Two Ligue 1 matches have been postponed at the request of authorities.

Nice's home game against Saint-Etienne on Friday and Saturday's match between Nantes and Montpellier will be played at a later date.

The French league says the reason for both cancellations is because police forces are being stretched.

However, the league says it may move the match between Nice and Saint-Etienne to Sunday in order to avoid a backlog because both sides had their games postponed last weekend amid security concerns...

Paris Saint-Germain's potential Ligue 1 summit clash with Montpellier this Saturday has been postponed because of security fears while protests continue in the French capital.

Montpellier are second in the table going into the midweek fixtures, but the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) have confirmed that they have agreed to postpone the game until a later date after a request from the Paris police.

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The French Football League (LFP) have provisionally banned Montpellier fans from travelling to away games and closed two stands at their Stade de la Mosson stadium after Sunday's trouble-marred 3-0 victory over Nimes.

The game -- the first derby between the teams in 25 years -- was held up for nine minutes when the surge caused by Ambroise Oyongo's 28th-minute opening goal resulted in a barrier collapsing.

Montpellier's third and final strike -- from Gaetan Laborde on 78 minutes -- led to an interruption...

Police have told ESPN FC an investigation has begun into allegations that officers knocked a Nice supporter unconscious, leaving him with a broken nose, at a Ligue 1 game last weekend.

The fan, named by newspaper Nice-Matin as Christophe B, was allegedly assaulted by riot police after arriving at Montpellier's stadium.

As well as the broken nose, he suffered another facial fracture around his eye and medical examinations showed he had been concussed in an incident that is now being looked at by...