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Rennes

American

[ren] / rɛn /

noun

a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.

Rennes British

/ rɛn /

noun

a city in NW France: the ancient capital of Brittany. Pop: 206 229 (1999)

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Arnaud Kalimuendo, Forest's summer signing from Rennes, is poised to join Frankfurt on loan with an option to buy, leaving Igor Jesus and Taiwo Awoniyi as the club's only strikers.

From BBC

Crucially, the loss was also a missed opportunity for third-placed Marseille to open up a gap with the chasing pack for the final automatic Champions League qualification spot as they failed to capitalise on fourth-placed Lille's 2-0 defeat to Rennes on Saturday.

From Barron's

Later, Rennes moved two points off Lille in the final Champions League qualifying spot winning by beating their hosts 2-0 thanks to second half efforts from right-back Przemyslaw Frankowski and winger Quentin Merlin.

From Barron's

On Saturday, fourth-placed Lille will press their claims when they host Rennes while Liam Rosenior, who is tipped as a possible candidate for the vacant manager's role at Chelsea, will take his Strasbourg side to Nice.

From Barron's

Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin has sacked the Rennes prison's director, causing outrage among unions.

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