Will Folarin Balogun (Reims) be soon chosen by the United States?

Will Folarin Balogun (Reims) be soon chosen by the United States?

The last few days have been hectic for Folarin Balogun, the young striker on loan from Arsenal to Stade de Reims. Excellent with the Champagne club this season (17 goals in 27 Ligue 1 matches), the 21-year-old must decide his international future, he who was born in New York to parents of Nigerian origin, but … Read more

Regaining Second Place: OM Ends Reims’ Undefeated Run

Regaining Second Place: OM Ends Reims’ Undefeated Run

The player: Sanchez, talent has no age In France, attracting players of a certain age is sometimes viewed with the greatest skepticism, but Alexis Sanchez has spent this season reminding us that talent undermines this criterion. In Reims, the 34-year-old Chilean showed off his class. Three minutes after the opener, the former Barça and Arsenal … Read more

The mayor of Reims wants a statue to be erected in honor of Just Fontaine

The mayor of Reims wants a statue to be erected in honor of Just Fontaine

After the disappearance of Just Fontaine, this Wednesday morning at the age of 89, the mayor of Reims, Arnaud Robinet, indicated this Wednesday morning, that he “will soon propose that a statue be erected in his honor alongside Raymond Kopa”. Since December 15, 2018, a life-size bronze statue (1.69 m), created by British artist Carl … Read more

Rennes bounces back in Nantes, Reims thrashes Toulouse, Ajaccio sinks Troyes

Rennes bounces back in Nantes, Reims thrashes Toulouse, Ajaccio sinks Troyes

Both in search of a rebound after their European failure in the middle of the week, Nantes and Rennes delivered a lively meeting, dominated by the locals. Steve Mandanda, imperial in the Breton cage, retained an advantage acquired quickly thanks to the first achievement in the Championship of Jérémy Doku, scorer after a series of … Read more

Reims without Munetsi or Agbadou in Nice

Reims without Munetsi or Agbadou in Nice

With fifteen matches without defeat in L1, Reims goes to Nice on Saturday (5 p.m.). For this complicated trip, the Champagne team will be deprived of two executives: the midfielder Marshall Munetsi is affected in the psoas while the defender Emmanuel Agbadou is injured in the hamstrings. The first city should be back next week … Read more

Why Folarin Balogun (Reims) is the big revelation of the Ligue 1 season

Why Folarin Balogun (Reims) is the big revelation of the Ligue 1 season

Already the author of 15 goals in 21 matches with Reims (14 in 20 L1 matches, 1 in the Cup), center-forward Folarin Balogun stands out as the great revelation of the season in France. On loan without a purchase option from Arsenal last summer, the English U23 international (21 years old, 13 caps, 7 goals) … Read more

Angers sinks, Brest recaptured in Toulouse, Reims and Nice silent

Angers sinks, Brest recaptured in Toulouse, Reims and Nice silent

Angers sinks, Clermont continues Difficult to see light on the horizon for Angers. Host of Clermont this Sunday, the SCO suffered another defeat (1-2), the 11th in Ligue 1, and is now seven points behind the first non-relegation player. Despite the return of Sofiane Boufal, author of the goal of hope on a free kick … Read more

Yehvann Diouf, the “cat” recovered well in the Reims goal

Yehvann Diouf, the “cat” recovered well in the Reims goal

His fate undoubtedly went in the right direction during these six fateful days. On 2 October, for his second game as Reims’ number 1 goalkeeper, Yehvann Diouf committed a foot error which cost his team a goal at Troyes (2-2), his training team. Then, on 8 October, he managed a sensational performance against PSG (0-0), … Read more

Convicted of shooting a Bastia fan, Christophe M. filed an appeal

Convicted of shooting a Bastia fan, Christophe M. filed an appeal

On 7 October, the Assize Court of Marne had decided to sentence Christophe M., this police officer of the BAC of Reims, to two years of imprisonment with suspended sentence, guilty of “intentional violence with a weapon resulting in permanent mutilation “about Maxime Beux, this 22-year-old fan at the time who lost the use of … Read more