Carlos Tevez on Sunday captained Boca Juniors to its first Argentina Primera Division title since 2003, the last time the now 31-year-old striker played for the club. “I came back tofeel this again” Tevez said after Fabian Monzon’s 42nd-minute goal earned Boca a 1-0 win over Tigre and its 31st title with one game to […]
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James Could Return for Real against PSG
Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez on Monday said that forward James Rodriguez, who injured his left thigh playing for Colombia against Peru in World Cup qualifying in September, couldreturn for Tuesday’s crucial UEFA Champions League clash against Paris St. Germain. Madrid and PSG are joint top with seven points in Group A heading into the […]
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Bayern Draws, Fails to Reach European Record
In the end, Bayern Munich will not surpass English Premier League giant Tottenham Hotspur’s record of 11 straight wins to open a major European season following its 0-0 draw with EintrachtFrankfurt on Friday; it was the Bavarians’ 11th game of the Bundesliga season. Afterwards, coach Pep Guardiola insisted that his team did everything it could […]
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Messi to Miss 'El Clasico'
ESPN on Monday reported that Lionel Messi will not return to the Barcelona first team in time for the Nov. 21 ‘Clasico’ with Real Madrid. The 28-year-old, who injured his left knee in a2-1 win against Las Palmas in September, is reportedly behind schedule in his recovery and will likely not return to action until […]
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Mancini Hails 'Solid' Inter
Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini thanked his “solid” team for beating AS Roma on Sunday, while describing the decision to drop captain Mauro Icardi astactical. “A team is like a house, if you don’t have solid foundations, it will sink. We had a great game against an excellent Roma side, so 1-0 was a good […]
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Godspeed, Jose
If reports in England are to be believed, Chelsea is preparing to offload Jose Mourinho barely five months after the Portuguese coach led the club to adomestic league and cup double. In fact, the only question, according to Eurosport’s Dan Levene, is when his departure will be announced: if Chelsea loses at home to Dynamo […]
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Video Pick: Can Neymar juggle just about anything?
Neymar takes a juggling challenge in which he’s given an orange, a pair of socks and a toilet paper roll. Here’s how he does …
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Video Pick: Super Golazo from Japan includes a sombrero
One of the most spectacular goals we’ve seen this year comes from a Japanese high school game. In the final minute of stoppage time, with the score tied, 1-1, Tamano-Konan gets the gamewinner overSakuyo with a golazo that starts with the goalkeeper, involves three other players — including the scorer who sombreros his marker — […]
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Talk of Italy's Scudetto is last thing Roma wants to hear
Roma retained its place atop Serie A with a convincing 3-1 win at Udinese on Wednesday, putting further pressure on the title holder in Turin, as a 1-0 loss by Juventus at Sassuolo dropped thefour-time defending champions 11 points behind the leader in Rome. No team outside Turin or Milan has won a title in […]
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Video Pick: Kid kicks a drone out of the sky
A video production company filming school soccer in New Zealand had its drone shot down by a boy’s well-aimed punt.