[AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies tweeted the good news on Thursday: “It’s official! I’m done with rehab!!! Leaving forSochaux tomorrow! Who said I couldn’t be back training so soon!? Let’s go!! God Bless!!” Davies is finishing his fourth week of rehabilitation at the CERS de Capbreton, the sportstraining center in in southwestern France. He’s spent more […]
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Bordeaux caps French renaissance
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] For only the second time since the launch of the Champions League in 1992, France’s Ligue 1 has two teams in the quarterfinals. AfterLyon, which knocked off Real Madrid last week, Bordeaux moved into the final eight with a 2-1 win over Olympiakos Wednesday to complete a series sweep. The only other […]
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More Messi magic [VIDEO]
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola compared him with MichaelJordan. Stuttgart coach Christian Gross compared him with Diego Maradona. LionelMessi‘s legend grows by the day. Three days after his phenomenal hat trick in Barcelona’s 3-0 win over Valencia, Messi put on another show with two golazos and an assist in Barca’s 5-1 win overStuttgart […]
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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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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Clint Dempsey started his first game for Fulham since returning from his knee injury. He played thefirst 72 minutes in the Cottagers’ 3-0 loss at Manchester United. Chris Rolfe debuted Sunday for Danish club AaB. Here’s how U.S. national team players did inweekend action abroad … DENMARK, Super SAS-Ligaen Chris Rolfe, sub: 20 […]
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Liverpool falls to French club Lille
[EUROPA LEAGUE] A late goal by Belgian teen sensation Eden Hazard gave French club Lille a 1-0 win over Liverpool in thefirst leg of their Europa League round-of-16 series on Thursday. The only team to win away was Standard Liege, a 3-1 victor over Panathinaikos. For all the results … Lille 1 Liverpool 0 Scorer: […]
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Davies hopes to play by the end of April
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies is into his third week of rehabilitation at the CERS de Capbreton, the sports trainingcenter in in southwestern France. He spends more than five hours each day training at the center, where Chelsea stars Michael Essien and Ashley Cole are also rehabbing, and hopes to be playing games by the end […]
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$350 million for what?
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Make that six years in a row Real Madrid has exited the Champions League in the round of 16. Lyon added to Real’s misery, holding theSpanish club to a 1-1 tie in Madrid and going through to the quarterfinals, 2-1, on aggregate. The result is huge for Lyon, France’s richest club with […]
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Guardiola supports Thierry Henry
It’s been a rough winter for Thierry Henry following his infamous handball incident during the France-Ireland World Cup 2010 qualifier. His form has droppedat Barcelona, and French fans booed him during France’s 2-0 loss to Spain at the Stade de France on Wednesday. Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola backedthe 32-year-old French captain, though. “We need him,” […]
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Penalty taker's feint backfires
[FRANCE] Montpellier missed a chance to tie first-place Bordeaux in Ligue 1 when it had to settle for a 1-1 tie with the defending champions after missing twopenalty kicks. On the second penalty, Colombian Victor Hugo Montano started toward the ball, stopped and then faked out keeper Cedric Carrasso — only to fake out one […]