Archive for the 'Olympic de Marseille' Category

July 6th, 2009

Robert Louis-Dreyfus Loses Battle Against Leukemia

The man who had a cameo role in Sneaker Wars (THE Adidas vs Puma history), Controversial Olympique Marseille Owner / Majority Shareholder Robert Louis-Dreyfus has passed away this past Saturday at the age of 63 in Zurich following his long battle with Leukemia. (more...)
November 3rd, 2008

Pape Diouf And Marseille Unhappy With UEFA’s Atletico Ban

Olympique Marseille President Pape Diouf has expressed his anger and disappointment following UEFA's original 3 match European home ground ban against La Liga and Champions League side Atletico Madrid being reduced to just one game, the November 26th match against PSV and another deferred for two years. Via SkySports "If there is a sanction ...
October 23rd, 2008

Rolland Courbis Sentenced To Two Years

Montpellier head coach Rolland Courbis was sentenced to a two year jail term after being found guilty of "illicit transfer dealings" from 1997 - 1999 when he was head coach of Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille. Alongside Owner / Shareholder / former Adidas Chief Executive Officer Robert Louis-Dreyfuss (a ten month sentence), agent Gilbert Sau (an ...
January 27th, 2008

Cisse nets a hat trick

Can you imagine if Djibril Cisse was teamed up top with Fernando Torres? Imagine what could have been if Rafa hadn't forced Cisse out of Anfield and he hadn't of snapped his leg in Frances final warm up game against China. In a 6-1 rout over Caen this afternoon, the Lord of the Manor put three away for Marseille, who are still 13 points behind ...