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Frank H. McCourt Jr. (born August 14, 1953) is an American business executive and philanthropist. [1] [2] As of 2023, he is the executive chairman and former CEO of McCourt Global, [3] owner of the football club Marseille and founder and executive chairman of international non-profit Project Liberty. [3]
Patrick Salameh (born 21 April 1957), known as The Marseille Ripper, is a French criminal and serial killer. Between May and November 2008, in Marseille , several women disappeared. Through investigation, Patrick Salameh was found to be involved in these disappearances.
The French football bribery scandal (French: Affaire VA-OM) occurred during a 1992–93 French Division 1 match between Valenciennes and Olympique de Marseille.Marseille president Bernard Tapie and general manager Jean-Pierre Bernès contacted Valenciennes players Jorge Burruchaga, Jacques Glassmann, and Christophe Robert through Marseille player Jean-Jacques Eydelie, who asked them to ...
Bernard Tapie, a flamboyant businessman who was beloved by sports fans for leading French soccer club Marseille to glory but also dogged by legal battles and corruption investigations, has died.
Olympique de Marseille (French: [ɔlɛ̃pik də maʁsɛj], locally [olɛ̃ˈpikə də maχˈsɛjə]; Occitan: Olimpic de Marselha, pronounced [ulimˈpi de maʀˈsejɔ]), also known simply as Marseille, "l'Olympique" or by the abbreviation OM (IPA:, locally), is a French professional football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football.
In the space of 61 days in 1992, [73] three transfers broke the record, [71] all by Italian clubs: Jean-Pierre Papin transferred from Marseille to A.C. Milan, becoming the first ever £10m player. [73] Almost immediately, rivals Juventus topped that with the signing of Gianluca Vialli for a fee of £12m from Sampdoria.
Marseille gave its account Friday over goalkeeper Pau Lopez's failed loan move to French rival Lens from Spanish club Girona. Lens said Wednesday that the Spanish 'keeper will not join as a ...
Jacques Glassmann (born 22 July 1962) is a French former footballer who played as a defender. He is famous for having revealed the bribery scandal involving Olympique de Marseille and his team US Valenciennes .