Montpellier's hopes of remaining in Ligue 1 have been damaged after the southern club was handed a loss in a match that was abandoned last month.

Players from both teams were sent back to the locker rooms as some Montpellier fans trashed seats in the stands. The fire was extinguished but the game did not start again for security reasons ...

France — A French league match between bottom side Montpellier and fellow struggler Saint-Etienne was abandoned Sunday when a fire broke out in a stand after flares were thrown by home fans.

Sunday’s Ligue 1 match between Montpellier and Saint-Etienne was abandoned after supporters of the former threw smoke bombs on the pitch and in the stands, causing a fire to start. The game ...

A top-flight soccer match in France between Montpellier Hérault and Saint-Étienne was postponed on Sunday after fans let off flares which started a small fire in the stands. Saint-Étienne had ...

A Ligue 1 match between bottom side Montpellier and fellow struggler Saint-Etienne was abandoned in the 63rd minute when a fire broke out in a stand after flares were thrown by fans. Montpellier ...

PARIS (AP) — Saint-Etienne supporters have been banned by French authorities from traveling to Montpellier for this weekend’s Ligue 1 game between the two relegation-threatened clubs because ...

MONTPELLIER, France — A French league match between bottom side Montpellier and fellow struggler Saint-Etienne was abandoned Sunday when a fire broke out in a stand after flares were thrown by ...

FILE - Saint-Etienne’s fans light flares before the French League One soccer match between Saint-Etienne and Paris Saint-Germain, at the Geoffroy Guichard stadium, in Saint-Etienne, central ...