Overview
- RC Lens beat Toulouse 3-0 to secure the symbolic ‘champion d’automne’ status, pulling away after a 23rd‑minute red card to Emersonn and late goals from Adrien Thomasson and Ismaelo Ganiou.
- Lyon won 3-1 at Monaco with a brace from Pavel Sulc, in a match marked by Monaco’s injury woes and the second‑half dismissal of Mamadou Coulibaly.
- PSG hosts Paris FC on Sunday in their first top‑flight meeting since 1978-79, with about 1,000 away fans expected and both squads depleted by AFCON call‑ups and injuries.
- Senegal advanced to the CAN-2025 quarterfinals with a 3-1 win over Sudan thanks to a Pape Gueye double and a decisive strike from substitute Ibrahim Mbaye, and will face Mali or Tunisia next.
- Following Gabon’s group-stage elimination, the government announced the dissolution of the technical staff, the suspension of the national team until further notice, and the exclusion of Bruno Ecuele Manga and Pierre‑Emerick Aubameyang.