Marseille News

Neymar alleged he was the victim of racist abuse by Marseille defender Alvaro Gonzalez in the fixture where five players including him were shown red cards.

Neymar was one of five players sent off after a mass brawl at the end of PSG's 0-1 loss to Marseille in Ligue 1.

PSG's defeat to Marseille in the Ligue 1 was marred by an ugly mass brawl, where five players were sent off in injury time.

Neymar appeared to accuse Alvaro Gonzalez of calling him a "monkey" in a series of furious tweets after he was sent off in injury time for slapping the Marseille defender on the back of the head.

Besides Marseille, several other Ligue 1 clubs have been affected by the coronavirus, including Nimes, Montpellier, Lens, Nice, Angers, Monaco and Brest.

Marseille were due to play Saint-Etienne on Friday in the first game of the 2020-21 season of Ligue 1.

French football giants Marseille have already cancelled a friendly match against Stuttgart of Germany as a precaution.

Olympique de Marseille finished second in the Ligue 1 season, which was shortened due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Andre Villas-Boas led Marseille to second place behind PSG in the Ligue 1 season which was ended early because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pape Diouf was set to leave Dakar for Nice earlier on Tuesday to be treated for COVID-19 in France but the plane never left Senegal.

Mario Balotelli showed off a new goal celebration as he took a selfie video with his teammates and posted it on Instagram during the game.

Marseille were sanctioned for crowd disturbances, acts of damage, setting off of fireworks and throwing of objects in last season's European campaign.

Antoine Griezmann was the hero for Atletico Madrid as the French striker scored twice in their 3-0 win over Marseille in Wednesday's Europa League final in Lyon, allowing his club to win the trophy for the third time in nine seasons.

Diego Simeone will miss the Europa League final and his side's first two European matches of next season, while he was also hit with a fine of 10,000 euros (USD 12,000).

Arsenal registered a 5-1 aggregate win over AC Milan in the Europa League last 16 to reach their first European quarter-final since 2010.

AC Milan will be a stiff challenge for a less-than-impressive Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger made 11 changes to the team that were beaten by Manchester United at the weekend, but the Frenchman's second string put in promising displays to give him a 700th win as Arsenal manager.

Patrice Evra was sent off after attacking the Marseille fan ahead of the Ligue 1 side's 1-0 Europa League defeat to Vitoria Guimaraes on November 2.