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Manuel Pellegrini’s job as Manchester City coach is apparently safe—for now, the Guardian reports, claiming there will be no knee-jerk reaction to City bowing out of thePremier League title race with a 2-1 loss at Crystal Palace on Monday. The Chilean will face a job appraisal at the end of the season, alongside CEO Ferran […]

Tijuana's Arango Receives Two-Game Ban for Biting

The Mexican soccer federation on Tuesday handed Tijuana midfielder Juan Arango a two-game suspension for biting defender Jesus Zavala on the shoulder during the final minutes ofTijuana’s 4-3 home defeat to Monterrey. Though Zavala went down holding his left shoulder, the referee, who failed to see the incident took no action. Arango’s two-gamesuspension is interesting considering […]

Ribery, Schweinsteiger Returns Uncertain for Bayern

Bayern Munich will be without Bastian Schweinsteiger and Franck Ribery for its DFB Pokal (German Cup) quarterfinal at Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday night. Ribery, who suffered anankle injury nearly a month ago, also remains a doubt for the Bavarian giant’s upcoming UEFA Champions League quarterfinal series against FC Porto. Meanwhile, Schweinsteiger, 31, has beenstruggling with […]

Ibra Gets His Own Search Engine

Paris Saint-Germain and Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic now has his very own search engine. Called Zlaaatan.com, the site, created by the media agency SweetPop, is basically just afaçade for Google, with the one unique function being that it filters out any results that don’t relate to the big striker. According to a SweetPop spokesperson, “We […]

Odegaard Dropped from Real Madrid's Reserves

Norwegian wonderkid Martin Odegaard was dropped from Real Madrid Castilla, the European champ’s “B” side, amid reports that he has not settled with his new teammates.Odegaard, 16, moved to the Spanish capital in January in a transfer which could end up worth 8 million euros ($8.6 million) after Madrid beat several other clubs to his […]

Reports: Puyol Considers MLS

Former Spain and Barcelona captain Carles Puyol is considering coming out of retirement to play in either the MLS or Qatar, according to separate reports in Spain. While Sport claimsthe Colorado Rapids have made contact with a “big offer” (denied by the Rapids), rival sports daily Mundo Deportivo says New York is a more probable destination […]

Ribery: LVG is a 'Bad Man'

In an interview with Goal.com, Franck Ribery describes former Bayern Munich and current Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal as a “bad man.” According to the Frenchman, whoplayed under LVG during his first few seasons at Bayern, “We had problems on a human basis…His idea was that he did not care about names at all, […]

Enrique Unconcerned by Neymar's Form

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique says he is not concerned about Neymar’s stretch of six games without a goal. The Brazilian forward has 26 goals in 37 appearances for Barca thisseason, but he has only found the back of the net one time in his last nine outings in all competitions. Neymar however did score a […]

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