[EUROPEAN RACES] Chelsea, Marseille, Bayern Munich and Barcelona gained in their bids to capture their respective league race, while Roma displaced Inter Milanat the top of Italy’s Serie A for the first time in more than six months … ENGLAND 74 Chelsea 73 Manchester United 71 Arsenal (games left: Manchester United 4; Chelsea, Arsenal 5.) […]
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Lyon goes through on fourth try
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] France’s hard-luck team has finally done it. During its reign of seven straight league titles, Lyon never could advance as far as thesemifinals of the UEFA Champions League. Now, on its fourth try, it knocked off the defending French champion, Bordeaux, advancing to the final four when its 1-0 loss on Wednesday […]
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UEFA Champions League Preview
[TV GUIDE] Four semifinal berths are on the line in the UEFA Champions League this week. Tuesday’s big match pits defending champion Barcelona against Arsenal.For a look at all the matchups and our predictions … TUESDAY … CSKA Moscow-Inter Milan TELEVISION: Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol, live, 12:30 pm ET; Fox Soccer Plus, […]
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French invasion in the works
[MLS] Is Major League Soccer ready to parlez-vous français? According to Paris magazine France Football, ThierryHenry, rumored to be headed to the New York Red Bulls, is just one of many French stars who could be headed to MLS this summer. PatrickVieira and Robert Pires, who like Henry played on France’s 1998 World Cup championship […]
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New leaders in England, France and Germany
[EUROPEAN RACES] Europe’s big five leagues all look like they will go down to the last day of the season. There are new leaders in England, France and Germany,while Inter Milan holds a one-point lead in Italy. Real Madrid and Barcelona remain tied in Spain, heading into this weekend’s showdown at the Bernabeu Stadium … […]
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Red Bulls tempt Lehmann to join Henry in MLS
Former Arsenal teammates Jens Lehmann and Thierry Henry might be reunited in Major League Soccer with the NewYork Red Bulls. Lehmann, the former German national team goalie, is now 40 and set to retire at the end of the season with VfB Stuttgart, but the Red Bulls have offered him a one-yearcontract. Henry has one more […]
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Injuries mar exciting Champions League
By Paul Gardner Delicately poised — there’s a nice soccer cliche for you, but one that certainly applies to the four Champions League quarterfinals. The return gamesnext week are intriguing for a variety of reasons. Will Inter’s thin 1-0 lead stand up on the plastic field in wintry Moscow? Can Manchester United, without the injured […]
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Lyon cruises in all-French clash
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Lyon beat Bordeaux, 3-1, in the first leg of the first all-French quarterfinal series in the UEFA Champions League. Argentine Lisandro Lopez scored two goals, the second on a controversial penalty, and Brazilian Michel Bastos added thethird. Moroccan Marouane Chamakh scored for Bordeaux, which suffered its first loss in nine Champions League […]
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UEFA Champions League Preview
[TV GUIDE] The road to Madrid continues with the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League this week and next. For a look at all the matchups and ourpredictions … TUESDAY … Bayern Munich-Man. United TELEVISION: Fox Sports Net, Fox Sports enEspanol, live, 2:30 pm ET; Fox Soccer Channel, delay, 5 pm ET FORM: After going […]
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U.S. national team weekend [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Carlos Bocanegra made it four wins in four games in March with French club Rennes when it beat LeMans, 3-1, in Sunday. Freddy Adu and Eddie Johnson both started for Aris in its 1-0 victory over Levadiakos in Greece’sSuper League. Here’s how U.S. national team players did in weekend action abroad, including video […]