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Favre sacked as Nice manager
Ligue 1 side Nice have sacked coach Lucien Favre following a 1-0 defeat by third-tier team Le Puy in the Coupe de France, the club announced on Monday.Nice are 11th in the league standings on 21 points from 17 games following a run of three matches without a victory. Nice finished in fifth place last season, and also reached the final of the Coupe de France, where they were beaten by Nantes.
Favre took over Nice in June last year for a second stint at the club, after previous coach Christophe Galtier left to join Paris Saint-Germain.
