[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Inter Milan shut down Lionel Messi en route to its series victory over Barcelona. Now it muststop Arjen Robben, the hottest player after Messi in this spring’s UEFA Champions League. How Inter does against the Dutch could go a long way towarddetermining who wins the first Saturday final in European Cup history. […]
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Sleepy Toni didn't make good impression
The most notable absentee from the Bayern Munich team that will face Inter Milan in Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final is Italian striker Luca Toni,loaned out to Roma during the winter following a falling out with Coach Louis van Gaal. According to Bayern Munich captain Mark van Bommel, the problems began on van Gaal’s second […]
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Gooch gets 'wish' to play for free
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. national team defender Oguchi Onyewu has signed a one-year contract extension with Italianclub AC Milan through the 2012-13 season during which he agreed to play without pay. Onyewu was sidelined for most of the 2009-10 after injuring himself playing for the USA in its finalWorld Cup qualifying match against Costa Rica in […]
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Barca and Inter look to clinch
[EUROPEAN RACES] Barcelona and Inter Milan head into the final weekend of play with the edge in their respective league races. Barca will clinch with awin at home against Valladolid, while Inter must win at relegated Siena away to assure itself of its fifth straight Italian title. (Second-place Roma, which is two points behind and […]
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Maradona overlooks Inter pair
[ARGENTINA] Coach Diego Maradona called up Diego Milito and Walter Samuel but their was no room for their Inter Milan teammates, Javier Zanetti and Esteban Cambiasso, in Argentina’s 30-player provisional roster for the World Cup.
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Azzurri call up Giuseppe Rossi
[ITALY] Italian-American Giuseppe Rossi of Spanish club Villarreal was the only foreign-based player named to Italy’s30-player provisional squad for the World Cup. As expected, Roma forward Luca Toni did not make the team. Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon Juventus Morgan de Sanctis Napoli Federico Marchetti Cagliari SalvatoreSirigu Palermo Defenders: Salvatore Bocchetti Genoa Leonardi Bonucci Bari FabioCannavaro Juventus […]
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Inter Milan eyes fifth Scudetto in a row
[EUROPEAN RACES] Inter Milan is on the verge of clinching its fifth straight Scudetto, Serie A title, in Italy. Its 4-3 win over Chievo Verona means itonly needs to a tie at Siena on Sunday to win the championship. Second-place Roma, who trails by 15 goals in goal difference, must win at Chievo Verona and […]
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Onyewu set to return for Milan
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Oguchi Onyewu was among the 23 players Milan is taking for its Italian Serie A game at Genoa onSunday. If he plays, it will be his first action since injuring himself playing for the USA on Oct. 14 in the final World Cup match against Costa Rica. Milan’s last game is againstJuventus on […]
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Barca has crown in sight
[EUROPEAN RACES] Barcelona is one win away from repeating as Spanish champion after it won at Sevilla, 3-2, holding off the hosts after taking a 3-0 lead after62 minutes. Real Madrid got four goals in the last 19 minutes and beat Real Athletic Bilbao, 5-1, to stay one point behind Barcelona in La Liga. Barca […]
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Chelsea and Bayern Munich in driver's seat
[EUROPEAN RACES] The English and German leagues end this week. Chelsea and Bayern Munich, respectively, are in the driver’s seat. Barcelona and Inter Milantake narrow leads in the penultimate days of play in Spain and Italy, respectively. For a look at the major European races and the weekend action, including television viewing information … ENGLAND 83 […]