Osasuna on Sunday shocked La Liga title pretender Atletico Madrid with a comprehensive 3-0 win at home. Goals from Alejandro Cejudo, Emiliano Armenteros and RobertoTorres gave Osasuna the victory and denied Atletico the chance to move level on points at the top of the table with Real Madrid. After the game, Coach Diego Simeoneinsisted that the […]
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Real Madrid Goes Top of La Liga
For the first time this season, Real Madrid went top of the La Liga standings this weekend after both Barcelona and Atletico Madrid lost on the road. Though Madrid labored to a 3-0 win againstlowly Elche, Gareth Bale made the night memorable with stunning goal from distance. After the game, coach Carlo Ancelotti said his […]
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Liverpool Shows Both Sides in Thrilling Win
Liverpool coach Brendan Rodgers conceded that his team was at its best and worst on Sunday, as the Reds consolidated its claim on the fourth and final UEFA Champions League placewith a thrilling 4-3 win against Swansea City at Anfield. While Rodgers accepts that Liverpool must learn to be tighter in defense, he pledged not […]
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Pellegrini: Man City Lifted by Aguero's Return
Manuel Pellegrini underlined the importance of the return of Sergio Aguero after Manchester City’s tepid 1-0 win at home to Stoke City on Saturday. Since theArgentina international limped off during City’s 5-1 rout at Tottenham Hotspur last month, City has noticeably struggled for goals, scoring just once in its last three Premier League games,while surrendering […]
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Martino Takes the Blame for La Real Loss
Gerardo Martino said he must shoulder the blame for Barcelona’s 3-1 defeat at Real Sociedad on Saturday, insisting that he ‘read the game wrong.’ La Real took thelead through an Alex Song own goal, only for Lionel Messi to equalize four minutes later. Two second-half goals from Antoine Griezmann andDavid Zurutuza five minutes apart gave […]
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PSG Reclaims Five-Point Lead Thanks to Ibra Triple
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a hat trick as Paris Saint-Germain won 4-2 at Toulouse on Sunday to maintain a five-point lead over second-place AS Monaco in Ligue 1. Following a tenseopening 30 minutes, Ibrahimovic opened the scoring from the spot after Ezequiel Lavezzi was taken down in the area, but Toulouse striker Wissam Ben Yedder equalizedwith […]
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Oklahoma JC adds men's and women's programs
Murray State College is adding men’s and women’s soccer for the 2014 fall season. “The idea started as a discussion among some of the two-year college presidents,” says MurrayState College President Joy McDaniel. “There was a desire to start a soccer program, but we wanted to make sure there would be colleges within our area […]
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Orlando City in fight over field times
Not for the first time an MLS club’s youth program finds itself at odds with rival youth groups, though this time there is a lot at stake. A dispute over prime playing times pits expansion OrlandoCity against Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and youth groups that feel Orlando City’s youth teams should not get preference […]
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Motta Signs PSG Extension
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Thiago Motta on Friday signed a contract extension with the Ligue 1 giant that will keep him at the club until 2016. Motta, an Italy international,signed with PSG in 2012 and has since gone on to become an integral part of the club’s starting eleven.
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Agent: Cavani Wants Out at PSG
Premier League giant Chelsea has been given a big boost in its expected hunt for a striker next summer after Francois Gallardo, a FIFA agent and close friend of Paris Saint-Germainstriker Edinson Cavani, revealed that the Uruguay international is unhappy in Paris and could seek to move away from the Parc des Princes this summer. […]