[SUMMER 2011] Barcelona will return to the United States for a three-game tour in 2011. The Spanish giant will face Manchester United, AC Milan and Club Americain matches that will take it to Washington, Miami and Dallas. The club’s preseason will begin with the Audi Cup in Munich and a friendly in Split, Croatia. Barca […]
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Ronaldinho-Gremio deal appears to be done
Multiple outlets are reporting that Brazilian attacker Ronaldinho is leaving AC Milan — but isn’t headed to MLS’s Los Angeles Galaxy. Instead, he willreturn to the club of his youth, Gremio, which groomed him as a youngster but lost him to French club Paris St. Germain in 2001. Gremio president PauloOdone said, “On the part […]
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Leonardo top candidate to replace Inter's Benitez
Brazilian Leonardo, who coached AC Milan in 2009-10, is the favorite to replace Spaniard Rafael Benitez if Italianchampion Inter Milan dumps the first-year coach. “At the moment, Benitez is the coach and I haven’t contacted any other coaches,” said Inter president Massimo Moratti,denying rumors that his front office was meeting to remove Benitez, who arrived […]
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OBITUARY: Enzo Bearzot (1927-2010)
[ITALY] Enzo Bearzot, the pipe-smoking coach who led Italy to its 1982 World Cup championship, died after a long illnessat the age of 83. Bearzot took over the Azzurri in 1977 and coached one of the greatest generation of Italian players, led by Paolo Rossi, the starof their 1982 championship team. After scraping through the […]
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Cavani has flare for the dramatic
[VIDEO PICK] Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez aren’t only Uruguayan goleadoresplying their trade in Europe. Edinson Cavani scored the most dramatic winner of last weekend’s play, striking from distance after beating two defenders in the93rd minute to give Napoli a 1-0 win over Lecce in Italy’s Serie A … It was the second game in […]
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Inter wins fifth title of 2010
[CLUB WORLD CUP] Inter Milan thumped TP Mazembe, 3-0, to win the FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi. World club champs twice previously, in 1964 and 1965, Interfinishes 2010 with five titles. Under Jose Mourinho, Inter won the 2010 European Champions League, Serie A and Italian Cup. His replacement, RafaBenitez, won the Italian Supercup […]
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Inter Milan cruises, Pachuca takes fifth
[CLUB WORLD CUP] European champion Inter Milan moved into the final of the 2010 Club World Cup against TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo with aneasy 3-0 win over South Korea’s Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, the Asian champion, in Wednesday’s semifinal in Abu Dhabi. U.S. World Cup players Jose Francisco Torresand Herculez Gomez started […]
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Oddest goal celebration you'll ever see?
[VIDEO PICK] After Bari striker Francesco Caputo scored the equalizer in a 1-1 tie with Cesena, Caputo took his joy out on his teammate. … The tie earned Bari only its second point in seven games. Two minutes after Cesena scored, Caputo scored his first Serie A goal but didn’t accept congratulations from teammate NicolaBelmonte, […]
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Sundhage: U.S. women's game needs more skilled players
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] The USA finally qualified for the 2011 Women’s World Cup — two days before Monday’s draw in Frankfurt — and Coach Pia Sundhage acknowledged the U.S. women’s game needs to improve in face of increasing competition from the rest of the world. Amy Rodriguez‘s goal in the 40th minute gave the […]
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Morgan rescues Americans with last-second goal
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] The USA moved closer to qualifying for the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany with a 1-0 win over Italy thanks to Cal senior Alex Morgan‘s goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time.