[OBITUARY] The man who steered his country’s national team to one of the most stunning accomplishments in soccer history has died. Richard Moller Nielsen, architect of Denmark’s incredible run to the 1992 European Championship, died Thursday morning at the age of 76. Moller Nielsen had been inill health since undergoing surgery for a brain tumor […]
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Duke's Ibeagha lands in Danish second division
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Duke defender Sebastien Ibeagha, considered one of the top players in this year’s senior class, hassigned with Danish second division club Horsens. His MLS rights were held by Houston as a Homegrown player. Ibeagha was shopped around Europe. Among the stops were Fulham and Aalborgbefore eventually landing at Horsens, which is second in […]
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Greenpeace Interrupts Real Madrid Press Conference
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti and defender Pepe were startled during their pregame press conference against FC Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League onMonday when a Greenpeace banner was unfurled during the Q&A session that read: “Save the Arctic Show Gazprom the Red Card.” The publicity stunt is Greenpeace’s second of the UCLseason so far, […]
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Spurs Relief as Eriksen Injury Just a Sprain
Tottenham has been boosted by the news that playmaker Christain Eriksen’s ankle injury is less serious than initially feared. The Danish international limped off after 40minutes of Denmark’s 2-1 win against Norway, but a scan revealed that he only suffered a bad sprain and could return in as little as four weeks.
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Bendtner Draws Gunner Fans' Ire
In a Q&A on Twitter last week, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger noted that there are two main jokers in his squad: goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and strikerNiklas Bendtner. And while Szczesny recently gave fans a reason to rejoice by pledging his future to the Gunners, Bendtner over the weekend announced in a bizarre interview with aDanish […]
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Conte Rues Missed Chances in Juve Point
Antonio Conte lamented a poor performance by Juventus as FC Copenhagen battled to a 1-1 draw with the Serie A champ in Tuesday night’s UEFA Champions League opener in theDanish capital. Nicolai Jorgensen put the Scandanavian side in front early in the first half, before Fabio Quagliarella evened the score shortly after halftime. Conteinsists that […]
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Two Goal of the Season candidates from Denmark
[VIDEO PICK: Golazos] An incredible Marco van Basten imitation in the Danish Superliga on Saturday got outdone later in theweekend by a magnificent goal reminding us that not all bicycle kicks are created equal. On Saturday, Esbjerg beat AGF Aarhus 5-1 at home, and the final goal for Esbjerg definitely fellunder the scintillating variety. As […]
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Norway looks to beat Germany for second time
[EURO 2013] Even Pellerud says Sunday’s final of the European Women’s Championship against five-time defending championGermany at Stockholm’s Friends Arena will be an even bigger match than when he led Norway to the 1995 Women’s World Cup title. Norway moved into the final with a 4-2 shootout win overDenmark on Thursday after their game in […]
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Denmark stuns France in quarterfinals
[EURO 2013] France entered the knockout phase as the only team to win all three group matches, but the favored Bleues were stunned by Denmark in Monday’squarterfinals. Despite a 31-4 edge in shots, the Bleues fell to the Danes in a shootout before a sellout crowd of 7,448 in Linkoping. Norway cruised to a 3-1 […]
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Sweden and Italy join France in final eight
[EURO 2013] Host Sweden moved into the Euro 2013 quarterfinals with a 3-1 win over Italy in Halmstad. Despite the loss, the Italians finished second in the groupwhen Denmark and Finland played to a 1-1 tie and they joined Sweden and France from Group C as the first three qualifiers. VIDEO: Denmark-Finland Star Lotta Schelin […]