Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo has won a record fourth Golden Boot after topping Europe’s goalscoring charts 48 goals in 35 La Liga appearances during the 2014-15 season. Ronaldo,who his previous Golden Boots twice with Real Madrid and once with Manchester United, is the first four-time winner.
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Controversial Effenberg named Paderborn coach
Former Germany star and Bayern Munich Champions League winner Stefan Effenberg, more than a decade after the end of his playing career, has taken his first coaching job — head coachof Germany second division club Paderborn. Effenberg, who was famously sent home from the 1994 World Cup after showing German fans the middle finger, is […]
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Netherlands: From World Cup semis to Euro 2016 failures
Next year’s European Championship in France was enlarged from 16 teams to 24. There still wasn’t a place for the dismal Dutch. The 1988 European champion and three-time World Cup runner-up completed acatastrophic qualification series Tuesday with a humiliating 3-2 defeat in Amsterdam to the 10-man Czech Republic. As if saving their worst for last, […]
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Euro 2016: Who clinched and the playoff picture
Joining host France at the 2016 European Championship are Iceland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Belgium, Wales, Spain, Slovakia, Germany, Poland, England, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Romania, Austria,Russia, Italy, Croatia, Portugal and Albania. Third-place group finishers Hungary, Ukraine, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Slovenia qualified for the playoffs. Adraw on Sunday will determine the matchups for […]
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Djibril Cisse questioned over sex tape plot
Former Liverpool and France striker Djibril Cisse has been released by police following his arrest over a sex tape extortion plot. Cisse was one of four people held by police over analleged attempt to blackmail an international soccer player. Cisse was questioned because he knew the others involved, police said.
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England goes 10-for-10 in Euro qualifying for first time
The future of English soccer is bright, according to its coach, Roy Hodgson, after England completed a clean sweep — 10 wins in 10 Euro 2016 qualifiers — witha 3-0 win in Vilnius. The 10-for-10 sweep in the Euros is the first for England. “We are very pleased with that, of course,” said Hodgson. “I […]
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Spain's Del Bosque overloaded with midfield options
Defending champion Spain, which wrapped up its Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a 1-0 victory away to Ukraine on Monday, has an embarrassment of riches in midfield that will force Coach Vicente del Bosque, by his own admission, to make some tough decisions. Among the midfielders who will be pushing for a place in France […]
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Former FIFA exco member Worawi Makudi suspended
Worawi Makudi, the president of the Football Association of Thailand, has been suspended by FIFA’s ethics committee from all soccer activities for 90 daysfor undetermined breach of FIFA rules. Makudi, who is no longer on the executive committee, became the 11th member of the 24-member FIFA executive committee in place in the months before the […]
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Asian champion Australia learns lesson in loss to Jordan
Asian champion Australia fell into second place behind Jordan in its World Cup qualifying group with a surprise 2-0 loss to Jordan. Star midfielder Massimo Luongosaid the match was a massive learning curve for the Socceroos. “The counterattack is a bit dangerous for us,” Luongo said of the plays that led to goals by Hasan […]
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Aguero's injury compounds Argentina's troubles after shock loss to Ecuador
Manchester City star Sergio Aguero, who aggravated a leg injury in Argentina’s 2-0 defeat to Ecuador in Buenos Aires, will miss next week’s World Cup qualifieragainst Paraguay. “Aguero had a problem from his last game with City, where he played well for 65 minutes,” Coach Gerardo Martino said after Thursday’squalifying opener. “We looked after him […]