[ENGLAND] David Beckham will miss the 2010 World Cup and his status for the 2010 Los Angeles Galaxy season is in doubtafter tearing his Achilles tendon playing for AC Milan Sunday. Beckham, 34, injured himself while turning with no one on him in the middle of midfield during Milan’s game against ChievoVerona. Beckham immediately thought […]
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Beckham admits his England hopes are in doubt
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] With his playing time at AC Milan shrinking, David Beckham admitted that he is not banking onmaking England’s World Cup squad. “I am not guaranteed to go to South Africa,” he said. “I have to work hard and hopefully win my place. There are a good few months left and plenty ofgames […]
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Rooney challenged to match Ronaldo
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Even with a bad knee, Wayne Rooney was once again too much for AC Milan. The England strikerscored once in each half to give him four goals in two games against Milan — and 30 on the season — and lead Manchester United to a 4-0 win on Tuesday at Old Trafford […]
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Fiorentina haunted by bad call
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Fiorentina’s 20-year-old Montenegrin Stevan Jovetic scored two goals 10 minutes apart in thesecond half but Dutchmen Mark van Bommel and Arjen Robben both scored from distance to give Bayern Munich the two awaygoals it needed to go through to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League despite its 3-2 loss in Florence. […]
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Real Madrid revenues exceed $500 million
[MONEY MATTERS] For the fifth year in a row, Real Madrid is the largest revenue-generating soccer club with revenues of $543 million in 2008-09, according tothe latest edition of the Deloitte Football Money League. How big is Real? Its broadcast revenues of $218 million are more than the total revenues of all but the top […]
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What They're Saying
“After the game, I went into the locker room and told them, ‘Forgive me. This doesn’t change anything, but sorry everyone.’ But to him I can’t. Never, never. It would be todishonor me. … I’d rather die.” — Former French star Zinedine Zidane, regretting he headbutted Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final but […]
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Europe's unbeaten clubs
[MAKING A LIST] Bayer Leverkusen set a German Bundesliga record for most games without a loss to start the season Saturday when it tied Cologne, 0-0, andextended its unbeaten streak to 24 games. It’s bidding to become the first German teams to go unbeaten in modern history. Here are the team who have gone unbeaten […]
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'Special One' gets his victory
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Inter Milan defeated Chelsea, 2-1, in the first leg of their round-of-16 series in the UEFA Champions League. The win was sweetfor Inter coach Jose Mourinho in his first competitive game against Chelsea since leaving the Blues in 2007, but the margin gives the Italian champions littleroom for comfort going into the […]
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Barcelona looks to avoid upset
[PREDICTIONS] Can defending champion Barcelona avoid an upset at red-hot Stuttgart? Visiting Bordeaux and Sevilla appear to have the edge against Olympiakos andCSKA Moscow, respectively. The big match in the second set of first legs in the UEFA Champions League’s round of 16 again takes at the San Siro. Last week it was DavidBeckham and […]
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Juventus and Liverpool open with wins
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Juventus and Liverpool, two of the great names of European soccer, are enduring rough seasons but picked up wins in the Europa League, the oldUEFA Cup that moved into the knockout phase this week. Juve was the more impressive of the two teams, winning, 2-1, at Ajax, another former European giant, on a […]