https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed One year after he was racially abused by Chelsea fans at a Paris metro station, Souleymane Sylla will attend the Champions League rematch between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160216/racially-abused-paris-man-to-attend-psg-chelsea-match Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:18:26 +0100 racially-abused-paris-man-to-attend-psg-chelsea-match Five Chelsea fans have been banned from all football matches for up to five years over an incident of racism in Paris in February, in court proceedings that concluded on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150722/chelsea-fans-banned-over-paris-racism-incident Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:18:14 +0200 chelsea-fans-banned-over-paris-racism-incident Thiago Silva scored a sensational extra-time header as 10-man Paris Saint-Germain knocked Chelsea out of the Champions League after an electrifying 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150312/psg-chelsea-revenge-zlatan-red Thu, 12 Mar 2015 01:51:41 +0100 psg-chelsea-revenge-zlatan-red Five men will appear in court over the racist abuse of a black man prior to a Champions League game in Paris last month, British police announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150311/five-men-to-appaear-in-court-over-paris-metro-racism Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:59:00 +0100 five-men-to-appaear-in-court-over-paris-metro-racism The man who was repeatedly pushed off the Paris Metro by Chelsea fans amid racist chanting has reported the incident to police, claiming that the international attention gave him courage to take action. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150219/paris-metro-racism-chelsea-victim-speaks-out Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:06:00 +0100 paris-metro-racism-chelsea-victim-speaks-out After amateur video footage of Chelsea fans abusing a black man and repeatedly pushing him off the Paris Metro caused outrage on both sides of the English Channel, The Local spoke to the British expat who filmed the shocking scenes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150218/chelsea-fans-behaviour-was-ugly-and-shameful Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:20:00 +0100 chelsea-fans-behaviour-was-ugly-and-shameful After their 3-1 win over Chelsea in the first leg of their Champions League tie in Paris on Wednesday French club PSG couldn't resist a gentle jibe at the expense of fans of the London club on Twitter. Earlier in the day fans of the two sides had clashed in central Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140403/psg-mock-chelsea-fans-after-3-1-win-in-paris-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:10:00 +0200 psg-mock-chelsea-fans-after-3-1-win-in-paris-2 Paris Saint-Germain go into Wednesday night's Champions clash with Chelsea in good form, but the feeling is that if they are to have any chance of overcoming Jose Mourinho's men, their star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will have to be at the top of his game. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140402/psg-confident-of-beating-chelsea-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:57:00 +0200 psg-confident-of-beating-chelsea-2 Former Real Madrid and Chelsea star Claude Makelele was cleared by a French court on Thursday of assaulting his British ex-girlfriend. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120913/footballer-makalele-cleared-of-assaulting-ex Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:37:00 +0200 footballer-makalele-cleared-of-assaulting-ex