This week’s Top 5 Bundesliga goals come from an impressive array of world stars: Bayern Munich’s Douglas Costa (Brazil) and Arjen Robben (Netherlands), WerderBremen’s Claudio Pizarro (Peru), Bayer Leverkusen’s Javier Hernandez (Mexico) and Schalke 04’s Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands). Our favorite isRobben’s tummy goal.
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Klinsmann sets up Howard-Guzan battle
It won’t go on as long as the Brad Friedel vs. Kasey Keller fight for the U.S. goalkeeper spot that spanned part of the 1990s and 2000s, but CoachJurgen Klinsmann has indicated he’ll rotate Tim Howard and Brad Guzan before picking a No. 1 for the Centennial Copa America next summer. “We have two exceptional […]
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FIFA scandal: Now all eyes are on the Kaiser
During the 2006 World Cup, German media often reported on the VIPs with: “German Chancellor Angela Merkel, German President Horst Koehler and FranzBeckenbauer attended last night’s game.” They saw no need to identify Beckenbauer, the man who won World Cups for Germany as a player (1974) and a coach (1990), and whose campaigning wascredited with […]
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EPL club-trained players at new low, study says
The percentage of club-trained players in English Premier League squads has reached a new low, a study says. Research by the CIES Football Observatory found 11.7% of top-flight players graduatedfrom their club’s academy, down from 13.8% last year. Across 31 top European divisions the figure has dropped below 20% for the first time since figures […]
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Wenger: Arsenal has 'played many teams' guilty of doping
With track and field embroiled in the most serious of its many doping scandals, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has again voiced his concern that it is a serious issue in soccer, sayingin an interview with L’Equipe that he has “played against many teams” that use performance-enhancing drugs.
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Benzema files complaint over French sex tape probe
Real Madrid’s French striker Karim Benzema, under investigation in connection with an alleged attempt to blackmail fellow French international Mathieu Valbuena usinga sex video,will lodge a complaint for violation of judicial confidentiality after French radio Europe 1 published extracts of phone taps that could incriminate the France international.
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Le Havre names Bradley as new head coach
The coaching odyssey of Bob Bradley continues. On Tuesday French club Le Harve announced it had hired Bradley, a New Jersey native who coached theU.S. national team from 2006 to 2011. Bradley heads to France from Norwegian club Stabaek, which he guided last month to a third-place finish in the Tippaeligan with a record of […]
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U.S. firm buys 25 percent of EPL's Bournemouth
The Chicago-based private equity firm, Peak6 Investments, has bought a 25 percent stake in Bournemouth, which was promoted to the English Premier League last season and is currently in the relegationzone. Peak6’s co-founder and CEO, Matt Hulsizer, is involved in U.S. sport through the National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild.
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La Real Fires Moyes
Real Sociedad on Monday fired British coach David Moyes after just one year in charge. Friday’s 2-0 defeat at newly promoted Las Palmas left La Real narrowly above the relegation zoneon goal difference with just nine points from 11 games — exactly the same situation the Basque club was in when Moyes was hired 364 […]
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Gullit: Chelsea Decline Like Tiger Woods
Speaking on UK television, former Chelsea and LA Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit likened the decline of his former club in England to that of golfer Tiger Woods. “In the beginning everybodywho was standing with Tiger Woods knew already that they had lost the game. Now people see him and Chelsea and think: ‘We can beat […]