# Nantes

Last year

2022

# Round-Up

Alba strikes late as Barca secure top-four spot with Betis win

Elsewhere in Europe, Nantes won their first French Cup in 22 years while Porto claimed the Portuguese title.

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May 7th 2022, 10:44 PM

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# France

Suspect in Nantes cathedral fire held over Catholic priest death

Father Olivier Maire, 60, was killed in the town of Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre.

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Aug 9th 2021, 10:41 PM

# Au Revoir

Ex-France boss Domenech sacked after just two months in charge of Ligue 1 side

Struggling Nantes are without a win in their last 16 games in all competitions.

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Feb 10th 2021, 5:42 PM

# Nantes

Church volunteer charged in France over arson attack on Nantes cathedral

The man, who had previously been questioned and released, had been tasked with locking up the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul.

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Jul 26th 2020, 12:27 PM

# Nantes

Man questioned as part of arson investigation into French cathedral fire

The fire brought back memories of the devastating blaze in Notre Dame cathedral in Paris last year.

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Jul 19th 2020, 12:59 PM

# SAINT PIERRE

Arson inquiry launched as French firefighters battle blaze in Nantes cathedral

The fire brought back memories of the devastating blaze in Notre Dame cathedral in Paris last year.

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Jul 18th 2020, 1:19 PM

# Investigation

Police investigating after photo believed to be of late footballer Sala's body appears online

The 28-year-old Argentine footballer died in January following a plane crash off Alderney.

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Apr 28th 2019, 11:52 AM

# Emiliano Sala

Cardiff City F.C.considering legal action against Nantes over Sala 'negligence'

Emiliano Sala died in a plane crash on 21 January before playing a game for the Welsh side.

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Feb 17th 2019, 1:30 PM

# Anomalies

Nantes have threatened legal action over Sala fee but Cardiff will be 'honourable', says chairman

Cardiff City are looking into all details of the deal to sign Emiliano Sala, which is why they have yet to pay any money to Nantes.

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Feb 12th 2019, 6:15 PM

# Tragedy

Nantes considering legal action over €17 million Sala payment

The French club completed the transfer of the Argentine striker before his plane crashed in the English channel.

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Feb 6th 2019, 5:59 PM

# sala

Neil Warnock admits he considered retirement following Emiliano Sala disappearance

The Cardiff City manager said a ‘sombre mood’ has fallen over the club.

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Jan 28th 2019, 4:14 PM

# Investigation

British investigators probe licence held by pilot of missing Sala flight

Police said the chances of finding the 28-year-old Argentine alive were “extremely remote”.

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Jan 25th 2019, 5:06 PM

# Tragic circumstances

Cardiff won't be given transfer window extension despite disappearance of record signing

The Premier League club’s chief executive says there is a ‘sombre’ atmosphere since Emiliano Sala’s plane went missing on Monday.

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Jan 24th 2019, 2:04 PM

# Transfer News

Nantes sign former Manchester United full-back

The French club’s coach Miguel Cardoso has bought Fabio from Middlesbrough.

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Jul 19th 2018, 8:55 AM

# Au Revoir

Ligue 1 club to part company with Claudio Ranieri after just one season

The Premier League-winning manager indicated last month that he would stay at Nantes for the 2018-19 campaign.

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May 17th 2018, 3:37 PM

# Ready For This

'If I were to be contacted for the Italy job, I'd go to the Nantes president and ask to be released'

Claudio Ranieri joined Ligue 1 side Nantes in 2017.

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Feb 21st 2018, 3:13 PM

# lost the plot

French referee slapped with three-month ban after kicking player and sending him off

Tony Chapron bizarrely lashed out at Nantes’ Diego Carlos in January.

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Feb 2nd 2018, 10:41 AM

# baffled

'PSG players came up saying, 'what happened there?'': Nantes defender breaks silence on ref kick

Diego Carlos says referee Tony Chapron’s suspension is ‘not his problem’.

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Jan 16th 2018, 9:13 PM

# amsterdamage

Eight Dublin flights among 81 cancelled by Ryanair for today

The budget carrier is set to cut between 40 and 50 flights each day between now and the end of October.

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Sep 17th 2017, 8:50 AM

# dilly ding

Claudio Ranieri ready to 'forget Leicester' as he gets to know Nantes

“I’ve watched a lot of the matches, I’m not going to say the names but there is quality,” says the Italian, sounding like he hasn’t exactly been scouting the French club.

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Jun 26th 2017, 5:04 PM

# greed

Was a feud over WW2 gold behind the gruesome slaying of a French family of four?

Investigators are unconvinced by the killer’s claims.

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Mar 10th 2017, 10:53 AM

# France

Body parts found at farm of man who confessed to killing family of four

Hubert Caouissin was let out of custody to accompany the investigators to his farm in a remote part of Brittany.

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Mar 9th 2017, 8:11 AM

# Nantes

Twist in case of missing French family as brother-in-law 'admits killings'

The case is thought to centre on a dispute over an inheritance.

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Mar 6th 2017, 12:34 PM

# Nantes

Murder probe opened after mysterious disappearance of family of four in France

Bloodstains found in the house in a suburb of Nantes match the DNA of three of the four missing persons.

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Mar 1st 2017, 7:55 AM

# Nantes

Blaze ravages 19th century French cathedral

Firefighters are now scrambling to save some of the precious objects inside the basilica, notably the organ.

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Jun 15th 2015, 2:08 PM

# France

Man stabs himself after ploughing van into busy Christmas market

At least ten people have been injured, two seriously.

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Dec 22nd 2014, 7:42 PM

Voices

Read Me: The Irish have not always been the victims of history

Joe O’Shea’s book throws light on the lesser-known bad boys of Irish antiquity, including one Kilkenny man who captured 12,000 slaves and launched 40 cross-Atlantic slave voyages in the early 18th century.

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Oct 28th 2012, 1:00 PM