Olympique de Marseille comes from behind to beat Toulouse with a Greenwood golazo in Ligue 1Olympique de Marseille took full advantage of AS Monaco’s loss in Brest on Saturday by edging out Toulouse 3-2 This 28th matchday also confirmed Paris Saint-Germain as champions Roberto De Zerbi’s side put an end to a rough patch with their first win after three straight defeats Carles Martínez’s Toulouse continues to struggle — they’ve now lost three in a row and are stuck in mid-table safe from relegation but far from the European spots Marseille opened the scoring 20 minutes in thanks to an own goal from Gabriel Suazo but the visitors hit back just 10 minutes later through Frank Magri Then came the moment of brilliance from Mason Greenwood who unleashed a rocket from outside the box that flew into the top corner past Guillaume Restes Adrien Rabiot made it 3-1 with a volley inside the box after a poor clearance from Charlie Cresswell Vincent Sierro pulled one back after a good ball from Cristian Cásseres Olympique de Marseille climbs to second in the table now two points ahead of Monaco and three clear of Strasbourg Teenager alleged to have been recruited by prisoner who later called police to report him over killing of taxi driver Marseille’s long-running drug turf wars are under a renewed spotlight after a 14-year-old boy was allegedly hired as a hitman via social media and promised €50,000 (£42,000) by a prisoner to carry out a revenge killing The teenager is alleged to have been recruited by the 23-year-old inmate who later called the police from his prison cell to report the boy after he allegedly shot dead a 36-year-old man An investigation has been opened into alleged murder and conspiracy to murder by a criminal gang Police are trying to determine why the prisoner reported his own alleged recruit to police a 36-year-old taxi driver from the firm Bolt who was well-known in Marseille as an amateur footballer was found shot dead by a bullet to the head in his car not far from the city’s main train station He was described by the prosecutor as having nothing to do with the drugs trade in the Mediterranean port city and although he was “coldly shot” in the back of the head he was not believed to have been the intended target Bessone said: “[The prisoner] recruited a 14-year-old minor from Vaucluse and organised the logistics for him to be collected by car and brought to a hotel room in Marseille The young boy was carrying his own 357 Magnum revolver” The boy allegedly had been instructed to carrying out a shooting and was told to travel by car and when he refused the boy shot him in the back of the head The 14-year-old then allegedly fled the scene and hid nearby calling his contacts and asking them to come and get him the prisoner who had ordered the killing called police to report the boy The boy was arrested and was being questioned Bessone said the exact reason for the jailed man calling the police The prisoner went before a judge on Sunday and was charged in the case The prosecutor said the 14-year-old boy was hired to carry out a revenge killing over the death of a 15-year-old boy last Wednesday Free weekly newsletterThe most pressing stories and debates for Europeans – from identity to economics to the environment The same prisoner had last week contacted a 15-year-old boy online saying he would pay him €2,000 to intimidate a competitor from a rival drugs gang by setting fire to his door The boy was tasked with shooting at the man’s door and setting it alight But the teenager was spotted by members of a rival gang who the prosecutor said “stabbed him 50 times” then set him on fire The 14-year-old boy was then allegedly hired online a few days later to avenge that killing is also one of the poorest in France and is plagued by drug-related violence The city has in recent years witnessed a turf war for control of the highly profitable drug market between various clans Bessone said victims and perpetrators of such violence were getting increasingly younger The two latest deaths mean that the number of drug-related killings in Marseille has risen to 17 since the start of the year Forty-nine people were killed in drug related violence in the city in 2023 Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More Fickle winds in Marseille have altered the sailing schedule for the 2024 Olympics for the second time forcing the postponement of the medal races for one-person dinghies on Tuesday Organizers are hoping to run the men's and women's races on Wednesday instead Through nine grueling regattas for the biggest and most diverse sailing class for the Games — some also postponed and even abandoned in the light winds and high heat — Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands has enough of a lead that she just needs to complete the medal race to win gold The men's dinghy medal race is still competitive After waiting for a few hours out in the water for the medal race to begin Rindom said she was disappointed for the fans "I feel it's unfortunate for the spectators," she said About three dozen fans from her home sailing club in Horsens Anne-Marie has been a big mentor and inspiration," said Christian Winker "I feel like everybody knows Anne-Marie even if they know nothing about sailing." Rindom first competed in the 2012 Olympics and she won bronze in 2016 and gold in Tokyo But she still felt Marseille was "a really tricky racecourse," especially in the blistering heat Bouwmeester won silver in this class of sailing in London in 2012 followed by gold in Rio and bronze in Tokyo This is her first Olympics as a mother — her 2-year-old daughter and they shared a popsicle on the beach after Monday's race went to the beach to briefly speak with him — a special treat since the COVID-19 pandemic prevented spectators from joining the Games in Tokyo "We've got his back," a visibly moved Karen Wearn said Marseille are exploring a deal to sign Mason Greenwood from Manchester United Talks between the Ligue 1 club and their Premier League counterparts are at an early stage and finances are yet to be discussed But Greenwood is a player Marseille are keen to recruit and they have held positive dialogue with the 22-year-old forward who is believed to favour a Marseille over other options at this stage A move to Marseille could see Greenwood work under Roberto De Zerbi with the former Brighton & Hove Albion head coach on course to take over at Stade Velodrome The Athletic previously reported that Greenwood was subject to strong interest from Lazio among a number of suitors. United’s preference for now is a permanent sale although another loan or even returning to training with Erik ten Hag’s men are not being ruled out Juventus, Napoli and teams in Germany Spain and Portugal are also monitoring the situation Getafe would like Greenwood to return for another spell after he scored 10 goals in 36 appearances during a temporary stay there last season Greenwood was made available for transfer after United confirmed in August 2023 that they had abandoned a plan to bring the forward back into their first-team squad It had been decided that Greenwood would resume his career away from Old Trafford after the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service discontinued a case against him for attempted rape and coercive control — following key witnesses withdrawing their cooperation Greenwood denied all of the allegations against him Good news for the rail network in France: Trenitalia obtained a new authorization in September 2024 In addition to running services from Lyon to Paris (and from Paris to Lyon) for a number of years now Trenitalia will now be able to stop its trains at Marseille Saint-Charles station with no less than four daily round trips on the Paris-Marseille line it will take you 3 hours 20 minutes to reach Marseille For the moment, the trains are not open to booking and ticket prices have not been announced: be sure to check the Trenitalia website to find out when bookings open Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here Mason Greenwood scores a screamer to complete Marseille’s comeback against Toulouse in Ligue 1🤯 Mason Greenwood just can’t stop scoring bangers in Ligue 1 🇫🇷 He leads the comeback for Olympique Marseille against Toulouse 😮‍💨Mason Greenwood keeps making a strong case for Ligue 1 MVP this season — this time with a rocket into the top corner from outside the box to seal Olympique de Marseille's comeback win over Toulouse in the Ligue 1. That goal takes Greenwood up to 16 for the season in what’s been an outstanding debut campaign in French football. With Marseille pushing for a Champions League spot, he’s been thriving under De Zerbi’s trust and guidance. Olympique de Marseille secured a thrilling 3-2 win over Toulouse in Ligue 1, taking advantage of AS Monaco’s slip to reclaim second place in the standings. Roberto De Zerbi’s side snapped a three-game losing streak, while Spanish coach Carles Martínez’s team continues to drift, far from the European spots. The scoring opened with an own goal by Gabriel Suazo, but Frank Magri quickly equalized for the visitors. In the second half, Englishman Mason Greenwood shifted the momentum with a stunning long-range strike, followed by a volley from Adrien Rabiot after a poor clearance. Toulouse pulled one back through Vincent Sierro, assisted by Cristian Cásseres, keeping the match alive until the end. With this victory, Marseille climbs back to second place, moving ahead of Monaco and Strasbourg in the league table. Photo by Eddo hartmann Photography/Huis Marseille, Amsterdam. Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved Your support helps make our show possible and unlocks access to our sponsor-free feed Kamel Guemari stands in front of the community center housed in a former McDonald's in Marseille Every company has its own corporate culture Slogans and values that you're expected to learn and live by as an employee — and then probably forget when you clock out at the end of the day But what happens when the employees of a company take that corporate philosophy so deeply to heart that it actually gets in the way of business we revisit an immigrant neighborhood in Marseille where a group of former McDonald's workers have turned a local franchise into a bastion of their community values as the future of their restaurant hung in the balance we followed these workers as they launched a revolution of sorts in a year when so many restaurants have closed due to the pandemic this McDonald's has arrived at an unlikely afterlife Send us an email at roughtranslation@npr.org Become an NPR sponsor France -- A permanent virtual exhibit of one of France's most famous prehistoric sites is set to open its doors as concerns grow that it could be completely inundated as a result of rising tides driven by climate change This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2025 audio and/or video material shall not be published rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use The AP will not be held liable for any delays errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Discover 6 addresses in Marseille where you can break the bank for less than 15€ we suggest you discover 6 inexpensive restaurants offering dishes and formulas for under €15 in Marseille We’ve already told you about Le Sanctuaire there’s another detail that catches our eye the restaurant offers a dish of the day for 13€ and a menu (main course and cheese or dessert) for just 17€ Recipes that put Provence in the spotlight 📍Rue Fort du Sanctuaire – Marseille 6 Rue Edouard Delanglade – Marseille 6e it features in our ranking of cheap restaurants in Marseille thanks to a menu that includes other delights for under 15 euros Rue de la Croix – Marseille 7th arrondissement From Monday to Friday, Maison Charlie invites you to eat “fresh dessert and drink” formula at€15 .50or “focaccia soup of the week and dessert” at €10.50 the least we can say is that you can treat yourself at a low price you’re sure to go out full and not broke Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Shipping is estimated to account for 10% of city’s air pollution and campaigners are targeting cruise industry in particular But since Eyraud was diagnosed four years ago with throat cancer – a diagnosis several others in his neighbourhood by the port have also had – he watches with a sense of dread as the floating holiday palaces drop off day-trippers. He and environmental campaigners fear the air pollution caused by cruise ships burning fuel all day at port is choking Marseille’s citizens along the coast. “The paradox is that in Marseille we love all form of ships – we watch them leave with a kind of longing, they are symbols of freedom with the sea as an infinite expanse,” Eyraud said. “But at the same time, I don’t want ships to kill me.” who lives above the cruise ship docking area in northern Marseille who began work in a factory aged 15 and later became an artist “We’ve noticed that the cancer cases here began emerging in the years after the cruise ship boom as the ships got bigger and more arrived,” he said “I’m worried about the ships’ fuel and the air pollution I used to grow herbs on my balcony but now I’m too scared to eat them.” Eyraud’s neighbourhood association is campaigning against shipping pollution and warning of the health impact for people living in port areas where cruise ships dock – a growing worry in other destinations such as Venice and Barcelona He and other environmentalists in Marseille want to force a move to cleaner energy and to tighten rules on the levels of ultra-fine particles in the air “And we want them to start asking environmental questions while on board these ships which are meant for pleasure.” which is permitted to contain higher sulphur levels than road fuel they are legally required to switch to a cleaner diesel But campaigners say the sulphur levels are still too high resulting in emissions of fine particles and sulphur dioxide harmful to human health mainly because of road traffic and industry is estimated to account for up to 10% of the city’s air pollution problem The culprits include the large number of ferries transporting cars and passengers to Corsica and north African countries including Morocco and Algeria If locals are targeting cruise ships in particular to lower their pollution levels it’s because they feel cruise line operators should be moving away from cheap heavy fuel to clean energy and because a kind of floating tourism that suffocates local people living near ports doesn’t sit well with the luxury holiday brochures The Old Port area of Marseille Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Monday in a legal first for the French Mediterranean a cruise ship captain will stand trial for breaking limits on fuel emissions in Marseille port which can carry up to 3,000 passengers and boasts several pools was monitored by port authorities in March It was found to have broken fuel sulphur limits and was chased down at its next stop on the French Riviera The captain could face up to a year in prison and a €200,000 fine if convicted No case has been brought against P&O Cruises “This type of check by authorities on a ship would never have happened if we hadn’t focused on the problems of air quality here,” said Stéphane Coppey, of the local federation France Nature Environment, which has been campaigning against maritime air pollution in Marseille. said a key problem was that the Mediterranean does not have the same strict rules on fuel and emissions at sea as agreed in northern waters such as the Baltic more polluting ferries that cannot sail further north were instead working Mediterranean routes the Mediterranean will be used as a kind dustbin,” he said The push for stricter emissions rules in the Mediterranean has become a prominent political issue in France and the government is due to publish a report on it later this year head of the Marseille Provence Cruise Club said: “We’re aware of the concerns around pollution and it is something we are very focused on The cruise industry and the port of Marseille has been tackling those issues head-on for four years.” He said the court case showed “no one is getting let off the hook” including plugging ships into the electricity supply at port said it was surprising to see the incidence of cancers in the neighbourhood overlooking Marseille’s port “Air pollution is an important battle for public health,” he said “We’re not against bringing cruise liners here Marseille—France's largest city on the Mediterranean coast—is many things It's the country's largest commercial port It's also a tech industry hotspot and the landing station for 13 major submarine cables These cables connect Europe with North America Two more are scheduled to come online next year the cables place Marseille very close to Cairo According to Fabrice Coquio (the managing director for France of data center operator Interxion) there are only five or six milliseconds of network latency to any of those locations—less than to Paris 800 kilometers (roughly 500 miles) away That has made Marseille a magnet for data-center operations—where data and application providers can "put platforms in a safe environment in terms of legal and financial environments like Europe and particularly the European Union and at the same time be connected to 46 countries directly with a very low latency," Coquio explained we have [cut] the cost of a submarine cable to a [10th of what it was] and multiplied the capacity by 50." As a result of this transformation of the Internet world and the corresponding rise of Marseille as a digital content center for the world demand for co-location space has driven Interxion to undertake an interesting construction project: the conversion of a former Nazi submarine base into a seaside data center Netherlands-based Interxion already has one data center in Marseille (MRS1) The company acquired it in 2014 when it was only half-provisioned and Interxion also had a second (MRS2) under construction nearby But as Interxion managing director in France Fabrice Coquio explained demand was so high for connectivity to the nearby cable landings that the company needed to start construction of a third data center in parallel with the second "Our customers could not depend on one building only so most of them require a dual-site configuration for obvious purposes," explained Coquio "and that's the reason why two years ago we started the works for MRS2." The first phase of MRS2 was completed in May of 2018 and the site will be fully operational by the end of this July with 4,300 square meters (about 46,000 square feet) of rack space we've got at the same time very large requirements from platforms in general and particularly cloud platforms." So Interxion started looking for a way to quickly build a third data center: MRS3 And that's where the sub base comes into play Built by the Germans near the end of the Second World War it had sat vacant for more than 75 years—attracting graffiti artists and dust This sort of project is rare in the data-center business and then we build data centers according to whatever you can need," Coquio said But the immense size of the bunker complex and its location were an opportunity that has become a 140 million Euro (roughly $160 million) investment in itself It takes advantage of the cellular construction of the U-boat bunker to build an expandable "Cloud platforms and content platforms require not just hundreds of square meters of space," Coquio said "but multiples of megawatts of IT power." While MRS1 and MRS2 are more about having a high network density MRS3's design allows for "compute rooms with the same kind of racks "and is going to be much more dedicated to cloud platforms and digital media platforms." Physical security won't be much of an issue with the bunker design The bunker's location within the national harbor area is also a plus: "It's totally fenced protected by the national gendarmerie in France," Coquio explained this is also something which attracted some of our customers and particularly The proximity to the harbor also means MRS3 is being designed to deal with the elements "There's something more dangerous than the salt and that's all the micro-particles that you are getting from the diesel engines of the ships—whether you're talking about cruise ships "So that's the reason why we've got very specific filters equipping our exhaust pipes for our generators but also all the filters for the dry coolers or the chillers on the roof." While MRS3 won't be complete until the end of the year Interxion is already seeing a surge in customers using its Marseilles data centers as a staging and assembly plant for digital content we saw that a lot of companies were coming to our sites to use that as a kind of a manufacturing plant for content—cloud content "They aggregate the various parts coming from various parties and produce that as if it was a real factory it's not only a production plant—it's also a distribution plant And that's what is really making Marseille unique here." The data centers are also drawing interest from customers at the other end of those cables "We signed with a company from the Middle East which is basically a kind of a Arabic Netflix," Coquio said "and of course their scope is not as wide as the one of Netflix but they still deliver video content to approximately more than 400 million people They can collect and pull all the content from Marseille." France’s second city is descending into anarchy The best place to take in Marseille is from the esplanade of the Notre-Damae de la Garde basilica crowned by a golden statue of the Virgin Mary stands nearly 500ft high on a limestone hill overlooking the city from its southern side the basilica is a mishmash of neo-Byzantine and Romanesque architecture styles the church has become an ­emblem of the city; it is to Marseille what the ­Eiffel Tower is to Paris Marseille is France’s second city sprawling conurbation that can be ­famously confusing to navigate On a clear day you can make out the mountains that ring the north how its layout has been shaped around the Mediterranean from the elegant Corniche to Le Vieux Port the bustling and picturesque heart of Marseille Marseille looks like a place you can make sense of particularly the areas known as the quartiers nord (northern quarters) These are the cités (council estates) of the 13th as well as parts of the 3rd arrondissement They are an agglomeration of cheap concrete skyscrapers built to house immigrants in the 1960s and 1970s wedged between the Mediterranean and the hills of Provence The quartiers nord make up almost a third of the metropolitan space of Marseille but seldom appear in the tourist guides This is because their cités are the epicentre of the city’s thriving drugs trade making it one of the most dangerous and lawless parts of France drug and gang crime in Marseille has grown shockingly violent 33 people were shot dead in drug-related “executions” often carried out with cut-price Kalashnikov rifles imported from the Balkans Other methods of execution in the drug wars include dismembering then setting fire to victims; the charred ­remains [See also: France pension reform: Emmanuel Macron has no regrets] Marseille has always mythologised its criminal cultures The Corsican and Italian mafias in the 20th century with their legendary vendettas and shoot-outs in the bars of Le Vieux Port and on La Canebière This image of the city as the Naples of France was ­depicted on screen in French Connection II the notoriety of the quartiers nord has made for similarly potent and lucrative entertainment This has become a mini-genre called “le banlieue-film” including pictures such as Bronx Banlieusards (“The Kids from the Projects”) Chouf (a street-Arabic word for “lookout”) and BAC Nord The central premise of these films is always the same: a violent collision between the police and drug gangs made up of ever-shifting clans and rivalries They are deeply formulaic but also gripping offering the viewer the vicarious thrill of a ride through the badlands of Marseille Crime in the quartiers nord not only provides fertile ground for film-makers but has also long been a simmering political problem for the French government Over the past decade or so the drugs trade has grown out of control in the quartiers nord with roughly 130 different gangs fighting over territory have increasingly relied on counter-insurgency tactics using assault rifles and stun grenades to deal with the gangs – but to little effect has repeatedly called for the army to be brought into the quartiers nord In 2021 President Emmanuel Macron announced that he was sending in 300 police officers from the Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité – an elite force usually ­deployed for security and riot control – as reinforcements Five hundred cameras were installed in the cités as part of a €150m ­package to assist the local police Macron has claimed that helping Marseille was “a duty of the nation” 18 people had been killed in what are called “règlements de compte” (the “settling of scores”) In April an 18-year-old was charged with the murder of a 15-year-old and the ­attempted murder of two other teenagers The violence has spilled over into the city centre In early April a ­teenager was shot dead in a fast-food restaurant on the Rue Vincent-Leblanc in the La Joliette district of Marseille City authorities are no longer able to say that the problem is being contained in the quartiers nord La Joliette is the former docklands of Marseille recently redesigned as a new arts and business area at an estimated cost of €7bn when it was crowned as a European Capital of Culture Marseille has been on a mission to rebrand itself as the “Barcelona of France”: a second city with its own unique and vibrant culture centred on art with its shiny new trams and shopping malls But for all the enthusiasm and money spent on rebranding it La Joliette is a singularly unattractive part of Marseille It is only a short walk from La Joliette to the Rue Félix Pyat one of the main arteries to the quartiers nord This is at the heart of the 3rd arrondissement – the poorest arrondissement in the whole of France but you know you are being watched by the choufs who lounge on ­balconies or perch in the hallways of apartment buildings alerting the local gangs to the presence of outsiders There have been pitched street battles between local gangs and a so-called Nigerian mafia Schools are infested with rats and cockroaches The broken streets stink of rubbish in the high heat of a May afternoon one tower block had no running water for five days The other major challenge facing ­Marseille is its bad housing This is not just a question of poor planning and design in the quartiers nord – though both have ­contributed to the area’s dilapidation and helped to foster a culture of crime ­stairwells and labyrinthine corridors are like fortresses and are all too often impenetrable for police But problems with housing extend across Marseille On 8 April two apartment buildings exploded and a third crumbled in flames on the Rue de Tivoli in the 5th arrondissement a pleasant part of the city with a large student population The leading theory is that it was a gas explosion but the actual cause is unexplained this incident only confirmed the rumours that the city authorities have been neglecting their housing stock for many years This has been apparent to many since 5 November 2018 when two buildings on the Rue d’Aubagne in Noailles and over the months that followed nearly 5,000 were evacuated in the surrounding area from buildings thought to be at risk of falling down Noailles is one of the liveliest neighbourhoods in Marseille and largely populated with immigrants – mainly ­Tunisian although latterly there has also been a strong West African presence It’s the kind of place where it’s hard to avoid falling into conversation when you sit on a café terrasse a 50-something local who had been here on the day the buildings collapsed We didn’t know what was happening.” Farid has lived and worked in this district for most of his life and loves it Some of them are immigrants who have no papers [See also: How Michel Houellebecq diminished himself] He is a passionate supporter of its football team He claims to love the literature of Marseille especially the work of Jean Giono and Marcel Pagnol Macron said to a journalist from Le Figaro that his dream job was to be mayor of Marseille Everything is at the same time complex but possible.” When he became president in 2017 rather than at the official state residence at Brégançon Yet his love of the city is now being tested As gang and drug crime continues to escalate there is a fear that Marseille could become France’s first “narco city” controlled by drug cartels instead of the force of law Macron’s political opponents say that his government is weak on law and order which before the 2022 election he stressed would be at the forefront of his policymaking the journalist François Thomazeau speaks to a law-enforcement veteran who remarks that the 21st-century police in Marseille have a nostalgic vision of the “golden age” of the city’s old-style mafias spent their money locally and were most often known to the police (who were also notoriously corrupt and often in league with them) Today Marseille – and in particular the quartiers nord – is the fiefdom of drug lords who spend their money outside France on luxury villas in Morocco leaving the city to their feuding foot-soldiers nor can they stop the internecine mini-wars breaking out between the gangs Neither Macron’s extra funding nor the elite forces sent from Paris have been able to break the dismal cycle Marseille has long been resistant to change imposed from Paris – indeed the Marseillais pride themselves on their anti-Parisianism This is deeply ingrained in the political culture of the city as well as the psyche of the ordinary citizen Macron’s ­detractors in Marseille say that he is arrogant and out of touch and that his ambitions for the city far exceed his knowledge of the place The most recent drug killings occurred as Macron’s authority is being severely tested demonstrations and riots over his policy of raising the age of retirement have taken place across France Marseille has been the setting for some of the most violent protests The unrest peaked on the night of 16 March as masked youths rampaged along the smart Rue Saint-Ferréol looting and chanting: “F**k la bourgeoisie.” [See also: What is the Macron Doctrine?] This article appears in the 07 Jun 2023 issue of the New Statesman, The Reeves Doctrine we are discussing the madness that occurred at the Ft Lauderdale Pro Swim Ledecky’s world record in the 800 free proves that age is seemingly just a number for her but it also makes the Rio 2016 swim she beat out more memorable Marchand has a few areas of improvement to work on if he hopes to return to his Paris form at the World Championships this summer in Singapore having tight battles in both the 200 and 400 IM but ultimately touching 2nd in both Cal Bear and Mexican swimmer Humberto Najera took down a pair of national records in the men’s backstroke events British sprinting beast Ben Proud put his fellow thoroughbreds on notice winning the men’s 50m freestyle battle here in Marseille by a hefty margin Setting himself up as the top seed with a morning time of 22.34 Proud made it clear that was just a warm-up swim for him as the Energy Standard athlete threw down some major heat in the evening Hitting the wall in 21.85, Proud easily took the gold ahead of runner-up finisher Jesse Puts of Netherlands who was .03 faster than his morning effort to log a silver medal-worthy 22.33 France’s Clement Mignon rounded out the top 3 in 22.39 just under a tenth faster than his AM effort of 22.47 Proud has already been as fast as 21.71 this year while competing at the Euro Meet in January The fact he’s hitting this kind of speed 4 weeks out from the British Championships is slightly terrifying Belarus’ Ilya Shymanovich rocked the winning time of 27.00 in the men’s 50m breaststroke collecting a new FFN Golden Tour Record in the process Behind him was Arno Kamminga of Netherlands For the women’s edition, Tes Schouten got her hands on the wall first to take 50m breast gold in 31.31 Melanie Henique took the women’s 50m fly win, racing herself to the top of the podium in 26.21. That finished just a hair ahead of visiting American Kendyl Stewart Stewart’s personal best rests at the 25.83 she put down at the 2018 U.S South African maestro Chad Le Clos also took to the Marseille waters winning the men’s 200m fly with ease Le Clos collected a meet record of his own with his winning result of 1:56.09 marking the multi-Olympic medalist’s fastest time of the season Le Clos’ mark renders the 26-year-old Energy Standard athlete now 5th in the season’s world rankings Hungary’s Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu threw down a head-turning performance in the women’s 400m IM to crush the field, one which included 200m fly Olympic gold medalist Mireia Belmonte Hosszu showed she came to play this morning powering her way to lane 4 with a heat time of 4:34.79 The multi-Olympic champion was even slightly quicker this evening taking gold in 4:33.83 to make her Marseilles statement Her outing rockets Hosszu to #2 in the world rankings this season sitting only behind Japan’s Yui Ohashi We’ll see how Ohashi responds at the Japanese Championships next month Belmonte finished with a respectable time of 4:46.33 a mark that seems downright sluggish only when compared to Hosszu’s monster swim Two other items of note from the women’s 400m IM include Serbia’s Ajna Crevar being disqualified in the final, and Anastasia Gorbenko notching a new Israeli National Record of 4:47.58 in the prelims Crevar was back in the pool for the last event of the session, as was Belmonte, however, as both women took on the 400m freestyle. But, both women bowed to Australian Maddie Gough who put up one of her fastest performances ever with a winning time of 4:10.98 Gough’s effort places her within the world’s top 15 performers so far this season while Belmonte and Crevar settled for silver and bronze with respective efforts of 4:12.72 and 4:14.27 Verraszto got the job done in the 200m IM after his 200m fly silver, with the Hungarian winning in 2:01.29. Greece’s Apostolos Christou nailed the winning effort in the men’s 100m back clocking the only sub-54 second time of the pack in 53.90 Although Dutch swimmer Kira Toussaint fell just short of the gold medal in tonight’s 100m backstroke the comeback kid tied her own National Record in her first race back after being vindicated from a doping test debacle Toussaint already earned a World Championships qualifying time this morning with her top-seeded effort of 59.82,  and she managed to shave .02 off of that mark to take silver tonight in 59.80 Topping the women’s 100m backstroke podium this evening was American Kathleen Baker Baker hit the wall in 59.05 to exceed her time clocked recently at the Pro Swim Series in Des Moines she touched in 59.17 for the top time in the world Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Not quite sure if you are saying good job or cheater with that post I’m sure he says cheater as always about Katinka Boooring….probably that’s why you are single Former Masters swimmer and coach Loretta (Retta) thrives on a non-stop but productive schedule that includes having earned her MBA while working full-time in IT while owning French 75 Boutique while also providing swimming insight for BBC More from Retta RaceSee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates! © 2025 Swim Swam Partners, LLC. All rights reserved. You don't have permission to access the page you requested. What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed. Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match The current head to head record for the teams are Marseille 16 win(s) Marseille haven't lost to Toulouse in their last 15 meetings (10W, 5D). Have scored 12 goals in their last 5 matches Gabriel Suazo has created the most big chances for Toulouse (9) Zakaria Aboukhlal has the most shots on target per match for Toulouse (1.3) 06 Apr 2025 18:45:00 GMT?Marseille won 3–2 over Toulouse on Sun 06 Apr 2025 18:45:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 4 goals in their last 5 matches Marseille haven't lost to Toulouse in their last 15 meetings (10W Marseille is playing home against Toulouse at Orange Vélodrome on Sun Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission the sensitive soul from the hardscrabble housing district of Félix Pyat Like every other actor on this woefully misguided waterfront casino development of a Netflix show Nassim Si Ahmed is saddled with laughably basic dialogue and paper-thin motivations (Just one example: The minute Salim falls for Julia Taro he goes to bat campaigning for her father in the ghetto even though the people who run the place have already strong-armed a voting bloc for Barres) Si Ahmed’s open-hearted performance somehow gives us a reason to invest in the immigrant’s fate He’s a brief flash of integrity in this godless swamp even after a preposterous stabbing sends him to an untimely end in this episode the brawl comes about after a standoff over a single vote at a polling place in les quartiers nord that seems to invite open corruption with gang leaders voting by proxy for the dead And the only reason Selim is only at the Farid-sanctioned polling station because the mob henchmen physically sealed off the other station with cinder blocks and metal bars American conservatives: Cartoon-level voter fraud does exist but you have to go to the slums of France to find it Marseille’s sudden attempt to show us the real dark underbelly of local politics — rather than a roll call of whomever Benoît Magimel is banging/betraying — makes this episode feel like a course-correction that’s too late The title of this episode is even a play on France’s national motto with “Fraternité” subbed out for “Sans pitié” — a message of patriotic brotherhood subverted by the need to be “merciless.” Cette ironie me dégoûté I’d be convinced that the show’s continued structural incompetence is really just an elaborate metaphor for Marseille itself a city it depicts as crumbling from the inside the show’s editors probably didn’t know what they were doing when they transitioned in rapid succession from the image of Julia and Tarim making out to them having sex on the stairs to Papa Taro snorting his latest round of cocaine blurring one awkwardly-staged type of climax with another and conferring uncomfortable daddy-daughter subliminal messaging with Gerard Depardieu’s hulking figure bent once more over the drug stash in his office attempting to relieve the stress of his absurdly underwritten wife challenging his secrets Taro and Barres each ascend to the second round of voting so that Marseille has a reason to continue for the final two episodes Taro’s invoices scandal once again threatens to backfire on him — but honestly the particulars of where party officials’ loyalties lie have become too buried to be of much use It should be obvious by this point that no one is a hero and that Marseille is propped up by a teetering foundation of corruption and lies This city seems to be worse at making such criminal building blocks look elegant; in a secret meeting the conspiring parties talk to each other in clumsy food metaphors no matter the spices that Marseille is currently using it’s time to up the dosage and let’s see how crazy-bad this show can get Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information A tear gas canister explodes next to a football fan as England fans clash with police in Marseille on June 10 in Marseille 2016 at 6:59 PM EDTBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.Marseille France (AP) -- Tear gas drifted through the air and broken bottles crunched under foot as French police struggled to control rowdy drunken soccer fans causing havoc in the southern port city of Marseille on the opening day of the European Championship on Friday As France and Romania were getting the tournament underway in Paris a second night of violence and hooliganism raged in Marseille's Old Port district as police repeatedly clashed with fans from France Russia and England flared deep into the night England and Russia were meeting in a Euro 2016 game at the city's Stade Velodrome on Saturday Bodies of two men and two women found in rubble The bodies of two men and two women have been discovered in the rubble of two dilapidated buildings that collapsed in the centre of Marseille on Monday “We are still looking at there being between five and eight victims; people of whom we have no news,” the city prosecutor said the rescue operation was “meticulous and delicate” much of which had to be carried out by hand “The searchers have found some survival pockets so there is perhaps hope there may be people still alive,” he added About 80 firefighters were combing through the wreckage A political row is brewing over the condition of the two buildings as officials revealed that about 6,000 properties in Marseille were in a dilapidated state Castaner said: “I am here to accompany the men and women trying to save lives the fire service will continue to fight to save lives.” The minister said the building that was occupied had undergone a “technical inspection” on 18 October While concerns about its state were raised president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region said: “Teams have worked through the night in difficult conditions The one positive thing is that they have found potential breathing spaces.” No 63 was derelict and supposedly empty but may have been occupied by squatters which fire services were forced to pull down entirely The buildings gave way after 9am on Monday emergency services combed through the 15-metre-deep rubble left by the collapse Police and firefighters begin clearance work at the site where two buildings collapsed in Marseille on Monday Photograph: Gérard Julien/AFP/Getty ImagesWorking all night search teams removed parts of the building from the road Muselier said that among the missing was a woman who had failed to collect her daughter from school and another woman who rarely left her home in the building who was living in one of the destroyed buildings had stayed with her parents the night before the collapse “For several days the doors to several flats wouldn’t close I was afraid of being imprisoned in my home with the door blocked,” she told AFP Firefighters remove rubble at the site where two buildings collapsed on Monday in Marseille Photograph: Loic Aedo/AFP/Getty ImagesMark Mason a retired college lecturer who owned a flat in No 63 rue d’Aubagne said their property was subject to a compulsory purchase order in 2012 after the building was inspected and officials deemed it unsafe The floor of a first-floor apartment had collapsed and chunks of masonry were falling from the facade “Between 2006 and 2012 it got worse,” Coriat said “We had a report done that said the building was constructed on sand and the foundations were not good.” said: “The problems started in 2006 when great cracks appeared in the outside walls to the point we had to have wooden frames fitted to support the windows It said it acquired the building in 2017 and carried out limited work to stop blocks of masonry falling from the facade has been known for years,” said the campaign group A City Centre for All in a statement “It’s the third derelict building in the first arrondissement that has collapsed in five years.” In a statement, Marseille city council admitted that No 63 had been subject to a “danger notice” in 2008 and was “boarded up and secured to stop access” after the shooting of a football boss's son – the 15th gun death this year – sparked soul-searching over the Mediterranean city's inability to shed its image as the "Chicago of the south" is sporting director of Olympique de Marseille was shot dead in broad daylight on Thursday by two men on a motorbike while he was driving a rented Renault Twingo He had been under investigation over jewellery store armed robberies carried out by a local gang and had been due to appear in court in the near future In the past he had served time in prison on remand before being released over a judicial error Anigo's father grew up on a poor estate before becoming a player at Marseille, one of France's oldest and most popular clubs, and then sporting director. Anigo Sr, an imposing figure, has always denied having any mafia or crime links of his own. Two years ago, asked by the Journal du Dimanche about his son he said: "The street sucked in my son but that's got nothing to do with anyone but the justice system." a 24-year-old man was gunned down at La Ciotat just outside Marseille after masked men on motorbikes tracked him arriving at his place of work French headlines have been dominated by gang murders This year's death toll has not yet matched 2012's exceptionally high total of 24 gang killings in the Bouches-du-Rhone area including Marseille AK47s – reportedly available for €500 each – are being used to settle scores once described by the state prosecutor as Marseille's "regrettable speciality" has ordered together all political parties saying: "I understand the anger of the Marseille people but we need time [to act] against drug-trafficking and daily delinquency." He called a truce on the left-right political slanging matches over who was to blame has denounced France's "Marseille-bashing" Last month the state sent 130 extra riot police and 24 investigators to Marseille but many observers say the problem runs deeper Although Marseille has recovered from the 1990s horror years of industrial decline unemployment remains above the national average and more than 20% of residents live below the poverty line Some estates have more than 40% youth unemployment and young people have few prospects but the "underground economy" of drug deals a government minister competing in the Socialist primary race to choose a Marseille mayoral candidate next year said the "real mafia networks" must be neutralised "We have to find out where the money is even if the mafia is less well-organised than it was in the past We have to look at exterior signs of wealth trace the networks to their bank accounts in protected places." Marseille had hoped to move on from its long history of organised crime and murderous mobsters with names such as The Belgian Marseille gangs known as the "French Connection" ran vast illegal laboratories processing heroin coming in from Turkey and the east about 80% of heroin in the US was trafficked from Marseille the figure of the Marseille drug baron was immortalised in the Hollywood film the French Connection Marseille is no longer a heroin or drug-processing capital, but it remains at the centre of the trade in cannabis coming into Europe through Spain from Morocco The city is also a key point in the cocaine smuggling route into Europe from South America through west Africa But local dealing on poor housing estates is now at the centre of its problems Mothers complain that young men are falling victim to increasingly violent attacks over petty fallings-out or small debts Are you a party animal who likes to know all the clubs in the city Marseille Secrète lists the city's best nightclubs you’re looking for a good plan for going out to a disco or club it’s the perfect time to get your friends out on the dance floor And since France’s second-largest city leads the way in the art of partying Marseille Secrète invites you to discover the city’s best nightclubs Tribute to a famous New York club from the 80s, La Danceteria has nothing to envy this institution this place is an invitation to dance the night away until sunrise In this discotheque in the center of Marseille – near the Opera district – there’s something for everyone two bars and state-of-the-art sound system techno and funk… It’s a must for the Phocéenne nightlife scene Stay close to the Opéra, discover the discotheque Chez Pablo, Dealeur de Bonheur Marseille’s party-goers gather here on weekends from midnight to 5:00 a.m in three different rooms with unique atmospheres With disco evenings featuring music from the 70s and 80s you’ll be able to dance until your feet hurt but you can still dance the night away while admiring the late summer sunsets What a crazy place! Since 2003, this lively discotheque in Friche la Belle de Mai has welcomed you to its club and concert venue. On the clubbing side, numerous artists and DJs from the national and international scene took turns in this mythical venue. With its wide-ranging musical program, the Cabaret Aléatoire is the temple of Marseille’s nightlife Le Baby Club is one of the must-visit nightclubs for Marseille clubbers Conveniently located between La Plaine and the butte du Cour Julien this club is the temple of house and techno music With its light shows and top-quality sound system this discotheque makes you want to shout c’est Marseille bébé Open Wednesday to Saturday from 00:00 to 06:00 it’s also the ideal spot for hard-core party-goers Marseille is home to France’s wildest club where fans call the shots and El Loco attempts to maintain order on the pitch Originally published in Eight By Eight magazine At any other stadium in the world, is there a stand named after a fan? Take a seat in the virage Nord of Stade Vélodrome in Marseille and you’ll find yourself in the Tribune Patrice de Péretti There you’ll be surrounded by the 3,000 members of Marseille’s most raucous Olympique de Marseille’s club scarf loosely knotted around his neck exploding flares punctuating his exhortations to the crowd he stood as a reminder of his club’s uniqueness in the usually placid landscape of French football – mad as the first-time visitor senses as soon as he exits the monumental Saint Charles station built in 1848 on a promontory that oversees a vast carapace of plum-and-custard roofs Life here bubbles and sizzles like in no other city in France both ancient (the Greek Massalia was founded in the 6th century BC) and thrillingly young Marseille – the age-old door to the Mediterranean populated by migrants and fishermen – speaks and sings with a voice not everyone finds pleasant It is strident and speaks out of turn; cacophonous The city is home to France’s craziest club The Marseillais wouldn’t have it any other way “Proud to be Marseillais” is a popular slogan here who grew up in one of the town’s inner villages was happy to display it on a T-shirt despite his falling out with the OM fans when his rebelliousness set him on a collision course with the club’s hierarchy in the late 1980s But France will always come a distant second in the loyalty stakes Marseille supporters during the Ligue 1 game against Lille in December Photograph: Claude Paris/APIt was in October 1989 on one of his first visits to the Vélodrome that the teenaged De Péretti had been awed by the fervour of visiting AEK fans A hundred or so had made the trip from Athens and they’d nearly managed to silence one of France’s most passionate set of supporters What struck De Péretti was that the Greeks had dispensed with the replica shirts most fans in Europe had adopted as match-day uniforms Bare skin was a more potent emblem of their love for AEK The young Marseillais swore that he’d follow their example wherever he went to support his own club when Marseille travelled to Berlin for a Champions League game against CSKA Moscow and conducted his choir of fans as if it were a balmy Provençal evening The image of the skinny fada orchestrating Marseillais mayhem in the frozen stand was as much a symbol of OM’s eventual triumph as Basile Boli’s celebration when he headed the decisive goal in the final a couple of months later De Péretti instantly acquired quasi-mythical status Invited to lift the trophy in the victory celebrations at the Vélodrome De Péretti received as loud an ovation as did any of the players Depé was 28 when a burst aneurysm killed him on 28 July 2000 than Django Reinhardt had fingers on his right hand.” Each year on 28 July OM fans hold a memorial for their departed leader would have made of the monster revered by De Péretti and his “brothers,” heaven only knows OM started – in 1899 – as a circle of aristocratic gentlemen who enjoyed fencing and billiards as well as association football and rugger The team took less than three decades to become one of France’s most successful sides winning five French Cups and a first division title before the second world war moving to the purpose-built Vélodrome in 1937; but only in the 1960s like so many prominent French sides of the 1920s and 1930s – Sète Racing – Marseille (title-less since 1948) had slipped so far that they had become an irrelevance a Coupe de France tie against US Forbach attracted exactly 434 paying spectators in a stadium that could hold a hundred times more OM were bumped from the competition by an amateur side from Corsica with Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica in the background Photograph: Claude Paris/APBut Leclerc scented an opportunity would become one of the most exciting and captivating in European football He had the face of a kind-hearted crook you wouldn’t mind being swindled by but I remember that face clearly – the eyebrows he promised to jump into the Vieux Port — the magnificent old harbour of Marseille —if his team won the Cup He didn’t chicken out when OM beat Girondins de Bordeaux 2-0 in Colombes If Saint-Étienne were the team favoured by purists They had the Croatia striker Josip Skoblar (44 goals in the 1970-71 league season beat that if you can – nobody has in France a dream of a winger who added new equations to the geometry of dribbling in every game he played as anyone who’s seen The French Connection or read Jean-Claude Izzo’s thrillers might have suspected too willing to yield to hazardous temptations It wasn’t that serious – a murky affair of diverting funds from the club to one of his companies a fiddle rather than a crime – but he was forced to resign at a time when OM were about to become more than an irritant for Europe’s top clubs He was succeeded by another flamboyant figure a would-be matinee idol in the late 1930s who made millions running movie theatres and was better known for his extravagant parties at the Cannes festival than for his love of football The man who has risen and fallen and risen again the phoenix who – despite his taste for litigation – has inspired a dozen biographies football has always been willing to welcome politicians in its often-visited bed Whoever controlled the town hall had to have OM on its side Whoever controlled OM had to appease the town hall Tapie loved the game only slightly less than he loved power He has always denied that he considered Marseille a means to an end the ideal springboard from which to ultimately launch a bid for the country’s presidency Marseille players and Bernard Tapie celebrate winning the Champions League in 1993 Beate Mueller/Bongarts/Getty Images Photograph: Beate Mueller/Bongarts/Getty ImagesHe was a perfect fit for the club he bought for a dime in 1986 at the suggestion of the writer Edmonde Charles-Roux the widow of the former Socialist mayor of Marseille but with far greater means at his disposal Tapie embarked on an ambitious programme of recruitment that transformed OM and stunned even their most optimistic supporters who’d seen their bankrupt club demoted to the second division in 1981 OM’s miraculous rebirth ensured that its saviour would always enjoy immunity in his adopted city regardless of the allegations (of corruption and the misdemeanors that finally landed him in jail in the mid- when an investigation into an attempt by OM to fix a league game against Valenciennes two years earlier brought about Tapie’s downfall But only temporary downfall: Tapie again served as club chairman in 2001 Tapie is no longer active in football and has turned into a bizarre sort of national monument (of the lovable rogue kind) But the system he put in place at OM is still largely intact and – despite the efforts of his successors – has proved very difficult to dismantle This explains why what should be the most desirable property in French football potentially a member of the European super-elite (given the size of the city will have to wait a long time before an emir or an investment fund will sink millions into it is virtually unsellable due to the influence yielded by its five official groups of ultras which claim a membership of over 15,000 match-goers Tapie had understood how much he stood to gain by cultivating their support and granted them the unique privilege of overseeing ticket sales does not significantly harm the overall finances of the club it’s easy to conceive what kind of excesses it has led to especially given the links with less salubrious components of Marseillais society which is not renowned for its salubrity to start with had gambled on transferring some control to the club’s foot soldiers his de facto private army; and while he eventually lost power The history of Marseille since has been marked by animosity and near-warfare between its owners and the ultras The current OM regime could not possibly follow the example of Barça all of whom chose to evict the “looney fringe” from their stadiums in the recent past as this would undoubtedly provoke a violent response from these fanatical groups to be the real custodians of Marseille’s identity Doing without the ultras in hopes of gathering a new untainted fan base would be less like performing a blood transfusion than like slitting one’s wrists Robert-Louis Dreyfus Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/EPAThis is not to say that the current regime has not tried to restore some sanity is the widow of the billionaire businessman Robert Louis-Dreyfus She has been looking for a buyer ever since but has failed to find one for the club in which her husband had ploughed over €200m after his takeover – at the behest of the local authority saw OM as a building block in the strategy he’d devised for the troubled German sports manufacturer who could feel Nike breathing down its neck was to become the kit supplier of “at least one ‘mythical’ club in each country” But he got sucked into the Marseille quagmire and found out that the first fires he’d have to extinguish would be at home the card sharp had been guilty of naiveté: these fires are still smouldering Fan power, which means something quite different in Marseille than in Munich, was only part of the problem. Tapie had chewed up and spat out a number of managers, and Louis-Dreyfus had done the same. Marcelo Bielsa’s appointment earlier this year was the 36 change at Marseille in less than 28 years Notwithstanding this carousel of coaches (whose power was mostly restricted to the training ground) and head coach before he was appointed OM’s chief scout for Africa and left his native Marseille for Morocco last May This was a not-so-gentle push towards the exit door after Anigo’s two decades of string-pulling in the Green Room His departure was not unanimously regretted He’d been the link between the pre-Tapie Marseille and the Marseille of today; he’d also been an albatross around the club’s reputation but so were his links to Marseille’s underworld “This city eats its own children,” he told a reporter after his son was shot dead in broad daylight on 5 September 2013 That same reporter noticed that Anigo’s villa in Aubagne sitting atop a hill overlooking that beautiful Adrien Anigo was presumed to have been a member of the so-called Jewellers’ Gang which specialised in armed robberies on the Riviera; he’d been let off previously The father who was left to grieve his murdered son counts as one of his childhood friends a part-time player at OM between 2005 and 2009 and now a semi-pro midfielder for GS Consolat Childhood friends: these are the bonds that tie you growing up in Marseilles bonds you can’t escape unless you escape the town itself is from an intercepted phone conversation between Anigo and Deruda as obtained by French radio station RMC from the state prosecutor: small and not-so small favours demanded from those who fall into debt For every person who wants to look into the matter Marseille head coach Marcelo Bielsa Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty ImagesThis is where Bielsa The headline practically wrote itself when he became OM’s manager: Un fou chez les fadas (“nutcases”) It’s as if the Argentinian had sought and been granted asylum Unlike every one of his predecessors, Bielsa has no link with what took place before he took over. Deschamps, who fought a bitter struggle against Anigo throughout his successful three-year stint as first-team coach (2009-12), and only “won” it when he left the club to take charge of the French national team party to all the goings-on that accompanied OM’s rise to the top of the national and European game in the early 1990s Perhaps this is the only salvation for OM: put in charge someone who is just as crazy or even crazier – a manager who makes his players “shit themselves” on the training ground (to quote a member of his current staff) and who used a recent press conference to rubbish his chairman Vincent Labrune’s understanding of the transfer market (and did so again a week later making sure his attack had not gone unnoticed by the attending journalists) These acts of rebellion would have earned him the sack at any other club It may well end with a spectacular explosion from which OM will emerge like a cartoon tomcat then miraculously reassembled and running in whichever direction takes its fancy watched over by the ghost of Patrice de Péretti will be there to cheer and jeer at every jink Originally published in Eight By Eight magazine. 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ABC News News HomeEuro 2016: England Russia fans battle inside Marseille stadium after teams draw 1-1Share Euro 2016: England Russia fans battle inside Marseille stadium after teams draw 1-1Topic:Police Panicked England fans clambered over barriers to escape the fighting Link copiedShareShare articleThe Euro 2016 game between Russia and England ended with scenes of mayhem as scores of Russian fans charged into a section full of English supporters tearing down flags and fighting with anyone who remained in their way who had earlier fired two rockets across the pitch Thousands of England fans were forced to retreat many climbing a high fence and pouring into the exit gangways while a ring of stewards stood on the pitch watching events unfold while taking no action Groups of Russian fans even advanced from ground level up to the second tier of the vast 67,000-capacity Stade Velodrome before a handful of stewards eventually stepped in to form a ragged cordon European soccer's governing body UEFA immediately announced it would open disciplinary proceedings A representative of the English Football Association read a statement at the post-match news conference "The FA is very disappointed by the terrible scenes of disorder and condemns such disorder." After the match fans spilled on the streets where the violence appeared to continue Videos shared on Twitter showed opposing groups scattering as flares were set off Among those caught up in the violence was the wife of England and Leicester striker Jamie Vardy She wrote on Twitter the event was the "worst experience ever at an away game" The England-Russia game was one of five classified as "high-risk" for hooliganism by tournament organisers and Marseille residents said the violence should have been expected Former England striker Gary Lineker also laid some of the blame on fans from his own country "You can talk about police provocation but it only seems to happen where the English go," he said The chaotic scenes were the latest chapter in a three-day story of mayhem and disorder surrounding the match with sporadic violence flaring repeatedly between rival fans Rival fans had also clashed in the streets of the southern French city before the game with French riot police firing tear gas as fans threw bottles and chairs there are fears some Russian fans will cast a stain over the 2018 World Cup There were also scuffles between visiting fans and locals in the narrow streets leading off Marseille's Vieux Port (Old Port) Emergency services said one person suffered a heart attack during the fracas and had been taken to hospital while one middle-aged England fan was knocked unconscious Water cannon trucks moved in and dozens of police armed with batons cordoned off streets firing tear gas to break up the skirmishes More than 1,000 police and a further 500 stewards were on duty at the stadium with a further 1,000 overseeing events at the nearby fan zone where around 80,000 people watched the match on giant screens Broken glass and debris littered some roads and walkways near the Queen Victoria pub, focal point of clashes between English, Russian and French fans on Thursday and Friday The clouds of tear gas produced images of unrest all too similar to those in the city 18 years ago when violence flared for two days and nights around England's World Cup game against Tunisia Four years ago Russia was sanctioned and handed a suspended six-point deduction following crowd trouble at Euro 2012 England supporters throw projectiles at the old port of Marseille before the game. (Reuters: Jean-Paul Pelissier) There were also clashes in Nice, where Northern Ireland fans clashed with locals ahead of their match against Poland. According to a Northern Ireland police officer accompanying fans at the scene, French riot police moved in after local youths hurled bottles at Northern Ireland supporters in cafes near the central Place Massena. "About 20 to 30 Nice youths started throwing bottles at the Northern Ireland fans. Some bottles were thrown back, some punches were thrown," the officer said. "French police arrived to contain the situation." Dozens of riot police were on the pedestrian street after the incidents ended. Northern Ireland play Poland in Group C in Nice on Sunday. There are an estimated 10,000 Northern Ireland fans and several thousand Poles in the city for the game. Christian Estrosi, president of the regional council taking in Nice, "condemned" the violence in a Twitter statement. This article contains content that is not available. 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