Marseille's Champions League aspirations suffered another big hit on Friday as they fell to a 1-0 defeat at Nantes. Serge Gakpe scored the only goal to inflict a third successive defeat on Marseille and leave them outside of the top three, having played more matches than the teams above them. Marcelo Bielsa's men will drop out of the European places altogether if St Etienne beat leaders Lyon ...Full Story »

Caen struck twice in the last 10 minutes to stun Nantes and move six points clear of the drop zone in Ligue 1. Alejandro Bedoya looked to have teed up a routine win for Nantes with an opportunist strike in the 11th minute, but substitutes Emiliano Sala and Thomas Lemar had other ideas in a dream finale for Caen boss Patrice Garande. Sala struck from the penalty spot with 10 minutes left on th...Full Story »

Serge Gakpe knows Nantes need to take advantage of a home match against a direct rival when Evian visit in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Nantes sit 11th in the table but are only four points above Evian in 16th and have won only one of their last eight matches. Forward Gakpe told fcnantes.com: "This is a very important match against a direct rival for survival. It's a bit 'our league' and against these...Full Story »

Nantes striker Serge Gakpe has targeted three Ligue 1 points at Caen to make up for last week's derby disappointment. Les Canaris extended their unbeaten run in league and cup to seven matches at a raucous Stade Beaujoire - but Gakpe wanted more than a 1-1 draw against rivals Rennes. So the 27-year-old has set his sights on victory over Caen on Saturday to make up for the two points dropped la...Full Story »

Nantes striker Serge Gakpe has targeted three Ligue 1 points at Caen to make up for last week's derby disappointment. Les Canaris extended their unbeaten run in league and cup to seven matches at a raucous Stade Beaujoire - but Gakpe wanted more than a 1-1 draw against rivals Rennes. So the 27-year-old has set his sights on victory over Caen on Saturday to make up for the two points dropped la...Full Story »

Serge Gakpe's second-half goal made all the difference as Nantes returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Montpellier at Louis Fonteneau on Saturday night. Michel der Zakarian's side suffered their first Ligue 1 defeat of the season to Monaco last weekend but were back on track thanks to Togo striker Gakpe's 78th-minute strike which earned his side maximum points. The win moved the hom...Full Story »

June 11 (Reuters) - Togo player Alaixys Romao has decided not to go to Libya for Friday's World Cup qualifier because of security concerns while striker Serge Gakpe said the trip to the north African country is not worth risking his life for. Togo were the targets of an attack during the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola when separatist gunmen ambushed their bus in the Cabinda province, ki...Full Story »