Former Lyon and Bordeaux striker Bernard Lacombe, who won Euro 1984 with France, died on Tuesday at the age of 72 after a long illness. Lacombe began his career with hometown club Lyon and had a brief ...

Embroiled by successive racism scandals throughout much of the season, football was engulfed in a sexism storm on Wednesday after a leading ex-French international footballer advised women to look ...

Lacombe was best remembered for being a part of the French team that won Euro 1984. He also scored the fastest goal ever scored by a French player at a World Cup, netting after 30 seconds against ...

Lacombe, who started his playing career as a 17-year-old at Lyon in 1969, returned to the club at the end of the 1980s as an executive. He spent just over three decades in the corridors of power as ...

Leicester boss Richard Cockerill praised Freddie Burns’ “stardust” qualities after the fly-half inspired Tigers’ 27-17 European Champions Cup victory over Racing 92 at Welford ...

Lyon would welcome the return of Hatem Ben Arfa to the seven-time French champions, according to the club's presidential advisor Bernard Lacombe. Ben Arfa, 29, started his career at Lyon and will ...

Former Lyon and Bordeaux striker Bernard Lacombe, who won Euro 1984 with France, died yesterday at the age of 72 after a long illness. Lacombe began his career with hometown club Lyon and had a brief ...