PARIS (Reuters) – Monaco plan to take legal action against a French football league edict that they must move their headquarters to France, ending tax exemption for the club’s players.

In an angry statement on Sunday, the Ligue 2 club accused French football authorities of demanding an “outrageous” payment of 200 million euros (168.44 million pounds) to stay in the French championship without having to move.

PARIS, May 5 (Reuters) – Monaco plan to take legal action against a French soccer league edict that they must move their headquarters to France, ending tax exemption for the club’s players.

In an angry statement on Sunday, the Ligue 2 club accused French soccer authorities of demanding an “outrageous” payment of 200 million euros ($262.33 million) to stay in the French championship without having to move.

PARIS (Reuters) – Olympique Marseille took a giant step towards a Champions League spot on Saturday as Andre-Pierre Gignac’s double earned them a 2-1 home win against Bastia and delayed arch rivals Paris St Germain’s Ligue 1 title celebrations.

Second-placed OM have 67 points with three games left and trail PSG, who play their game in hand against Valenciennes on Sunday, by six points.

PARIS, May 4 (Reuters) – Olympique Marseille took a giant step towards a Champions League spot on Saturday as Andre-Pierre Gignac’s double earned them a 2-1 home win against Bastia and delayed arch rivals Paris St Germain’s Ligue 1 title celebrations.

Second-placed OM have 67 points with three games left and trail PSG, who play their game in hand against Valenciennes on Sunday, by six points.

PARIS (Reuters) – Olympique Marseille will have extra motivation when they take on Bastia in Ligue 1 on Saturday (1500 GMT) as a win would boost their Champions League dreams while, at the same time, postponing Paris St Germain’s capture of the title.

Second-placed OM trail leaders PSG by nine points, with a vastly inferior goal difference and four games left. A win against Bastia would delay their arch rivals’ coronation as champions even if the Paris side beat Valenciennes on Sunday (1900).

PARIS, May 2 (Reuters) – Olympique Marseille will have extra motivation when they take on Bastia in Ligue 1 on Saturday (1500 GMT) as a win would boost their Champions League dreams while, at the same time, postponing Paris St Germain’s capture of the title.

Second-placed OM trail leaders PSG by nine points, with a vastly inferior goal difference and four games left. A win against Bastia would delay their arch rivals’ coronation as champions even if the Paris side beat Valenciennes on Sunday (1900).

PARIS (Reuters) – Team Sky were facing a public relations dilemma on Monday as Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins appeared at odds over who would lead the Tour de France challenge this year.

Hours after Wiggins stated that he would attempt a Giro d’Italia/Tour de France double, team mate Froome said he would lead the British outfit’s bid on the world’s greatest race.

PARIS, April 29 (Reuters) – Two months after France finished last in the Six Nations championship two clubs from the Top 14 will face each other in the Heineken Cup final as money continues to talk in the club game.

Toulon and Clermont Auvergne, side by side atop the French league and among the biggest spenders in the game, will face off for Europe’s ultimate club accolade in Dublin on May 18.

PARIS (Reuters) – David Beckham picked up a straight red card and Paris St Germain finished with nine men but they continued their march towards a first French league title in 19 years with a chaotic 1-0 win at Evian Thonon Gaillard on Sunday.

Javier Pastore scored the only goal five minutes into the second half to put leaders PSG on 73 points, nine ahead of second-placed Olympique Marseille with four matches left.

PARIS (Reuters) – David Beckham picked up a straight red card and Paris St Germain finished with nine men but they continued their march towards a first French league title in 19 years with a chaotic 1-0 win at Evian Thonon Gaillard on Sunday.

Javier Pastore scored the only goal five minutes into the second half to put leaders PSG on 73 points, nine ahead of second-placed Olympique Marseille with four matches left.