FC Girondins de Bordeaux

...City. 19 Laurent Blanc, 44 today, is a legend of French football. The 1998 FIFA World Cup winner is currently enjoying great success as coach of Girondins Bordeaux. In a stellar playing career, Blanc was a defensive stalwart at Olympique...

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...with Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday. Lyon headed into the evening kick-off in the knowledge victory would leave them top following FC Girondins de Bordeaux's earlier 2-0 slip up at LOSC Lille Metropole. On three separate occasions they...

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...two signings from fellow UEFA Champions League group-stage participants with midfielder Edouard Cisse arriving from Besiktas JK and FC Girondins de Bordeaux defender Souleymane Diawara also heading to the Stade Velodrome. Cisse return

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...top of Ligue 1 on goal difference Olympique Marseille stayed top of Ligue 1 on goal difference from Girondins Bordeaux after goals from Mamadou Niang and Brandao earned a 2-0 win at Nice on Wednesday. Marseille, who have won their last...

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...Balmont. Unbeaten in ten league games, Marseille have also won their last five and will look to extend their two-point lead over second-placed FC Girondins de Bordeaux, who play Vannes OC in the League Cup final on Saturday. Russia: FC...

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...Gourcuff effect Unlike Olympique Marseille or Olympique Lyon, Ligue 1 champions Girondins Bordeaux stayed very quiet on the transfer market but their efforts to make Yoann Gourcuff's stay permanent could prove a bargain. The France...

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...after Adeilson went the same way on 84 minutes. That took Lyon four points clear of closest rivals FC Girondins de Bordeaux, who host sixth-placed Olympique de Marseille in the late kick-off. Grenoble climbed up to 12th, meanwhile, despite...

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...his club had won nothing yet. Lyon, nine points clear of second-placed Girondins Bordeaux with eight matches left, travel to mid-table Valenciennes on Sunday and will then visit Olympique Marseille. 'We've made a big step towards the...

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...Saint-Germain FC next in line following their handsome 4-1 home win over AS Nancy-Lorraine and fellow hopefuls FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Olympique de Marseille also victorious. Benzema injury Five days after being held 1-1 by FC...

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