Le Havre News

Blackburn defender Pascal Chimbonda has said he is determined to recapture the form that once saw him named the best right-back in the Premier League.

WHAT the papers say today... Striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has derailed Tottenham's flying start to the season by demanding a transfer from White Hart Lane.

MANCHESTER UNITED have been blasted for poaching French starlet Paul Pogba. Pogba's club Le Havre released a statement on their website accusing United of stealing their player.

Manchester United have dismissed claims they have 'stolen' teenage midfielder Paul Pogba from French club Le Havre.

FORMER Hibs midfielder Guillaume Beuzelin has left Coventry City after failing to agree terms on a new deal.

Out-going Nice coach Frederic Antonetti will be disappointed to have ended his four-year association with the club with a drab goalless draw against rock-bottom Le Havre.

Le Mans secured another season in Ligue 1 as results elsewhere ultimately proved decisive on the final day of the season.

Le Havre coach Frederic Hantz admits the odds are stacked against his relegated side heading into Saturday's Ligue 1 match at Lorient.

St Etienne coach Alain Perrin was left cursing his side's injury troubles as they head into Wednesday's crunch Ligue 1 clash with bottom of the table Le Havre.

Brazilian striker Eduardo scored twice Saturday to help second-division Guingamp rally past Rennes 2-1 in the French Cup final for its first title in club history.

Paris St Germain midfielder Jerome Rothen has reset his sights on a third-placed finish after admitting his team's chances of landing the Ligue 1 title are slim at best.

Ligue 1 basement boys Le Havre staved off relegation - for 10 days at least - with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory at fellow relegation battlers Nantes.

Rock-bottom Le Havre's relegation to Ligue 2 will be rubber-stamped if they lose to Nantes tomorrow and one of Caen, St Etienne or Sochaux wins this weekend.