Celtic on Friday was handed a UEFA Champions League lifeline when Europe’s governing body awarded the Scottish champ a 3-0 victory against Legia Warsaw in the second-leg of the teams’qualifying series after the Polish club fielded an ineligible player. Legia had won Wednesday’s game 2-0 en route to what it thought was a 6-1 series […]
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Freddy Adu's latest stop: Serbia
[AMERICANS ABROAD] A decade after making his pro debut at the age of 14 with D.C. United, Freddy Adu is off to play inSerbia, where FK Jagodina announced on Thursday that Adu is headed there and will play after “all the formalities of signing the contract” are completed. It will be Adu’s 10th club in […]
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Diskerud marks return with Europa League goal
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Mix Diskerud became the first foreign-based member of the 2014 U.S. World Cup team to return to action,scoring with a lob in Norwegian club Rosenborg’s 2-0 win at FK Jelgava in the second leg of their Europa League first qualifying round. Diskerud, who did not play in the World Cup, scoredin the 74th […]
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Parma Loses UEFA Appeal
Parma has lost its appeal against the Italian Soccer Federation [FIGC], which decided not to grant the club a UEFA license to play in the Europa League next season due to late payments.Italy’s High Court on Thursday ruled to uphold the FIGC’s decision to deny the documentation needed for Roberto Donadoni’s men to play in […]
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Jesus: Benfica the Better Team Despite Losing EL Final
Benfica coach Jorge Jesus thinks his team deserved more as the Portuguese champ lost the Europa League final to Spanish club Sevilla 4-2 on penalties following a scoreless 120minutes of open play. It was the second successive loss in the Europa League final for Jesus’ men, and the eighth time in succession that Benfica lost […]
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Brazen goalkeeper cheating helps Sevilla win Europa League
By Paul Gardner Is there any excuse for this? That the Europa League cup — one of soccer’s major trophies — has just been won by Sevilla thanks to absolutely blatantcheating by its goalkeeper? After Sevilla and Benfica had played two hours of soccer they were still where they started, deadlocked at 0-0. At that […]
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Benfica the Narrow Favorite in EL Final
Spanish club Sevilla on Wednesday squares off against Portuguese giant Benfica in Wednesday’s Europa League final at the Juventus Stadium in Turin. While both teams willbe missing several key players due to suspension or injury, Benfica enters the game as the favorite after narrowly losing last year’s final to English giant Chelsea, 2-1.
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Report: PSG Accepts UEFA Sanctions for Breaching FFP
L’Equipe claims that Paris Saint-Germain has failed to convince UEFA that its recently signed 200 million euros-per year ($278.5 million) contract with the Qatar Tourism Authority,which is tangentially related to the club’s owner, Qatar Sports Investments, is not over overvalued. In fact, the French daily claims that UEFA is prepared to value the deal at […]
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Report: Man City Faces Huge Fine, Reduced Squad, Wage Cap for FFP Breach
Manchester City could see its UEFA Champions League squad reduced to 21 players instead of the usual 25 next season in addition to a fine in the region of 60 million euros ($83.6 million) overthree years as well as a cap imposed for next season to ensure there is no rise in this season’s Champions […]
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Jesus: 'Better' Benfica Deserved EL Final
Benfica qualified for its second-successive Europa League final on Thursday, frustrating Serie A leader Juventus in a 0-0 draw that was good enough to progress to the final on May 14 thanks to its2-1 win in Lisbon last week. After the game, coach Jorge Jesus praised his players, whom he said, “reached the Europa League final because […]