Louis Dreyfus Commodities has said that its 53-year-old Swiss billionaire chair is pregnant with twin girls. Margarita Louis-Dreyfus is due in early April and will only take a “brief break” from work, before returning later that month.

Ligue 1 side Marseille have announced that coach Didier Deschamps has left the club by mutual agreement.

Liverpool’s Champions League clash against Atletico Madrid next week will be played at the Vicente Calderon stadium after all.

CHRISTMAS was not a happy time at Olympique de Marseille. In France’s second city, crisis is a way of life, and not just football-wise.

Fabien Barthez’s chances of playing for Marseille before Christmas were all but ended today when FIFA upheld the decision not to allow him to move outside the transfer window.