
Munich: Ivica Olic scored twice to send Bayern Munich comfortably through to the Champions League semi-finals for the second time in three years with a 2-0 win over Marseille on Tuesday. Bayern had a 2-0 lead from the first leg and Olic all but secured the German side's progression when he struck in the 13th minute, after former Marseille player Franck Ribery set the Croatian up for an easy tap-in....

03:25 AM, Apr 04, 2012

Marseille, France: Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina beat top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-4, 6-7 (9), 6-3 in an Open 13 semi-final on Saturday. Del Potro will next face 2010 champion Michael Llodra of France, who upset third-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-4, 7-6 (10). Tsonga outslugged Del Potro with 26 aces to 15 but made too many unforced errors against the 2009 US Open champion, who has reached...

11:37 PM, Feb 25, 2012

Marseille: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin del Potro both earned the 200th win of their careers on Friday to set up a semifinal between the two at the Open 13. The top-seeded Tsonga beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals, while Del Potro edged Richard Gasquet 7-5, 7-6 (5). Tsonga served 14 aces and saved 10 break points in an all-French match. Tsonga dropped serve in the opening game...

12:13 AM, Feb 25, 2012

Marseille: French qualifier Albano Olivetti, ranked 388th and playing in the main draw of an ATP event for the first time, stunned Mardy Fish 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the second round of the Open 13 on Thursday. The second-seeded American rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the second set to level the match. But Olivetti jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the decider and kept his composure to earn...

04:12 PM, Feb 24, 2012

Marseille: Nikolay Davydenko hit nine aces and did not face a single break point as he beat Andreas Beck of Germany 6-1, 7-5 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Open 13. Davydenko, a semifinalist at the ABN Amro World Tennis final in Rotterdam last week, broke Beck's serve three times in the match. The Russian next faces fourth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina for a place in...

01:45 PM, Feb 22, 2012

Paris: A police official says authorities in southern France have arrested 12 people in sweeps against suspected Islamic militant networks, including three men linked to recruiting fighters for Afghanistan. The national police official says the arrests were part of two apparently separate counter-terrorism case files. Firearms were seized in at least one of the ongoing searches. In one case, two men were arrested in the southeastern city of Marseille and...

10:18 AM, Oct 06, 2010

In Marseille, home to many Algeria supporters, youths set fire to vehicles. ...

12:44 PM, Nov 15, 2009

A 20 minute spell after the half-time break ensured Real Madrid's win. ...

04:12 PM, Oct 01, 2009

Madonna's
Sticky & Sweet tour due in Marseille on Sunday is cancelled. ...

07:47 AM, Jul 17, 2009

Luiz Adriano won the tie for Shakhtar in the final minute with a breakaway goal. ...

04:27 PM, Apr 17, 2009

Few managers have enjoyed as much success in European competition as Benitez. ...

04:22 PM, Nov 26, 2008

Indications are that the PM will sign a bilateral nuclear deal with Sarkozy. ...

04:05 AM, Sep 30, 2008

BANGALORE: The Indian cricket team started its practice and exercise regimen here Wednesday, nine days ahead of the opening match against co-hosts Bangladesh in the 2011 World Cup. The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led men, popularly known as Men-in-Blues going by the colour of their uniform, surprised the eager fans waiting for a glimpse of the team by turning out in red T-shirts for the practice at the National Cricket Academy (NCA)...

10:30 PM, Dec 11, 2007