Italian national team coach Marcello Lippi invited 29 players to attend a training camp in Rome on Tuesday and Wednesday. It will give him one last chance tolook at players before the World Cup. Among the six strikers called in were Marco Borriello and GiampaoloPazzini, who have enjoyed good seasons with AC Milan and Sampdoria, […]
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Chelsea on verge of capturing EPL title
[EUROPEAN RACES] Chelsea beat Liverpool, 2-0, at Anfield to stay one point ahead of Manchester United, a 1-0 winner at Sunderland, with one game to play in theEnglish Premier League. Inter Milan regained the league in Italy with a 2-0 win at Lazio. For all the weekend action in the major European races … ENGLAND […]
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Bayern Munich all but clinches Bundesliga title
[EUROPEAN RACES] UEFA Champions League finalist Bayern Munich all but clinched the 2010 Bundesliga title Saturday when it beat Bochum, 3-1, and Schalke 04 fellat home to third-place Werder Bremen, 2-0. Lionel Messi had two goals for Barcelona in its 4-1 win at Villarreal. For all the Saturday action in the major European races … […]
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What They're Saying
“Yes, he is going. Leo was too stubborn and the team played badly. However, he is a good person and a good coach.” — AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi reveals thatCoach Leonardo is leaving the club at the end of the season. AC Milan exited the Champions League in the second round and is third […]
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Clash of Coaching Egos Coming Up
By Paul Gardner Inter Milan vs. Bayern Munich was not the Champions League final that we thought we were going to get. Certainly not the one that many — including me– would have preferred. But there you are — that’s what we’ve got, and there’s little to argue with in the semifinal results. Before that, […]
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Inter Milan knocks out Barcelona
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Since its inception in 1991-92, no team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions League, and Inter Milan made sure that record willcontinue as it eliminated Barcelona in Wednesday’s semifinals. Despite playing the last 62 minutes with a man advantage, Barcelona only managed a 1-0 victory and fell to Inter, 3-2, on aggregate. […]
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Stunned Roma loses Serie A lead to Inter
[EUROPEAN RACES] Roma’s 24-game unbeaten streak in Italy’s Serie A ended when it blew a 1-0 lead at home against Sampdoria and fell, 2-1, on a pair ofgoals by Giampaolo Pazzini. The result left Roma in second place behind four-time defending champion Inter Milan with three games to play. In England, Salomon Kalou scored a […]
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Was it the Volcano? Or Jose Mourinho?
By Paul Gardner It could be that, as far as the soccer world is concerned, 2010 will be remembered as the Year of the Volcano. The year that a volcanic eruption inIceland greatly disturbed air travel, and meant that Barcelona had to travel by road — in luxury buses — to Milan for their UEFA […]
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Man. United remains world's most valuable club
[MONEY MATTERS] For the sixth consecutive year, Manchester United is the world’s most valuable club in the rankings by Forbes magazine, though its worth fell to$1.8 billion, down 2 percent from the previous year. Forbes also estimated that Manchester United, whose American owners, the Glazer family, have been at odds with United fans, was themost […]
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Milito steals the show
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Diego Milito stole the show from fellow Argentine LionelMessi, scoring once goal and setting up two more as Inter Milan stunned defending champion Barcelona, 3-1, in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal series. Neverhad Barcelona lost by more than one goal since Pep Guardiola took over as head coach […]