpellier. Marseille has been impressive on the road but its home form has lacked consistency, with Igor Tudor's players looking for a first league win at the Velodrome stadium since January. Montpellier is full of confidence ahead of the trip to its southern rival, having won five of their six games since coach Michel Der Zakari
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) â The latest ruling in a sexual abuse scandal in Haitian soccer saw a FIFA life ban for a senior official upheld Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport just weeks after his longtime boss had a life ban lifted by a different panel of judges. The court said âevidence against Rosnick Grant regarding the sexual abuse charges was sufficiently convincingâ and confirmed his expulsion from soccer. FIFA's ethics committee had investigated âacts of harassment, sexual abu
Conte left Spurs on Sunday by mutual consent a week on from an extraordinary rant in which he criticised his own "selfish players" following a 3-3 draw at Southampton. Richarlison, who was injured during the dramatic St Mary's clash, was later accused by a journalist from Argentinian broadcaster TyC Sports of giving an ultimatum to Tottenham alongside club team-mate Cristian Romero over Conte's future. "Questioning and criticising me as a player for my performance is part of football and I got it," Richarlison said on Twitter.