Liverpool, Arsenal Handed Tough CL Draws

Various Reports

Three matches stood out in particular following the UEFA Champions League draw in Nyon on Friday. Liverpool drew two-time Italian champion Inter Milan, Spanish champ Real Madrid was paired with Italian giant Roma, and EPL leader Arsenal will square off against World and European club champion AC Milan. The other ... Read the whole story

Fulham Sacks Sanchez

Associated Press

Fulham, English Premier league employer of Americans Brian McBride, Carlos Bocanegra, Clint Dempsey and Kasey Keller, on Friday fired Manager Lawrie Sanchez, placing assistants Ray Wellington and Billy McKinlay in charge of the club until a new manager is appointed. Sanchez lasted just eight months on the job after replacing ... Read the whole story

Zimmerman Stays at Hamburg; Chivas Adds Harris

Yanks-Abroad

Bundesliga club Hamburg signed Preston Zimmerman to a full professional contract that would keep the young American at the German club until 2009. Zimmerman's agent told Yanks Abroad that the 19-year-old, who currently plays for Hamburg II, could be given the opportunity for first-team action early next year, as Hamburg ... Read the whole story

Castillo Lands at Man. City

SI.com

Mexico's Nery Castillo set the international stage alight this summer with a series of fantastic performances at both the Gold Cup and Copa America, but the 23-year-old's club career has been spent in "relative obscurity" at clubs like Olympiakos in Greece and now, Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine. Having only just ... Read the whole story

Gullit to Capello: Keep Becks, Ditch Shearer

Telegraph

The London Telegraph interviews L.A. Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit about his views regarding the recent appointment of Fabio Capello as England head coach. Gullit actually played for Capello in the great AC Milan side of the early 1990s. The Dutchman offered this advice for the Italian coach: pick David Beckham, ... Read the whole story

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