Person: Wiltord

Late Milan heroics break Lyon hearts

AC Milan 3 Lyon 1 (Agg 3-1)

Wed, 05 Apr, 2006

No goals but AC rue missed chances against Lyon

Lyon 0 AC Milan 0

Thu, 30 Mar, 2006

Terrific Tiago inspires rampant Lyon

Lyon 4 PSV Eindhoven 0 (Agg 5-0)

Thu, 09 Mar, 2006

Lyon and Milan progress

Lyon gained revenge for their elimination at the hands of PSV Eindhoven last year by dumping the Dutch side out of this season’s Champions League with plenty to spare at the Stade Gerland tonight.

Wed, 08 Mar, 2006

Juninho strike gives 10-man Lyon advantage

PSV Eindhoven 0 Lyon 1

Wed, 22 Feb, 2006

Tonight's Champions League team

Liverpool start Peter Crouch tonight, as Damien Duff returns from injury to start on the bench for Chelsea. Here are tonight's Champions League teams.

Tue, 01 Nov, 2005

Champions League teams

Tonight's Champions League teams.

Wed, 19 Oct, 2005

France look to end qualifying hoodoo

A DETERMINED Switzerland will try to prevent France completing their first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in 20 years on Saturday.

Sat, 08 Oct, 2005

Swiss star Yakin to miss Lansdowne Road decider

YOUNG BOYS Bern playmaker Hakan Yakin, recently struggling with a thigh injury, has been omitted from the Switzerland squad for the games against France and the Republic of Ireland.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2005

Henry’s sweet and sour sauce

BRIAN Kerr may never have appeared on RTÉ’s The Restaurant, but he prepared a menu high on basic ingredients for last night’s diners in Dublin 4.

Thu, 08 Sep, 2005

Henry puts France in the lead

Rep of Ireland 0 France 1

Wed, 07 Sep, 2005

Dunne and Reid to start for Republic

Brian Kerr has chosen Richard Dunne ahead of Andy O'Brien and Andy Reid instead of Steve Finnan in his team to face France in their Group 4 World Cup Qualifier tonight at Lansdowne Road.

Wed, 07 Sep, 2005

Familiar faces keep Irish on alert

Republic of Ireland boss Brian Kerr believes familiarity will lead to anything but contempt for opponents France in the World Cup showdown being billed as ‘Le Crunch’.

Wed, 07 Sep, 2005

Domenech: "We will know the truth after Dublin"

IT'S WHAT they call charisma. Zinedine Zidane strolls into the press room in the Stade Bollaert in Lens and, immediately, a mundane atmosphere is charged.

Sat, 03 Sep, 2005

30,000 fans erupt as Zidane scores on triumphant comeback

ZINEDANE ZIDANE made a triumphant return to the international stage last night the talismanic midfielder lifting France to a 3-0 win over Cote d’Ivoire.

Thu, 18 Aug, 2005

Zidane returns to inspire Les Blues

France 3 Ivory Coast 0

Thu, 18 Aug, 2005

‘Don’t expect miracles’, pleads French skipper Zidane

ZINEDINE ZIDANE will make an emotional return for France tonight as captain, but pleaded: “Don’t expect miracles.”

Wed, 17 Aug, 2005

Robert the hero as PSV edge out Lyon

PSV Eindhoven 1 Lyon 1

Thu, 14 Apr, 2005

PSV through on penalties

PSV Eindhoven substitute Robert was the hero as he slotted the deciding penalty to book their place in the Champions League semi-final – and a probable double-header against AC Milan.

Wed, 13 Apr, 2005

Dudek starts for Reds

Jerzy Dudek will start between the posts for Liverpool as they bid to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Wed, 13 Apr, 2005

Les Bleus’ fight goes on, pledges coach Domenech

France 0 Switzerland 0

Mon, 28 Mar, 2005

Domenech silent as Pires omitted for World Cup qualifiers

Isabelle Rondeau, Paris

Thu, 17 Mar, 2005

Wiltord and Lyon humiliate German champions

Lyon 7 Werder Bremen 2 (Lyon win 10-2 on aggregate)

Tue, 08 Mar, 2005

Lyon must be wary of Bremen backlash

OVER the moon after their 3-0 win in Bremen two weeks ago, Olympique Lyon have crashed to earth in the past week and need to regain their poise ahead of tonight's Champions League game against Werder Bremen.

Tue, 08 Mar, 2005

Cavalier Bremen to play it cool against Lyon

WERDER BREMEN may need to curb a playing style bordering on the reckless when they face ambitious Olympique Lyon in the home leg of their Champions League knockout round clash this evening.

Wed, 23 Feb, 2005

Wenger defends lack of spending

ARSENE WENGER has defended his gamble not to make a significant investment in new players this season by insisting his current Arsenal squad should have been good enough to win the title.

Sat, 05 Feb, 2005