Bordeaux News

Defending champion Bordeaux lost its first home match this season, going down 1-0 to Valenciennes on Saturday to let Lyon go level on points in the French league.

Auxerre beat Monaco 2-0 to earn its seventh straight win and take the top spot in the French league on Saturday.

Ligue 1 leaders Bordeaux will look to bounce back from a shock defeat to Lille a fortnight ago when they face Valenciennes on Saturday.

Click here to bet on Ligue 1 with Sky Bet! Click here for more news from France Click here for weekend Ligue 1 fixtures Click here for latest Ligue 1 standings Marseille captain Mamadou Niang has told his players they must defeat rivals Paris St Germain this weekend or face slipping out of the title race.

Despite being drawn in tough groups, all three French clubs have proved to be a welcome surprise in this season's Champions League.

Former Czech Republic midfielder Vladimir Smicer has announced his retirement at the age of 36, saying: "My heart wants to play on, but the body will not have it." Dwindling role The former RC Lens, Liverpool FC and FC Girondins de Bordeaux player decided to bring an end to his second spell at SK Slavia Praha after Monday's 0-0 draw with FC ...

Lille shocked Ligue 1 leaders Bordeaux as two late goals gave them a deserved victory on Sunday afternoon.

Gabriel Obertan has set his sights on winning a regular place in Manchester United's first team having impressed off the substitutes' bench in recent weeks.

Kevin Gameiro and Marama Vahirua both scored twice as Lorient hammered Boulogne 5-0 to keep the pressure on the Ligue 1 pacesetters.

Auxerre notched its sixth straight win in beating struggling Le Mans 1-0 and moved above Monaco into third place in the French league on Saturday.

Bayern Munich needs to beat Bordeaux in their Champions League match on Tuesday if Louis van Gaal's team is to get its qualifying campaign on track in Group A. Bayern's goal is at least to get past the group stage.

English giants Chelsea and Manchester United made hard work of it but ended up coming from behind to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages.

Champions League 2009/10 Win Outright: Bayern Munich 66/1 Bet on the Champions League with Sky Bet! Click here for Tuesday's scores and scorers Click here for match summaries Click here for full match reports Click here for latest group standings Bayern Munich boss Louis van Gaal still believes his side can reach the knockout stage of the Champions ...

FC Girondins de Bordeaux's exceptional set-piece prowess again came to the fore as they clinched their place in the first knockout round with victory at FC Bayern Munchen.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba skips through the attempted tackle of Atletico Madrid's Pablo Ibanez in the teams' 2-2 Champions League draw.

Blanc- saw his side edge to victory. BORDEAUX STRENGTHEN GRIP Ligue 1 champions and leaders Bordeaux strengthened their grip on this season's title with a 1-0 home win over Monaco, who had gone into the game in second place.

Bafetimbi Gomis scored the only goal against his former side as Olympique Lyonnais defeated arch rivals AS Saint-Etienne 1-0 to keep in touching distance of leaders FC Girondins de Bordeaux, who beat AS Monaco FC by the same scoreline.

A Marc Planus goal gave Girondins Bordeaux a 1-0 home win over Monaco on Saturday as the Ligue 1 champions opened a four-point lead at the top.

Bordeaux gave their Ligue 1 title hopes a huge boost as they blew away visitors Le Mans with three unanswered goals at Chaban-Delmas. Laurent Blanc's side went ahead early on through a Didier Ovono own goal before second-half goals from Marouane Chamakh and former Manchester United forward David Bellion completed the victory.

Holders Manchester United booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup but for the second time in three days finished with ten men.