Marseille beats Rennes to stay in hunt for French 4th place (The Associated Press)

Marseille showed it can cope without top scorer Bafetimbi Gomis by beating Rennes 2-0 at home in the French league on Saturday, a win that maintains its push for a top-four finish and place in the Europa League next season. Gomis has been Marseille's best player this season, scoring 16 league goals, but picked up a knee injury last weekend and is expected to be out for up to six weeks. In his absence, wingers Clinton N'Jie and Florian Thauvin grabbed second-half goals as Marseille moved level on points with fifth-place Saint-Etienne and one point behind fourth-place Lyon.