Struggling Metz stopped a three-game losing streak in Ligue 1 as Mustapha Diallo's injury-time own-goal earned them a 2-2 draw with Guingamp. Metz, who have only won once since the end of September, started brightly and took the lead in the 12th minute through Opa Nguette. However, Guingamp turned things around thanks to Jimmy Briand's second-half double, coming in the 49th and 74th minutes. ...Full Story »

Guingamp gained their first Ligue 1 win in five games, beating strugglers Nantes 2-0 at Stade du Roudourou. Jimmy Briand put the hosts ahead in the 22nd minute after an assist from fellow attacker Yannis Salibur, who on 63 minutes doubled the lead having received the ball from Brazilian defender Fernando Marcal. The result keeps Nantes, who are winless in seven league matches and earlier this ...Full Story »

Jimmy Briand earned high-flying Guingamp a point as his injury-time goal got them a 1-1 draw at home to Bordeaux. Briand was on the spot to tuck in Lucas Deaux's cross three minutes into added time. Bordeaux only had themselves to blame for not taking all three points. They led through Igor Lewczuk's 22nd-minute header, but wasted a golden chance to double their lead when Jeremy Menez failed ...Full Story »

Guingamp returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Lorient at the Stade du Roudourou. After a three-game unbeaten start to the Ligue 1 season, Antoine Kombouare's side were winless in their next two matches. But Jimmy Briand secured all three points for the hosts to condemn bottom-placed Lorient to their fifth defeat of the campaign. The winner came in the 63rd minute when Briand scor...Full Story »

Guingamp took a big step towards Ligue 1 survival with a comprehensive 3-0 win at Rennes in the Brittany derby. Three second-half goals in the space of 14 minutes from Moustapha Diallo, Jimmy Briand and Younousse Sankhare helped seal a second succesive away win, moving the visitors eight points clear of the bottom three with four games left. Defeat for Rennes, their second 3-0 loss in a row fo...Full Story »

Guingamp climbed out of Ligue 1's bottom three and dented St Etienne's European hopes with a 2-0 win over Les Verts. The hosts got off to the perfect start when Jimmy Briand's powerful header from Lard Jacobsen's delivery beat Stephane Ruffier after seven minutes. And they went two goals in front after 24 minutes when Jonathan Martins Pereira escaped the offside trap before teeing up Sloan Pri...Full Story »

Chris Flood earned Conference South side Basingstoke an FA Cup first-round replay after his second-half equaliser secured a 1-1 home draw against Conference Premier opponents AFC Telford. Flood headed home from close range five minutes into the second half after Rod McDonald had got the Bucks off to a perfect start with the opening goal from a free-kick in the 18th minute. Just one place in th...Full Story »

Hannover moved up to third in the Bundesliga thanks to a 1-0 win over Cologne, who had not conceded a goal all season until Wednesday night. Joselu grabbed the only goal of the game just six minutes in to earn the Reds their third win of the season. Cologne threw everything forward in the second half, but found a well-disciplined Hannover rearguard unwilling to let their points slip at the Nie...Full Story »

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) -- Jimmy Briand scored the tying goal in the 77th minute and converted the decisive penalty kick, rallying Lyon to a 4-2 shootout win over Montpellier following a 2-2 draw Saturday in the French Trophee de Champions. Briand scored the tying goal off a fine feed from Alexandre Lacazette, then beat goalkeeper Geoffrey Jourdan in the shootout. Lyon goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, the F...Full Story »