The southern French port city of Marseille has made headlines in recent months over the deaths of several young people in drug-related shootouts, in what is often referred to as a "settling of scores", according to a CNN report.
A spate of killings (...)
Another milestone in the ambitious nature and conservation plans for AlUla, a significant heritage and culture site in northwest Saudi Arabia, has been achieved with a three-year cooperation agreement between the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) and (...)
Royal Commission for Al-Ula has participated in the World Conservation Congress, which is being held in Marseille, France, as part of the Commission's targets to support and empower reserves and natural heritage through the International Union for (...)
Olympique de Marseille labored to a 1-0 victory over St Etienne in a bad-tempered Ligue 1 game on Sunday thanks to Dario Benedetto's second goal since joining them from Boca Juniors last month.
The Argentine, playing in his first season in European (...)
French authorities released the head of African soccer's ruling body, Ahmad Ahmad, after several hours' questioning as part of a corruption investigation, a source at the prosecutor's office said on Friday.
The 59-year-old president of the (...)
Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas moved one step closer to his third singles title with a 7-6(1), 6-2 win over Belgium's David Goffin in the semifinals of the Marseille Open Saturday.
Top seed Tsitsipas, who knocked 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer (...)
Olympique de Marseille boosted its hopes of qualifying for European football by beating Girondins Bordeaux 1-0 at home in an empty stadium in Ligue 1 Tuesday, benefiting from Samuel Kalu being sent off midway through the first half.
Teenage defender (...)
Andy Murray has pulled out of next month's Marseille Open as he "may have to undergo surgery again", the tournament organizers said on Friday.
Three-times Grand Slam winner Murray has struggled to regain form since undergoing hip surgery last (...)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga claimed a second title in as many weeks and surged into the world top 10 after beating fellow Frenchman Lucas Pouille in the final of the ATP Marseille Open Sunday.
Second seed Tsonga, currently 11th in the ATP rankings, notched (...)
He rejected comparisons with Michel Platini but Antoine Griezmann is fast becoming a France legend after a two-goal haul against Germany fired the host into Sunday's Euro 2016 final against Portugal.
Amid the controversial absence of Real Madrid (...)
Antoine Griezmann scored twice as France beat world champion Germany 2-0 on Thursday to line up a European Championship final against Portugal.
Griezmann put France in front from the penalty spot in stoppage time at the end of the first half and (...)
Didier Deschamps' talented France block the path of Germany's spluttering juggernaut in Thursday's Euro 2016 semifinal and the world champion has mounting personnel problems.
With an element of revenge in the air, France can expect near-fanatical (...)
Portugal substitute Ricardo Quaresma, keeper Rui Patricio and 18-year-old midfield sensation Renato Sanches were the heroes as Portugal beat Poland 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw to reach the Euro 2016 semifinals Thursday.
Patricio dived full (...)
Poland has an impressive defensive record at Euro 2016 but standing in its way to a semifinal spot is arguably one of sport's greatest-ever athletes, Cristiano Ronaldo.
The monstrous Polish center back pairing of Michal Pazdan and Kamil Glik face (...)
A second half strike by substitute Jakub Blaszczykowski booked Poland's ticket into the last-16 at Euro 2016 and sent hapless Ukraine home without a point.
The 30-year-old Fiorentina veteran had been rested by coach Adam Nawalka who made four (...)
An own-goal by Iceland's Birkir Savarsson in the dying seconds rescued a draw for Hungary in a frenetic Euro 2016 clash that keeps both team's hopes alive of a second round berth.
A first-half penalty by Gylfi Sigurdsson put little Iceland on (...)
Twenty Russians including a far-right agitator were to be thrown out of France Thursday as the city of Lens went into lockdown ahead of England's next Euro 2016 match.
Amid diplomatic tensions over the case, three Russian supporters will also be (...)
Midfielder Paul Pogba and forward Antoine Griezmann gave the best possible response after they were left out of the starting lineup for France's 2-0 win over Albania Wednesday.
Pogba came on at halftime and immediately injected new life into a (...)
After a week of violence at the European Championship, France sentenced three Russian fans to prison and planned to deport 20 others next week for their role in the violence in Marseille that marred Russia's opening match against England.
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Violent clashes between English and Russian soccer fans broke out in the southern French city of Marseille on Saturday ahead of the two countries' opening Euro 2016 match, leaving at least one person critically ill in hospital, Reuters (...)
Vasili Berezutski's stoppage-time goal gave Russia a 1-1 draw with England in their Euro 2016 opener on Saturday.
Berezutski scored with a header in the second of three added minutes at the Stade Velodrome.
Eric Dier had given England the lead with (...)
As cleaners hosed down sidewalks and swept up broken glass early Friday, the manager of an Irish hotel near where soccer supporters from England fought overnight with locals in Marseille's historic center said youths from the city's gritty suburbs (...)
Most people are resigned to a little litter in their lives. Not Eddie Platt, a British expatriate who single-handedly took on the scourge in Marseille, the southern French city where he took up residence in 2010. The 38-year-old launched his quirky (...)
Big-serving Nick Kyrgios won his first career title with a 6-2, 7-6 (3) victory over fourth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia in the Open 13 final Sunday.
Kyrgios closed out the match with his 17th ace to cap a dream week for the 20-year-old Australian, (...)
A French shipping company launched the world's biggest container ship Tuesday in a ceremony attended by President Francois Hollande, according to UPI.
The Jules Verne, named after the French author of 19th century science fiction classics like (...)
