Paris: Forty-four French riot and para-military police officers were injured when clashes broke out after a football match between Marseille and Bastia, the interior ministry said yesterday.

In a statement the ministry said 10 members of the CRS riot police and 34 gendarmes were "injured or bruised"" when violence broke out at the stadium on the island of Corsica "before and after" the Ligue 1 match, which ended in a draw on Saturday night.