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Lyon: French champions Lyon will present details of their planned initial public offering (IPO) on the Paris stock market today. Ligue 1 leaders Lyon, chasing an unprecedented sixth successive title, will be the first French soccer club to make use of...

Lyon: French champions Lyon will present details of their planned initial public offering (IPO) on the Paris stock market today. Ligue 1 leaders Lyon, chasing an unprecedented sixth successive title, will be the first French soccer club to make use of a new law allowing them to seek stock market listings.

Rosenberg: Werder Bremen have reached an agreement with Ajax to sign Swede Markus Rosenberg. The 24-year-old striker, who joined the Dutch club in July 2005, is still discussing personal terms with the Bundesliga leaders. The two clubs meet in the last 32 of the UEFA Cup.

Clement: French midfielder Jeremy Clement has left Rangers to rejoin coach Paul Le Guen at Paris SG, the Glasgow club said yesterday. Clement followed Le Guen to Rangers from his first club Lyon last July.

Gonzalez: Chile coach Nelson Acosta has given another chance to Liverpool midfielder Mark Gonzalez, sent home in disgrace from a tour last year for indiscipline. Gonzalez was included in the squad for Chile's first friendly international of the year, away to Venezuela on Feb. 7.

Boulogne Kop: The section of the Parc des Princes where PSG's most extreme fans traditionally assemble will be re-opened when the club host Sochaux in Ligue 1 tomorrow, police said. The lower section of one of the stands, known as the Boulogne Kop, was closed after a PSG fan was killed by a policeman during violence that marred a UEFA Cup game against Hapoel Tel Aviv in November.

Ligue 1: Nancy-St Etienne 0-2

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