Paris (AFP) – Monaco beat Sparta Prague 3-1 on Tuesday to reach the Champions League's play-off round, a week after the Ligue 1 club's Aurelien Tchouameni suffered racist abuse during the first leg in the Czech Republic. On Monday, Sparta said in a statement they were "deeply saddened by the incident" during their 2-0 first […]

Paris (AFP) – Monaco coach Niko Kovac said he was "disgusted" by the racist remarks his midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni received in Tuesday's Champions League third qualifying round first leg 2-0 win at Sparta Prague. The France under-21s Tchouameni claimed the opener in the first half before Kevin Volland's second after the break gave them the win […]

Paris (AFP) – Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni and his team-mates said he was racially abused after scoring in Tuesday's third qualifying round first leg against Sparta Prague in the Champions League. France under-21s' Tchouameni claimed the opener in the first half. He and his team-mates then ran over to coach Niko Kovac and UEFA officials, including […]

Prague (AFP) – Czech giants Sparta Prague are in turmoil just three days ahead of their Europa League clash with Inter Milan after revealing on Monday they have fired coach Zdenek Scasny. The 59-year-old Scasny, who led Sparta to the Europa League quarter-finals last season, was ditched following a series of poor results, culminating with […]

Prague (AFP) – Tomas Rosicky on Saturday played his first game since leaving Arsenal in the summer and since stumbling off the pitch in the Czech Republic's draw with Croatia at Euro 2016. The 35-year-old midfielder last month signed up with Sparta Prague, the team where he had grown up. On Saturday he came onto […]

This leg of our European tour starts in France where Bordeaux revived their Ligue 1 title hopes when Pierre Ducasse's stunning 25-metre strike in stoppage time earned them a 2-1 win at Olympique Marseille on the weekend. Second-placed Bordeaux, on 71 points with two games left, are two points behind leaders and six-times champions Olympique […]

The international break has been an absolute godsend for me. It's allowed me some time to catch up with what's happened in football from late September until now. As I mentioned in a previous post, I had to step away from the blog for a couple of weeks for my wedding and honeymoon. Just as […]