[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Defending champion Barcelona will face English club Arsenal in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. The marquee matchup willfeature two of Europe’s most entertaining teams, who both crushed their opponents to advance to the final eight. The second leg will also feature the return of Barca youth star Cesc Fabregas with […]
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Liverpool advances to quarterfinals
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Liverpool joined Fulham as the two English clubs in the quarterfinals of the Europa League. Two clubs from Germany and Spain as well as one clubeach from Belgium and Portugal also advanced. For all the Thursday results … Fulham 4 Juventus 1. Goals: Zamora 9, Gera 39, pen. 49,Dempsey 83; Trezeguet 2, (Fulham […]
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GOLAZO: Dempsey chip clinches historic Fulham win [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] With U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley and England coach Fabio Capello both inattendance, Clint Dempsey came off the bench and scored the series winner in Fulham’s 4-1 win over Italian giant Juventus, a delicate chip from 20 yards over39-year-old Antonio Chimenti, the third-string Juve keeper, that gave the Cottagers a 5-4 win […]
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Hull City settles for Dowie
Former Crystal Palace and QPR manager Iain Dowie has been named Hull City’s new manager, replacing Phil Brown on ashort-term contract until the end of the season. He is hardly the big-name manager Hull fans were hoping for, but Hull chairman Adam Pearson joked that Jose Mourinho wasn’t available.
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SA POLL: Who will win the 2010 UEFA Champions League?
The field is down eight teams in the UEFA Champions League: four former champions and four teams seeking their first title. Who do think will win?
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Terry's car strikes security official
More trouble for John Terry: The English star accidentally struck a Chelsea security official with his car while trying to exit Stamford Bridge Tuesday nightafter the Blues’ 1-0 loss to Inter Milan in the Champions League. The 35-year-old Steve Rowley suffered a badly bruised leg. Terry’s car was going slowly and tryingto avoid a melee of […]
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Eriksson eyes Ivory Coast World Cup job
Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson, who flopped as Mexico’s national team coach, could be headed back to the World Cup for the third straight time. Eriksson, who coached England in 2002 and 2006, wants the Ivory Coast World Cup job turned down by Guus Hiddink following the ouster of Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic.
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Friedel's Aston Villa inches closer to top four
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Amid reports that Aston Villa might bring in competition for him and fellow American Brad Guzan ingoal, 39-year-old Brad Friedel picked up the victory as Aston Villa won, 2-1, at Wigan on Tuesday. Friedel could do nothing to stop Gary Caldwell‘s header, but he did well to stop Honduran Maynor Figueroa‘s long-distance shot.
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The Shattering of the Beckham Fairy Tale
By Paul Gardner Suddenly, like a bolt from the blue, the soccer gods turned on David Beckham, and cut him down while he was doing the very thing at which he wassupposed to be divinely inspired: playing soccer. In a flash, the Beckham myth crumpled. Done in by the greatest mythical figure the Greeks had, […]
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Mourinho: 'The enemy won'
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] There will be no putting down Jose Mourinho, at least not for a while. “The Special One”returned to Stamford Bridge, where he lost only one game in more than three years as Chelsea manager, and led Inter Milan to a 1-0 win that knocked the Blues out of the UEFA Champions League. […]