U.S. national team captain Carlos Bocanegra received permission from French club Rennes to take part in Friday’s ceremonies to hand over the U.S. bid for the2018 or 2022 World Cup because he won’t play in Saturday’s season finale at Boulogne. Bocanegra will have missed the last three games of the seasons because of abdominal problems.He […]
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Barca and Inter look to clinch
[EUROPEAN RACES] Barcelona and Inter Milan head into the final weekend of play with the edge in their respective league races. Barca will clinch with awin at home against Valladolid, while Inter must win at relegated Siena away to assure itself of its fifth straight Italian title. (Second-place Roma, which is two points behind and […]
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Angry Davies: 'I'm definitely ready to play'
[USA] Charlie Davies blames Alexandre Lacombe, president of French club Sochaux,for not making the USA’s 30-man preliminary squad for the World Cup and not having a chance to win a spot on the 23-player final roster at the camp that begins Monday in Princeton, N.J. “Luis Attaque!” Podcast “I’m very angry because I feel FC […]
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Bleus drop Benzema
[FRANCE] Young Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, one of three French stars involved in a police investigation of an escort network thatgripped France, was not included in French coach Raymond Domenech‘s 30-player provisional roster for the World Cup. Other stars not picked: midfielders Samir Nasri (Arsenal) and Patrick Vieira (Manchester City)
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Barca has crown in sight
[EUROPEAN RACES] Barcelona is one win away from repeating as Spanish champion after it won at Sevilla, 3-2, holding off the hosts after taking a 3-0 lead after62 minutes. Real Madrid got four goals in the last 19 minutes and beat Real Athletic Bilbao, 5-1, to stay one point behind Barcelona in La Liga. Barca […]
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Deschamps returns to lead Marseille to title
[FRANCE] Didier Deschamps, captain of France’s 1998 World Cup championship team, is building quite a record as a coach.Deschamps, once dismissed by the great Eric Cantona as being nothing more than a “water boy,” guided Marseille to the 2010 French league title, its first sinceits 1993 title, which was later stripped away because of match-fixing. […]
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Chelsea and Bayern Munich in driver's seat
[EUROPEAN RACES] The English and German leagues end this week. Chelsea and Bayern Munich, respectively, are in the driver’s seat. Barcelona and Inter Milantake narrow leads in the penultimate days of play in Spain and Italy, respectively. For a look at the major European races and the weekend action, including television viewing information … ENGLAND 83 […]
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MLS-bound Thierry Henry negotiates Barca exit
Perhaps Thierry Henry sees the writing on the wall. He didn’t play in the second leg of Barcelona’s UEFA Champions League series against Inter Milan lastweek and wasn’t even on the bench for Saturday’s La Liga game at Villarreal. The 32-year-old Frenchman is preparing to head to MLS after reaching an agreement on his exit […]
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Bayern Munich all but clinches Bundesliga title
[EUROPEAN RACES] UEFA Champions League finalist Bayern Munich all but clinched the 2010 Bundesliga title Saturday when it beat Bochum, 3-1, and Schalke 04 fellat home to third-place Werder Bremen, 2-0. Lionel Messi had two goals for Barcelona in its 4-1 win at Villarreal. For all the Saturday action in the major European races … […]
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Clash of Coaching Egos Coming Up
By Paul Gardner Inter Milan vs. Bayern Munich was not the Champions League final that we thought we were going to get. Certainly not the one that many — including me– would have preferred. But there you are — that’s what we’ve got, and there’s little to argue with in the semifinal results. Before that, […]