Ligue 1 season awards: the big hits, misses, shocks and flops of 2025-26 It was a season to remember for Vitinha, Pierre Sage and Florian Thauvin but one to forget for Paul Pogba and Nice The Guardian - UK · Jun 2
Nice fans direct fury at owners as club falls into Ligue 1 relegation playoff Nice began the season in the Champions League but may end it in Ligue 2 – a terrible indictment of Ineos’ ownership The Guardian - UK · May 18
Keen wine collector Franck Haise takes charge of French club Rennes Ligue 1 side Rennes has hired Franck Haise as its new coach following Habib Beye’s exit The Independent UK · Feb 18
Players Punched, Fans Rioting: The Unthinkable Chaos at Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s OGC Nice Things have taken a sharp, dramatic turn to plunge the club into crisis. Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025
Nice fans ‘punch and spit’ at own players after sixth straight defeat The Ligue 1 side slipped to their sixth straight loss on Sunday The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025
Ligue 1 returns in shadow of PSG brandishing more silverware The 2025/26 Ligue 1 season gets underway on Friday night with last season's runners-up Marseille travelling to Rennes. But as the squads were going through their final paces for the kick-off at the Roazhon Park, defending champions Paris Saint-Germain were hogging the limelight. Radio France Internationale · Aug 15, 2025
Ranked! The 50 best managers in the world right now The best managers in the world, from the tinkermen to the tacticos and everyone in between FourFourTwo · Jun 25, 2025
PSG and Monaco prepare to do battle in Qatar as Ligue 1 resumes in France As the Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco squads are put through their paces in the heat of Doha for the final of the Trophée des Champions, some 6,000km away in the comparative chill of the French Riviera, Nice and Rennes kicked off the second half of the Ligue 1 season on… Radio France Internationale · Jan 4, 2025
Injuries or incompetence? Rothen questions Nice vs Rangers team selection Rangers flop Jerome Rothen accused Nice boss Franck Haise of treating his former side too lightly. The National (Scotland) · Nov 30, 2024
Boss of Rangers' Europa League rivals suffers major health scare Manager of Rangers' Europa League rivals 'rushed to hospital' days before tie. The National (Scotland) · Nov 26, 2024
Rangers next Europa League opposition manager bills showdown in France as 'must win' Nice boss Franck Haise has labelled their Europa League showdown against Rangers this month a must-win game The National (Scotland) · Nov 8, 2024
Arsenal’s trip to Lens evokes glory days in miners’ town hooked to football RC Lens’ iconic Stade Bollaert-Delelis hosts Premier League high-flyers Arsenal for its long-awaited return to Champions League football on Tuesday, 25 years after the Sang et Or (Blood and Gold) scored a famous win over the Gunners at Wembley. France 24 · Oct 3, 2023
RC Lens boss makes Arsenal admission as he sets out plan for Champions League upset Franck Haise admits French side are an “outsider” in Europe’s premier club competition Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2023
PSG's Mbappé wins Ligue 1 player of the year for record fourth time Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappé will on Saturday attempt to claim the Ligue 1 "Golden Boot" for the fourth consecutive campaign to add to the Ligue 1 player of the year accolade that he won for a record fourth time on Sunday night. Radio France Internationale · May 29, 2023
Radio France Internationale · May 27, 2023 PSG prepare for record 11th title but Lens revel in the salient gains There can’t be many clubs where the coach – with two games remaining and needing only a point to capture the crown – is subjected to charges that it hasn't been up to that much during the season.
Radio France Internationale · May 21, 2023 Mbappé's quick double at Auxerre takes PSG closer to 11th top flight crown France skipper Kylian Mbappé scored twice in two minutes on Sunday night to set up Paris Saint-Germain's victory over relegation-threatened Auxerre and take his side to the brink of a ninth Ligue 1 title in 11 years and a record 11th top flight crown.
Radio France Internationale · May 20, 2023 Also-rans Lens and Marseille jostle for PSG's leftovers It's been something of a competition this time around. Marseille and particularly Lens have kept the Ligue 1 pacesetters Paris Saint-Germain – in British football parlance – honest.
Radio France Internationale · May 12, 2023 Lens boss Haise warns of Reims trap as Champions League slot heaves into view Lens boss Franck Haise urged his players to maintain their focus and intensity for Friday night's Ligue 1 clash against Reims at the Stade Bollaert.
Radio France Internationale · Feb 4, 2023 PSG's injury jinx returns to threaten Champions League and Ligue 1 campaigns It almost seems choreographed. Just as Paris Saint-Germain enter the run of games that usually defines the success of their season, a key player suffers an injury. Normally it's Neymar. But he's already out. For early February 2023? Hobble forward Monsieur Kylian Mbappé.
Radio France Internationale · Jan 2, 2023 Lens focus on PSG's weaknesses to inflict first defeat of the season Paris Saint-Germain skipper Marquinhos on Monday urged his teammates to remain calm after a first Ligue 1 defeat of the season cut their lead to four points. Second-placed Lens overpowered the champions 3-1 on Sunday night with a display of attacking verve and gritty defence.
Nottingham Post · Nov 13, 2022 Brice Samba puts PSG on alert as Nottingham Forest hero takes Ligue 1 by storm Latest Nottingham Forest news from NottinghamshireLive brings you an update on how Brice Samba is doing at Lens after his summer move from the City Ground
Nottingham Post · Sep 14, 2022 Nottingham Forest boosted as new name emerges in Brighton manager search Brighton and Hove Albion look to have turned their attention elsewhere from Nottingham Forest head coach Steve Cooper as they seek to replace Graham Potter who left to become Chelsea boss
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2022 Brighton to begin talks this week with candidates to succeed Graham Potter Kjetil Knutsen, Roberto De Zerbi and Franck Haise are on Brighton’s shortlist to replace Graham Potter as head coach